The Blooming Thunder build revolves around the effectiveness of knockdowns at a constant rate. This build works for alliance battle and PvE when your group runs into big groups.

Attributes and skills

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

Black Lotus Strike

Death Blossom

Golden Lotus Strike

Falling Spider

Blades of Steel

Conjure Lightning

Thunderclap

Resurrection Signet

Equipment

• Shrouded Armor for the energy bonus in order to maintain Thunderclap.
• +5 energy daggers with a shocking mod.
• Attunement rune for additional energy.
• Best vigor rune possible to offset superior rune.

Usage

• First cast Conjure Lightning and allow your energy to regenerate.
• Find a target and cast Thunderclap on the target.
• Shadow step, using Death's Charge and begin the follow combination:

Black Lotus Strike - Death Blossom - Golden Lotus Strike - Falling Spider - Blades of Steel

• You should have enough energy for Thunderclap to last until Blades of Steel.

Counters

• Energy denial will minimize the effectiveness of this build.
• This build is prone to damage spikes.
• Conditions such as blind and weakness will also effect the performance of the build.
• Hex removal will counter Thunderclap. This will also break Black Lotus Strike's requirement.

Variants

• Use Shadow Walk or Death's Charge instead of Resurrection Signet in AB.
• Bring along Horns of the Ox to knock down without Thunderclap.

Notes

Remember not to waste your time with regular attacks when Thunderclap is on and make sure that you link the dagger attacks after each other.