i'll add some pic's in a post later, in months/years ahead the links will be dead.

here are the picures, a bit late but hey, im not perfect.



note that the plan is to not have enough strength for gear, and use a sc 2str 17mana to wear armour.(helps sync a little.) thanks for the reminder from Dyl4nd0u
I'm remaking my light assa again as I feel i can still improve it slightly (i feel life is too low). 1 idea would be to have 2 main claws with str/dex/-requirements +res (ideal) and the 2nd claw could be either light res or cold res. that way vs libby's i can claw claw while wearing shaft and claw shield while wearing shaft. i need to think about the build a bit. (i really feel shaft is needed vs libby. dream ofc on the jewels is to have 4rep life as well. (currently have no repl life)

note that im using 3trap 100 life amy - used vs all but needed vs paladins. (if i can find 2 nice +6 ls claws, i might use them vs libby's - remember they wear TG)
i have a 1/2 decent rare amulet but im hoping a good one will come along some day soon. (i will use my decent amy for wof sin as it does not have the same absorb problems as light (or rather fire damage is so low, +1 wont do much)



my current light assassin does not use str in armour so i can use whatever i want and not worry about str/dex. the viper is nice for the skills + res and i have not really used the stealth (this stealth is actually on my necro at the moment) but i think that if i can get a good pair of res boots i could replace the viper with stealth vs sorc's. (FRW really helps vs sorcs - dragonflight). i dont know about the shaft, ideally i would use a jewel with-15 with other adds, i need to find something decent.

the res is a problem - boots or some nice rings would help vs everything that does not use thundergods.

the claws speak for themselves. again, dual light res and dual cold res. the light res one with wof and df is my favourite and the plan would be to change the jewels inside it. i will probably do away with the light res claws and turn them into stat claws (well, each claw with df will become -15, stat claw). thats the plan anyway!



the unsocketed circ is on ladder, i will probably socket it with the same jewel as my current. i have a 2trap 30frw +tele charges one as well, but i hardly ever use it. i dont need tele to be honest, the assassin is strong enough to have a good chance vs everything it meets (besides dual sorbing chars).

i'll probably try crafting a nice pair of rep life boots soon.

This post was edited by ferdia on Sep 6 2009 12:05am

small addition:

when dragonflighting opponents, always have your shadow out as it will tank for you. especially useful vs necromancers bonespirits and amazons guided arrows.

This post was edited by ferdia on Sep 6 2009 02:19am

vouch

you can also cast your shadow close to the ama/nec to take away the hits while you get close to namelock, but remember dragonflight will have a delay after casting shadow

most are yes, but there are also 2 tab craft amus for mld. those are rare though.

true to form, i did resocket the primary claw:



This claw is primarily used for shield slot vs a paladin with the potential of wearing shaftstop (im trying not to wear it). I still have res problems in tvt but i have gear on ladder (i.e. circ + boots) that will fix that. im still debating on if i should use stormtracks. i feel i need wws vs esfb'ers. will mull over it a bit more. i feel anything less then my current damage has serious problems vs thundergods. (why im trying not to use shaft, yes +1 skill matters!). i would wear a res claw beside it vs everything else. Apparently lapras has 1400 life. no idea how i will get to that, but i can squeeze a bit more from the stats from the new jewels (char needs a remake, again!). i have 9 rep life now (better then nothing. and im thinking about using a 3 sox shield of deflection vs paladins (purely so i can use more rep and save stat points) (ring+amy+shaft+shaeled whitstans vs zon).



my circ+boots on ladder gives trires 30+ and i will see if i can squeeze some res from somewhere else. ill probably just put a 7/9/9/9 in the ladder circ, if those jewels still exist (whenever ladder resets...!)

the ring and amy are for vs zons (whitstans[Shael]), not sure what i will socket the shaft with, possibly a shael as well (since i like dragonflighting). if i can get a similar ring + amy with rep life, great (i'm aiming for 15-20 rep life, i feel this will help alot, since assassin can have long duels, especially vs zons where i have to recover mana on insight switch, after a rush /ls/df/mb/ls/mb/wof/df/ls/etc etc).

also vs sorcs the plan is to use harmony on switch to sync into their screen. i cant try it on nonladder until i finda low required harmony, which is why in the meantime i will make a basic assa on ladder to practice that technique.

This post was edited by ferdia on Sep 27 2009 05:40pm

sick circlet!!!

also good plans all round, though i'd perhaps look into rep jools in the claw

there are some very nice 4rep jools about atm i think.

It's just for resync pala, ye?

Isn't ph better idea then?
It doesn't cast without opponent, so won't burn your mana.
Also pala don't see it (as it see mb) so it will fail for it easier.
And i think it have better range than mb under your feets. Especially if you can do fast small circles around you.

At least it's what i'm using on my lld assa, and it works good.

Btw. circ is one i sold you you some time ago, isn't it?

This post was edited by kukiFBK on Sep 28 2009 05:29am

i found ph to be nowhere near as effective personally, though it was useful for prolonging namelocks without burning mana to the floor vs some classes.

I'm not talking about namelock with ph, just 'first hit'
So it's usefull one vs fast teleporting sorcs and vs desync (it auto aims).
However maybe ill test mb for resync palas more also.