Dragon Talon Kicksin Assassin Build Guide Diablo II: Resurrected Season 7

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Build Overview for Dragon Talon Kicksin in Diablo II: Resurrected Ladder Season 6Gearing a Kicksin is very different from gearing other melee DPS builds.Strengths of the Dragon Talon KicksinWeaknesses of the Dragon Talon KicksinKey Gear Considerations for Dragon Talon KicksinStat Priority for Dragon Talon Kicksin in Diablo II: Resurrected Ladder Season 6

Stat

Points to Invest

Notes

Strength

156

Needs 156 points to wield your BiS shield.

Dexterity

100

100 should cover all your Dexterity needs as far as gear is concerned.

Vitality

max

Put almost everything in Vitality. You can't kick if you're dead. Survivability is job #1.

Energy

None

Ignore Energy.

Skills for the Dragon Talon Kicksin in Diablo II: Resurrected Ladder Season 6

Dragon Talon

Death Sentry

Fire Blast

Shadow Warrior or Shadow Master

Skill Tree Distribution for Dragon Talon KicksinMartial Arts Point Distribution for Dragon Talon Kicksin

Skill

Min cLvl

Description

Dragon Talon
20 points

Your primary attack is a kick-based ability, not a strike with a weapon. This has some very specific rules in regard to what magical properties do and do not work with a Kick. See below for a discussion about the ins and outs of Kicking. You want a maximum of 4 kicks; avoid going past level 23 with +Skill items and getting 5 kicks. This can lead to increased problems with "kicklock".

Shadow Disciplines Point Distribution for Dragon Talon Kicksin

Skill

Min cLvl

Description

Claw Mastery
1 point

Prerequisite only.

Psychic Hammer
1 point

Prerequisite only.

Burst of Speed
1 point (OPW)

Burst of Speed increases Attack Speed and gives Faster Run/Walk for a period of time. As a OPW, you don't need more than one point, but putting up to 6 points into it increases duration from 120 to 180 seconds, attack speed from 21 to 41%, and increased Run/Walk from 23 to 45%. After six points, the gains drop off sharply. One point is plenty, but it's not a bad place to stick extra points later. Its major drawback is that it's mutually exclusive with Fade; casting one cancels out the other.

Cloak of Shadows
1 point (OPW)

This form of Stealth increases the Assassin's defense and reduces enemy defense, while preventing some monster skills from working (these restrictions do not always apply to Champion or Unique mobs). This can prevent most mobs from firing arrows, casting distance magic/elemental attacks, or even moving in some cases. Very handy for closing distance on a ranged mob so you can take it out face to face. One point is plenty for most situations, as it still gives you 8 seconds without skill modifiers to get where you're going.

Weapon Block
1 point

Useful only as a prerequisite. Only works when standing still and with two claws equipped, so not very useful to this build.

Fade
1 point (OPW)

Fade gives the Assassin partial immunity to curses and increased elemental resists. It will also shorten the duration of Shrines, so make sure to click this off before you touch one. It also offers added Physical damage resistance. As mentioned before, Fade and Burst of Speed cancel one another out when cast. Even a level 1 Fade has a duration of 120 seconds.

Shadow Warrior
1 (or 20) points

Shadow Warrior creates a duplicate image of the Assassin who will fight for you, but only uses the skills you have assigned to your left and right buttons. You might use Shadow Warrior until you get Shadow Master, but the two skills cannot be cast at the same time. The Warrior uses the skills at a level equal to 1/3 its own level plus 1/2 the level of the skill being used, so less than that of the Kicksin.

Some Kicksins prefer using the Shadow Warrior to the Shadow Master -- this is explained in more detail under Shadow Master

Mind Blast
1 point (OPW)

Mind Blast stuns and damages enemies within a target area. This can be very helpful to keeping mobs and pesky adds of the way while you deal with others. Sometimes this will convert an enemy to fight at your side, although it will turn on you when it wears off.

