+++ The Keystone Assassin +++

[arredondo]

Here's a Keystone Assassin theory build I've been tossing around in my head. It uses an AsMe to kill an enemy with a pretty cool setup:

http://forums.gwonline.net/showpost....6&postcount=13

I put it in the Mesmer forum under my thread at the link below, but I thought some of you future assassins would get a kick out of it. Hopefully it works out as designed.

http://forums.gwonline.net/showthread.php?t=358219

[The Aderes]

i tried the first link but dont seem to work :S second one does though.

[arredondo]

Fixed.

[scorche]

Only one problem i see... and that is that repeating strike must follow an off hand attack, so u need a diff off hand in order to use that skill. but other then that it looks pretty good

[Rhayve]

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+++ THE KEYSTONE ASSASSIN +++

Deadly Arts - 14
Dagger mastery - 11
Shadow Arts - 8
Inspiration - 8
Illusion - 4
Critical Strikes - 3
(no points left)


Phantom Pain: 10 secs of -2 degen, Deep Wound for 9 secs
Black Mantis Thrust: Lead attack, 16 damage, cripples for 13 secs.
Repeating Strike: Off-hand hits for 16 damage repeatedly until I stop or miss
Blinding Powder: Must come after off-hand, blinds target for 10 secs.
Mantra of Signets: To instantly recharge SoS
Signet of Shadows: 33 shadow damage, add 57 shadow damage on the Blind
Keystone Signet (Elite): 10 secs of non signet recharge, but recharges SoS instantly
Rez

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Ermm... you should replace Repeating Strike with something else or use Black Lotus Strike instead of Black Mantis Thrust, because Repeating Strike only follows Off-hand attacks (or else it couldn't be "repeated"), I'd suggest you take Fox Fangs (cannot be Block nor Evaded and adds Damage) so that your combo won't be interrupted

EDIT: Dangit, scorche beat me to it ;P

[arredondo]

Good point! I'm glad I came to the Assassin forum. I'll either replace it or find a good OHA to squeeze in some how.

[arredondo]

OK, the revision is done. I had to change quite a bit to still get the high damage I was after. Let me know if I missed something again!

Oh, and before someone asks, I chose the off-hand Wild Strike mainly because of its recharge time. I needed 8 secs. or less (WS is 4 sec.), and only Golden Phoenix Strike does that besides the one I picked. GPS requires an enchanted foe, so I went with Wild Strike, but choose either one for yourself and it still should work. Here it is:

http://forums.gwonline.net/showpost....4&postcount=14

Complete thread link:

http://forums.gwonline.net/showthread.php?t=358219

[Ekrin]

i have a similar build except with out the recharging SoS and using Unseen Fury. but the basic blinding idea + SoS is the same. I will try augumenting them together.

[IWantMORIDIN]

Use Echo instead of Keystone so that you can chain all 3 SoS's together.

[arredondo]

Use Echo instead of Keystone so that you can chain all 3 SoS's together.

So simple, yet so true.

Hah, that prevents the need for any Inspiration points (MoS works fine at Insp 0), plus I'd no longer need to worry about the KS recharge penalty. KS needs 2+ sigs on a build to make it useful meaning Echo is always best for a spamming one like this. Thumbs up to you for your sensible idea that never crossed my mind.