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General

Overview

Basically all popular Assassin builds in LoD also work fine in ES. Claw Mastery is changed to Melee Mastery, and some skills like Tiger Strike and Phoenix Strike work with any weapons. So you may like to try a weapon other than Claws.

The new Assassin weapon Katana has a limited use because of being a 2H sword, but looks cool and the damage is awesome. Iaigiri (a Concentrate like skill) is very defensive and popular among Katana sins. Oskill Whirlwind and oskill Zeal are also recommended for most weapons including Katana and Claws. Shuriken is a ranged skill that shoots throwing knives like Strafe, which is also good as a subskill for MA/Trap builds to activate a CtC curse.

Trapper is one of the best builds for beginners, because it benefits from Skill Tab Reroll and Skill Tab Forging a lot. Weaker fire traps are improved or replaced with a magic damage trap. Death Sentry is *nerfed*, but it doesn't matter after all because abundant curse/aura items and Conviction mercenary greatly increase the total trap damage.

Initial Stats and Increment

Skills

Martial Arts

Assassin - Martial Arts / Shadow Disciplines / Traps

• Dragon Talon
• Dragon Claw
• Tiger Strike
• Iaigiri
• Fists of Fire
• Dragon Tail
• Dragon Blade
• Claws of Thunder
• Dragon Flight
• Blades of Ice
• Shuriken
• Phoenix Strike

Dragon Talon

Required Level

1

Prerequisites

None

Difference from the LoD version

Improved damage and Attack Rating bonus.

Pros

Very fast attack. Triggers CtC spells frequently.

Cons

Kick damage depends on the boots, and difficult to increase. Kick damage is not affected by the damage augmenter.

Mods that will transfer to kicks:

• Open Wounds
• Crushing Blow
• Elemental Damage
• Magic Damage
• +X% Enhanced Damage from non-weapon gear
• +X% Life Leech
• +X% Mana Leech
• +X% Chance to cast xxx on striking

Mods that do NOT transfer to your kicks:

• Deadly Strike
• Critical Strike
• + Max Damage
• + Min Damage
• +X% Enhanced Damage from weapon
• +X% Chance to cast on attacking

Kicking basics (damage formula, ...) from DiabloII:
http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=127905

Dragon Claw

Required Level

1

Prerequisites

None

Difference from the LoD version

Improved damage.

Notes

Dragon Claw is the only attack skill that requires dual claw. DC consists of two swings, and the fastest speed is 10 frames (5 frames per swing). This isn't bad as it sounds, because so-called 4 frame zeal (the fastest zeal) has the ending animation and the average speed is roughly 4.8 frame per swing. The fastest DC is nearly as fast as the fastest Zeal and has better damage bonus.

The most popular usage of DC is finisher, the skill to release charge-ups. The skill description reads DC releases the charge twice, but it actually does only once. Even the fastest DC requires 10 frames to release a charge, while single action attack (normal attack/Iaigiri) requires only 7 frames. If you like to release charges as fast as possible, a single action attack would be better. But you can also think like this: DC let you land another physical blow (with good ED) in only 3 frame. After all, using DC as the finisher isn't so bad, especially when you equip a 1H weapon (ie. the only single attack you can use is normal attack.)

Another usage is the main attack skill. As stated above, DC is as good as Zeal. A pure DC build (using only DC) is possible, and can be better than using charge-up skills in some cases, say with tons of Crushing Blow and/or CtC Static. Like Zealots, pure DC builds may lack AoE (ie. weak against a large mob). 1 point in Death Sentry will make up for the lack of AoE well.

Pros

Fast attack. Triggers CtC spells frequently.

Cons

Requires dual claw. Release only one charge per two swings.

Synergies

Dragon Talon: +12% Damage Per Level
Dragon Tail: +12% Damage Per Level
Dragon Flight: +12% Damage Per Level
Weapon Block: +12% Damage Per Level
Tiger Strike: +12% Damage Per Level
Phoenix Strike: +12% Damage Per Level

Tiger Strike

Required Level

1

Prerequisites

None

Difference from the LoD version

Receives the synergy. Longer charge duration.

Pros

Can be used with any melee weapons. Good damage bonus.

Cons

Needs 3 charges for the maximum damage.

