This build is designed to apply massive spike damage to light- and medium-armored targets. In most situations, Warriors should be avoided until softer support targets have been neutralized. This build relies on Palm Strike to eliminate the need for a Lead Attack.
Attributes and Skills
 Assassin / Any | Attribute Rank |
| Critical Strikes | 11 + 1 + 3 |
| Dagger Mastery | 10 + 1 |
| Shadow Arts | 10 + 1 |
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| Palm Strike | Horns of the Ox | Falling Spider | Twisting Fangs | Dash | Blinding Powder | Shadow Refuge | Resurrection Signet |
Equipment
Zealous PvP Daggers of Fortitude or of Defense, with the +5 energy mod.
Either Infiltrator's Armor or Saboteur's Armor for the condition reductions, and increased defense versus physical damage.
Usage
Selecting the appropriate target is essential to the success of this build's skillchain. Choose a target that is not adjacent to any of its allies or its allied pets/spirits.
Run up to your target and lead with Palm Strike which doubles as an Off-Hand Attack.
If your target is still not adjacent to any of its allies, continue attacking using this skill-chain: Horns of the Ox, Falling Spider, Twisting Fangs.
If the target has moved to be adjacent with its allies, simply follow Palm Strike with Twisting Fangs.
Use Blinding Powder and Shadow Refuge as necessary to prevent and heal damage.
If a target begins to run away, use Dash to catch up with them.
Counters
Landing Diversion, Disrupting Chop or Distracting Shot on Palm Strike will cripple this build.
Shadow Refuge is an easy healing skill to overwhelm, try to get this build to overextend and then spike it.
Because of the nature of this build, the skills Empathy, Clumsiness, Ineptitude, Insidious Parasite and Spiteful Spirit can be a source of significant damage.
Variants
Dash can be switched out with Shadow of Haste for a longer speed boost at the cost of Dash's faster speed.
If used in Alliance Battles, drop Resurrection Signet for Unseen Fury, as this synergizes will with Blinding Powder.
In Alliance Battle use Heart of Shadow instead of Resurrection Signet.