Lightning Sentry Assassin
Here’s a comprehensive guide for a Lightning Sentry build for the Assassin in Diablo 2: Resurrected. This build focuses on maximizing the effectiveness of the Lightning Sentry and incorporating the Trap skills for both damage and utility.
Lightning Sentry Build Guide
Build Overview
The Lightning Sentry build utilizes the Trap skills, particularly focusing on Lightning Sentry for high area damage. This playstyle allows you to deal significant elemental damage while setting traps and using other utility skills to control the battlefield.
Skill Allocation
One point into the following Skills
Burst of Speed
Fade
Cloak of Shadows
Mind Blast
Death Sentry
Weapon Block
Twenty Points into the following
Lightning Sentry
Shock Web
Charged Bolt Sentry
Death Sentry
Fire Blast
Stat Allocation
- Strength: Enough to equip your gear
- Dexterity: enough to meet gear requirements
- Vitality: All remaining points into Vitality
- Energy: 0
Gear Recommendations below are for 65% Faster Cast Rate
- Weapons:
- +3 Trap +3 Lightning Sentry Claws or Heart of the Oak
- Armor: Enigma
- Helm:
- Griffons Eye or harlequin Crest
Gloves :
Mage Fist - Rings/Amulet:
2 x Stone of Jordan
Mara's Kaleidoscope - Belt:
Arachnid Mesh - Boots:
- Tri Resist Boots, Natalya's Soul, Aldur's boots, War Traveller or Sandstorm Treks
Swap
Call to Arms and Spirit Monarch
Gameplay Tips
Your Attack speed is what dictates how fast you lay traps, faster cast is your teleport.
Use 4 Lightning Sentries + Death Sentry and Fire Blast
Using Mind Blast to Convert minions is going to be the key to your success and choosing when to switch between Fade and Burst of speed
Mercenary Recommendations
- Act 2 Holy Freeze Mercenary
Andarial's Visage
Fortitude
Ethereal Infinity
Inventory
Assassin Torch
Annihilus
Crack of Heavens
7 x +1 Trap Skills with Life
8 x Life + lightning Resist Small Charm
You can Run 102% Fast Cast Rate by using 1 x Trap Claw + Spirit Monarch
1 x Faster Cast Ring
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