Weekly Class Discussion: Assassin

[Lateralus]

General Info:
Assassins are the deadliest class in the realms but also mostly defenseless to magic users.

Ease of play: Medium
Survivability: Medium
DPS: High
Pvp Value: High
Pve Value: Low-Medium

Assassins can backstab by attacking with a dagger while hidden, dealing four times their regular damage. Assassins begin as Rogues until level 8, and then become Slayers at level 25.




Suggested Races (all races work well for assassins for the most part):
Goblin (moderate str (damage), high agi (hitrate/dodgerate), moderate end (hitpoints), moderate int (hide) and wisdom(magic resistance))
Drakeblood(moderate damage, high hitrate,high hitpoints, very low int and wisdom)
Half-Orc/Dwarf(very high damage, moderte hit rate, high hitpoints, low int and wisdom)
Saurian (high damage, High hitrate, moderate hitpoints, low int and wisdom)
Darkelf/Halfling/gnome (medium damage, high hitrate, moderate hit points, high int and wisdom)
Human/elf/halfelf (moderate to high on all)


Important Stats: Strength (damage), Agility(hitrate and dodge rate), Intelligence (sneak and hide ability), Endurance(health pool)

Exp to 25: 350 million

Weapons: Dagger, Sword

Armors: Cloth, Light, Medium, Light Helmet, Heavy Helmet, Shield

Skills:
Autosneak = Allows you to sneak hidden room to room without players seeing you and without monsters dragging. (this is dependent in yout intelligence stat)
Hide= Allows you to hide on the square and to be found a player or monster must search for you(dependent on intelligence stat)
Backstab=A powerful attack that deals up to 4x damage but requires you to be hidden on the square first (dependent on str stat for damage and agility for hitrate)
Dual Wield=Allows you to use two weapons at once giving you 10% more damage on all attacks. (you must sacrifice your shield though)
Track=Allows you to track other players and see what direction they went. The higher level you are the more details you can find out about the person who you are tracking.


I will fill in some more general info a bit later feel free to ask and answer questions!


Last weeks ranger discussion:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1025

[CGI]

Is wisdom still the stat used for magic res?

[Satsujin]

Yes, so a higher wisdom character will still be unaffected by hostile spells more often.

[Folder]

Plus you simply take less damage with more wisdom, even when the spell hits you.

[Lateralus]

Is wisdom still the stat used for magic res?

Yes but here it works in two ways:

1: it actually decreases the amount of magic damage you take
For example but not exact numbers: character with 10 wis might get hit for 170max. character with 20 wis might get hit for 150max

2: it causes more uneffects
For example but not exact numbers: character with 10 wis might get hit 4/4 casts. character with 20 wis might get hit with 2/4 casts





Keep in mind assassins come with a -7.5 resistance which is the highest for any class meaning they are especially susceptible to magic attacks.

[NiteHawk]

Is wisdom still the stat used for magic res?

Yes but here it works in two ways:

1: it actually decreases the amount of magic damage you take
For example but not exact numbers: character with 10 wis might get hit for 170max. character with 20 wis might get hit for 150max

2: it causes more uneffects
For example but not exact numbers: character with 10 wis might get hit 4/4 casts. character with 20 wis might get hit with 2/4 casts





Keep in mind assassins come with a -7.5 resistance which is the highest for any class meaning they are especially susceptible to magic attacks.

Second lowest now but yeah. Having high wis will still help them a good deal, just not as much.

[Lateralus]

Hey guys planning on having something like the first post popup when a player is creating a character. this would give new players an idea of how to build their class and what they are dealing with. Let me know if there is anything else important that should be included or anything that should be left out?