Build:A/D Silencing Harrier

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Contents 1 Attributes and Skills 2 Equipment 3 Usage 4 Counters 5 Variants

The Silencing Harrier makes use of the dervish's enchantments and stance to improve his attack and movement speed, and silences the ennemy thanks to the Golden Skull Strike for several seconds, leaving casters defenceless.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Dervish	Attribute Rank
Dagger Mastery	11 + 1 + 1
Deadly Arts	10 + 3
Critical Strikes	8 + 1
Wind Prayers	6

Golden Lotus Strike

Golden Skull Strike

Horns of the Ox

Malicious Strike

Impale

Harrier's Grasp

Whirling Charge

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[edit] Equipment

• A full Nightstalker's armor set.
• Zealous daggers of fortitude with a "Strength And Honor" inscription.

[edit] Usage

• Find a target, a caster if possible.
• Move out and approach your target, then cast Harrier's Grasp and Whirling Charge.
• Use Golden Lotus Strike, Golden Skull Strike and Horns of the Ox, then Malicious Strike, and finish the combo with Impale.
• Keep attacking to prevent the target from casting and use Malicious Strike as soon as you can, or run away if you are under heavy pressure.
• If your target isn't a caster, you can go on without using the Harrier's Grasp and the Whirling Charge. Your attacks will still hit if you aren't enchanted.

[edit] Counters

• Blindness.
• Insidious Parasite, Clumsiness, Empathy, all the usual anti-warrior stuff.
• Fast condition removal, or another foe who could possibly dismiss the condition.

[edit] Variants

• Using Guiding Hands instead of Harrier's Grasp. Your target won't be able to block your attacks, but as a drawback he will be able to run away with more ease. Take care, as Guiding Hands will only work on the 4 next attacks, even if you didn't use any attack skill. Also, keep in mind that a dual attack counts as two attacks.
• Replace Impale with Feigned Neutrality or Shadow Refuge for some self-heal, at the expense of your overall damage output.