Assassin for Beginners

trapdoor_coffin · September 10, 2019, 3:27pm

Hail, Hyborians!
I was curious what the best PvE assassin set-up might be; aka where to spend the majority of Feat points, levels 10-50? I am nervous expending a ton of points in corruption, as I’m unfamiliar with cancer build-up. Anyone’s filled out feat tree would be greatly appreciated!

Fireblow · September 10, 2019, 6:44pm

Yeah I’d say go Corruption for leveling. Getting Athropy and Soul Strike is a great start. Athropy speaks for itself, but Soul Strike is great with Slow Death Strike since you get a nice stun if you combine those two. Assassin isn’t the best solo class afterall. You kinda have to nuke the mobs before they nuke you. For the lvl 70 ability just aim for Avatar of Death. To be honest I don’t really go that specifically into it anymore when I make specs for leveling. Just get the most important stuff and I am sure you will do fine.

If you want to make it a abit hybrid Cat’s Paw is fine, Snap Kick, Opportunistic Strike, Lotus Tainted Blood for fighting caster mobs etc…

esty17 · September 10, 2019, 9:43pm

Old, but I used it only 3 months ago and still worked fine as a guide for me.

Guiltyfeet · September 11, 2019, 3:15pm

Assassin Leveling & Unconquered

This require maintenance, and an occasional re-spec

The first important Ability in the Assassin feat tree is Miasma: Soul Strike, found in Corruption, and requires 11 points

Fill Lotus Blades + Corrupted Blades = 10 points
Time to Re-Spec at 11 points for Ability - Miasma: Soul Strike

The key to an assassin’s big dps are 'Miasma rotations". The first an assassin can use are Grim Corruption and/or Slow Death Strikes + Face Stab to get a bonus +100% damage (single) and +200% damage (both).

Utility Rotations

Combo - Slow Death Strikes + Ability - Miasma: Soul Strike ( = Stun)
Combo - Grim Corruption + Ability - Miasma: Lotus Coated Dart ( = Silence)

Reverse Rotations = Major Damage

Combo - Slow Death Strikes + Ability - Miasma: Lotus Coated Dart (poison dot)
Combo - Grim Corruption + Ability - Miasma: Soul Strike (The Bomb!)

*Note: Either can be reached with 11 points

Screenshot Level 23 Unconquered
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After you get Ability - Miasma: Soul Strike … re-fill Lotus Blades

Continue in Lotus tree to reach Ability - Miasma: Lotus Coated Dart, or experiment in corruption with Atrophy

When you reach 22 points you’ll have both Abilities in your arsenal and the next to explore should include Cat’s Paw and/or Atrophy, which is especially important for Unconquered

trapdoor_coffin · October 3, 2019, 12:44pm

Thank you all, fellow Hyborian slayers!!
A lot to work on…at lvl 19 I was conquered by an in-game bug but the fight will go on!

Halfdead · October 3, 2019, 4:31pm

Assassin probably not the best class for unconquered. Way too squishy

remunantsu · October 4, 2019, 9:25am

if you have latency above 100 dont play sin. Really.

Guiltyfeet · October 22, 2019, 5:33am

Cimmerian Assassin

Bootparty was created on 10 October 2019.

After reading your post, I couldn’t disagree until it was put to the test. This is a ‘natural’ Unconquered Assassin without power-leveling, groups, or assistance from guilds or players. Thank you for motivating me to complete this challenge.

Tortage
Conall’s Valley
Field of the Dead
Eiglophian Mountains
Thunder River
Atzel’s Approach
Keshetta
Common District
Destiny Quests Completed

mcnavy · October 22, 2019, 7:08am

i`m still curious how ppl find lvling on PvE server challenging.
I remember back in the days fighting for mobs in conalls valley because it was PvP server - that was challenging

Yawgmoth · October 22, 2019, 10:06am

Leveling itself is not challenging at all, but to level up without any death is not trivial, especially on a sin.

