⚔️Blade Blast Assassin ⚔️

Endurance: 8 (very high)
Map clear efficiency: 5 (mediocre)
Single Target damage: 10 (excellent)
Budget: 6 (mediocre)

1. Unstable Infusion.
2. Deadly Infusion.
3. Opportunistic.
4. Ambush and Assassinate.

Major: Brine King

Minor: Ryslatha.

Of course both fully upgraded.

Kill them all.

Unique Jewels:


Cluster Jewels:


Other Jewels:

I just love Rumi's Concoction and the Overflowing Chalice.

Generally, we rely on casting lingering blades on the ground through Bladefall, and then - detonating them with Blade Blast:

Damage scaling:


Defenses:


Uniques:


Rares:


The Skill(s):

Links explanation:


Keystones:

Masteries:

Gameplay:

Leveling:

Mapping:

Weapon: The Void Batteries are around 50c each. 1d with nearly perfect rolls. They can go really expensive if you want to have some juicy crucible;

Helmet: Helmets with good life/resistance rolls and +1 Power charge can go between 5~10d;

Armour: Should be around 3~10d depending on the rolls and chosen mods;

Gloves: Perfect roll (50% impale effect) are 1~2d;

Boots: Generic boots with spell suppress, good resistances and life should be around 3~6d;

Belt: Usually cheap - around 2 divines for a very good Leather or Stygian. You can get a high-end Stygian with % life and flat Life + resists for around 8~12 divines;

Amulet: Between 3 and 12d depends on when you search the market. It's literally on timing and not actual price. Weird but true for this amulet;

Rings:
Shaper/Crusader rings with max life/resists and Life-on-hit with spells can vary between 2d and 8d;

Jewels:

-Watcher's Eye: +2 impales with Pride is highly recommended because that's the highest damage boost you can get here. Additional Evasion with Grace is very good. Additional armour with Determination is good. Increased Phys dmg with Pride is good but can get expensive with the +2 impales together. I got mine for 4d;

-Forbidden Jewels: with Born in the Shadows - Very cheap. Should be 1-2 divines for both;

-Militant Faith: AoE damage/Ele Resists/Aura effect are the best mods. Just get one with Dominus for the keystone. Should be up to 2d max;

-The rare jewel is a generic life/resist one. Try to get one with impale effect if possible. Price really depends on the mods;

Skill and Support Gems: We do not need many gems. Most expensive are Awakened Spell Cascade (4d), Awakened Unleash (2d), Awakened Increased AoE (2d) and Empower level 4 (3~4d).

OVERALL BUDGET: between 20 and 80 divine orbs.

Good:
-Simple gameplay;
-Medium budget;
-Very high damage output;
-Very reliable defense;
-Does not require specific items that are expensive.

Bad:
-Two-click build;
-Maximizing the performance can get expensive;

Videos:

Screenshots:

Links:

-My current helmet (with that corrupted implicit) is generally too expensive but it allowed me to use Mana instead of my initial plan - Eldritch Battery. This way I saved 1 passive point on the tree. But this is just 1 point. Eldritch battery is easily accessible on the tree. If you choose Eldritch battery instead, I suggest get some ES on the gear;

-Having a Large cluster jewel with a Physical dmg base will be very useful. Recommended notables on the jewel: Master the Fundamentals, Battle-Hardened and Furious Assault/Force Multiplier;

-A double Impresence with Vulnerability + Enfeeble/Temp Chains/Punishment can be a very good choice. There are free sockets to spare for curse auras. The downside of this is missing a lot of crit and reservation efficiency since Stranglegasp would cover all that. Ashes of the Stars is also good but too expensive;

-You can sacrifice defense for even more damage by swapping Determination with Zealotry.