Project Diablo 2 - Wappn8's Season 5 Phoenix Strike Assassin

[@ChugThatEstus]

Nice build! How safe did two claws feel in map? Any close calls at all? It didnt feel quite safe to me when I tried it.

[@Shadowlink137]

It generally feels fine. As I said and you saw, it can take a couple rejuvs against aura packs. I probably would recommend a SS in HC. I also have a few upgrades to go to get me closer to 2k life which will help. The near curse immunity from cleansing and COA also really helps on feeling safer.

[@Andarius]

Worth hitting the next attack speed bp? 3 shael Bartuc and 60% elsewhere would get you to max, I think. That's like a third more damage.

[@Shadowlink137]

I think I'm already there? Are you looking without burst of speed? Because with BoS and greater talons main hand, I'm seeing no improvements to actual attack speed from any IAS. The old d2[dot]lc/ias shows getting to level 7 burst gets the attack to 7 frames and nothing else gets it higher.

[@Andarius]

@@Shadowlink137 I used wrong talons, lol. It just looked slow to me for some reason.

[@Shadowlink137]

@@Andarius you're right, I was slow because of the changes to burst of speed only giving IAS from hard points (this is my first real foray into MA in PD2, so I should have looked at the changes closer). As such, I've put more hard points in burst now taking a few from mastery.

[@Andarius]

@@Shadowlink137 Haha, man, I thought I was going crazy. :) Good shit, my dude

[@rathernotdisclose8064]

I slammed a Bartuc's I found a couple days ago and bricked it :(

[@oxykostis3153]

no CTA offhand buff? Is it not worth or have you just not made one as of this video?

[@KordeshGaming]

I just found a +3 Phoenix strike +2 fade +2 cloak of shadows plague base. It would require a larzuk quest but all yours if you want it.

[@Jjohnny642]

Doesn’t ps work on right click? Save your finger 1000 clicks a session

[@Shadowlink137]

I don't understand why people are as adamant about having everything on right click as they are. Senpai in particular keeps making a big deal out of it, especially on Paladin, where I do kinda get it especially for FoH and hammers, but having stuff on left click never bothered me. And at this point it would take some effort to make the change to re-map my brain which I don't feel like doing. Edit: just tested it and I had forgotten the "continuing to attack when you kill something you're namelocked to" update, not realizing it only worked on right click. This is nice but I still gotta work on fixing my brain to be OK with using it...

[@dbombers3632]

Nice video, this season is my first foray into MA sin and also chose Phoenix Strike. It's very interesting in that I built this very very different to you, as it seems most people have a different take on how to gear PS sin.

[@Shadowlink137]

That's what I love about PD2. There are hardly any BIS items so many different gear paths are viable. I saw the opportunity to go for good curse reduction and 200 FHR which I thought was hilarious so I went for it which lead me down a different path than a lot of people on this build.