Fireblow · October 22, 2019, 10:27am

Yeah agree, leveling itself is not hard, and I don’t think people think it is either. And, playing with some intelligence you won’t die on sin either to mobs or anything. I haven’t tried unconquerored myself, but I do believe I would be way more scared of dying from falling from a cliff from not being careful enough, or some random disconnect

Moriala · October 22, 2019, 2:39pm

+1
I dont think its about calling it easy or hard, you can easily do it with any class, what differs is the pase the class allow you to play at. It would be interesting if there was a leaderboard that tracked the playtime it took for people to reach 80, and have a requirement that a percentage of the total xp to 80 was done trough questrewards to disqualify people that xp grind.

Halfdead · October 22, 2019, 3:34pm

Grats on leveling in a dead game. Enjoy RF

mcnavy · October 22, 2019, 7:48pm

its not hard either if we are talking about PvE server(only some lag which is basically random can kill you if you have some brain), its not even hard to complete those low lvl dungeons without dying. idk what`s chalenging there

Zaldar · October 22, 2019, 7:52pm

Yes, it’s not that hard to level with any of the 12 classes. Nonetheless, assassin would be the hardest class to level unconquered imo. There are many other classes that have it much easier leveling than others.

Dimchik · December 23, 2019, 7:22am

here is a Assassin Miasma reminder script (info from old aoc forums post):
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%1 %2 <a style="text-decoration:underline" href="text://<center>-=:: Assassin's Miasma 101 ::=- . <img src='rdb://224940'> </center> . . Miasma: Lotus Coated Dart - You must Feat this ability in Lotus Tree. . Combos: . Grim Corruption + Lotus Coated Dart = Silence . Slow Death Strike + Lotus Coated Dart = Large amount of Poison Damage over Time . Grim Corruption AND Slow Death Strike + Lotus Coated Dart = Combined Effect of Both Above . . Miasma: Soul Strike - You must Feat this ability in Corruption Tree. . Combos: . Grim Corruption + Soul Strike = Massive amount of Unholy Damage . Slow Death Strike + Soul Strike = Stun . Grim Corruption AND Slow Death Strike + Soul Strike = Combined Effect of Both Above . Miasma: Face Stab - This is a Core Ability and you do not need to feat it. Face Stab is a core Assassin close combat ability that does physical damage which is multiplied by the number of Base Poisons applied to the target at the time of its use. You can feat unholy stab to increase crit chance on Face Stab. . Combos: . Face Stab Attack with No Poison applied = x1 damage . Grim Corruption OR Slow Death Strike THEN Face Stab = x2 damage . Grim Corruption AND Slow Death Strike THEN Face Stab = x3 damage . Miasma: Soul Strike . Miasma: Soul Strike is an ability feated in the Corruption Tree. This ability does a small amount of unholy damage and applies a Spiritual Torment. . When used on a target which has the Grim Weakness effect, the effect is removed and replaced with Soul Toxin: Essence Detonation. When used on a target which has the Dread Venom effect, is removed and replaced with Soul Toxin: Venom Spike. . Note that if both Base Poisons (Grim Weakness and Dread Venom) are running on the target, Miasma: Soul Strike will cause both of them to be replaced by their corresponding Toxin. . Miasma: Lotus Coated Dart . Miasma: Lotus Coated Dart is an ability feated in the Lotus Tree, which does a small amount of damage over time. This ability may be used from a maximum range of 20m. . When used on a target which has the Grim Weakness effect, the effect is removed and replaced with Lotus Toxin: Grim Essence. When used on a target which has the Dread Venom effect, is removed and replaced with Lotus Toxin: Deadly Venom. . Note that if both Base Poisons (Grim Weakness and Dread Venom) are running on the target, Miasma: Lotus Coated Dart will cause both of them to be replaced by their corresponding Toxin. . ">Assassin's Miasma 101: <img src='rdb://224940'></a>