S-TIER BUILD ALERT - MOST BROKEN BUILD IN DIABLO 2 EVER - Martial Arts Elemental Assassin

[@thegreatgario3478]

i'd like to call this a "christmas assassin" build, since she looks like a goddamn christmas tree when fully charged

[@XisoLate]

Perhaps the "Mrs. Claws" build.

[@JAndersonGhost0326]

@@XisoLate Your joke isn't getting enough love. I laughed.

[@Tumasch]

it's the ravesin, case closed.

[@digitalspecter]

@@XisoLate That's brilliant :D

[@XanThorax]

Mrs. Santa-Claws ?

[@suneschmidt-hylleborg203]

I just love this: Lama saying "if you hate it, I dont blame you" Also Lama: smiling all over his face. 😂😀

[@klerkusmaximus]

I smiled all over it aswell. Finally after 20 years it is now viable. I tried it in D2 LoD and eventually swapped to kicksin instead because it is too much of a dmg loss charging all over again, and have a burst dmg like every 5 to 8 seconds. A Procsin was or is already better than LoD MA Assa. Also a minus of charging over and over again is the squishiness of assa herself. Before you have all your charges up, you probably were 80% or even more just fresh meat.

[@eamush]

Maybe he's referring to the blinding graphics. Reminded those people of D3.

[@barial1]

yes and

[@eamush]

@@barial1 some people just hate d3 becos it's too colorful n bright

[@FalseInformation]

Geek

[@volarmis]

I really wanted to make a Hell-viable Dual Claw Assassin some day so this is good news. When I read about the runewords I didn't suspect they'd let those 50% chances on Mosaics stack additively, but here we are. I was sure they'd make it 2 x 50% check.

[@Ozzull]

Originally in D2, every item with the same aura/effect will stack up. I'm glad they didn't change that.

[@antonbystrom5667]

Finally! The day that LOD came out I started with a martial arts assasin and was blown away over how good she was at the low levels, 5 hours later I was lvl 28 and could not beat the ancients for the life of me, went to bed and havn't played martial arts since.

[@a.f.331]

How is this gonna help you with normal ancients?^^

[@benj1b]

@A. F. you skip it or have someone help. If sp you're screwed lol or have to level another way then switch

[@M4RCi92]

@@a.f.331 For single player, you have to use some other build to get to the point where you can create 2 mosaics. Then you respec into this build. 2 Mals and 2 Guls are basically nothing.

[@greensear7791]

There is a guide from the author of the video, where he went through normal pretty smoothly, using fists of fire skill.

[@wermagst]

@@a.f.331 This is an endgame build. Just level up with traps / blade sentries, they annihilate ancients.

[@VanTemplar]

Just rolled Mosaic on single player, so I can confirm it works. It seems this time they brought everything related to the new season to single player as well! Which is awesome!!!

[@Saejin1337]

Thanks for that confirmation. I have always felt ladder stuff should be available on single player right from the start especially being a single player only player. Theres really no reason not too cause theres nothing to compete against.

[@Yepmyaccount]

Thank christ. it felt so bad having to arbitrarily wait a whole season to get the cool new stuff, just to have to feel the same thing about the next season's stuff when you just want to play single player and not deal with online.

[@Lones555]

@@Yepmyaccount Fairly sure they created it on single player Online, it isn't available in offline.

[@BladeDemonX1]

Can it be created in non ladder too?

[@paptheman6260]

@@BladeDemonX1 No, ladder exclusive RW, last seasons RW's can be made in non-ladder tho

[@BananaTwazzler]

After all these years, I’ve never seen any of those finishing moves before lol

[@williamwhitcher7496]

i hope when they nerf this they dont destroy it completely. always wanted this skill tree to actually work well

[@yarlehnowz]

Yeah definitely when not if. This is way too OP lol

[@FzNd]

This build doesn't make the skill tree work well, though. It essentially compromises the entire idea of the ebb and flow between charging and discharging, and replaces it with a unique mechanic that is entirely tied to dual wielding one specific item. Not a great way to make the tree work. I do, however, agree that it looks quite fun and it is most likely what I will be trying this ladder.