Synergies

Cobra Strike: +15% Damage Per Level
Psychic Slash: +15% Damage Per Level
Cobra Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Fists of Fire: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Claws of Thunder: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Blades of Ice: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Phoenix Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level

Iaigiri

Required Level

6

Prerequisites

None

A new ES skill

Based on Barbarian's Concentrate and requires a 2H weapon to use.

Pros

Very defensive. Low mana cost. Assassins can use one of the fastest 2H weapons, Katana.

Cons

Single target, normal speed.

Synergies

Tiger Strike: +10% Damage Per Level
Claw Mastery: +10% Damage Per Level
Shuriken: +10% Damage Per Level
Cloak of Shadows: +5% Defense Per Level
Blade Shield: +5% Defense Per Level

Fists of Fire

Required Level

6

Prerequisites

None

Difference from the LoD version

Improved explosion radius and synergies.

Pros

Decent and tight damage.

Cons

Notes

A claw only skill, requires 1 claw but works better with 2. it it performs a quick 1-2 hit like dragon claw with 2 equipped gaining full charges in 2 rounds. Needs 3 charges for the maximum damage. Less damage than Claws of thunder. burn damage and explosion damage hit all targets in range

Synergies

Claws of Thunder: +7% Fire Damage Per Level
Blades of Ice: +7% Fire Damage Per Level
Phoenix Strike: +7% Fire Damage Per Level
Dragon Claw: +7% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Iaigiri: +7% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Dragon Flight: +7% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Tiger Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Cobra Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Claws of Thunder: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Blades of Ice: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Phoenix Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level

Dragon Tail

Required Level

18

Prerequisites

Dragon Talon (1)

Difference from the LoD version

Improved AR bonus. Increased mana cost.

Pros

Converts the damage of a single target skill to AoE damage.

Cons

Fire immune monsters won't take the added fire damage. Physical immune monsters won't take physical damage, meaning no fire damage will be done either. It's kind of like a 2 and a half weakness. You can use the melee damage to kill fire immunes, but physical immunes(that can't be broken) will never be affected.

Notes

Fire damage is based on physical damage done by the kick, good boots are the key to this skill. dragon tail also gives synergy to fire fist claws of thunder and blades of ice, and posibly other charge ups

Dragon Blade

Required Level

18

Prerequisites

Iaigiri (6)

Difference from the LoD version

Pros

attacks 2 enemies quickly. works a lot like double swing on groups of monsters.

Cons

Notes

Two hand weapons, knives, and knuckles only. This skill shares all its synergies with shuriken.

Synergies

Iagiri: +7% Damage Per Level
Shuriken: +7% Damage Per Level
Blade Sentinel: +7% Damage Per Level
Blade Shield: +7% Damage Per Level

Claws of Thunder

Required Level

24

Prerequisites

Fists of Fire (6)

Difference from the LoD version

Improved synergies.

Pros

Has the best damage of four elemental charge-up skills.

Cons

A claw only skill, requires 1 claw but works better with 2. it it performs a quick 1-2 hit like dragon claw with 2 equiped gaining full charges in 2 rounds. Needs 3 charges for the maximum damage. Lightning damage is unstable because the min damage is 1.

Notes

only 1 source of lighting damage will hit each monster per release of claws of thunder. the nova moves faster and will be what hits the monsters around you wile the charged bolts will spread out slightly past the edges of the screen.

Synergies

Fists of Fire: +7% Cold Damage Per Level
Claws of Thunder: +7% Cold Damage Per Level
Phoenix Strike: +7% Cold Damage Per Level
Dragon Claw: +7% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Iaigiri: +7% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Dragon Flight: +7% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Tiger Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Cobra Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Fists of Fire: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Claws of Thunder: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Phoenix Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level

Dragon Flight

Required Level

24

Prerequisites

Dragon Talon (1), Dragon Tail (18)

Difference from the LoD version

Improved damage and AR bonus. Receives flight radius synergy.

Pros

Can attack a distant target. Handy for maneuvering.

Cons

A single target skill.

Synergies

Dragon Talon: +0.67 Yard Per 10 Levels
Dragon Tail: +0.67 Yard Per 10 Levels
Dragon Flight: +0.67 Yard Per 10 Levels

Blades of Ice

Required Level

18

Prerequisites

Fists of Fire (6), Claws of Thunder (18)

Difference from the LoD version

Improved explosion radius and synergies.

