Martial Arts Assassin Guide Please?

[DarkNemesis44]

For PvM single player. (I perhaps might make one on BNet as well if I enjoy it) I found one that I'm not entirely sure about, and would like to request confirmation about the viability of this before I dive in head first;

The guide calls for:

20 Tiger Strike
20 Dragon Claw
20 Claw Mastery
20 Weapon Block
Maxed in that order, and of course 1 in all the pre-reqs.

After those are maxed, alternate the remaining skill points
between Burst of Speed and Venom.

Enough Str for items, Enough Dex with items for roughly 10, 000 AR with Tiger Strike, rest of stats into Vitality.

That sound about right for a Martial Arts build?

Would really appreciate a response, I'm excited to get this going.

(P.S. I had a trapper a while back and I'd just prefer to try a Martial Arts build for a change.)

Thanks,

-Nemesis

[Monster]

I'm not sure it's viable - but hey, I'm not that experienced with sins so someone else can probably give you a better opinion.

[Anubis]

ok, i've not built alot of ma sins. never on bnet. but I just went thru hero editor and made one with endgame gear. some ladder only. here's what I did:

skills:
20- tiger strike
20- claw mastery
20- burst of speed
1- dragon claw
one pt into every charge up skill for ma (nothing past dragon claw in finishers)
one pt into everything in the shadow tree
enough into claw block to have 60% block with BC on
rest into venom.

this was just my first run so, im tempted to change the skills and see where i go.

gear: (all gear is as close to perfect as possible)

CoA
enigma ds
verdungos
firelizard's talon/ fury
raven/raven/metalgrid
shadow dancers
9X 1 ma gc with 45 life
perf torch perf anni
8X 3/20/20

the result: (all after bo)

DG dmg: 1342-2545(lizard's) over 1410-1869 (fury)

AR: avg 17k (diff for both weapons)

defense- 2.7k (60% block)

life: 3956

res: 75 fire, 32 rest.

explanation:

gear:
i went with firelizard's bc the dmg is good, the fire res is awesome, and it adds 3 to ma skills. i do have a perf eth bartucs in stash tho. I went with fury for 66% open wounds, 33% deadly strike, and ignores target's defense.

i went with CoA bc of res and DR and skill

jewelry... this was a toughy. I went with metalgrid bc it rules, and ravens bc of dex mods. in so doing i put no pts into dex. if you arent ladder go angelics combo or highlords.

i also chose cancers bc of the skill mods and the dex mods and fhr. yes, it has a high str req, but coa is higher...

the conclusion:

I died doing andy at /p8 bc of the mobs. i used only tiger strike and cobra strike as charge ups but the unique zombie in there tore me apart. i would suggest going a different route than i did. i will be back with a different build ofc

ok, I just went back and respec'd and I have decided this character cannot handle mobs. I'm wearing perfect gear and /p8 andy mobs are tearing me up. unless yo are a fan of killing every single baddie in the game, I would not recommend this character.