Quote (oldfolks @ 22 Apr 2023 03:54)

I have never made a martial arts assassin before and have no idea how the charge up/finishing moves work. Any help or direction is greatly appreciated, thank you!

Quote (nuvo @ Apr 23 2023 05:50am)

What has changed between D2 and D2r that people suddenly want to play MA sin? :unsure:

Quote (oldfolks @ Apr 22 2023 11:54am)

I am in the process of building my first ever ladder character, in which I will be trying to build a Mosiac assassain. I have looked around the internet and seen various guides, but am looking for a well written guide to help explain how to use each skill, in what order, how many times, etc. I have never made a martial arts assassin before and have no idea how the charge up/finishing moves work. Any help or direction is greatly appreciated, thank you!

Quote (aussiemalaka @ Apr 23 2023 07:02am)

Mosaic runeword. If you have 2 of them on, you have 100% chance to keep your stacks up after you use a finishing move so you’re essentially letting off max stacks of blades of ice/fire/light/Phoenix strike etc at the same time essentially nuking the screen in every hit. It’s the strongest build in the game by far now pvm wise.

Quote (celloboy126 @ Apr 2 2023 02:43pm)

102 fcr (griffon's, crafted ammy, fcr rings, arachs, trang's, enigma)
lvl 30 fists of fire after gear
max tiger strike, phoenix strike, claws of thunder, blades of ice
1 pt into weapon block, cloak of shadows, dragon talon, dragon claw
rest into fade (use fade over bos unless you can get resist & dr from gear)
cold & light sunders are nice but optional
shadow dancers are solid boots, but rares can outpace them
merc: A2 + infinity, whatever else. I have a defensive merc with andy's & fort.

With this, you can do 12k-50k damage per dragon talon kick (for strong enemies) or dragon claw (for weak enemies)
use the following charges on max: tiger strike, cobra strike, claws of thunder, blades of ice, fists of fire
and then phoenix strike on charge 2 or 3.
When gathering charges, always cast cloak of shadows.

Your charges will run out after 15 seconds. This char is a blood fiend that never rests. Get used to teleporting around to hit random mobs to keep your charges up. It's a fun build and insanely powerful but stressful too.

my hotkeys are:
Q - tp
shift Q - BC
E - fade
shift E - BO
W - weapon swap
A - ts
shift A - cs
S - tele
shift S - cot
D - dtalon
shift D - boi
X - cos
shift X - mind blast
Z - character screen (far tele)
C - inventory (far tele)
space - phoenix strike
shift space - fists of fire

allows for one hand position