[@Stompy1984]

Maybe there should be a chance to not consume any charges on the Claw Mastery Skill level with an added % not to consume charges on certain/all Claw Weapons or maybe just on the Unique Claw Weapons. Same like the Ress all on a Paladin Shield, a Claw would either have some +skills or a %chance to not consume charges.

[@StrikerDeluxe]

@@viciouscrossbow real talk tho ... this build is worse than any sorc build when it comes to clear speed and worse than a regular kicksin when it comes to bossing. I kinda understand that it can do both to a degree but it straight up is not even close to Sorc in it's current state so it will not change the meta. Some people will play it this season because it is new for sure, but it really is not that good

[@asharedo]

@@yarlehnowz This build isn't as strong as a fully geared javazon though, so if it's 'way too OP' and needs to be nerfed, then I hope they nerf all the other 'way too OP' builds, or it's pretty dumb to just nerf this imo.

[@stryfer1989]

Man... I've been playing dual claw Phoenix Strike assassin since the character was first released. I didn't care that she was off-meta, it was just a fun build to play. To see her grow into this absolute avatar of devastation makes me so happy! Hopefully the nerfs won't slam her into oblivion

[@djus5]

come play PD2

[@infantiltinferno]

Relatable. Always loved the sin, but I never was much of a trap man. This feels like justice.

[@bestofmusicchannel]

Instead of nerf we need more buffs like this for all other bad builds

[@Christoff070]

Probably they won't, don't think they care about d2r rn, at least u til d4 player base leaves and goes back to d2

[@cIeetz]

I got a Baltuc's cut throat from Andariel two kills in a row and didnt get the message that the universe was telling me to make one of these -_- . I gave one to a friend to trade with lol.

[@VanTemplar]

I hope they will provide such love for the Barbarian in the next patch. And for all melee characters in general

[@loanel]

We should get melee splash for melee attacks. In PD2 with splash it just feels like another game when you play for example frenzy barb.

[@andresalanis7767]

This is no love, they just did in the wrong way without thinking at all. And that build is not even the strongest.

[@dartlingaming]

use me as a fix 2 handers for ww barbs and druids button LOL

[@IM-xg2ki]

AMEN! jesus christ, FRENZY/WW BARB ANNNNNNNND BOWAZAN!!!! hOLY fuck bowazon PLEASE GOD!

[@TheRealAtello]

@@andresalanis7767 explain please

[@djagentorange]

Ginger mentor did some pretty extensive testing - NHD really messed with claws of thunder, especially if you use it with PS chain lightning. Ideal seems to be 3 Blades of Ice, 2PS, 3Cobra/Tiger charges. FoF messes with leech converts phys to fire), so likely want to avoid charges on that too.

[@Pharisaeus]

Interesting thing is that you don't really need high end gear like Enigma. You can use Dragon Flight to teleport around for the most part, and it keeps refreshing your charges as well. For bosses/ubers I suspect Tiger Strike will be instant kill (8 kicks with 3rd charge of tiger strike lvl 40+ along with some crushing blow are hundreds of thousands of dmg). I suspect the charge management, especially for phoenix strike, will be a pain, especially if you overcharge.

[@Sunnygoesbrr]

i just used 2x mosaic on a cheated level 99 char and cleared p5 baalrun yes its difficult bc u are onehit but from a damage perspective its absolut crazy, means if u have 2x mosaic u can do EVERYTHING

[@Norththeninja]

its millions depending on your set up. was hitting that before this patch

[@twang5446]

Overcharge is fine, just switch your weapons and kick once with that CTA😂

[@TraxisOnTheLines]

I was thinking about dragon tail during this - it double dips damage, multipliers, giving all the bonus ED to the phys, then converting it to the increased fire, then buffing the fire. Having high level permanent 3 charge tiger strike on a dragon tail with 1000% bonus fire damage - that would be some damage.

