Assassin

Assassin is the master when it comes to dealing out a ton of damage all at once, essentially assassinating the enemies. Assassin costs 150  to unlock.

## Abilities and weapons

Assassin is a weapon class, which is why the class has 2 weapons and only one ability. The first weapon is the basic sword, and the second weapon is sharpened blade. This weapon will deal more damage, if the current energy is below a curtain threshold. This makes it a good idea to keep the energy level low, in order to have more damage. This is especially useful in the first areas.

The class ability is stealth, and will make the next melee attack deal 4 times as much damage (5 times if the backstab skill is unlocked). This can be very effective, but since the basic sword has a range of damage, the damage that the next attack provides will vary a lot, unless of cause the player is using sharpened blade. This ability will be assassins main source of damage. The downside of this ability, is the fact that you have to do a melee attack in order to deal the damage, which can be potential problem when fighting monsters with a high damage.

## Skills

The 3 assassin skills all help assassin deal more damage, or provide health. The backstab skill will amplify the damage from stealth, so it instead deals x5 damage, making it a very valuable skill, since it makes killing monsters easier. Assassination is the second skill, and rewards assassin for assassinating enemies, that is killing them with only one melee attack. The reward is 2 health and 1 energy, which gives assassin a lot more suvivability, since assassin easily can one-shot enemies by using the stealth ability. The last skill is treat wounds, and requires one of every attribute to unlock, making it fairly expensive. It is however very powerful, as it allows assassin to trade in energy for health. Not only will it provide a new source of much needed healing, but it will also reduce the amount of energy, and thus make the sharpened blade deal more damage when it gets below the energy-threshold.

## Strategy

The key to a good run with assassin, is to maximize the damage with the sharpened blade, and to use the energy as wise as possible. This will ensure that assassin can kill monsters easily, and effective. Being able to one-shot monsters also is very good, since it provide the much needed health for assassin. Against the final boss, assassin should be able to deal significant damage, if the player managed to store a bit of mana, and kill the boss fairly easy. That is, of cause, if the player can manage to get all the way to this stage...

### Overall strategy

In the first area, it is very effective if the player manages to stay below the given energy amount, as it will make the sharpened blade deal more damage. This can be obtained by not killing monsters that provide a lot of energy, such as crab or worm. However, it is important not to run out of energy, or avoid monsters that grants other valuable loot, such as bat that gains EXP, which is needed a lot in the first area.

In the following areas, the assassin should try to unlock the skills, while also gaining experience to level up, as this will increase the damage from stealth dramatically, making it much easier to kill monsters, and is a great help against the final boss. The player should try and one-shot every monster when it is possible, and after unlocking the treat wounds skill, it is preferable to always stay below the energy-threshold.

It is important to gather a lot of mana in the last area, since this will be a great help against the boss. This might include deciding not to kill monsters that requires a lot of mana to kill, and finding alternative ways to kill these monsters. Against the final boss, the player should use as much mana as possible to deal the most damage with all of the melee attacks. As always, it is important to be healthy when fighting the final boss, so buying a health potion in the final shop is not a bad idea here.

### Skills and attributes

The best skill to unlock first might be the backstab ability, since it provides healing, and the requirements of 2 strength is pretty useful in the early game. The player should then unlock the treat wounds ability, as this ability is very useful, and not that hard to unlock. The assassination skill should also be unlocked at one point in the game, as it is also a very powerful skill. The best attribute to get a lot of points in might be wisdom, as it will help assassin deal more damage against the monsters, and thus making them easier to one-shot.

It is important to always think about using the skills as good as possible while playing. This means the player should aim to one-shot monsters whenever possible, while also using treat wounds to stay below the energy threshold.

### Items

Items that helps assassin use energy is very good. This is the case for fire charge, which can make assassin spend some of his energy. Torch could also be a great item on assassin, since having more energy allows you to heal from the treat wounds skill. King's armor is also a great item, since it assassin is a melee class, and it will make fighting bosses a lot easier.