I am curious, how viable is it to be both C/S and C/C? If I want to leave the option to go dual weild on my assassin, do I just throw some points in Weapon Block and a few more in BoS? Would this make her weaker?
I am currently 52 C/S atm. I think my PS is 14, TS 12, SM 3, Dtail 9, BoS 4, various pre-reqs. Working on TS/PS/Dtail to 20, SM to 5 or so, BoS at 4 currently, CM at 8 but not sure how high to go. No points in trap atm.
I did read several guides, some suggest CM at only 8~10 while other suggest maxing Claw Mastery to 20?
I am a bit new at Diablo II so bear with me. Any advice from fellow assassins would be much appreciated. :)
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Since you can use "weapon switch" you can do both set ups. C/C for your regular fights, and C/S when you hit the W key for when you want more resists during the fight. I'd recommend either a three Diamond Kite Shield or a Rhyme Kite shield. (Shael Eth)
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10-06-2003, 10:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-06-2003, 10:57 PM by Leah_heartsword.)
Well heres my 1,000,000 dollors. Like ochi said you can do both C/S and C/C but when you use BoS do NOT max it out to 20 skills. This is a waste. After slv 11 BoS only goes up 3 Per Cent every 2 levels you put in to it. Use this extra 9 Skill levels in your trap or claw mastery.
My suggestion for your secondary weapon is a bow for killing off those annoying fallens or fetishes and LE monsters.
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Unless your oponents have uber damage (ie:pvp/bosses) you can handle C/C, made a martial artist that uses this tactic, which means she can use a nats claw and a bartuk, and of course if you want to be a trapper (45/6 level traps :D ) you need 2 claws. However if you want to be a boss killer/pvper a shield really does help. When she is fully built, if built correctly can handle the most awsome builds, I am currently making one, she has just got on to cows, my friends level 85 ass has killed many a bugged char (a group of us go round pvp games slaughtering them till they leave :P ), allthough this does mean using things such as storms, shafts, etc, a C/C is alot cheaper and can handle the game better, allthough her final build won't be as powerfull. Making a hybrid of the 2 I find unsuccesfull, as i often like to have my shaddow/bos/fade skill claws on swap, with my attack claws on the other side. Also, this means that some skills/tactics won't work on C/S and visa versa.
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