{"id":2495,"date":"2015-06-07T20:03:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T03:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2015-07-22T18:37:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T01:37:38","slug":"assassin-archer-skill-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/assassin-archer-skill-build\/","title":{"rendered":"Assassin Archer Skill Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although I&#8217;ve switched to playing mostly <a href=\"http:\/\/witcherhour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Witcher 3: Wild Hunt<\/a> since its release on May 18th, I still try to update this site and respond to posts. There was one last major DA:I skill build that I wanted to add &#8211; the Assassin Archer. Just like the other 2 rogue specs &#8211; Tempest and Artificer &#8211; Assassins can also play as either melee or ranged.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2498 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dragonageassasinarcherskills.jpg\" alt=\"dragonageassasinarcherskills\" width=\"531\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dragonageassasinarcherskills.jpg 531w, https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dragonageassasinarcherskills-300x41.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cool thing about this build is that it seems like Bioware patched the bug that prevented the skill &#8220;<em>Knife in the Shadows<\/em>&#8221; from working with archer skills. This passive skill makes your first attack out of stealth auto crit, which is VERY strong when coupled with either Full Draw (800% + 800% bonus damage if enemy at full health) or Long Shot.<\/p>\n<p>This build also has good crowd control which is usually lacking from rogue builds, thanks to <em>Knockout Bomb<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Basic Gameplay:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Open up with stealth into Full Draw &#8211; this will make it auto crit and can sometimes one shot targets<\/li>\n<li>Put up Mark of Death, then follow up with Hidden Blades and and Long Shot<\/li>\n<li>Deactivate the Mark right before its about to expire for extra damage<\/li>\n<li>Keep using Stealth every time it comes off cooldown, and combo it with either Full Draw or Long Shot for the auto-crit<\/li>\n<li>Use Knockout Bomb if necessary &#8211; typically, you want to throw it after your Full Draw opener<\/li>\n<li>Use Leaping Shot either for extra damage when everything else is on cooldown, or to escape<\/li>\n<li>Take Caltrops and Explosive shot off your bars &#8211; we only took these skills to progress further down the skill tree<\/li>\n<li>For your final skill, you can either take Cloak of Shadows (if you&#8217;re using this build on Cole) or Mark of the Rift if on your Inquisitor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Points Spent:<\/strong> 20+<\/p>\n<p><strong>Point Allocation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Archery:<\/strong> Long Shot \/ Death from Above \/ Leaping Shot \/ First Blood \/ Explosive Shot \/ Pincushion \/ Full Draw<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subterfuge<\/strong>: Stealth<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sabotage<\/strong>: Caltrops \/ Looked Like It Hurt<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assassin:<\/strong> All Skills<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/assassinarcherskillbuild2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2496 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/assassinarcherskillbuild2-962x1024.jpg\" alt=\"assassinarcherskillbuild2\" width=\"640\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/assassinarcherskillbuild2-962x1024.jpg 962w, https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/assassinarcherskillbuild2-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/assassinarcherskillbuild2-700x745.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2168\" src=\"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/legendfixedagain-01-e1420674239179.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon Age Inquisition - skill legend\" width=\"437\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/legendfixedagain-01-e1420674239179.jpg 778w, https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/legendfixedagain-01-e1420674239179-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/legendfixedagain-01-e1420674239179-700x286.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I&#8217;ve switched to playing mostly Witcher 3: Wild Hunt since its release on May 18th, I still try to update this site and respond to posts. There was one last major DA:I skill build that I wanted to add &#8211; the Assassin Archer. Just like the other 2 rogue specs &#8211; Tempest and Artificer &#8230; <a title=\"Assassin Archer Skill Build\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/assassin-archer-skill-build\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Assassin Archer Skill Build\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,52],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragoninquisition.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}