Posted by TSM on October 28, 2000 at 10:05:00:
In Reply to: Re: Assassin Tips posted by Oddjob on October 28, 2000 at 08:23:49:
> Pick a race with good int (I do NOT mean felar) Here is where I disagree. In my opinion felars are the best race suited for assassins. And even though they have only 17 int, they still learn ALOT faster than you would think. They almost as fast as humans in learning skills from my experiences. > and perfect everything...there is no substitute for hitting KOT and *crunch* thee it is, KAN *snap* there it is. here, well, I have to agree. Perfect all your skills. All come in handy. Don't neglect your kicks. They are a pain in the ass to perfect, but they are great. An assassins strength is in being able to do as many tricks in a fight as possible, the longer the fight the more you can maledict yor opponant. Wear a shield if you have to but if you can get his weapons away and then succesfully lag him from fleeing hes a dead man. As an assassin, you don't know many weapons, so against most warriors you will not have lots of time to do all your tricks. So do the ones that will help you more in each case. (-str for axes/maces/polearms/swords etc, -dex for daggers/swords/flail etc.) You have to judge which skill you need to use. And often after you die, you think to yourself "Hmm..caltraps would have proabably swung this fight..look how much he dodged" and similar thoughts. > Naturally perfect ALL defences. Of course, you should do this with every character and every race/class > I reccomend arial. I reccomend arial if you want to be a lowbie pker. eg. sub 20-25. Anything higher I would recomend human or felar. Arials don't quite have the hp to stand up as well as humans or felars. And the higher you go, the nastier things people get to use on you. Also, if you notice, lots of the sucessful hero assassins have been human or felar. Takashimi, Drindrimre etc. Arials compared with felar, arials get 2 more dex, 1 more str, and 4 less con. As an arial you will be getting like..11 hp gains. Felar will give you 16-18. Also, a felar with a spear/staff (especially tit spear) is a great tank and damage dealer. You can parry like mad with the spear/staff and you are getting your claw attacks in as well. (claws are avg 30 something at hero I believe??) Anyway, I had much more fun with my felar assassin then my arial one. Thats just me though.
-TSM