An Atypical Assassin

Belt of urgency was used to increase the attack speed of a S&S Reaver set up for crit chance/crit damage.

Instead of setting up the Assassin Rogue to be a burst-damage boss, I'm instead taking inspiration from that video for fast attacks that are always crits, whether from stealth or not. Many of the skills are the same, but several passives are different and the gear being used is set up in a specific way to give TONS of "little crits" rather than only going for the highest burst damage possible.

800-1000 damage auto attack crits are quite common. More often, 600-700 are the norm, but with the attack speed the Rogue has, that's a LOT of damage in a very short time.  And Shadow Strike still hits pretty danged hard, with 5-6k crits quite often, and Twin Fangs giving dual 2000-2700 crits every 8 seconds.  Knockout powder has been really useful, more than I expected to be honest.  Flank attack, put 'em to sleep from stealth, shadow strike gives roughly 8-9k combined damage, from the SS Crit and the added bonus combo damage.

Basically, it's a buzzsaw rather than a sledgehammer. The bonus is that this build isn't reliant on a very specific set of abilities used in a specific order in precise timing to get the most out of it. It's a fluid, fast playstyle that's different enough from a normal Assassin that I find it to be a very fun change of pace.

Fighting dragons, yeah you still want to use the Mark of Death/Stealth/Hidden Blades/whatever damage you can cause while HB is going/trigger MoD for larger crit bonuses, but unless you're fighting the Highland Ravager while underleveled and undergeared, you can get away with "missing" a rotation and auto attacking for a bit, or whatever. Every other dragon I fought at my level or slightly above its level was a pure cakewalk. The only one that gave me trouble was the Hinterlands dragon at low levels, and the Highland Ravager that I fought at level 21.

I just figured I'd present a slightly different take on the Assassin, in case anyone wanted to try something just a bit different.

Sorry, mate.  I have enough trouble with "restart roulette" myself to understand what ya mean here.

If you can, finish your run then by all means if you want to give this build a try, it's here waiting for ya.