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 [[File:Sever.jpg|50px]]
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-This ability costs as much as Stab and should be used at the beginning of combat. This ability will deal damage 2 to 3 times (once every 5 seconds) and is the most cost-efficient ability. Improved Sever increases its duration by up to 3 ticks. Once you get bloodletting, applying a bleed becomes essential as it increases the crit chance of ALL attacks.
+This ability costs as much as Stab and should be used at the beginning of combat. This ability will deal damage 2 to 3 times (once every 5 seconds) and is the most cost-efficient ability. Note that it does not deal initial damage and should only be used to reapply the bleed effect. Improved Sever increases its duration by up to 3 ticks. Once you get bloodletting, applying a bleed becomes essential as it increases the crit chance of ALL attacks.
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 Unlocked at Level 1 and Rank increases every 20 levels
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 [[File:Bladestorm.jpg|50px]]
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-A very costly ability that deals massive aoe damage. This a pretty good ability even if it only hits one enemy. You can simply use lower ranks of the ability if you want to conserve rage. And since its your strongest ability, its the prime candidate to use under stealth. If you can afford to spam it, then Improved Bladestorm helps to reduce it's cooldown by up to 50%.
+A costly ability that deals massive aoe damage.  This a pretty good ability, even if it only hits one enemy, since its also your strongest ability, its the prime candidate to use under stealth. You can simply use lower ranks of the ability if you want to conserve rage. If you can afford to spam it, then Improved Bladestorm helps to reduce it's cooldown by up to 50%.
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 Unlocked at Level 20 and Rank increases every 20 levels
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 [[File:Hamstring.jpg|50px]]
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-Formerly an ability unlocked from the talent tree, Hamstring does slightly less damage than Stab and much more than Distracting Throw and Melee. I consider this to be a filler and/or sparingly situational ability. It also has a chance to stun rather than it being guaranteed. In term of ratio, it requires more rage to damage than Bladestorm, but it has a fairly long cooldown so it shouldn't take too much rage from you overall. Therefore its still worth. more so than Distracting Throw.
+Formerly an ability unlocked from the talent tree, Hamstring does slightly less damage than Stab and much more than Distracting Throw and Melee. I consider this to be a filler and/or sparingly situational ability. It also has a chance to stun rather than it being guaranteed. In term of ratio, it requires more rage to damage than Bladestorm, but it has a fairly long cooldown so it shouldn't take too much rage from you overall. Therefore its still worth using more so than Distracting Throw.
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 Unlocked at Level 10 and Rank increases every 20 levels

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 *Both your health/rage and damage will increase exponentially, scaling by level.
 **Your base health/rage increases <b>every level</b>
-**Your base damage increases <b>every 20 levels</b> or so (melee is every 15 levels) through an ability's rank.
+**Your base damage, through an ability's rank, increases <b>every 20 levels</b> or so (melee is every 15 levels) .
-*In that case, I recommend prioritizing  strength more over stamina.
+*<s>In that case, I recommend prioritizing  strength more over stamina.
-**The rage cost of each ability increases drastically
+**The rage cost of each ability increases drastically</s>
-[[File:Bladestorm1-6.PNG|thumb|360px|none|The increase is most notable between rank 1 and 2. Rage cost might not be accurate because of rage cost reduction]]
+*I would still suggest raising your strength more than stamina, but the rage cost increase between ranks has been reduced by a decent amount.
-*The stamina required (early on) to use the higher ranked abilities is not worth the investment
+[[File:Bladestorm1-6.PNG|360px|The increase is most notable between rank 1 and 2. Rage cost might not be accurate because of rage cost reduction]]
-**You're better off squeezing as much damage from rank 1 as possible through strength
+[[File:NewBladestorm1-6.PNG|350px|The increase is most notable between rank 1 and 2. Rage cost might not be accurate because of rage cost reduction]]
-*You also have zero synergy with Stamina
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 **Despite Strength (damage) only increasing one thing compared to Stamina (health and rage), Assassin's benefits a lot from it and has more Synergy as well
 **Synergy with Strength includes the <b>Improved Strength</b> talent and the <b>Assassin's Vigor</b> Buff unlocked at level 30
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 *Since Stamina boosts both your survivability (health) and resources (rage), you will effectively and eventually not worry about rage cost
 [[File:Bar.PNG|thumb|180px|none|That is a lot of rage]]
-*That is the point where you should continue to invest more Stamina, but not enough to simply forego Strength.
+*Regardless. that is the point where you should continue to invest more Stamina, but not enough to simply forego Strength.
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 Agility seems to be useful but the diminishing returns are great. At the "Base" level you automatically get around 3.6% Crit/Dodge and raising it up to an even 4% is easy
 *The value required to "advance" to the next tier (4%, 6%, etc.) increases exponentially.
 *Therefore its better to increase agility in batches (points only) to move up to the next tier (4%, 6%, etc).
 [[File:Agility Percentages.JPG|thumb|160px|none|Rough estimate of agility required for each percent]]
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 Both Spirit and Intellect scale poorly and Spirit doesn't contribute as much.
 *Intelligence reduces rage cost but the terrible scaling is compounded on top of diminishing returns like agility.
 *Spirit's health and rage regen falls off after level 10 or so, around the time you enter the desert.
 ====<b>Key Points</b>====
 *Strength and Stamina are equally as important with Strength having a slight advantage early on

