Kick assa questions

sort-vampyr · Post by **sort-vampyr** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:47 am

Hi, I'm making a kick assa for a multiplayer grup (3 players, one fire sorc, one ? and my assa)

I'm going for the claw/shield
I've decided to max tigerstrike, dragon tail, shadow master and to put a few points in fade.

questions:

some says that shadow master should only get a few points... why?

is it a mistake to leave BoS alone and go for fade instead ?

where should i put my spare skill points (claw mastery for more AR or Phonix strike + ? synergy)

ect tips ?

AND DON'T TELL ME TO LOOK AT THE CHAR BUILD !

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:31 am

Hi and welcome to the D2 forum!

I would not recommend you to max Shadow Master, it's a waste of skill points. Even more so since you are going to play in a party. One point is usually sufficient even in solo play, the rest you get from +skills.

Put one point each in Fade and BoS, and check the IAS table how many points you need in BoS for your weapon of choice. 1 point in CoS is very useful, as well as one point in Mindblast.

After you have maxed TS and DT, you have to decide what other skills to use. I personally think the TS/DT build suits best with Phoenix Strike and a maxed synergy of choice, but you can also combine it with Venom or make it trapper hybrid.

And please do look at the character build I have written for a Tiger Strike/Dragon Tail assa

It includes stats allocation and equipment suggestions too.
http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/diabl ... post599535

sort-vampyr · Post by **sort-vampyr** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:09 pm

C Elegans wrote:...think the TS/DT build suits best with Phoenix Strike and a maxed synergy of choice...

but it does matter WHICH synergy i choose. (correct me if I'm wrong--->) fx. the synergy list says: Blades of Ice: +10% Cold Damage Per Level. If i choose Blades of ice as the synergy the +10% Cold Damage Per Level only applies if i use charge 3: chaos ice bolts. It dosn't ad any cold damage (or any other damage) if i use the 1-2 charge!

so my next question is: Is it better to boost, lets say 3 charge instead of 1&2? (or any other for that matter). When I look at the skill I see that 2 charge does more damage than 1 charge (and my guts tell it hits more of those meat balls of diablo's

) But something tells me that eventhough 3 charge does very little damage compared to the others, it might hit more monsters than the others. Does it? (and what about cold duration... long enough to be an advantage?)

sort-vampyr · Post by **sort-vampyr** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:24 pm

C Elegans wrote: ...and check the IAS table how many points you need in BoS for your weapon of choice...

I know what an IAS table is (eventhough I'm not yet sure if I can understand it...)

the main problem is... where the #### am i to find a IAS table ?

gimme link plzz

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:47 pm

sort-vampyr wrote:Is it better to boost, lets say 3 charge instead of 1&2? (or any other for that matter).

It does matter which synergy you boost, I prefer lightning because it's a lot of damage. The damage you get from cold is nothing, it's the freeze duration that matters and in my opinion, it's quite enough with what you get from 1 points and +skills on your items. Your party members however may appreciated an increased cold lenght if you have nobody else who does cold damage in your party.

No, I don't think cold hits more monsters than the others, not that I have noticed anyway.

Regarding IAS, it's a bit complicated for assas since they have both the weapon speed, the IAS on items, BoS and the particular type of attack to consider. You can find IAS tables here:
IAS Tables (most recent) - Diablo 2 Forums

And if you can't read those tables, here is a quick calculator, partly in English, partly in German:
Weapon Speed Calculator

sort-vampyr · Post by **sort-vampyr** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 1:00 am

thx for the help

thx for the help