[@ronr9084]

FYI, was watching Ginger Gaming Mentor test Assassin builds with dual Mosaic claws, and the game was freezing when dropping repetitive Meteor charges from Phoenix Strike on Uber Diablo. Not an issue on Hell Players 8, but the extra life of the Uber D-Clone was causing a rediculous amount of meteors to fall and was locking up the game.

[@AndyRock1]

🤣🤣 Awesome.

[@Psykrom]

Tell him you can't run D2R on a potato toaster.

[@deviatecorpse]

Classic mode

[@diablobaal8738]

Imagine how long the game would last if 8 players in one game with this build would start killing mobs xD.

[@foreverthefool2863]

This is awesome but will most likely be nerfed hard - This is the "Vampire Survivors" build

[@kitchenspeaker9249]

I wish they put chance to save charge on some synergy instead of the only rune word. Or just remove charges consuming mechanic completely replacing it with timed duration without any renewal possibility. At least it will not look so broken.

[@kitchenspeaker9249]

@@Phyrre56 yeah, agree. Pretty sure they will in the end of season.

[@StrikerDeluxe]

why would this get nerfed? It's worse than Cold or Lightning Sorc in terms of clearspeed/speed in general and worse than a regular kicksin when it comes to bossing. This build is literally average idk why they would nerf it especially with it beeing a melee build aka it's bad to begin with

[@BigMac8000]

They might not nerf it at all. I suspect this may have something to do with D4 and them pumping assassin's. They're spending a lot of time honing this game, when d4 comes out if they release an assassin DLC, they may be incentivized to make Assassin a fan favorite in this game just to plug it in that game. That and they may be looking to buff just plain every class in some way over time, from the scale of it lately it feels like a lot of classes are just getting reworks and buff's in general, especially mid-level items. Mal / Gul is not too expensive for this build, they likely are trying to make the mid-game more satisfying. But we'll see of course. It's definitely the vampire survivors build though, nailed it.

[@gefehede7783]

@@kitchenspeaker9249 cool downs on the skills like the way the sorceress has it would be ideal tbh. Charges are just dumb because no other class required that shit (except for frenzy with barbarian technically) and every class should be equal in how effective they can be made.

[@amazingcalvin]

Inspired by Llama's Hell guided playthrough on a MA assassin, I attempted to finish Hell myself with the same Phoenix strike build. Took me about 3 weeks to finish it with budget items. Because I don't have D2 Resurrected, I did it all in my old 1.13 version where I have none of the new runewords or the charges consume buff to phoenix strike. Just the fact that I finished hell with budget gear and MA assassin in the old version of the game was enough to make me feel proud, since I am not a veteran Diablo 2 player. My items were Smoke Armor, Chromatic circlet with socketed PDiamond, Rhyme shield, a magic 28 fire rest plated belt, a magic 20 frw and poison resist boots, rare gloves with 10 IAS and cold and poison res, angelics amulet and ring. My weapon was malice claw for mobs and strength claw for bosses. My merc was holy freeze with tal's mask, lionheart armor and honor thresher for mobs and strength thresher for bosses. My inventory was full with life or resist charms. It's insane how much of a glass cannon she is. She dies very easily even on level 83 with 1360 health but also deals so much elemental damage that baal went down in 2 minutes. Most of my time in the baal fight was going back to town for potions, despawning his clone or death from festering appendages rather than the actual fight.

[@PoxikFrostbite]

We're all gonna be kung fu fighting

[@Quen_M]

Will we be fast as lightning?

[@PoxikFrostbite]

@@Quen_M it may be a little bit frightning

[@Christoff070]

​@@PoxikFrostbitedoesn't matter cause we got expert timing

[@MrRager0420]

Im starting this build tomorrow. Also the smile u got when all those meteors came down, was like a kid on christmas

[@samsonrings]

Finally a new character after 20 years. Thanks blizzard.

[@Skkra]

YES. Finally. A melee character on par with the broken casters.

[@StockDrifter]

Let's hope barb gets something similar will be awesome

[@Loathy]

And still can't compare to a half as well geared LF Javazon.

[@LordFurzLeroy]

@@Loathy rly did u not see the p8 crushed with eas?

