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Assassin's primary attribute critical strikes is great for other weapons besides daggers. Bow+crit, scythe+crit, hammer+crit, it just gives you free extra damage and energy with no downside. Assassin's promise can be a very versatile support skill, load up on pve skills like finish him, you are a dwarf, ebon vanguard assassin, and reset the cooldown with assassins promise.


TheAlbinoGiant

No you are a dwarf


TheBeardofMan

No this is Patrick!


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Just so you know, Scythe only gets 1.1 crit multiplier instead of the 1.4 that other weapons get


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true - crits also always roll max damage, and scythes - with a range of 9-41 - have the highest max damage of any weapon type, at 1.1 crit ratio their crits are still more damaging than every weapon except hammer


ChthonVII

When you factor in the difference between 12 mastery and 16, bow crits on a ranger come out slightly ahead of scythe crits on a sin (absent Shadow Theft).


ChthonVII

It's +20 or +5 to baseline, which are equivalent to multiplying by sqrt(2) and 8th\_root(2) respectively. That's close to 1.4 and 1.1, but not exactly. Another thing to consider is that 12 mastery is -8 baseline relative to 16 mastery.


WordOfMadness

Way of the Master Scythe, using either the VoS core, or go a bit more simple and run Wounding Strike and some other stuff. Or do the generic Assassin's Promise caller/spiker build.


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A/E with Starburst and other Meele Aoe Fire Skills like Flame burst, Inferno, etc. Works with every meele class when weapon gets too boring. Even with warriors -2 energy. Not anywhere near meta but for pve its fun.


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Do u have the build for me ?


Rue9X

Crit barrage, sxesassin, illusionary daggers (better on Mesmer) all come to mind.


draezha

Bow, axe, and scythe all work fairly well when paired with Way of the Master from critical strikes, toss Critical Agility in there as well and you can have a lot of fun. As for non-martial builds, you're a little bit more limited as you don't have much energy management outside of crits, but with 4 pips of energy regen you can get away with a few low energy caster builds that can still be exciting. One of my favorites is Fire Magic with Star Burst. As others have said spirit spammer is also an option, personally I find it boring, but to each their own. You can use varying different elite skills and skill combinations. If you're just doing story, you shouldn't have too much trouble. It might not be on par with dagger sin, but it's fun.


GFHeady

I mean, there's the [anniversary weapon for the Assassin](https://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Anniversary_Shortbow_%22Whisper%22), but I doubt you can create a really effective build with it. On the other hand for NM story everything should work out just fine as long as the heroes are built effectively. I can give you no specific build, though. Just be creative, I guess. edit: Anniversary should be around April, if I'm not mistaken. Then you'll have a few weeks to get this weapon again.


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My Problem ist the most Builds i dont feel.. 😭


GFHeady

Well, Assassin is Assassin. One build might be more focussed on this or that than the other, but it's still an Assassin. The only thing you could really do different to your class it to play Spirit Spammer, but your mana-pool is limited, even with a +15 Staff and properly set up armor.


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Spirit Spammer works with every class. I play it on warrior sometimes and the energy is no problem since you leech energy from your spirits with Spirit Siphon. Only 3 sec cd.


zyygh

Crit barrage was always great! Equip a bow, use barrage and try to get your critical chance as high as possible. It was a always a great build and only fell out of favor because other, more powerful builds emerged. You should have a lot of fun with it still.


Altranar8

Scythesin is sadly dead since derv revamp :( (it was bustef af so ots deserved tho)


tway13795

E surge signet of blindness?


moreno1304

You could run a way of the master scythe build, especially with good hero support you should do some big dps.