I want to make a rogue that uses these abilities frequently, and I was wondering whether that restricts some build choices, and what are good multiclass options for such a rogue.
For example, the Spellblade Riposte Tank doesn't seem to benefit from this. Should I choose a Figher/Barbarian multiclass?
Posted Nov 26, 2022, 11:31 AM UTC
Priest of Skaen gets some of those abilities automatically and is able to use priest resources for them. IMO Skaen/Assassin could be fun. Start the fight by buffing yourself then teleport/invis to a squishy target and hit them with an Assasinate/Backstab buffed attack. I've played my main character as a single class Assassin and had fun with it.
Same as with Bleak Walkers, I don't like Priest of Skaen because of RP reasons :/
Single class Assassin is fun and viable. Single class means you have more Rogue resources so more chances to go invis before you run out of guile and Assassin benefits more from invis than any other class.
You could also go Assassin+caster. The Assassinate buff is a little tricky, though. Some spells counterintuively don't benefit from Assassinate. As soon as your stealth breaks the Assassinate buff goes away so a spell like Minoletta's Missiles only benefits from the very First projectile. You'd think a spell like Fireball would always benefit from Assassinate but for some reason if you cast it far away it won't get the buff.
I think I'll go Assassin+Wizard (no subclass). I wanna multi-class :D
From what I remember, spells like Torrent of Flame or Minoletta's Precisely Piercing Burst typically get the Assassinate bonus. You also have to be careful with DoTs or pulsing AoE because I think those will break your stealth. Arkemyr's Brilliant Departure is interesting because its stealth isn't broken by casting non-damage debuffs on enemies so you can benefit from the +accuracy on Assassinate repeatedly without having to restealth.
IMO pay attention to the combat log when you cast spells from stealth and see which ones are benefiting from Assassinate and which ones aren't because it's not always compl intuitive
Streetfighter w/ blunderbuss proficiency: fire the modal to activate your streetfighter ability then escape into melee for the deflection boost.
I had a soulblade/assassin where I spent nearly all of my rogue resources on these. stealth/invis>ambush>soulblade>stealth/invis repeat till all dead
I don't like Ciphers and Bleak Walkers. Researching it came up that these are the optimal picks for Assassin multi. I'm kind of mad about that.
I plan on playing PotD and kind of care about min-maxing, do I have any alternatives to those picks?
Cipher pairs well because of stat steal that boost defense and extra damage fron soul whip.
You can also consider rogue + monk. Monk has some passive that synergizes well with crits.
What's stat steal?
Borrowed instinct. -8 perception and intelligence on target, +20 accuracy and all defenses for self.