Questions About Assassins

[BasilSt]

Hi guys, i'm a ranger looking to maybe an assassin, because I think it would be more fun for me to be more melee. I had some questions that are hard to search for because of out dated info, but here they are...1). Stat contributions: does anyone know of a place i can see like how much str effects dmg, how much int effects poisons etc.2). AA's:  anywhere i can find a nice calculator and/or info on nice builds. 3). I'd like to use poisons alot i think that would be fun, but doing alot of damage is also very fun. Are int/poison AA builds feesible to do good dmg? and would it be good for my type of play? (I mostly group with 3-4 of my friends level mid 40's right now)mmm i guess those are my main questions, stat knowledge will tell me what cind of gear i need, and the biggest concern is AA builds. Everything else has been easy to find. Thanks in advance.<div></div>

[HellRaiserXX]

<DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> BasilStag wrote:<BR>Hi guys, i'm a ranger looking to maybe an assassin, because I think it would be more fun for me to be more melee. I had some questions that are hard to search for because of out dated info, but here they are...<BR><BR>1). Stat contributions: does anyone know of a place i can see like how much str effects dmg, how much int effects poisons etc.<BR>2). AA's:  anywhere i can find a nice calculator and/or info on nice builds.<BR>3). I'd like to use poisons alot i think that would be fun, but doing alot of damage is also very fun. Are int/poison AA builds feesible to do good dmg? and would it be good for my type of play? (I mostly group with 3-4 of my friends level mid 40's right now)<BR><BR>mmm i guess those are my main questions, stat knowledge will tell me what cind of gear i need, and the biggest concern is AA builds. Everything else has been easy to find. Thanks in advance.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR>I cant remember the stat contributions off the top of my head, but basically more is better.  With stat cap increase you need a lot more STR than in KoS and I would recommend stacking that over INT, let your grp buff your INT.  If you can get both great, but I would focus more on STR. I figured it out for INT once and it was like every 3 points of INT gave 1.5dmg or something like that.  Thats not exactly what it was, but I just cant remember atm heh.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Predator Tree only has one build thats worth getting: 4 4 4 8 1 in STR 4 4 4 8 in INT and youll have 1 point left over to do with as you wish.</DIV> <DIV>Assassin Tree is pretty weak, basically you can almost do anything lol.  Bleed line will give a little bit of DPS increase, but its only like an extra 30some.  Tricks line is great if you do a lot of soloing.  I took this line and I love it. Physicality line is probably the best because it increases your good short duration offensive buffs, some crappy stuff in it too, but mostly pretty good.  Only decent AA in the Poison line is the first one, the rest pretty much are worthless.  Pick something that you like and try it out, if you dont like it respec and try something else. There really is no best build that we have found for Assassin tree atm.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Poisons help you do a lot of damage.  You are better off buffing your STR than your INT imo, especially at lower levels and when you dont have snazzy fabled gear.</DIV>