An Ammy leads me to this new build - Fireworks Kicksin.
*LoD*

8% cast lvl 3 Chain Lightning
+2 Assassin
27 Str
6 Dex
LR 13%
PR 37%

A sexy visual effect is what this build pursues. Then while I find Gimmer is good for elemental dmg but it has no visual effect, so I decided not to go with it.

Here are my main skills:

Blade Sentinel/Blade Shield/Talon.

Both BS's dmg are calculated based on weapon dmg, then Rift is not a good option, awww...

And only on attack works with Blade Shields, then there left a few options, and I believe Destruction is the best fit for this build:

Destruction

23% Chance To Cast Level 12 Volcano On Striking
5% Chance To Cast Level 23 Molten Boulder On Striking
100% Chance To Cast level 45 Meteor When You Die
15% Chance To Cast Level 22 Nova On Attack
+350% Enhanced Damage
Ignore Target's Defense
Adds 100-180 Magic Damage
7% Mana Stolen Per Hit
20% Chance Of Crushing Blow
20% Deadly Strike
Prevent Monster Heal
+10 To Dexterity

The biggest issue on this Rune word is no IAS.
(Blade Sentinel cannot make use of most but well...)

I always achieve 54 IAS with Phaseblade for some reason.

Then I have to choose Treachery without thinking - 45 IAS.

BTW, because I hope I can enjoy lots of fireworks, so I chose Tiamat's Rebuke as her shield:

Dragon Shield (Type:Light)
Defense: 163-204 (varies)(Base Defense: 59-67)
Required Level: 38
Required Strength: 91
Chance to Block: Pal: 48%, Ama/Asn/Bar: 43%, Dru/Nec/Sor: 38%
Durability: 116
Paladin Smite Damage: 15 To 24
+140-200% Enhanced Defense (varies)
Adds 27-53 Cold Damage - 6 Second Duration
Adds 35-95 Fire Damage
Adds 1-120 Lightning Damage
3% Chance to Cast Level 6 Hydra When Struck
5% Chance to Cast Level 7 Nova When Struck
5% Chance to Cast Level 9 Frost Nova When Struck
All Resistances +25-35% (varies)

(I found one with the highest res in West ladder, which took me ages btw)

This shield offers extremely low block rate, so she will be hit a lot.

OK, why did I talk about the shield? Because she'll have low block rate, so she must have something to recover her life quickly - Life tap.

Then Draculs is the only option for this build, while I really like Lava Gout.

So no IAS from gloves.

Armor, Ammy, Weapon, Shield, Gloves are set. Helm must have 9 IAS then.

Well, you might say: Hey, a couple of belts offer IAS too.

Yes, but Snowclash is our only option, isn't it? Yes, it offers Blizzard!

Tal Mask, Gaze or Shako with 15ias jewel?

Andy and Stealskull have built-in IAS.

Or Giantskull with IAS jewel might be fun because of its Knock Back effect?

Oh, I can sock IAS jewel into the shield, then Dream can be an option too.

CoA with IAS and Ber or -req jewel?

Not settled yet for helm. How do you guys think?

And one of the two rings is Raven Frost.

The other is anything from SoJ, BK, leech ring, Dwarf to Wisp.

Boots - upd Gore Rider as always.

She is lvl 1 atm

Any feedbacks are welcome!

ty

lifetap wands replaces dracs as a switch pretty earlier than Drac's does.
If you need to replace the str and open wounds so bad, add heavier kick boots.
I've never made a Blade Sentinel/Blade Shield Sin, myself
I Imagine the proc's you're thinking will do any dmg actually won't.
If you want fireworks, 1 pt in Death Sentry does that and actually does corpse explosion.
If you choose a might merc, an eth lacerator for amp helps.
If you are banking on 125-149 dmg rand unbuffed perf proc'ing and passing den of evil in hell, then no.

I’ve already explained this to him.

He just wants the autism of d3’s pretty colors all over the place recreated in d2 for the dopamine hit all these flashy colors give him.

Appreciate any feedbacks only after reading them. Thx.

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P.S. If you wanna kill faster, just make a javzon. She'll have killed mobs already b4 you lay ds and then start kicking.

P.S. 2 I'll still use Talon, so Giantskull is a big no...

This post was edited by di3tc0ke on May 3 2022 06:34pm

aw. me too!

My Assassin is still lvl 1

I think visual effects listed below are cool:

Chain Lightning (Ammy)
Volcano,Molten Boulder(,Meteor),Nova (Destruction)
Fade (Treachery)
Hydra, Nova, Frost Nova (Tiamat's Rebuke)
Life Tap (Dracul's)
Blizzard (Snowclash)
Poison Nova, Twister (Carrionwind)
Open Wounds (Gore Rider)

Then both Frost Nova (Hit Power Helm) and Poison Nova (Andy) are already covered by other items, so there is no good candidate for her helm.

Does anyone know if rare/craft helms can spawn with some visual effects, like chance to cast Fire Bolt?

And how about rings? If they could, then I would swap Raven Frost to that kind of ring and sock her helm with Cham.

ty!

Hey I have a wand with life tap charges. It would be cool if you used it and used gloves that had a %chance to cast something

thx bro!

Yeah, life tap itself is a nice visual effect and also keeps us alive

Was gonna use Draculs but changed gears allocations a bit as below:

Chain Lightning (Ammy)
Poison Nova (Andy)
Volcano, Molten Boulder(Meteor), Nova (Destruction)
Fade (Treachery)
Hydra, Nova, Frost Nova (Tiamat's Rebuke)
Blizzard (Snowclash)
Poison Nova, Twister (Carrionwind)
Open Wounds (Gore Rider)
Firestorm, Meteor (Hellmouth)
Firestorm, Hydra(10 charge) (Torch)
Life Tap, Fade, Charged Bolt, Might Aura (Last Wish) - merc
Chilling Armor (Fort) - merc

So life tap now will come from merc's Last Wish.

And She'll use Hellmouth, which proc Firestorm and Meteor, just you suggested!

This will be fun!

I settled Holy Bolt (Tgods) instead of Blizzard (Snowclash)