Perfect assassins?

Taqwus · #1 December 16th, 2003, 10:08 PM

Nothing's perfect.
If you can find the magical site that lets you hire Ethereal Stalkers, however, rejoice.

#2 December 17th, 2003, 02:01 AM

The perfect assassin is the one that kills his target and accomplishes what you need him to. Survivability isn't really a concern unless you invest more in the assassin than his potential effect on the enemy.

Keir Maxwell · #3 December 17th, 2003, 04:23 AM

My favourite Assasins.

Abyssian prophet assasin based on your starting assasin. You get to use it everytime and early. Spreads dominion, captures provinces - Yay!

C'tis assasin utilising summon skeletons. Skeletons are great. Perhaps the best assasin.

Macahaka assasins - they are tough enough to be used without items. Not certain on this one but its worth a good look.

Other assasins using a skull amulet. Because they are cheap.

I used to love Contracts of Life Long Protection but I'm still unsure about them in Dom2 with the changed costs.

In general a cheap assasin is a good one. You can spend an incredible amount on items for an assasin who may seldom get to kill anyone. I would rather be building super combatents than super assasins as SC's get to do alot more damage.

As a random plot aside my favourite SC('s) in dom (1&2) are Ice Devils. Wraith sword, boots of flying, ethereal cloak, luck, Anti magic if needed, cast quickness and slaughter. The best thing about them is having 3-5 pouncing on a poor unsuspecting army - their maneuverability is incredible. I know its not that flashy but they are so practical - and they get a supply of water gems for doing the big freeze. They were also my first.

Cheers

Keir

Argitoth · #4 December 17th, 2003, 04:30 AM

my favorite moments of assassination:

when i got 10 Messages of r'lyeh trying to assassin all my C'tis mages in my home provinces

My lvl 5 priest killed the assassin with smite.

Some mages used summon skeletons while others were scripted to cast Eagle Eyes and Shadow Bolt. Every one of my commanders survived.

HAHA JAYTOU!!

PvK · #5 December 20th, 2003, 02:52 AM

My favorite assassinations have been silly people showing up to kill my "sage" pretender ... who changes into his natural dragon form, and enjoys a light and crispy snack.

PvK

PDF · #6 December 21st, 2003, 03:21 PM

A Vampire pretender assassin should be quite cool too : Blood magic, ethereal, a good bunch of immunities, and immortal !

Pocus · #7 December 21st, 2003, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by PDF:
A Vampire pretender assassin should be quite cool too : Blood magic, ethereal, a good bunch of immunities, and immortal !

yes can be a good idea, but dont forget that assassins very often have to goes outside your realm. So you wont benefit from immortality, and with a negative dominion your hp will be crappy.

I like to tease you anyway