Sort of bored of the Assassin.. quick question - Guild Wars Forums

Iceyx · May 14, 2010, 11:32 PM // 23:32

We just completed factions/nightfall, and i was spammin dagger combos the entire time.

I'm pretty bored of daggers.

I've tried various critical builds with way of the master, but none of them come close to mobius/death blossom spam in terms of crazy damage. I go from a string of 60-100 damage hits with dagger attacks and non stop energy to a much slower scythe or bow doing half the damage.

But I really want to do all campaigns on this character. I've always had separate characters for each, but never completed all 4 with just 1.

Is it at all plausible to pick up a staff and go elementalist or something new even though I don't get energy storage? Or anything new and interesting, but still have Assassin as primary?

**Marty Silverblade** · May 14, 2010, 11:44 PM // 23:44

You could try maxing Deadly Arts and running Assassin's Promise. That should help fuel whatever you want, within reason. But seriously, if you're bored of Assassins after one campaign, playing it further is just going to be a waste of time.

majoho · May 14, 2010, 11:57 PM // 23:57

You really shouldn't be doing a lot less damage with a scythe, sure the attack-skills might be lower but the auto-attack damage you do with a scythe should do a lot more damage.

(assuming you are using some critical strikes scythe build).

Btw. remember that a scythe hits multiple targets at the time.

Eragon Zarroc · May 15, 2010, 12:43 AM // 00:43

AP build with necros and watch stuff blow up ;-)

rkubik · May 15, 2010, 02:45 AM // 02:45

Try the assasin promise and see how you like it. I also enjoy the critical scythe build. Got the be kind of a pain since stuff would just blow up before I could even get three skills off but it is fun to run as well.

Iceyx · May 15, 2010, 04:48 AM // 04:48

I'll try assassins promise then. Any tips with this? the builds wiki has nothing.

**Marty Silverblade** · May 15, 2010, 05:22 AM // 05:22

AP will solve your energy problems assuming you aren't running a bunch of 25 energy spells and can kill at a decent rate, so you can pretty much run whatever you want. If you wanted to be somewhat effective at it, you could focus on using AP to shorten the downtimes of good skills, such as Mark of Pain, so that they're available for each enemy. Spamming PvE skills is another option, but hopefully you can be more creative than that (not to say spamming PvE skills is a bad option, however).

Agra · May 15, 2010, 06:01 AM // 06:01

One thing I'm having fun with right now is consecutively twice knocking down single enemies together with the dagger combos, that is, Brawling Headbutt + "You Move Like A Dwarf" + the main four skills of the moebius chain.

Again with the moebius chain, there is some coolness in shadow stepping every ten seconds with either Viper Defense which poisons adjacent enemies or Ebon Escaping to allies quickly.

Axeman002 · May 15, 2010, 08:20 AM // 08:20

a build i ran and still do sometimes is this OwNS4YPTLQ7ipiWfqRoExkpZ i sometimes change BuH for pain invertor...just summit different but its pretty fast and effective.

May 14, 2010, 11:32 PM // 23:32	#1
Iceyx Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2006 Profession: A/Mo	Sort of bored of the Assassin.. quick question We just completed factions/nightfall, and i was spammin dagger combos the entire time. I'm pretty bored of daggers. I've tried various critical builds with way of the master, but none of them come close to mobius/death blossom spam in terms of crazy damage. I go from a string of 60-100 damage hits with dagger attacks and non stop energy to a much slower scythe or bow doing half the damage. But I really want to do all campaigns on this character. I've always had separate characters for each, but never completed all 4 with just 1. Is it at all plausible to pick up a staff and go elementalist or something new even though I don't get energy storage? Or anything new and interesting, but still have Assassin as primary?

May 14, 2010, 11:44 PM // 23:44	#2
Marty Silverblade Administrator Join Date: Jun 2006	You could try maxing Deadly Arts and running Assassin's Promise. That should help fuel whatever you want, within reason. But seriously, if you're bored of Assassins after one campaign, playing it further is just going to be a waste of time. __________________

May 14, 2010, 11:57 PM // 23:57	#3
majoho Forge Runner Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Denmark	You really shouldn't be doing a lot less damage with a scythe, sure the attack-skills might be lower but the auto-attack damage you do with a scythe should do a lot more damage. (assuming you are using some critical strikes scythe build). Btw. remember that a scythe hits multiple targets at the time. Last edited by majoho; May 15, 2010 at 02:56 AM // 02:56..

May 15, 2010, 05:22 AM // 05:22	#7
Marty Silverblade Administrator Join Date: Jun 2006	AP will solve your energy problems assuming you aren't running a bunch of 25 energy spells and can kill at a decent rate, so you can pretty much run whatever you want. If you wanted to be somewhat effective at it, you could focus on using AP to shorten the downtimes of good skills, such as Mark of Pain, so that they're available for each enemy. Spamming PvE skills is another option, but hopefully you can be more creative than that (not to say spamming PvE skills is a bad option, however). __________________

May 15, 2010, 12:43 AM // 00:43	#4
Eragon Zarroc Atra estern?? ono thelduin Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Madness Incarnate Guild: [Duo] Profession: W/P	AP build with necros and watch stuff blow up ;-)

May 15, 2010, 02:45 AM // 02:45	#5
rkubik Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jul 2006	Try the assasin promise and see how you like it. I also enjoy the critical scythe build. Got the be kind of a pain since stuff would just blow up before I could even get three skills off but it is fun to run as well.

May 15, 2010, 04:48 AM // 04:48	#6
Iceyx Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2006 Profession: A/Mo	I'll try assassins promise then. Any tips with this? the builds wiki has nothing.

May 15, 2010, 06:01 AM // 06:01	#8
Agra Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: May 2010 Profession: A/Rt	One thing I'm having fun with right now is consecutively twice knocking down single enemies together with the dagger combos, that is, Brawling Headbutt + "You Move Like A Dwarf" + the main four skills of the moebius chain. Again with the moebius chain, there is some coolness in shadow stepping every ten seconds with either Viper Defense which poisons adjacent enemies or Ebon Escaping to allies quickly.

May 15, 2010, 08:20 AM // 08:20	#9
Axeman002 Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Sep 2008 Profession: A/Mo	a build i ran and still do sometimes is this OwNS4YPTLQ7ipiWfqRoExkpZ i sometimes change BuH for pain invertor...just summit different but its pretty fast and effective.