Assassin

Starting Gear

• Assassins now start with two katars instead of one katar and buckler.

Attributes

• Base mana regeneration increased from 0.83% to 1.66%.
• Base stamina increased by +100.

Skills

The skills below have been newly added, removed, or significantly reworked in Path of Diablo. This does not include balance changes. For a full list of numerous other changes, please see individual skills in the Skills section of this wiki.

Added

• Emberstorm (Martial Arts Skills)
• Fists of Thunder (Martial Arts Skills)
• Fists of Ice (Martial Arts Skills)
• Dual Strike replaces Tiger Strike (Martial Arts Skills)
• Fists of Ember replaces Fists of Fire (Martial Arts Skills)
• Static Strike replaces Claws of Thunder (Martial Arts Skills)

Removed

• Dragon Claw (Martial Arts Skills)
• Cobra Strike (Martial Arts Skills)
• Phoenix Strike (Martial Arts Skills)

Significantly Reworked

• Martial Arts skill tree is no longer separated into "Charge-up Skill" and "Finishing Move" and has been completely reworked
• Traps now apply "+% Lightning/Fire Skill Damage" and "-% Enemy Lightning/Fire Resistance" from items/jewels.
• Blades of Ice has been reworked to function as a build-defining skill (Martial Arts Skills)
• Blade Shield has been reworked to function as a build-defining skill (Traps)
• Wake of Inferno has been reworked to fire in a more effective formation (Traps)