The Brute Assassin

Armor Types

Gear and Item Set Info

Armor and Weapon Notes(s):

• Armor Set(s)
  • Hunding's Rage (5 Piece [4 Armor, 1 Dagger])
    • This is going to give you a really nice Weapon Critical boost, plus the Weapon damage boost for 5 pieces.
  • Night Mother's Gaze (4 Piece [3 Armor, 1 Dagger/Bow])
    • This set will also give you really nice Weapon Critical boost.
  • Briarheart (3 Piece [Neck, Rings])
    • This jewelry set will give you Weapon Crit boost and Max Stamina boost.
• 7 Pieces of all Medium Armor
  • The more pieces of medium armor you have, the bigger of a Weapon Critical boost you will get.
• Armor Enchants
  • 3 Health Enchants on your Head, Chest, and Legs
  • 4 Stamina Enchants on your Shoulders, Arms, Belt, and Feet
• Armor Traits
  • Infused on Head, Chest, and Legs
  • Divines on Shoulders, Arms, Belt, and Feet 
• Weapon Traits
  • Precise on all weapons.

General Info

Important Info

• Get the Shadow Mundus Stone to increase Weapon Critical rating.
• Max out your Khajiit skill tree so you can max out your Weapon Critical boost passive.
• Dual Wield skill tree must be maxed out so you can add two skill points into its final passive that gives you a Weapon Crit boost for having two daggers.
• Use tri-foods: Max Health, Max Stamina, Stamina Regen. Or you can use blue food: Max Health, Max Stamina.
• Potion: Restore Stamina, Increase Stamina Regen, Increase Weapon Damage.

Strengths and Weaknesses

• Strengths
  • High Damage, High Crit
  • Kill Quickly
• Weaknesses
  • Moderate to Low Regen
  • Moderate Health

Skill Alternative Suggestions

• Relentless Focus with Piercing Mark.
• Shadow Image with Focused Aim.
  • You could use Heavy Bow attacks, although slightly weaker than Focused Aim, for primary ranged DPS. Shadow Image is a great utility ability to have.

Combat Strategy

• If I'm initiating combat, it's usually from stealth. So I usually start by drinking a potion (see more info on potions above) and then open with a Heavy Attack followed by a Poison Injection to get a DoT going on my enemy.
• I then jump into close-combat mode by first marking my enemy (Piercing Mark) to reduce their Physical resistance, then jump into close-combat with Ambush.
• Once close, I like to keep my Mass Hysteria up on my enemy and make sure I use it every 6 seconds to keep that CC pressure on my enemy.
• Using my Surprise Attack as my primary DPS, I wear down my opponent. As soon as their at 50% Health or lower, I use Poison Injection for an even heavier DoT and continue to add pressure until my enemy is dead.

Notes

• The more assassination abilities you have on one bar (Dual Wield Bar), the higher your critical rating will be.
• When fighting, use your Mass Hysteria approx. every 6 seconds to keep the CC pressure on your enemies.
• When fighting, keep your potions flowing and active. As soon as you can drink a potion, do it. Keep doing it until you fight is over.

Champion Point Tips

Important CP Suggestion

• 100 Points into Precise Strikes
• 47 Points into Mighty
• 20 Points into Piercing (or you could pour this into Mighty to make it 67)

General CP Advice

• Add some CP into things that will help your Stamina resource management.
• Go with your gut on what you think is best for the other areas of the Champion System.
• If you don't have 501 CP, scale down the CP distribution proportionally to the amount of CP you have.

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