Assassin

Harbinger of Death

Base Classes Mage Rogue

Races Aelfborn Aracoix Elf Human Irekei Nephilim Shade Vampire

Disciplines Archer Archmage Artillerist Battle Magus Belgosch Blade Weaver Blood Prophet Bounty Hunter Conjurer Enchanter Gorgoi Prospector Rat Catcher Saboteur Savant Shroudborne Strigoi Sun Dancer Traveler Undead Hunter Wererat Wyrmslayer

Mastery Runes Master of Great Swords Master of Staves Master of Swords

Factions Aracoix Kh'ree High Court Mercenary Company Noble House Temple of the Cleansing Flame Thieves' Den Unholy Legion Virakt Wizard's Conclave

Skills Level 10: granted Shadowmastery Level 20: granted Dagger Mastery (Dagger Skill 80) Level 20: granted Unarmed Combat Mastery (Unarmed Skill 80)

Attributes Health Bonus: 50 Mana Bonus: 16 Stamina Bonus: 0

Most Rogues are looked upon with contempt or loathing by civilized folk, or simply ignored altogether. There are some among the ranks of the Thieves, however, who command respect through fear, and whose names are voiced with either dread or hatred: Assassins. Not content with stealing gold or plunder, these grim professionals steal lives instead, killing for their wages, trading blood for gold. Some Assassins are ruthless predators who've developed a taste for blood and thrill at the act of killing, while others are grim professionals, bringing a kind of honor even to the direst of professions. However they approach their profession, Assassins must be able to do three things: get close to their targets, kill them quickly, and escape uncaught. The ease with which an Assassin performs the first and third tasks marks the difference between an amateur and an artist.

Read more Assassin Lore.

Class Information

• Class Symbol: Dagger
• Available Roles: Damage, Debuffing, Heal Blocking
• Damage Types: Cold, Poison, Physical

Class Weapons

List of class-restricted weapons available to assassins:

• Shadow Dagger: A dagger that uses the Shadowmastery skill to determine hit chance. Requires 100% dagger skill for use
• Bone Staff: A staff that uses the Shadowmastery skill to determine hit chance. Requires 100% staff skill for use. This item includes a baked-in bonus of +15 Sorcery, +15 Warding, and +10 Shadowmastery.

Class Armor

List of class-restricted armor available to assassins:

• Assassin Leather: A Light Armor set that requires 100% Light Armor skill for use. All pieces of this set include baked-in bonus of +1 Dexterity and +1 Shadowmastery.
• Assassin Robe: A cloth set that includes a baked-in bonus of +1 Intelligence and +1 Shadowmastery per piece.

Damage

Shadow Bolt "Single Target Cold Damage and Stun" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 15 ) Granted: Level 10 Focus Skil: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 17 to 39.8 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 2 seconds Recycle Time: 0.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: Yes Target and Range: Monsters or Players (120 Units) Effect(s): Cold Damage Health Damage: 10 — 14 to 24 — 33 points (from power rank 0 to 40) Stun Duration: 1 to 3 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 40) Removes effect with "Flight" dispel tag Stack Category: Stun Stack Rank: 0 Stack Rule: Standard Dispel Tags: Debuff, Effect Stun Immunity Duration: 3 to 9 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 40) Stack Category: NoStun Stack Rank: 1 Stack Rule: Standard

Backstab "Sneak Attack!" You must be Invisible to activate this power requires Sneak Power ( 1 ) Granted: Level 10 Power Type: Skill Stamina Cost: 20 Casting Time: 0.2 seconds Recycle Time: 90.0 seconds Power User Requirements: Invisible, Melee Weapon Mode Required: Combat Mode Only Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Self/No target Effect(s): Weapon Power Ignores Passive Defense Attack Bonus: + 60% to 100% (from power rank 0 to 40) Damage Dealt: + 80 to 400 (from power rank 0 to 40)

