Idea OLD Assassin Rework!

A bit of background - I decided to do this rework after hearing @aRandomBob157 say ingame that an Assassin rework was a priority due to 1.9's removal of blocking. Since I'm an Assassin main I thought I'd try and influence the mods' decision somewhat so that it doesn't come out being even less fun than it is now. I've already made a rework but as @pookeythekid said, it was way too underpowered to be viable. Still, I feel like it had some good ideas, and I've used those - as well as some from other threads and comments - to make a rework that I'm happy with. There is still one feature that I'm unsure on, which is the reason for the poll above.

So, without further ado, here's Assassin V3. Uses for each ability are written in green italics.

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Armour

White Leather Hat

Hotbar

Iron Sword
Speed Boost
Ghast Tear

Passive Abilities

Regeneration on kill, same as current Assassin - only regeneration option, combination with low armour keeps it from being overpowered
Stealth - Nametag invisible through walls (taken from @Arevoir's rework)
Sword gives 2.5 hearts of true damage per hit (inspired by @sp00ky101) - quick kills on high-armor classes like Dwarf or heavy without being too OP against others
Parkour - Assassin can wallclimb up to 4 blocks. One heart of damage taken if you catch a wall after a fall of 20 blocks or more (taken from @Rhoske's rework) - mobility, used for chasing down flag carriers, especially soldiers. Could also be used in capping
Soft Landing [removed] - No fall damage taken when landing on soft blocks (taken from @Rhoske's rework) - inspired by Assassin's Creed, makes parkour less dangerous and makes the class more Assassin-like. "Soft" blocks are as follows: hay, sponge, leaves, wool, carpet, slime, bed, mobs and players (in a 3x3 square around them)

Active Abilities

Iron Sword - By default, gives regular knockback. When right-clicked, the stack number changes to 2 and the sword is given the Knockback I enchantment. When right-clicked again, the stack number changes to 0 and the sword gives no knockback. When right-clicked a third time it returns to default (taken from @Rhoske's rework) - 0 knockback combination with parkour makes Assassin excellent at taking out flag carriers, extra knockback good for defense and flag-stealing support
Speed Boost - same as current speed boost, but also doubles the height that Assassin can wallclimb. Now stacks to 3 rather than 2. (taken from @Rhoske's rework)

These next two abilities cannot exist together; it's a choice between one or the other. Please tell me which you prefer in the poll above. [edit: substitute ability chosen.]

Fishing Rod [removed]- can lock on to a target and reel them into the Assassin (inspired by @jarboyp) - good against camping flag carriers, also helps in recovery
Substitute - when the Ghast Tear is activated, a ghost player with a smoke particle effect is left where the Assassin is standing, and the Assassin becomes invisible. This substitute lasts for 5 seconds, or until the Assassin hits another player. Has a long cooldown. - also good against campers, and helpful for taking out dwarves/pyros/engineers. This is essentially the same as a well known hack, which was the reason for adding the particle effect.

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Let me know what you think about this! I put a lot of effort into making this class fun, since I know that a dumb zero-effort nerf, like making assassinate do true damage for a few seconds, would really suck. My only worry is that it's a bit OP in terms of ability to kill*****, but aside from that, I hope you like it!

Edited August 5 2016 to reflect what has been discussed in the comments.
Edited again February 19 2017.

Changes:

Sword damage increased from 2 hearts to 2.5 hearts.
Wall catch damage decreased from 3 hearts to 1 heart.
Soft landing now unnecessary, removed.
Fishing Rod option removed in favour of Substitute option.
Added smoke effect to Substitute.
Speed boost now stacks to 3 rather than 2.
Removed white leather tunic.​

 

I suppose, but since bob said that reworking Assassin was the priority, that's what I decided to work on. Plus, it would be difficult to code every single other class in order to counter a single class which, let's be honest, needs a rework anyway.

Yeah, that's true. I prefer the substitute idea but I think you could still put in some sort of method of locking onto people so that you could choose who you reeled in.

 

Haha that's interesting, it was actually full leather up until the very last moment. I wanted to reduce its power in 1v1s, but I might change it again.

 

@pookeythekid I agree with everything that you said, except that I don't think the soft landing effect is particularly map-dependent. In my previous rework the "soft" blocks were hay, sponge, leaves, wool, carpet, slime, bed, and, as you said, mobs and players (in a 3x3 square around them). With the exception perhaps of leaves, none of these blocks are common enough to make a huge difference between maps.