The PvP Tainted Blades build makes use of the rangers Apply poison skill to deal out poison damage with the fast attacking of the assassin. It also uses conditions and damage-dealing skills used by the assassin to finish the enemy fast.

Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Ranger	Attribute Rank
Dagger Mastery	10
Critical Strikes	9 + 1
Deadly Arts	7
Shadow Arts	7 + 1
Wilderness Survival	7

Melandru's Resilience

Desperate Strike

Fox Fangs

Death Blossom

Twisting Fangs

Apply Poison

Shadow Refuge

Enduring Toxin

Equipment

• Shrouded Armor for energy
• Keen Mask of Minor Shadow Arts
• Vigor Rune (any will do)
• Poison + 33% 15^50 +30 hp daggers

Usage

• Before entering battle, cast Apply Poison.
• Use skill combo-->Desperate Strike-->Fox Fangs--> Twisting Fangs then repeat using Death Blossom and keep alternating.
• Use Melandru's Resilience when conditioned or hexed
• Shadow Refuge is heal
• Use Enduring Toxin when enemies try to run

Counters

• If Melandru's Resilience gets canceled out, use Shadow Refuge immediatly

Variants

• Enduring Toxin can be changed to protection skill such as Blinding Powder or Shroud of Distress