Best Diablo 2 Assassin Class Build in Ladder Season 4

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The Assassin class is a great choice for players looking for a beginner-friendly class and versatile play style. Thanks to its synergy bonuses from both Lightning and Fire-based attacks, it can make easy work of most enemies regardless of their immunities, especially Fire Immune monsters which is vital as is our main source of damage, but it does come at a slight cost.

The Assassin class is not great at taking on Great Act bosses and is often weak against high-life targets unless you're getting health buffs from teammates of items. This ultimately makes the glass a bit of a glass cannon, but it can succeed when paired with the right build, and that's where the Fire Blast build comes in.

The Fire Blast Assassin is our pick for the best build as it employs Fire Blast, a powerful explosion attack that also synergizes with lightning damage despite being a fire-based attack. It also uses the Death Sentry to deal damage over distance or over a small area that synergizes to increase your Fire Blast damage.

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The Barbarian class is best known for its unrivaled power when it comes to elite hunting or sniping to find unique items in Diablo 2, especially as a single player. With all the abilities at its disposal, this class is a loot-farming monster, and with the right build, it becomes even better. 
Because the Barbarian class would not benefit at all from the new Sunder Charms implemented in the game, our build focuses on increasing its magic damage output as well as beefing up its defenses, making it last longer on the field. With the Concentrate ability, we can boost our physical damage and attack strength with our chosen weapon, as well as the Natural Resistance ability that grants an increase to all resistances depending on your level. 
Blade Mastery and Increased Speed also give us passive damage and attack rate boosts, along with a faster run/walk speed, letting us position ourselves better on the field. To get more in-depth, below we've broken down each skill and slot item; you'll need to create the optimal Berserk Barbarian class. 

Berserk Barbarian Gear and Sockets in D2R Season 4

Item Slot	Main Item	Slotted Item(s)
Weapon	Grief	Eth Rune, Tir Rune, Lo Rune, Mal Rune, Ral Rune
Weapon Swap	Suicide Branch	Ist Rune
Sword (Left hand)	Gemmed Phase Blade	x6 Ist Rune's
Body Armor	Enigma Mage Plate	Jah Rune, Ith Rune, Ber Rune
Helm	Harlequins Crest	Cham Rune
Gloves	Chance Guards	N/A
Boots	War Traveler	N/A
Belt	Goldwrap	N/A
Ring 1	Nagelring Ring	N/A
Ring 2	Nagelring Ring	N/A
Amulet	Storm Gorget Amulet	N/A
Charm 1	Annihilus Small Charm	N/A
Charm 2	Gheed's Fortune Grand Charm	N/A
Charm 3 onwards	Shimmering small charm of good luck	N/A

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Edited May 13 by ShawnJackson

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The Sorceress is similar to most other classes in Diablo 2, being that it has its pros and cons. What makes this class stand out above the rest is that it doesn't require much time or item investment to become powerful, it has a fast-paced playstyle, and it has tons of end-game potential.

Where the Sorceress falls short is in its survivability and noticeable learning curb. But if you take the time to develop the Blizzard Sorceress build as outlined below and learn how to manage this class's weaknesses, it's a class you can take into almost any battle.

The build we've chosen for the Blizzard Sorceress incorporates Sunder Charms, which allows you to reduce the resistance an enemy has to your type of damage. The build also increases your cold resistance while buffing your damage and, most importantly, giving you extra defense to survive battles for longer periods.

 

Item Slot	Main Item	Slotted Item(s)
Weapon	The Oculus	Rainbow Facet Jewel
Weapon Swap	Call To Arms	Amn Rune, Ral Rune, Mal Rune, Ist Rune, Ohm Rune
Shield	Spirit Monarch	Amn Rune, Ort Rune, Thul Rune, Tal Rune
Body Armor	Skin of the Vipermagi	Rainbow Facet Jewel
Helm	Harlequin Crest	Rainbow Facet Jewel
Gloves	Chance Guards	N/A
Boots	War Traveler	N/A
Belt	Goldwrap	N/A
Ring 1	Beast Turn Ring	N/A
Ring 2	Fortuitous Ring of Fortune	N/A
Amulet	Mara's Kaleidoscope	N/A
Charm 1	Annihilus	N/A
Charm 2	Shimmering small charm of balance	N/A
Charm 3	Shimmering small charm of vita	N/A
Charm 4	Shimmering small charm of good luck	N/A

Edited May 19 by ShawnJackson

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The Amazon build we use for the Lightning Fury Amazon implements Sunder Charms that negate the issue of enemies that are fully immune to Lightning damage. It makes them vulnerable to the element and your attacks, but it also makes you vulnerable to Lightning attacks.

To combat this, we also use items to increase our enemy lightning resistance as well as add some extra defense and boost our damage output. Below you can find the full spec sheet of all the gear we use for the most optimized Lightning Fury Amazon build for Diablo 2 Ladder Season 4.

Lightning Fury Amazon Gear and Sockets

Item Slot	Main Item	Slotted Item(s)
Weapon	Titan's Revenge	N/A
Weapon Swap	Call To Arms	Amn Rune, Ral Rune, Mal Rune, Ist Rune, Ohm Rune
Shield	Pheonix Monarch	Vex Rune, Vex Rune, Lo Rune, Jah Rune
Body Armor	Enigma Dusk Shroud	Jah Rune, Jah Rune, Ber Rune
Helm	Griffon's Eye	N/A
Gloves	Bone Fist Chain Gloves	N/A
Boots	War Traveler	N/A
Belt	Razortail	N/A
Ring 1	Rune Spiral Ring	N/A
Ring 2	Raven Frost Ring	N/A
Amulet	Highlord's Wrath Amulet	N/A
Charm 1	Annihilus Small Charm	N/A
Charm 2	Harpoonist's grand charm of Vita	N/A
Charm 3	Gheed's Fortune grand charm	N/A
Charm 4 onwards	Shimmering small charm of good luck	N/A

Edited May 26 by ShawnJackson

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The Necromancer is considered one of the overpowered classes in the game. With its fast-paced playstyle, it can overwhelm enemies in an onslaught of attacks, and using its ability to pump out incredible amounts of Poison, Fire, and Physical Area of Effect (AoE) Damage within a single Skill Rotation makes it almost impossible to fend off. Couple all this with the fact that it is dealing this damage over a wide area, while on the move, the Necromancer class is a monster evaporator.

That said, no class is perfect, and the Necromancer does suffer from being a difficult class to master with a steep learning curb. It's also quite weak early game, only coming into its own mid-late game, and it's not the best at dealing tons of damage on boss fights. However, we can set up the optimal build for the class to negate some of these issues and create a Necromancer that will be feared in D2R Ladder Season 4.