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This build uses Shadowy Burden to reduce the target's armor
level, making Shattering Assault much more effective
than normal due to the fact that it creates base damage as opposed
to bonus damage like most attack skills.
[edit] Attributes and Skills
[edit] Equipment
- Any armor you want, this build is not as energy intensive as
most assassin builds, but you may want energy armor anyway.
- Again, pretty much any daggers should work. I use 15^50 Zealous
+30 daggers. Vampiric would work nice as well.
- Shadowy Burden is one of the two main skills in this build. In
normal cases you would use Shadowy Burden, Black Lotus Strike,
Shattering Assault, Impale, Black Spider Strike, Shattering
assault. Repeat when your skills are recharged (should be about 3-6
seconds of downtime between chains).
- Use Siphon Speed to remove hex-breaker or if Shadowy Burden
gets removed. Your spike will not be as strong but it will still
work.
- Use Feigned Neutrality for a quick self heal.
[edit] Counters
- Both of your hexes being removed.
- A protection skill covered by other enchantments reduce your
spiking power. The more enchants covering it, the longer it will
take to remove with shattering assault. If it is covered with 4
enchantments, it will be impossible to remove during your
spike.
- Blocking Black Spider Strike or Black Lotus strike will reduce
spiking power. Blocking both of them will make the spike fail,
although if one of them hits you can use Shattering Assault since
it cannot be blocked.
- Most usual assassin counters.
[edit] Variants
- Shadow Refuge or Restful Breeze can replace Feigned Neutrality
if desired. If you use Restful Breeze, put any remaining attribute
points into Healing Prayers.
- Another backup hex can be used instead of Siphon Speed.
- The lower armor your target has the better. Shattering assault
doesn't deal bonus damage, it deals base damage, so armor is taken
into consideration. Base damage from skills is determined based on
60 armor level targets. If you reduce that amount the target will
take more damage than listed, hence the ability to use Shattering
Assault to deal massive damage. Against a 60 armor level target
hexed with Shadowy Burden, Shattering assault will deal 127 damage
x 2 (because its a dual attack). Against a monk using Frenzied
Defense and Protective Spirit, your first attack will
deal 10% of the target's full health, but that attack will also
strip Protective Spirit. The second attack usually deals about 250
damage, for a total of approximately 300 damage from one skill.
However, monks will often wait until they are under attack to use
Protective Spirit to conserve energy, resulting in an opportunity
to deal 500 damage in one skill, often killing the target
alone.
- If your first offhand attack is blocked, do not use Shattering
Assault. Simply go on to the next offhand attack and continue the
combo from there.
- If you use Shadowy Burden and see your target start to run
away, do not use Siphon Speed. Shadowy Burden already gives a 25%
snare and using Siphon Speed would eliminate your damage
bonus.