Hi. I been thinking about making an assassin that uses blade shield(because it is so cool looking! :P) in her build. This is what I have come up with so far, comments/help is appreciated:
Stats
Str - 118
Dex - 79
Vit - Rest
Nrg - base
I want 118 str for armor preferences, I plan on getting a decent defence in order to stay alive longer and for blade shield to do its work more. 79 dex for greater talons.
Skills
1 Dragon Claw
8 BoS
8 CoS
10 Weapon Block
10 Shadow Master
Max Venom
11 Blade Shield
1 pt. pre reqs.
This will put me at lvl 70 with normal/nightmare skill quests complete. The reason for 8 BoS is to reach the breakpoint for DC with needing only 20 IAS w/greater talons. Venom for the bonus damage it gives, weapon block at 50% and 11 points is what I had left for blade shield. I don't plan on it doing major physical damage, but this gives it a nice 70 sec. duration so I don't have to cast it every 20 seconds -_-
I plan on using a Malice claw(eventually greater talon) and a Strength claw in secondary. So, my main source of damage will come from crushing blows and open wounds. I'll take other crushing blow items as they come.
Question: Does crushing blow and open wounds work for Blade Shield? I sure hope so, that was my plan on how I was going to use it.
Merc will be an act 2 defiance for the added defence. Also, CoS will help out on the defence, too.
So, what do you think so far? I could use suggestions for improvement. I wanted to add some to claw mastery for the AR, or maybe just more in DC because that will probably end up being a big problem unless I can find Angelic rings/ammy or something with a BIG bonus to AR.
Thanks for reading and once again, comments welcome! :D
Stats
Str - 118
Dex - 79
Vit - Rest
Nrg - base
I want 118 str for armor preferences, I plan on getting a decent defence in order to stay alive longer and for blade shield to do its work more. 79 dex for greater talons.
Skills
1 Dragon Claw
8 BoS
8 CoS
10 Weapon Block
10 Shadow Master
Max Venom
11 Blade Shield
1 pt. pre reqs.
This will put me at lvl 70 with normal/nightmare skill quests complete. The reason for 8 BoS is to reach the breakpoint for DC with needing only 20 IAS w/greater talons. Venom for the bonus damage it gives, weapon block at 50% and 11 points is what I had left for blade shield. I don't plan on it doing major physical damage, but this gives it a nice 70 sec. duration so I don't have to cast it every 20 seconds -_-
I plan on using a Malice claw(eventually greater talon) and a Strength claw in secondary. So, my main source of damage will come from crushing blows and open wounds. I'll take other crushing blow items as they come.
Question: Does crushing blow and open wounds work for Blade Shield? I sure hope so, that was my plan on how I was going to use it.
Merc will be an act 2 defiance for the added defence. Also, CoS will help out on the defence, too.
So, what do you think so far? I could use suggestions for improvement. I wanted to add some to claw mastery for the AR, or maybe just more in DC because that will probably end up being a big problem unless I can find Angelic rings/ammy or something with a BIG bonus to AR.
Thanks for reading and once again, comments welcome! :D