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This build has been successfully vetted by the GuildWiki community according to the vetting procedure. This build has been designed for the following use: |
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This build has been successfully vetted by the GuildWiki community according to the vetting procedure. This build has been designed for the following use: |
This build is in many ways similar to the common Shadow Prison Burst of Aggression assassin.
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| Dagger Mastery | 11 + 1 + 3 |
| Deadly Arts | 10 + 1 |
| Critical Strikes | 10 + 1 |
| Healing Prayers | 1 |
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Usage is very straightforward, use the skills from left to right in that order. After your first spike you can spike again without Shroud of Silence by using Siphon Speed as your hex. Use Restful Breeze to heal yourself, and sometimes you can even effectively heal allies with it.
Often you will run into a monk with stances such as Frenzied Defense. This is not a counter to this build, as it can be overcome. It is however, a bit difficult to do. You won't be killing the monk, but you will be disabling him and killing one of his allies. First walk up very close to the monk. Put Siphon Speed on the nearest foe other than the monk. As long as the targets armor is 70 or below you should have no problem. As soon as you get Siphon Speed on that foe, put Shroud of Silence on the monk. The monk can't run away from you while you're trying to do this very well since you have the 33% speed boost from Siphon Speed. Now that Shroud of Silence is on the monk, switch back to the target you hexed with Siphon Speed and use your attack chain on it. If all goes well, the monk will be unable to heal it and it should die.
Even more common than a monk that uses stances is a monk that puts Holy Veil on themself to remove any nasty hexes like Shroud of Silence. There is no absolute way around this, especially if the monk knows you have Shroud of Silence, but usually you can beat it. First put Siphon Speed on them. Watch for the hex to end within about 3 seconds of casting. That means the monk has removed its veil. If your Siphon Speed is almost recharged, use it again. If not, just go straight to Shroud of Silence and use your chain as normal. If the monk doesn't remove Siphon Speed, skip using Shroud of Silence and just use your attack chain. The monk will survive and heal itself, but will almost always remove the veil to recover the energy it lost healing itself. As soon as your skills are close to recharged, use Siphon Speed, Shroud of Silence, and your attack chain as always. If the monk refuses to remove its veil until you use Shroud of Silence (usually the case if they know you have it), just use Siphon Speed and your attack chain repeatedly. With the energy upkeep cost from veil the monk will not be able to survive long.