Online:Assassination

Progression

								1								Veiled Strike
								4								Teleport Strike
Master Assassin I								8
								12								Death Stroke
Executioner I								14
Master Assassin II								18
								20								Assassin's Blade
Pressure Points I								22
Executioner II								27
								30								Mark Target
Pressure Points II								36
Hemorrhage I								39
								42								Grim Focus
Hemorrhage II								50

Assassination is one of three class skill lines available to Nightblades. Skills in this line focus on melee weapon attacks. Known abilities in this skill are listed below.

Skill Perks

The Assassination skill line is immediately available to all Nightblades, and is leveled up by earning experience while Assassination skills are slotted. Skills include:

Notes

• The numbers displayed here are the base values for the skills. Magicka/Stamina Cost is based on a character of Level 50 160. Damage values are based on Max Magicka/Stamina 12000, Max Health 16000, and Weapon/Spell Damage 1000. The actual numbers you see in the game may depend on a variety of factors, including skill line rank, your equipped weapons and armor, other skills, enchantments, etc. As such, they should only be used as a comparative reference.

Ultimate Abilities

These abilities must be activated manually, for a cost of Ultimate.

Name		Line Rank	Cast Time		Target	Range	Radius	Duration	Cost
	Death Stroke	12	0.4 seconds		Enemy	7 meters	–	–	70 Ultimate
		Ravage an enemy with a swift strike, dealing [9840 / 9948 / 10057 / 10164] Magic Damage and causing them to take 20% more damage from your attacks for 8 seconds.
				Incapacitating Strike	Deals Disease Damage. Improves the ability significantly if cast with more Ultimate. Ravage an enemy with a swift strike, dealing [10164 / 10276 / 10388 / 10500] Disease Damage and causing them to take 20% more damage from your attacks for 8 seconds. If cast with 120 or more Ultimate, you instead deal [11179 / 11301 / 11424 / 11548] Disease Damage, stun the enemy for 3 seconds, and increase the duration of the damage taken effect to 12 seconds.
				Soul Harvest	Also afflicts the enemy with Major Defile. While slotted on either bar, gain Ultimate whenever you kill an enemy. Ravage an enemy with a spinning attack, dealing 10164 Magic Damage and increasing your damage against them by 20% for 8 seconds. Also afflicts the enemy with Major Defile, reducing their healing received and damage shield strength by 12%. While slotted on either bar, any time you kill an enemy you gain [7 / 8 / 9 / 10] Ultimate.

Active Abilities

These abilities must be activated manually, for a cost.

