Assassin: Poison Build

## What is this build?

Short guide to a poison assassin guide which primarily focuses on mid to late game gear as not a lot of items offer poison. The following are your main sources of damage using the Assassin skill kit: Battle Gas, Shuriken, Heartstab, Combo. The 3 attack moves attribute your poison stat in large numbers as well as your basic attacks and Stealth clones basic attacks. Combo allows you to instantly refresh a damage skill (recommend using a second Battle Gas) and restore mana to keep you in the fight, while Stealth and/or Mirroring helps you maneuver and avoid getting hurt. Reflection can be used to minimize damage to some extent since you won't be using a shield with this build. All in all, Battle Gas is your highest damage output with Shuriken and Heartstab as ranged abilities while you move around.

This build will allow you to solo the endgame bosses of Islatha, Askalor and Chronos (longer fight) with good focus and timing.

If you have any questions or suggestions with this build, message me on Battlenet or Discord. My username is SinsBane23#1835. Thank you!

## Items

The endgame gear to shoot for is:

* Venom Barb
* Wyvernheart Ring
* Wyvernheart Ring
* Islatha's Cranium
* Askalor's Hellfire Boots
* Divine armor / Liberator's Gloves

The first three items offer 250 and 200 (x2) poison stats respectively while the last three items are rare cooldown reduction items as well as giving decent stats to assist your abilities in damage and spamability.

Alternative items to use until you find these various Teal and Orange item drops:

* Spider Dagger - Boss Drop from island area with treants
* and Spider Shield - Boss Drop from island area with treants
* Flask of Endless Acid x2 - sewer boss drop
* Twin Reapers/Dual Cleavers (2h Teal/Orange respectively).
* Acresh Set (Full Assassin Set)
* Melodia's Quiver (Ranger set misc)

Assassin can now use her set (Acresh's) which provides over 200 poison in total with its 3 pieces as well as Melodias Quiver (Ranger set misc) which gives 100 poison as alternatives as well.

## Stats

* Str: 160
* Agi: 10
* Int: 160

The attributes you want to focus on for this Assassin Build are Strength and Intelligence as these attribute to your Battle Gas, Heartstab and Shuriken damage. The cooldown reduction with the items listed above is 145%, allowing your skills to be up a lot more frequently as well as giving additional stats to Str and Int.

## Abilities

The following are your main sources of damage using the Assassin skill kit which should include:

* Battle Gas
* Shuriken
* Heartstab
* Combo
* Stealth
* Mirroring / Reflection

The 3 attack moves attribute your poison stat in large numbers as well as your basic attacks and Stealth clones basic attacks. Combo allows you to instantly refresh a damage skill (recommend using a second Battle Gas) and restore mana to keep you in the fight, while Stealth and/or Mirroring helps you maneuver and avoid getting hurt. Reflection can be used to minimize damage to some extent since you won't be using a shield with this build. All in all, Battle Gas is your highest damage output with Shuriken and Heartstab as ranged abilities while you move around. This build will allow you to solo the endgame bosses of Islatha, Askalor and Chronos (longer fight) with good focus and timing.

## Minipet

1. Green Dragon

I almost always use Green Dragon for the regen aura so I never have issues with mana on top of using the skill Combo which restores a fairly large amount of mana as well.