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This build is in many ways similar to the common Shadow Prison
Burst of Aggression assassin.
[edit] Attributes and Skills
[edit] Equipment
- Full set of Radiant Armor
- Any daggers you want. I prefer +5 energy +30 health 20/20 or
Vampiric
Usage is very straightforward, use the skills from left to right
in that order. After your first spike you can spike again without
Shroud of Silence by using Siphon Speed as your hex. Use Restful
Breeze to heal yourself, and sometimes you can even effectively
heal allies with it.
[edit] Counters
- Blindbots will stop you from killing your target. You can kill
the blindbot since it will not be able to blind you during Shadow
Shroud and you can use both Siphon Speed and Shadow Shroud while
blinded.
- Pre-veil will sometimes work.
- Contemplation of Purity.
- A few common assassin counters.
- This combination takes longer to use and recharge than the
usual Shadow Prison Burst of Aggression build, but the fact that it
keeps the target from casting spells during that time makes it very
much more effective in almost every situation (excluding Alliance
Battles).
- After you kill a monk the first time, stand near its body as it
will be ressed quickly. As soon as it comes up, put up Siphon Speed
and use your attack chain without Shroud of Silence. Most of the
time the monk will not have enough energy to save itself as soon as
it comes up.
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Overcoming Stance Monks
Often you will run into a monk with stances such as Frenzied
Defense. This is not a counter to this build, as it can be
overcome. It is however, a bit difficult to do. You won't be
killing the monk, but you will be disabling him and killing one of
his allies. First walk up very close to the monk. Put Siphon Speed
on the nearest foe other than the monk. As long as the targets
armor is 70 or below you should have no problem. As soon as you get
Siphon Speed on that foe, put Shroud of Silence on the monk. The
monk can't run away from you while you're trying to do this very
well since you have the 33% speed boost from Siphon Speed. Now that
Shroud of Silence is on the monk, switch back to the target you
hexed with Siphon Speed and use your attack chain on it. If all
goes well, the monk will be unable to heal it and it should
die.
[edit] Overcoming Pre-Veil
Even more common than a monk that uses stances is a monk that
puts Holy Veil on
themself to remove any nasty hexes like Shroud of Silence. There is
no absolute way around this, especially if the monk knows you have
Shroud of Silence, but usually you can beat it. First put Siphon
Speed on them. Watch for the hex to end within about 3 seconds of
casting. That means the monk has removed its veil. If your Siphon
Speed is almost recharged, use it again. If not, just go straight
to Shroud of Silence and use your chain as normal. If the monk
doesn't remove Siphon Speed, skip using Shroud of Silence and just
use your attack chain. The monk will survive and heal itself, but
will almost always remove the veil to recover the energy it lost
healing itself. As soon as your skills are close to recharged, use
Siphon Speed, Shroud of Silence, and your attack chain as always.
If the monk refuses to remove its veil until you use Shroud of
Silence (usually the case if they know you have it), just use
Siphon Speed and your attack chain repeatedly. With the energy
upkeep cost from veil the monk will not be able to survive
long.
[edit] Variants
- Dark Prison
can replace Siphon Speed for a shadow step, although it has a
longer recharge and doesn't snare as effectively as Siphon
Speed.
Assassin / Monk 
