Blade Assassin Build

The Blade Assassin is a unique ranged physical damage build that uses spinning blade attacks instead of traditional traps or martial arts. Blade Fury serves as the primary attack, throwing piercing spinning blades, while Blade Sentinel deploys seeking blade minions. Unlike other trap skills, blade abilities use weapon damage as their base, making this build heavily dependent on weapon quality. This creates a distinctive "blade dancer" playstyle that combines ranged combat with minion management. When you get leveled you want to add 1 point in the following skills: Blade Shield, Lightning Sentry, Death Sentry, Shock Web, Charged Bolt Sentry, Burst of Speed, Weapon Block, Shadow Master, Cloak Of Shadows and Mind Blast. Next max out the following skills: Blade Fury, Blade Sentinel, Fade and Claw Mastery. 

For your Attributes, add as much Strength as required for your gear. Dexterity you want to add a bit on there, aim for 200 points roughly. Energy put no points and the rest you can put into Vitality.

For Weapons, the best is to get Rare Claws with high Damage or you can go with Grief or Breath of the Dying. Normally you do not get a Shield for this build but you can play around with a Stormshield if you want to get creative. Armor wise, you want to get an Enigma or a Fortitude in a Dusk Shroud. Helmet, a Shako or a Guillaume's Face. Gloves, a Laying of Hands or a Dracul's Grasp. A Steelrend can also work for this build. Belt, a Verdungo's Hearty Cord or a String of Ears. Boots, a Gore Rider is the best option, you can also go for a War Traveler if you want some Magic Find. For your Rings, Raven Frost, Bul-Khatos' or Rare Rings are your best bet. Amulet, a Highlord's Wrath, a Crafted Amulet with 20 Faster Cast Rate or a Mara's Kaleidoscope will do the job.

Inventory, Trap Skill Charms with Faster Run/Walk, Faster Hit Recovery or Life. Small Charms with Life and Resistances. Do not forget a HellFire Torch and an Annihilus. You can also go for Melee Charms if you want to get creative.

Act 2 Mercenary with Might Aura, gear it up with a Vampire Gaze, Infinity Runeword and a Ethereal Archon Plate Fortitude.