Ebon Vanguard Assassin

This article is about the generic allied NPC. For the version used by the duplicate Hero which show up as a "Ebon Vanguard Assassin", see Anton.

Ebon Vanguard Assassin
Affiliation	Ebon Vanguard
Type	Not specified
Profession	Assassin
Level(s)	14 - 20
Campaign	Eye of the North

Ebon Vanguard Assassins are summoned with the skill Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support. He spawns at the location of target foe.

Skills

15 Dagger Mastery, 14 Critical Strikes, 9 Deadly Arts (At level 20)

• Iron Palm
• Fox Fangs
• Nine Tail Strike

Quotes

Battle Quotes

"Duty calls."

"Fight now. Talk later."

"Spill the blood of our foes!"

"Not now!"

"Fight, damn it!"

"Now is not the time for idle chatter."

"If you haven't noticed, I'm busy at the moment."

"Stop wagging your tongue and start whooping some butt!"

"The time for jabbering over a pint will come later."

"Let's give'em a whooping!"

"Your words fall on deaf ears. For now I fight."

"Tell me later. For now I have enemies to slaughter."

"We will reminisce after this battle is won."

"Help. A little help here."

"To arms! To arms!"

"Bring your woes some other time, friend."

Notes

• The Ebon Vanguard Assassin is neither human nor a summoned creature.
  • It cannot spread disease to humans.
  • It is not affected by skills like Swap or effects like Sulfurous Haze.
  • Before the duration expires, its death will trigger Soul Reaping and leave an exploited corpse.
  • It can be healed, enchanted, or be a target of weapon spell, similar to minions or asura summons.
• It has a lifetime of 12 to 30 seconds, after which it will disappear. It will also disappear if there are no remaining foes in the area.
• It is not infused.

Anomaly.The Ebon Vanguard Assassin teleports to the target's location, although the description says that it shadow steps. That allows it to be cast on targets behind a wall or gate.

Anomaly.Its Critical Strikes energy gain will sometimes appear on the display.

Bug.Occasionally, there is a delay between when it spawns and when it starts attack its target.

Bug.If the whole party dies and resurrects out of radar range of the Assassin, it won't shadowstep away.

Trivia

• The Ebon Vanguard Assassin wields Crude Daggers.