Build:A/W Knocklock Palm Spiker

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The PvXwiki community finds this to be an excellent build. Through the PvX vetting system, it has reached an overall rating in the range from 4.75 to 5.0 and thus qualifies for the highest category of working builds: Great. This build has been designed for the following use: PvP AB PvP CM PvP HA

Uses Palm Strike to start, resume, and (if necessary) finish a powerful, knocklocking chain.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Assassin / Warrior 12 + 1 + 1 Dagger Mastery 12 + 1 Critical Strikes Palm Strike Factions Assassin. Critical Strikes 13 Palm Strike Elite Skill Target touched foe takes 10...54...65 damage and is Crippled for 1...4...5 seconds. This skill counts as an off-hand attack. 7 ¾ 5 Flurry Prophecies Warrior. Unlinked Flurry Stance For 5 seconds, your attack rate is increased by 33%, but you deal 25% less damage. 5 5 Trampling Ox EotN Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14 Trampling Ox Dual Attack Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, you deal +19 damage. If you hit a Crippled foe, that foe is knocked down. 8 5 Falling Lotus Strike EotN Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14 Falling Lotus Strike Off-Hand Attack Must strike a knocked-down foe. If it hits, you strike for +34 damage and gain 11 Energy. 12 5 Horns of the Ox Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14 Horns of the Ox Dual Attack Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Horns of the Ox strikes for +10 damage. If struck foe is not adjacent to any allies, that foe is knocked down. 12 5 Falling Spider Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14 Falling Spider Off-Hand Attack Must strike a knocked-down foe. If it hits, Falling Spider strikes for +34 damage and target foe is Poisoned for 19 seconds. 8 5 Twisting Fangs Factions Assassin. Critical Strikes 13 Twisting Fangs Dual Attack Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Twisting Fangs strikes for +19 damage and struck foe suffers from Bleeding and Deep Wound for 18 seconds. 15 10 Dash Factions Assassin. Unlinked Dash Stance For 3 seconds, you run 50% faster. 8 5 Template code

[edit] Equipment

• Survivor's Insignias with Runes of Vitae/Vigor
• Vampiric, Ebon, and Zealous 15^50 Daggers of Fortitude
• Defensive shield/Zealous spear set

[edit] Usage

• Spike 1→2→3→4→5→6→7→1
• If necessary, Q-step before HotO to quarterknock.
• Be clever with Palm Strike--the low recharge makes it easy to draw out defensive stances and Shield Bash, then use it again and spike when they expire.
• Use Palm Strike as cripple-on-demand between spikes.
• If the chain is interrupted (ie, HotO fails) use Palm Strike to resume.
• If you're sure HotO will not KD, and you do not want to slow the chain down, use both Falling Spider and Falling Lotus Strike then follow up with Twisting Fangs under an IAS.

[edit] Counters

• Anti-melee.
• Palm Strike being disabled (D-Shot, Diversion and Hum-Sig)
• Anti-KD will severely hinder your chain

[edit] Notes

• This build does NOT sacrifice damage to achieve Q-knock: if PS is used again after the chain, total damage with vampiric daggers will be just under 340 armor ignoring, DW, poison, bleeding, and 8x dagger attacks (albeit with flurry); even without a second PS, it is still one of the highest-damage sin-spikes on the wiki.