Assassin Deception Basics Guide

Deals weapon damage spread across a flurry of 3 melee attacks.

Deals weapon damage spread across a flurry of 3 melee attacks.

Allows you to pause to prepare for the coming fight, restoring your health and Force. Cannot be used during combat.

Regain health out of battle.

Strikes the target twice. Each hit deals weapon damage.

Strikes the target twice. Each hit deals weapon damage.

Lightning pulses through your weapon, giving your melee attacks a 50% chance to deal energy damage.

Lightning pulses through your weapon, giving your melee attacks a 50% chance to deal energy damage.

Increases Mastery by 5%, internal and elemental damage reduction by 10%.

Increases Mastery by 5%, internal and elemental damage reduction by 10%.

Increases the critical strike damage dealt by Discharge and Ball Lightning by 20%.

Increases the critical strike damage dealt by Discharge and Ball Lightning by 20%.

Increases the damage dealt by Lacerate by 5% and Voltaic Slash and Reaping Strike by 20%.

Increases the damage dealt by Lacerate by 5% and Voltaic Slash and Reaping Strike by 20%.

Recklessness grants 1 additional charge when activated.

Recklessness grants 1 additional charge when activated.

Increases your armor penetration by 10% and increases the critical chance of Lacerate by 15% and its critical damage bonus by 30%.

Increases your armor penetration by 10% and increases the critical chance of Lacerate by 15% and its critical damage bonus by 30%.

Shocks the target for energy damage. Standard and weak targets are additionally stunned for 3 seconds.

Shocks the target for energy damage. Standard and weak targets are additionally stunned for 3 seconds.

Electrocutes the target, dealing energy damage and stunning it for 4 seconds.

You can use your short stun on weaker enemies to stop them from running around, from casting abilities, to stop them from damaging you, or just to keep them out of the fight in general.

Deals weapon damage to up to 8 targets within 5 meters. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff.

Deals weapon damage to up to 8 targets within 5 meters. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff.

Controls the mind of the target, forcing it to attack you for 6 seconds. Player targets deal 30% less damage for 6 seconds when attacking anyone other than you.

Controls the mind of the target, forcing it to attack you for 6 seconds. Player targets deal 30% less damage for 6 seconds when attacking anyone other than you.

Enters stealth mode, increasing your stealth level by 15 and making you difficult to detect. While in stealth, movement speed is slowed by 15%. Your companion will not react to enemy attacks while in stealth. Most hostile actions prematurely end the effect. Cannot be used in combat.

Enter Stealth to sneak around or sneak up to enemies. Stronger enemies can see you coming, but you can sneak past weaker ones. You can only enter Stealth when you are outside of combat unless you use your Combat Stealth ability.

Summons an unbreakable will, immediately purging incapacitating and movement-impairing effects.

If you are stunned and can’t move, you can use this ability to unstun yourself.

Deals moderate weapon damage to a single target if used from behind the target or less weapon damage otherwise. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff.

Deals moderate weapon damage to a single target if used from behind the target or less weapon damage otherwise. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff.

Increases movement speed by 150% for 2 seconds. Does not break stealth.

Increases movement speed by 150% for 2 seconds. Does not break stealth.

Grants 2 charges of Recklessness, which increases the Force critical chance of your direct attacks and heals by 60%. Each time a direct Force ability critically hits or each time a channeled Force ability is activated, 1 charge is consumed. Lasts 20 seconds.

Grants 2 charges of Recklessness, which increases the Force critical chance of your direct attacks and heals by 60%. Each time a direct Force ability critically hits or each time a channeled Force ability is activated, 1 charge is consumed. Lasts 20 seconds.

Unleash your Static Charge, dealing internal damage. This damage scales up with each stack of Static Charge.

Unleash your Static Charge, dealing internal damage. This damage scales up with each stack of Static Charge.

Lash the target with an acrobatic strike, dealing weapon damage. Only usable from stealth or within 15 seconds of performing a critical strike. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff.

Lash the target with an acrobatic strike, dealing weapon damage. Only usable from stealth or within 15 seconds of performing a critical strike. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff.

Raw Force energy surges through your weapon, giving your melee attacks a 50% chance to deal internal damage and build 1 Static Charge. Static Charge stacks up to 3 times and increases the damage dealt by your next Discharge. This effect cannot occor more than once every 6 seconds. Replaces Lightning Charge.

