I play assassin almost all the time and I think she is the most powerful char in terms of damage.
Why... Simple:
9 enemies with full hp bars >> 10 enemies with 1/2 hp bars.
Yes, archers with griffon, eles, AWs and hunters do a lot of MULTItarget damage, but I just don't care if these targets are still alive.. The demon commander, 1 archer or 1 shadow with just 1 point health can still kill you with 1 or 2 hits. And it's (again) pointless if the team needs to hit again those enemies with 1/2 bar, while the assassin is faster even killing one by one doing insane burst damage.
Actually in Perilous you can still kill multiple targets with assassin combined with an AW. He pulls the enemies, you wait till they are very close (to each other), twin fangs in stealth with 100 % CC -> 3-6 kills with 1 attack.
Problems of the assassin:
1) You need to kill to stay alive. If you hit/attack 1 enemy and he does not die (perilous), and the hunter/archer behind kills him (last hit)... You are done, because you lose the opportunity to reset stealth and you will be the target of the next enemy... In perilous without extra constituion the assassin dies quickly.
2) Shadow strike sometimes does not reset stealth. I don't know why, but I don't use it anymore only for this reason. I am not sure whether bug or intended, but it's really annoying.
3) Death Blow is not that useful if you need the enemy with 1/2 hp before the first hit to execute the second one. It should be after the first hit or at least 65-75 % hp.
4) You need to pay attention all the time. Even in stealth some enemies can kill you if you are in the trajectory of their attack.
The assassin is the most powerful char, but she is at the same time the char who needs more skills and attention from the player.
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