Raptor (summon)

This article is about the summon. For the NPC, see Raptor.

Raptor
Affiliation	Summoned creatures
Type	Dinosaur
Profession	Assassin
Level(s)	1..20
Campaign	Eye of the North

The Raptor is an Assassin, which can be summoned using a Fossilized Summoning Stone or a Mysterious Summoning Stone.

Skills

8-12 Critical Strikes, 13 Dagger Mastery, 7 Shadow Arts at level 20

• Critical Defenses
• Death Blossom
• Disrupting Stab
• Shadow Refuge
• Way of Perfection
• Wild Strike

Evaluation

Pros

• Can interrupt foes.
• Can remove stances from foes.
• Has an effective defensive skill.
• Has strong self-healing with Shadow Refuge and Way of Perfection.

Cons

• Has only 6 skills.
• Lacks an elite skill.
• Uses Disrupting Stab as a lead attack instead of an interrupt.
• Its attack chain is heavily impaired by the 10 second recharge of Disrupting Stab, its only lead attack.
• Its defensive skills and damage rely heavily on critical hits and lacks a skill to improve them.
• Has a low damage output due to the long chain recharge and the lack of a skill to improve its critical hits.

Notes

• The level of the summoned creature will be the same as the summoner's actual level (it will not be increased by Journey to the North or Sunspear Battle Call).

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