Build:A/W Critical Hammer

Assassin build utilizing the assassin primary attribute Critical Strikes, and the high base damage of a hammer. The usage of quick activation time attack skills enables this bar to deals a large amount single target damage, and to trigger on hit effects quickly.

Attributes and Skills
[build prof=Assassin/Warrior Critical=12+1+3 Hammer=12][Crude Swing][Yeti Smash][Renewing Smash][optional][Shadow Theft][optional][Critical Eye][Critical Agility][/build]
 * Variable skill slots
 * General
 * - Increases your critical strike chance
 * - To use as auto-attack reset
 * - High single target damage
 * - Provides 75% block chance, and can serve as a cover enchantment for


 * PvE skills
 * - Provides near immunity to armor respecting damage for the rest of the party.
 * - Counters Crippled and Knock Down and provides Special armor, which ignores the bonus armor cap (which you hit due to )
 * - Counter Blind and block, must take in areas which have lots of these

Variants
 * Elite skills alternatives
 * - Provides AoE Knock Down for [[Renewing Smash]. Replace [[Yeti Smash].
 * - To use as auto-attack reset


 * Knock Down skills, drop [[Yeti Smash]
 * - Provides KD that can't be blocked or miss and allows to use three renewing smashes.

Equipment

 * 5x Nightstalker's Insignias
 * 1x Rune of Superior Critical Strikes
 * 1x Best Rune of Vigor you can afford
 * 2x Runes of Vitae or Runes of Attunement, up to player preference

Weapons
 * Vampiric Hammer of Fortitude, with "Guided by Fate"

Usage

 * Maintain and
 * Build up adrenaline for your Knock Down skill
 * Always try to hit as many foes as you can with, to quickly build adrenaline and to deal as much damage as you can
 * Use the prefered Knock Down, followed by 2x. Target a foe with high hp, to make the most out of your Knock Down
 * Use the rest of your skills as prefered.

Counters

 * Enchantment removal
 * Heavy melee hate
 * Failing to hit with, or not hitting a target with Knock Down