Pros

Freeze effect with a good AoE and duration. highly defensive

Cons

A claw only skill, requires 1 claw but works better with 2. it it performs a quick 1-2 hit like dragon claw with 2 equipped gaining full charges in 2 rounds. Needs 3 charges for freezing effect. Damage is lower than other elemental charge-up skills.

Synergies

Fists of Fire: +7% Cold Damage Per Level
Claws of Thunder: +7% Cold Damage Per Level
Phoenix Strike: +7% Cold Damage Per Level
Dragon Claw: +7% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Iaigiri: +7% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Dragon Flight: +7% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Tiger Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Cobra Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Fists of Fire: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Claws of Thunder: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Phoenix Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level

Shuriken

Required Level

30

Prerequisites

None

A new ES skill

Shuriken is a throwing version of Strafe, which requires a throwing knife to use. because it is restricted to 1 hand weapons and throwing knives are lower damage then most other throwing weapons suriken does not have the 3/4 weapon damage penalty strafe does

Pros

Fast attack. Also good as a subskill for trappers to trigger CtC Lower Resist, and to pass the time after laying the maximum number of traps.

Cons

Notes

shuriken will always throw its minimum number of knives unless ther are no targets in range. at 10 minimum,that might mean 10 knives at one target or 5 each at 2 targets.
Shares many of its synergies with iaigiri and all of them with dragon blade.
In the following table, the "roughly 2% damage per level" note is based on research done by one user; the damage of this skill is highly dependent on several factors, including bonuses from Passive skills (the Barbarian Throwing Mastery as well as Assassin passives).

Synergies

Iaigiri: +6% Damage Per Level
Dragon Blade: +6% Damage Per Level
Blade Sentinel: +6% Damage Per Level
Blade Shield: +6% Damage Per Level

Phoenix Strike

Required Level

30

Prerequisites

None

Difference from the LoD version

Improved explosion radius, damage (especiallly cold damage) and synergies.

Pros

Deals one of three elemental damage of your choice.

Cons

Each damage is inferior to that of the single elemental charge-up skills. Somewhat unwieldy unless you only want to use the 3rd charge.

Synergies

Fists of Fire: +10% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Claws of Thunder: +10% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Blades of Ice: +10% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Dragon Claw: +10% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Iaigiri: +10% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Dragon Flight: +10% Fire/Cold/Lightning Damage Per Level
Tiger Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Cobra Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Claws of Thunder: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Blades of Ice: +1 Second Duration Per Level
Phoenix Strike: +1 Second Duration Per Level

Shadow Disciplines

Assassin - Martial Arts / Shadow Disciplines / Traps

• Melee Mastery
• Cloak of Shadows
• Weapon Block
• Burst of Speed
• Command Mastery
• Shadow Warrior
• Fade
• Psychic Slash
• Venom
• Shadow Master
• Shade Armor
• Mind Blast

Melee Mastery

Required Level

1

Prerequisites

None

Difference from Claw Mastery (LoD)

Works with any melee weapons.

Pros

Cons

Notes

Melee Mastery doesn't stack with Barbarian's Weapon Masteries. The higher level one takes effect.

Cloak of Shadows

Required Level

1

Prerequisites

None

Difference from the LoD version

Darkens the screen no longer. (The vapor graphics is also shown above the caster to indicate the duration.) Duration is capped to make recasting easy. Less mana cost. Works like Shout and other armor spells for the defense part (gives skill_armor_percent, not item_armor_percent).

Pros

Very effective to disable ranged attackers.

Cons

Can't be recast until the duration expires, which is annoying especially when you are proceeding fast.

Synergies

Psychic Slash: -2% Physical Resit Per 3 Levels
Mind Blast: -2% Physical Resit Per 3 Levels

Weapon Block

Required Level

1

Prerequisites

None

Difference from the LoD version
Pros : Also blocks some elemental missiles. (This is a less known feature of LoD itself.)

Cons
Note : Increased Chance to Block doesn't work but Faster Block works for Weapon Block.

