Archive:A/W Shadow Prison Assassin

This build has been archived as of 14:12, 14 November 2007 (CET), for the following reasons: Black Lotus Strike nerf Horns of the Ox nerf Impale nerf This build had been designed for the following use: PvP RA PvP TA PvP GvG PvP CM PvP AB This build was in the category great before being archived.

The Shadow Prison Sin is a fragile but deadly assassin used to take down targets quickly while making use of Shadow Prison as both a snare and a primer for off-hand attacks that can be followed with powerful dual attacks.

Attributes and Skills

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• Recall - is an exceptional variant used in GvG when paired up with another assassin. You and your teammate use a recall defense technique to alternate attack combos on the opposing team's NPCs.

Equipment

• A Full Set of armor with Radiant Insignias.
• Zealous, Vampiric, and Ebon Daggers of Fortitude, all with "Strength and Honor" or "Too Much Information" inscriptions.
• A + 5 Energy / + 30 HP Spear with a selection of shields.

Usage

• The spike is done quickly, in the following order:
• Shadow Prison -> Tiger Stance -> Black Lotus Strike -> Horns of the Ox -> Black Spider Strike -> Blades of Steel -> Impale
• Execute the attack chain with Vampiric daggers.
• Switch to Zealous daggers if energy runs low.
• Use Ebon daggers when fighting a Warrior or when you are not engaged in combat.

Counters

• Standard Melee counters.
• Restore Condition will ruin a spike of this build, as it will remove all of the conditions you have put on the target and heal most of the damage dealt.
• Hex Breaker will cause problems.

Variants

• Common skillset variants:
  • Switch Impale for Expose Defenses and replace either Horns of the Ox or Blades of Steel with Twisting Fangs.
  • Drop Resurrection Signet completely for Expose Defenses.
• Flurry or Flail can replace Tiger Stance for IAS.
• Add a second hex such as Siphon Speed.
• Expunge Enchantments can be equipped for Enchantment removal.
• Rush can be used instead of Resurection Signet in Alliance Battles to escape from a mob after a chain has been used.

Secondary Profession Variants

• Lightning Reflexes can replace Tiger Stance to fight Melee enemies. It also helps when fighting other Shadow Prison sins.
• To counter blindness, you can go /Rt and use Sight Beyond Sight.
• Hex Breaker to counter enemy hexes.
• Mending Touch for self condition removal.
• Rending Touch for enchantment removal.