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Assassin / Warrior 12 + 1 + 1 Dagger Mastery 12 + 1 Critical Strikes 3 Hammer Mastery 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 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 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 Critical Strike Factions Assassin. Critical Strikes 13 Critical Strike Dual Attack Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +27 damage, results in a critical hit, and you gain 3 Energy. 6 5 Hammer Bash Core Warrior. Hammer Mastery 3 Hammer Bash Hammer Attack Lose all adrenaline. If Hammer Bash hits, your target is knocked down. 6 Dash Factions Assassin. Unlinked Dash Stance For 3 seconds, you run 50% faster. 8 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 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] Critical Strike vs Death Blossom (Assuming 14 Dagger, 13 Critical)

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.

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5

Factions

Assassin. Critical Strikes 13

Critical Strike

Dual Attack

Must follow an off-hand attack. If it hits, this attack strikes for +27 damage, results in a critical hit, and you gain 3 Energy.

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[edit] Critical Strike

• 102 Damage, always. (Critical with dagger does 24 damage, +27 from skill, total 51, times 2)

[edit] Death Blossom

• Death Blossom has an inherent 34.4% chance to crit on each hit
  • .344*24 (critical hit, 34.4% of the time) 8.256
  • .656*12 (non critical hit, 65.5% of the time) 7.872
    • Total damage per hit is (16.128+43)*2=118

[edit] Energy

• Critical Strike gains 7 energy every time
• Death Blossom on average crits 2/3 times you use the skill
  • Loss of ~3 energy per use

[edit] Conclusion

• Death Blossom does 16 more damage to the target on average and has AoE, but costs about 3 energy per use. Can get lucky and deal significantly more da
  • Use Critical Strike to continually fuel 8r chains without having to wait for longer recharge energy skills such as Falling Lotus Strike
  • Use Death Blossom for more damage
• Death Blossom is better if you have skills that boost critical chance, such as Critical Eye or Way of the Assassin.
• It is also better in areas where AoE matters (PvE, HA).