Assassin Builds

[influentz]

hey all you assassin xperts out there... just wondering on how you all build your assassins for various types... PvP, PvM, PvCow... etc...

my current assassin (#2) has these current stats:

LVL61
STR 110
DEX 110
VIT 150
NRG BASE

these figures are without the bonuses i get from stats... my STR is closer to 190 and my DEX is close to 230.

she has maxxed 'dragon claw' / 'phoenix strike'
will max 'tiger strike' / 'claw mastery'

1 pt into death sentry (for cows)
- dragon flight (for PvP)
- shadow master (meat shield - might put left over pts)

use of...
burst of speed - mind blast

equipment:
8/8/20 gaze (will put 40/15max)
200 ed shaft (will put 40/15max)
Cat's Eye Ammy / Highlords Wrath / Mara's 30%
2x Bartucs Cutthroat (will put 40/15max in both)
IK gloves
Raven Spiral and Raven Frost
15% String of Ears
Inferno Stride (will switch out with either war travs or imp shanks)

has 5x 5% faster running charms
- 5x 3max/ar/life sc
- 2x 4max/ar/pd lc
- various other damage charms

she does about 1200 damage per claw on attack
- 2.x k damage tigerstrike w/ dragon claw

shes only a lvl 61 martial artist but can kill cows easier than the other melee chars i have (pally, druid)

dueled many other lvl 60s zons and sorcs... kill zons pretty ez but sorcs are a lil trouble... since i have no res (-25 in hell)

 

[Arkhon]

Wouldn't call myself an expert...not even close
This is my first ever assassin and first ever PvP character but she turned out quite well.

I have : (Before Item Bonuses)

130 Str
150 Dex
200 Vit
Base Energy

She is a Trapsin at Lvl 79 atm. She Wears :
Cham'ed Shako
Um'ed Shaft
+15res/-15req Jewel'd SS
IO'ed Wizpike
T'gods
2 x Sojs
Mara's Amulet
Waterwalks
Magefist
8 x +1 to Trap skills GC's
and 8 x 20Life sc's

Her skills are :
Maxed Lightning Sentry
Maxed Wake of Fire
Maxed Mind Blast
Almost Maxed Shadow Master
1 point in Dragon Flight

She seems to work alright in duels, can take any melee char's up to lvl 90. Has more trouble with zon/sorc but that's just pvp inexperience on my part. Can also take some of those dirty ith users if I can sneak up on them

 

[influentz]

how does your char handle up with cows? i've hear that traps aren't very powerful against cows unless its death sentry with the help of an amazon or sorc.

 

[Arkhon]

My char, being pvp and all, isnt really equipped to handle cows too well, but still, i can hold my own pretty well.

I just jump behind a zon or barb or basically anything that looks like it can take a cow, drop my 5 death sentries and as soon as 1 cow dies, the rest just fall over

 

[influentz]

yeah when in an 8 person hell cow game... i usually just follow a sorc or zon and drop death sentries too LoL.