Assassin - Character Overview

**Luke** · 04-10-2003, 08:31 PM

Here's the Assassin Character Overview.. I'm not home at the moment so i'll add it to the site when I get home from work tomorrow. :

Assassin

When good mages go bad, that's when they call in the Assassins. Human weapons against corrupt mages such as the infamous Horazon, Assassins perfect the powers of the mind, channeling their magic inwards. What does this mean for the player? Basically, kickass martial arts powers.
The Assassin is one of the most flexible classes. Fast, strong, with potential for some truly damaging close-in work or some ranged combat, she can be shaped into the perfect jewel for a variety of combat scenarios.
Of the three schools of training the Assassin can indulge in, only one is truly unique: the Shadow Disciplines. Part Summoning, part Stealth, they alone in the game are designed to avoid combat until the time is right. The Traps are essentially spells. If you like ranged combat and sneaking around getting things right then this is the path for you. Martial arts add a new zest to melee, allowing even the most routine fight to become a delicate ballet of charging-up and finishing moves.
The Assassin most certainly benefits from a strong mastery of one school. The martial arts tree has a variety of different effects, relying on elemental attacks and allowing Life-draining.

The advantage an Assassin has in hand-to-hand combat is her speed. Many of her specialty powers come from twin claw-class weapons. These are extremely quick and can be boosted with martial skills. It is even possible for the Assassin to go weaponless to give an extra boost to speed. Appealing, certainly, but beware of this conceit. The difference between very fast claws and hands is essentially nothing at all.
The temptation to use charge-up and finishing strikes is great indeed. Sadly, these are mainly Elemental attacks and in the latter stages of the games they can lose their potency. Shadow warrior, an almost-done of you, is therefore one of the most important skills for the Assassin, as are finishing moves.
Traps, nasty things, can take a bit of time to learn to use correctly. They require more forethought than simple spells, many having proximity triggers or other specific uses. It's the heavy artillery of the character. Beware of over-reliance on them though. Like the charge-up skills, elemental resistance is strongly stacked against you later on. The Assassin is straightforward to get down and dirty with, but getting maximum use out of her is a definite challenge. Like the Druid, she does best with one strong specialisation and an assortment of secondary skills to augment her strengths.

**trayne** · 05-21-2003, 03:22 PM

I like it. lemmie know when the picture is done...i have a thing for sassys lol. i like em fiesty

**Luke** · 05-23-2003, 07:57 PM

Want the pic to be naked with a spikey dog collar and a whip? :

**ITH** · 05-23-2003, 11:19 PM

wht?:

**Pokemon Master** · 05-24-2003, 03:37 AM

Originally posted by Spitfire
Want the pic to be naked with a spikey dog collar and a whip? :

lol.. hahahahaha

YES

HA

**trayne** · 05-24-2003, 04:27 AM

lol dont tempt me..single for 5 years and anything goes now a days lmao. my whole theme is assassins lol. sounds and everything.

**trayne** · 06-28-2003, 03:08 PM

ok. gimmie the pic

**Luke** · 06-28-2003, 10:16 PM

Whoops man... completely forgot about these 2 overviews..

I'll do the images n’ post em’ in about 15hrs when I wake up.

Glad to see ppl are still posting in the forums :

With work and my social life which came from nowhere recently lmao... only get the opportunity to get near a computer on weekends now... work finishes in 8 weeks, I’ll be back more often then no doubt.

Single for 5 years... sheesh man... Your testosterone levels must be running high.. Watch out galz!

**trayne** · 06-30-2003, 03:48 AM

i can control the urges yanno. Military helped on that. too bad about the no time. I got more time now since i set my other computer to use a help site for the earthlink and msn users lol. so i got 18 extra hours. and social life i dont worry about. cause i have no life!! :P :P :P :P :P

hehehehehehehehe
if i wanted a life i'd have to give in to danielle's request. here's 1 of her pics from her comp. she doesnt know i gotin lol. i wanna surprise her. she think she's ugle but i think thats bull

**Luke** · 06-30-2003, 12:20 PM

Yeah.. she isnt uglee..

Drum that into her head aye.

**trayne** · 07-01-2003, 02:51 PM

i tease her about having a fat ass lol. though she bugs me about not wanting to say yes to her question.

never say never..just say no

**Luke** · 07-06-2003, 12:50 AM

Just say yes man. You know you want to

Make a purrrdddaaayyy gal happy :

**Mystic** · 07-06-2003, 02:04 AM

Originally posted by Spitfire
 
Make a purrrdddaaayyy gal happy :

lol and if u dont wanna make the puurrrrrdday gal happy then shes got more customers
:

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**trayne** · 07-08-2003, 04:48 AM

lol. i wont need to. she's so whipped. she comes over every day and on occasion at nights just to cuddle and talk.

**Mistbooster@kgb** · 08-01-2003, 04:30 AM

he hee does somebody wanna know what an insane trap master my bro has ( i dunno where the heck did he get the EQP. but all i know is that he has +21 to traps :P ) i DONT WANNA DUEL HIM FOR a damn good reason ( he said he had "SOME" charms adding to traps all all ass. skills charm yeah some inventory almost full of em´)

h34r:

**trayne** · 08-15-2003, 12:06 AM

not bad. sorta like my sassy on europe. lvl 61 and traps are lvl 28 with lvl 21 shadow disiplines. I got a couple of charms that add to traps and sas skills. did some xfering off the barb to her. but i had to stop playing closed on 1.09 cause i play closed on 1.10 now.