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Assassin

Melee hero · BacklineNormal attackarmor from the armour: Heavy, Light or Normal

Melee hero, the backline hunter. Every third blow is a crit through any armour; it vanishes and opens with a stun.

Melee: fights at the front with Normal attacks (strong against Normal armour). Moves 15% faster.

Health
680
Damage
37–45
DPS
34.2
Attack every
1.2s
Range
2.5
Speed
4.8
Bounty
20 gold
Mana
100 (+1.5/s)
Stuns and slows
50% duration

Abilities

  • Critical Strike

    Every 3rd hit deals x2.5, ignoring armour

  • Vanish 30 mana 20s cooldown

    Hides for 10s or until it attacks, moving 20% faster; the first hit from hiding stuns for 1s (0.5s on a hero)

  • Homeground

    Regenerates 20 HP per second, the hero only, on its own half

Plus the armour's passive, the aura and one of the kit's three profession skills picked at the hall: see each faction's hero.

Melee: cannot hit flying units unless they are netted.

Profession skills

Pick one of the kit's three profession skills at the hall. Each faction's hero has it under its own name and look.

  • Backstab 30 mana 14s cooldown

    Jumps behind an enemy within 10 and stuns it for 0.5s (0.2s on a hero)

  • Escape passive 30s cooldown

    Below 30% health jumps 10 back toward its side, at most once per 30s

  • Sabotage 40 mana 20s cooldown

    Only while hidden by Vanish, plants a charge on the nearest ranged enemy within 10; after 0.4s it bursts for 150 at the centre down to 50 at 2.5; slows attacks to 70% for 3s

Matchups

Its Normal attack deals, by armor
  • Light90%
  • Normal130%
  • Heavy90%
  • Fortified90%
  • Unarmored105%
  • Divine40%
In Plate (Heavy armor, 8 armour) it takes, by attack
  • Normal90%
  • Pierce70%
  • Magic130%
  • Siege70%
  • Chaos100%
In Leathers (Light armor, 4 armour) it takes, by attack
  • Normal90%
  • Pierce130%
  • Magic70%
  • Siege70%
  • Chaos100%
In Robes (Normal armor, 2 armour) it takes, by attack
  • Normal130%
  • Pierce100%
  • Magic100%
  • Siege100%
  • Chaos100%

Gold: at least 130%. Red: 70% or less.

Where it comes from