How do you fight with a Stalker?

Hero & Villain packs?

Was it Astrals or Empyreans? OR both?

I actually forgot that the ATO's where available from the Incarnate merit vendors found in Ouroboros

Best way to play is to know what you can do...and play that way....and not try to things stupidly.
Also to use your inspirations....they are there for you and your team and they come back.
Another thing...when on a team play with the team...help them..dont hinder them...dont run to the end of a find 3 items a bookcase and defeat rollister...unless you can defeat it without dieing.
Also dont die....if you die alot...you are not playing right.
Stay near the main tankers if you are having trouble....help them....dont herd for them...or get them aggro....help them kill.
Lastly dont rely on everyone else...realize you will have to pick up the slack.

In otherwords best way to play is to play....if you need to hit and run fine....you should never have to be hidden all the time....and if you are doing hit and run only...realize your build is having trouble.....find out why and correct it....its just that simple.


Oh and dont try to mimic other stalkers that do incredible things....make your own path....thats the best way to stalk in this game.

Stalkers are kind of a situation-aware scrapper. Generally things will go like this:


Looking for a fight: Your stealth stops nearly everything from seeing you, so feel free to run around willy nilly since most of the time enemies can't see you. This can cause problems for group members who don't realize that stalkers can't be seen.

Before the fight: Prioritize hard and/or dangerous targets. Your power is to kill something almost instantly, so take advantage of that.

Opening the fight: There are three ways to do this. The easiest is just Assassin Strike or it's equivalents. This kills LTs, nearly kills bosses, gives everything -7.5% To-hit and sends out a wave of mag 5 terror to a fifth of the enemies. After that, just scrap and go from there.

Second way requires the ATO proc. What you do is use build up, then use the attack that has the proc. This will re-hide you, letting you fire off a consecutive attack from hide. Generally people put the proc in Assassin Strike, so they can use that attack then follow up immediately with another powerful attack.

Third way is to open with an AoE attack or one of the few moves that are better than AS. Don't have them memorized. What you do is open with those attacks, and this lets you build up assassin focus throughout the battle.


Ending the fight: There's no middle with a stalker. Either the fight is beginning, or the fight is ending. For end fight, you'll want to be playing just like a scrapper, firing off AS on a side enemy each time you get 2 or 3 charges of focus. If the enemy group has several hard targets in it, then you'll want to prioritize those other targets after you've killed your first one(s).


And that is how you play a stalker; a scrapper that pays closer attention to the enemy group and how they begin the fight.

I have a claws/ninjitsu stalker at level 50, who I haven't played since all of the changes. But, I pretty much played her like everyone else is suggesting. Go in middle of big mob, target the highest con boss or lt, hit build up, hit AS, boss not down? no problem, placate the lt by him, hit BU and AS again, and just keep going down the line, till the mob is cleared. People like to think of stalkers as pansies who hit and run. They so aren't though. I played on Relentless, plus Kuji in Sha (my heal) and hitting Demonic Accolade power when things were getting messy were enough to save me. Plus, the changes that I22 brought to stalkers only made them better in my opinion. So, I say do my above method and you should be fine. Heck, I play my bane spider like this even. It's fun

I just run a couple of BAFs and LAM's ect to get what I need for the Proc. Normally the rest of the set is pretty cheap compared to the proc.

This is an older thread but I've been playing with my Staff/Elec a lot and I just love it so much! I've teamed with 2 other Staff Stalkers and one time, I was leading a team of 3 Stalkers (two staff, one claw). It was so fun to start the fight with that much burst damage. That truly feels like a group of assassins, sneaking in and taking out targets so quick! One of the missions is a +2 elite boss with that big ugly Wailer Lord. He went down soooo fast with 3 stalkers gangbanging him. lol


How do I fight with my Stalker? It's all about that Orange Ring around Assassin Strike man. That is just like Fury for Stalker. I just want to keep attacking and unleash that massive damage.


I've seen a lot more Stalkers asking for teams now. I think the buff has a positive effect on the Stalker population. What do you guys think? Have you seen more stalkers? Have you converted more people to play stalkers? I've converted two so far who did not like stalkers.

I was in a team of 3, me (stalker), a Corr, and a Veat. I was quietly leading the charge opening with AS and scrapping and AS again as recharged.

VEAT: where is all the damage coming from?
CORR: The stalker.
VEAT: The changes must have been good.

And yes, I have been seeing more stalkers lately. Having 2-3 is very entertaining.

That happened to me last night during the infamous Atta Cave Mish in the Hollows.

Dom and Controller: Alright a Brute! The trolls aren't going to know what hit them!!!

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Oh, yeah and er a sneaky stalker!

20 minutes in The team was supporting me and letting me tank lol. It was hilarious lol.

I swear my doms and stalkers convert a new player each day .

I've gotten a little play in on my DB/WP Stalker, unshifted in DA lately.
It's been a while since I actually played her. And she's a completely different animal now with the changes to Assassin's Strike. VERY scrapperish. And I haven't even TOUCHED the ATIO set yet.

In short: ME LIKE!

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