Talk:Assassinater/@comment-68.149.101.63-20121101134023/@comment-5007614-20121101195020

The overview is out-of-date, based on pre-1.5 change to damage. A R3 Marksman did 109-131 damage pre-1.5. Despite having 5 less HP at this point, the Assassinater excels at everything else: Defense, Dodge and Bravery.

However, after 1.5, the R2 Marksman does the "same" amount of damage as a R1 Assassinater. Despite the better overall stats, fielding the Assassinater will actually HURT a player in PvP because of the massive difference in Unit Value. Previously, the unit values were closer for the same amount of "punch" (R3 Marksman @ 18, R1 Assassinater @ 20). Now the difference is 16 v. 20, and only grows from there.

So for PvP, Marksman are a better bet to keep your PvP value low, otherwise you'll be more likely to be sniping at tanks.

Hope that makes sense.