Poison Blade "Temporary Weapon Enchantment" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 24 ) Granted: Level 12 Focus Skill: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 40 to 80 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 6 seconds Recycle Time: 300.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Inventory Weapon Effect(s): Poison Damage Weapon Proc (5%) Health Damage: 21 — 45 to 69 — 148 points (from power rank 0 to 40) Duration: 300 seconds to 900 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 40) Scaling unaffected by Focus Stack Category: EnchantWeapon

Steal Breath "Single Target Poison Damage Over Time and Snare" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 43 ) Granted: Level 18 Focus Skil: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 62 to 96.8 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 0.2 seconds Recycle Time: 5.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: Yes Target and Range: Monsters or Players (120 Units) Effect(s): Poison Damage Health Damage: 8 — 12 to 12 — 19 points (from power rank 0 to 40) Poison Damage Over Time (Interval: 5 seconds) Health Damage: 8 — 12 to 12 — 19 points (from power rank 0 to 40) Flagged as 'Poison' effect Duration: 30 seconds Can be stacked with any spell other than itself Snare Movement Rate: -11% to -60% (from power rank 0 to 40) Duration: 7 to 15 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 40) Stack Category: Snare Stack Rank: 0 Stack Rule: Standard Dispel Tags: Debuff, Effect

Pellegorn "Sneak Attack!" Health Damage over Time and Health Regeneration Debuff You must be Invisible to activate this power requires Backstab ( 40 ) Granted: Level 10 Power Rank: 40 ( Grand Master) Power Type: Spell Stamina Cost: 20 Casting Time: 0.2 Seconds Recycle Time: 30.0 Seconds Requirements: Invisible Requires Roll to hit: No Target and Range: Player Only (15 Units) Effect(s): Health Damage Over Time (Interval: 2s) 3% of target's maximum Health pool Flagged as 'Poison' effect Duration: 20 seconds Health Regeneration Debuff Health Regeneration Adjustment: - 100% Duration: 60 seconds Dispel Tags: Debuff, Effect									Magusbane "Sneak Attack!" Mana Damage over Timeand Mana Recovery Debuff You must be Invisible to activate this power requires Backstab ( 40 ) Granted: Level 10 Power Rank: 40 ( Grand Master) Power Type: Spell Stamina Cost: 20 Casting Time: 0.2 Seconds Recycle Time: 30.0 Seconds Requirements: Invisible Requires Roll to hit: No Target and Range: Player Only (15 Units) Effect(s): Mana Damage Over Time (Interval: 2s) 3% of target's maximum Mana pool Flagged as 'Poison' effect Duration: 20 second Mana Recovery Debuff Mana Regeneration Adjustment: - 100% Duration: 60 second Dispel Tags: Debuff, Effect								Buchinine "Sneak Attack!" Stamina Damage over Time, Ground and Stamina Recovery Debuff You must be Invisible to activate this power requires Backstab ( 40 ) Granted: Level 10 Power Rank: 40 ( Grand Master) Power Type: Spell Stamina Cost: 20 Casting Time: 0.2 Seconds Recycle Time: 30.0 Seconds Requirements: Invisible Requires Roll to hit: No Target and Range: Player Only (15 Units) Effect(s): Stamina Damage Over Time (Interval: 2s) 3% of target's maximum Stamina pool Flagged as 'Disease' effect Duration: 20 seconds Stamina Recovery Debuff Stamina Regeneration Adjustment: - 100% Duration: 60 seconds Dispel Tags: Debuff, Effect Ground Affected target can no longer fly Duration: 90 seconds Dispel Tags: Debuff, Effect

Buffs

Cloak of Shadows "Personal Defense and Cold Resistance Buff" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 20 ) Granted: Level 11 Focus Skill: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 15 to 55 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 4 seconds Recycle Time: 0.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Self/No target Effect(s): Defense & Cold Resistance Defense Bonus: + 27 to 150.2 (from power rank 0 to 40) Cold Resistance: + 5 to 25 (from power rank 0 to 40) Duration: 10:00 to 30:00 minutes (at power ranks 0 to 40) Stack Category: DefenseBuff Stack Rank: 1 Stack Rule: Standard

