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ClawsOfFury - Level 99 SP Assassin (1.09)
About a year ago, ClawsOfFury became my very first character to beat Hell Baal. This morning she finally reached level 99 (my second character to do so), joining a very small group of other level 99 single player assassins (only 3 or 4 that I'm aware of). Claws is one of the characters I'm most proud, since she is probably my one unique original build. She proved adept at almost all areas of the game, since at one time or another I levelled her up almost everywhere: the zombie garden, Ancient's Way, Hell Baal runs, and multiplayer cow games. When I was feeling reckless I even did Nihlathak runs with her. Fittingly enough she reached level 99 in a players64 cow game with D2Addict, Jbbto, Ryondaahl, Flying_Dugong, Joutaja and Solanaceae. Northstarzon probably would have been there too except for CD trouble.
ClawsOfFury likes:
- large tighly clustered packs
- static field
- characters that curse monsters with amp damage
- Oak Sage and Battle Orders
ClawsOfFury dislikes;
- PI Monsters. She could kill them with the meteors from Phoenix Strike (albeit slowly), but she generally parked PI FE or PI FI monsters.
- Shattered corpses that couldnn't be blown up.
Notable items she found on her way to 99
- Schaeffer's Hammer Legendary Mallet
- Arkaine's Valor Balrog Skin
- 40% ED / 15% IAS jewel
And now, on with the build.
ClawsOfFury - Level 99 "Blade Bomber" Assassin
Skills:
Phoenix Strike 20 (28)
Claw Mastery 20 (24)
Death Sentry 20 (24)
Claws of Thunder 10 (18)
Tiger Strike 7 (15)
Burst of Speed 6 (10
Weapon Block 4 (8)
Dragon Claw 2 (9)
1 point in all other skills except Venom.
The points in Claws of Thunder and Tiger Strike were a bit wasted. I sometimes used CoT for PIs but almost never used Tiger Strike.
Claws generated damage from several different sources. First there was the damage from her claws and from Phoenix Strike. I generally preferred using the first meteor charge. The second charge is tricky to release and the third charge freezes monsters, and ice cubes make poor bombs. Crushing blow was a large part of her build (as you'll see in the equipment) - delivered both by her claws and via Blade Shield. Once the meteors and crushing blow had softened up the pack, I would start laying down Death Sentries. The 1.09 cow runners will attest to how effective Death Sentry can be. It also shone in the zombie garden. The Crushing Blow kept her damage effective, even at ridiculous players settings.
Equipment:
Her equipment changed throughout her career, as I accumulated more items, and even at 99 I tended to swap pieces around depending on what I was doing.
Items she wore constantly:
Bartuc's Cut Throat Greater Talons x2 (190%, 158%)
Guilliame's Face Winged Helm
Goblin Toe Light Plated Boots
Manald Heal, Ravenfrost
Laying of Hands or rare gloves with +2 martial arts, 10% IAS, 3% mana leech
Items she wore while questing:
Naj's Light Plate Hellforge Plate (socketed with 15% resist all jewel)
Thundergod's Vigor War Belt
Saracen's Chance Amulet
Items she wore while levelling:
Tal Rasha's Guardianship Lacquered Plate (socketed with Perfect Topaz)
Tal Rasha's Fine Spun Cloth Mesh Belt
Tal Rasha's Adjudication Amulet
Items she wore in cows:
Shaftstop Mesh Armour
String of Ears Demonhide Sash
Tal Rasha's Adjudication (I liked the life and couldn't be bothered swapping it)
Charms:
2 Martial Arts skills charms, and just about everything else was resists.
She was accompanied by Rogue merc Elexa, who at various times was armed with Lightning Hose gear, a Witchwild String for cursing stuff, and finally Dream's Windforce when I was clawing my way to 99.
Stats:
Strength 115 (170)
Dexterity 126 (204)
Vitality 324 (324)
Energy 25(25)
Life: 1355 (in Tal's set gear)
Resists: 74/37/75/-41 (with LoH and Tal's set items)
Apart from the odd MP game, ClawsOfFury will probably retire now, since there is absolutely nothing else for her to do in the game. Thanks to all the cow game regulars for making this happen, especially D2Addict for al the games he's hosted, and Ryondaahl for keeping me motivated with his own quest for level 99 characters.
