Assassin attack chaining

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==Standard attack chain==
{{see|Dagger attack}}
The skills below follow the standard [[assassin]] attack chain of [[File:Lead Attack.png]][[Lead Attack]]→[[File:Off-Hand Attack.png]][[Off-Hand Attack]]→[[File:Dual Attack.png]][[Dual Attack]].
{| style="border: 1px solid {{color|assassin|dark}}; background: white"
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|light}};"
| [[Lead Attack]]s || [[Off-Hand Attack]]s || [[Dual Attack]]s
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| {{skill icon|Black Lotus Strike}} || {{skill icon|Fox Fangs}} || {{skill icon|Blades of Steel}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| {{skill icon|Black Mantis Thrust}} || {{skill icon|Golden Fang Strike}} || {{skill icon|Critical Strike}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| {{skill icon|Desperate Strike}} || {{skill icon|Jungle Strike}} || {{skill icon|Death Blossom}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| {{skill icon|Disrupting Stab}} || {{skill icon|Lotus Strike}} || {{skill icon|Horns of the Ox}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| {{skill icon|Golden Fox Strike}} || {{skill icon|Temple Strike}} || {{skill icon|Nine Tail Strike}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| {{skill icon|Golden Lotus Strike}} || {{skill icon|Wild Strike}} || {{skill icon|Shattering Assault}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| {{skill icon|Jagged Strike}} ||   || {{skill icon|Trampling Ox}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| {{skill icon|Leaping Mantis Sting}} ||   || {{skill icon|Twisting Fangs}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| {{skill icon|Unsuspecting Strike}} ||   || {{skill icon|Vampiric Assault}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| {{skill icon|Dancing Daggers}} ||   ||  
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| {{skill icon|Iron Palm}} ||   ||  
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| {{skill icon|Sneak Attack}} (PvE only)||   ||  
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| {{skill icon|Shadow Theft}} (PvE only)||   ||  
|}

==Conditional attack chain==
The following skills have different requirements than the normal attack chain.
{| style="border: 1px solid {{color|assassin|dark}}; background: white"
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|light}}; "
| colspan="2"| [[Off-Hand Attack]]s || colspan="2" | [[Dual Attack]]s || colspan="2" | Other skills
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|light}}; "
| Req|| Skill || Req || Skill || Req || Skill
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| [[Hex]] || {{skill icon|Black Spider Strike}} || [[Lead Attack]] || {{skill icon|Exhausting Assault}} || Dual Attack || {{skill icon|Assault Enchantments}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| [[Knockdown]] || {{skill icon|Falling Lotus Strike}} ||   ||   || Off-Hand Attack || {{skill icon|Blinding Powder}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| Knockdown || {{skill icon|Falling Spider}} ||   ||   || Lead Attack || {{skill icon|Entangling Asp}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| [[Enchantment]] || {{skill icon|Golden Phoenix Strike}} ||   ||   || Dual Attack || {{skill icon|Impale}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| Dual Attack || {{skill icon|Moebius Strike}} ||   ||   || Dual Attack || {{skill icon|Signet of Deadly Corruption (PvP)}}
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| Off-Hand Attack || {{skill icon|Repeating Strike}} ||   ||   ||   ||  
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| None || {{skill icon|Mantis Touch}} ||   ||   ||   ||  
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| None || {{skill icon|Palm Strike}} ||   ||   ||   ||  
|- style="background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}"
| [[Enchantment]] || {{skill icon|Golden Skull Strike}} ||   ||   ||   ||  
|}

==Skill nomenclature==
{{see|Skill nomenclature}}
Many Assassin skills have key words in the "[[Prefix]]-" / "-[[Suffix]]" skill name, indicating special effects or requirements of the skill.

{| style="border: 1px solid {{color|assassin|dark}}; background: {{color|assassin|lighter}}; " cellpadding="3px"

|- style="background: {{color|assassin|light}}; color:{{color|a|dark}};"
! colspan="2" | Prerequisite !! colspan="2" | Effects on target !! colspan="2" | Effects on user

|- style="background: {{color|assassin|light}}; "
! Keyword !! Prerequisite !! Keyword !! Effect !! Keyword !! Effect

|-
| Black || [[Hex]] on target.|| Fang || [[Deep Wound]]<sup>1</sup> || [[Critical]] || Increases chance of a [[critical hit]]
|-
| Falling || Target must be [[knocked down]] || Mantis || [[Crippled]] || Fox || [[block|Unblockable]] attack
|-
| Golden || User must be [[Enchantment|enchanted]] || Ox || [[Knockdown]] || Lotus || [[Energy]] gain
|-
| || || Prison || [[snare (tactic)|Snare]] || Way of... || [[Attack]] modifier
|-
| || || Spider / Asp || [[Poison]] || ||
|-
| || || Skull / Temple || [[Dazed]] || ||
|-
| || || Sneak || [[Blind]] || ||
|-
| || || Jagged || [[Bleeding]] || ||
|-
| || || Wild || Removes a [[Stance]] || ||
|}

: <sup>1</sup> [[Fox Fangs]] does not cause [[Deep Wound]].
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