Build:A/any PvE Moebius Sin

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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: PvE general

This build is part of the current PvE meta. Remove this tag if it is no longer used in the current PvE meta.

This assassin build uses Critical Strikes as energy management to spam Death Blossom and Moebius Strike to deal massive AoE damage.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Assassin / No profession 12 + 1 + 1 Dagger Mastery 12 + 1 Critical Strikes Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Death Blossom Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14 Death Blossom Dual Attack Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, Death Blossom strikes target foe for +43 damage and all adjacent foes take 43 damage. 2 5 Moebius Strike Factions Assassin. Dagger Mastery 14 Moebius Strike Elite Off-Hand Attack Must follow a Dual Attack. If it hits, Moebius Strike strikes for +33 damage. If you strike a foe whose Health is below 50%, all your other attack skills are recharged. 2 5 Asuran Scan EotN No Profession. Asura rank Asuran Scan Hex Spell For 9..12 seconds your attacks against this foe deal an additional 45..75% damage. 5 5 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 Critical Eye Factions Assassin. Critical Strikes 13 Critical Eye Skill For 32 seconds, you have an additional 13% chance to land a critical hit when attacking. You gain 1 Energy whenever you score a critical hit. 30 5 Optional Core No Profession. Unlinked Optional Optional Optional. Template code

[edit] Optional #1

• Black Mantis Thrust
• Golden Fox Strike
• Sneak Attack
• Unsuspecting Strike
• Golden Phoenix Strike (replace Optional #2 with anything from Optional #3)

[edit] Optional #2

• Wild Strike
• Golden Fang Strike
• Fox Fangs

[edit] Optional #3

• "Save Yourselves!"
• Ebon Battle Standard of Honor
• Club of a Thousand Bears
• Brawling Headbutt
• Critical Defenses
• Assassin's Remedy
• Resurrection Signet
• "We Shall Return!"
• "I Am The Strongest!"

[edit] Equipment

• Survivor, Blessed, or Nightstalker insignias.
• Zealous/Vampiric Daggers of Fortitude (15^50 inscription)

[edit] Usage

• Maintain Critical Eye and Critical Agility.
• Cast Asuran Scan on your target.
• Spam starter combo → Death Blossom <-> Moebius Strike

[edit] Counters

• Anti-melee (Golden Fox Strike followed by Wild Strike can help against defensive stances)
• Enchantment removal

[edit] Variants

• Twisting Fangs
• Critical Strike to sacrifice some of the MS>DB spam but gain on-demand criticals (useful for Critical Defenses).
• Lotus Strike for energy management.
• Hard res
• Way of Perfection for heal

[edit] See Also

• Build:A/D Death Blossom Farmer uses similar tactics for farming.