hey, guys what are your thoughts on dual-wielding the mosaic runeword? I always liked martial arts sin, but it has never really been the most efficient.

I'm thinking about starting a trap on the first day of the ladder and resetting it into a martial arts build later on when acquiring the runes for both claws.


What could possibly be the best claws for the build? If I remember right, ED is not really relevant for the elemental damage, just IAS, right?

Ed is important if dragon claw is ur finnisher move...

I was thinking the same now when they raised the chance from 25 to 50 per claw. 2x Mosaic, new Hustle as armory (thanks to evade) then like WT's, Raven, Metalgrid/mara, Arachnid, 1x random ring, Bulwark RW as helm for starters and then try to get either NW / Griffon / Flickering Flame depending on how the phoenix strike works exactly, I haven't played the build since like 2008... Teleporting would be done with dragon kicky skill and You would be having something crazy running speed like 90% FRW with "FADE" on instead of Burst of Speed.

Should an assassin wear slower or faster claw (I'd see a slower for more damage?) but the damage comes as elemental so faster might work as well?

You would be super tanky and fast:
+56% Claw block
+6 Evade ( works while moving )
+Fade on for DR and PLR
+90FRW
And depending of Mosaic claws 16-30% dmg to each Cold / Fire / Lightning skills (+ the helmet)

Might be fun to try and perhaps the only class I might be interested to even play at the beginning of new ladder.

If no mosaic it's not worth to play, i suggest start trapper and After respec.