Poison Tolerance "Single Target Poison Resistance Buff" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 48 ) Granted: Level 20 Focus Skil: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 30 to 70 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 4 seconds Recycle Time: 0.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Players Only (50 Units) Can affect caster and group members Effect(s): Poison Resistance Buff Poison Resistance: + 10 to 50 (from power rank 0 to 40) Duration: 5:00 to 15:00 minutes (at power ranks 0 to 40) Stack Category: ResistanceBuff Stack Rank: 0 Stack Rule: Standard

Counter Venom "Personal Protection from Poison" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 70 ) Granted: Level 30 Focus Skill: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 50 to 90 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 4 seconds Recycle Time: 0.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Self/No target Effect(s): Protection to Poison damage 50% resistance when spells are equal in power +/- 1% per point of power of disparity Duration: 5:00 to 15:00 minutes (at power ranks 0 to 40) Stack Category: Protection Stack Rank: 0 Stack Rule: Standard

Slayer's Focus "Personal Stun Immunity" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 88 ) Granted: Level 38 Focus Skill: Shadowmastery Power Type: Skill Mana Cost: 25 to 65 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 6 seconds Recycle Time: 0.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Self/No target Effect(s): Stun Immunity Cannot be stunned Can be cast while stealthed Duration: 2:00 to 3:20 minutes (at power ranks 0 to 40) Stack Category: NoStun Stack Rank: 5 Stack Rule: Standard

Debuffs

Blindness "Single Target Blindness" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 33 ) Granted: Level 14 Focus Skill: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 18 to 58 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 4 seconds Recycle Time: 120.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Monsters or Players (100 Units) Effect(s): Blind Attack Penalty: -10% to -50% (from power rank 0 to 40) Defense Penalty: -10% to -50% (from power rank 0 to 40) Duration: 30 seconds Stack Category: Blindness					Shadow Touch "Single Target Stun" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 36 ) Granted: Level 15 Focus Skil: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 15 to 55 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 1 seconds Recycle Time: 1.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: Yes Target and Range: Monsters or Players (100 Units) Effect(s): Stun Duration: 3 to 9 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 40) Removes effect with "Flight" dispel tag Stack Category: Stun Stack Rank: 0 Stack Rule: Standard Dispel Tags: Debuff, Effect Stun Immunity Cannot be Stunned Duration: 9 to 27 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 40) Stack Category: NoStun Stack Rank: 3 Stack Rule: Standard					Chilling Shadows "Single Target Attack Speed Debuff and Dispel Attack Speed Buff" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 57 ) Granted: Level 24 Focus Skil: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 31 to 71 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 2 seconds Recycle Time: 30.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Monsters or Players (100 Units) Effect(s): Dispel Attack Speed Buff Dispel effects with tag "AttackSpeedBuff" Attack Speed Debuff Delay Between Attacks: + 5% to 25% (from power rank 0 to 40) Duration: 30 to 60 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 40) Stack Category: AttackSpeedDeBuff Stack Rank: 0 Stack Rule: Standard Dispel Tags: Debuff, Effect					Plague of Blindness "Area of Effect Blindness (0 range)" Excludes Caster requires Blindness Power ( 12 ), Shadowmastery Skill ( 61 ) Granted: Level 26 Focus Skill: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 60 to 100 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 5 seconds Recycle Time: 120.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Monsters or Players - Point Blank Area of Effect: 30 Units Max mob targets: 7 Max player targets: 7 Effect(s): Blind Attack Penalty: -10% to -50% (from power rank 0 to 40) Defense Penalty: -10% to -50% (from power rank 0 to 40) Duration: 30 seconds Stack Category: Blindness

