Blade Fury Assasin (Ver 1.10)

[Ritslev]

...Incorrect. I've used Blade Fury many times while having chaos/draculs equiped, and I can confirm both frozen orb and life tap have been shot off...

Chaos
--9% Chance To Cast Level 11 Frozen Orb On STRIKING--
11% Chance To Cast Level 9 Charged Bolt On Striking
+35% Increased Attacked Speed
+240-290% Enhanced Damage (varies)
Adds 216-471 Magic Damage
25% Chance of Open Wounds
+1 To Whirlwind
+10 To Strength
+15 Life After Each Demon Kill

Draculs
+(90-120)% Enhanced Defense
(7-10)% Life stolen per hit
25% Chance of Open Wounds
--5% Chance to cast level 10 Life Tap on STRIKING--
+(5-10) Life After Each Kill
+(10-15) to Strength

I'm not incorrect. I wish I was.. but I'm not.

There is no chance to ATTACK on the Chaos Rune Word nor on the Gloves.. -BOTH- have on STRIKING.

... as the thread I posted reads :

What works
-Chance to cast on Striking
What doesn't work
-Chance to cast on Attacking

There is your answer...

SonOfRa

 

[jmervyn1]

I'm not incorrect. I wish I was.. but I'm not.

Seconded. I had some chain lightning rings in pre-40's and was deluded by the SM elemental strikes into thinking they worked. :rant:

As for the Malice runeword, don't underestimate the value of these lowbie weapons. At 88, Angel_Veil is still using an eth Strength with +3 LS and +1 DS - I'm sure I can find better in the long run, but the damage is better than the Bartuc on the other hand (as long as I'm holding both). I have to weapon switch if I move either claw, just to make sure the mods are stacked right.

 

[Tanatus]

About damage enchacing as a furysin - its an intersting topic to discuss. I am fortunate enouth to have 294% Stormlash / 2Pdiamond moser offhand and have on a switch razor edge/lancestop (which give me near 100% open wounds and near 100% critical strike in conjustion with my other gear). Lvl 23 venom add to your attack +~400 poison damage every blade that hit target plus I have some elemetal damage from 3/20/el. damage charms. After toughts how one can bump up damage I came to conclusion that there is at least 2 diametral opposite ways of doing so....
Ritslevm suggested go all into elemental damage (lighting) in conjustion with faced that will lower corresponding resistances - thats a good one...
There is one more way around but it requied slight adjustment of gear namely you need get your critical strike close to 100% (instead of crushing blow) and I'll explain why here later. In conjustion with high crit strike you will use open wounds (you dont really need to max this one because it take anyway 8 second before "open wound" will do full damage and with your firing rate ... I'd say ~25-30% is good enouth number) as well as any possible ED things you can came across. This will cause huge Physical damage and due to open wounds/venom you will have enouth damage to deal with PI monsters .... specially like black souls (immune lighting and poison ....).
Correct me if I am wrong but 200% ID is more 2X damage of 100%ID right? )294% ID of scourge = 316 damage with base damage of 80 which is nearby 4X coefficient so socketing Eth Stormlash with Ohm is probably "Dream Weapon" for any furysins. As a such socketing Nats armor with 2-3 40ED jewels preferebly with + min damage and socketing Guilliame face with 1 more 40ED (+50% ID via Ohm on weapon) will add like ~210%ID (3X current damage if not more then that due to none linear progression of ID). Toss here ~100% critical strike and will be talking about ~6K physical damage per blade...

 

[Ritslev]

.... will add like ~210%ID (3X current damage if not more then that due to none linear progression of ID). Toss here ~100% critical strike and will be talking about ~6K physical damage per blade...

ED is added to the base damage of the weapon not the total damage, for this reason you won't have as high max damage in the end. Your post is though correct on the route, and it could work.

Critical Strike... godly. It could very well be exploited a bit more than I have in my build, quite easily too.

