Changes: Archive:A/W BMT Shadow Prison Assassin

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This build has been designed for the following use:

PvP
HB

The HB Shadow Prison Sin uses a powerful spike chain combining lots of damage, a knockdown, cripple and a deep wound. It also only relies on a hex on the first strike, and Cripple only about 1 second later making this very hard to shutdown unlike its older version.

Attributes and Skills

<pvxbig> [build prof=Assassin/Warrior Crit=12+1 Dag=11+1+1 Dead=6+1][Shadow Prison][Tiger Stance@0][Black Mantis Thrust][Jungle Strike][Trampling Ox][Falling Lotus Strike][Twisting Fangs][Siphon Speed][/build] </pvxbig>

Equipment

Radiant Armor.
Zealous, Vampiric, and Ebon Daggers of Fortitude with 15^50 inscription.
A Defensive Spear/Shield set.

Usage

Spike quickly with the following skill sequence:
Shadow Prison → Tiger Stance → Black Mantis Thrust → Jungle Strike → Trampling Ox → Falling Lotus Strike → Twisting Fangs.
Execute the attack chain with Vampiric daggers.
Switch to Zealous daggers if energy runs low.
Use Ebon daggers when fighting a Warrior or when not engaged in combat.
Snare as you'd like with Siphon.

Counters

Blind
Anti Melee hexes.
Interruption.
Hex/Condition Removal.
Shield Bash and its equivalents
Balanced Stance
Hex Breaker

Variants

Flurry, Lightning Reflexes or Flail for an alternative IAS.
Recall for additional splittability.
Dash for a speed boost
Assassin's Remedy to deal with blind.

Notes

Skills such as Barbs and Brutal Weapon can enhance the effectiveness of this build greatly.

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-The '''HB Shadow Prison Sin''' uses a powerful spike chain combining lots of damage, a knockdown, cripple and a deep wound. It also only relies on a hex on the first strike, and [[gw:Cripple|Cripple]] only about 1 second later making this very hard to shutdown unlike it's older version.
+The '''HB Shadow Prison Sin''' uses a powerful spike chain combining lots of damage, a knockdown, cripple and a deep wound. It also only relies on a hex on the first strike, and [[gw:Cripple|Cripple]] only about 1 second later making this very hard to shutdown unlike its older version.
 == Attributes and Skills ==