Idea Assassin Rework Concept

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+1 - I really think that this is one of the best re-works for assassin.

 

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This Assassin rework reminds me of a nerfed Ninja with less mobility, much lower damage output, and far more limited stealth. I do like the concept of adding more skill to the class but in my view it does not make Assassin less broken (for the most part) and instead makes its weaknesses even more obvious and ends up inadvertently buffing classes like Dwarf and Chemist.

EDIT: Sorry about that. Anyway here's the rest of my spiel on all this stuff,

Assassin has always reminded me of Ninja. Sure their abilities are different but Assassin and Ninja accomplish more or less the same goals. For instance, Assassin is low armor, has a low health pool and is meant for taking out 1-3 targets at a given time. Ninja is also low armor, has a low health pool (although it can regenerate it very slowly) and can only take out or fight a few targets at a time. Granted, Ninja is capable of dealing consistent damage where Assassin deals damage in big bursts but that's beside the point, which is that the classes are more or less similar in what they do/can do and (to some degree) in how they accomplish it.

My primary issue with this rework is that it makes Ninja and Assassin far too similar to the point where Assassin is not actually all that unique or useful. This Assassin has many of the same abilities as current Ninja does. It can teleport, has a permanent speed boost, and can burst down enemies. However, the way this Assassin is like a nerfed Ninja is as follows:

-Its teleport (the 'leap') is basically a nerfed Ninja enderpearl.
-The permanent speed boost is actually lower than Ninja's.
-Its only strong offensive capacity, which is that it can burst down enemies after 2 hits (without being hit) is on a 15 second cool-down after being used and is far too luck or skill based to be a reliable source of damage. On the other hand, Ninja can deal consistently high damage and has higher mobility and invisibility and flash bombs to aide it in PvP. Assassin only has its leap which is somewhat useful but can hardly compare to the tools Ninja has.

Also, I do agree that individual reworks don't really work for making things a bit better in current CTF since everything is so broken (on the whole). However, this rework is a step in the wrong direction because instead of actually giving Assassin a legitimately unique role in the game it merely turns it into a nerfed version of Ninja (and not really doing anything Ninja doesn't already do) which the game would have to be tweaked to compensate for.

@iMuffles

 

If any class needs a(n) improvement/fix, it's necro. But I like your idea +1

 

The thing is though, a 2 hit insta-kill would be more frustrating then a one-hit, at least for the person getting insta-killed. Because they can't block it, there is basically no way to avoid this for some classes in most situations. 2 hits are really easy to get off, and since people can't block this, it leads to a bunch of rage.

 

o, oops, I misread that. I was thinking more along the lines of say, a crowded flagroom. Where before you could just block an assassin, now the assassin can just hit you and it's going to be close to impossible to hit them. In addition, I don't really like how assassin can't choose when to use their ability. Say they are reking a ninja, but then vulnerable mode happens. They could have killed the ninja without using the og ability (as to not waste it and save it for an important target), but is activates anyway.