Dragon Talon Assassin (Kicksin) Build BiS Gear and Runes for Diablo 2 Resurrected

This is the standard high damage Kick build.

• Weapon: Stormlash
• Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
• Shield: Stormshield or Sanctuary
• Body Armor: Chains of Honor
• Helm: Guillaume's Face
• Gloves: Laying of Hands
• Boots: Upped Gore Rider
• Belt: Verdungo's Hearty Cord
• Ring 1: Raven Frost
• Ring 2: The Stone of Jordan or Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band
• Amulet: Mara's Kaleidoscope
• Charm 1: Assassin Hellfire Torch
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: 9x Trap Skiller Grand Charms with Life or enough % Faster Hit Recovery to hit 86%
• Charm 4: 10 Small Charms with Life, Resistances, Mana, or Faster Hit Recovery, depending on needs

This is a special Kick build using the Rift Runeword to trigger Tornado and Frozen Orb at your target for added area of effect damage.

• Weapon: Rift War Scepter
• Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
• Shield: Head Hunter's Glory socketed with multiple Cold Rainbow Facet or Moser's Blessed Circle socketed with multiple Cold Rainbow Facets
• Body Armor: Chains of Honor
• Helm: Nightwing's Veil socketed with a Cold Rainbow Facet
• Gloves: Dracul's Grasp
• Boots: Upped Gore Rider
• Belt: Verdungo's Hearty Cord
• Ring 1: Raven Frost
• Ring 2: The Stone of Jordan or Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band
• Amulet: Mara's Kaleidoscope
• Charm 1: Assassin Hellfire Torch
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: 9x Trap Skiller Grand Charms with Life or enough % Faster Hit Recovery to hit 86%
• Charm 4: 10 Small Charms with Life, Resistances, Mana, or Faster Hit Recovery, depending on needs

This is a variety of cheap gear sets to get you started.

• Weapon: Bartuc's Cut-Throat, Spirit Sword, Black, or Strength
• Shield: Spirit, Rhyme, Lidless Wall, or Ancient's Pledge
• Body Armor: Treachery, The Spirit Shroud, Duriel's Shell, Skin of the Vipermagi, Que-Hegan's Wisdom, or Stealth
• Helm: Guillaume's Face, Lore, Rockstopper, or Tarnhelm
• Gloves: Laying of Hands, Bloodfist, or Sander's Taboo
• Boots: Upped Gore Riders, Upped Goblin Toe, Shadow Dancers, or Rare boots with high damage
• Belt: String of Ears, Goldwrap, or Nightsmoke
• Ring 1: Raven Frost
• Ring 2: Rare ring with Life, Resistances, and primary attributes, Dwarf Star, or Angelic Halo
• Amulet: The Eye of Etlich, Rare amulet with +3 to Traps, Angelic Wings
• Charm 1: Any Hellfire Torch for stats, even if it is not Assassin-specific
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: Any Assassin Skiller Grand Charms
• Charm 4: Any Charm with Life, Resistances, Faster Hit Recovery, or useful Primary Attributes

You can either hire a Defensive (Holy Freeze) or Offensive (Might) Desert Guard Mercenary in Act 2, Nightmare difficulty, depending on whether you want to slow monsters for added safety or improve the overall damage of your Mercenary.

This is one of the best Mercenary gear setups across many characters, including the Kicksin.

• Weapon: Ethereal Infinity
• Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
• Helm: Ethereal Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune

This is a cheap gear set to get your Mercenary some damage and survivability on a budget.

• Weapon: Insight or Obedience
• Body Armor: Treachery
• Helm: Vampire Gaze