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Darkness Assassin Guide<\/h2>\n

The Assassin\u2019s dual-bladed Lightsaber flashes with deadly precision to provide a relentless offense and when necessary, a formidable defense.<\/p>\n

In this guide we\u2019ll be going over how to play a Sith Inquisitor Assassin Tank including when and how each ability should be used, tips and tricks, and some basics about gearing up. The assassin tank is the most involved of the three imperial tanks, and requires a constant upkeep of a ward fueled by the assassin’s connection to the dark side of the force, and a creative use of Force Lightning channeled to reduce the damage you take as a tank.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Abilities<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Rotation<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Utilities<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>Gear<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

Abilities<\/h2>\n

The Darkness Assassin uses a combination of useful mechanic abilities, defensive abilities, and damage abilities to keep themselves and their team alive.<\/p>\n

Mechanical Abilities<\/h3>\n

The Assassin tank\u2019s job in a fight is to stay alive through dark sith sorcery, and to keep their teammates alive long enough to for them to take down their enemies. Apart from their defensive force abilities, they have some clever tricks to help keep themselves and their group alive.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start by going over the assassin tank\u2019s mechanical abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Icon<\/th>Ability Name<\/th>Level<\/th>Type<\/th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
<\/td>Mark of Power<\/td>1<\/td>Class Buff<\/td>Mark of Power is your class buff \u2013 it gives an hour long boost to damage to your group or to any other character you cast it on.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Seethe<\/td>1<\/td>Regen<\/td>If you're low on health between fights, you can use Seethe to regenerate health - but it only works outside of combat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Overload<\/td>3<\/td>Push<\/td>Overload is your push. A knockback can be useful when you\u2019re playing solo as it can keep melee enemies away from you if you\u2019re taking too much damage, or you can use it to push enemies off of cliffs. As fun as it is, don\u2019t use it in group fights \u2013 this often frustrates other players who are trying to group enemies up to take them down faster.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Electrocute<\/td>5<\/td>Hard Stun<\/td>Electrocute is your short 4-second hard stun \u2013 you can use it on weaker enemies to stop them from running around, from casting abilities, or just to keep them out of the fight in general.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Stealth<\/td>6<\/td>Stealth<\/td>Stealth turns your character invisible to everyone not in your group, and can allow you to sneak past weaker enemies or perform stealth sneak attacks. As soon as you enter combat, you'll be pushed out of stealth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Whirlwind<\/td>7<\/td>Crowd Control \/ Soft Stun<\/td>Whirlwind is your crowd control soft stun - you can use it to stun weaker enemies for 8 seconds, but it breaks on damage, so only use it on enemies you\u2019re not going to hit soon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Unbreakable Will<\/td>9<\/td>Stun Breaker<\/td>Unbreakable Will is your stun breaker. If you are stunned and can\u2019t move, you can use this ability to unstun yourself.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Mind Control<\/td>14<\/td>Taunt<\/td>Mind Control is your taunt. A taunt forces most enemies to attack you, and only you, for six seconds, and also increases the chance they'll continue attacking you afterwards. As a tank, in a group fight it's your job to keep the enemy's attention, because unlike your other team members, you have stats and the abilities that will help keep you alive and allow your team members to focus on defeating the enemy. Apart from taunts, you can keep the enemy focused on you with what's known as threat or aggro, which means using your abilities in a way that aggravates your enemy to continue attacking you. The higher your threat, the less likely a team member is going to catch the enemy's attention.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Force Speed<\/td>16<\/td>Speed Boost<\/td>Force Speed is your speed boost. It helps you move faster. You can use it for fun while running around, to get to a strategic location in battle faster, or most importantly to run out of stuff that\u2019s hurting you.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Guard<\/td>16<\/td>Guard<\/td>Guarding another player reduces the chances of the enemy attacking them as long as you are within 15 meters of each other. The guarded player also takes 5% less damage, but players mainly use guard on a team mate who is often attracting the attention of the boss enemy - either a strong healer or DPS character - not the weakest player who needs \"help\".<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Jolt<\/td>18<\/td>Interrupt<\/td>Jolt is your interrupt. Every class has an interrupt ability that allows them to interrupt an enemy while they are casting. This can be useful when fighting low-level enemies as many abilities can be interrupted, and in some max-level fights interrupts are a mandatory part of combat. Castbars that fill up from left right are called channels 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 casting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Mass Mind Control<\/td>20<\/td>Group Taunt<\/td>Mass Mind Control is your group taunt, commonly know as an AOE taunt. It will force all enemies within 15 metered of you to attack only you for six seconds, similar to your single-target mind control ability.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Mind Trap<\/td>20<\/td>Crowd Control \/ Soft Stun<\/td>Mind Trap is your soft stun, sometimes called your cc, your crowd control or your mez. While in stealth, you can stun an enemy, and they will stay stunned for one minute as long as no one attacks them. Players use this to either take one enemy out of the equation for a short time in a fight, or to sneak past enemies without attracting their attention. You can only use Mind Trap while not in combat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Force Slow<\/td>22<\/td>Slow<\/td>Force Slow is your slow, and slows your enemy\u2019s movement speed by 50% for 6 seconds. This can be used to keep Melee enemies away from you as you move farther away, or to slow down enemies who are running away.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Force Cloak<\/td>22<\/td>Combat Stealth<\/td>Force Cloak allows you to enter stealth while in combat. As a tank, you usually will not want to use this ability while tanking an enemy for your team, as you will lose all the threat you've built up over time. Force Cloak is useful if you enter a fight but want to exit it quickly, or can be used to revive a fallen team member since you will no longer be in combat once you stealth out. Force Cloak can also be used by skilled player to avoid channeled damage abilities or knockbacks which are canceled when you stealth out - just make sure to taunt back immediately afterwards, as you'll have lost all your threat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Force Shroud<\/td>36<\/td>Cleanse<\/td>Force Shroud, which make you almost invincible by increasing your chance to resist Force and tech attacks by 200% for a few seconds and will also cleanse any cleanseable debuffs you have. It\u2019s one of the strongest defensive abilities in the entire game and allows you to negate a lot of Force or Tech attacks, and even ignore some mechanics by using it at the right time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Spike<\/td>42<\/td>Short Hard Stun<\/td>Spike is a second short stun you can use that lasts 2 seconds, and also knocks down weaker enemies. As a Darkness Assasin you can use it out of stealth. If you collect the Efficient Termination 6-piece set bonus, Spike turns in to a defensive ability that increases your damage reduction by 10% for 6 seconds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Phantom Stride<\/td>51<\/td>Leap<\/td>Phantom Stride is your leap - it allows you to instantly teleport forward to an enemy within range. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Force Pull<\/td>58<\/td>Pull<\/td>Force Pull allows you to pull an enemy to you, and also generates a lot of threat. Although this does not work against most boss enemies, you can still use it to gain threat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Severing Slash<\/td>72<\/td>Short Slow
\n<\/td>		Severing Slash is a second slow. It does slightly more damage than Force Slow but lasts for half the time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Defensive Abilities<\/h3>\n

