Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 146 - 93 New Choice: Assassin Stream

Chapter 146: Chapter 93 New Choice: Assassin Stream

Primordial Altar.

After checking the progress of the Spatial Array, Qi Sheng’s consciousness shifted to the forum.

Suddenly, a surge of powerful energy flowed into his body, and a missing piece of the Strength puzzle merged within.

The feedback from the Guidance also emerged in his mind.

[Forbidden Blade (Second Generation Primordial)]:

Primordial Traits Introduction: Marks the attacked target with Forbidden Blade Mark (stackable), capable of detonating the mark at any time to inflict stacking damage and plunge the target into a state of Elemental Confusion, weakening their Elemental Perception (the duration of this state depends on the Life Soul Level and the target’s Spiritual Strength; higher Life Soul Level results in longer duration, while higher target’s Spiritual Strength leads to shorter duration).

Sacrificial Power production: 50/hour.

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Upon discovering that a new Source had been contained, Qi Sheng immediately switched perspectives.

The location where the Source was contained was in the direction of Artifact Spirit Valley, and 73 players who were members of the Divine Wings Guild remained involved in the containment.

They were cheering and celebrating at the moment.

After a brief observation, Qi Sheng withdrew his gaze.

hours later, a strategy post on Star Vein Combination set off a wave of enthusiasm among many players.

[Brothers, I’m moved to tears, our assassin stream players’ spring has come, praise to Emperor Zhao bro.]

Poster: Shadow Hunter

Content:

I’ve been playing the game for 13 years, originally choosing Magic System factions, but as I aged, I gradually fell for the assassin stream.

That’s because the assassin stream possesses an elegance and fluidity not found in other playstyles.

This stream has a consistent trait across all games - extreme damage and low tolerance for errors.

Unlike warriors who need to think about defense, health, etc., to increase their survivability, assassin stream only needs to consider one thing - that is, extreme output, swiftly escaping after a one-hit kill.

Each assassination is like a dance on the edge of a knife, elegant yet lethal. It’s either the enemy dies or I perish.

To play the assassin stream well is harder than any other stream. It’s like a hunter, needing to precisely control the timing, maximize the damage, plan retreat routes, among other demands.

This is precisely why I love the assassin stream, the self-challenge is exhilarating.

I’ve been playing the game for half a month now, and I’ve always regretted that there were no assassin stream Star Vein combos in the game.

But today, the long-awaited surprise has arrived, Forbidden Blade Life Soul, which I would call the essential Life Soul for assassin stream players.

First I’ll put forward my tested optimal Star Vein Combination for assassins, which are all contained Life Souls.

Star Vein Combination Slot One:

Black Armored Snake (Fierce Poison): Any form of physical damage is accompanied by a poisoning effect, causing sustained damage to the target.

Star Vein Combination Slot Two:

Dusk Shadow (Shadow Transformation): Phase change between solid and fog forms, fog form increases movement speed and dodges most physical damage, but increases elemental damage taken.

Star Vein Combination Slot Three:

Forbidden Blade:...

Star Vein Combination Slot Four:

Shattering: All physical attacks come with penetration and breaking effects.

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Currently, there are quite a few who can open four Star Vein Slots, but only a few can reach Body Refining Level 4.

Thus, this strategy guide only considers a combination of four Life Souls. We shall optimize and update more combinations as our strength improves in the future.

Next, I will detail the characteristics of this set of Life Soul combinations.

The first to introduce is the Black Armored Snake Life Soul used by many players, which adds a Fierce Poison effect to physical attacks, dealing sustained poisoning damage to the target.

You’re probably familiar with this skill, but what I want to say is that when combined with Forbidden Blade’s stacking damage effect, it creates a damage synergy where 1+1 is greater than 10.

For example, if I slash an opponent once, the poison effect will continuously stack the passive from Forbidden Blade.

The duration of the poison is affected by the target’s Body Strength.

In the test scenario, I struck a test monster (Level 15) and caused 20 seconds of Fierce Poison effect. After embedding Forbidden Blade, the Forbidden Blade Mark could stack itself 10 times within those 20 seconds, roughly stacking once every 2 seconds.

Meaning, I should have to strike 10 times to stack 10 marks, but with Fierce Poison’s help, I only need a single strike.

Here is the demonstration video (video attachment).

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After watching the video, you must understand how fierce my Star Vein Combination is.

Approach the target after Dusk Shadow’s transformation, a dagger stab and you can withdraw. The attacked target will suffer continuous damage from Fierce Poison and accumulate the stacking Forbidden Blade Mark, and this stab will also carry the Shattering trait’s Defense Break effect, which is incredibly lethal.

Even if it’s not a one-hit kill, we can quickly retreat.

Even without detonating the Forbidden Blade Mark, it will explode after several seconds.

Thus, this stream has both the lethality of the initial attack and the sustained damage if the assassination fails.

I recommend players who like the assassin stream to give it a try. Forbidden Blades’ weapon aesthetics and strength perfectly match the assassin’s needs, filling in the final gap in the game’s assassin stream, and in the future, we can optimize based on this set of combinations.

At the end of the post, two words to my brothers who like the assassin stream:

The stone-statue ghost is the shield of the weak, the Forbidden Blade is the soul of the artist.

Treat every assassination as a carefully choreographed play, incorporating environmental factors, target’s strength, and all relevant factors into the script, then at the right moment, deliver a bloody feast, presenting an artistic finale.

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Comments Section:

Dark Night Will Come: Brother, what you wrote is really good, this Star Vein Combination is very practical, but why the jab at the stone-statue ghost... I have a premonition that a horde of players who play stone-statue ghost is on their way, brace yourself for some roasting, post liked and favorited, retreating (Explorer running away.jpg).

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