Dragon Tail Assy dies too often

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Oliver Wenzel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> well, my level 78 Assasin is currently in Act2 Hell (Arcane Sanctuary), but
> I've found she dies way too often (in SP), even in 1 player games.
>
> I've equipped her quite nicely, with full resists, about 950 life, 2K
> defense and 15% life leech. DEATH runeword in a Silver-Edged ethereal axe
> gives some real good damage (about 450-800) and with other gear she has a
> total of 75%CB and 54% Deadly Strike. Might Merc has an Insight thresher to
> provide my mana.
>

Hmmm, what weapon you use doesn't matter when you kick.
Kickdamage depends on damage on boots, str and dex.
remember also you ll is cutted to 1/4 in hell iirc.

> And still, she dies. Way too often.. Hack at a Death Beetle in the Maggot
> Lair and Mana Ball empty. Next hit - dead..
>
> I attack with Tiger Strike/Dragon Tail or Cobra Strike as charge-up skill.
> But her life ball doesn't seem to go up fast enough. Is there a problem
> with life leech in hell? Or should I use another finisher?
>

The few times a tried a kicker i found out that if you need to really
gain life and mana from cobra strike you need to powerup both
tigerstrike and cobrastrike before you release it with a finishin move.

And remember dragon tail doesn't improve your kickdamage anly adding
fire damage.

Dragon Talon on the other hand improves your kickdamage with 138% at
level 20.

> All suggestions are very welcome. I've currently equipped her to magic find
> with NM Baal (about 350% MF) and there she just shines..
>

Your damage is the same, but mosters in hell gets a nice fire res and a
lot more life then in nm.


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Oliver Wenzel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> well, my level 78 Assasin is currently in Act2 Hell (Arcane
> Sanctuary), but I've found she dies way too often (in SP), even in 1
> player games.
>
> I've equipped her quite nicely, with full resists, about 950 life, 2K
> defense and 15% life leech. DEATH runeword in a Silver-Edged ethereal
> axe gives some real good damage (about 450-800) and with other gear
> she has a total of 75%CB and 54% Deadly Strike. Might Merc has an
> Insight thresher to provide my mana.
>
> And still, she dies. Way too often.. Hack at a Death Beetle in the
> Maggot Lair and Mana Ball empty. Next hit - dead..

That's a two-handed axe, IIRC. My advice would be to dump the axe, then get
a decent one-handed weapon and shield.

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Hi,

"chainbreaker" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in
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> Oliver Wenzel wrote:

>> And still, she dies. Way too often.. Hack at a Death Beetle in the
>> Maggot Lair and Mana Ball empty. Next hit - dead..
>
> That's a two-handed axe, IIRC. My advice would be to dump the axe,
> then get a decent one-handed weapon and shield.

I reequipped her and now have an OATH in an ethereal Small Crescent axe
with Moser's as shield. Looks like this combo works much better than my
DEATH axe alone.
She went through the rest of Act2 without probs and is now starting Act3.

Thanks,

Oliver

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Hi,

Hannes Brunner <bruhan12@web.de> wrote in
news:3e6o6jF1ft4gU1@individual.net:

> Oliver Wenzel schrieb:
>> And still, she dies. Way too often.. Hack at a Death Beetle in the
>> Maggot Lair and Mana Ball empty. Next hit - dead..
>
> When playing my TS/DT Assassin, Act 1 Hell was a pain too. But after I
> replaced her merc with a Defiance merc in Act 2 Hell, things became a
> lot easier. She used a Leviathan (to fit the color of 2x Jade Talons
> *g*) and as soon as the merc aura kicked in, her defence was something
> like 8k. That's a huge difference to just 2k.

I have an OATH runeword in ethereal Small Crescent with Spirit shield now.
Has worked very well so far (Act3 Lower Kurast). I've pumped some skill
points into Dragon Talon so I get up to 3 kicks. Lawbringer on weapon
switch gives Decrep against Bosses.

I guess I'll have to put some more points into my Shadow Master, as she
starts to die more often than my merc. She's level 26 pre-buffed.

Regards,

Oliver