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

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[@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 ?

[@kevlyon]

Just think how many claws we have thrown away in the past looking for the GG traps claws 🤣

[@OD91MJ]

Assassin and Necro are always gonna be my favorite characters.

[@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

[@dartlingaming]

check out the new wartheory video addressing the biggest issue with the new sin setups and the missile damage delay flags...also this build is gonna kill gfx cards LOL turn your vfx quality and vfx lighting quality down to get the best experience playing this and also to crash less during travincal or at shenk...

[@Aqualightnin]

How is it kicking like 30x in a single kick? It's not doing that when I try it

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@PoxikFrostbite]

We're all gonna be kung fu fighting

[@deathrattleshaker]

Will we be fast as lightning?

[@PoxikFrostbite]

@@deathrattleshaker it may be a little bit frightning

[@Christoff070]

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

[@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.

[@Phyrre56]

They will almost certainly change how Mosaic works so that you can't get the 100% charges are never consumed effect. That's the part that makes this broken and silly.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@janm5854]

The Claw! - Sun Tzu

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@StaintFail]

so early its in 360p

[@z0ttel89]

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

[@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

[@FrogDiabloPLAY]

Wow, you are a true legend of the Phoenix Strike assassin! I respect your loyalty and creativity for sticking with this off-meta build and making it shine. You have mastered the art of unleashing all the elements with your dual claws and kicking your enemies into oblivion. You are an inspiration for all assassin players out there!

[@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

[@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.

[@FrogDiabloPLAY]

Wow, that sounds like a very impressive and fun build. You seem to have a lot of game knowledge and experience with the assassin class. I admire your creativity and strategy for using different skills and gear to optimize your damage and mobility. I’m curious to learn more from you. Thanks for sharing your insights and tips.👍

[@xyyrjhao1542]

360p ftw xD

[@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.

[@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

[@bigstopowens]

yeah its cool but you keep saying low gear with enigma, andys, maras, griffons, soj, arachs mesh, and oh yeah the thing that makes this all work and the most expensive, infinity

[@Mikangelovillalopez]

Why is it 360p?

[@sunbear1310]

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

[@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.

[@DavidBusa]

I laugh every time watching these type of videos when hearing "and anni and torch of course". As casual player not sitting at Diablo 24/7/365 I'm lucky to have like 2 annis and NO torch for all the season 😀

[@ischi8368]

Well, you can get a low rolled torch for any class but Paladin and Sorc literally a handful of perfect gems.

[@DavidBusa]

@@ischi8368 I'm not using external websites to trade. And several days I tried to find some Anni or Torch in lobby. None...zero....nada....this game really needs trading platform.

[@DavidBusa]

@@ischi8368 I'm pretty much SSF every gameplay.

[@ESP4thaWin]

@@DavidBusa Are you a consol pleb? You can litterally just make a game called: "N torch O rune". No need for external websites...

[@DavidBusa]

@@ESP4thaWin I'm PC player. And I tried this. Again none.....zero.....nada.

[@tpola3648]

I want a whole group of these doing baal runs

[@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

[@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.

[@Fishbro]

They had to nerf cold mastery cause clearing on players 1 quickly was unfair and still struggling on players 5-8 is just too OP....... But this crap is balanced? Players 8 and 1 shotting everything? New hammerdin essentially. Cold sorcs weren't even that strong, they were just reliable.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@caleangruening1849]

Is this still viable non ladder

[@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

[@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".

[@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.

[@lordad]

Well its just Blizzard.... worst balancing ever in the last 10 years ..... Blizzard has only 2 modes for balancing -> very underwhelming and insanely overpowerd. MA needed a buff badly . But its done in a way that is just a joke.... MA is still bad unless you get exactly these 2 weapons... then it becomes ridiculous op.... well thats not how balancing should work

[@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!

[@FrogDiabloPLAY]

I admire your passion for playing an unpopular character. You must have a lot of skill and dedication to master her as a martial arts assassin. I’m glad you’re hyped for the new runes and strategies. I hope you have fun and dominate the game!

[@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.

[@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.

[@ZeroThreeJuice]

This is stupid lol. This is beyond viable, this is just them throwing everything about MA assassin out the window and saying fck it let's make it the best character in the game. I respect the zero fcks given, but yeah.. This is going to end up with them nerfing core MA assassin gameplay to make sure they don't have to admit this Mosaic runeword was a mistake. There has to be a way to balance this character in the middle, somehow, since this is insanely strong.

[@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.

[@PAwader]

I love how he's getting petty on a few gcs that are worth like an UM each but he's real nonchalant about the infinity, "he just has infinity", lol. I'd much rather see mid tier build without enigma and infinity. If you're gonna show case an end gear build, you might as well deck her out with gear you know the player is going to have at that point, like all skiller gcs

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@male9428]

This build should not be nerfed, but it should be locked behind a more expensive runeword. Swap Mal Gul Amn to Sur Gul Lo or something

[@AlexandreBackes]

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

[@HappyCamper84]

Fantastic..... but I can't believe you got to diablo and didn't show us the insane damage. Talk about giving a brother blue balls. 😂

[@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

[@heyblackduck]

This item is not the way to fix martial arts. This could have been an skill instead of an item. These wonky D3 mechanics have no place in D2

[@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

[@LughSamildanach]

I hate this. Genuinely. It's Path of Exile/D3. The fact that this even left the drawing board is laughable and indicative of the mindset these devs have. They don't understand the game and how d2 itemisation works. It's too much moved to the item, just like D3 legendary items. Uninstalled D2R months ago and this just reinforces my decision.

[@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.