[@amai2307]

@@StockDrifter barb needs twohanded weapons w/o penalty and to be able to use both sets of weapons on I and II if his mastery of weapon is 20 or more.

[@janm5854]

The Claw! - Sun Tzu

[@SixStringJournal]

I'm so hyped!! I've always played as a martial arts assassin even when she was considered a C tier. I definitely feel like I have a good advantage after all these years and trial/error 😉. Super excited to try these new runes and strategies 👌

[@siryurtle]

Same!! Even with CoH and decked out gear I always had trouble raising the monster level. Let's goo!

[@fmullet]

Love this build. Its op as hell but as someone who loved playing MA sin all the time. It just wasn't strong enough past p1. Now I can have as much fun as I want telestomping everything with fireworks.

[@a3ytc]

The probability should just stack differently (should be two independent trials, so 75% total) - even having a total of 80-90% would work ok, you'd have your fun for a while then after 5-10 insane hits you'd have to recharge... I think that's fair

[@off-meta-michael]

How to fix martial arts: They need to revamp all the assassin runewords and unqiues to have a 100% chance to proc ONE of the abilities. Like shadow killer should have blades of ice, bartucs could have something from claws of thunder , etc. I think this would solve this issue and still be in line with what they are trying to do. That way you can also build certain types of martial arts. Right now you have ALL of it all the time for very little investment and every other weapon for sin is completely useless. This is the wrong way to go about this.

[@MrBosor]

MA assassin FINALLY being viable is amazing. It suddenly looks like it competes strongly for BEST S tier bulid which is a bewildering thought. Not necessarily a bad one though. At least I hope it gets to have this power level for season 3. They can adjust it for season 4 if it proves too dominant. So so happy to see new endgame viable builds. More of this blizzard!!! We build love variety!

[@snaxximan5737]

you can also stack tigerstrike to get just another silly 2000% phys dmg. It may not be much since your boots are probably not made for kicking but will probably still be 1-2k phys dmg on each kick

[@infantiltinferno]

I guess nothing stopping anyone from doing dedicated kickers. Didn't sound like the boots where critical to the build at all. Not that you'd _need_ it considering the screen is already exploding.

[@dark1021]

Reminds me of my critical mass wizard build on D3 way back. Super fun but I can see why it might get out of hand. Granted this is like top tier end game gear. I can see a nerf coming, at least to stacking charges.

[@robertaksland1471]

100% percent chance to not use charges is kind of a glitch. It is like 100% resistances or 100% crushing blow. Everything that adds up like this is capped to 75% or 95% so there is no reason for this one to allow 100% chance. But enjoy it as long as it lasts.

[@fluorescentmug8333]

Always thought javazon was bs op, so to put other characters up there is refreshing. It’s kinda neat and something fun to try. Also if you play sp it’s harder to get lv 40 skills so it’s not as op

[@Njutube]

Solution: Mosaic is only preventing to consume 1 Stack per Attack. Therefore you would still be able to keep up 1 skill (Phoenix as an example) and the other stacks would work without Mosaic and be gone after 3 attacks. What do you think?

[@7DragonEyes7]

Without Mosaic it's already like that each finisher hit remove 1 charge. I play MA all the time and the issue is the build up. You build up skills should charge up and use the ability at the same time so the game is about building all charge and rotating to refresh the charges then unleash on bosses. I still love the new Mosaic but it might be too good now I like MA because you cover all immunities and go at a good pace without teleport. Now it might be too fast but I'll enjoy this ladder!

[@Njutube]

@@7DragonEyes7 Sorry, i think i've expressed myself really bad :D As an example: When you are stacking up 2 different skills (3 stacks/globes of each skill) you need to use 3 Kicks in total to unload both colors, right? And my solution would be: If you are wearing 2x Mosaic the very first stack is gonna decide which skill is going to be "saved" by the new mechanic. When u are beginning to stack Phoenix Strike, this skill should always be unloaded without consuming the stacks until the stacks are running out of time. You could still stack up more than just one skill, but only the very first color is going to be saved by Mosaic and the other colors/spells gonna disappear after using 3 Kicks. Hope this is easier to understand, sorry not a native speaker

[@7DragonEyes7]

@@Njutube Haha yes I get it and I'm also not native (French here) It will be a nightmare to code, I don't know how bad the code is but that would be a hell of a feature to add.

