Here follows a rude awakening for some Mosaic players. I've spent some time looking over the trading forums and this knowledge doesn't seem widespread. Seems like people really want that +% lightning damage to boost their Mosaic Assassin damage. But....


+% skill damage does not work for Phoenix strike and works ONLY for the first charge of Claws of Thunder

That awesome +15% lightning damage on Mosaic adds almost nothing to your damage (also tells you how much the D2R devs know about the in-depth mechanics of their game lol). Renewed Crack with +15%? You are only adding +15% damage to the +lightning damage of Claws of Thunder, NOT the nova or bolts. Yeah you might as well not use that sunder at all. Get one with -res instead.


Sourced from https://www.theamazonbasin.com/wiki/index.php/Phoenix_Strike and https://www.theamazonbasin.com/wiki/index.php/Claws_of_Thunder

Ty for your contribution, I’ll be sure to pm so he can adjust his mosaic accordingly

I sold my mosaic remember? For sins I only have the trapsin and bladesin left.

This post was edited by Emiliaaa on Apr 28 2026 06:32am

Totally forgot you sold mosaic to fund your tal rasha sorc my bad bro

very interesting, thanks for sharing!

There is more information on this subject here https://www.theamazonbasin.com/wiki/index.php/Lightning_Skill_Damage
It does not apply to a missile's own damage, so it does not apply to the nova and bolts released by the last two Claws of Thunder charges, or the piercing lightning bolts released by the second Phoenix Strike charge (fixed in D2R).
"(fixed in D2R)" in the end — so maybe it was fixed in Resurrected?

Oh shit, you appear to be right!

https://diablo2.wiki.fextralife.com/Patch+Notes#Patch2.6

Quality-of-Life Updates and Bug Fixes

Gameplay
Assassin
Fixed an issue where missiles created from Martial Arts charge up skills would not gain the benefit of +% To Elemental Skill Damage modifiers.


Looks like Assassin specific skill pages on Amazon Basin need to be updated, because they don't mention this. Can't edit my original post anymore sadly.. but it seems like +% skill damage is indeed fixed and works with Phoenix Strike etc