Venom
20 points

Venom does Poison damage, and then caps all poisoning duration to 0.4 seconds. This means anything the Assassin may be using that deals with poison damage also caps poison attack duration at 0.4 seconds. This gets rid of one of the major shortcomings of Poison damage; most of it delivers over several seconds, which can be an eternity in game time. Venom keeps the poison damage short and not so sweet. Each level increases the amount of poison damage and the duration your attacks stay affected by Venom, from 2 minutes at level 1 to just over 3 minutes at level 20.

Shadow Master
20 (or 0) points

Shadow Master is similar to Shadow Warrior, except that the Shadow Warrior has access and can use all Assassin skills, not just ones you know. It's also stronger, does more damage, and has better resists.

While Shadow Master may seem superior in every way, it has its drawbacks. The skills it chooses are random and can disturb careful plans or rotations. Traps thrown by the Shadow Master count against the Assassin's five-trap limit. Mind Blast can stun mobs in areas you don't want them stunned. On the other hand, the Shadow Warrior's skills are limited to what you have on your left and right click skills, so you have control over which spells the Shadow Warrior casts.

Whichever way your preference goes -- power or control -- max one or the other but not both. You can't run both at the same time, and points are better spent elsewhere.

Traps Point Distribution for Dragon Talon Kicksin

Skill

Min cLvl

Description

Fire Blast
15 or 16 points

Fire Blast creates a thrown bomb that does Fire damage within a small radius. Get it for the grenade fun, stay with it for the synergies it provides, particularly to Death Sentry. It gets extra 11% Fire damage per level from Shock Web, Charged Bolt Sentry, and Lightning Sentry,(also Wake of Fire and Wake of Inferno, which aren't used for this build).

The reason that Fire Blast lists 16 points is that this is all the points you can spare to get the rest of your build. Investing the full 20 points here will reduce the amount you put into Venom or Shadow Master/Warrior. Don't short Death Sentry or Dragon Talon for any reason.

Shock Web
1 point

Prerequisite for Death Sentry.

Blade Sentinel
1 point

Prerequisite skill for Blade Fury, a OPW skill..

Charged Bolt Sentry
1 point

Prerequisite for Death Sentry.

Blade Fury
1 point (OPW)

Like Fire Blast, this isn't a static trap; it's an ability that allows the Assassin to throw blades. This ability works great with Crushing Blow, helping the Assassin shred enemies at a distance that she can't (or doesn't want to) get close to with Cloak of Shadows. This has some limitations with a Kicker build, since all the +Damage items you'd want to make this ability shine aren't supported in this build. Still, it's a handy trick to have for a very small investment of points. It receives 10% damage per level of Blade Sentinel.

Lightning Sentry
1 point

Prerequisite skill for Death Sentry.

Death Sentry
20 points

Death Sentry is a trap with two modes of attack: Lightning and Corpse Explosion. The Lightning damage is good but not that great all by itself. Where Death Sentry earns its place as a must-max skill is with Corpse Explosion. This gives the Assassin a powerful ability to counteract her relative weakness with AoE. It's better against large non-elite packs than against bosses. This consumes 2 charges instead of 1 since it has two types of damage, so it counts as 2 against your limit of 5 traps. The higher level the Death Sentry, the bigger the radius of Corpse Explosion, from 3.3 yards at level 1 to almost 10 yards at level 20.

This is why Kicksins don't make good partners for characters who Freeze. Enemies who die while Frozen shatter and leave no corpse. This can really ruin a Death Sentry lover's day. It also may put you in competition with a Corpse Explosion Necro, since you'll be competing for the same enemies.

Death Sentry receives an extra 1 shot per 3 levels of Fire Blast and 12% extra damage per level of Lightning Sentry.

