This build is made to shutdown all spell caster professions. You can shutdown them almost perfectly with Dazed, exhaustion and Enchantment removal.

Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Mesmer	Attribute Rank
Dagger Mastery	12 + 1 + 3
Critical Strikes	8 + 1
Shadow Arts	7 + 1
Inspiration Magic	8

Disrupting Stab

Temple Strike

Twisting Fangs

Drain Enchantment

Blinding Powder

Shadow Refuge

Hex Eater Signet

Resurrection Signet

Equipment

• Zealous or Silencing daggers.
• Shrouded Armor for the extra energy.

Usage

• Start by softening up your target with Drain Enchantment or disrupting it with Disrupting Stab.
• Continue disrupting your target with Temple Strike followed by Twisting Fangs.
• Blind foes with Blinding Powder if they do too much damage to you.
• Remove Hexes from yourself and allies by using Hex Eater Signet and heal yourself with Shadow Refuge

Counters

• Blindness.
• Condition removal.
• Any sort of Melee hate. Especially skills like Reckless Haste, Spirit of Failure and Price of Failure.

Variations

• Resurrection Signet can be replaced with Signet of Malice in Alliance Battles or if you don't need to use Resurrection Signet.