[@Voicelet]

Honestly I'm glad we get more S tier, and every class should have at least one build at this level.

[@____GoMeZ____]

EXACTLY! The amount of time and effort to build what THIS is takes forever...every class should be able to pay off for that time investment

[@andresalanis7767]

MA assassin was able to do P8 without this insanity. Now is just so broken, and this is not even the strongest MA build, dragon Talon + tiger strike will melt ubers even faster, also Cobra Strike, in the other hand tiger strike + dragon tail for 90k splash sustained dmg at 7 frames is ridiculous

[@fahkjlage23]

No this is the only S tier build now. All the former S tier builds are now A tier.

[@GRat9717]

It would be really exciting and an incentive to play on the ladder.

[@Ticksatsi1]

@@____GoMeZ____ people will have this built by the end of the weekend lol

[@a-lie-n]

Literally chillin at work listening to this, I took my sunglasses off and immediately after llama says “put your sunglasses on you’re gonna need them” lmao

[@dedeath]

don't forget cobra strike can also be stacked, meaning you're getting an insane amount of life and mana leech. the build is just busted. Im ok with it because the usual builds are as stale as can be.

[@wermagst]

Great thing is, even just one point in Cobra Strike removes any need for leech on equipment.

[@AlexandreBackes]

I love that we have something new to try out for at least one ladder!!

[@redpanda416]

”ahh, my eyes" "You are reaching 4 frames per second" "My Dell E-machine is melting!"

[@brenoaoi]

this has always been my favorite build, its so nice to see it being buffed :D

[@kitchenspeaker9249]

OMG, thanks for doing this test, I knew it will be OP. And what do you think about TS? It's cheap x10-20 damage multiplier now. There was old TS + Dragon Tail combination which is already pretty descent, but can go even further now.

[@tpola3648]

I want a whole group of these doing baal runs

[@mccoyrj452]

So a few notes for those not overly familiar with MA. Fists of Fire will NOT WORK with Cobra Strike. Fists of Fire converts ALL physical to fire damage so you don't get to leech that way. Also Claws of Thunder will NOT STACK with the 2nd charge of Phoenix Strike. Only one will be doing damage due to the Next Hit Delay.

[@ParUhDroyd]

Seems very gear dependent. One thing about hammerdins for example is that they can be really good before you have all the end game gear.

[@RunicGG]

x2 mal/gul is not much gear dependent

[@sunshower6560]

@@RunicGG He has full charms and a Griffon’s Eye too, as well as Enigma and Infinity.

[@timothybraun3796]

@@sunshower6560 it farms on p8 with basic gear you don’t need most of the gear he showed. Enigma isn’t needed either since you have dragon flight.

[@sunshower6560]

@@timothybraun3796 I assume you’ve tested this yourself? Interesting if so and really exciting.

[@snaxximan5737]

when he started to explain the charges on phoenix strike i was like: "Wait dont all charges stack?" And yes. Yes they do. I hope this stays in the game. Its immense fun.

[@Natas327548]

Everything u build to 3 charges except phoenix strike. It all works for claws of fire, claws, of thunder, and claws of ice. Phoenix strike releases the charge it is at so charge 2 is better than charge 3. Hope this makes sense. Basically only phoenix strike you stop early and all other ma charge skills you can charge to 3 no worries.

[@EvilEmp1re]

The problem with that is they either need to make all the other characters like this or nerf it.

[@Rencol666]

This is the most expensive build in game, because you need to dual wield RTX 4090 for it to work

[@ryancooper3629]

LOL! Tho tbh, its not that bad. Its nothing compared to the lightshows that S tier PoE builds put on the screen.

[@Shakro16]

This comment wins

[@miguelviau3163]

OMG that is AWESOME! Love it! Thanks Lama for the build.

