I picked Assassin from the beginning because I like playing fast characters, but ever since hitting level 30, the skills I've been getting have just been ass. You'd expect them to improve, but they haven't... It's rather disappointing, honestly.
Let's take a look here.
1. Shadow Slash - Instantly jump to the back of an enemy, dealing damage and apply [Hold] effect. The duration of the effect
depends on the number of consumed signs of death.
While [Assassin] is active, the damage is increased and the cooldown reduced to 4 seconds.
I tried it for a little bit, but wasn't impressed. I'm like, "Okay... So I get to keep them in place for a little bit. So what? They can still attack me. Useless."
2. Heel Cut - 4m Range
Consumes 40 Bloodlust
45 seconds Cooldown
Inflicts damage to an enemy and reduces ???.
Another one I didn't find a use for. I tried it and it dealt some damage, but certainly not enough to justify taking up a slot on my hotbar, so I tossed it.
3. Swift Pace - 4m Range
Consumes 80 Bloodlust
60 seconds Cooldown
Greatly increases the movement speed for 6 seconds and increases the damage by 5% for the next attack.
Oh boy! I can move quickly for 6 whole seconds! Yeah, no... This skill is also bullshit. While it does increase the damage of the next attack by 5%, it takes 60 seconds just to cooldown. By that point, you'll probably be dead or whatever you're fighting will have already died, so again... Pointless. Also, if you even consider using this in PvP to try and get away from someone, don't bother. They'll just stunlock you and kill you anyway, even with your increased speed.
4. Shadow Switch - 20m Range
Consumes 100 Bloodlust
90 seconds Cooldown
Change the position with an enemy. Doesn’t apply to target with Immunity effects.
Cannot be used while in Stealth.
This is the latest one I've learned and by far the stupidest. I don't know what the hell they were thinking with this skill, but it takes like 4 seconds of you simply standing still, charging this skill, then you appear behind the enemy when it's finished. It takes all of your bloodlust to even perform, which is even more stupid. Meanwhile, I can simply walk through the enemy to reach their back and attack them from behind with a skill that way and guess what. It doesn't consume 100 bloodlust, doesn't have a 4 second charge, or an absurd 90 second cooldown to perform. Yeah, fuck this skill.
All-in-all, I'm going to continue leveling my assassin anyway since I'm close to the cap, but after this, I'll probably just start a new character. I don't know where people get off thinking this class is OP when their bread and butter consists of skills used prior to level 30 anyway. Anything you learn from 30 and up probably isn't going to be used. I know I certainly haven't found a use for any of this shit and I'm sure as hell not going to replace the practical skills with this garbage, lol.
Who knows... Maybe there will be something decent to put in my 8th hotbar slot before I reach 45, but as it stands... I'm not counting on it.