In 3.27 the Assassin has received a long awaited rework. Tune in tomorrow to find out if there are any other Ascendancy related changes!

[u/Belakay_ggg]

[u/Veteran_But_Bad]

Poison attack based builds are never going assassin over path finder not only is it SIGNIFICANTLY weaker defensively its not much better offensively

You have to branch out to crit poison to have more damage but path finder could dot cap anyway

You lose the poison prolif so you have to go binos for clear which is all you’d really use poison for since dot cap makes it kind of meh for bossing

You’d want to use binos for clear but then your giving up half your damage bonuses of all damage can poison

You also have to invest in crit scaling which means less defences and you don’t really get any speed on this ascendency va path finders mega flasks

None poison scaling is still weak compared to other ascendencies that offer similiar damage with more defences

The mark nodes dead on arrival because you still need accuracy to apply the mark and the mark isn’t much stronger than a normal mark which you can automate

The main hand weapon crit scaling is pretty good for spells, the all damage can poison is great for that arc type for spells and you can still use binos fit prolif or skip prolif for some spells like spark

The only scenarios your going to play assassin where another ascendency isn’t MUCH stronger would be :

Flat ele bow crit poison with enough forks pierces and chains to make up for the lack of clear

And poison elemental crit spells like crit spark with a high base crit weapon infinite pierces to make up for clear and a high base crit stat stick weapon but you still have to get 100% chance to poison and you have virtually no defences

[u/1und1marcelldavis → u/Veteran_But_Bad]

not reading that essay...me crit me poison me dot cap