The update of Diablo 2 Resurrected 2.6 PTR and new items make people interested in creating new builds in the next patch and Ladder season. Today let’s go over 5 D2R 2.6 Ladder Season builds with details. 

Related Read: D2R 2.6 Helm Runewords Guide

D2R Ladder Season 3 Best Builds - Top 5 Diablo 2 Resurrected 2.6 Builds 

In the Diablo 2 Resurrected Patch 2.6 Season 3, we are going to get a new exclusive Mosaic runeword available to the Assassin class. The mechanical gameplay for the Martial Arts is changing in D2R 2.6, Mosaic Runeword now gives you that 25 chance to never spend a charge when you're using a finishing move. Below are Barricade TTV's top 5 highest DPS D2R Season 3 best builds for Assassin, showing you what the damage ranges look like for this new Mosaic Martial Arts. 

#1 Phoenix Strike Assassin Build

Skill Tree

The first one of the five best builds for Diablo 2 Resurrected 2.6 Ladder 3 is centered around Phoenix Strike, try to get all the dependencies like Blades of Ice, Claws of Thunder, Firsts of Fire, and also Tiger Strike to do a ton of damage using the Dragon Talon up close. 

- Martial Arts: Phoenix Strike 20, Blades of Ice 20, Claws of Thunder 20, Firsts of Fire 20, Tiger Strike 1, Dragon Talon 1

Gear

For the gear, it is pretty achievable for the endgame, you can go with a Shako with a Cham rune to make sure you can’t be frozen. Then we are using the Sensei’s Runic Talons of Alacrity to mimic the Mosaic Claw runeword that is going to be added in Patch 2.6, you can get on any claw for an Assassin at the moment. Some crafted gloves can be used for this build, such as Death Grip, which offers +2 to martial arts, +20% Increased Attack Speed, +10% Chance of Crushing Blow, and some life leech. We’ve go several martial arts killers and one Flame Rift charm as well as a Hellfire Torch and Annihilus. As far as the rings, use dual Bul-Kathos’ Wedding Band for the plus one to all skills and life leech to stay alive. Then for the belt, Arachnid Mesh for the plus to skills. Highlord’s Wrath is used for increased attack speed with some deadly strikes. And we’ve got the War Traveler boots that have been upped with two mirrored boots, the thicker the boot, the better you kick damage. 

- Weapon: Sensei’s Runic Talons of Alacrity 

- Shield: Sensei’s Runic Talons of Alacrity

- Helm: Harlequin Crest (Shako)

- Body Armor: Enigma (Mage Plate)

- Amulet: Highlord’s Wrath 

- Gloves: Death Grip (Sharkskin Gloves)

- Rings: Bul-Kathos’ Wedding Band

- Belt: Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb Sash)

- Boots: War Traveler (Mirrored Boots)

- Charms: Shogukusha's Grand Charm, Flame Rift (Grand Charm), Hellfire Torch (Large Charm), Annihilus (Small Charm)

Mercenary

The mercenary also got an Infinity and a Mancatcher, which is the fastest swing speed base for that D2 runeword. So crushing blow happens frequently with this. Then you can get Fortitude and Sacred Armor, which is the highest you can get in the game. When it comes to helmets, Andariel’s Visage with a Demonhead inside offsets the fire negative you’d get from that helm. With this build, you are going to do 87,361 damage per second. In terms of the mercenary that never changes throughout all of the five builds. The calculation is 394,702 damage. 

- Weapon: Infinity (Mancatcher)

- Helm: Andariel’s Visage (Demonhead)

- Armor: Fortitude (Sacred Armor)

#2 Dragon Tail + Tiger Strike Assassin Build

The gear of the second D2R 2.6 build is pretty much the same as that of the first one while maxing out the Tiger Strike and Dragon Tail. It can have 178,690 DPS. 

