Build:A/Rt Lethal Weapon

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Contents 1 Attributes and skills 2 Equipment 3 Usage 4 Counters 5 Variants 6 Notes

The Lethal Weapon supplements its offensive Critical Strikes and Dagger Mastery skills with Restoration Magic, providing counter-resistant and cost-effective healing and defense. Its use of Palm Strike and short combos renders it more resistant to typical Assassin counters than your average build.

[edit] Attributes and skills

Assassin / Ritualist	Attribute Rank
Critical Strikes	10 + 1 + 2
Dagger Mastery	11 + 1
Restoration Magic	10

Palm Strike

Twisting Fangs

Critical Strike

Critical Eye

Dash

Resilient Weapon

Wielder's Boon

Resurrection Signet

[edit] Equipment

• Cruel Daggers of Fortitude with "+15% damage (while health is aboive 50%)"
• Zealous Daggers of Fortitude with "+15% damage (while health is aboive 50%)"
• Cruel Daggers of Fortitude with "+5 Energy"
• Sword or Axe with "+5 Energy" and a Restoration Magic Focus
• Full Shrouded Armor

[edit] Usage

• Select a target, preferably a Monk or other squishy.
• Close in with Dash.
• Use Palm Strike, followed by Twisting Fangs.
• Switch to the Zealous Daggers set as long as you're attacking and not using Twisting Fangs.
• Use Palm Strike again once it has recharged, follow by Critical Strike.
• Continue attacking with Palm Strike into Critical Strikes, or Twisting Fangs if Deep Wound is removed.
• Use Dash to catch kiters, or kite yourself.
• Use Resilient Weapon and Wielder's Boon to combat hexes and conditions, and regain health.

[edit] Counters

• Snaring
• Energy denial
• Interrupts
• Blindness and hexes like Spirit of Failure

[edit] Variants

• For AB, Resurrection Signet should be subsistuted for one of the following skills.
  • Black Lotus Strike, for additional energy management. This should be used in coordination with a hex-caster on your team, as this build doesn't employ any hexes itself.
  • Signet of Malice, for extra defense against conditions.
  • Leaping Mantis Sting, for extra anti-kiting ability.
• Disrupting Stab may replace Critical Eye in RA if you often find yourself needing an interrupt.

[edit] Notes

• Note that, unlike Distracting Blow and most other attack skill interrupts, Disrupting Stab does not have a 1/2 second activation time. Therefore, it is best used to interrupt slow-casting skills, such as Resurrection Signet, Troll Unguent, or Signet of Devotion.
• Using Disrupting Stab after Palm Strike but before a dual attack will "reset" your target to the Lead Attack combo stage. In this case, you won't be able to use a dual attack until you use Palm Strike again.