D Assamite (Legacy)
The legacy Assamite (now called Banu Haqim) provide some good clan cards and multiple strategies usually revolving around for stealth.
The new V5 Banu Haqim n can be found on a separate page: Banu Haqim. The legacy Assamite D builds include quite a few possibilities:
- Amaravati Politics, a political archetype with Amaravati.
- The Death Star, an anarch politics archetype.
- The Black Hand swarm archetype.
- Dmitri's Big Band, a toolbox archetype using Dmitri Borodin and the disciplines combination.
Loss
played in 32 decks,
typically 3-10 copies
A strong bleed action, played in most legacy Banu Haqim decks. The inferior option can also come in handy.
Black Sunrise
played in 29 decks,
typically 2-7 copies
An excellent reaction, which actually unlocks - not just wake - the vampire. This can be better as the vampire stays unlocked if he fails to block the action, but being forced to block can be tricky if the goal is to bounce a bleed.
Taste of Death
played in 27 decks,
typically 1-6 copies
Worth mentioning as it is the most played combat card, it is still hard to include as excellent range management is necessary to make it work. Selective Silence is a good option, but two cards and two blood is a high price to pay for it.
Amaravati
played in 21 decks,
typically 2-4 copies
The star of the Amaravati Politics archetype, combined with Web of Knives Recruit, Alamut and The Black Throne, he builds up a strong vote lock. Moreover, his superior gets him bounce reactions like Deflection.
Yoruba Shrine
played in 37 decks,
typically 1 copy
An excellent defence against rush actions, but also against Banishment, an all-too-common option in big capacity vote decks. The cost of 1 pool is fairly low.
Haqim's Law: Leadership
played in 35 decks,
typically 3-9 copies
A good action card for bloating. This action makes good use of the many low capacity Banu Haqim one can have in swarm decks. Even just a few copies already make for a good bloat.
Web of Knives Recruit
played in 29 decks,
typically 2-7 copies
An interesting breeding card: it is a bit slow as the new vampire only comes out after 3 turns but, on the other hand, the neonate has the three clan disciplines at basic level and three blood, all for the low cost of 1 pool.
The Black Throne
played in 25 decks,
typically 1-2 copies
Another cheap vote enhancer, 2 votes for 1 pool is quite worth it. The contract part of the card is seldom used.