The Assassin (LWOTC)

Now a close-combat menace, the Assassin is a juggernaut that will run towards you and slash you whenever possible. Her initially-low, but ever-increasing damage cannot be underestimated.

Basic Abilities

List of the chosen's basic abilities

Slash Attack an adjacent target with your sword. Uses one action.	Infighter Gain 40 dodge against attacks within four tiles.	Parting Silk Perform a dashing melee attack.
Vanishing Wind The assassin will enter concealment and gain 50% mobility bonus.	Harbor Wave Send a psionic wave that deals guaranteed damage. This attack is boosted by Blood Thirst. 3-turn cooldown.	Blood Thirst (Chosen) Every time you attack with your melee weapon, get a stackable damage boost to your melee attacks. Resets upon a successful kidnap.
Enhanced Layered Armor (Chosen) This unit can only lose a % of their max HP per turn. Damage per turn above this limit is reduced.	Hit and Run Once per turn, gain an additional action after taking a standard shot at a flanked or exposed target with your primary weapon. Cannot trigger on the same turn as Close Encounters.	Unstoppable This unit's mobility cannot go below 7.
	Mountain Mist Throw a mountain mist that blinds targets caught in the blast radius for 2 turns. 2-turn cooldown.	Moving Target Gain 15 defense and 50 dodge against reaction attacks.

Strengths

Possible Chosen strengths they can train.

Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3
Blast Shield Damage taken by explosive attacks is reduced by 50%.	Return Fire When targeted by enemy attacks, automatically fire back with your assault rifle once per turn. The return shot ignores cover bonuses.	Bladestorm Free melee attacks on any enemies that enter, exit or attack from melee range on enemy turns.
Damage Control After taking damage, gain 2 armor through the end of the turn.	Unbreakable All Rupture Effects inflicted on you will be instantly removed.	Hazmat Vest Become immune to environmental effects.
All Seeing Detect concealed units within vision range.	Psychotic Rage Deal 35% additional damage when below 50% HP.	Blood Bath Harbor wave cone is wider by 2 tiles, and each enemy hit by it grants a blood thirst stack.
Sprinter Gain 1 mobility.	Misty Madness The radius of your mist grenade is increased by 2.	Impenetrable Impact Compensation Stacking limit is increased by 1, and Enhanced Layered Armor damage cap is reduced by 10%.
Instant Reaction Time Gain 2 dodge per tile from the attacker.	Hero Slayer Attacks deal +35% damage against hero classes.	Close Combat Specialist Fire a free reaction shot with your primary weapon at any visible enemy within four tiles who moves or fires.

Rank 1 Stats

Difficulty	Health	Aim	Crit Chance	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Mobility	Will	Detection Radius (tiles)
Rookie	14	70	0	33	9	50	8
Veteran	18	75	0	33	9	50	8
Commander	22	75	10	40	9	50	8
Legend	27	80	10	40	9	50	8

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
Chosen Shotgun	4	2	4	+25 Crit Chance
Chosen Sword	3	-	-	-

Rank 2 Stats

Difficulty	Health	Aim	Crit Chance	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Mobility	Will	Detection Radius (tiles)
Rookie	18	70	0	33	9	50	8
Veteran	24	75	0	33	9	50	8
Commander	29	75	10	40	9	50	8
Legend	36	80	10	40	9	50	8

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
Chosen Shotgun	5 - 6	2	4	+25 Crit Chance
Chosen Sword	3 - 5	1	-	-

Rank 3 Stats

Difficulty	Health	Aim	Crit Chance	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Mobility	Will	Detection Radius (tiles)
Rookie	24	70	0	33	9	50	8
Veteran	32	75	0	33	9	50	8
Commander	38	75	10	40	9	50	8
Legend	48	80	10	40	9	50	8

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
Chosen Shotgun	7	4	4	+25 Crit Chance
Chosen Sword	3 - 6	2	-	-

Rank 4 Stats

Difficulty	Health	Aim	Crit Chance	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Mobility	Will	Detection Radius (tiles)
Rookie	32	70	0	33	9	50	8
Veteran	42	75	0	33	9	50	8
Commander	52	75	10	40	9	50	8
Legend	64	80	10	40	9	50	8

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
Chosen Shotgun	8 - 9	4	4	+25 Crit Chance
Chosen Sword	5 - 7	3	-	-

Rank 5 Stats

Difficulty	Health	Aim	Crit Chance	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Mobility	Will	Detection Radius (tiles)
Rookie	43	70	0	33	9	50	8
Veteran	56	75	0	33	9	50	8
Commander	68	75	10	40	9	50	8
Legend	85	80	10	40	9	50	8

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
Chosen Shotgun	10	5	4	+25 Crit Chance
Chosen Sword	7	3	-	-

Tips

The assassin's Enhanced Layered Armor (Chosen) effectively limits how much damage they can take per turn. It is best to do as much damage as you can and stay far away from the assassin to limit the amount of attacks she can deal. If you are capable of dealing more attacks while staying afar, it is best to save high damaging attacks until after the limit is reached to deal as much damage as possible due to the high damage reduction which will make small damage attacks not as effective.
The Assassin's base mobility is very low so having mobile soldiers can help more easily avoid their attack range. Abilities that reduce their mobility such as poison can be helpful in limiting her effective range. Be careful not to be completely out of range as it may encourage her to Vanishing Wind or have methods to reveal her.
If she is standing next to a soldier or rebel at the time, she will use her turn or Chosen reaction to slash. Thus it is recommended to mainly bring soldiers decently capable of attacking her from outside her movement range.
- If, however, she is not adjacent to a valid slash target during her turn or action, she will use her actions in order to move closer to a target. With this, it is best to make sure units that are close by still have actions remaining to run away if she does get close to limit the amount of attacks.
The assassin can gain both Close Combat Specialist and Bladestorm thus it is best to fight at range or have ways to ignore reaction attacks. Lightning reflexes is not sufficient as she will always guarantee a hit with her katana and the shotgun at close range will still have a chance to hit.