Burst of Speed

Required Level

6

Prerequisites

None

Difference from the LoD version

Pros

Cons

Synergies

Fade: +12 Seconds Per Level
Venom: +12 Seconds Per Level
Shade Armor: +12 Seconds Per Level

Command Mastery

Required Level

6

Prerequisites

None

Difference from the LoD version

Pros

Give bonuses to Shadows

Cons

Synergies

None

Shadow Warrior

Required Level

12

Prerequisites

Command Mastery (6)

Difference from the LoD version

Spawned with the same base weapon(s) you equip. You can summon up to three warriors by the synergy.

Pros

You can select the skills they use. Benefit from the equipment (Aura whien equipped, for example.)

Cons

Generally weaker than Shadow Master.

Notes

Generated with random equipment. The base Defense and Attack Rating are determined by the armor and Dexterity. The base Damage is determined by the weapon and Strength.
Please also see Shadow Warrior's Equipment and Life Regeneration.

Known Issues

The skill icon shows slightly less Equipment Level. Please see the skill panel for the correct values. The skill panel doesn't show the correct value either while the slvl is zero.

Synergies

Shadow Master: +12% defense Per Levels
Shadow Master: +40% attack rating Per Levels
Shadow Master: +10 str/dex Per Levels
command Mastery: +1 Summoned Per 15 Levels
command Mastery: +1% crushing blow Per Levels
command Mastery: +2% piercing attack Per Levels

Fade

Required Level

18

Prerequisites

Burst of Speed (6)

Difference from the LoD version

Pros

Cons

Synergies

Fade: +12 Seconds Per Level
Venom: +12 Seconds Per Level
Shade Armor: +12 Seconds Per Level

Psychic Slash

Required Level

18

Prerequisites

Cloak of Shadows (1)

Difference from Psychic Hammer (LoD)

Pros

Cons

Notes

this skill will automatically select a target from about 1/4 of the screen area if you right click with no target or have it on left click and try to use a tp, wp, move, or open chests/pick up items. This feature can be both a pro and a con. In the beginning it's a hindrance to normal things. When you get the hang of it, catching all those fast moving tiny monsters is easy.

Synergies

Cloak of Shadows: +5% all Damage Per Level
Mind Blast: +5% all Damage Per Level

Venom

Required Level

24

Prerequisites

Burst of Speed (6), Fade (18)

Difference from the LoD version

Longer poison length.

Pros

Cons

Longer poison length.

Synergies

Burst of Speed: +5 Seconds Per Level
Fade: +5 Seconds Per Level
Shade Armor: +5 Seconds Per Level
Cloaks of Shadows: +5% Poison Damage
Poison Stream: +5% Poison Damage

Shadow Master

Required Level

24

Prerequisites

Command Mastery (6), Shadow Warrior (12)

Difference from the LoD version

Spawned with a Cap, War Hat or Hood. You can summon two Shadow Masters by the synergy.

Pros

Fights autonomously and uses various skills. Benefit from the equipment (Aura when equipped, for example.)

Cons

You can't control the skills she uses. Her Mind Blast may be annoying, for example. charging up pheonix strike then setting traps till the charges expire or scattering a tight pack with mind blast stuning half of them making it take twice as long to kill then.

Notes

Generated with random equipment. The base Defense and Attack Rating are determined by the armor and Dexterity. The base Damage is determined by the weapon and Strength.
Please also see Shadow Master's Equipment and Life Regeneration.

Known Issues

The skill icon shows slightly less Equipment Level. Please see the skill panel for the correct values. The skill panel doesn't show the correct value either while the slvl is zero.
Shadow Master sometimes fails to catch up with you and disappears. This often occurs when you have a lot of FRW and use BoS.

Synergies

Shadow Warrior: +12% defense Per Levels
Shadow Warrior: +40% attack rating Per Levels
Shadow Warrior: +10 str/dex Per Levels
Command Master: +1 Summoned Per 30 Levels
Command Master: +1% crushing blow Per Levels
Command Master: +2% piercing attack Per Levels

Shade Armor

Required Level

30

Prerequisites

Burst of Speed (6), Fade (18), Venom (24)

A new ES skill

Pros

Physical Resist% (DR%) is capped at 50%, but more than that is helpful when cursed.

