Whats the most commonly played second prof.

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sky99
Ascalonian Squire
#1
What is the most commonly played second proffesion(for assassin) and why? I'm starting an assasin soon and would like to know. And no i'm not asking for the best second prof for assasin.
Pyro maniac
Pyro maniac
Desert Nomad
#2
warrior for an IAS, monk for mending touch
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sky99
Ascalonian Squire
#3
Whats the most commonly played second proffesion if you are only going to play Factions based skills on your assasin.
ensoriki
ensoriki
Forge Runner
#4
Pyro maniac is incorrect.
In Pve
The most used secondarys are

A/E, A/me, A/mo and A/R from what i've seen.
In nightfall you will see more A/D's as well.

A/W is also used but to a lesser extent and more commonly seen in pvp.
Pyro maniac
Pyro maniac
Desert Nomad
#5
most used IAS on assassins are [skill]Flurry[/skill] and [skill]Tiger Stance[/skill]

Flurry is prophecies, but you can use Tiger Stance
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sky99
Ascalonian Squire
#6
I'm going to go A/E. Is this is a good idea? Factions only skills. In the future I'll play through prophecies and nightfall.
Pyro maniac
Pyro maniac
Desert Nomad
#7
Quote: Originally Posted by ensoriki
Pyro maniac is incorrect.
In Pve
The most used secondarys are

A/E, A/me, A/mo and A/R from what i've seen.
In nightfall you will see more A/D's as well.

A/W is also used but to a lesser extent and more commonly seen in pvp. IAS is still good in PvE
I don't know what other skills would be usefull on a sin, except going hammer sin, crit barrager or scythe sin.
A/E are mostly farmers, conjure is just crap. And have absolutely no idea for A/Me.
ensoriki
ensoriki
Forge Runner
#8
Quote: Originally Posted by Pyro maniac
IAS is still good in PvE
I don't know what other skills would be usefull on a sin, except going hammer sin, crit barrager or scythe sin.
A/E are mostly farmers, conjure is just crap. And have absolutely no idea for A/Me. Ah but the question was.
What is the most commonly used second profession.
Which is not warrior in pve.

A/Me, has some things the sin can use.

Also, the assassin doesn't need a/W in pve with critical agility (except he doesn't have nightfall right?)
Thus if you have critical agility, wtf would you take warrior for an IAS?
You'd take warrior for something else.
In which case there are less things than the other 4 mention'd classes.
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sky99
Ascalonian Squire
#9
I picked ele as my second proffesion. I am a fire ele. Is it a good idea to invest in all assasin stats and fire stat or will I have problems?
Vexed
Vexed
Frost Gate Guardian
#10
So you basically ignored the suggestions here?

Probably the best thing your elementalist secondary can offer is a conjure, and maybe Shock for causing a knockdown. You don't want to be casting spells in combat.
ensoriki
ensoriki
Forge Runner
#11
Quote: Originally Posted by sky99
I picked ele as my second proffesion. I am a fire ele. Is it a good idea to invest in all assasin stats and fire stat or will I have problems? Stick to your dagger skills, stick to dagger skills until you are level 20.

Once you are level come back and talk to us and we give you further guidance if you need it.

Though many will bash it.
As you are new go to pvxwiki.com and General pve builds for the assassin.
Look it up a bit, although Personally I would've rather you wen't mesmer and took Mantra of Frost for the afflicted, because afflicted are one of the worst hurdles any new assassin must face, as they can ruin your morale and make you quit the profession.
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sky99
Ascalonian Squire
#12
Okay im going A/me. I got the money from my old assasin and green daggers and brought some beginner armor in shing jea. If i'm going A/Me what stats are good to invest in? Mastery shadow deadly or critical.And what should I invest in for mesmer.
ensoriki
ensoriki
Forge Runner
#13
Until Zen daijun (maybe the quest with afflicted right before it)

Take ALL assassin skills.

Once you've reached Zen daijun/main land.

Carry Mantra of Frost, for everywhere afflicted are.
Gives you a large boost in defense.

Once you are at that part , dump your shadow arts (your probably using 8) all into the mantra attribute (I cant remember).

Just use that until you get to Senji, and then change your profession at will.
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sky1024
Ascalonian Squire
#14
Quote: Originally Posted by ensoriki
Until Zen daijun (maybe the quest with afflicted right before it)

Take ALL assassin skills.

Once you've reached Zen daijun/main land.

Carry Mantra of Frost, for everywhere afflicted are.
Gives you a large boost in defense.

Once you are at that part , dump your shadow arts (your probably using 8) all into the mantra attribute (I cant remember).

Just use that until you get to Senji, and then change your profession at will. But mantra is an elite. I don't have the money to buy an elite.Fail.
ensoriki
ensoriki
Forge Runner
#15
Mantra of frost is a core skill you can simply get it at a skill trainer unless you have bought many skills thus it will be cheap.
Qdq Swi
Qdq Swi
Krytan Explorer
#16
/w, /mo, /r, /e, /d...
Turtle222
Turtle222
Wilds Pathfinder
#17
/mo, too many soj sins
Bowstring Badass
Bowstring Badass
Forge Runner
#18
Quote: Originally Posted by Turtle222
/mo, too many soj sins cuz their other wiki build got nerfed. roflmao
Coloneh
Coloneh
Furnace Stoker
#19
most common would be /mo for healing breeze, mending and vigorous spirit.

never play that. ever
street peddler
street peddler
Wilds Pathfinder
#20
a/d for mystic regen