Assassin attack chaining

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[edit] Standard attack chain

See also: Dagger attack

The skills below follow the standard assassin attack chain of Lead Attack→Off-Hand Attack→Dual Attack.

Lead Attacks	Off-Hand Attacks	Dual Attacks
Black Lotus Strike	Fox Fangs	Blades of Steel
Black Mantis Thrust	Golden Fang Strike	Critical Strike
Desperate Strike	Jungle Strike	Death Blossom
Disrupting Stab	Lotus Strike	Horns of the Ox
Golden Fox Strike	Temple Strike	Nine Tail Strike
Golden Lotus Strike	Wild Strike	Shattering Assault
Jagged Strike	Mantis Touch	Trampling Ox
Leaping Mantis Sting		Twisting Fangs
Unsuspecting Strike		Vampiric Assault
Dancing Daggers
Iron Palm
Sneak Attack (PvE only)

[edit] Conditional attack chain

The following skills have different requirements than the normal attack chain.

Off-Hand Attacks		Dual Attacks		Other skills
Req	Skill	Req	Skill	Req	Skill
Hex	Black Spider Strike	Lead Attack	Exhausting Assault	Dual Attack	Assault Enchantments
Knockdown	Falling Lotus Strike			Off-Hand Attack	Blinding Powder
Knockdown	Falling Spider			Lead Attack	Entangling Asp
Enchantment	Golden Phoenix Strike			Dual Attack	Impale
Dual Attack	Moebius Strike			Dual Attack	Signet of Deadly Corruption (PvP)
Off-Hand Attack	Repeating Strike
None	Palm Strike
Enchantment	Golden Skull Strike

[edit] Skill nomenclature

See also: Skill nomenclature

Many Assassin skills have key words in the "Prefix-" / "-Suffix" skill name, indicating special effects or requirements of the skill.

Prerequisite		Effects on target		Effects on user
Keyword	Prerequisite	Keyword	Effect	Keyword	Effect
Black	Hex on target.	Fang	Deep Wound1	Critical	Increases chance of a critical hit
Falling	Target must be knocked down	Mantis	Crippled	Fox	Unblockable attack
Golden	User must be enchanted	Ox	Knockdown	Lotus	Energy gain
		Prison	Snare	Way of...	Attack modifier
		Spider / Asp	Poison
		Skull	Dazed
		Temple / Sneak	Blind
		Jagged	Bleeding
		Wild	Removes a Stance
		Exhausting	Exhaustion

¹ Fox Fangs does not cause Deep Wound.