SonOfRa

 

[Tanatus]

I came accross Razor edge in my MF sessions with my sorc and noted very high average damage of this weapon along with some insane secondary modes like 50% open wounds and 50% deadly strike plus! -33% target defence per hit which mean once you hit your target third time AC=0 and every next blade will hit with lancestop (20% deadly strike) and highlord wraith (35+ deadly strike)
It have 105 base average physical damage vs. 165 on stormlash but with right gear assure that you always do 2X damage of displayed and always have "open wound" running in background. While ingnore target defence not working on bosses/champions -% of defence work and as a such combination of razor edge/lancestop looks for me as a perfect switch for pack of champs/boss mobs. Major drawback is absence of Static Field and if you try use this combo on regular pack of mobs you'll notice drop efficiency compare to stormlash right away

 

[Frankeinstein]

Razors edge... got one on one of my mules, I keep moving it around & for some reason never got around to trying it on my Furysin. I guess I got used to using the Gimmershed cause of all the elemental damge it does.

Well made a BIG Trade last night... got my SOUL DRAINERS finally!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cost me but I don't think too bad, got trangs gloves w/ them in the deal So it doesn't hurt too much.

Haven't had a chance to try them out yet, Been wearing 38% chancies in the mean time. but now I want to start doing hell BAAl runs... (well slow careful walk-thrus... :creep:

Oh BTW, I lvld up to 85 now. Added extra pts to FB for more strikes in DS. :thumbsup:

 

[YomoKimyata]

sorry to ask this question since this thread is so long, but a find search did not turn up the answer to my question -- if you are dual wielding claws, how does that factor into the equation? does damage a[pply from only one claw, do you get mods from both claws, etc.?

 

[Ritslev]

sorry to ask this question since this thread is so long, but a find search did not turn up the answer to my question -- if you are dual wielding claws, how does that factor into the equation? does damage a[pply from only one claw, do you get mods from both claws, etc.?

That is perfectly ok.

Duel yeilding claws and blade fury... You only get the benefits from one claw. That means the first claw you place into its slot will be the claw from which damage is caculated. The second claw will only be granting you resistances... all elemental damage. all physical damage. all chance to cast on striking and so on is lost...

Duel yeilding claws is great for Weapon Block, it does though loose a lot of great mods from your second claw.

Once again :
You only get the 'mods' from the first claw.
On the second claw you do get the resistance if it provides such.
You get the benefit of weapon block.

(By mods I mean damage/elemental damage/slow/on striking/physical and magical damage and so on and so on.)

SonOfRa

 

[sheepe2004]

does enchant not add fire dmg as well as the AR?

 

[Frankeinstein]

does enchant not add fire dmg as well as the AR?

YES it does. Demon limb is great for that

 

[Frankeinstein]

started over again

Well I started building Qeznart_too this weekend. She is at lvl 19 now so I have BF again.
Qez 1 met with a untimely death... my stupidity (opps) & got deleted by accident. So All that GOOD gear is gone. So I started from scratch again.

But I got some great stuff for her when she lvls up already. Traded a COW King hat for a demon limb. Hat was worthless to me but that DEMON Limb... Loved that when I had one before.

Using a rare falchion w/ AR & other mods & Umbral shield. But hit blinds target does not seem to work w/ BF. I hit em normally with sword, blinds them almost every time... any thoughts?

 

[thereddart]

Hi,

I've been following this build this it was first posted. It sounded like fun to play so I made this my very first char in Diablo II. It's been hard to get the equipment since I had nothing for trade, but like Ritslev says getting the equipment is part of the fun. I have most of the equipment now still need carrion wind ring and a stormlash. :lol: I am now lvl 77 and love playing this build. I have one question though, sorry if it's been answered somewhere but I haven't been able to figure out how to add sockets to my equipment.

Ohh and Frankenstein I have some equipment for you if you want it.
USWest
*Duaner

 

[Ritslev]

...I've been following this build this it was first posted. It sounded like fun to play so I made this my very first char in Diablo II

This was the exact reason why I started on this build. I initially started on a Barb but lacked adversity. Then moved on to the Amazon but found her limited. The Sorc was out since she too quickly became one of the cookie cutter builds, and since I never got to the Pala nor Druid... the Assasin became my character of choice... I have 4 of them now (out of 5 characters)... and my favorite is still the FurySin.

...It's been hard to get the equipment since I had nothing for trade...

You're very right that equipment is part of the hunt, once you have it though it's a blast... part of this build though is the fact that it works with pratically anything in the beginning. It's the higher levels that makes it more equipment dependent.

...it's been answered somewhere but I haven't been able to figure out how to add sockets to my equipment.