The Assassin tank has a variety of abilities that helps keep them alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Icon<\/th>Ability Name<\/th>Level<\/th>Type<\/th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
<\/td>Dark Ward<\/td>26<\/td>Perpetual Shield<\/td>Dark Ward is your most important ability as an assassin tank. This ability surrounds you with a shield that starts with 15 charges that increases your shield chance by 18% for 20 seconds. Each time you successfully shield an attack, you'll lose one of the charges. As a Darkness Assassin, every time you shield an attack with Dark Ward, you'll also get a stack of Dark Bulwark, an additional defensive buff that increases your absorption by 1% per stack, and it can stack up to 10 times. If you cast Dark Ward again, it will reset your Dark Bulwark shields back to zero. A big part of Assassin tanking is balancing these two defensive buffs - you want to try and always keep Dark Ward up, but anytime you re-use Dark Ward, it will reset your Dark Bulwark stacks back to zero. This means you'll want to wait until your Dark Ward is about to run out of time before you refresh it, allowing Dark Bulwark to build up as long as it can before resetting it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Deflection<\/td>24<\/td>Shield<\/td>Deflection is your shield - it increases your ranged and melee defenses by 50% for 12 seconds. As a Darknes Assasin, it also causes all enemies within 8 meters to deal 15% less Force and tech damage.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Force Shroud<\/td>36<\/td>Invincibility Shield<\/td>Force Shroud is your invincibility shield which increases your chance to resist Force and tech attacks by 200% for 3 seconds. Force Shroud is an extremely powerful defensive ability when used pre-emptively against powerful attacks. If you choose the Disjunction utility, Force Shroud will last 5 seconds instead.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Force Cloak\t<\/td>22<\/td>Stealth Out<\/td>Cloak is not a defensive move, but it can be used as one. First, you can stealth out and use an extra medpac if you've already used one in your fight. Second, you can use it in all kinds of creative ways including resetting certain stacking debuffs, cancelling casted abilities to avoid knockbacks or damage, or even using it as an extra tank swap if your co-tank has the second highest threat. Just make sure to taunt back and start building threat immediately after exiting stealth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Spike <\/td>42 (75)<\/td>Small Defensive from Set Bonus<\/td> If you collect the Efficient Termination 6-piece set bonus, Spike turns in to a defensive ability that increases your damage reduction by 10% for 6 seconds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Recklessness<\/td>8<\/td>Absorb Shield, mainly use for damage<\/td>Recklessness increases the Force critical chance of your direct attacks, but as a Darkness tank, activating Recklessness also grants 30% shield absorption for 20 seconds. Recklessness is usually not used defensively, instead it's used to cause more damage.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Overcharge Saber<\/td>50<\/td>Shield and Heal<\/td>Overcharge Saber immediately restores 15% of your max health, and as a Darkness assassin, your damage reduction is increased by 25% for 15 seconds. This is a very useful defensive ability to use when you are expecting a large wave of damage over time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Damage Abilities<\/td>10<\/td>Rotation<\/td>As an Assassin Tank, your damage abilities, when used correctly, will also reduce the amount of damage enemies do to you. Your key damage abilities for defense are Depradating Volts, Shock and Wither.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Advanced Kyrprax Shield Adrenal<\/td>75<\/td>Adrenal<\/td>Absorbs 30% of damage for a short time. Keep a pile of these on hand!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Relic of the Shrouded Crusader<\/td>75<\/td>Relic<\/td>Increases Shield Rating and Absorption Rating for a short time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Damage Abilities<\/h3>\n