Skill Tree

- Martial Arts: Tiger Strike 20, Dragon Tail 20

Gear

- Weapon: Sensei’s Runic Talons of Alacrity 

- Helm: Harlequin Crest (Shako)

- Body Armor: Enigma (Mage Plate)

- Amulet: Highlord’s Wrath

- Gloves: Death Grip (Sharkskin Gloves)

- Rings: Bul-Kathos’ Wedding Band

- Boots: War Traveler (Mirrored Boots)

- Belt: Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb Sash)

- Charms: Sharp Grand Charm of Vita

#3 Dragon Tail + Tiger Strike Assassin Build

Build number three is a typical Dragon Tail & Tiger Strike build, so we max out these two skills, and get the benefit of using Death Sentry, most of these builds are for a little bit of AOE damage of single player. Then the equipment is pretty same as the previous builds. The mercenary also uses Infinity and all that good stuff, you can get 226,588 DPS on a three-charge Tiger Strike finisher for the Mosaic Martial Arts Assassin. 

Skill Tree

- Martial Arts: Tiger Strike 20, Dragon Tail 20

Gear

- Weapon: Sensei’s Runic Talons of Alacrity 

- Helm: Harlequin Crest (Shako)

- Body Armor: Enigma (Mage Plate)

- Amulet: Highlord’s Wrath

- Gloves: Death Grip (Sharkskin Gloves)

- Rings: Bul-Kathos’ Wedding Band

- Boots: War Traveler (Mirrored Boots)

- Belt: Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb Sash)

- Charms: Flame Rift, Shogukusha's Grand Charm

#4 Dragon Tail + Tiger Strike Assassin Build

Coming to build number 4, we still max out Tiger Strike and Dragon Tail, we are going to rely on Dragon Flight for this one, and still use Death Sentry. The gear is pretty much the same, but using a Fortitude to push that enhanced damage against targets. The calculation is 238,110 damage.

Skill Tree

- Martial Arts: Tiger Strike 20, Dragon Tail 20, Dragon Flight 1

Gear

- Weapon: Sensei’s Runic Talons of Alacrity 

- Helm: Harlequin Crest (Shako)

- Body Armor: Fortitude (Archon Plate)

- Amulet: Highlord’s Wrath

- Gloves: Death Grip (Sharkskin Gloves)

- Rings: Bul-Kathos’ Wedding Band

- Boots: War Traveler (Mirrored Boots)

- Belt: Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb Sash)

- Charms: Flame Rift, Shogukusha's Grand Charm, Annihilus, Flaming Small Charm of Incineration

#5 Dragon Tail + Tiger Strike Assassin Build

Finally, moving on to build number 5, this is the most damage possible to generate with the Mosaic Martial Arts in D2R Ladder Season 3 and Patch 2.6. 

Skill Tree

For the skill, the premise is the same, max out Dragon Tail and Tiger Strike, and also go ahead with Death Sentry, Venom, and some amount of Weapon Block for damage. 

- Martial Arts: Dragon Tail 20, Tiger Strike 20

Gear

For the gear, we are using the Kenshi’s Diadem of The Sun for plus three to martial arts, plus 20 increased attack speed and +80% enhanced damage. it's also got two sockets that we put two 40-15 Jewels inside of the claws are going to be gross. The chest would be chains of Honor but because we do want to get a bunch of damage. The boots are different, we're using Shadow Dancer in the Myrmidon Greaves because of the damage, it also gives us plus two to Shadow Disciplines, which actually ends up being quite nice because Shadow disciplines are Claw Mastery and Venom, which increases our damage slightly on both.

- Weapon: Sensei’s Runic Talons of Alacrity 

- Helm: Kenshi’s Diadem of The Sun

- Body Armor: Chains of Honor (Archon Plate)

- Amulet: Highlord’s Wrath

- Gloves: Death Grip (Sharkskin Gloves)

- Rings: Bul-Kathos’ Wedding Band

- Boots: Shadow Dancer (Myrmidon Greaves)

- Belt: Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb Sash)

- Charms: Shogukusha's Grand Charm, Flaming Small Charm of Incineration, Hellfire Torch