[@sebastianbaus3097]

Hammerdin is OP. Light Sorc is OP. Javazon is OP. So why not an Assassin? #dontnerfthis

[@brenoaoi]

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

[@Unusualhairyload]

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

[@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.

[@pedrocosta8658]

Don’t think this is gonna be nerfed hard, I mean, look at the gear that u need. I’m fine if u can shit on the game when u have the best gear 😅

[@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.

[@christophercrowley5994]

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

[@drax4901]

This aint s tier…. Its Z tier all on its own. No other spec in the game can do this and the speed it does.

[@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

[@LosDoyerss]

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

[@V0r4xiz]

Wtf are they doing to this game? Really sad to watch my favorite game turn into PoE ...

[@Cleav3r]

MA sins use Dragon Tail as a main not the clown Phoenix Strike lol

[@Roge9]

ayyy with this build now I can uh..... I guess do the same thing I always do but faster.

[@jared6680]

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

[@nonehc]

Finally the Assassin got buffed and is playable.

[@RoarRumble]

If I want to play path of exile I will play path of exile lol

[@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 :(

[@Brassgnat]

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

[@antonsundin2974]

I do feel like it's a bit too "disco" for diablo 2 lol.

[@mrnorris6364]

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

[@wermagst]

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

[@Dycerdag]

this is ridiculous! LOL! loved it!

[@MrRager0420]

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

[@bboy458]

I expect us to see a "Can't Stack Damage Charges" nerf in the future.

[@ACiDRiFT7]

This looks fun as hell, I didn’t even know the charges stacked. Too bad MA assassin doesn’t have a chance to not spend charges as part of each skill rank.

[@nickbluhm1484]

Is there any form of budget build for this? or do I need to roll a different farming character first

[@luizperez3357]

you can start as a trapsin and respec once you can afford to make the claws. trapsin works well as a budget mf char, otherwise you could also farm up some wealth with a sorceress first

[@SamielAC]

So... they nerfed a build that was not OP ( Shockwave) but they created an absurd broken OP assassin build that kills everything with no effort ( remember holy fire nerf ...? ) and enemy lightning resist in traps is not working... all of these changes one day before the start of ladder... Good job Blizzard, always doing the wrong things at the right time

[@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.

[@bubblebass4923]

Me still playing trapsin🙃

[@gabrielchagasteles2285]

Is this.... the official white noise build now? 🧐

[@scottsanderson8855]

it looks like path of exile cast on crit spell explosions eye cancer lol

[@santiagoeltoma5122]

Autobomber

[@Zeraphor]

Enjoy while it lasts.

[@1000dreams]

I hope they will just allow 1 charge-up skill to be active at a time, that will tone it down a bit at least, it's absurd this goes live untested. I think that's the only way to reasonably tone down the build without making it useless. (Even then I think it's still borderline OP if not entirely OP)

[@Lonoty]

I was thinking about a maximum of 2 charge-up skill at the time. It would allow to combine Tiger + cobra strike for physical builds and add some strategic play when dealing with immunes for Elemental MA. It would also limit the power of this build. Adding a few Tiger Strike charges and changing the boots would make the current build even crazier. Combining massive physical + elemental dmg.

[@1000dreams]

@@Lonoty I think just having 1 charge-up skill is already too strong. Due to the NHD things like Claws of Thunder and Phoenix Strike already cause issues when put together. The spell effect spam would be reduced considerably and it would somewhat introduce some limits due to immunities and such, it would introduce more build diversity too. A lot of the builds that people demonstrated were poorly optimized and completely obliterating P8 content. The whole power dynamic of the MA tree is builder-spender, things like Cobra Strike are not supposed to be spammed and make you immortal, it's a super high percentage heal to begin with and then the physical damage gets amped up by absurd levels through Tiger Strike? People are showing you Talon kicking at 3 frames, this means things like the chain lightning or chaos ice from Phoenix Strike is hitting every 6 frames due to the NHD, if you slow Talon down to hit at 4 frame intervals that is a massive increase. I don't see any other way of nerfing it without making it completely useless like it was before and even after this supposed nerf I still think it'll be too strong. Removing the elemental damage bonus effects is another step. Not even mentioning the low rune cost for this endgame level claw Worst thing is they didn't even test it, it looks like they are just letting it go live like this?

[@Lonoty]

@Dennis Volwater I agree. It really looks like the devs haven't tested the change themselves. Either that or it's a deliberate tactic to get players to come back to the game. Every season, a new builds gets OP, players are excited and it's nerfed next season.

[@1000dreams]

@@Lonoty I think it's just incompetence, even after taking into account Blizzard's track record. And it's having an adverse effect on people like me, I don't want to play something that's busted like that, things like that make me not want to play the season at all and it's bumming me out because I was looking forwards to it. And it's a repeating pattern that is progressively getting worse and it's making me bitter so maybe I should just let it go entirely. That sounds a bit more dramatic than I mean it to, but you know what I mean lol

[@SergioPitarch]

I always thought those charge-up skills needed a boost or a change of mechanics, but what they did is absurd and exaggerated. Assassin is suposed to be stealthy, not fireworks.

[@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.

[@Windelhelm]

As much as I couldn't stop smiling watching the P8 Chaos decimation, I can't help but think they NEED to nerf this a bit. It's a maxed hammerdin x2 or x3 in terms of speed from what I saw. As cool as that is, I'm still an old school d2 guy. This char is too strong as it stands currently. Thanks Llama, you're the og.

[@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.

[@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.

[@typewhothere]

do you think you can run this build for magic find??

[@ESP4thaWin]

You can use this build for goddamn anything you wan't. 2x Mosaic and you can run any other gear you want.

[@typewhothere]

@@ESP4thaWin ohh thank you