Assassin attack chain quick reference

Many assassin skills have a requirement on their use beyond the usual energy cost such as "must follow a lead attack" or "must strike a hexed foe." Attempting to use an attack skill without meeting its requirement will cause the attack to miss and using any other type of skill will cause that skill to fail. In either case, the skill will not refund the energy cost but will not start its recharge cycle. The following tables give an overview of assassin attacks with such requirements. See the key at the bottom for help reading the tables.

Standard chains

In this table, off-hand attacks must follow a lead attack and dual attacks must follow an off-hand attack.

	Lead Attack			Off-Hand Attack			Dual Attack
Critical Strikes	Unsuspecting Strike	4	10				Critical Strike	6	5
							Twisting Fangs	15	10
Dagger Mastery	Black Mantis Thrust	4	5	Fox Fangs	8	5	Nine Tail Strike	8	10
	Desperate Strike	6	5	Golden Skull StrikeN	15	10	Blades of Steel	8	5
	Disrupting Stab	10	5	Jungle Strike	10	5	Death Blossom	2	5
	Golden Fox StrikeN	8	5	Temple Strike	20	15	Horns of the Ox	12	5
	Golden Lotus Strike	15	5	Wild Strike	4	5	Shattering AssaultN	4	10
	Jagged Strike	1	5
	Leaping Mantis Sting	8	5
Deadly Arts	Dancing Daggers2, R	5	5	Mantis Touch2, R	15	5
	Iron Palm1, T	20	10

Irregular chains

In this table, the requirement for each skill is listed. A blank space means the skill has no special requirement.

	Req	Off-Hand Attack			Req	Other
Critical Strikes		Palm Strike1, T	10	10		Assault Enchantments1, N, O	15	5
		Black Lotus Strike	12	10
Dagger Mastery
		Repeating Strike	15 (0 if it hits)	5		Exhausting AssaultD	8	5
		Moebius Strike	2	5
		Black Spider StrikeN	12	5
	K	Falling Spider	8	5
		Golden Phoenix Strike	8	10
Deadly Arts						Entangling Asp2, O, R	20	10
						Impale1, O, R	15	5
Shadow Arts						Blinding Powder2, O, R	20	5

Key

Skill names in bold are elite skills. Must follow a Lead Attack. Must follow an Off-Hand Attack. Must follow a Dual Attack. Must be Enchanted. Must strike a Hexed foe. K: Must strike a knocked down foe.

O Not a lead, off-hand, or dual attack. Does not affect the attack chain. N Nightfall campaign skill. 1 Skill (Skill type), does not require daggers. 2 Spell, does not require daggers. 3 Melee Attack, does not require daggers. D Dual Attack T Touch skill, does not require daggers. R Ranged, does not require daggers.

Picture of attack chains

Picture of attack chains (English version)

On the right, a picture of attack chains. Note that all changes made after 18/02/2007 are not included in this picture. If any mistake, please report it in discussion section.