[@TheKobool]

This is so awesome. Even with the next hit delay on thunder claws and Phoenix strike this build seems to wreck.. now do a tiger strike one and try it with full crushing blow build

[@blo5980]

As next delay have global effect among skills. The best charge combo is 3tier claw of thunder+ 3tier blade of ice+ 3tier fire fist + 1tier phoenix strike. Among them, only CoT is affected by Next delay

[@absalomvane7776]

I hope this doesn't get nerfed, the game needs more fun build variety. Every class should have a build that can pop off like this.

[@secondleasegamer8312]

It needs to be nerfed. Not into the ground.... I'm fine with it remaining the best spec in the game for season 3. But, I think it needs to be brought down to similar power of Blizz Sorc in S2 which was already crazy strong.

[@Squatch_11]

On the flipside: Allowing builds like this to be viable is what set PoE on the course of becoming "run around and blow up the entire screen". It all started with Cast on Crit and Discharge, then it snowballed into the state that it's currently in. I'd rather not have D2R end up like that. You can make a build viable without allowing it to blow up the entire screen.

[@secondleasegamer8312]

@@Squatch_11 The issue with Seasons are that you constantly have to add more to change the meta, so the further on seasons go, without actually new zones and content, the more you are either stuck with a game that is boring and always feels the same with no evolving meta, or you end up in a problem like PoE, where seasons upon seasons of new items and/or systems have resulted in absurd amounts of Power Creep. D2 had ladder, but seasons were never even thought of as a way to keep interest in Diablo 2 when it was originally designed. I like to think of D2R as its own "Re-imagining" of D2 in modern era. Thus it feels necessary to me that the game evolves, rather than annoying me.

[@DePoRtEd20]

100% Nerfed tomorrow

[@Brassgnat]

I am happy to see another top teir build. Hammerdin and sorc have remained on top for far to long. :)

[@Mikangelovillalopez]

Why is it 360p?

[@sunbear1310]

Because we're so early it hasn't uploaded in 1080 yet.

[@snugglepuff7648]

My mom always thinks me eating my toenails were disgusting, but this is just on another level.

[@MrVikingmead]

This is worth it, a small nerf is ok, but really it needs to remain S tier. I was smiling the whole time. Thanks!

[@Lonoty]

Definitely need a nerf. Another proof that the devs dont test their changes enough. I think they should remove the charge duration refresh, but increase the charge duration. I also think the number of different kind of charge should be limited. Something like 2 kind of charge at the same time. It would enable more strategic play when dealing with immunes.

[@brandonpayne4923]

I get how people dont like seeing their powerful builds get beaten but why cant every build be powerful

[@Squatch_11]

Nah. People don't like seeing D2R head down the slippery slope that POE went down. Once you let a build like this thru, there is no going back.

[@gerlee7079]

They need higher mode then hell and tzone

[@ryancooper3629]

Its a challenging line to walk. If you feel too weak then people get frustrated and quit, if you feel to OP everything feels trivialized, people have fun with it for a bit then get bored and quit.

[@shawnbauer7889]

thats the coolest looking thing ive seen in over 20 years of playing/watching this game

[@danwick8566]

I really hope they don't change this, even if it's just for one season. The assassin has needed some love for awhile -- let it be broken for a bit. Those of us who have played assassins since 2001 will finally feel some vindication.

[@CarlWidegrip]

I don't see why they should nerf it. Yeah, it's ridiculously strong. But again, we've had 3 S tier builds dominate the meta for a very, very long time. Either nerf all of them, or allow another member to join the tiny club.

[@xyyrjhao1542]

360p ftw xD

[@LosDoyerss]

Need shadow dancers and dracs. Both would make this build a bit better.

[@z0ttel89]

YEEEAHHH, this will get nerfed 100% ... but hopefully they will just make Mosaic way more expensive instead of actually nerfing the mechanic.