But you did write cause you needed something.. so here is your answer :
1 Ral Rune + 1 Amn Rune + 1 Perfect Amethyst + Normal Weapon = Socketed Weapon of same type
1 Tal Rune + 1 Thul Rune + 1 Perfect Topaz + Normal Body Armor = Socketed Body Armor of same type
1 Ral Rune + 1 Thul Rune + 1 Perfect Sapphire + Normal Helm = Socketed Helm of same type
1 Tal Rune + 1 Amn Rune + 1 Perfect Ruby + Normal Shield = Socketed Shield of same type
These works on all non magical weapons. (Etheral too but NOT those of higher or lower quality ... only normal quality.)
3 Perfect Skulls + 1 Rare Item + Stone of Jordan = Add 1 Socket To a Rare Item
That and of course the Socket Quest in act 5
are the ways to get sockets into your gear.

...Ohh and Frankenstein I have some equipment for you if you want it.

That is nice of you... when someone has been as unfortunate as Franky... two thumbs up from me.

 

[thereddart]

Hey Ritslev I just noticed I never thanked you for the awesome guide. Good work. :clap: I managed to get my hands on a crescent moon cryptic blade not ethereal but oh well. But I can't use it my dex is to low. So I was wondering where you got the dex for your char to use it. I have a ravenfrost with 19 to dex. Do I need to look for dex charms or something. Thanks.

 

[Ritslev]

...I never thanked you for the awesome guide. Good work...

THank you.. and you're most welcome!

..I managed to get my hands on a crescent moon cryptic blade not ethereal but oh well....you got the dex for your char to use it. I have a ravenfrost with 19 to dex.....

My Eth Cryp Sword has dex 99 requirement.. with the items I use I have dex :
118... so I do manage... I get dex from :
Raven (18)
Siggard (25)

I hope that helps U

 

[Madish82]

I dont see Stonecrusher being mentioned as a good option for weaponchoice.

40 % crushing
high damage
-100 monsterdef pr. hit

- The best part - I've got it as an eth.
Wouldn't that be a good choice?

 

[BiltartThe Clorn]

One may not be Enough

Anyone who has played as one suspects that there is a hidden AR increase to levels of Blade Fury. In other words a level 10 Blade Fury will hit much more often than a level one will. I have never seen this confirmed anywhere but I highly suspect it is true. The extra damage also seems to be modified by strength and dexterity . I would say maxing Blade Fury is a MUST for this build.
Venom just does not seem to be all that good of a skill to me. Open wounds is far superior. For those of you PvM you can't do worse than the malice runeword, the most underrated of all time.Nothing is more than half immune to it. Coupled with the knockback from Cleglaws Pincers(the best glove for a furysin), it is devastating to enemies. Cleglaws set is pretty good for a furysin though the entire game. Make sure to have at least one cold charm too.
Your build is viable but there is such a thing as too much life. Just put all your points in vitality and see how far you get. The last one I played I put 2 in strength, 2 in dexterity, and one in vitality each level. She ended up doing sick damage with a claw. If you go the claw route you have to max mastery too.Take the points out of venom.

 

[gezzap]

Hiya,

thanks for the build guide. I actually stumbled across this build when I saw how my young son was having fun with the Blade sentinal and Blade fury so I thought I would give it a go myself, did some reasearch , and found your excellent guide. However as a variant I am going the max fire trap route with death sentry.

3 Question on weapons

The Famine runeword (in an Eth Legendary Hammer) doesnt seem to rate a mention - it seems to fit the criteria for the build - is there something inappropriate about it?

Also Schaefer's Hammer - newbie q here - it is indestructable so does that mean that it would never be available as an Ethereal weapon? I saw that someone else suggested one of these as a weapon.

The Cresent moon - why not use that in an Eth Mythical sword - which by default you will get a default of the 3 sockets u need if you use a socketing quest to socket it. It may not have the same Max damage of the cryptic but it's average damage is higher.

Personally I have ready for this build the following two weapons to try out - as I have no other use for them:

Ethereal Baranar's Star
Ethereal Messerschmidt's Reaver that I found oneday off Pindle. (I realise it will suffer a further penalty being a 2 handed weapon)

I plan to get my strength up into the 200+ zone as I want this character to have some freedom of choice with armour and weapons.