Name		Line Rank	Cast Time		Target	Range	Radius	Duration	Cost
	Veiled Strike	1	Instant		Enemy	7 meters	–	–	2295 Magicka
		Slash an enemy, dealing [6149 / 6215 / 6283 / 6352] Magic Damage. If you strike an enemy from their flank you set them Off Balance.
				Surprise Attack	Converts to a Stamina ability and deals Physical Damage. Always applies the Sundered status effect and deals guaranteed critical damage when flanking an enemy. Cost: 2295 Stamina. Slash an enemy, dealing [6352 / 6421 / 6491 / 6561] Physical Damage and applying the Sundered status effect. If you strike an enemy from their flank you set them Off Balance. This attack will also be guaranteed to be a Critical Strike, up to once every 3 seconds.
				Concealed Weapon	Deals increased damage, which furthers when leaving Sneak or invisibility. While slotted you gain Minor Expedition. Slash an enemy, dealing 6988 Magic Damage. If you strike an enemy from their flank you set them Off Balance. When you leave Sneak or invisibility while in combat, increase your damage done with this ability by 10% for [12 / 13 / 14 / 15] seconds. While slotted on either bar, you gain Minor Expedition, increasing your Movement Speed by 15%.
	Teleport Strike	4	0.4 seconds		Enemy	22 meters	–	–	3780 Magicka
		Flash through the shadows and ambush an enemy, dealing [4242 / 4289 / 4335 / 4380] Magic Damage and afflicting them with Minor Vulnerability for 10 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 5%.
				Lotus Fan	Now deals damage in an area around you, and deals additional damage over time to enemies hit. Area: 6 meters. Flash through the shadows and ambush an enemy while unleashing a fan of knives, dealing 4383 Magic Damage to them and enemies around you. Enemies hit take an additional [5438 / 5495 / 5555 / 5616] Magic Damage over 5 seconds. All enemies hit are afflicted with Minor Vulnerability for 10 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 5%.
				Ambush	Converts to a Stamina ability and deals Physical Damage. Also grants you Empower and Minor Berserk. Cost: 3213 Stamina. Flash through the shadows and ambush an enemy, dealing [4383 / 4431 / 4479 / 4528] Physical Damage and afflicting them with Minor Vulnerability for 10 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 5%. Also grants you Empower and Minor Berserk for 10 seconds, increasing the damage of your Heavy Attacks against monsters by 70% and your damage done by 5%.
	Assassin's Blade	20	Instant		Enemy	7 meters	–	–	2430 Magicka
		Thrust a magic blade with lethal precision to stab an enemy, dealing [3073 / 3106 / 3140 / 3174] Magic Damage. Deals 300% more damage to enemies below 25% Health.
				Killer's Blade	Converts into a Stamina ability, deals Disease Damage, and now scales linearly based on missing Health rather than a flat value. Also heals you if the target dies within two seconds of use. Cost: 2066 Stamina. Thrust a caustic blade with lethal precision to stab an enemy, dealing 3176 Disease Damage. Deals up to 400% more damage to enemies with less than 50% Health. Heals you for [6351 / 6421 / 6491 / 6561] if the enemy dies within 2 seconds of being struck.
				Impale	Allows you to use the ability at range and increases the execute multiplier. Range: [25 / 26 / 27 / 28] meters. Throw a magic blade with lethal precision to strike an enemy, dealing 3176 Magic Damage. Deals 330% more damage to enemies below 25% Health.
	Mark Target	30	Instant		Enemy	50 meters	–	20 seconds	2700 Magicka
		Duration: [17 / 18 / 19 / 20] seconds. Expose an enemy's weaknesses to afflict them with Major Breach, reducing their Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 5948 for [17 / 18 / 19 / 20] seconds. When a marked enemy dies, you heal to full Health. You can only have one Mark Target active at a time.
				Piercing Mark	Ability has an increased duration, and you can see the target if they use stealth or invisibility. Duration: [57 / 58 / 59 / 60] seconds. Expose an enemy's weaknesses to afflict them with Major Breach, reducing their Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 5948 for [57 / 58 / 59 / 60] seconds. You can detect marked enemies even if they use stealth or invisibility for 3 seconds. When a marked enemy dies, you heal to full Health. You can only have one Piercing Mark active at a time.
				Reaper's Mark	If the marked enemy dies, you gain Major Berserk, increasing your damage done. Expose an enemy's weaknesses to afflict them with Major Breach, reducing their Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds. When a marked enemy dies, you heal to full Health and gain Major Berserk, increasing your damage done by 10% for [7 / 8 / 9 / 10] seconds. You can only have one Reaper's Mark active at a time.
	Grim Focus	42	Instant		Enemy	28 meters	–	–	1890 Magicka
		When slotted on either bar, you focus with lethal intent, causing your Light and Heavy Attacks to generate a stack of Grim Focus, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 60 up to 5 times. Fully-charged Heavy Attacks grant two stacks. When at full stacks, you can consume them all to fire a spectral arrow to deal [11068 / 11189 / 11310 / 11433] Magic Damage, and heal for 33% of the damage dealt if you are within melee range.
				Relentless Focus	Converts into a Stamina ability and deals Disease Damage. Increases the amount of Weapon and Spell Damage each stack grants, and reduces the cost. Cost: 1377 Stamina. When slotted on either bar, you focus with lethal intent, causing your Light and Heavy Attacks to generate a stack of Relentless Focus, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by [65 / 70 / 75 / 80] up to 5 times. Fully-charged Heavy Attacks grant two stacks. When at full stacks, you can consume them all to fire a spectral arrow to deal 11434 Disease Damage, and heal for 33% of the damage dealt if you are within melee range.
				Merciless Resolve	Increases the damage and healing of the spectral arrow. When slotted on either bar, you focus with lethal intent, causing your Light and Heavy Attacks to generate a stack of Merciless Resolve, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 60 up to 5 times. Fully-charged Heavy Attacks grant two stacks. When at full stacks, you can consume them all to fire a spectral arrow to deal [12579 / 12716 / 12855 / 12994] Magic Damage, and heal for 50% of the damage dealt if you are within melee range.

Passive Abilities

Passive abilities are active all the time.

Name		Line Rank	Skill Rank	Description
	Master Assassin	8		Increases your Physical and Spell Penetration against enemies you are flanking by 1487. Increases the duration of the stun from Sneak by 100%.
		18		Increases your Physical and Spell Penetration against enemies you are flanking by 2974. Increases the duration of the stun from Sneak by 100%.
	Executioner	14		When an enemy dies within 2 seconds of being damaged by you, you restore 500 Magicka and Stamina.
		27		When an enemy dies within 2 seconds of being damaged by you, you restore 1000 Magicka and Stamina.
	Pressure Points	22		Increases your Weapon Critical and Spell Critical ratings by 219 for each Assassination ability slotted.
		36		Increases your Weapon Critical and Spell Critical ratings by 438 for each Assassination ability slotted.
	Hemorrhage	39		(WITH AN ASSASSINATION ABILITY SLOTTED) Increases your Critical Damage by 5%. Dealing Critical Damage grants you and your group Minor Savagery, increasing your Weapon Critical rating by 1314 for 10 seconds.
		50		(WITH AN ASSASSINATION ABILITY SLOTTED) Increases your Critical Damage by 10%. Dealing Critical Damage grants you and your group Minor Savagery, increasing your Weapon Critical rating by 1314 for 20 seconds.