Phoenix Striker Equipment

[JanusJones]

Phoenix Striker Equipment

Hey all - thinking about making a Phoenix Striker assy and wanted some suggestions. I have a LOT of assy equip, so the sky's the limit:

2 Bartucs
2 Jade Talons
Full Nat's Set
Chains of Honor
Mara's
Shako
No Delerium . . . but it might be worth it for the Confuse, huh?

I'm trying to decide between double Tucs + CoH + Shako or Full Nat's with a Jade Talon. I also have a Shadow Killer . . . which seems totally useless, to be honest. But then there are skills - maxed Phoenix, Lightning Claws, Shadow Master - then what? One or two in BoS, of course, but what else? Venom? More than one into Mind Blast? Should I go ahead and max Fire Claws too for a better backup? I'm kind of loath to pump traps - they annoy the heck out of me.

Anyhoo - any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

 

[lorenzo]

I love PS Sins, they are soo much fun.. and they look very very impressive spamming all those meteors and chain? lightnings everywhere...

For the PS Sin i made... i just concentrated on getting as much +MA skills equipment as i could and getting max res in hell...

I think my setup was something like:
Harle Crest
+3ma/dex ammy
2xbartuc's
enigma
bul-katho's
some crafted ow belt
mana leech ring
shadow dancers

and a few +ma charms i was doing really really nice damage.

Skills:
20 PS
20 Light Claws P can't remember its proper name)
1 DF
20 Venom
1 MB
1 SM
x Fade (enuff for max res ^0^)
and i put some into DS

It worked out well enuff. Hope that helps u some...

 

[Meimu]

Hey, I'm making a Phoenix striker aswell. I'm going to try Full nats with a Jade Talon and see how it goes. I was fiddling with that setup in single player and it seemed to pump out good damage.

 

[Speedwrath]

w00t!!!

If I made a Phoenix Strike Assassin... I'd get Fire Claws, Claws of Thuder AND Blades of Ice all maxed, as well as Phoenix Strike too.

At level 80 you have 80 skill points plus 12 if you did all the quests. So by level 80 I'd have all those maxed. With the rest of the 12 points... Well... 1 in Claw Mastery, Psychic Hammer, Cloak of Shadows Weapon Block, Mind Blast and Shadow Warrior, I'd put 5 in Burst of Speed and 1 in Shadow Master. With +skill equipment your shadows should be OK, considering my first MA assassin didn't have one. ^_^

And after that you'll have super-mega synergized Phoenix Strikes. I dunno by how much the damage will go up, but would be interesting to know...

 

[ilkori]

Well, full Nat's is an awesome set for this build, but you can do *much* better with the right equipment (which you seem to have). Basically, Nat's is a defensive set, while more +skills will crank out the elemental damage.

I'd use:
Dual Bartucs (or Tucs + Jade if you still need resists)
Maras
Shako
CoH
String/Verdungos/TGods
Crafted Blood gloves with +MA (IAS needs depend on weapons)
Ravenfrost + secondary


For skill setups, there are a variety of ways to build it well, some with high level shadows, some without. It all depends on preference.