Quote Originally Posted by Yoyoma1910 View Post
If you cannot assassinate them, why not crush them with your troops? If you're not aware, you can surround ANY AGENT you see, by surrounding the 8 movement spots directly around them with troops, and then sending one final unit directly upon them to crush their agent heads. you can practice this against spies, assassins, roving diplomats, religious types, and ugly princesses to get the feel for the technique It's a good tool against inquisitors as well, and it doesn't affect traits at all.
Seems more like bug abuse than an actual tactic, even though it is certainly convenient. I've never encountered an AI-controlled assassin with more than 2 stars, while I have no problem generating 6+ star assassins in a few turns, so long as there are enemy captains/0-scroll diplomats around for fodder.