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 **Your base health/rage increases <b>every level</b>
 **Your base damage increases <b>every 20 levels</b> or so (melee is every 15 levels) through an ability's rank.
-*In that case, I recommend prioritizing  strength over stamina.
+*In that case, I recommend prioritizing  strength more over stamina.
 **The rage cost of each ability increases drastically
 [[File:Bladestorm1-6.PNG|thumb|360px|none|The increase is most notable between rank 1 and 2. Rage cost might not be accurate because of rage cost reduction]]
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 **Despite Strength (damage) only increasing one thing compared to Stamina (health and rage), Assassin's benefits a lot from it and has more Synergy as well
 **Synergy with Strength includes the <b>Improved Strength</b> talent and the <b>Assassin's Vigor</b> Buff unlocked at level 30
-*Once your level reaches the triple digits, at the very least, your base health/rage increase will gradually start to outscale your rage cost from abilities.
+*Once your level reaches the triple digits (bare minimum) your base health/rage increase will gradually start to outscale your rage cost from abilities.
 **By then you should have plenty of strength compounded by various intrinsic buffs
 **Boosting Intellect just a little along with the Focus talent (eventually) helps to offset your upkeep
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 *That is the point where you should continue to invest more Stamina, but not enough to simply forego Strength.
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-Agility eems to be useful but the diminishing returns are great. At the "Base" level you automatically get around 3.6% Crit/Dodge and raising it up to an even 4% is easy
+Agility seems to be useful but the diminishing returns are great. At the "Base" level you automatically get around 3.6% Crit/Dodge and raising it up to an even 4% is easy
 *The value required to "advance" to the next tier (4%, 6%, etc.) increases exponentially.
 *Therefore its better to increase agility in batches (points only) to move up to the next tier (4%, 6%, etc).
 [[File:Agility Percentages.JPG|thumb|160px|none|Rough estimate of agility required for each percent]]
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 ====<b>Key Points</b>====
 *Strength and Stamina are equally as important with Strength having a slight advantage early on
 *Agility and Intellect are moderately useful with Agility being much better
 *Spirit is almost useless since it really only affect magic dodge
 **The health and rage regen fall off early due to your exponential increase of base health and rage

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 *That is the point where you should continue to invest more Stamina, but not enough to simply forego Strength.
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-Agility seems to be useful but the diminishing returns are great. At the "Base" level you automatically get around 3.6% Crit/Dodge and raising it up to an even 4% is easy
+Agility eems to be useful but the diminishing returns are great. At the "Base" level you automatically get around 3.6% Crit/Dodge and raising it up to an even 4% is easy
 *The value required to "advance" to the next tier (4%, 6%, etc.) increases exponentially.
 *Therefore its better to increase agility in batches (points only) to move up to the next tier (4%, 6%, etc).