Cons

Synergies

Burst of Speed: +12 Seconds Per Level
Fists of Fire: +12 Seconds Per Level
Venom: +12 Seconds Per Level

Mind Blast

Required Level

30

Prerequisites

Cloak of Shadows (1), Psychic Slash (18)

Difference from the LoD version

Much improved damage. Less conversion chance/length.

Pros

A great crowd control skill.

Cons

Sometimes conversion may be annoying.

Synergies

Cloak of Shadows: +5% Damage Per Level
Psychic Slash: +5% Damage Per Level
Cloak of Shadows: +0.67 Yard Per 10 Levels
Psychic Slash: +0.67 Yard Per 10 Levels

Traps

Assassin - Martial Arts / Shadow Disciplines / Traps

• Cold Blast
• Shock Web
• Blade Shield
• Lava Sentry
• Blade Sentinel
• Ice Fangs
• Lightning Sentry
• Poison Stream
• Cold Wave
• Steam Sentry
• Death Sentry

Cold Blast

Required Level

1

Prerequisites

None

Difference from Fire Blast

Deals cold damage instead of fire damage. Improved damage.

Pros

Good skill from level 1. Low mana cost as a left click skill.

Cons

Can be hard to aim till you get used to it.

Synergies

Ice Fangs: +8% Cold Damage Per Level
Cold Wave: +8% Cold Damage Per Level
Shock Web: +6% Cold Damage Per Level
Lava Sentry: +6% Cold Damage Per Level
Lightning Sentry: +6% Cold Damage Per Level
Steam Sentry: +6% Cold Damage Per Level

Shock Web

Required Level

1

Prerequisites

None

Difference from the LoD version

Improved damage. No cast delay

Pros

You can aim at specific monsters.

Cons

Less effective against moving monsters.

Notes

Cast delay is removed, but this advantage should be used to scatter the webs, not to stack the webs in one place, because next delay still exists and a monster can be hurt by the webs only once per second.

Synergies

Lava Sentry: +8% Cold Damage Per Level
Lightning Sentry: +8% Cold Damage Per Level
Steam Sentry: +8% Cold Damage Per Level
Cold Blast: +6% Cold Damage Per Level
Ice Fangs: +6% Cold Damage Per Level
Cold Wave: +6% Cold Damage Per Level

Blade Shield

Required Level

6

Prerequisites

None

Difference from the LoD version

Longer duration. Also deals Lightning damage.

Pros

Triggers the special effects like Crushing Blow.

Cons

Short radius. 1 second of interval between each damage.

Notes

Using this skill reduces the durability of the weapon. CtC On Striking doesn't work, but CtC On Attack works.

Blade Shield is a good 1 pointer, the duration is low but as you add +skills to your equipment the duration improves enough. 1 point is the most you should have, with one glaring exception: pumping it to synergize Blade Sentinel if you expect to use Sentinels a lot.

Really, the only build where I would say Blade Shield truly shines is an Iaigiri build.
With that build, it will do decent damage, be in range to do that damage, and leech
globs of life. For every other build I've tried, it isn't nearly as good.

On melee builds using smaller one handed weapon(s), leave Blade Shield at 1. Such builds
are elemental Martial Arts and kickers. With a short stubby weapon it doesn't hit for
much, but the very fact that it is free leech makes it worth putting 1 point into.

On ranged builds you can invest either 0 or 1 point, you are not likely to get hit much
and when you do it will not help much anyway. Trappers and Shuriken builds fit here.
(quoted from Blinn's post)

Synergies

Blade Sentinel: +10 Seconds Per Level
Blade Sentinel: +12% All Damage Per Level
Poison Stream: +12% All Damage Per Level
Cold Blast: +12% All Damage Per Level
Shock Web: +12% All Damage Per Level
(The damage from the weapon isn't affected by the synergy.)

Lava Sentry

Required Level

6

Prerequisites

Shock Web (1)

Difference from the LoD version

Improved damage. Increased number of shoots.

Pros

Cons

Notes

entire shots occasionally appear to miss monsters that should have taken several hits.