[@flipperautomaten]

Love the MA-sin, but I kind of wish that they put the new mechanic on the class rather than on a specific runeword because now this is getting closer to diablo 3 where the builds and items are dictating each other. If they would've added it to claw mastery, going up to 50% at a certain level, you could use 1 mosaic and another weapon of choice, now it's just: "playing MA? yepyep, double mosaic or play another build".

[@SCARYonENDOR]

It's nice that the martial arts assassin has more viability pvm. I'd rather them let her own this patch and nerf next patch like the cold sorc and her reign. I'm probably just going to start barb and rush hustle and see what builds work well.

[@Cognitoman]

What there need on cold sorc ?

[@honeybadger036]

Yeah, fully agreed. Could you imagine, each character could have a season to reign over. This is the season of the assassin. Maybe next season nerf her and give necromancer a chance to own, like skeletal mages insane power with ability to auto cast skeletal mage from corpses or something.

[@pikip1ki]

My head started hurt so much without sunglasses that i need to stop watching.

[@christophercrowley5994]

This is the best addition to D2R and looks like a lot of fun!

[@mrnorris6364]

i'm sad to see so many people are happy about this

[@StaintFail]

so early its in 360p

[@flibbernodgets7018]

Man. Martial arts/ blade sin was my favorite character as a kid. Two seasons ago I broke down and bought D2r and made one for when the quality of life changes to finishers came in, and it was really fun. Now this? I wanted to do something else this season but man, this is tempting. Or maybe if they roll these ladder runewords into normal I can use my old assassin... assuming I even find a Gul rune, let alone a Mal.

[@UnreliableUsername]

These videos are how nerfs happen lol

[@text68]

Would a small nerf put this in line with other top tier builds done correctly? Sure, but do we trust blizzard to not overcorrect itself. Hell no.

[@ZedNull.]

I remember as a teenager running my Foh paladin i worked so hard on just decimating in pvp on us east, ah nostalgia.

[@Unusualhairyload]

- Res light damage is still bugged on assasin after patch. lots of testing done

[@deanrutland9047]

Maybe they need to add a Malice-style HP drain, increasing with each charge you have up?

[@equious8413]

"That just comes from that" Great guidance.

[@Mihael_Keehl31]

OMG I was thinking about this back in the old days of playing d2, I was craving for a martial artist assassin build that can shred everything with all elements at once...It`s finally real! Too bad i`m not playing this game anymore :(

[@jasonwoodcock3173]

I love it, this game is my go to just for the sheer destruction and solo abilities it provides the user. Please dont change it Bliz

[@squeegie]

I remember way back in the day when Assassin was first introduced to the original game. I was so excited to make a martial arts assassin. Sounded great, but in practice it kind of sucked. Now.... my dream from 20 years ago... can finally come true. O.o

[@jokermwx--4140]

OMG...FINALLY...I've loved Sin from the start. Now I have a reason to come back again.

[@flyingsteaks]

did Cain change surname? 2:20 in the minimap "Deckard CainKashya"

[@off-meta-michael]

Good thing shockwave druid got that nerf. Man, that thing was OP. It was killing like a few monsters at a time at a slow pace and only did one damage type. It also required an inventory of skillers, which we all know is basically as common as chipped gems on a normal run.

[@dropboxxx]

spot on, nerf incomming.

[@off-meta-michael]

@@dropboxxx they might not until next season, but yea this doesn't seem right as fun and cool as it is. Its bascially like a sorceress spamming synergized meteors, blizzard, and nova while having a redemption aura, but you also have fade and crushing blow on your attacks. You don't even need the new sunder charms. It's kinda ridiculous. I don't want to ruin the fun, but this just seems quite wreckless after they did such good and careful skill changes in the first couple patches. They NEED to look at the outclassed uniques and old runewords instead of creating new ones that make the old ones even more useless. As an example look up Shadow Killer battle cestus. It procs level 8 frost nova. It has no plus skills. doesnt have any big damage modifiers. There's no IAS on it. What they need to do is take items like this and give it a 100% chance to cast ONE of the martial arts abilities. Not ALL of them. I guess it's still not faster than a self wielding infinity nova sorc.