Raw Force energy surges through your weapon, giving your melee attacks a 50% chance to deal internal damage and build 1 Static Charge. Static Charge stacks up to 3 times and increases the damage dealt by your next Discharge. This effect cannot occor more than once every 6 seconds. Replaces Lightning Charge.

Interrupts the target's current action and prevents that ability from being used for 4 seconds.

Every class has an interrupt ability that allows them to interrupt an enemy while they are casting. Enemy castbars that fill up from left to right are called casts and can be interrupted and the ability will be stopped, but castbars that go from right to left deal damage the entire time they are channeling. Using your interrupt in combat is very useful as it can prevent the enemy from damaging you, or sometimes even prevent them from stunning you or knocking you back!

Traps the target's mind, leaving it bewildered and unable to act for 60 seconds. Damage will break the effect prematurely. This ability is only usable in stealth mode and cannot be used against a target in combat. Only one target can be incapacitated at any given time. Cannot be used on droids.

Your crowd control (CC) is a special type of stun you can only use when your enemy is outside of combat. You use it before a fight, to temporarily knock an opponent out of the fight while you deal with the other enemies. Accidentally damaging your crowd control'd target will wake them up.

Increases your total Endurance by 3%. In addition, Saber Strike restores 1 Force each time it damages an enemy.

Increases your total Endurance by 3%. In addition, Saber Strike restores 1 Force each time it damages an enemy.

Increases the armor penetration and critical hit chance of Reaping Strike by 20%.

Increases the armor penetration and critical hit chance of Reaping Strike by 20%.

Killing an enemy within 3 seconds of dealing damage with Reaping Strike resets the cooldown of all damaging abilities and increases your critical hit chance by 40% for 6 seconds.

Killing an enemy within 3 seconds of dealing damage with Reaping Strike resets the cooldown of all damaging abilities and increases your critical hit chance by 40% for 6 seconds.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: Remember to hit the first enemy about to die with Reaping Strike and this will keep you strong for entire missions at a time!

The cooldown of Reaping Strike is reduced by 6 seconds whenever you critically hit with a direct Force attack. Reaping Strike costs 10 additional Force.

The cooldown of Reaping Strike is reduced by 6 seconds whenever you critically hit with a direct Force attack. Reaping Strike costs 10 additional Force.

General Suggestion: The constant cooldown reset of Reaping Strike far outweighs the additional force cost. This is by far your best increase to damage.

Dark Embrace increases force regeneration by 25% and reduces damage taken by 15% for 15 seconds when triggered. Dark Embrace is active while in stealth mode or for 15 seconds after leaving stealth or activating Maul.

Dark Embrace increases force regeneration by 25% and reduces damage taken by 15% for 15 seconds when triggered. Dark Embrace is active while in stealth mode or for 15 seconds after leaving stealth or activating Maul.

Maul grants 15 seconds of Dark Embrace. While Dark Embrace is active, all damage taken is reduced by 15%.

Maul grants 15 seconds of Dark Embrace. While Dark Embrace is active, all damage taken is reduced by 15%.

Increases your ranged and melee defenses by 50% for 12 seconds. Requires a melee weapon.

Increases your ranged and melee defenses by 50% for 12 seconds. Requires a melee weapon.

Deals energy damage and knocks back up to 8 enemies within a 15-meter cone in front of you, binding them in electricity and immobilizing them for 5 seconds. Standard and weak enemies are additionally knocked down for 3 seconds. Direct damage dealt after 2 seconds ends the immobilize effect prematurely.

Pushes enemies back.

Flashpoint Suggestion: You can use Overload to knock enemies off ledges for an instant kill, or Maul Spike for a stun if no ledges will be available. Doesn't work on bosses or stronger enemies.

Operation Suggestion: You can use Overload to knock enemies off ledges for an instant kill, or Maul Spike for a stun if no ledges will be available. Note that most operations enemies will be immune to knockbacks, but may still be useful in some areas.

Dealing damage with Maul from stealth stun the target for 2 seconds. Standard and weak enemies are knocked down.

Dealing damage with Maul from stealth stun the target for 2 seconds. Standard and weak enemies are knocked down.

Force Cloak increases movement speed by 50%. Force Speed lasts 1 second longer and slows all enemies within 5 meters by 75% for 2.5 seconds when activated.

Force Cloak increases movement speed by 50%. Force Speed lasts 1 second longer and slows all enemies within 5 meters by 75% for 2.5 seconds when activated.

