gww>Yoshida Keiji at 07:23, 28 February 2013

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{{skill icon|Falling Lotus Strike}} & {{skill icon|Falling Spider}} (Assassin - Dagger Mastery) by [[User:Yoshida Keiji]].
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== Background ==
I am currently backtracking every single revision made on the [[Hero behavior]] page to double-check user inputs to understand better their point of view when editions were made prior my arrival to GWW.

* Somewhere in time (will find out when sooner or later). Somebody typed this in [[Hero_behavior/Unexpected_behavior#Misused_skills]]:
{{quote2|AI pauses unnecessarily between attack skills, losing the opportunity to complete a skill chain. Example: it doesnt use Falling Lotus Strike or Falling Spider while a target is knocked down, thus wasting/failing its purpose.}}

* On December 6th of 2011, an IP came to argue that statement here: [[Talk:Hero_behavior/Archive_01#Incorrect]]

== Preparation phase ==
Today I decided to observe both skills and made up a very simple build:

{{User:KoJawn/Build_Template
| template size = large
| background1 = AliceBlue
| background2 =
| border = Black
| border size = 1px
| prof1 = Assassin
| name = 500 Health & 27 Energy base
| attribute1 = Critical Strikes
|attribute1 level = 11
| attribute2 = Dagger Mastery
|attribute2 level = 10
| attribute3 = Shadow Arts
|attribute3 level = 10
| attribute4 =
|attribute4 level =
| attribute5 =
|attribute5 level =
| 1 = Critical Eye
| 2 = Wastrel's Collapse
| 3 = Jagged Strike
| 4 = Falling Lotus Strike
| 5 = Falling Spider
| 6 = Death Blossom
| 7 = Death's Retreat
| 8 = Resurrection Signet
| skill text =
| template code = OwBj0pf64O6P2sDz4rwOYzZBAA
| equipment code =
}}

To be able to make an efficient study:
# The Assassin hero must be given a [[knockdown]]. And for this I chose that particular elite.
# The player designing the build must break the traditional Assassin chain-attack skills ([[Dagger spammer]]) and remove any skill that depends on a [[lead attack]]. So as to not confuse the [[AI]].

== Testing phase ==
The experiment took place while my Elementalist was traveling from [[The Kodash Bazaar]] to the [[Command Post]] to complete the [[Heart or Mind: Ronjok in Danger]] quest. All explorable areas between these outpost were the grounds of observation.

* [[Zenmai]] would effectively use Wastrel's Collapse and follow-up with (Critical Eye + Jagged Strike and then) either Falling Lotus Strike or Falling Spider. The hero monitor would show me her gaining 8 energy after hitting the target. And also, by selecting the targeted enemy, I could see it getting [[poison]]ed with the [[health bar]] turning green.

* If this wasn't enough, as an Elementalist, I had [[Meteor Shower]] equipped in my own build and everytime I would throw it in... Zenmai would be having hell of a party.

== Result ==
[[Special:Contributions/24.13.211.110]] was right.

The [[Feedback:Game updates/20120301|Thursday, March 1, 2012]] game update that ''"Adjusted the speed with which Assassin heroes execute skill chains"'' makes this test build run perfectly.

Guild Wars Wiki:Projects/AI skills usage/Fallings - Revision history

gww>Yoshida Keiji at 07:23, 28 February 2013