Can't kill a thing

Ferra · 04-17-2008, 04:57 AM

Ok so I just betrayed to Assassin and I can't seem to kill a single thing by myself. I had a hard time find spells for sale so I'm stuck with some app IV and Adept I till I can afford to get me some Adept III. Is that what the cause is or is it do you think it could be something else?
I've got Mastercrafted/legendary/ Fabled gear and went down int and str. lines, plus fully down bleeding and almost down tricks Assassin line. anyone have any Ideas why I can't kill nothing.

Catseyes · 04-17-2008, 09:04 AM

buy loams or harvest them , better than looking for adept 3s . some cheap master T7 to sell also usually.

when soloing, use stupefying poison + drain life one + fetter (root).

for heroics, better run and arrow the mobs .

vampiric adorns will help a bit also, especially with frontload .

sometimes it's better to wait big hits to come back than trying to chain with only dots.

after it's a matter of training with stun/back jumping and side stabbing.
Solo is doable with assys, but require more skill than other solo classes.

Vaanir · 04-17-2008, 10:04 AM

Requires more skill if you're a retard, just get a half decent bow, fettering poison and kite solo mobs if your high damage/long recast CA's are not up.
Same with heroics, but that usually requires slightly more attention.

Hoss · 04-17-2008, 10:28 PM

i prefer stupifying for soloing. It stuns instead of just slowing. I also use enfeebling so they dont hit me so hard, and vitality breach so it'll heal me a little.

-h

Benji · 04-17-2008, 11:16 PM

Using stupefying poison is rather stupefying if you're bow-kiting.

Catseyes · 04-18-2008, 03:50 AM

raincaller is nice for soloing, even if stun is not as reliable as the stupefying.

i dont kit solo mobs, with stupefying + drain life criting it's not a problem. Only problem i got was on high orange like the ones in ancient valley hitting up to 1k3 .

tho heroics are a pain, especially RoK ones , they nail you pretty bad if they catch you.

Ferra · 04-18-2008, 07:20 AM

Got a couple levels now and some better gear, I'll try again with better poisons and see what happens. Which would you guys say is more important when it comes to stats. Str then Agi then Int, or Str then Int then Agi?

Benji · 04-18-2008, 08:37 AM

Strength, then Intelligence, then Agility.

However, Agility is pretty much always going to end up higher than Intelligence because scout gear is fucked for itemization by any intelligent standard. It's almost always going to be based on STR-->AGI-->INT.

Hoss · 04-18-2008, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benji

Using stupefying poison is rather stupefying if you're bow-kiting.

I think its pretty stupid to kite mobs in the first place. Did you roll a fucking ranger or a fucking assassin? when they are stunned, I can get behind them for back attacks. The mobs you can kite, are hardly worth killing TBH, and can be killed straight up.

Now, why do you put int over agi? It still affects exactly 2 things right? dmg from poison and mark. Hardly seems worth getting any. I'm starting to think agi is #2. The more pwr I have the longer I can spam CAs. But, they're a close #2 and #3, IMNSHO.

-h

Vlix_Oasis · 04-19-2008, 12:33 AM

/agree INT>AGI.

For soloing, I suggest Stupefy + Vit. Breech if your having trouble with solo mobs. Kiting a solo mob is pretty fucking retarded. For ^^^'s, you definitely want to run Fettering but if your having trouble with solo's then you should probably head the other way when you see a heroic.

* If you get in trouble with a mob, pop Velium Strike and bounce out of melee range to finish it off with some bow shots. If your losing the battle, pop Velium and run away to fight another day.