Solo Single-Enemy Suggestion: Force Magnetism can really help a stealthy character solo certain content faster, but for tangible combat benefits, you can also take Overload to knock enemies off ledges for an instant kill, or Maul Spike for a stun if no ledges will be available.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: Force Magnetism can really help a stealthy character solo certain content faster, but for tangible combat benefits, you can also take Overload to knock enemies off ledges for an instant kill, or Maul Spike for a stun if no ledges will be available.

Uses the Force to vanish from sight, immediately exiting combat, purging all hostile removable effects and entering stealth mode. For 10 seconds, you become virtually undetectable.

Enter Stealth while you are in combat, either to run away, to sneak off and heal up, or to take advantage of stealth in the fight. If you enter Combat Stealth while you are alone or all your team mates are dead, the fight may reset.

Immediately reduces threat towards all current enemies by a moderate amount. Player targets deal 30% less damage for 6 seconds when attacking anyone other than you.

Your detaunt ability will cause enemies to lose interest in your character, at least for a short time. This is most useful if you're getting attacked during group fights when your tank is supposed to be taking the damage, or when your companion is set to tank.

Deals kinetic damage and slows the target's movement speed by 50% for 6 seconds.

Slows slow the enemy down, making it hard for them to run away.

Strikes the target twice, dealing weapon damage with each hit. Each use of this ability builds Voltage, which gives Shock and Ball Lightning a 50% chance to automatically trigger your Surging Charge off of its normal rate limit. Stacks up to 2 times. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff. Replaces Thrash.

Strikes the target twice, dealing weapon damage with each hit. Each use of this ability builds Voltage, which gives Shock and Ball Lightning a 50% chance to automatically trigger your Surging Charge off of its normal rate limit. Stacks up to 2 times. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff. Replaces Thrash.

Thrash, Lacerate, Voltaic Slash, Reaping Strike, Maul, and Assassinate grant Induction, reducing the Force cost of your next Shock or Ball Lightning by 25%. Stacks up to 2 times. In addition, Shock and Ball Lightning have a 50% chance to attack the target twice, with the second attack dealing half damage. This second attack cannot trigger Surging Charge.

Thrash, Lacerate, Voltaic Slash, Reaping Strike, Maul, and Assassinate grant Induction, reducing the Force cost of your next Shock or Ball Lightning by 25%. Stacks up to 2 times. In addition, Shock and Ball Lightning have a 50% chance to attack the target twice, with the second attack dealing half damage. This second attack cannot trigger Surging Charge.

Shock and Ball Lightning have a 50% chance to attack the target twice, with the second attack dealing half damage. This second attack cannot trigger Surging Charge.

Shock and Ball Lightning have a 50% chance to attack the target twice, with the second attack dealing half damage. This second attack cannot trigger Surging Charge.

Voltaic Slash deals 10% more damage and reduces the cooldown of Recklessness by 5 seconds whenever it deals damage.

Voltaic Slash deals 10% more damage and reduces the cooldown of Recklessness by 5 seconds whenever it deals damage.

Voltage stacks built by Voltaic Slash increases your critical hit chance by 10% per stack.

Voltage stacks built by Voltaic Slash increases your critical hit chance by 10% per stack.

Solo Single-Enemy Suggestion: A 20% buff to crit chance after two voltaic slashes is great. Take voltaic defense for damage reduction if solo and in need of some survivability.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: A 20% buff to crit chance after two voltaic slashes is great. Take voltaic defense for damage reduction if solo and in need of some survivability.

Flashpoint Suggestion: A 20% buff to crit chance after two voltaic slashes is great. The buff applies to all abilities, so this is the best choice in the tier for damage.

Operation Suggestion: A 20% buff to crit chance after two voltaic slashes is great. The buff applies to all abilities, so this is the best choice in the tier for damage.

Voltage stacks built by Voltaic Slash increases your damage reduction by 5% per stack. In addition, Voltaic Slash slows its target by 50% for 6 seconds.

Voltage stacks built by Voltaic Slash increases your damage reduction by 5% per stack. In addition, Voltaic Slash slows its target by 50% for 6 seconds.

Critical hits with Force attacks increase your melee critical chance by 5% for 10 seconds.

Critical hits with Force attacks increase your melee critical chance by 5% for 10 seconds.

Critically hitting with Voltaic Slash or a direct Force attack generates 10 Force and heals you by 1% of your max health. This effect cannot occur more than once per second.

Critically hitting with Voltaic Slash or a direct Force attack generates 10 Force and heals you by 1% of your max health. This effect cannot occur more than once per second.

