Items of Interest: Assassin
Unavoidable Items
Armor:
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You want to get an armor with 2 open sockets.
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If you don't get one as drop you can shop one of these at Charsie:
Quilted Armor
Leather Armor
Hard Leather Armor
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Make sure it is not a magical item!
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In this armor you put the runes Tal and Eth in this order to build the runeword 'Stealth':
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With +25% Faster Run/Walk | Faster Cast Rate | Faster Hit Recovery it is absolutly nessessary on any character you want to speedrun!
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Weapons:
Level 1 - 19:
Dagger
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You can buy the dagger from 'Charsie'.
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Possible additional stats for the 'Dagger' (Don't shop for that):
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+10% Increased Attack Speed.
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(This could slightly change the Skillorder - Switch Burst of Speed 2 and Fireblast 4)
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+1 Mana after each Kill.
Javalins
Strangling Gas Potion
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Use javalins or strangling gas potions to kill the 'Countess' quickly.
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Strangling gas potions will only drop outside of town.
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You can refill the quantity by selling them to a vendor and rebuying them.
Level 19 - Baal:
Short Staff
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Shop a 2-handed-staff with 2 open sockets from 'Akara'.
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For trap-laying speed it is important for it to be a short staff!
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In the staff we put the runes Tir and Ral for the runeword 'Leaf':
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The most important attribute are the +3 to Fire-Skills.
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Belt:
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The belt slot defines how many potions you can take with you.
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Buy potions with spamming left-click while having no belt or a sash. Its faster.
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Secondary a 3 row belt is speeding up the potion-shopping. (Fill belt, unequipp, reequip)
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If you don't get one as a drop you can buy a 'Sash' or 'Belt' from 'Charsie' or 'Fara'.
Sash
No Belt
Belt
Possible additional stats (Don't shop for that, skip over items when you are at vendors):
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+10% / 17% Faster Hit Recovery.
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+5-20% Lightning-, Cold- or Fire-Resistances.
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5% Chance to cast level 3 'Frost-Nova' when struck.
Optional Items
Helmet:
Cap
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Helmets are not a must have. They are a "just in case"-item to put runes in.
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You want to get one helmet with 2 open sockets in case you find Ral-Runes.
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If you don't get one as drop you can shop one of these at Charsie:
Skull Cap
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The only thing you put in a helmet on the 'Assassin' are Ral-Runes if you have some to spare.
Possible additional stats (Don't shop for that, skip over items when you are at vendors):
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+10% / 17% Faster Hit Recovery. (extremly rare)
Boots:
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Boots are completly optional.
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They can speed up a run by a lot with the right attribute.
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Only take Chain Boots if they have Faster Run / Walk.
Boots
Heavy Boots
Chain Boots
Possible additional stats (Don't shop for that, skip over items when you are at vendors):
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+10-20% Faster Run / Walk. (up to +40% are possible on unique- / set-boots.)
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+10% / 17% Faster Hit Recovery.
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+5-20% Lightning-, Cold- or Fire-Resistances.
Gloves:
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Gloves are completly optional.
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You can skip over Charsie's items while you shop for the important items.
Leather Gloves
Heavy Gloves
Chain Gloves
Possible additional stats (Don't shop for that, skip over items when you are at vendors):
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+5-20% Lightning-, Cold- or Fire-Resistances.
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5% Chance to cast level 3 'Frost-Nova' when struck.
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Half Freezing Duration.
Jewlery:
Amulet
Ring
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Except for gold Rings and Amuletts are not really that important
Possible additional stats (Don't shop for that, skip over items when you are at vendors):
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+x to Life or Mana
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+5-30 Lightning-, Cold- or Fire-Resistance.
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+1 Mana after each kill
