Rift Assassin
Here's a guide for a Rift Assassin build in Diablo II: Resurrected (D2R). This build is designed to excel in Rifts, providing effective crowd control, mobility, and strong AoE damage.
Rift Assassin Build Guide
Overview:
A completely unique playstyle to the assassin using your powerful dragon talon to kick orbs into your foe's face, it doesn't scale well beyond player 3 difficulty but it is a fantastic fun build to play solo.
Skill Allocation
Place one point into each of the following
Dragon Flight
Cloak of Shadows
Mind Blast
Blade Shield
Fade
Shadow Warrior
Place 9 points into
Burst of speed
Fire Blast (Synergy for death sentry)
Twenty points into the following in this order
Dragon Talon
Venom
Death Sentry
Shadow Warrior
Stat Allocation
- Strength: Enough to equip your gear
- Dexterity: 0
- Vitality: All remaining points into Vitality
- Energy: 0
Gear Suggestions
Weapons:
- Rift Rune Word: into Flail or War Scepter
Armor:
- Enigma: For teleportation and mobility.
Helm:
- Nightwing's Veil: (Socket with 5/5 Facet or ist/cham)
Belts:
- Arachnid Mesh
Gloves:
- Dracul's Grasp
Boots:
- War Traveller/Shadow Dancer (Upgrade these to increase kick damage)
Rings/Amulet:
- Mara's or Rare/ Crafted + Assassin skills Fcr amulet 10 fcr or 20 fcr
1 x FCR Mana Stolen per hit All Resist Ring
Raven frost or Bul Kathos
Inventory
Assassin Torch
Annihilus
Gheed's Fortune
Cold Rupture
30 x 7% Magic Find + All Resist & Cold Resist Small Charm
Act 2 Offensive Mercenary
Andarial's Visage
Ethereal Fortitude
Ethereal Infinity
Gameplay Tips
Lay your Death Sentry before diving into enemies and unleashing Frozen orb death
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