Best Dagger Assassin Build in Enshrouded (Update 8)

The Rogue archetype i Wrapped up focuses on stealth and speed to win fights. This playstyle uses both bows and daggers to dart gracefully around the battlefield, all while pelting enemies with ranged shots and devastating backstabs, and in Update 8, The Rogue playstyle became even more powerful thanks to updated skills that support its main weapon. The following is a Rogue build for Wrapped up which leans towards the fast and agile assassin fantasy; with this setup, you will be dart in and out of battle as you rain down explosive death on your enemies.

Enshrouded Rogue Playstyle Overview

This construction mainly focuses on using daggers as your main source of damage. This weapon type is pretty weak if you use it like any other melee weapon — while they have the advantage of speed, it doesn't quite compare to the damage they deal with the heavier weapons in the game. However, the Assassin path of the skill tree provides a number of upgrades for daggers that greatly improve their effectiveness when certain conditions are met. As such, here's what you can expect from this build:

• Agile fighting style with daggers that rely on dodge attacks

• High single target damage with Poison, Backstabs and Critical Strikes

• Excellent crowd control tool with bows and explosives

• Surprisingly good melee area damage

• Decent passive life and Stamina/Mana Regeneration

However, this does not mean that you will only use daggers. Bows still play an important role in the Rogue archetype's playstyle Wrapped up, and with this build you will be able to switch between the two weapon types on the flyor focus on just one of them depending on your preferences without sacrificing much power. But for simplicity, this guide will focus more on using daggers.

Skill tree

Dexterity will be your most important stat with this build. Get as much of it as you can.

The main Assassin skills you need to make daggers in Wrapped up good is:

• Evasive Attack: When equipped with a melee weapon, you can perform a stunning dodge attack by attacking while dodging.
• Strategic maneuver: Allows you to perform sideways dodge rolls that make it easier to reach the enemy's back when using target lock.
• Dagger Specialization: Unlocks a special attack for daggers.
• Expose Weakness: Dagger critical hits increase damage taken by enemies by 25% for 5 seconds.
• Poisonous leaves: Daggers with the Venomous Blades perk now have a 25% chance to poison enemies.
• Venom Mastery: Increase Venomous Blade's damage by 100%

While leveling up your character, try to get these passive skills as soon as you can, and in descending order. Evasion Attack and Strategic Maneuver have priority over dagger skills. This is because both of these are crucial to landing Backstab combos.

Afterwards, grab the following skills:

• Shell Shock: Your Ranged Explosives stun enemies for 2 seconds, but consume Mana for each enemy they stun.
• Slice and dice: Critical hits with daggers increase the base damage of your next bow shot by 50%.
• Dagger Mastery: Increase the damage you deal with daggers by 5% per point.
• Backstroke Championship: Increases your Backstab damage by 20% per point.
• Fatal Precision: Increases your Critical Strike Chance by 1% and Critical Strike Damage by 3% per point.

Once you have these skills, you are free to take anything else you prefer. With this setup you will be able to dish out maximum damage with daggers, and your bow will also be able to stun large groups of enemies using explosive arrows. Unlike the typical Warrior/Barbarian build where all you have to do is swing your weapon, your overall playstyle with this setup will look something like this:

1. Lock on to a target.

2. Use Strategic Maneuver to reach your target's back. This is best done while the enemy is in the middle of an attack animation.

3. Use Evasive Attack, then immediately follow up with a heavy attack to deal heavy damage while facing an enemy's back.

4. Use your bow with explosive arrows to deal with crowds or finish off injured enemies.

Weapons and armor

For this build you have two options: either build for critical hits or backstab damage. While you can definitely have both, it's usually better to focus on just one of these while still trying to get good gear. You can choose between crit and Backstab by wearing helmet or gloves from either one of the melee DPS sets from the blacksmith, or the Backstab/Sneak Attack set from the hunter.

Use rogue/assassin armor for the chest, pants and boots. These give you much needed mana and stamina.

We recommend goes all in on Backstab damage only when you level up, as it's much more consistent (assuming you can actually hit those Backstabs). Later, when you've maxed out your skills and fully upgraded your gear, you can use a crit-based helmet to increase your Critical Strike Chance.

The same idea applies to weapons, although there is one more thing you need to consider here: in order to take advantage of the Venomous Blades and Venom Mastery skills, your weapon must have the Venomous Blades perk as well. The Crystal knives are good for this build, although you have to be lucky to get them. If you don't have any poison daggers yet, consider taking some skill points from the aforementioned skills in favor of something else.

As for your bowanything will work since they'll mostly be here just to deal AoE damage (and deal with aerial threats). You don't need anything specific; just make sure to upgrade whatever you have so it stays relevant against high level enemies. Shadow lane and any other bow with Stamina Leech is pretty good, as they will help feed this build's stamina hungry playstyle.

You need Explosive Arrows to use the Shell Shock skill. You can craft basic by bringing flint, tar and clay to the hunter. Later, craft one The Eternal Ice Arrow so you always have a reliable ammo type for ranged combat. Otherwise, just use the highest arrows you can make.

Calls

• Commander's Ring is good for the extra Health Leech it gives when fully upgraded. You can get this by beating the Fell Wispwyvern boss.
• Call of the Ancients is good for pretty much every build-in Wrapped up thanks to the Critical Strike Chance and skill point bonuses it provides.
• Ultimate Ring of Stamina is perfect for this build. Just the flat Stamina and Stamina Regeneration bonuses are great, and you'll get a lot more value out of it once you start investing in bow skills.

You can farm all kinds of gear by opening and revisiting chests in the world. Those found in higher level areas (like the Sun Temple in Kindlewastes) will give better items compared to those in lower levels.

Don't forget to eat for additional Stamina Regeneration, Critical Strike Chance and Melee Damage.