In addition I am trying the avenue of a Blessed Aim Merc to help with AR - and maybe oneday I will be rich enough to make a Doom Weapon for him. I have some awesome weapons for him to use too - for instance an Ethereal Spire of Honor lance that has him doing a max damage of over 2000 at level 40, an Ethereal Ariocs needle for later and most of the Unique Polearms that are available.

 

[Ritslev]

...Anyone who has played as one suspects that there is a hidden AR increase to levels of Blade Fury...

I have been looking into this exact thought for a long time,m and can not confirm nor deny its existance. While I do hope it's correct I can't prove it. My thoughts are that if attacks such as Dragon Claw, and Dragon Kick and so on gets attack rating, why shouldn't the sentinel skills as well.
Some will aruge that they are traps, but the main rebuttal to this is that : Traps auto aim. Auto shoot. None of the Blade skills do this. Yes I even think Blade Shield isn't auto. .. But that is another debate. Maxing Blade Fury though... well I'm personally torn. In my build you will eventually have it at close to 15.. that is close enough for me ...

..Venom just does not seem to be all that good of a skill to me. Open wounds is far superior....

Yes Open Wounds is Cool. You won't though be able to get withthe build I created 100% open wounds. Thus to get 100% open wounds you need to change out some of the gear, which will mean (in my mind) weakening the build. So that is why I use a Combo of low Open wounds and poison damage. I still think that +300 damage is quite a bit, but that is just me.

...Your build is viable but there is such a thing as too much life...

While yes there is such a thing as too much life. I don't beleive that you're getting the point really. You keep mentioning claws. I've stated in my build and I will do so again.

-Claws are 'not' the best weapon for a blade fury assasin-
(See build for arguements)

You have some good ideas, as well on gear, but any time I can have 83% Damage Reduction compared to 50% damage reduction and knockback.. Then I will take the Damage reduction ... you see Knock Back will work with every blow, pushing your high life monster out of range. It is far worse than the 'Flee' from Rattle Cage. The flee off rattlecage will be enough that you can kill monsters in 8 player games while they run away... if you have close to 2.5 k damage. While with knock back .. well you'll find yourself chasing too much.

I hope this explains a little of why I choose as I did.

 

[Ritslev]

..However as a variant I am going the max fire trap route with death sentry....

That is a good idea.. Franky mentioned it in an earlier thread and I agreed with him then and I do with you now. It is a good route to play. Personally I choose though to leave the Blast at 1.. and pump my Blade Fury instead.

The Famine runeword (in an Eth Legendary Hammer) doesnt seem to rate a mention - it seems to fit the criteria for the build - is there something inappropriate about it?..

Famine is a good runeword. .. hands down though in hell with 7 other players you'll find yourself in big trouble. It just doesn't pump out enough damage ... for though all your normal and nightmare experience it's cool. I haven't included all the weapons you can/could use, only those I have personally tested, and thus can vouch for.

Also Schaefer's Hammer - newbie q here - it is indestructable so does that mean that it would never be available as an Ethereal weapon? I saw that someone else suggested one of these as a weapon...

Schaeffers do come in Etheral. I have seen and tested it. Nice, but too high STR requirement. Schaeffers is like a low grade Stormlash. Stormlash is only better due to the Crushing Blow and Elemental damage it provides. The reason for th eElemental damage is the Facets I've opted to use.

The Cresent moon - why not use that in an Eth Mythical sword - which by default you will get a default of the 3 sockets u need if you use a socketing quest to socket it. It may not have the same Max damage of the cryptic but it's average damage is higher....

The Mythical vs the Cryptic. Yes by all means do choose a Mythical .. if you like a higher minimum damage and lower maximum damage. The average damage is about the same. Look though at the Axes too. Beserker and so on. The reason I choose the Cyptic is due to the Deadly Strike damage I do. Higher max damage is in my book -always- a preferance IF you have a huge attack speed.

..I plan to get my strength up into the 200+ zone as I want this character to have some freedom of choice with armour and weapons.....

Heh 200's... Well I'd suggest instead, if yo'ure rich, putting on an Enigma Armor. Just to see how things turn out befor investing the points.

In all accounts, let me know how it turns out.
SonOfRa