General Suggestion: Voltaic Slash should be critting pretty often and the force generation here should help offset the extra 10 force cost to reaping strike we picked at level 23!

Force spending melee attacks now benefit from Recklessness and consume its stacks. You deal additional energy damage to targets you critically hit with melee attacks. This effect cannot happen more than once every 6 seconds.

Force spending melee attacks now benefit from Recklessness and consume its stacks. You deal additional energy damage to targets you critically hit with melee attacks. This effect cannot happen more than once every 6 seconds.

Overcharges your lightsaber charge for 15 seconds, immediately restoring 15% of your max health. While active, Overcharge Saber increases the damage of Surging Charge by 100%, the chance to trigger Surging Charge by 50%, and healing you when their effects are triggered. The triggered healing cannot occur more than once per second. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff.

Overcharges your lightsaber charge for 15 seconds, immediately restoring 15% of your max health. While active, Overcharge Saber increases the damage of Surging Charge by 100%, the chance to trigger Surging Charge by 50%, and healing you when their effects are triggered. The triggered healing cannot occur more than once per second. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff.

Your Surging Charge restores 9 force over 9 seconds when it deals damage to an enemy target. This effect cannot occur more than once every 12 seconds. In addition, Lacerate builds charges of Voltage and Discharge causes its target to become vulnerable for 45 seconds. Vulnerable targets take 5% more damage from Force attacks.

Your Surging Charge restores 9 force over 9 seconds when it deals damage to an enemy target. This effect cannot occur more than once every 12 seconds. In addition, Lacerate builds charges of Voltage and Discharge causes its target to become vulnerable for 45 seconds. Vulnerable targets take 5% more damage from Force attacks.

Attempts to assassinate the target, dealing weapon damage. Only usable on targets at or below 30% max health.

Attempts to assassinate the target, dealing weapon damage. Only usable on targets at or below 30% max health.

Increases the damage dealt by Thrash, Lacerate, Voltaic Slash, and Leeching Strike by 5%.

Increases the damage dealt by Thrash, Lacerate, Voltaic Slash, and Leeching Strike by 5%.

Slashes the target low, dealing weapon damage and incapacitating the target for 4 seconds. Damage causes this effect to end prematurely. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff.

Stuns allow you to knock enemies out of the fight temporarily. Some stuns break on damage - so if you attack the enemy while they are stunned with any type of attack, they will no longer be stunned.

All area effect damage is reduced by 60% for 15 seconds after Mass Mind Control is activated.

All area effect damage is reduced by 60% for 15 seconds after Mass Mind Control is activated.

General Suggestion: As a damage player, the number one source of damage done to you is likely area damage (so long as there is a tank or tank companion around). This choice makes you MUCH more durable. That said, if you find yourself using Force Cloak a ton, Fade is also a pretty versatile choice.

Reduces the cooldown of Force Cloak by 30 seconds and extends its duration by 5 seconds.

Reduces the cooldown of Force Cloak by 30 seconds and extends its duration by 5 seconds.

Activating Deflection grants 6 seconds of immunity to stun, sleep, lift, and incapacitating effects.

Activating Deflection grants 6 seconds of immunity to stun, sleep, lift, and incapacitating effects.

Direct damage attacks grant Duplicity, causing your next Maul to deal 20% more damage and consume 75% less Force. This effect cannot occur more than once every 10 seconds.

Direct damage attacks grant Duplicity, causing your next Maul to deal 20% more damage and consume 75% less Force. This effect cannot occur more than once every 10 seconds.

Use the Force to move through time and space, appearing at your enemy target and increasing your movement speed by 75% for 3 seconds. Does not break stealth. Cannot be used against targets in cover. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff.

Jump to a faraway enemy.

Blasts the target with a ball of lightning for energy damage. Standard and weak targets are additionally stunned for 3 seconds. Replaces Shock.

Blasts the target with a ball of lightning for energy damage. Standard and weak targets are additionally stunned for 3 seconds. Replaces Shock.

Recklessness and Phantom Stride build 3 Static Charges, and exiting combat or activating Force Cloak in combat reduces the active cooldown of Recklessness by 60 seconds. Additionally, the critical damage dealt by Maul is increased by 30%.

Recklessness and Phantom Stride build 3 Static Charges, and exiting combat or activating Force Cloak in combat reduces the active cooldown of Recklessness by 60 seconds. Additionally, the critical damage dealt by Maul is increased by 30%.

