New Assassin Seeking Advice

[Therferon]

Hello, i recently have started TSW with first character as assassin. I know it wasn't the best with untwinked but i don't want to rerrol again.

So far i have rushed and cleared detruction baal (with help), and got early game charms including cathedral of vanity/tran athuala etc.. I am still weak to progress with current gear and setup, had a alot of frustrations even on khalimgard, because 3k hp is extremely low on destruction.

Currently i have 3.6k hp, %26 block with ATMG shield (%53 with siggards yes someone gave it o me ), around %55 avoid. I have used like 5 signets.

I had been following BassToMouth's kickstartersin guide on old forum, it helped me a lot. However, i don't really like the ATMG/wyrd style of play. Yes, it is safe and great for early game but the damage is extremely low, especially on wyrd. I can compare the damage with this example:

My ATMG/wyrd setup uses properly prepared Judge RW Sacred Blade Talon with %690 ED (7xx-7xx weapon damage) and it takes 2-3 minutes to kill a single baalspawn(Dragon eggs). Whereas my broadside(7.8? sec ranged lockdown) setup with random sacred rare blanced knife takes less then 30 secs to kill it.

I may be wrong but broadside seems superior to me. Storm crows are great as well, however they seem to be lacking on AOE. Whycwind catches my interest as well.

So i am not sure what to do. My current setup farms very slowly, i need more killspeed and damage so i can start fautz/duncraig. Act 3 sewers is also going very slow at the moment due to very low HP.

What would you suggest for me to aim for. Should i keep this setup or respec to something else? I also need some advice easily available gear choices if i respec. Like if i spec to broadside what kind of weapon should i be looking for (not considering Su's and poison rw). I am open to any kind of build; Batsin, MeleeSin, NuclearSin, Wyhcwindsin etc.

Current gear:

-Judge RW Sacred Blade Talon
- Jitan's Kamon
-Witchhunter's Hood
-Deadfall
-Random ATMG shield
- Low level req crafted %8 dex gloves
- Low level req crafted %9 dex boots
- Random rare rings with + skills
- Klaatu barada nikto neck (A generous guy gave for free)

On switch:
- Rare sacred balanced nife with CTC shadowblade, 250+ max damage
- Siggard's revenge

I also have Kamehameha, Killer's Omen, Scream of Nature on my stash given as gift.

P.S: Does leveling to 121 drop your block chance?

[Nitz]

P.S: Does leveling to 121 drop your block chance?

Yes - just some dex (23) more.

>Yes, it is safe and great for early game but the damage is extremely low

Yes, low dmg and boring. Switch to a random throwing knife with 9% ctc Shadow Blade and it goes much faster. I even did Tiefling form for more cast rate and clear many ubers faster than with a judge claw and bonus damage from the ways and since I don't need ways I get bonus velocity from Beacon. When you get more charms and more max skill points the judge RW will outperform the poison RW.

You can also buy a Qor rune pretty cheap and make the Higabon boots RW and a Ghal rune for the Ahriman Belt RW for more damage.

And a Taha rune to get drevnak gloves - put it into a T1 glove and just equip it for respec.

Immolation/Nova bomb with shrine crafted gear is stronger, kills faster and is pretty safe too. (Baalspawn in 5 seconds) You can also kill most/all heroric bosses.

Throwsin with Trackers set (Cheap to get) or Penumbra and a Nagi on switch is fun to play and very strong.

>Act 3 sewers is also going very slow at the moment due to very low HP.

Limpet lazer and shrine crafted/honorific gear - super safe/fast and you could even use a character orb here.

No really, honorific gear or shrine crafts and you have that Poison RW throwing knife in 10-20 minutes. Or as I said before - ctc shadowblade.

>- Random rare rings with + skills

You can craft tiered unique rings with the unique upgrade recipe!

Other good builds would be tantrum sin (one of the weaker tantrum classes) or Shunpo (Nagi skill) (Super funny)