can someone explain me how it works? it0s thunder claw spell based? its good for reset start?
ty!
if you can link a good guide or someithing to test it would be cool

i was going to follow this guide: https://maxroll.gg/d2/category/guides?filter[classes][taxonomy]=taxonomies.classes&filter[classes][value]=d2-assassin
but im not sure if its phoenix strike or claw of thunder based guide

You use both PS and CoT, no need to chose one, you can charge up all the skills at the same time.
Follow my guide that Magisk posted, maxroll is a bad source of info.

okay, i dont understand much english, im unsure of how to charge spells and in what order
also what spells do i charge? all 4 different? fist of fire and the other 3 under it?

This post was edited by Desphisto on Feb 4 2026 11:25am

Your 3 main charged up skills are Phoenix Strike (PS) charge #2, Claws of Thunder (CoT) charge #3, and Cobra Strike (CS) charge #3.
When you charge up, you will see an orb rotate around you for each charge. It gets hard to see when there are many orbs, so always start with PS so you can make sure you see 2 orb.
This is to prevent using the charge #1 or 3 from PS, they're really not as good as the #2.

Don't charge Fist of Fire, put only 1 point in it.
You can charge/lvl up Blades of Ice (BoI), but it's not as important as the 3 main skills I mentioned above. It's good to deal with light immunes tho, if you don't have gear like a light sunder, griff, infinity merc.

PS 2 (first)
CoT 3
CS 3
is all you need on a high end build.
But also charge up BoI until you have light sunder, griff, infinity merc

If at some point you don't gain any life/mana back from CS (against monsters you should normally be able to leech from), PM me and I'll help you fix the leech overflow bug.

if you are completely unfamiliar with the build I think you will benefit the most from watching a youtube guide. watch and learn the basics

thanks you so much
and i use then dragon talon as main spell to spend all this charges? also, 20 points on it?

No! Put enough points just to have 24 lvl total of dragon talon (5 kicks) with all +skills bonuses from gear and skillers. Its ok.