I am a terrible assassin [Diablo 2]

synkr0nized · 12-11-2010, 04:43 AM

"OH MAN SYNK YOU SHOULD POST THIS IN A DIABLO FORUM."
No, shut up. I am not joining a Diablo forum when I'm sure several of you have more than enough knowledge to help out / we can get some neat Diablo stories going in this thread.

I haven't ever really played the Diablo games. OH NO I MUST SURRENDER MY GAMER CARD. At LANs here and there, sure, I'd happily join in and randomly pick a class and click at monsters, but I never really learned the game. Cool games, though, I knew that much; kept informed enough to talk about the games.

As I recently find myself playing with friends, I am re-discovering how bad I am at selecting skills appropriately. I am thinking of them too much like WoW skill trees or like leveling up skills in Mass Effect, to think of an example that's similar to my way of thinking about it. Being able to toss only one point into something and count that as sufficient/count that skill as just a stepping stone until I level enough for the one I actually want isn't easy to get used to.

But that's not really what this is about, as I'm learning that and getting a feel for the trees.

This thread is about me being a piss-poor assassin. Or at least I think I am. I have an assassin that is level 18 or so and in Act II (lol slow?). I've been playing with a buddy over TCP/IP and also in single player with /players 3-4. And killing Andy a lot 'cause I like yellow drops.

That said, I feel like in clusters I am downing potions faster than I am breathing air to complete combos and not die from poisons when fighting those monsters that have it. Or the ones that are lightning enchanted. Fuck those sparks.

I also chose to go with dual claws and work down the shadow tree to shadow master. Perhaps that is a terrible idea! Perhaps I should be putting more points in Martial arts! I don't know, honestly.

I'm not feeling this weak on any other class (in fact the game feels much easier on them), so I'm pretty sure I'm-a doin' it wrong. Though on single targets I feel like I can bring the pain, so maybe I shouldn't be thinking of the assassin as something that's meant to take on hordes?

So, make fun of my assassin/help me see what I could've done when leveling AND share your Diablo 2 tales!

build so far at level 19 (extra point from that book that drops off the first Act II quest named):
Tiger Strike - 1
Dragon Talon - 1
Dragon Claw - 1

(should I have picked up cobra strike?)

Claw Mastery - 8
Psychic Hammer - 1
Burst of Speed - 1
Weapon Block - 5
Cloak of Shadows - 1
Shadow Warrior - 1

The plan is to nab dragon flight, shadow master, and venom, leveling the latter two as well as claw mastery and weapon block but not the prereqs.
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Also I laugh at Mephisto. For a Prime Evil, he was kind of meh.

12-11-2010, 04:43 AM	#1
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,861	I am a terrible assassin [Diablo 2] "OH MAN SYNK YOU SHOULD POST THIS IN A DIABLO FORUM." No, shut up. I am not joining a Diablo forum when I'm sure several of you have more than enough knowledge to help out / we can get some neat Diablo stories going in this thread. I haven't ever really played the Diablo games. OH NO I MUST SURRENDER MY GAMER CARD. At LANs here and there, sure, I'd happily join in and randomly pick a class and click at monsters, but I never really learned the game. Cool games, though, I knew that much; kept informed enough to talk about the games. As I recently find myself playing with friends, I am re-discovering how bad I am at selecting skills appropriately. I am thinking of them too much like WoW skill trees or like leveling up skills in Mass Effect, to think of an example that's similar to my way of thinking about it. Being able to toss only one point into something and count that as sufficient/count that skill as just a stepping stone until I level enough for the one I actually want isn't easy to get used to. But that's not really what this is about, as I'm learning that and getting a feel for the trees. This thread is about me being a piss-poor assassin. Or at least I think I am. I have an assassin that is level 18 or so and in Act II (lol slow?). I've been playing with a buddy over TCP/IP and also in single player with /players 3-4. And killing Andy a lot 'cause I like yellow drops. That said, I feel like in clusters I am downing potions faster than I am breathing air to complete combos and not die from poisons when fighting those monsters that have it. Or the ones that are lightning enchanted. Fuck those sparks. I also chose to go with dual claws and work down the shadow tree to shadow master. Perhaps that is a terrible idea! Perhaps I should be putting more points in Martial arts! I don't know, honestly. I'm not feeling this weak on any other class (in fact the game feels much easier on them), so I'm pretty sure I'm-a doin' it wrong. Though on single targets I feel like I can bring the pain, so maybe I shouldn't be thinking of the assassin as something that's meant to take on hordes? So, make fun of my assassin/help me see what I could've done when leveling AND share your Diablo 2 tales! build so far at level 19 (extra point from that book that drops off the first Act II quest named): Tiger Strike - 1 Dragon Talon - 1 Dragon Claw - 1 (should I have picked up cobra strike?) Claw Mastery - 8 Psychic Hammer - 1 Burst of Speed - 1 Weapon Block - 5 Cloak of Shadows - 1 Shadow Warrior - 1 The plan is to nab dragon flight, shadow master, and venom, leveling the latter two as well as claw mastery and weapon block but not the prereqs. ------- Also I laugh at Mephisto. For a Prime Evil, he was kind of meh. __________________ Find love.