Tips for Getting Assassin Master!

Hey, so let’s get this out of the way: This is probably fairly obvious information and a poor cover for a not-so-subtle brag.

I got Assassin Master last night, and I’m quite proud of myself. I thought it might take forever, but after getting 45 Assassinations in 3.5 hours last night I wanted to put out there how I did it so others might be able to as well.

Loadout: Assault Rifle, Magnum, Plasma grenades, Invisibility, Unlimited Sprint.

Playlist: Regicide. It’s a 6 person FFA. You can kill or try to kill everyone you see, upping your chances. Also, unlike a BTB setting, most people are so focused on the king, they run right by you.

Maps: HAVEN and Adrift/Abandon.
I was successfully getting 3-6 Assassinations per match on Haven last night. So easy. Hang out invisible by the cracks and jump down, or chase people up the lifts, however you have to do it, do it.

Style: I’m not a camper. I don’t thin kI have the attention span to be one. I sit in one spot for 20 seconds and I can’t take it anymore and leave my spot. So, that’s out. Invisibility was only because its the best to not be noticed with by doorways or edges (obviously) but NOT for sitting in a corner waiting the whole game. That will limit you.

Instead, Haven, hang out by the cracks and jump down when someone runs by, or a 1v1 battle ends and 1 person is left. Adrift, try jumping down from the tower ledges on either side or the middle ring if the battle is happening in the center. You won’t have much luck in the hallways unless yo ucatch someone going up the lift. Abandon, just chase people down basically.

Frustrations: Don’t camp. You can chase some people down an entire hallway or across an entire map and they will never turn around and you’ll get the assassination, some people turn around the second you take a step and shoot you in the head! Adapt. I got innumerable CQC, Assault Rifle, and Sticky kills last night on top of 45 Assassinations - I went even or positive all night by getting kills that weren’t assassinations as well.

You’ll get tons of Beat downs, melees, stolen assassinations, etc. But don’t fret. Being aggressive and chasing these kills down is infinitely better than getting one per map by hiding in a corner. Get out there and do it!

tl;dr - I’m bragging because Assassin is easier than I thought originally.

Yeah, really wasn’t that hard. I just played team slayer pro with the assault rifle loadout and just assassinated entire teams since they have no radar.

Yep, definitely. Slayer pro and SWAT are also decent places. Slayer Pro a bit more cause you can’t get 1-shotted by an enemy mid assassination.

I tried both, but found 3-6 per game in Regicide to be better numbers over all.

I got mine on Dominion since people tend to have to stand still to capture the points.

That and Regicide since, as you have stated, people are too focused on the king.

i got mine in a span of 2 days a few weeks ago.

storm rifle
boltshot
stickies
AC
AA effiency
sensor

I did this in regicide. I had bad luck on heaven so i just ran A class with mobility spasifically for heaven to get assassinations.

Yeah, objective based or no-radar are best for this, definitely.

Regicide more so than anything else in my humble opinion. As long as you ARE NOT THE KING!

Personally I think Swat at adrift is easiest because u can wait for someone to run by in a hallway without stopping and get out of your cover or doorway.

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Haven’t gone for it because I got Venator RPTR and Deadeye from my pre-order :slight_smile:

I find that Dominion makes it fairly easy. In Vortex base C, you can go behind the lift and assassinate people as they come up. Longbow bases have tons of camping opportunities too.

You may say no camping, but it is a legitimate strategy.

so any assassinations I have from campaign, or spartan ops wouldn’t count toward this??

Correct, Kakashi.

The assassination commendation is slightly easy and tough (at the same time) to obtain. However, I would not use Active Camo. The dots on the radar (if they are close) can give away that you are in that area. So, in return, the Stealth Armor mod might be your best bet so Promethean Vision users can’t see you through walls. Constantly crouch as well, and stay out of the enemies sites, this can get you the commendation a lot easier.

Of course, if you don’t mind me posting my own tips OP. These methods is how I got it.

> so any assassinations I have from campaign, or spartan ops wouldn’t count toward this??

Those count towards the Backstab Commendation, but you don’t get armor or anything for completing it.

I didn’t even try for the Assassin commendation, when I got one, I got one. The only commendation I have left to master for the Player commendations is Perfection, got my 9th one today. :slight_smile: Six more and I’m finished with all the player commendations.

I find that the Assassin Commendation is pretty tough. I have been using everyone’s tips and I still can’t seem to get any. I realize that the tips given are very good and they will work well but I guess I am just not good at picking out targets to assassinate. So are there any more tips you could provide for someone who is not good at assassinating?

Only thing though Camo is easy to spot on the radar. Although Pro settings can work. Heck I only have Master to go and 49 left. I won’t go into detial how I got it though. All I will say is this’’

Friends are a very good thing to have.

Plus I want my -Yoinking!- Dead Space helmet!!!

No camping? You kidding me? That’s how almost all of my assassinations were earned.

Above: HEY. HEEEEY. NO ALLUDING TO POSSIBLE BOOSTING THAT YOU MAY DO. I’ll take your knife and stab you in your eye for boosting. I swear.

Rumble Pro in Majestic DLC FFA is a pretty good place to earn assassinations since radar is disabled (until Monday I think). Got 6 in one game today.

> Rumble Pro in Majestic DLC FFA is a pretty good place to earn assassinations since radar is disabled (until Monday I think). Got 6 in one game today.

What SlashingArbiter said.

And if you play a bit like me and never really cared for the Commendation, it will come very quickly and naturally lol. When I completed the Commendation I was like, “Whoa. When did I have two Venator armor kits?” lol

Took me a couple weeks in grifball, usually got 4-5 per game. If you’re a -Yoink- spawn killer you’ll probably get it faster. Pretty easy to assassinate with a sword, just aim at their back and lunge, then hold melee.