Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 13
Range: 20 (yards)
Defense Bonus +X%	10	13	16	19	22	25	28	31	34	37	40	43	46	49	52	55	58	61	64	67
Enemy Defense -X%	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36	39	42	45	48	51	54	57	60	63	66	69	72
Duration X Seconds	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27

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Weapon Block Required Level: 12 Prerequisites: Claw Mastery [1]

Passive Effect: After developing this skill, an Assassin wielding two Claw-class weapons can use her blades to deflect incoming attacks, thus giving herself a defensive edge without using a shield. (Requires two equipped Claw-class weapons.)

• Weapon Block allows Assassins to use two Katar (or Claw Weapons) while still having Blocking. Assassins that use two Katars will want to invest heavily in this skill. Even a 1% Increase in Blocking will provide a great amount of protection.
• Weapon Block does not benefit from Dexterity or increased chance of blocking.
• You will only block while standing still or attacking. Weapon Block does not work while walking or running.
• Note: Whirlwind is an attack and weapon block will still function during the attack.

Fade Required Level: 18 Prerequisites: Claw Mastery [1], Burst of Speed [6]

Effect: An Assassin can will her physical being to shift partially into the astral planes. As her body becomes less substantial, she becomes less susceptible to the effects of elemental attacks and magical curses.

• Fade has a hidden bonus to Physical Resistance. Being hidden, it doesn't display on your character or on the skill. It is capped at 50%.
• Fade reduces Shrine duration by the same percentage as it reduces curse duration. To avoid shortend Shrine duration, cast Burst of Speed before touching the shrine; once you touched the Shrine, cast Fade again.
• Burst of Speed and Fade will not work at the same time.

Shadow Warrior Casting Delay: 6 Seconds Required Level: 18 Prerequisites: Claw Mastery [1], Psychic Hammer [1], Weapon Block [12], Cloak of Shadows [12]

Effect: The Assassin trained in this discipline has the ability to project a "shadow" of herself. The Shadow Warrior makes use of normal attack and the two skills the Assassin has readied for herself.

Shadow Warrior uses the skills you have selected. This allows you to control what kind of spells she will use.

The Shadow Master, the next minion, can cast spells that you do not have so consider this before spending many points in Shadow Warrior.

Shadow Warriors have a base strength and dexterity equal to their level * 10. Also, the Shadow Warrior gains +4 resistance to all per level, to a max of level 75.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36
Life	376	432	488	545	601	658	714	770	827	883	940	996	1052	1109	1165	1222	1278	1334	1391	1447
Attack Rating +%	40	80	120	160	200	240	280	320	360	400	440	480	520	560	600	640	680	720	760	800
Defense +%	-	12	24	36	48	60	72	84	96	108	120	132	144	156	168	180	192	204	216	228

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Mind Blast Required Level: 24 Prerequisites: Psychic Hammer [1], Cloak of Shadows [12]

Effect: Focusing her anima, an Assassin using this potent ability can crush the will of a group of enemies, stunning them and confusing the feebleminded into attacking their comrades.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 15
Duration: 6-10 Seconds
Damage	10-20	12-22	14-24	16-26	18-28	20-30	22-32	24-34	29-39	34-44	39-49	44-54	49-59	54-64	59-69	64-74	72-82	80-90	88-98	96-106
Chance To Convert %	18	21	24	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	35	36
Stun Length X Sec.	2	2.2	2.4	2.6	2.8	3	3.2	3.4	3.6	3.8	4	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.8	5	5.2	5.4	5.6	5.8

Venom Required Level: 30 Prerequisites: Claw Mastery [1], Burst of Speed [6], Fade [18]

Effect: Poison use is another technique an Assassin has to help even the odds when battling demons and their ilk. An Assassin who has mastered this skill secretly coats her weapons with vile toxins.

Venom caps the poisoning duration at 0.4 seconds, thus preventing long term poisoning. Consequently, all other items will only inflict poison damage for 0.4 seconds. Example: Though 700 damage over 10 seconds might seem impressive only 28 damage will be inflicted due to the 0.4 seconds cap.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 12
Poison Damage over 0.4 Seconds	60-80	75-95	90-110	105-125	120-140	135-155	150-170	165-185	185-205	205-225	225-245	245-265	265-285	285-305	305-325	325-345	350-370	375-395	400-420	425-445
Duration in Seconds	120	124	128	132	136	140	144	148	152	156	160	164	168	172	176	180	184	188	192	196

Shadow Master Casting Delay: 6 Seconds Required Level: 30 Prerequisites: Claw Mastery [1], Psychic Hammer [1], Weapon Block [12], Cloak of Shadows [12], Shadow Warrior [18]

Effect: This discipline allows an Assassin to project an even more powerful shadow avatar. The Shadow Master has access to all of the Assassin skills, also skills you don't have yet.

• The Shadow Master has Resistances when compared to the Shadow Warrior. Most players choose the Shadow Master for play past level 30 although the Shadow Warrior offers more control over which skills and spells she casts.
• Shadow Masters have a base strength and dexterity equal to their level * 10. The skills a Shadow Master casts have the skill-level equal to half her skill-level +1.
• You can either have a Shadow Master or a Shadow Warrior
• Resistances of the Shadow Master do not suffer from the penalties in Nightmare and Hell difficulty. Furthermore, they are not capped at 75%. Hence, it's possible to get the Shadow Master immune against elemental attacks.
• The Skills a Shadow Master uses are: Cloak of Shadows (rarely), Mindblast, Fade, Burst of Speed, Death Sentry [some Martial Arts and other traps]
• Items for the Shadowmasters

  Lvl 17 Rare Amulet
  Lvl 13 Rare Ring left
  Lvl 11 Rare Suwayyah, War Fist or Scissors Suwayyah in right hand
  Lvl 11 Rare Battle Cestus, Runic Talons or Scissor Suwayyah in left hand
  Lvl 11 Rare Vambraces or Ogre Gauntlets
  Lvl 11 Rare Ring right
  Lvl 11 Rare Armor; same type as Assassin
  Lvl 11 Rare Helm; same type as Assassin
  Lvl 9 Magic Ring right
  Lvl 6 Magic Suwayyah, War Fist or Scissors Suwayyah in right hand
  Lvl 6 Magic Battle Cestus, Runic Talons or Scissors Suwayyah in left hand
  Lvl 6 Magic Bramble Mitts or Vambraces
  Lvl 6 Magic Armor; same type as Assassin
  Lvl 6 Magic Helm; same type as Assassin
  Lvl 5 Superior Bramble Mitts, Vambraces or Ogre Gauntlets
  Lvl 1 Superior Suwayyah, War Fist or Scissors Suwayyah in right hand
  Lvl 1 Superior Battle Cestus, Runic Talons or Scissors Suwayyah in left hand
  Lvl 1 Superior Armor; same type as Assassin
  Lvl 1 Superior Helm; same type as Assassin

  These items are generated randomly on each cast.