Curse

Shred Dread · Jul 19, 2006, 04:39 PM // 16:39

I thought that with all the discussion about assassin builds that I've been seeing on this part of the forums, shock assassin builds deserve their own thread. Please contribute if you have any good ones...here's mine.

Profession:A/E
Name: Sudden Shocking Death Assassin
Type: RA/ 1vs1 Scrimmage
Category: Annihilation

Attributes:
Critical Strikes
Dagger Mastery
Shadow Arts
Air Magic

The build works no matter how you distribute attribute points, but make Critical Strikes and Dagger Mastery your priorities. Feed the rest into Shadow Arts, and then Air.

Skills:
1. Seeping Wound {E}
2. Shock
3. Falling Spider
4. Death Blossom
5. Black Lotus Strike
6. Twisting Fangs
7. Shadow Refuge
8. Optional

Summary:
This build packs a lot of damage, so much, in fact, that it's overkill for most PvP situations. I like to use this build when in 1v1 scrimmage other assassins, and I've never lost with it. The attack chain runs from skills 1 through 6 and you have to be quick with it for two reasons. Some of these skills are only effective immediately after the previous one (ex. Shock and Falling Spider). Also, this build does not have much in the way of survival skills. You have to make a quick kill, because Shadow Refuge is not really enough to keep you alive while receiving heavy damage.

Seeping Wound adds degeneration to the poison and bleeding, and allows you to use Black Lotus Strike, which requires the enemy to be hexed. Shock is the KD, and Falling Spider, if used immediately after Shock, inflicts good damage plus long-lasting poison. Death blossom is a low-cost dual that inflicts good damage. Black Lotus Strike is there to replenish your energy enough to allow you to use Twisting Fangs. So, if you carried out the attack chain successfully then any remaining health your enemy has should be drained away by the mega degeneration caused by Seeping Wound+poison+bleeding.

Credits: Heheh me and Last Pride I guess. I got the idea for a Shock assassin from watching one of their sins in Observer Mode. Everything else I threw together off the top of my head, and it worked.

Fu Manchu · Jul 19, 2006, 07:41 PM // 19:41

Shock
Spider
Horns
Spider
Horns
Spider
etc...

Standard Shock attack string from release.