Build:A/Mo Flashing Blades Farmer

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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: PvE farming

Multi purpose Assassin build that can be used to farm mobs in PvE through redirected damage from Flashing Blades while spamming attack chains and self healing from maintained Monk spells.

Assassin / Monk 12 + 1 + 2 Dagger Mastery 8 + 1 Critical Strikes 10 Healing Prayers Golden Fox Strike Nightfall Assassin. Dagger Mastery 15 Golden Fox Strike Lead Attack If this attack hits, target foe takes +30 damage. If you are under the effects of an Enchantment, this attack cannot be blocked. 4 5 Golden Fang Strike EotN Assassin. Dagger Mastery 15 Golden Fang Strike Off-Hand Attack Must follow a lead attack. If you are under the effects of an Enchantment and this attack hits, target foe suffers from a Deep Wound for 20 seconds. 4 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 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Flashing Blades Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 15 Flashing Blades Elite Stance For 30 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block incoming attacks while attacking. If you block an attack in this way, your attacker takes 20 damage. 30 10 Critical Agility Nightfall Assassin. Sunspear rank Critical Agility Enchantment Spell For 4 seconds and 1 second for each rank of Critical Strikes you attack 33% faster and gain 10..25 armor. This Skill reapplies itself every time you land a critical hit. 30 1 5 Vigorous Spirit Prophecies Monk. Healing Prayers 10 Vigorous Spirit Enchantment Spell For 30 seconds, each time target ally attacks or casts a Spell, that ally is healed for 15 Health. 4 ¼ 5 Live Vicariously Prophecies Monk. Healing Prayers 10 Live Vicariously Enchantment Spell While you maintain this Enchantment, whenever target ally hits a foe, you gain 12 Health. 2 5 -1 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Zealous Daggers of Fortitude with +5 Energy inscription.
• Spear and Shield of Fortitude defensive set for grabbing agro.
• Radiant Insignias and Runes of Attunement on armour.

[edit] Usage

• Equip defensive weapon set.
• Activate Live Vicariously and maintain.
• Grab agro (under Dark Escape if taken).
• Activate and maintain Critical Agility, Vigorous Spirit, and Flashing Blades, switch to your daggers, and auto attack for a few seconds to regain any health if nessacary.
• Spam Dagger attacks until everything is dead.

[edit] Farmable Mobs

Most melee mobs such as:

• Trolls (HM)
• Hulking Stone Elementals (HM).
• Termites (HM)

[edit] Counters

• Blind
• Anti-Melee hexes
• Enchantment interruption or stripping
• Unblockable stance removal

[edit] Variants

• Resurrection Signet for general PvE usage.
• Dark Escape to reduce damage taken from mobs when grabbing agro (Reduce Critical Strikes by one and add four points into Shadow Arts).
• Ebon Battle Standard of Honor for extra damage.
• Radiation Field for degeneration (don't use on human foes).
• Wild Strike can replace Golden Fang Strike if mobs use blocking stances.
• I Am Unstoppable against foes who can KD.
• Brawling Headbutt for interrupting melee boss self heals.
• Critical Eye to help with energy management and maintaining Critical Agility.