Curse

eva00r · May 30, 2006, 07:51 AM // 07:51

Comment Please.

Skill Set
Siphon Speed (Deadly Arts)
Black Lotus Strike (Dagger Mastery)
Twisting Fang (Critical Strike)
Mobius Strike {e} (Dagger Mastery)
Critical Strike (Critical Strike)
Death's Charge (Shadow Arts)
Recall (Shadow Arts)
Way of Perfection (Shadow Arts)

Attribute
13 Critical and whatever you want

Weapon
Zealous Dagger with HP or Enhancement Mod.

Playing Style
First off, Recall your healer and then use Way of Perfection before you shadow step to any AL60/70 target with Death's Charge. Make sure your target is a bit far from their allies.

Siphon Speed will hex your target, gives you 20% speed bonus and slow target for 20%. Then, Black Lotus Strike hits hexed foe and give all of your spent energy back. Twisting Fang is your main damage dealing skill which deals around 200 damage including Bleeding and Deep Wound. Mobius Strike{e} does perfect jobs here refreshing all of your skills and opens up Critical Strike. This Critical Strike gives you 8 energy and 40-50 HP back. All of this takes at most 5 seconds.

Now you have 2 choices, if you're under pressure from the enemy around or your target gets a quick hex remove, you have to retreat using Recall. Otherwise, you are having 20% speed bonus and your target is 20% slowed --This is nasty. There will be no problem to hit your target with Black Lotus Strike and Critical Strike again. At this time, your target will be almost 100% killed.

Your worst scenario
1. Recall is shattered. If you're doing a combo, use Critical Strike to gain some health and then run away with 20% bonus movespeed ASAP. If you're not, then run.

2. Siphon Speed gets interrupted, which is rare. Recall back no matter what and wait for another opportunity.

Greedy Gus · May 30, 2006, 08:06 AM // 08:06

In my mind, the usefulness of moebius strike is in saving you a skill slot in this type of big combo damage, going dual->moebius->dual (but using the same dual attack after it's been recharged by moebius).

So far the moebius combo I liked the best was: unsuspecting->jungle->death blossom->moebius->death blossom, on a caltrops assassin (I divide my assassins between AoD ones and caltrops ones, because they're both great skills but usually can't fit on the same bar so well). Though twisting fangs would be slightly more damage than the dual death blossom, it's 10 more energy.

eva00r · May 30, 2006, 08:14 AM // 08:14

It's Twisting -> Moebius -> Critical Strike. I bet it is 100 more damage than
Death Blossom -> Moebius -> Death Blossom. With, only 4 more energy (Thx to Critical Strike)

Well, maybe you can replace Critical Strike with anything else such as Shadow Refuge, Blades of Steel or Expose Defense.

Greedy Gus · May 30, 2006, 08:21 AM // 08:21

The point of my post was my take on the usefulness of moebius in the first place, being able to save you a skill slot because it recharges the dual attack you just used rather than taking two.

edit: which mod buried this general assassin build in the TA section?