Chris
About a year ago, ClawsOfFury became my very first character to beat Hell Baal. This morning she finally reached level 99 (my second character to do so), joining a very small group of other level 99 single player assassins (only 3 or 4 that I'm aware of). Claws is one of the characters I'm most proud, since she is probably my one unique original build. She proved adept at almost all areas of the game, since at one time or another I levelled her up almost everywhere: the zombie garden, Ancient's Way, Hell Baal runs, and multiplayer cow games. When I was feeling reckless I even did Nihlathak runs with her. Fittingly enough she reached level 99 in a players64 cow game with D2Addict, Jbbto, Ryondaahl, Flying_Dugong, Joutaja and Solanaceae. Northstarzon probably would have been there too except for CD trouble.
ClawsOfFury likes:
- large tighly clustered packs
- static field
- characters that curse monsters with amp damage
- Oak Sage and Battle Orders
ClawsOfFury dislikes;
- PI Monsters. She could kill them with the meteors from Phoenix Strike (albeit slowly), but she generally parked PI FE or PI FI monsters.
- Shattered corpses that couldnn't be blown up.
Notable items she found on her way to 99
- Schaeffer's Hammer Legendary Mallet
- Arkaine's Valor Balrog Skin
- 40% ED / 15% IAS jewel
And now, on with the build.
ClawsOfFury - Level 99 "Blade Bomber" Assassin
Skills:
Phoenix Strike 20 (28)
Claw Mastery 20 (24)
Death Sentry 20 (24)
Claws of Thunder 10 (18)
Tiger Strike 7 (15)
Burst of Speed 6 (10
Weapon Block 4 (8)
Dragon Claw 2 (9)
1 point in all other skills except Venom.
The points in Claws of Thunder and Tiger Strike were a bit wasted. I sometimes used CoT for PIs but almost never used Tiger Strike.
Claws generated damage from several different sources. First there was the damage from her claws and from Phoenix Strike. I generally preferred using the first meteor charge. The second charge is tricky to release and the third charge freezes monsters, and ice cubes make poor bombs. Crushing blow was a large part of her build (as you'll see in the equipment) - delivered both by her claws and via Blade Shield. Once the meteors and crushing blow had softened up the pack, I would start laying down Death Sentries. The 1.09 cow runners will attest to how effective Death Sentry can be. It also shone in the zombie garden. The Crushing Blow kept her damage effective, even at ridiculous players settings.
Equipment:
Her equipment changed throughout her career, as I accumulated more items, and even at 99 I tended to swap pieces around depending on what I was doing.
Items she wore constantly:
Bartuc's Cut Throat Greater Talons x2 (190%, 158%)
Guilliame's Face Winged Helm
Goblin Toe Light Plated Boots
Manald Heal, Ravenfrost
Laying of Hands or rare gloves with +2 martial arts, 10% IAS, 3% mana leech
Items she wore while questing:
Naj's Light Plate Hellforge Plate (socketed with 15% resist all jewel)
Thundergod's Vigor War Belt
Saracen's Chance Amulet
Items she wore while levelling:
Tal Rasha's Guardianship Lacquered Plate (socketed with Perfect Topaz)
Tal Rasha's Fine Spun Cloth Mesh Belt
Tal Rasha's Adjudication Amulet
Items she wore in cows:
Shaftstop Mesh Armour
String of Ears Demonhide Sash
Tal Rasha's Adjudication (I liked the life and couldn't be bothered swapping it)
Charms:
2 Martial Arts skills charms, and just about everything else was resists.
She was accompanied by Rogue merc Elexa, who at various times was armed with Lightning Hose gear, a Witchwild String for cursing stuff, and finally Dream's Windforce when I was clawing my way to 99.
Stats:
Strength 115 (170)
Dexterity 126 (204)
Vitality 324 (324)
Energy 25(25)
Life: 1355 (in Tal's set gear)
Resists: 74/37/75/-41 (with LoH and Tal's set items)
Apart from the odd MP game, ClawsOfFury will probably retire now, since there is absolutely nothing else for her to do in the game. Thanks to all the cow game regulars for making this happen, especially D2Addict for al the games he's hosted, and Ryondaahl for keeping me motivated with his own quest for level 99 characters.
Chris