Synergies

Shock Web: +8% Fire Damage Per Level
Lightning Sentry: +8% Fire Damage Per Level
Steam Sentry: +8% Fire Damage Per Level
Cold Blast: +6% Fire Damage Per Level
Ice Fangs: +6% Fire Damage Per Level
Cold Wave: +6% Fire Damage Per Level

Blade Sentinel

Required Level

12

Prerequisites

Blade Shield (6)

Difference from the LoD version

No recast delay. Rather than the duration and cast delay determining the max number of sentinels you can have out, now there is a max number that goes up with synergy from blade shield.

Pros

Triggers special effects like Crushing Blow. This skill can do massive damage to a small area, say an act boss and its minions, or scaling down as the area gets bigger do average damage as blades cut their way across the screen in every direction. Excellent for seal spawns and waves in the throne room.

Cons

Sometimes hard to control. As the max number of blades goes up, it's harder to tell if you have cast the max number.

Synergies

Blade Shield: +1 Missile Per 4 Levels
Blade Shield: +0.2 Second Per Level
Blade Shield: +10% Damage Per Level

Ice Fangs

Required Level

12

Prerequisites

Cold Blast (1)

Difference from Fire Blast

Greatly improved damage.

Pros

Spammable. Good AoE.

Cons

Synergies

Cold Blast: +7% Cold Damage Per Level
Cold Wave: +7% Cold Damage Per Level
Shock Web: +5% Cold Damage Per Level
Lava Sentry: +5% Cold Damage Per Level
Lightning Sentry: +5% Cold Damage Per Level
Steam Sentry: +5% Cold Damage Per Level

Lightning Sentry

Required Level

18

Prerequisites

Shock Web (1), Lava Sentry (6)

Difference from the LoD version

Higher damage, higher mana cost and more traps total with hard point investment.

Pros

Cons

higher mana cost plus more total traps can be hard to maintain mana levels without the ability to get mana on kill from sentry traps.

Synergies

Charged Bolt Sentry: +1 Trap Per 10 Levels
Shock Web: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level
Charged Bolt Sentry: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level
Death Sentry: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level

Poison Stream

Required Level

24

Prerequisites

Blade Shield (6), Blade Sentinel (12)

Difference from Blade Fury

Less weapon damage. Also deals poison damage.

Pros

Deals 2 kinds of damage. Triggers the special effects like Crushing Blow.

Cons

Synergies

Death Sentry: +10% Poison Damage Per Level
Venom: +10% Poison Damage Per Level

Cold Wave

Required Level

24

Prerequisites

Cold Blast (1), Teeth(12)

A new ES skill

This is Baal's Cold Wave with improved damage.

Pros

Good AoE. Very defensive (chill and knockbak effect).

Cons

mana intensive.

Synergies

Cold Blast: +8% Cold Damage Per Level
Blades of Ice: +8% Cold Damage Per Level
Phoenix Strike: +4% Cold Damage Per Level

Steam Sentry

Required Level

24

Prerequisites

Shock Web (1), Lava Sentry (6), Lightning Sentry (18)

Difference from Inferno Sentry

Pros

Cons

Notes

deals fire damage in what looks like a wide colum but in use the animation and monsters affected dont always match up.

Synergies

Wake of Fire Sentry: +1 Trap Per 10 Levels
Wake of Fire Sentry: +0.67 Yard Per 4 Levels
Wake of Fire Sentry: +12% Magic Damage Per Level
Charged Bolt Sentry: +6% Magic Damage Per Level
Lightning Sentry: +6% Magic Damage Per Level
Death Sentry: +6% Magic Damage Per Level

Death Sentry

Required Level

30

Prerequisites

Shock Web (1), Lava Sentry (6), Lightning Sentry (18), Steam Sentry (24)

Difference from the LoD version

Less Corpse Explosion damage.

Pros

Even 1 point works fine. Also good as a subskill for melee builds.

Cons

Requires a corpse to activate Corpse Explosion.

Notes

Corpse Explosion damage had been only 10~25% of Monster's Life in the original ES 3.00. This was increased in the patch to 20~40%, which is still lower than the LoD value. This is because Conviction Mercenary is very common with Trappers in ES, and curses like Amplify Damage is very common with Melee Sins.

Synergies

Lightning Sentry: +1 Trap Per 10 Levels
Shock Web: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level
Charged Bolt Sentry: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level
Lightning Sentry: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level