![]() A point in Dragon Flight allows you to gather him up again and re-focus his attention. As you sprint around the map with Burst of Speed, it is easy to out distance the merc. You will be relying on your Mercenary to boost your damage or to help you defensively. This guide is going to focus on Burst of Speed based builds, as they are more feasible for possible equipment variations, but it won’t ignore faded builds completely.Īlmost all my PvM assassins get a point in DF, if only for no other reason than it is fun. With 3 charges of Tiger Strike, it won’t make too much difference overall. So Fade is viable for this build if you are prepared to drop a couple of frames from your attack sequence. Remember that is with the fastest weapon speed though – slower bases are going to have more problems getting the breakpoints though. Tiger Strike needs about the same as the 9 frame DTail to hit its fastest speeds (7 frames with a claw or 8 frames with a one handed weapon). ![]() A more reasonable 63IAS gives you a 9 frame Dragon tail. Without Burst of Speed but with a -30 WSM weapon, you need a whopping 187IAS to hit a 7 frame Dragon Tail. About 5-7 points are normally about right after +skills, depending on your kill speed. A one point wonder, but don’t be afraid to put in an extra point or two if you feel you need a bit more duration. It limits the radius of you enemies’ awareness and lowers their defence. This is the major defensive skill of the build. But the TS = DTail + 6 rule of thumb still works fairly well. The difference is fairly minor in any case, and gets more complicated if you have off weapon damage or a damage boosting aura in the mix. If you aren’t, or whilst you are levelling, you want to keep the Tiger Strike Level about six points higher than Dragon Tail to maximise damage. Skill DiscussionĪlmost everyone is going to max both of these eventually. So this leaves an abundance of room for customisation. Assuming you finish Nightmare at about clvl75 and Hell at clvl85, that leaves another 35 points to spend by the end of NM or 49 by the end of Hell. That is a mere 47 Skill points for the base build, finished by character level 44 with all Normal difficulty quests done. Core Skills Base Build Skill Points and Notes You need to be able to harness this power, so this guide focusses on reducing your enemies’ physical resistance to increase your effective damage output. Tiger Strike gives a huge boost to physical damage, so when used with Dragon Tail gives a huge bonus to the fire damage. But any PIs in the area of effect when you target a non PI enemy will get the full fire damage. Nor will anything else in the area of effect for that matter. If you target a PI, it will take neither fire nor physical damage. ![]() Fire immunes take no damage from the fire damage, but if you target a FI with DTail, it will be damaged by the physical part of the kick. Fire immunes and Physical immunes take no damage. And this is one of the criticisms of Dragon Tail – It suffers from two immunities. The important thing to note from the sequence above is that the fire damage is dependent on your applied physical damage. Give it a visit and whilst you are there you may want to re-acquaint yourself with What Works with Kicks. This whole process is explained in detail, with equations and a worked example, in the Martial Arts section of The Assassin FAQ, so I’m not going to repeat it here. The physical damage is applied only to the target monster. This damage is applied to all enemies in the fixed 4 yard radius of effect.Ĥ. The physical damage as applied to the target monster is multiplied by the fire damage bonus from Dragon Tail. The physical resistance of the target monster is applied.ģ. Remember that critical strike and deadly strike do not work with kicks.Ģ. Your physical damage is calculated, including any bonuses from gear, mercenary / parts auras etc. The experienced Assassin can deliver a kick so powerful it actually causes an explosion on impact, sending any nearby victims sprawling.Īs usual the in game description is a bit cryptic and tells us little about how the skill actually works. Please bear in mind that I do play SC twinked, so you will need to use some of your own experience and judgement if you are going HC untwinked. I have tried to write the guide to cover both Hardcore and Softcore play, twinked and un-twinked. Plus of course, if you can get through the game solo, you can get through the game in a party. If you are going to play in a party, the guide should give you enough information to be able to work out which other character skills complement the build best. The Tiger Strike / Dragon Tail Assassin Build Guide is written for playing through all three difficulties solo.
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