User:Patch of Celestia/Experimental Builds

=Assassin Builds=

Usage
Pick a target, any AL will do, this skill has 2 chains, one for high armour enemies, and one for mid to squishy armour characters. Activate Way of the Empty Palm, hit Golden Phoenix Strike, then spam Repeating Strike, until either target is dead, or hurting hard. spam it even more if the target either has a VERY high AL, or is being healed actively. If needs be, against a high armour target, or warrior boss, hit Twisting Fangs for Bleeding and Deep Wound. If the target needs a big hit on it, finish with Nine Tail Strike. Your finishing attack should never really be needed, unless the target is either being healed by 2 or more healers, or being Infused constantly. When you get to around 15 energy, hit your chosen finishing strike. Target should be dead by then, in which case, you'll be wanting another target, and hitting them to get your energy back up, waiting for Way of the Empty Palm to recharge. The very second it does, repeat the above process. If there is a priority target, then hit Way of Perfection, and then start the combo again. This will result in a much quicker combo, but will let you get to the spike faster.

Known Weaknesses
Enchantment Removal/Denial. normal anti-melee skills, Empathy, SS, Blindness. Dazed condition for the emergency combo, due to a 2 second, easily interruptable cast of Way of Perfection.

Strengths
Very fast kills against squishy targets. Faster than average kills against very high level armour targets, due to a lot of fixed damage bonuses. 160+damage spike in the form of 9 Tail Strike Weakness doesn't cripple this build as much as others, due to 70% of the damage coming from the fixed damage bonuses, which aren't affected by Weakness

Describe the build.

Attributes and skills

 * Depending on the situation (and your confidence in your team), you may, or may not decide to take a resurrection skill. Even though it is recommended, some players never leave with a resurrection skill.

Equipment

 * Armor
 * Zealous Daggers, with your favourite mods, and innate modifier. Daggers of Xuekao work well with this build, due to both the extension to enchantment duration, and the bonus damage when enchanted.

Usage
Pick a target, any AL will do, this skill has 2 chains, one for high armour enemies, and one for mid to squishy armour characters. Activate Way of the Empty Palm, hit Golden Phoenix Strike, then spam Repeating Strike, until either target is dead, or hurting hard. spam it even more if the target either has a VERY high AL, or is being healed actively. If needs be, against a high armour target, or warrior boss, hit Twisting Fangs for Bleeding and Deep Wound. If the target needs a big hit on it, finish with Nine Tail Strike. Your finishing attack should never really be needed, unless the target is either being healed by 2 or more healers, or being Infused constantly. When you get to around 15 energy, hit your chosen finishing strike. Target should be dead by then, in which case, you'll be wanting another target, and hitting them to get your energy back up, waiting for Way of the Empty Palm to recharge. The very second it does, repeat the above process. If there is a priority target, then hit Way of Perfection, and then start the combo again. This will result in a much quicker combo, but will let you get to the spike faster.

Counters
Describe important counters.

Variants
Any off-hand, and dual attacks can be used, as long as you can reliably get to Repeating Strike, and the finishing skills. Jagged Strike may work well, due to its low recharge time, which could easily lead into another offhand attack