Posted by Leud on November 7, 2000 at 06:11:10:
In Reply to: I agree, some reasoning inside. (text) posted by Zepachu on November 5, 2000 at 21:27:39:
Well, I've played a shitty assassin or two and I always used to use caltraps first. Course, I just like to make people limp. For normal people I would say against anyone with any sense kot is the only way to go first. Just for the chance of the wrist break, that takes a weapon/shield out permamently +str or not. Any fighting class player worth his weight in newbie boots will have enough +str and dex to eat a single kot or kan. Also against people using 2 handed weapons, again take out a wrist and they have just lost a spec in the case of warriors, if you are talking mid 30s fights you are left facing a warrior with no specilisation skills.. Maces/Axes, almost always going to fuck you over. Don't fight em unless you *really* have to. Of course, some people forget that assassins have an absurdly deep bag of tricks. You don't have to go with -str/dex to drop weapons, if you are starting with blind dust then go to crescent kick.. your left with a weaponless foe very quickly. If they are still defending well then drop in a kot or kan and start the endless throw/mountain/trip/owaza (if the opponent is silly enough to not just run away before you can lag em) Hmm, scissor kick. Don't. Unless you are with thieves to cheap shot it's just not very useful. Hth specs. Annoying aint they? Oh hey... how about beating assassins.. The single best tactic to beat an assassin is to hurt the annoying little buggers fast an hard, Don't bother trying to lag em, just go for damage, they get poor hps and if you do a few high damage unblockable things to em *before* they fuck you up then you should have no problems. Drum.. flurry.. stab etc and damaging laggings moves are very good (pincer, misdirect, ok.. one exception cranial will fairly well fuck an assassin to) Heh, man you can tell I am bored.. this has gone on for a bit ain't it. Where'd I put me roller time to try that drow assassin again and delete first time I meet jb/etched mithril lowbie death. Again.