Although the Assassin tank should be focusing on tanking rather than doing damage, using certain abilities efficiently can actually raise the Assassin tank’s survivability, and help keep threat with enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Icon<\/th>Ability<\/th>Level<\/th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
<\/td>Depredating Volts<\/td>10<\/td>Depredating Volts is your key damage ability as an Assassin tank, but it's most powerful when you also have 3 stacks of Harnessed Darkness, a special buff you get from using either Wither or Shock as a Darkness Assassin. If you get three stacks of Harnessed Darkness, then each tick of Depredating Volts will increase your damage reduction by 1% for 12 seconds. This makes Depredating Volts when you have 3 stacks of Harnessed Darkness both a powerful damage attack as well as a strong defensive boost which you can keep up during most of the fight.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Shock<\/td>1<\/td>Shock is one of your two abilities that builds up those special stacks of Harnessed Darkness. You can use it once every six seconds, so Shock is one of your abilities you will use the most.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Wither<\/td>42<\/td>Wither is your other ability that builds stacks of Harnessed Darkness. It's a great multi-enemy damage ability, and it generates a high amount of threat to help you tank, and it also weakens enemies so they deal 5% less melee and ranged damage. You can use it roughly once every ten seconds, so use it whenever you see it available.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Discharge<\/td>2<\/td>Discharge is another multi-enemy attack you'll be using often to blast your enemy with raw lightning and do damage over time. As a Darkness Assassin, Discharge also causes its targets to become unsteady, which means they have their melee and ranged accuracy reduced by 5%. While targets are unsteady, your Lacerate ability also does more damage to them.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Thrash<\/td>1<\/td>Thrash is your basic Aassassin lightsaber attack. Although it's not very interesting on its own, as a Darkness Assassin, damage dealt by Thrash, Maul, Lacerate, and Assassinate have a 30% chance to finish the cooldown on your Shock ability and make your next Shock an Energized critical hit. Energized Shocks that consume a charge of Recklessness also deal an additional 50% critical damage, so you'll want to combine your Recklessness Ability with a Shock that is Energized from Thrash.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Recklessness<\/td>8<\/td>Recklessness is not an ability you use against an enemy, instead you use it to give your attacks a boost. Using Recklessness grants you 2 charges of Recklessness, which increases the Force critical chance of your direct attacks by 60%. Each time a direct Force ability critically hits or each time you activate a channeled ability, you use one charge of Recklessness. These recklessness stacks wear off after 20 seconds, so make sure to use them before they disappear. You'll be combining this with an energized shock or Depredating Volts to do a lot of extra damage when possible, otherwise it's useful with a normal Shock as well. Additionally as a Darkness Assassin, Recklessness grants 30% shield absorption for 20 seconds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Lacerate<\/td>4<\/td>Lacerate is similar to your Thrash attack, but it can hit up to 8 targets around you. It can also cause Energized Shock just like Thrash can.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Maul<\/td>28<\/td>Maul is your backup single-target basic attack, and it does more damage if you are behind your target. As a Darkness Assassin, your Thrash, Lacerate, Assassinate, and Phantom Stride abilities all grant a Conspirator's Cloak buff, which makes your next Maul consume 50% less Force and damage your enemy as if you're behind them. This makes Maul most worth using when you have Conspirator's Cloak available. Maul also has the ability to Energize your Shock ability.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Assassinate<\/td>32<\/td>Assassinate is a special ability you can only use when your enemy is below 30% health which does a lot of damage.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Saber Strike<\/td>1<\/td>Only use Saber Strike if you ran out of Force and can't do anything else. Even if you're doing your rotation perfectly you'll still need to use Saber Strike sometimes. Saber Strike does damage and restores your Force.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Rotation \/ Priority System<\/h2>\n

