The Toxic Assault is a defensive yet still very damaging Assassin, it carries Hex Breaker to defend itself from other Assassins that utilize Shadow Prison (eg. Build:A/W Berserking Shadow).

Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Mesmer	Attribute Rank
Dagger Mastery	10 + 2
Deadly Arts	10 + 2 + 1
Shadow Arts	8 + 1
Critical Strikes	7 + 1
Domination Magic	4

Black Spider Strike

Horns of the Ox

Impale

Signet of Toxic Shock

Shadow Prison

Feigned Neutrality

Hex Breaker

Resurrection Signet

Equipment

• A Full set of + Energy Armor
• Poisonous , Vampiric, Zealous, and Ebon Daggers of Fortitude
• A -5 Damage 20% Chance/+30 Shield and +30 Spear for running.

Usage

• Open up with Shadow Prison.
• Follow with Black Spider Strike and Horns of the Ox.
• Use Impale to add a deep wound and follow with Signet of Toxic Shock to trigger the deep wound mechanic as well as additional 82 damage.
• When fighting Hex using opponents or other Assassins use Hex Breaker for defense.
• Feigned Neutrality is your self support, use it wisely.

Counters

• Standard Melee counters still apply ( Blind, Miss, Block ect...)
• Diversion
• Mending Touch or Restore Condition will remove both your conditions and ruin your spike.

Variants

• Dash or Dark Escape for running.
• Mending Touch instead of Hex Breaker for defense vs. conditions.
• Shadow Refuge instead of Feigned Neutrality.
• Siphon Speed as a backup hex.

Notes

• Assassins with a warrior secondary (A/W) is commonly a sign that they are a build such as the Build:A/W Berserking Shadow, which utlize Shadow Prison, prepare accordinly with Hex Breaker

See also

• Build:A/W Berserking Shadow
• Build:A/W Leet Ganker
• Build:A/Mo Black Widow
• Build:A/any Impaler