Assassin Weapon Skills are Weapon Skills available for Assassins in Dragon's Dogma. Weapon Skills are Skills tied to both Weapons and Vocations - some shared between Vocations, some not. These Skills have to be manually assigned to Weapon Skill buttons on your controller/mouse and keyboard.
The Weapon Skills available to Assassins are Dagger Skills, Shortbow Skills, Sword Skills, and Shield Skills.
Dragon's Dogma Assassin Weapon Skills
Dagger Skills
Scarlet Kisses
Rank Available: Default
Cost: N/A
Description: Concentrates a flurry of slashes on a single point, easily shredding foes with meager endurance.
Biting Wind
Rank Available: 1
Cost: 200 DP
Description: Dashes past the target with blades extended, delivering slashes that can be followed with further attacks on contact.
Back Kick
Rank Available: 2
Cost: 800 DP
Description: Pulls back momentarily before unleashing a frontal kick.
Toss and Trigger
Rank Available: 3
Cost: 700 DP
Description: Steps in and strikes, sending the target aloft. An additional command then detonates a store of powder.
Cutting Wind
Rank Available: 4
Cost: 900 DP
Description: An advanced form of Biting Wind that appends still more strikes to the onslaught.
Dazzle Hold
Rank Available: 4
Cost: 900 DP
Description: Casts a firework explosive into the fray that stuns nearby foes.
Reset
Rank Available: 4
Cost: 900 DP
Description: Returns the user to a neutral stance, eliminating openings caused by other actions.
Escape Onslaught
Rank Available: 4
Cost: 1600 DP
Description: An advance form of Back Kick. The front kick strikes with greater force and makes the user more difficult to hit.
Advanced Trigger
Rank Available: 5
Cost: 1200 DP
Description: An advanced form of Toss and Trigger that both strengthens the upward slash and broadens the subsequent blast.
Easy Kill
Rank Available: 5
Cost: 2200 DP
Description: Darts behind the target after parrying their attack, then slits their throat.
Spiderbite
Rank Available: 6
Cost: 3000 DP
Description: Twists and strikes the enemy through. After the strike it is followed by a Poison Needle's Kiss that knocks down small foes and has a chance to poison them.
Instant Reset
Rank Available: 7
Cost: 2000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Reset employable even while under attack, allowing for an immediate response.
Dazzle Blast
Rank Available: 7
Cost: 2000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Dazzle Hold crafted to impact a broader radius.
Wind Harness
Rank Available: 7
Cost: 4000 DP
Description: Hastens the user's movement for a time, even while under attack.
Stealth
Rank Available: 8
Cost: 5000 DP
Description: Renders one invisible to enemies for a time, making the user impossible to hit.
Snakebite
Rank Available: 8
Cost: 5000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Spiderbite that has a higher chance of poisoning enemy.
Invisibility
Rank Available: 9
Cost: 6000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Stealth that consume less Stamina while you're invisible.
Masterful Kill
Rank Available: 9
Cost: 6000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Easy Kill that parries and counters a blow, biting deeper than its predecessor.
Gale Harness
Rank Available: 9
Cost: 6000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Wind Harness that allows the user to be quicker for a longer period of time.
Shortbow Skills
Threefold Arrow
Rank Available: Default
Cost: N/A
Description: Fires three arrows in rapid succession.
Triad Shot
Rank Available: 1
Cost: 200 DP
Description: Fires three arrows in a wedge pattern.
Puncture Dart
Weapon: Bow
Rank Available: 1
Cost: 400 DP
Description: Fires a shot capable of piercing multiple targets, specially effective when combined with Poison Arrow.
Keen Sight
Rank Available: 3
Cost: 1200 DP
Description: A special sight augments the user's vision allowing them to target distant foes. Each shot requires extensive Stamina.
Skewer Dart
Rank Available: 3
Cost: 1200 DP
Description: An advanced form of Puncture Dart that is capable of piercing even more targets and can also cancel a foe's block.
Pentad Shot
Rank Available: 4
Cost: 900 DP
Description: An advanced form of Triad Shot that fires five arrows in a wedge pattern instead of three.
Blunting Arrow
Rank Available: 4
Cost: 1600 DP
Description: Looses an arrow steeped in paralyzing elixir that induces torpor in the target.
Mighty Bend
Rank Available: 5
Cost: 1200 DP
Description: An advanced form of Full Bend that requires less time to nock the arrow, enabling faster successive firing.
Lyncean Sight
Rank Available: 5
Cost: 2200 DP
Description: An advanced form of Keen Sight that lets the user see farther and adjust the range of his or her sight as needed.
