First Thoughts on Ritualist and Assassin

Ritualist spirits and Assassin evade skills make fights last much longer.
Seems like assassin skillset encourages people to use "hit and run" tactics.

And A/W are the new paladins in CA. Be afraid ! So many people play as A/W because you have to right now to have any skills as an assassin, it's preset. If I could unlock skills fast with PvE i'd be playing as an A/N rather than A/W.

Consider this Ritualist skill if you would...

Wailing Weapon - 10 en, 1 cast, 30 recharge
Weapon Spell. For 5-10 seconds, target ally has a Wailing Weapon. Whenever the Wailing Weapon strikes an attacking foe, that foe is interrupted.

Then think of a Barrage ranger with a Ritualist friend... On single target, let's try Quickshot. lol

By the way, they are "weapon spells" so this means Pets don't get the effects right? Oh damn... no love for pets?

Can Assassin and Ritualist work with pet builds?

What's up with those "holding ashes" skills??? And there are skills that do more damage if you are holding an "item"? Who doesn't hold an item? An item can be a weapon right? No, an "item" is anything that makes the "Drop Item" button show up. Relics, flags, ashes, that sort of thing.

No, an "item" is anything that makes the "Drop Item" button show up. Relics, flags, ashes, that sort of thing. Oh... that kind of "item". I see. So Ashes is one of them?

I love the Assassin. Several times i've used shadow step, rushed past the other team with Shadow Step, killed their Monk hiding in the back with my attack chain, then teleported out. Also, with the A/W pre-build, you should swap out Mirror Stance for Bonetti's Defence, it rules. That's what I like to hear!!!

Finally they design a class that can do this kind of thing. I like. No more Monk Owns in 4v4!!

I had a Warrior build that could inflict 5 conditions in 3 attacks. It doesn't work too well in PvP, since it gives a huge boost to Mend Ailment. Maybe Dazed might alleviate that.


Assassins shouldn't do a huge amount of damage, the way they are now. They have 10 less armor than Warriors, but double the energy regen and 35 energy (with Zodiac). That makes them much more versatile.

Also, Vengeful Was Khanhei is INSANE. If there is any skill in the game designed to kill Assassins/Warriors/IWAY, it is this one. Plus, it's in the Restoration tree, so you can stick it on a healer.

While this preview is a lot of fun, it really makes me want to make a PvE Ritualist. Some of the spirits (AoE Shielding Hands, AoE Mending, AoE Prot. Spirit) might work very well in high end content, especially when combined with Consume Soul. Allright, I don't want ot be a jerk, but that is probably the stupidest thing i've heard in a while.
Warriors dont have 10 more armor. Their physical defense is almost always 100, and if you calculate how much armor they would need to have that 4-5 damage reduction they get with knights and a superior absorption rune, they have f^%&ing crazy defense. Also, if the assassin wouldnt kill fast, what would it do?