Assassin

This page is about the Assassin character class. For the in-universe character, see Zer0.

The Assassin is one of five playable classes in Borderlands 2; Zer0 plays the Assassin controlled by the player. Assassins are effectively based off of Hollywood representations of the ninja: not built for a lot of direct combat, but designed to carefully and efficiently eliminate specific targets on the battlefield, one by one.

The Assassin's action skill is called Decepti0n; with it, he deploys a holographic decoy of himself and activates a cloaking device in the same instant. While the decoy draws the enemy's attention, the Assassin is free to move around the battlefield unnoticed. Also while cloaked, his heads-up display shows enemies highlighted in blue. Unlike the Phasewalk ability from Borderlands 1, the Assassin is still vulnerable; stray shots and splash damage can still hurt him, even if enemies can't see him.

The Assassin's melee attack uses an energy-based sword that he wears on his hip; the hilt of the sword exists at all times, but the blade is 'digistructed' by his Storage Deck each time he draws it. While the weapon cannot be equipped, per se (it behaves like every other class's basic melee attack) it can be upgraded by investing in certain skills.

Skill Trees

• Cunning - Offense tree; adds features to Deception and attacking from stealth-mode.
• Sniping - Improves effectiveness with firearms; Sniper Rifles in particular.
• Bloodshed - Improves Melee and Stealth Attack effectiveness.

Class Mods

Mod Name	Icon	Manufacturer	Characteristics	Possible Skill Boost
Infiltrator		Dahl	Fire rate +	Be Like Water (Graceful) 2 Unforeseen (Tricky) 3 Iron Hand (Rugged) 1
			Melee damage +.
Killer		Hyperion	Team critical damage +.	Fearless (Unpredictable) 2 Killer (The) 2 Ambush (Contemptible) 2
			--
Ninja		Maliwan	Melee damage +.	Backstab (Shadow) 3 Resurgence (Bloodied) 4 Killing Blow (Lethal) 1
			--
Professional		Dahl	Reload speed +.	Two Fang (Unequaled) 5 Killer (The) 2 Ambush (Succinct) 2
			Shield capacity +.
Shot		Hyperion	Team accuracy +.	Optics (Long) 1 Precision (Sure) 2 Kill Confirmed (True) 4
			--
Sniper		Jakobs	Sniper rifle gun damage +.	Precision (Tranquil) 2 One Shot One Kill (One Shot) 3 Headshot (Deadly) 1
			Sniper rifle critical damage +.
Spy		Maliwan	Cooldown rate +.	Velocity (Swift) 3 Ambush (Contemptible) 2 Unforeseen (Tricky) 3
			--
Stalker		Vladof	Pistol fire rate +.	Rising Shot (Disturbed) 3 Followthrough (Shadow) 3 Counter Strike (Razored) 1
			Pistol magazine size +.
Survivor		Bandit	Max health +.	Ambush (Contemptible) 2 Rising Shot (Disturbed) 3 Resurgence (Bloodied) 4
			Health regeneration.

References

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