Assassin

History

Template:D2 Unique

Skills

Level	Traps	Shadow Disciplines	Martial Arts
1	File:Assassin skills.png
6
12
18
24
30
	Fire Blast Shock Web Blade Sentinel Charged Bolt Sentry Wake of Fire Blade Fury Lightning Sentry Wake of Inferno Death Sentry Blade Shield	Claw Mastery Psychic Hammer Burst of Speed Weapon Block Cloak of Shadows Fade Shadow Warrior Mind Blast Venom Shadow Master	Tiger Strike Dragon Talon Fists of Fire Dragon Claw Cobra Strike Claws of Thunder Dragon Tail Blades of Ice Dragon Flight Phoenix Strike

Attributes

Attribute Level 1 /Level /Point Strength 20 Dexterity 20 Attack Rating 80 +5 Defense 5 +0.25 Vitality 20 Stamina 95 +1.25 +1.25 Life 50 +2 +3 Energy 25 Mana 25 +1.5 +1.75

Base defense is Dexterity/4, rounded down to the nearest point. Displayed life and mana are rounded down to the nearest point, but actual life and mana are rounded down to the nearest bit (1/256 point).

Breakpoints

The tables below list minimum Faster Block Rate, Faster Cast Rate and Faster Hit Recovery needed to reduce the number of frames in the respective animation and thus increase its speed.

Block rate and hit recovery	Cast rate
Frames FBR FHR 9 0 8 7 7 15 6 27 5 0 48 4 13 86 3 32 200 2 86 4,680 1 600	Frames FCR Total Action 16 9 0 15 8 8 15 14 16 13 27 7 39 12 42 11 65 6 86 10 102 9 174

[1] [2]

Attack rate

• JRichard, Assassin Attack Speeds
• TitanSeal, Attack Speed Calculator (inDiablo.de)

Strategy and guides

• Assassin's Vade Mecum (Assassin Room)
• Strats, Tips, and Dirty Tricks (Assassin Room)
• Heather's Guide to the Shadow Knight

References

• Assassin (Arreat Summit)
• Librarian, Stairway to Heaven Status Tables for all Classes (FAQtoids)
• Nefarius, CharStats.txt (Phrozen Keep)
• RTB, Animations'n'stuff'n'stats (GamersOasis.net)