Assassin's Stab: Difference between revisions

'''Assassin's Stab''' is a recurring ability in the {{DQSeries}}. It may instantly kill a target when used. In the main series, the skill is performed with a [[Knife Weapon Family|knife]], but it is a normal skill in many spinoff games.

[[Jessica]] can use Assassin's Stab after allocating 22 points into her Knife skill. The rate of success is '''independent''' of the foe's resistance to [[Whack]], with a fixed 12.5% chance to work. After allocating 100 points, it is replaced by the deadlier [[Sudden Death]] technique, which deals an additional 30% more damage regardless of success and has a higher accuracy of 25%.

*In the Nintendo 3DS version, [[Red]] can also learn Assassin's Stab after allocating 25 points into her Knife skill. However, her's will not upgrade into Sudden Death. Sudden Death now also deals '''80%''' more damage instead of just 30%, and this stacks with the additional damage from both [[dragonsbane]] and [[zombiesbane]].

An attack that possesses a fixed 12.5% chance to instantly kill a target. It costs 3 MP to use and is learned after 58 points have been invested into the [[List of knife skills in Dragon Quest IX|Knife skill]]. On the enemy side, it can be used by [[peckerel]]s.

Assassin's Stab is a secret skill that can be learned by [[Erik]] through the ''Knives'' panel in his character builder for 18 skill points, requiring at least four of the surrounding panels to be unlocked first. It costs 5 MP to use and has a 20% chance to kill a target, but will rise to 45% if '''Nastier Knives''' is mastered for another 20 points.

Assassin's Stab costs 8 MP to use and has a chance of causing instant death. It can be learned from:

 

* [[Assassin]] (75 points)

* [[Bounty Hunter]] (75 points)

* [[Cluboon (skill) | Cluboon III]] (38 points)

* [[Diminisher]] (100 points)

* [[Estark (skill) | Estark]] (58 points)

* [[Huntsman]] (100 points)

Assassin's Stab can no longer be learned from [[Diminisher]], and the point requirements for [[Assassin]] and [[Estark (skill) | Estark]] have changed. It can now be learned from:

 

* [[Assassin]] (85 points)

* [[Estark (skill) | Estark]] (68 points)

* [[Muspell]] (32 points)

* [[Reaper (skill) | Reaper]] (53 points)

* [[Sagittar (skill) | Sagittar]] (58 points)

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