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

  1. Trap Skills
    • Wake of Fire (20 points): Your primary damage-dealing trap, which deals fire damage over time to enemies in its area of effect.
    • Fire Blast (20 points): A quick-casting fire skill that can provide additional damage and stunning effects; great for finishing off weakened enemies.
    • Death Sentry (20 points): Essential for maximizing damage, especially when paired with corpse explosions, helpful after defeating enemies.
    • Shock Web (1 point): Useful for additional crowd control; can stun enemies briefly.
    • Lightning Sentry (1 point): Optional; can add to your damage output against lightning immunes.
  2. Support Skills
    • Cloak of Shadows (1 point): Provides crowd control by blinding enemies, allowing you to set traps safely.
    • Fade (1 point): Gives damage reduction and enhances resistances, improving your survivability.
    • Shadow Warrior (1 point): Summons a clone of your Assassin that helps distract enemies and can deal additional damage.
  3. Passive Skills
    • Fire Mastery (20 points): Increases the effectiveness of your fire traps, making them more potent.
    • Burst of Speed (1 point): Enhances your movement speed, vital for positioning and evasion.

Stat Allocation

  1. Strength: Enough to equip your desired gear (usually around 100-120).
  2. Dexterity: It should be minimal; ensure it meets your weapon’s requirements.
  3. Vitality: Focus heavily here; the majority of your points should go into Vitality to increase your life pool significantly.
  4. Energy: Generally, avoid placing points here; your traps will mostly manage your mana consumption. Add a few points if needed.

Gear Recommendations

  • Weapons:
    • Look for claws that enhance your trap skills and provide +Skills, increased attack speed, and elemental damage.
      • Examples include Bartuc's Cut-Throat or Shadow Killer.
  • Armor:
    • Choose armor that provides bonuses to skills, defenses, and resistances. Treachery is a solid choice for its +2 to Skills and helpful bonuses.
  • Helm:
    • Nightwing's Veil: Great for +Skills and cold damage.
    • Andariel’s Visage: Provides life steal and increased attack speed.
  • Rings/Amulet:
    • Look for rings that provide +Skills, resistances, and life/mana leech. Stone of Jordan is a top choice.
    • Amulet with +Skills or +Damage modifiers increases your overall effectiveness.
  • Belt:
    • Arachnid Mesh for +Skills and faster cast rate or Nightsmoke for resistances and extra stats.
  • Boots:
    • Seek boots with increased speed and stats; War Traveler adds experience gain and decent overall bonuses.

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.
  • 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.

Mercenary Recommendations

  • Act 2 Defensive Mercenary: A defensive mercenary can soak up damage while you deal with enemies from a distance.
  • Equip your mercenary with items that enhance their survivability and damage to provide solid support.