Activating Phantom Stride builds 3 Static Charges.

Activating Phantom Stride builds 3 Static Charges.

Increases your movement speed by 15% and your effective stealth level by 10. Activating Shock, Ball Lightning, or Eradicate increasing your movement speed by 50% for 9 seconds. This effect cannot occur more than once every 18 seconds.

Increases your movement speed by 15% and your effective stealth level by 10. Activating Shock, Ball Lightning, or Eradicate increasing your movement speed by 50% for 9 seconds. This effect cannot occur more than once every 18 seconds.

Force Speed and Phantom Stride grants Force Phase, removing all movement-impairing effects and granting immunity to them for 2 seconds.

Force Speed and Phantom Stride grants Force Phase, removing all movement-impairing effects and granting immunity to them for 2 seconds.

Increases the damage dealt by Lacerate by 25%.

Increases the damage dealt by Lacerate by 25%.

General Suggestion: Unlike the other two Assassin disciplines that don't rely on Lacerate's damage so much, Deception can make great use of this talent. Take it by default, unless you don't need the AoE, which frees you up to take Force Phase to get out of slows and roots faster.

Strikes targets in a cone, dealing weapon damage and slowing their movement speed by 50% and applying Charged Veil to you for 3 seconds. Charged Veil increases the damage of your Force attacks by 5% and your damage reduction by 5% for each target hit with Severing Slash. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff.

Strikes targets in a cone, dealing weapon damage and slowing their movement speed by 50% and applying Charged Veil to you for 3 seconds. Charged Veil increases the damage of your Force attacks by 5% and your damage reduction by 5% for each target hit with Severing Slash. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber or electrostaff.

Solo Many-Enemy Suggestion: The extra AoE ability can be nice for big pulls of trash but wouldn't bring this to any single target/group content stuff.

Traps the target in a whirlwind for 8 seconds. Non-player, non-standard, and non-weak targets heal rapidly while trapped. Damage causes this effect to end prematurely and stuns the target for 2 seconds.

Your crowd control (CC) is a special type of stun you can only use when your enemy is outside of combat. You use it before a fight, to temporarily knock an opponent out of the fight while you deal with the other enemies. Accidentally damaging your crowd control'd target will wake them up.

Purges all hostile removable effects and increases your chance to resist Force and tech attacks by 200% for 3 seconds. Does not break Stealth.

Purges all hostile removable effects and increases your chance to resist Force and tech attacks by 200% for 3 seconds. Does not break Stealth.

General Suggestion: A self cleanse is very useful in pretty much every form of group content not to mention this is an extremely powerful "usually-only-for-tanks" defensive cooldown! Take as default for sure.

Maul sunders its target for 45 seconds. Sundered targets have their armor reduced by 20%.

Maul sunders its target for 45 seconds. Sundered targets have their armor reduced by 20%.

Phantom Stride grants Reaper's Rush, allowing your next Assassinate to be used on any target, regardless of remaining health. Reaper's Rush lasts for 10 seconds. Additionally, if the target of your Phantom Stride is killed within 10 seconds of using Phantom Stride, Phantom Stride's cooldown is reset.

Phantom Stride grants Reaper's Rush, allowing your next Assassinate to be used on any target, regardless of remaining health. Reaper's Rush lasts for 10 seconds. Additionally, if the target of your Phantom Stride is killed within 10 seconds of using Phantom Stride, Phantom Stride's cooldown is reset.

Reduces the cooldown of Jolt by 2 seconds, Unbreakable Will by 30 seconds, and Force Speed by 5 seconds.

Reduces the cooldown of Jolt by 2 seconds, Unbreakable Will by 30 seconds, and Force Speed by 5 seconds.

Activating Force Cloak grants 2 seconds of Force Shroud.

Activating Force Cloak grants 2 seconds of Force Shroud.

General Suggestion: With Assassinate being less useful lately, Reaper's Rush isn't really a needed choice for your rotation. 2 seconds of Shroud will help guarantee your survival in sticky situations though!

Increases all damage dealt to targets below 30% of max health by 5%. Additionally, reduces the Force consumed by Assassinate by 10.

Increases all damage dealt to targets below 30% of max health by 5%. Additionally, reduces the Force consumed by Assassinate by 10.

Dealing critical damage grants Entropic Field, increasing damage reduction by 3% for 15 seconds. Stacks up to 3 times.

Dealing critical damage grants Entropic Field, increasing damage reduction by 3% for 15 seconds. Stacks up to 3 times.