tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post3724660014010655611..comments2023-09-21T10:30:10.699+02:00Comments on Square Fireballs: Analyzing the Essentials AssassinPericohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12414348870266960204noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-15809339699919400112010-10-27T00:18:41.362+02:002010-10-27T00:18:41.362+02:00I love these class analyses. An in-depth look at t...I love these class analyses. An in-depth look at the assassin -- I'm interested to see how many of your concerns are addressed in the final version.Matthew AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00517372089355500541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-48321455888578194942010-10-25T18:09:35.268+02:002010-10-25T18:09:35.268+02:00I'm playing an Executioner (Red Scales) in a W...I'm playing an Executioner (Red Scales) in a War of Burning Sky (the sprawling ENWorld campaign path) and it's working out pretty well so far. The trick, I realized, was to spot that my specialty weapon at-wills weren't meant to be your standby -- they're for when you want to sneak up and kill a guy. Or in the case of Kukri Lunge run up screaming and kill a guy. Or in the case of Unarmed Throw, in case you want to be useless and then die. <br /><br />An Assassin just hitting you with a sword (and they can effortlessly swap between their specialty weapons and any one-handed military weapon) and they're tossing out damage comparable to a Ranger's basic attack (d8 damage die plus a +1d6 precision damage). Of course, an MBA is inferior to any ranger at-will power, but, then, Attack Finesse is even more readily accessible than Hunter's Quarry-- that is, it just works on all your weapon attacks, period. No minor action, no worrying about attacking the nearest target, etc. <br /><br />Basically once I started quick swapping to a heftier one-handed weapon instead of trying to garrote or spearhead everybody things went much slicker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342640173817458901.post-6356285983588915702010-10-25T15:42:01.351+02:002010-10-25T15:42:01.351+02:00Good analysis!
I disagree with your thoughts on t...Good analysis!<br /><br />I disagree with your thoughts on the At-Wills, though... They're not meant to be bread & butter attacks, by and large, so I'm fine with them being very situational. It's kind of a different paradigm for at-will attacks, and I have to say I like it.<br /><br />With that said, I think Unerring Shuriken is pretty deadly. The executioner assassin in my Dark Sun game has used that a few times to good effect. Bolas Takedown has seen some use, too.dwarf74https://www.blogger.com/profile/12736643592510342193noreply@blogger.com