Up front, I have never played an assassin before (except for in lvl 9 pvp), so I would really appreciate any advice!!!
I'm actually very glad that I have saved a full hero class for this long because ~20 years after release, D2 feels somewhat new to me with this character. It has been a lot of fun already!
She will be a Dragon Talon/Death Sentry assassin with a heavier focus on DT (kicks). For the most part, DS will just be there for physical immunes and for corpse explosion but it will definitely be useful in hairy situations as well. These sins usually use Rift or Stormlash I think. I won't have access to Rift, and if Stormlash comes at all it wouldn't be until like level 95+ anyways I'm sure. So I'm not totally sure what to do for weapon, but I figure a Black flail or especially a +3 death sentry base claw with Strength runeword in it could take me a long way. Crescent Moon could be nice once I hit Hell Countess.
Rules:
-players 8 all times except Countess re-runs (she gives up more runes on p1)
-Vanilla D2
-A2 merc allowed
Goals:
-Kill Hell Baal
-Find Stormlash
-Find and kill a "Black Hawk" unique monster and make a "Black Hawk Down" screenshot
-Collect "Black Hawk Down" screenshots
Plan:
Through Norm/NM I will probably have a lot of experimental skills and kind of be all over the place. Entering Hell I figure I will restat for Max DT, Max DS, Max LS (ds synergy), 1 Mind Blast, 1+ Burst of Speed, rest to (up to max) Shadow Master. Once I have, or if I ever get final gear I guess I will only need lvl 17 SM after items... But I haven't really planned final skill setup or gear yet.