Overview
Aiotta's poison-focused Assassin (61 Assassin / 15 Bladedancer / 0 Ranger). A stealth-opening melee assassin built around stacking poisons and Deadly Dance burst: Poison Malice and Master of Poisons pump the DoT damage while Deadly Strike feeds combo points back. Open from stealth, run the spam, and micro Impale on its own button. The exact tree is on the Magelo link below.
Rotation
Open from stealth with the Opener macro (Expose Weakness into Jagged Strike). Your main damage is the Spam macro, and Aiotta recommends keeping Impale on its own separate button so you can micro it rather than rolling it into the spam.
Use Charge (Flash of Steel into Leaping Plunge) to close the gap, Paralyzing Strike for a stun (it needs Thread of Death up to fire outside of stealth), and Slip Away (with Cleanse Soul) to cleanse and vanish for a stealth re-entry.
Macros
suppressmacrofailures cast Expose Weakness cast Jagged Strike
suppressmacrofailures cast Call: Razorbeast cast Deadly Strike cast Final Blow cast Assassinate cast Jagged Strike cast Serpent Strike cast Puncture cast Quick Shot cast Debilitating Dart cast @self Energy Manipulation
cast Flash of Steel cast Leaping Plunge
suppressmacrofailures cast Paralyzing Strike cast Thread of Death
cast Cleanse Soul cast Slip Away
Key Abilities
- Deadly Strike (Legendary) A Bladedancer finisher that procs Deadly Dance. The more combo points you spend on it, the higher the Deadly Dance bonus: 3%, 6%, 9%, 12%, and 15% at a full 5 CP. The legendary also grants 5 combo points immediately after use, on an 8 second cooldown.
- Call: Razorbeast (Legendary) Increases non-Ranger damage and healing by 20% for 20s, on a 30s cooldown.
- Thread of Death (Legendary) Lets you passively cast any damaging stealth ability at any time. Paralyzing Strike does NOT count, so you need Thread of Death up to use it outside of stealth. The passive stealth-cast effect (Jagged Strike, Assassinate, etc.) stays intact even while Thread of Death is on cooldown.
- Poison Malice (Legendary) Increases Poison buff damage by 275%, buff lasts 15 seconds. Each recast refreshes the duration but adds a stack that reduces the bonus by 25% per stack. 1 minute cooldown once the buff expires.
- Master of Poisons (Legendary) Lets you keep 3 Poison buffs active at once. When a Poison procs you can gain a stack of Virulent Haste, which resets Serpent Strike's cooldown and drops its cost to 0. Passively increases Assassin DoT damage by 85%.
Tips & Notes
- Keep Impale on its own button and micro it, rather than putting it in the Spam macro.
- Paralyzing Strike can't be cast outside of stealth on its own, you need Thread of Death active to use it (that's why they're paired in its macro).
- Poison Malice is a massive multiplier (275% poison damage), but recasting it stacks a 25%-per-stack penalty, so refresh it thoughtfully instead of spamming.
- Master of Poisons lets you run 3 poisons at once and can reset Serpent Strike to free, so keep your poisons rolling for the DoT damage.
- Deadly Strike hits hardest at a full 5 combo points (15% Deadly Dance) and hands you 5 CP right back, so spend big on it.