How to play the assassin - by Ploom boom.

General Skills

The first and most important aspect of playing the Assassin is to remember that since nobody can see your face and you have the sole female playable, you have to make sure that none of the enemies are worth looking at to give yourself more time in the limelight.
Therefore, the Assassins most useful tool is the FACESTAB. Tanks and Assaults are particularly susceptible to a facestab, although there have been reports of knives lost in facial hair, so watch out for that.
Remember that when you are on the battlefield that you will incur nasty damage- and nobody in their right mind would let the sole playable female character in the game carry around bullet wounds, would they?
To solve this, use a RESPAWN. This often goes hand-in-hand with a FACESTAB. To respawn based on a facestab, simply expect somehow to get away with your facestab and a respawn will follow shortly, after a 5 second wait. 6 if the enemy is particularly slow to react. Since the Uber devs got jealous of people using the respawn to stay beautiful, they implemented a penalty whereby repeated respawning will be slower, taking up to 10 seconds to regain your beauty.

Vs. Classes

Assaults
These guys are simple. Cloak and stand right behind them until they realise you are there (Shouldnt take long). Once they have turned around, attempt grapple. Flying isnt an issue to consider.
Supports
The ideal time to charge these guys (head on of course) is when you see them switch to their Shotgun. This means they can attack you beautifully in close combat, but by the time they fire, they should have been de-beautified. Also, remember that Supports are at their weakest when stood next to their Firebase.
Tanks
These guys are simple powerhouses. The solution to these guys is to wait until one has host. Then, you should attack him in any way possible. This guy is your priority target throughout the entire match. Attacking from any angle will produce similar results, so pay little heed to it.
Snipers
The Sniper is the only person who will die when you facestab them. As such, it is best to give them warning, usually by walking into their icetrap. Snipers are also very likely top return your hugs.
Gunners
The Gunner is an easy target. Just make sure your feet stay rooted to the floor. When a Gunner is deployed, a Grapple is by far your best option,
Other Assassins
Theyre all noobs. Pay little heed to them.

Skills

Dash
The important part of this skill is that Dashing forward will give you a great view of the Assassin's arse*. So the important part is to always Dash forward, preferably at an enemy Pro.

Cloak
The Cloak is a brilliant skill; it makes you completely invisible and mutes any sounds you make. Combine with Dash for best results.

Smokebomb
The smokebomb is your 'Get out of Jail Free' card: Rush into any situation, no matter how suicidal and Smokebomb your way out. Even if it involves going in front of a revved up Gunner at close range. The blind on the Smokebomb is invaluable: So pour upgrades into it: it's your priority.
*Yes, 'arse'. I am British, so I say arse with an r in it. Don't like it? Deal.
Bots
Ignore them. Your K/D is the important part.

Thats just about it for now. Ill see you in the spawnroom!

JuiceAlso known as 'win in a can'
Aim primarily for pros. Run forward and slash, it should kill them. Juice is best used as early as possible, a lot of so-called 'pros' will advise you to wait until the last possible moment, but ignore them, they're just jealous noobs in truth. Juice will always win a one-on-one confrontation, and is best used in this situation.

Juice is not a very valuable resource, but it is hard for an Assassin to accumulate. Assassin should always have priority at the Juice machines.

Nice

Edit: why isn't it posted in the PC section aswell - they might not read the 360 S&Ts and miss out on all your valuable tips

This thread is completely serious and I appreciate it.

Ploom boom you have my sincere thanks! I was always wondering what I was doing wrong. You have opened my eyes, thank you so much!

Btw, the light in the respawn room goes so well with her eyes...

You forgot to put in the part about how important the smoke bomb is. You can't play an assassin without running in front of gunners and using the smoke bomb. (This way they can't see you when you go for the deploy grapple.)

Don't worry- it's still a work in progress. I have slots for endorsements and skills and individual weapons yet to come.

Never should have used that thunderstone...UGLY A@@ Raichu. Needs to go and respawn.

This guide has singlehandedly improved my Assassin gameplay from ~$5000/match to ~$500. Thank you SO MUCH.

All assassins want to fight to corporate machine.

Money is an evil that detracts from beauty. Rid yourself of such evil ties, and allow your beautiful assassin self to be just that.

Updated with some skill rundowns for all you wannabes.

Good idea. It is now!

I demand a section about JUICE.

Ask and you shall recieve.

You forgot the No.1 tip for noob assassins: when on the character select screen - pick another class!!!!!

Just so anyone who's interested knows, Imma write a serious version of this soon, for total noobs.

My previous post is all they need to know. :geek:

They cannot be dissuaded, so we teach them to not be noobs.

That's very charitable of you. My rep now has 15% avoided for communication. I can't think why. ( F...... NOOB ASSASSINS!!!!!!) :?