Build:A/any The Critical Palm

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1 Attributes and Skills
2 Equipment
3 Usage
4 Counters
5 Variants
6 Notes
7 See Also

This build utilizes Critical Strikes skills to deal damage with only two attack skills. This allows room for more support skills. Shadow Arts skills are used disrupt the enemy and to warp away from the battle to recuperate.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Any	Attribute Rank
Critical Strikes	12 + 1 + 3
Dagger Mastery	8 + 1
Shadow Arts	10 + 1

[edit] Equipment

Nightstalker's Armor
Any max damage daggers with a dagger mastery requirement of 9 or less

[edit] Usage

Begin with Critical Eye prior to combat.
Open with Palm Strike.
If fighting a Warrior, Ranger, or Assassin use Blinding Powder.
Finish with Twisting Fangs.
Use Shadow Refuge whenever necessary and/or if you have enough energy.
If able, keep dishing out damage with normal hits after using the first two attack skills. Your attacks will give you 4 energy on each critical hit.
If you come under attack use Viper's Defense to escape the combat area.
Use Caltrops to snare kiting foes.
Recover from Conditions with Signet of Malice

[edit] Counters

Normal anti-melee skills.
Evasion and Blocking.

[edit] Variants

Resurrection Signet can replace Signet of Malice for use in TA or GvG

[edit] Notes

Palm Strike will always hit and will do 90 shadow damage, which ignores armor.
The skills used inflict the conditions: Blind, Bleeding, Deep Wound, Poisoned, and Cripple which causes additional damage or hinders the opponent. This means Signet Of Malice should always be effective in curing your conditions.
This build has a 35.8% chance of making a critical hit while Critical Eye is active.
Remember that the assassin class is by no means a tank or a class that can sustain much damage. This build inflicts damage and conditions, and escapes when threatened.