[@davlieb6184]

Do u réalize it needs Enigma And infi And griff to shine compare to hammerdin who just need ENI ?????????¿?????????

[@IvanMarkov-fn9qe]

Yes! Yes! Yes! Every patch I've been waiting to hear that the sin has improved.

[@Krudi89]

So now we hit the crazy power creep mark everyone was afraid of.....

[@NuStiuFrate]

What everyone? Look at the comments. Most people love this power creep. Just like they loved sunder charms. Slowly but surely we're turning into diablo 3.

[@OfficialPepe]

Funny how this suddenly was always everyone’s favorite build lol.

[@manowartank8784]

- 50% to consume charges, +25% to consume charges if above 3 charges That would give you *ballanced* infinite clear, while also allowing to stack up for boss burst.. Otherwise those Mosaic weapons push it from C tier to SSS tier and it's way too much.

[@KD-ch3hw]

Im waiting for martial arts for 20 years straight, thank God this happened

[@electoocute]

I gotta be honest, i absolutely love this. I hope it doesn't get nerfed.

[@King_HarIequin]

could i go with 1 weapon SQ instead of GT? Found one with +2 Dragon Flight, which i wouldnt need to skill myself.

[@clyremaximilian8220]

I was playing Martial arts assassin before i stop playing on ladders1. Might play agin this ladder with this new rune word. Martial sin is more fun to play on consoles tho and the only drawback of it is the repair cost of chaos. I wonder how much is the repair for mosaic ?

[@DeepHouseGuy83]

Nice channel man love the energy

[@nroz7284]

So many smiles for fascination, fabulous. Tanks llama.

[@moonboy5851]

This is the craziest things I’ve seen in over 20 years of D2

[@GoatedGang]

i dont get where the meteors are coming from.... you arent wearing anything with chance to cast anything

[@MatchesMalone91939]

i think its from phoenix strike?

[@deviantan021]

Never played a MA assa? Too bad

[@smsanta]

I think this new build is really fun! i have been waiting ages for Assa to viable finally now it is. Ill keep as is for the first season then i would balance to only have one kind of charges if you have 2 Mosaic ( only if 2 ) otherwise u can stack all charges

[@wheskeraustere5642]

Looks fun still Ber less though so can't make the enigma. I'd imagine they could weaken the skill just a little bit how fast can most get to that level? I like to look at things from the solo perspective. Also how does it do in Uber?

[@douglasdejager8450]

Whenever there's a good build or skill, Llama says it's "broken", then it gets nerfed. Thanks dude.

[@Roadsurfer2k11]

Most of us will never get all that hacked edited gear

[@chrisseymour2848]

Assassin spent time in a hyperbaric time chamber and became a super saiyan.

[@ProtoZealott]

Happy to have a new build after all these years, but this does seem like a bit much. Maybe attaching a negative to attack speed on mosaic to bring it down a couple frames per piece equipped. Since you're hitting so hard, it would make sense that you don't hit as often.

[@lht5dy31]

What am I focusing on starting out is what I’m trying to understand for skills

[@thomasgrabowski2202]

Cool, cuse I have a lot of this gear on NL :P is mosiac ladder only? or no.

[@ChimoWilson]

so....i LOVE the idea of building an MA Sin... and clearly NOT having to stack Damage upon Damage... so much raw damage, that now you can really focus on increasing survivability.... feels like one of the first Meta builds that can do that. You could make an MA Sin that can just tank ANYTHING, and still deal massive dmg.

[@cero1399]

This is acually amazing. hopefully more cool builds like that on summoners etc

[@jared6680]

Fuck it man, leave it in lol. Imagine 8 of those in the same game…

[@Fitsuuu]

There was someone who did ubers with this. Took them 58 seconds, that's including the mini-ubers. This was with a fire version.

[@michu6019]

hi why then I change my boots from Natalya's soul mesh boots to shadow dancer my cobra strike not always gives me life and mana leach? Is it duo to FHR, or kick speed, or I kill too fast? Can you explain? My FHR without Shadow dancer is 0%.