Plegic Arrow
Rank Available: 6
Cost: 2000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Blunting Arrow that strikes with added force and induces Torpor with greater frequency.
Fivefold Flurry
Weapon: Bow
Rank Available: 7
Cost: 2000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Threefold Arrow that fires five arrows in rapid succession.
Sword Skills
Blink Strike
Rank Available: Default
Cost: N/A
Description: Rushes at the target and visits a powerful blow.
Broad Cut
Rank Available: 1
Cost: 200 DP
Description: Cuts a broad swath with the blade while falling back to avoid attacks.
Intimate Strike
Rank Available: 1
Cost: 400 DP
Description: Delivers a quick stab and withdrawal slash without distancing user and target, allowing for further blows thereafter.
Tusk Toss
Rank Available: 2
Cost: 400 DP
Description: Traces a grand skyward arc with the blade, sending lightweight foes into the air.
Burst Strike
Rank Available: 3
Cost: 600 DP
Description: An advanced form of Blink Strike honed to travel greater distances.
Intimate Gambit
Rank Available: 3
Cost: 1200 DP
Description: An advanced form of Intimate Strike. A quick, powerful stab with good odds of stunning its victim. The user stays near the target, allowing for further blows.
Powder Charge
Rank Available: 3
Cost: 1200 DP
Description: Places an explosive on the ground to be detonated from afar.
Broad Slash
Rank Available: 4
Cost: 1000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Broad Cut that allows the user to fall back in a direction of their choosing while cutting a broad swatch with the weapon.
Compass Slash
Rank Available: 5
Cost: 1400 DP
Description: Spins with blade extended, drawing a deadly circle especially effective when surrounded. Employable while under attack.
Downthrust
Rank Available: 5
Cost: 1400 DP
Description: Plants the blade into the earth at one's feet. Though its range is limited, the force behind the thrust is great.
Powder Blast
Rank Available: 5
Cost: 2200 DP
Description: An advanced form of Powder Charge that plants a more powerful explosive that can be detonated from afar.
Clarity
Rank Available: 5
Cost: 2000 DP
Description: Holds the blade in wait, deflecting and seamlessly countering enemy attacks.
Windmill Slash
Rank Available: 6
Cost: 3000 DP
Description: Carves foes to ribbons by spinning the blade from side to side.
Full Moon Slash
Rank Available: 7
Cost: 2000 DP
Description: An Advanced form of Compass Slash gifted with a broader reach and the ability to strike multiple times.
Gouge
Rank Available: 7
Cost: 4000 DP
Description: Allow you to stab an enemy with your sword that you are clinging to.
Great Windmill
Rank Available: 8
Cost: 5000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Windmill Slash. Allow the user to move while spinning their sword.
Dire Gouge
Rank Available: 9
Cost: 6000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Gouge, upon climbing an enemy you deal more damage with repetitive stabs.
Clairvoyance
Rank Available: 9
Cost: 6000 DP
Description: Advanced form of Clarity. Holds the blade in wait, merely deflecting and countering attack from a greater range, pulling more foes into the attack.
Shield Skills
Shield Summons
Rank Available: Default
Cost: N/A
Description: Raps the shield loudly to attract the attention of nearby foes.
Shield Strike
Rank Available: 1
Cost: 200 DP
Description: Strikes a blow with the shield that causes little damage but forces the target to drop their guard.
Springboard
Rank Available: 2
Cost: 400 DP
Description: Launches allies into the air using the shield. A supporting technique for tandem moves.
Moving Castle
Rank Available: 2
Cost: 800 DP
Description: A quick forward lunge while guarding with a shield.
Shield Drum
Rank Available: 3
Cost: 600 DP
Description: An advanced form of Shield Summons that carries further, drawing the ire of more distant enemies.
Shield Storm
Rank Available: 4
Cost: 1000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Shield Strike that deploys more quickly, shrinking the user's window of vulnerability.
Swift Castle
Rank Available: 4
Cost: 1600 DP
Description: An advanced form of Moving Castle that advances even further forward while guarding.
Flight Response
Rank Available: 4
Cost: 1600 DP
Description: Uses blocked enemy strikes to launch the user into the air and out of harm's way.
Launchboard
Rank Available: 6
Cost: 1600 DP
Description: An advanced form of Springboard that launches allies to greater heights.
Enhanced Response
Rank Available: 6
Cost: 3000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Flight Response.
Staredown
Rank Available: 8
Cost: 5000 DP
Description: Boosts the user's strength for a time, at the cost of lowered Defenses.
Showdown
Rank Available: 9
Cost: 6000 DP
Description: An advanced form of Staredown.
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