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=Background= {{Assassin Skills}}The Order of Mage Slayers was formed after the Vizjerei survived the tragedy brought on by Bartuc and Horazon. Their purpose was to watch for rogue magi that may become corrupted by the forces of Evil. To be effective at this task they were trained in abilities that were not conducive to Demonic corruption. Living as rumor and myth to the general population, even other magi knew very little about this mysterious order. Their reputation was shrouded in mystery and the simple fear of their retribution almost ensured steadfast vigilance against corruption amongst those who knew they were real.

=IntroductionAssassin Properties=

The Assassin character was introduced in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. She is not found All fractional values are calculated exactly, but are rounded down in the original Diablo II game. With this characterwindow, Blizzard North aimed to create so displayed values may vary slightly.* As a special character that could be used with fast hitting melee attacksbonus, deal strong elemental damage, and use magical spells assassins '''do not require keys''' to hit from a distanceopen locked chests.

'''{|! Starting Attributes'''<br>! Gain Per Level! Each Point Grants|-* Strength: 20<br>* Dexterity: 20<br>* Vitality: 20<br>* Energy: 25 Hit Points: 50<br>Stamina: 95<br>Mana: 25

'''Each Character Level the Assassin gains* Hit Points:'''<br>50* Stamina: 95* Mana: 25|* Life: +2<br>* Stamina: +1.25<br>* Mana: +1.5|'''Each Attribute Point grants the following bonuses:'''<br>* 1 Vitality point gives 3 Life<br>* 1 Vitality point gives 1.25 Stamina<br>* 1 Energy point gives 1.75 Mana<br> All fractional values are calculated exactly, but are rounded down in the character window, so displayed values may vary slightly.|}

The Diablo II Expansion introduced a new class of weapons that is expressly for the Assassin. These are claw-like weapons that she wears on her hands, and can dual wield. They can only be worn by the Assassin, and can be dual wielded. Assassins do are not require keys very skilled with other weapon types, so it's rare to open locked chestssee one using anything but Claws.

View the Assassin's [[Assassin Martial Arts]] skill tree. As you'd expect from the title of this tree, these will allow her to perform various styles of combat kicks, as well as power-ups to augment her finishing moves.

A '''Charge Up ''' skill can be charged up to three times. Each charge will either increase the bonus damage delivered when/if the charge up is delivered. You must hit your target to register a charge. Charges are displayed visually by small, orbiting lights of appropriate colors. Charges persist for several seconds, and can be refreshed indefinitely. They will expire after

Once charged its bonuses can be released by using a '''Finishing Move ''' {or Attack}. The Finishing Move will also apply a bonus of its own.

An example combination of Charge Up and Finishing Move would be:

Taking the example above...attack with the left mouse button {Fist of Fire} once and your finishing move will apply 6-10 fire damage, charge it a second time and your finishing move will apply 6-10 fire damage over a 2 yard radius, charge it a third and final time and your finishing move will apply 6-10 fire damage, over a 2 yard radius and will burn for 2.5 seconds.

Here we see a [[Assassin Shadow Disciplines|This skill tree ]] is similar to the Amazon's Passive and Magic Tree, though there are many more combat type skills here, things that actually do damage, rather than just boosting your other attributes.

Here we see [[Assassin Traps|This skill tree]] lets the Assassin dealing deal with packs before they get the chance to deal with her. A combination of projectile and remote devices to ensnare her foe. Three branches, lighting, fire and blades. All can attack multiple enemies at once, even the early grenade types such as Fire Blast and Shock Web have an area effect, albeit relatively small. Level 12 it gets more inventive, and in some ways easier, as she can set remote sentries to attack whilst she's also attacking with a martial arts skill for example. These sentries will attack up to 5 or 10 times, depending on the sentry, before disappearing.