Build:A/D Zealous Assassin

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The PvXwiki community finds this to be a good build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall Rating in the range from 3.75 to < 4.75 and thus qualifies for the medium category of working builds: Good. This build has been designed for the following use: PvP RA PvP AB PvP CM PvP HA

With the elite skill Zealous Vow and buffed dagger attack skills, this Assassin can manipulate an artifical IAS with quick activating attacks, spamming them repeatedly, while having constant energy available.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Dervish 12 + 1 + 2 Dagger Mastery 8 Critical Strikes 10 Wind Prayers Jagged Strike Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 15 Jagged Strike Lead Attack If Jagged Strike hits, your target suffers from Bleeding for 17..20 seconds. 1 ½ 5 Fox Fangs Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 15 Fox Fangs Off-Hand Attack Must follow a lead attack. Fox Fangs cannot be blocked and strikes for +30..35 damage if it hits. 3 ½ 5 Death Blossom Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 15 Death Blossom Dual Attack Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Death Blossom strikes target foe for +45 damage and all adjacent foes take 45 damage. 2 5 Exhausting Assault Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 15 Exhausting Assault Dual Attack Must follow a lead attack. Target foe's action is interrupted. If that action was casting a Spell, target foe suffers from Exhaustion. 8 ½ 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Featherfoot Grace Nightfall Dervish. Wind Prayers 10 Featherfoot Grace Enchantment Spell For 15 seconds, you move 25% faster, and Conditions expire 50% faster. 15 ¼ 10 Zealous Vow Nightfall Dervish. Wind Prayers 10 Zealous Vow Elite Enchantment Spell For 20 seconds, you have -3 Energy regeneration, and you gain 4..7 Energy every time you hit with an attack. 12 ¼ 5 Resurrection Signet Core No Profession. Unlinked Resurrection Signet Signet Resurrect target party member. That party member is returned to life with 100% Health and 25% Energy. This Signet only recharges when you gain a morale boost. 3 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Survivor Insignias, Radiants can be run over some pieces of AL. Sup Vigor Rune.
• Vampirc/Ebon Daggers of Fortitude/Enchanting (15^50 / 15^Enchanted).
• Defensive Sets.

[edit] Usage

• Maintain Zealous Vow and Featherfoot Grace for constant energy management during battle and a IMS which reduces condition lengths (great vs Blind/Cripple).
• Use your attacks literally on recharge, there is no set order you can use them in.
• Exhausting Assault can be used as a proper interrupt due to quick activating lead attacks.

[edit] Counters

• General Anti Melee.
• Heavy Enchantment Removal.

[edit] Variants

• Harrier's Grasp
• Harrier's Haste
• Pious Restoration
• Black Mantis Thrust
• Leaping Mantis Sting

[edit] Notes

• Fox Fangs, Jagged Strike and Black Mantis Thrust (see variants) have all been updated, as well as Zealous Vow's description being slightly out of date.
• Most effective when coupled with a Barbs midliner (see this), due to being able to trigger BMT's effect as well as pump out massive damage.