Wake Of Fire Assassin

Here's a comprehensive guide for a Wake of Fire build for the Assassin class in Diablo 2: Resurrected. This build focuses on utilizing the Wake of Fire skill, providing area damage and crowd control, making it effective for both solo and team play.

Wake of Fire Build Guide

Build Overview

The Wake of Fire build emphasizes fire damage through traps, particularly focusing on the Wake of Fire trap for efficient AoE damage. This build excels at dealing with large groups of enemies and provides good crowd control while enhancing survivability.

Skill Allocation

Place one point each of the following

Death Sentry
Cloak of Shadows
Mind Blast
Shadow Master
Burst of Speed
Fade

Twenty points into each of the following

Wake of Fire
Fire Blast
Wake of Infreno
Death Sentry
Lightning Sentry

    Stat Allocation

    1. Strength: Enough to equip your desired gear
    2. Dexterity: Enough to equip your desired gear
    3. Vitality: All Remaining points into vitality
    4. Energy:0

    Gear Recommendations

    • Weapons:
      • 2 socket +3 Trap +3 Wake of Fire
        2 socket +2 Assassin skills +3 Wake of Fire

        Gloves : Magefist

        Shield : Spirit Monarch


      • Armor:
        • Enigma
      • Helm:
        • Flickering Flame Diadem or Bone Visage
      • Rings/Amulet:
        • 2 x FCR Life +Mana Resist Rings
        • +2 Assassin 7% + FCR (We're preferably hitting the 102% Breakpoint with this)
      • Belt:
        • Arachnid Mesh for +Skills and faster cast rate 
      • Boots:
        • Aldur's Boots to help nullify the Flame Rift however you can choose to run War Traveller, Sandstorm Trek, Natalya's soul and get your fire resist from other places

          Swap

          6 x Fire  facet Crystal Sword + Phoenix Monarch

          Mercenary Recommendations

          • Act 2 Might Mercenary

            Andarial's Visage
            Ethereal Fortitude
            Ethereal Infinity

            Inventory

            Assassin Torch
            Annihilus
            6 x +1 Trap Skills + life Grand Charm
            1 x Flame Rift
            1 x Gheed's Fortune
            7 x Magic Find + Resist

      Gameplay Tips

      • Trap Placement: Position your Wake of Fire traps strategically in narrow passages, doorways, or areas with large groups of enemies for maximum effectiveness, along with Death Sentry for corpse explosion to take down fire immune's!
      • Using Fire Blast: Utilize Fire Blast as a supplementary damage source while your traps deal area damage; it’s effective for quickly finishing off mobs.
      • Cloak of Shadows: Activate this skill to blind enemies when engaging in multiple adversaries, allowing you to set up your traps safely.
      • Maintain Mobility: Keep moving to avoid enemy attacks and reposition your traps as necessary.