Silence "Single Target Silence, Chant Block & Dispel" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 79 ) Granted: Level 34 Focus Skil: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 44 to 84 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 5 seconds Recycle Time: 10.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Players Only (100 Units). Effect(s): Dispel Chants Removes all effects with dispel tag of "Chant" Silenced Player cannot Chat or use Chants Duration: 60 to 120 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 40) Stack Category: Silence Dispel Tags: Effect					Aura of Silence "Area of Effect Silence, Chant Block & Dispel (0 range)" Excludes Caster requires Silence Power ( 6 ), Shadowmastery Skill ( 93 ) Granted: Level 40 Focus Skil: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 53 to 93 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 5 seconds Recycle Time: 20.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Players Only - Point Blank Area of Effect: 30 Units Max mob targets: 7 Max player targets: 7 Effect(s): Dispel Chants Removes all effects with dispel tag of "Chant" Silenced Player cannot Chat or use Chants Duration: 60 to 120 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 40) Stack Category: Silence Dispel Tags: Effect									Galpa "Sneak Attack!" Intelligence, Spirit, and Power Damage Debuff You must be Invisible to activate this power requires Backstab ( 40 ) Granted: Level 10 Power Rank: 40 ( Grand Master) Power Type: Spell Stamina Cost: 20 Casting Time: 0.2 Seconds Recycle Time: 30.0 Seconds Requirements: Invisible Requires Roll to hit: No Target and Range: Player Only (15 Units) Effect(s): Intelligence and Spirit Debuff Intelligence Adjustment:- 60 Spirit Adjustment:- 60 Flagged as 'Poison' effect Duration: 60 seconds Power Damage Debuff Power Damage: - 25% Duration: 30 seconds Dispel Tags: Debuff, Effect										Gorgon's Venom "Sneak Attack!" Attack Speed Debuff, and Melee Damage Debuff You must be Invisible to activate this power requires Backstab ( 40 ) Granted: Level 10 Power Rank: 40 ( Grand Master) Power Type: Spell Stamina Cost: 20 Casting Time: 0.2 Seconds Recycle Time: 30.0 Seconds Requirements: Invisible Requires Roll to hit: No Target and Range: Player Only (15 Units) Effect(s): Attack Speed Debuff Attack Delay: + 40% Flagged as 'Poison' effect Duration: 60 seconds Melee Damage Debuff Damage: - 25% Duration: 30 seconds Dispel Tags: Debuff, Effect					Shadow Mantle "Single Target Healing Black Mantle" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 97 ) Granted: Level 42 Focus Skill: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 55 to 95 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 1 second Recycle Time: 15 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Monsters or Players (100 Units) Effect(s): Black Mantle Immunity to Heals at or below the Mantle's power rank Duration: 30 seconds Stack Category: BMHealing Dispel Tags: Debuff, Effect

Utility

Fade "Personal Invisibility" (Clears mobile aggro) requires Sorcery Skill ( 1 ) Granted: Level 10 Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 14 to 34 (at power ranks 0 to 20) Casting Time: 16 to 3 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 20) Recycle Time: 10.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Self/No target Effect(s): Invisibility Movement Rate: -40% to -20% (from power rank 0 to 20) Duration: 300 seconds Stack Category: Invisible					Antidote "Single Target Dispel Poison" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 39 ) Granted: Level 16 Power Rank: 40 ( Grand Master) Focus Skill: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 61 Casting Time: 2 seconds Recycle Time: 0.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Players Only (100 Units) Effect(s): Dispel Poison Dispels effect with "Poison" dispel tag					Invisibility "Personal Invisibility" (Clears mobile aggro) requires Fade Power ( 18 ) Granted: Level 19 Focus Skil: None Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 45 Casting Time: 10 to 0.2 seconds (at power ranks 0 to 20) Recycle Time: 120 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Self/No target Effect(s): Invisibility Movement Rate: +30% to +50% (from power rank 0 to 20) Duration: 30 seconds Stack Category: Invisible Powerblock Cannot cast spells or use powers Duration: 1.5 seconds Stack Category: PowerInhibitor					Passwall "Personal Teleportation" You must be Invisible to activate this power requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 66 ) Granted: Level 28 Power Rank: 40 ( Grand Master ) Focus Skil: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 76 Casting Time: 6 seconds Recycle Time: 300.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Ground Effect(s): Caster is teleported to ground selection					Summon Darkspawn "Summon Pet" requires Shadowmastery Skill ( 115 ) Granted: Level 50 Focus Skil: Shadowmastery Power Type: Spell Mana Cost: 120 to 160 (at power ranks 0 to 40) Casting Time: 7 seconds Recycle Time: 600.0 seconds Requires Hit Roll: No Target and Range: Self/No target Effect(s): Summons Shadow Pet

