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

    1. Strength: Enough to equip your gear
    2. Dexterity: enough to meet gear requirements
    3. Vitality: All remaining points into Vitality
    4. 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