Yea I've always been a dagger person with assassin class characters. Even when I play MMOs. =(
Alright. Already got my Pain set so i'm coo ...
And swords are basically the entire reason i went assassin. To be able to play this critical hit/dmg monster that is also the cool calm collected black clad ninja dude ... omfgish... so fucking fun. Crawling on bastards.. finding dat spot (i know them all now) where you can just sit and chill and twist that freakin blade for days.
When i got my Carnation dragon forged and happened upon the first chimera after that in the everfall i laughed as 15 seconds went by and he was dead. Single monsters... without support or another larger monster in the area to throw some variation my way, i simply eat alive. So gud.
I was really hoping that Clairvoyance would do something more along the lines of Masterful Kill. Ah well. The Riposte skill on shields will have to do
Best weapon for assassin imho is Ascalon, brutally powerful when dragonforged.
I tend to prefer holy weapons due to their flexibility, its nice not having to worry about being en-spelled to take down ghosts.
The Ascalon is the sword I carry with me when i'm doing solo assassin work as my enchanted option. It is indeed powerful but if i'm killing something that isn't straight weak to holy the dmg base of the Carnation is just too much to compare to.
But everyone needs a ghostbuster.