Stances & Weapon Powers

All Stances Granted: Level 15 Casting Time: 0 Recycle Time: 30 seconds Defensive Stance Granted Rank: Mage 20 (Journeyman), Rogue 20 (Journeyman) Offensive Stance Granted Rank: Mage 35 (Expert), Rogue 40 (Grand Master) Precise Stance Granted Rank: Mage 25 (Skilled), Rogue 25 (Skilled) Assassin Stance Details		Mage Assassin Blade Weaving: 25 Dagger: 20 Dagger Mastery: 20 Unarmed: 25 Sun Dancing: 25										Rogue Assassin Bow: 10 Archery: 10 Crossbow: 5 Archery: 5 Dagger: 30 Dagger Mastery: 30 Staff: 5 Sword: 30 Sword Mastery: 30 Blade Weaving: 30 Unarmed Combat: 40 Unarmed Combat Mastery: 40 Sun Dancing: 40

Patch History

01/07/2009

• "Invisibility" now contains a self 1.5 second powerblock on use (can't be prevented by immunity and will not grant an immunity).
• Fixed Passwall to be usable with Invisibility.
• Fixed Backstab and Poison Backstabs to be usable with Invisibility.
• Fixed "Shadow Mantle" to correctly block the initial heal tick of all HoTs.
• Increased Dagger and Dagger Mastery weapon powers to 30 for Rogues and 20 for Mages.
• Sword and Sword Mastery weapon powers increased to 30 (Rogue).
• Blade Weaving weapon powers increased to 30 (Rogue) and 25 (Mage).

03/25/2008

• Modified Mage Assassin Fade to cap at PR-20; but casting times have been drastically reduced to be in line with Rogue-based Hide at PR-40.

10/09/2007

• Chilling Shadows; Reduced the Attack Speed Debuff to be 5% (PR0) to 25% (PR40); The Attack Speed Debuff is now flagged as a Debuff
• Passwall; No longer stacks with the Black Mask or Strigoi versions of this power
• Silence and Aura of Silence; changed to be labeled as silence powers instead of debuffs
• Hide and Sneak has been removed.
• Mage Assassins now have access to the Fade and Invisibility powers

06/19/2007

• Steal Breath now has a casting timer of 2 seconds (was 5 seconds) and a recycle timer of 5 seconds (was 1)
• Chilling Shadows will now also dispel any melee attack speed buffs
• Increased the range of Shadow Touch to 100 units.

03/29/2007

• Assassins have been added to the Temple of the Cleansing Flame charter (Loreplay)
• Shadow Touch has been given a 5.0 second recycle timer (this will be adjusted to 1.0 in the next update to Test)

09/27/2006

• Passwall must now be cast from either Hide or Sneak.
• Slayer's Focus can now be cast while stealthed and costs 25 to 65 mana from Power Ranks 0 to 40.

07/21/2004

• Gave Assassins 10 additional points in Dagger weapon powers (Rogues are 25, Mages are 15)
• Rogue Assassins now get 20 free points in 'Poison Blade'

06/13/2003

• Shadowmantle now has an effect icon the afflicted can see.

03/12/2003

• Mage Assassins have a new set of armor unique to this class combo.

See Also

• Assassin Templates