Rodgort's Empty Palm is a PvE Team oriented build that utilizes the elite skill Way of the Empty Palm and Mark of Rodgort for a relatively free quick in, kill, quick out attack chain that causes burning while attacking. This build has very limited use in PvP.

Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Elementalist	Attribute Rank
Critical Strikes	9 + 1
Dagger Mastery	9 + 1
Fire Magic	8
Deadly Arts	10
Shadow Arts	3 + 1

Mark of Rodgort

Black Lotus Strike

Golden Phoenix Strike

Twisting Fangs

Shadow Walk

Dark Escape

Conjure Flame

Way of the Empty Palm

Equipment

• Armor: Max Shrouded Armor, Critical Mask
  • Runes: Major Critical, Minor Shadow Arts, Minor Dagger, 3x Runes of Attunement
• Weapons: Fiery Daggers are a requirement, while an Enchanting Mod is greatly desired, it's not 100% necessary

Usage

After choosing your target, cast Conjure Flame and either pause to regen a little energy or follow with by Mark of Rodgort. Cast Way of the Empty Palm and Shadow Walk to your target. Start with either Black Lotus Strike (while target is Hexed) or Golden Phoenix Strike. Follow with Critical Strike, the unused off-hand, and Critical Strike once it's recharged.

• Re-apply Mark of Rodgort if/when it's stripped only to use Black Lotus Strike.
• If the target goes down before Shadow Walk ends, use Dark Escape, select your next victim, re-apply Way of the Empty Palm (and Conjure Flame if necessary) and Shadow Walk to the next target.
  • You may also use Dark Escape to end Shadow Walk prematurely if a quick escape is needed
• Be sure to use Way of the Empty Palm BEFORE Shadow Walk, as Shadow Walk does not allow casting of Enchantments while under it's effects.

Counters

Blind, Evade, and Block will shut this build down, while Enchantment stripping and Hex removal should only slow it.

Variations

1. Replace Black Lotus Strike with Black Spider Strike to add poison on top of the burning as well.
2. Replace Dark Escape with Feigned Neutrality for +armor & health regen during the retreat.
3. Replace Way of the Empty Palm with Shadow Prison, and Shadow Walk with Feigned Neutrality.

• Please note: This would require a change in attribute allocation moving points from Deadly to Shadow

Notes

• This build is currently designed for Team PvE play. Let the Warrior/Aggro-magnet go in first, letting you pick off targets one-by one.
• You can pretty much use ANY stance to end Shadow Walk/Prison, I chose Dark Escape for the Duration, Movement Speed Increase, and Half Damage.