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Weapon - Breath of the Dying is a great Runeword for Kicksin mercenaries, but it's also very expensive. Since you can't get this until level 67, an early strong choice is the Runeword Insight (level 27), which offers the Meditation aura. This eliminates any need for the Assassin to worry about mana, as this powerful aura will more than keep the mana tank topped off.

Helm - Vampire's Gaze makes your mercenary a more powerful tank, which you'll need since you're primarily a DPS class. Another possible choice is the Crown of Thieves, which not only gives your mercenary extra survivability through Life Leech, its extra gold find makes sure your mercenary pays for his own upkeep.

Body Armor - The runewords Fortitude and Treachery are both good choices, depending on how you want your Mercenary to focus. Fortitude is a more defensive build, while Treachery creates a more DPS-focused Mercenary.

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Small Charms - Kicksin Assassins should look for Charms that give All Resistances, + Elemental damage, Faster Run/Walk and Life. Make sure you know exactly what kinds of bonuses do not work with Kicks, though. Many Melee characters like Attack Rating and Damage charms, and these do nothing for Kicksins. You can also use +Elemental damage charms to help augment Venom (poison) or Death Sentry (lightning), but Life and Resists are far more important. The unique charm Annihilus is the best Small Charm available, granting +Skills, +All Attributes, +All Resistances, and 5-10% extra experience. This charm only drops off Uber Diablo.

Large Charms - The same traits you will look for in Small Charms will also be available in Large Charms. Small Charms tend to scale better, so look for Small Charms to replace Large down the road. The unique Large Charm Hellfire Torch grants +Skills, + Attributes, and +All Resistances. This charm drops from the Pandemonium event.

Grand Charms - For Grand Charms, you'll want anything with +Traps or +Shadow Disciplines skills. By level 50, when these Charms become available, you should already have a lot invested into Dragon Talon and you don't want to get above skill level 23, so don't waste valuable inventory space with +Martial Arts charms. Other than that, the Life and Resistance charms will be your best bets. The unique Grand Charm is Gheed's Fortune, giving big boots to Magic Find and Gold Find, and reduces vendor prices by 15%.

Dragon Talon Kicksin Breakpoints in Diablo II: Resurrected Ladder Season 6

IAS: It's complicated

FHR: 86% (4 frames)

FCR: 27% (13 frames)

Assassin:
Frames

Faster % Stat Needed

Faster
Cast Rate

Faster
Hit Recovery

Faster
Block Rate

16f

15f

14f

16%

13f

27%

12f

42%

11f

65%

10f

102%

174%

15%

27%

48%

86%

13%

200%

32%

86%

600%

Kommentare

Kommentar von prokes

Hi great build. I made a kicksin and maxed fade which i find gives me flexibility for max res and also DR%

I had 3 questions in follow up i was hoping you could offer advice on:

1. Enhanced Damage from off-weapon gear such as ed% jewels. This seems to work and i always had that that it was only weapon damage that did not affect kicks?

2. Since i am using fade i am trying to hit the max ias break point of 3/3/3/7. I read a lot of guides and previously i was noted that 63% was the ias breakpoint with a -10 weapon such as stormlash for dragon talon. I have a total of 65% ias (on purpose) but ias calculators for 2.4 are showing that the breakpoint is now 95%ias with -10 weapon. Did the ias get nerfed in 2.4?

3. Is jah still valuable socket for stormlash since each strike does not miss as long as there are charges? Or are other sockets more valuable? (I have a jah'd stormlash).

Thanks for your help!

Ias table: https://i.postimg.cc/RZxgHyKV/ias.jpg

Skills
Dragon Talon: 20

Death Sentry: 20

Fade: 20

Venom: 20

Fire Blast: 19

Kommentar von Rydiak

This guide has a mistake in the Death Sentry section, stating that each Death Sentry takes up 2 of the 5 trap limit. This is incorrect, and has never been the case. You can clearly cast 5 Death Sentries in-game.

Dragon Talon Kicksin Assassin Build Guide Diablo II: Resurrected Season 7

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