Assassin

Assassin
	; Assassin concept art for RO.
Info
Job Tier	2nd Class (RO); 2nd Class (RO2)
Job Base	Thief
RO Job Bonuses
RO2 Job Bonuses

Assassins seek to kill and kill they do. Preferring to operate in the shadows, Assassins are skilled in blindingly fast combat.

Background

For decades, the Assassins Guild have been killing Normans and Muspell demons alike to maintain balance in Midgard and prevent it from becoming a battlefield for the gods.

Those who exist in the darkness and never been exposed to light have always been the object of fear for others. One day, the gods who have seen the adventure recruitment announcement by Lord Tristan III of Rune-Midgarts decided that it would be an opportunity, and in the meantime they drew out a representative to liquidate their history in the dark. Those who used the secret sleep and poison substances needed for assassination and used upon the target without a trace would have been the object of fear. Many of them refuse to open their minds even when their guilds are not well known, and when they see them, they do not want it. But once they are friends, their essence of faith will cause many to not hesitate to befriend a trustworthy assassin.^[1]

When the Republic of Guilds shut down the Assassins Guild, Assassins lay hidden away within the Thief Guild. It is tricky to spot them as Thieves and Assassins have an old history together. Slowly and steadily, the rebuilt the Assassins Guild (as the Dark Shadow).^[2]

Job Change Quest

See Assassin Job Change

Notable Assassins

Races

Only Normans can become Assassins.

Armor

Assassins can equip gear designated as:

Thief Classes
Assassin Classes
2nd Classes
All Classes
Light Armor (RO2 only)

Weapons

Assassins are the only job class that can dual-wield (equip a weapon in each hand) in RO. They can utilize the following weapons:

Daggers (RO only)
Katars
One-Handed Swords (RO only)
Claws (RO2 only)

Abilities

Ragnarok Online

Tree Skills	Quest Skills
Right-Hand Mastery	Venom Knife
Left-Hand Mastery	Sonic Acceleration
Katar Mastery
Sonic Blow
Grimtooth
Enchant Poison
Poison React
Venom Dust
Venom Splasher
Cloaking

Ragnarok Online II

Base Skills		Master Skills
Shadow Fiend	Hiding Exceed	Child of Ymir: Cthulhu
Grimtooth	Shadow Form
Shadow Claw	Shadow Fang
Shadow Armor	Shadow Strike
Shadow Assault	Shadow Explosion

Ragnarok DS

Right-Hand Mastery	Left-Hand Mastery
Katar Mastery	Sonic Blow
Grimtooth	Enchant Poison
Venom Dust	Sonic Acceleration
Giga Slave*	Cyclone*

(*) Final Skill. To obtain these skill, complete the "Living in Shadows" quest to earn the "Assassin's Spirit".

NOTE: Story NPC like Viselc is not counted, you need to recruit another thief as a guild member to raise his/her relationship to "Friend/Buddy" by lvling up their job lvl & changing their job class to Assassin, go to Thief Guild and talk to one of those npc on the left to trigger that quest.

Advanced Jobs

Ragnarok Online

Assassins can move on to become Guillotine Crosses or transcend to Assassin Crosses.

1st Class	2nd Class	3rd Class	4th Class	Transcendant
Thief	Assassin	Guillotine Cross	Shadow Cross	Assassin Cross

Ragnarok Online II

Assassins can be further customized through the Master Level System.

Trivia

Assassin or hassassin is a misnomer for the Nizari Ismailis of Islam. The term hashishiyya or hashishi as used by Muslim sources is used metaphorically in its abusive sense (i.e. "irreligious social outcasts", "low-class rabble", etc.).^[3]

Gallery

kRO art of Assassin
jRO art of Assassin.
Assassin sprite as seen in RO.

References

↑ Official kRO Website 2019 Apr. 04
↑ Project Revolution 2010 Aug. 17
↑ Wikipedia 2013 Mar.

[1] Official kRO Website 2019 Apr. 04

[2] Project Revolution 2010 Aug. 17

[3] Wikipedia 2013 Mar.

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Assassin
Assassin concept art for RO.
Info
Job Tier		2nd Class (RO) 2nd Class (RO2)
Job Base		Thief
RO Job Bonuses
STR	AGI	VIT	INT	DEX	LUK
+6	+10	+2	+4	+8	none
RO2 Job Bonuses
STR	AGI	VIT	INT	WIS
??	??	??	??	??