This is my first time making one and I don’t quite know or understand it yet. So if someone has time could they give me a run down on what I should have on me / merc / what to build / and how to use my skills ?

gear - 2x mosaic, nigma, soj, raven, arach, 2ma-20ias++ rare gloves, griffs, maras, any boots u want, torch, anni, light sunder, res charms, ma gcs if u want (but not needed since mosaic already so op).

cta / eth spirit mon on switch for bo

merc is typical infinity, andys, fort

enough str/dex for gear, rest in vit

max PS, COT, BOI is a must - after those 3 you can put 1 point in most things u want to use then consider extra points in your finisher, FOF, Fade, or wb. I see lots of ppl saying they only put 1 point in FOF because if it gets too high it cancels leech from cobra. I also only do 1 in FOF, so this frees up tons of skill points for whatever else u want.

to start any game I use click battle command, shadow warrior, fade, then battle orders (in that order so SW gets BO). put these 4 hot keys in a hard to reach spot because you need lots of other hot keys closer to where your hand are playing

then you need to stack 2 PS, 3 COT, 3 BOI, 3 FOF, 3 Cobra, 3 TS and just tele around and 1 hit everything. hopefully you only have to charge these up once per game, so put these in a medium to reach hotkey location.

hotkeys you want to be able to switch to during combat include tele, mind blast, cloak of shadows, and any alternate finishers u want to use

i am not an expert though. Just put my mosaic sin together today. so i welcome other people's advise too.

This post was edited by birdman5 on Oct 14 2023 01:43pm

Gear:
Griffs Cham
Enigma
Arach
Magefists
2/18+ fcr amulet
X2 fcr rings (mana, attack rating and/or dex would be decent adds)
Upgraded gore riders (or shadow dancers but they do less kick damage and less healing)
X2 mosaics in greater talons or runic talons (Pheonix strike, blades of ice, claws of thunder, fade, weapon block are best skills in that order but plain is fine honestly)
Cta spirit Mon swap

Inventory
Torch
Anni
X4/5 ma gcs with life frw or fhr
Scs with fhr, attack rating or life
Try to hit 28 fhr, 48 if you go dancers but it’s not necessary

Merc
Act 2 might (blessed aim wont usually kick in to help you gather charges in time, might will increase merc healing and your kick physical dmg)
Infinity
Fort
Cham vgaze

Stats
Enough str for gear
Dex enough for gear + some extra if you need more attack rating while getting charges (I like to hit around 6-7k with lowest ar charge)
Rest vita

Skills
Max:
Pheonix strike
Blades of ice
Claws of thunder

Only 1 point into:
Burst of speed
Cobra strike
Fists of fire
Cloak of shadows (optional if ar is low)
Dragon flight

*enough points into weapon block for at least 56%
***enough into dragon talon to be just shy of doing 5 kicks after battle command (5 kicks adds a bunch of frames onto final kick and slows you down a lot)

Rest of points: claw mastery if you need more attack rating for changes otherwise tiger strike

How to play:

Charges:
Cast burst of speed and cloak of shadows (if necessary)
Gather charges:
Pheonix2, blades of ice3, claws of thunder2, cobra strike 2 or 3
*tiger strike if something is both light and cold immune -fists of fire if they’re also iron skin or skip them

Note if an area has a lot of light immunes then use Pheonix 3 instead

Note on cobra strike: it can glitch out and not work if you’re healing too much so don’t put more than 1 pt in it and don’t use full inv of ma gcs. Also leech doesn’t work on monsters without flesh like skeletons and ghosts or vs physical immunes

**Note fists of fire will convert your physical kick damage to fire damage PASSIVELY. Since leech is linked to physical dmg this can cause you to not leech if you level fists of fire even if you aren’t charging it!

Use dragon talon finisher most of the time

Use dragon flight vs weak enemies that die in 1 charge release.

Use teleport into dragon talon or use dragon flight for mobility if your aim is bad then dragon talon.

What gear do you have so far? When I started mine with two mosiac gt claws I use peasant helm then upgrade later to shako(cham) then griff if you can afford it
Ring and ammy I was using angelics upgrade to raven frost/bk rings
For belt use anything you can find till you get spider
Boots can be anything like nats boots/aldur/gore/wartrav/goblin toe/shadow dancer or rare boots with high 2/3res
Gloves Loh/drac/magefist/Trang
For armour treachery till you can get enigma
You have 3 fcr bp 42/65/102