Using your abilities efficiently can help you survive longer, do more damage and gain more threat. This efficiency is gained by using abilities in an order that causes them to amplify each other. This order is sometimes called a rotation or a priority system – what abilities take priority over others.<\/p>\n

Opener<\/h3>\n

Your opener is the ideal set of abilities you will use in order as a Darkness Assasin during the beginning of a fight to gain the most threat with an enemy, and to set up your success for the rest of the fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
#<\/th>Icon<\/th>Ability<\/th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td><\/td>Stealth<\/td>Starting in Stealth gives you a free defensive boost<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td><\/td>Force Pull<\/td>Generates threat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td><\/td>Phantom Stride<\/td>Leap to enemy, careful, in some fights this bugs and sends you off a cliff. Or use Force Speed to get to the target quicker.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td><\/td>Shock<\/td>Damage creating one stack of Harnessed Darkness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td><\/td>Wither<\/td>Damage creating second stack of Harnessed Darkness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td><\/td> Mind Control<\/td>Taunt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td><\/td>Discharge<\/td>Damage which reduces accuracy of enemy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td><\/td>Maul<\/td>Free damage from using Phantom Stride earlier (if it is not sparkling, use Thrash instead)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td><\/td>Recklessness<\/td>Damage boost<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td><\/td>Shock<\/td>Damage creating third and final stack of Harnessed Darkness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td><\/td>Depredating Volts<\/td>Damage which uses the three stacks of Harnessed Darkness to reduce damage taken<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td><\/td>Mass Mind Control<\/td>Group taunt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td><\/td>Thrash<\/td>30% chance to finish the cooldown on your Shock ability and make your next Shock an Energized critical hit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td><\/td>Wither<\/td>Start the next round of Harnessed Darkness stacks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td><\/td>Shock<\/td>Hopefully you also go an Energized Shock from Thrash earlier!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Single Target<\/h3>\n

