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Knife Assassin

High-speed knife build focused on multi-hit combos and critical strikes. Shreds single targets.

Overview

The Knife Assassin is a high-skill-ceiling build that excels at single-target burst damage under the Bladedancer expertise. It revolves around throwing multiple knives per attack, each with a chance to trigger additional effects. The new Blade Master capstone makes every knife hit deal escalating damage within a round. When fully online, this build can delete bosses in seconds.

Core Skills (Priority Order)

  1. Throwing Knife (Common) - Your bread and butter. Throws knives after attacks.
  2. Mirror Knife (Mythic, S+) - Double knife throws. Doubles your output.
  3. Knife Expert (Legendary, A) - Chain knife strikes for multi-hit combos.
  4. Rapid Throw (Legendary, A) - Knives thrown every turn instead of every 2.
  5. Blade Master (Mythic, S+) - Bladedancer capstone. Knife & Slash deal escalating +3% per hit.
  6. Knife Mastery (Legendary, A) - Direct knife damage increase.
  7. Cursed Knife (Legendary, A) - +150% knife damage (removes extra effects). Late-game option.

Supporting Skills

  • Crit Mastery (Legendary, S) - Each knife hit can crit independently.
  • Knightshade (Mythic, S) - Massive crit chance/damage boost for Bladedancer builds.
  • Thunder Knife (Common) - Adds bolt to knives for Stormlord hybrid potential.
  • Vile Knife (Common) - Adds poison for Soulreaper synergy.

Expertise Path

Stack Bladedancer tags. Throwing Knife, knife variants, Crit Mastery, and Knightshade all give Bladedancer tags. At 5 tags, Blade Master becomes available.

Strategy Tips

  • Mirror Knife is the biggest power spike. Prioritize it above all else after basics.
  • Blade Master + Mirror Knife + Rapid Throw = knives every turn, doubled, with escalating damage.
  • Cursed Knife is a late-game choice — it removes bolt/poison/heal effects but the raw damage is enormous.
  • In Raids, this build excels against bosses but can struggle with large waves. Consider pairing with AoE support.

Tier Rating: S+

Top-tier across the board. Knives are one of the strongest damage types in 1.22 — Mirror Knife doubling with Blade Master escalation creates insane single-target and multi-target damage. One of the most reliable DPS builds in the game.