Build:A/W Way of the Chopper
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This build is not favored by the
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This PvP build, with a high Critical Strikes, can deal massive amounts of damage with a tremendous chance to critical with the Assassin Elite, Way of the Assassin. Could prove to be good in PvE, but I haven't tried it yet.
[edit] Attributes and Skills
  Assassin / Warrior |
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| Axe Mastery | 11 |
| Critical Strikes | 10 + 1 + 3 |
| Tactics | 10 |
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[edit] Equipment
Weapons - For starters, a 15 enchanted or in stance axe, such as Chaklin's Axe. Totem Axe wouldn't hurt either, but Chaklin's Axe is better for higher damage. Armor - An Assassin mask with + 1 to Critical Strikes, best Vigor Rune possible. For insignias, i have found that a mixture of Radiant and Survivor insignia. Place the ones you need most on the chest and legs, and put the other ones on the rest of your armor.
[edit] Usage
Remember, Assassin's jobs are to quickly kill 'squishy' targets, so don't get yourself killed by being the first to run into battle. Stay back and activate Sharpen Daggers. When you find your target, activate Critical Eye and Way of the Assassin. To start off, use Wild Blow to get a critical in early to inflict bleeding. Then, follow up with Malicious Strike to do some damage and inflict another critical hit. Spam those skills until target is dead, and use Critical Chop to have a chance to interrupt key skills.
[edit] Counters
Anti-Melee builds, i.e. Spiteful Spirit and Blind. Enchantment removal can hurt too, but would not shut down this build, since Malicious Strike would not always be able to do more damage and you couldn't inflict bleeding any more.
[edit] Variants
Build:A/P Critical Harpooner If you wanted to use a sword instead of an axe for some more focused damage, here's a variant:
[edit] Attributes and Skills
| Assassin / Warrior |
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| Swordsmanship | 11 |
| Critical Strikes | 10 + 1 + 3 |
| Tactics | 10 |
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For the optional slot, either use Hamstring to catch fleeing foes or Distracting Blow for a constant interruption. Gash could be used to to inflict Deep Wound but Wild Blow would make you lose all adrenaline, so you would have to cut back on its usage.
[edit] Equipment
Weapons - 15 while enchanted sword, or if you don't want to build your own swords, here are some choices for some green swords: Either Reaper's Blade or Forgotten Sword. If you can handle Vampiric weapons, use Grognar's Sword
[edit] Notes
With Critical Eye and Way of the Assassin activated, you will have a 52% chance to critical hit at 14 Critical Strikes
