@OP: There are many guides that will get you there, the build is so broken/overpowered that pretty much any will do. I’m logging in to my disgusting mosaic sin right now just for you…
I went with the max fade build, but pretty much only use fade against soul/doll areas.
Martial Arts:
Max Phoenix Strike, Claws of Thunder, Tiger Strike, Blades of Ice. One point Dragon Talon. Connecting skills one point.
Don’t be tempted to max Dragon Talon, your damage comes from charges and the extra kicks will freeze you in place longer after monsters are already dead.
Don’t be tempted to max Fists of Fire, as it converts your physical damage to fire damage and hurts your ability to leech with cobra strike.
Shadow Disciplines:
Max Fade, one point in weapon block. You can skip the point in weapon block if you have it on your claws. Fade gives you massive resists and also %DR for each point. Just run BoS but hot swap to fade if you run into dolls, souls, or some serious damage. You can neglect dr and resists on your gear due to this.
Traps:
Don’t.
Charging Up:
Build up cobra strike(3), phoenix strike(2), claws of thunder(3), blades of ice(3), tiger strike(3), then go around 1-shotting the entire screen on p8 with dragon talon. That’s all there is to it.
The third phoenix strike charge is chaos ice bolt and less damage. It’s a little safer but actually slower. Use the second charge for much higher damage chain lightning. (fun fact, that’s 100% of the ‘skill check’ on this build, and noobs on this forum actually complain about this).
In a P1 game you don’t need tiger strike, or probably several other charges either.
Claws
Use the fastest base, preferably with +Phoenix Strike on them. Other bonus adds would be +Claws of Thunder, +Blades of Ice for damage, or +Weapon Block, +Shadow Master, +Dragon Flight for utility. Avoid +Dragon Talon, even though it’s the main finishing attack, if you have high enough skill with inventory it will add an extra kick to the move, which will slow you down. All that said, mosaic is so busted that even plain claws without adds will still obliterate everything so don’t worry too much; the runes are cheap.
The best base is ‘Greater Talons’ because it is one of the fastest claws, with lower requirements than ‘Runic Talons’. Runic Talons will also do enough damage to sometimes kill the monsters you are charging up on, which will slow you down. Really, you only need the main-hand claw to be fastest, you can use a garbage base on the off-hand.
Helm
I’d recommend Griffon’s Eye or Shako. Not much to be said, these are two great options. You’ll need Griffon’s to hit a better good teleport framerate and it will increase damage a lot. Neither of those things are required though because mosaic is so utterly broken. Shako is a decent choice and better for MF.
Amulet
I’d recommend Mara’s, Highlord’s, or a Crafted +2sin/FCR Amulet. The crafted one might be hard to get your hands on, and can supplment your teleport framerate. Absolutely not required. Highlord’s will keep you kicking quickly even under fade instead of burst of speed. Personally, I use Maras and keep burst of speed on in nearly every situation.
Body
Enigma. Like almost every guide for almost every character ever. It’s the best. Despite what noobs on this forum might tell you, if you have an ounce of skill you can definitely get by with a Hustle though.
Gloves
Magefist/Trangs/+MA+IAS gloves. Blue +3 MA +20 IAS are top for damage. Doesn’t matter, you will wreck p8 without best damage gear. I like double-upped magefist.
Rings
SOJs. I use infinity over insight so SOJ is best for me. Really, any useful stat ring will be fine. Don’t worry about leech though because cobra strike is insane.
Belt
Arach / Dungo / String of Ears / Goldwrap are all fine suggestions. Even some statted up rare. Again, mosaic is completely busted so it really does not matter. I like Arach for faster teleport frames.
Boots
Shadow Dancer / War Travs / Rare Tri-res Greaves are best suggestions. Myrmidon Greaves give you the highest base kick damage, so just be sure to upgrade your base as far as you can go. Upped War Travs are best for magic find. I went with Shadow Dancer because I bothered to optimize for FHR breakpoint. It’s not at all needed.
Inventory
Don’t even bother with sunder, get MA grand charms, torch, anni, the usual. 20/5 and 5/5 small charms if you can afford them.
Merc
Infinity or Insight. You don’t really need Infinity either, but it does speed you up and makes it easier to hit your charge up strikes quickly.
Prayer / Cure setup.
I thought you said that you only play solo on p5 with your loaders?
Yeah, you did say that. I’m just guessing it’s not because of mosaic sin.
Really it’s too bad that you have to be such a hypocrite and spend all your time flaming people on these forums.