Your single-target rotation \/ priority system is a list of abilities you should use after your opener, and for the rest of the fight. These abilities shouldn’t be used one after another – instead, abilities higher up the list take priority over those at the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
#<\/th>Icon<\/th>Ability<\/th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td><\/td>Assassinate<\/td>Assassinate is one of your strongest-hitting abilities. Normally, it only becomes available when your enemy is under 30%. If you choose the utility Reapers Rush, it becomes available all the time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td><\/td>Depredating Volts<\/td>Use when it's glowing, which means you have 3 stacks of Harnessed Darkness.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td><\/td>Shock<\/td>Use whenever it's available, unless you have 3 stacks of Harnessed Darkness.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td><\/td>Wither<\/td>Use whenever it's available.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td><\/td>Maul<\/td>Use only when you have Conspirator's Cloak up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td><\/td>Thrash<\/td>Use when everything above is not available.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td><\/td>Discharge<\/td>Only use once every 45 seconds to apply Unsteady, if it's glowing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td><\/td>Saber Strike<\/td>Only use if you ran out of Force to do anything else. Even if you're doing your rotation perfectly you'll still need to use Saber Strike sometimes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Multi Target \/ AOE<\/h3>\n

Your multi-target \/ AOE rotation \/ priority system is a list of abilities you should use after your opener, and for the rest of the fight. These abilities shouldn’t be used one after another – instead, abilities higher up the list take priority over those at the bottom.<\/p>\n

Wither is your hardest hitting AoE ability and builds stacks of Harnessed Darkness. Discharge is your second hardest hitting AoE and applies Unsteady debuff and makes your Lacerate deals 15% more damage to affected targets. Severing Slash does more damage than Lacerate but it’s a conal, while Lacerate is a 360 cleave, so if you aren’t going to hit all your targets, don’t use Severing Slash.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
#<\/th>Icon<\/th>Ability<\/th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td><\/td>Wither<\/td>Use whenever it's available.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td><\/td>Discharge<\/td>Use whenever it's available.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td><\/td>Severing Slash<\/td>Use when you'll hit all enemies in a conal shape in front of you.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td><\/td>Lacerate<\/td>Use as a filler move to hit all enemies in a circle around you.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Utilities<\/h2>\n

Utilities are a special type of ability that you can choose. As you level up, you’ll be able to use additional utilities slots.<\/p>\n

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Recommended Utilities<\/h3>\n

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Icon<\/th>Utility<\/th>Tooltip<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
<\/td>Avoidance<\/td>Reduces the cooldown of Jolt by 2 seconds, Unbreakable Will by 30 seconds, and Force Speed by 5 seconds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Formless Phantom<\/td>As Darkness, reduces all damage taken while stunned by 30%. As Deception and Hatred, reduces the damage taken from area attacks by 30%.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Lambaste<\/td>Increases the damage dealt by Lacerate by 25%.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Fade<\/td>Reduces the cooldown of Force Cloak by 30 seconds and extends its duration by 5 seconds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Obfuscation<\/td>Increases your movement speed by 15% and your effect stealth level by 10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Audacity<\/td>Reduces the cooldown of Overload by 2.5 seconds and Recklessness grants 1 additional charge when activated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Shroud of Madness<\/td>Activating Force Cloak grants 2 seconds of Force Shroud.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Disjunction<\/td>Increases the durations of Force Shroud by 2 seconds and Force Speed by 0.5 seconds. Additionally, Force Speed slows all enemies within 5 meters by 75% for 2.5 seconds when activated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Reaper's Rush<\/td>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. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

All Utility Options<\/h3>\n

Utilities are a series of abilities that you can choose from for your Advanced Class. On the list below, these utilities have been rated for their use in difficult boss fights in Operations, the most difficult group content in the game. However, if you are playing solo, playing less difficult content, or PvPing, you’ll want to read the descriptions of the utilities carefully and instead either choose ones that sound fun, or choose ones that seem useful for the type of content you like to play. For example, if you enjoy using Whirlwind while leveling or running Heroics, there are a ton of\u00a0 Whirlwind-focused utilities available to you that are all useless in Operations.<\/p>\n