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 Your gear scales best with Strength, Stamina, and Agility
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-Agility seems to be useful but the diminishing returns are great. At the "Base" level you automatically get around 3.6% Crit/Dodge and doesn't take much to increase it to an even 4, but the value required to "advance" to the next tier (4%, 6%, etc.) increases exponentially.
+Agility seems to be useful but the diminishing returns are great. At the "Base" level you automatically get around 3.6% Crit/Dodge and raising it up to an even 4% is easy
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+*The value required to "advance" to the next tier (4%, 6%, etc.) increases exponentially.
 [[File:Agility Percentages.JPG|thumb|160px|none|Rough estimate of agility required for each percent]]
-Both Spirit and Intellect scale poorly and Spirit doesn't contribute as much. Intelligence reduces rage cost but the terrible scaling is compounded on top of diminishing returns
+Both Spirit and Intellect scale poorly and Spirit doesn't contribute as much. Intelligence reduces rage cost but the terrible scaling is compounded on top of diminishing returns like agility.
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 ====<b>Key Points</b>====

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-Again you need to max Improved Sever in order to access <b>Bloodletting</b>. Like Improved Stab its a must use. With these two talents alone your Stab will have an innate 60% crit chance, while the rest of your abilities get 30%. Since stealth gives a base 50% crit chance on your first attack, your first Stab will always crit.
+Again you need to max Improved Sever in order to access <b>Bloodletting</b>. Like Improved Stab its a must use. With these two talents alone your Stab will have an innate 60% crit chance, while the rest of your abilities get 30%. Since stealth gives a base 50% crit chance on your first attack, your first Stab will always crit if used under stealth.
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 [[File:Tier 2 and 3 Assassin Talent.jpg|300px]]

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-Finally we are left with the defensive talents <b>Thick Armor</b> which increase armor by up to 15% and <b>Flexibility</b> which increases <b>physical</b> dodge rate up to 12%. Flexibiity is by far the superior talent as dodge rate will scale better than armor. The armor difference does not seem to matter as much either so dodging is infinitely better than taking less damage, especially for an Assassin.
+Finally we are left with the defensive talents <b>Thick Armor</b> which increase armor by up to 15% and <b>Flexibility</b> which increases <b>physical</b> dodge rate up to 12%. Flexibiity is by far the superior talent as dodge rate (agility) will scale better than armor. The armor difference does not seem to matter as much either so dodging is infinitely better than taking less damage, especially for an Assassin.
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-Formerly an ability unlocked from the talent tree, Hamstring does slightly less damage than Stab and much more than Distracting Throw and Melee. I consider this to be a filler and/or sparingly situational ability. It also has a chance to stun rather than it being guaranteed. In term of ratio, it requires more rage to damage than Bladestorm, but it has a fairly long cooldown though so it shouldn't take too much rage from you. Therefore its still worth. more so than Distracting Throw.
+Formerly an ability unlocked from the talent tree, Hamstring does slightly less damage than Stab and much more than Distracting Throw and Melee. I consider this to be a filler and/or sparingly situational ability. It also has a chance to stun rather than it being guaranteed. In term of ratio, it requires more rage to damage than Bladestorm, but it has a fairly long cooldown so it shouldn't take too much rage from you overall. Therefore its still worth. more so than Distracting Throw.
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 Unlocked at Level 10 and Rank increases every 20 levels
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 [[File:Assassin's Vigour.jpg|50px]]
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-A simple ability that temporarily increases your damage output by an equivalent of a Fair Strength Potion (15%) and stacks. Always use.
+A simple ability that temporarily increases your damage output by an equivalent of a Fair Strength Potion (15%) and increase stacks with any Strength Potion. This is one reason why strength has more value early on. Always use.
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 Unlocked at level 30

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 Unlocked at Level 1 and Rank increases every 20 levels
-<b>Bladestorm</b>- Deals massive damage
+<b>Bladestorm</b>- Deals massive damage to multiple enemies
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 [[File:Bladestorm.jpg|50px]]