Assassin build?

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  1. OptimisticSam

    OptimisticSam Well-Known Member
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    Curious if anyone has tinkered with an "assassin" type red build -

    GM Hide
    GM Stealth
    GM Fencing
    GM Tactics
    GM Anat

    Then maybe some combo of -

    GM Resist?
    GM Mage?
    GM Heal?

    Stealth up to a solo farmer, para blow, and then drop purple pots.

    Is this even realistic?
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    Yeah - good call - I meant to add, you'd sling poisoned weapons around, and probably some purple pots. Better to stun than to para blow?
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    I don't think para blow lasts long enough to get exp pots off. Para is 4 seconds and pot timer is 5.

    I would suggest
    Gm Hiding
    Gm Stealth
    Gm Swords
    Gm Lumber
    Gm anat
    80 Tactics
    95 heal
    25 magery (recall scrolls)

    Follow solo farmer close and when they get hit for 30+ damage from a mob, finish em off :)

    Can carry dp kats for other fun.

    Also, you could attack them at full health, and start an explo pot right after attacking and toss it opposite the side you attacked from so they walk into it running from you already very hurt from your axe :)

    Plenty of fun to be had.
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    Interesting - you think lumberjack + swords is better than the chance to para-blow them?
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    This is a real silent killer. Only the tamer and dexer have no stealth, all other characters with stealth. I love espionage and intelligence.

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    Yeah - I think you might be right. I will have to read a bit on stun vs. para. @Kiryana build looks fun too. Lumberjack with a runic axe would be fairly nasty, I imagine. I wonder what one of those would hit for. And then maybe switch to DP katana or something.
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    Well, I may let you know...had the lumberjack assassin planned for awhile now ... Just been too busy trying to build wealth (ethy/blessed runebooks) to finish it yet. Have a couple days of macroing to finish too.

    Plan to use explo pots and the axe, will try both axe first attacking and dp kat first to figure out which is more successful.
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    Yeah - this one feels really fun. I may have to start the macro up here -- can you macro lumberjack to GM? I might skip healing for magery instead - rely on pots to heal. That way don't need a gate bot. It'd be nice to squeeze tracking into the build somewhere, but I'm not sure that is possible.
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    I ran a similar template for a little while, and the problem was is I missed a DP or they got a cure off, I was just standing there like a jerk since I wasn't mounted. Stuns and para help, but they aren't enough most of the time when you're on foot. They just reveal/dump. You can mitigate that with some magery, but it'd be for utility at best.
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    actually, if you got GM poisoning, utima is gonna give you the "Assassin" title
    so i guess its the way to go
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    I have been doing the lumberjack/swords,stealth build since I joined.
    It’s worth it just for the chaos that it causes when you show up directly next to them and they’re at half health before they know what’s happening.

    The catch is you’re on foot. They can run and/or can just snipe you away.

    Fun but not effective against good players.
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    Another is Stealth Archer Template

    Archery
    Tactics
    Anat
    Heal
    Hide
    Stealth
    Magery

    You need good weapons (with archery and dmg bonus) and need to hunt them when a little low on HP. (Jakob made a hilarious video on this)

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    Why the anatomy?
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    A few buddies and me back in the day ran the stealth archer thing. One guy ran with a spear instead of a bow though.

    Archery/Fencing
    Tactics
    Anatomy
    Hiding
    Stealth
    Magery
    Med

    It was so much fun ganking people. We would "Synch dump" arrows and purples on people and the spear guy would pick the target most of the time.
    We did pretty good and could cross heal when things went south.
    It was super awkward when we would all wiff though.... lol 4 dudes just standing there for like 100 years while the swing timer reset.
    Bob and Rash would just talk smack when that happened usually

    I would pay 300gp to be in a guild like that again. :)
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    If this shard uses the power scroll era formula (anat + eval +20) / 2 then you can get GM defensive wrestle with only 80 anat.

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