Assassin

[Swan]

I need to know some things about assassins:
a)other than piercer, there are other ranged armor piercing weapons?
b)i want to do a kamaikaza assassin(in sp), so im going for B9 bless,charged armor, double "explosion on death" misc(the fire one,cant remember name) and holy avenger.
can i put put some other items that do kaboom when my commander die? and what spell/item make him immortal(other than bottle of life)?
c) how is assassination order calculated?for example if i order my assassin to attack one commander and my opponent do the same?

[Stavis_L]

Originally Posted by Swan

I need to know some things about assasins:
a)other than piercer, there are other ranged armor piercing weapons?
b)i want to do a kamaikaza assasin(in sp), so im going for B9 bless,charged armor, double "explosion on death" misc(the fire one,cant remenber name) and holy avenger.
can i put put some other items that do kaboom when my commander die? and what spell/item make him immortal(other than bottle of life)?
c) how is assasination order calculated?for example if i order my assasin to attack one commander and my opponent do the same?

a) Piercer is actually armor negating, not armor piercing. Vision's Foe is also AN. All X-bows and Arbalests (including non-magic ones, with the exception of the above two) are armor piercing, so that includes the Banefire Xbow and the Just-Man's Cross.

b) Not sure that 2 medallions of vengeance will provide double explosions...have you tried it?

As far as other similar effects, try the spells Phoenix Pyre and...what is it? Inner Sun? One that provides fire damage vs. undead upon death.

RE: "limited immortality", there's also the Crystal Heart, with the downside that it causes a chest wound...You might also consider (if the assassin has any death magic) the spell Twiceborn to return as a Wight Mage. You could also look at Ritual of Returning, but that doesn't seem to be what you're after.

You might also consider items that cause additional attacks/damage/spells that don't necessarily require the death of the assassin, such as a Spirit Helms, Astral Serpents, Stone Birds, Eye Shields, etc. I assume you're doing this in SP, so efficiency is less of a concern...

c) someone else can step in w/the algorithm :-)

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Stavis_L

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a) Piercer is actually armor negating, not armor piercing. Vision's Foe is also AN. All X-bows and Arbalests (including non-magic ones, with the exception of the above two) are armor piercing, so that includes the Banefire Xbow and the Just-Man's Cross.

As An ranged weapon, there is also a lv 8 construction xbow that is An and have 999 as damage.
I think that is a one shot-one kill weapon, at least from flavor text and experience.

[Endoperez]

Originally Posted by Swan

As An ranged weapon, there is also a lv 8 construction xbow that is An and have 999 as damage.
I think that is a one shot-one kill weapon, at least from flavor text and experience.

It's not construction 8 (that would mean it's unique). It's constr 2 or 4, and it's negated by magic resistance. It's basically Soul Slay that can be resisted by magic resistance, Air Shield or a shield with a good parry value.

[rdonj]

No one mentioned the lightning bow? Armor negating, with strength based damage.

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by Endoperez

It's not construction 8 (that would mean it's unique). It's constr 2 or 4, and it's negated by magic resistance. It's basically Soul Slay that can be resisted by magic resistance, Air Shield or a shield with a good parry value.

Oddly enough, it appears to work on mindless units too, sort of. I had a poison golem that got hit by an Ethereal Crossbow and took 85 points of damage from it--I assume because he failed his MR check.

-Max

[Aezeal]

ehm the whole idea of a suicide assassin isn't really a good idea in dominions I think.. certainly not if you are going to kit him out.

PS which assassins are immortal?

[Kadelake]

Originally Posted by Aezeal

PS which assassins are immortal?

Vampires with black heart.

[chrispedersen]

Originally Posted by Kadelake

Vampires with black heart.

Yep, vamps with black hearts is one of my *favorite* assassins.

[Swan]

To Stavis_L
a)yes, i meant negating not piercier,my bad.
b)haven't tried it but i think it does work.i'll try tomorrow
Thanks for the immortality answer.
To Aezeal
More than a strategy is a fun, because i like killing gods in unusual way.
Can i know where u take your name from? i think i read of an Aezeal somewhere but cant remember.