Riftsin - Is Moser's better than Stormshield?

Assassin
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I’ve noticed a number of Riftsin guides suggest using Stormshield, but I found myself wanting more damage output.

The only way to increase all damage types at the same time is attack speed, so why not Moser’s (with 2x15 ias jewels), 15 ias jewel in the helm, and burst of speed with enough +skills to hit kick lower framecount breakpoints.

I found the extra socket in Headhunters wasn’t enough to get to the next breakpoint and you lose resists and blockrate and block percentage so didn’t seem to have an advantage.

A jmod shield with 4xias jewels could move to the next breakpoint but I didn’t have that and a regular 4 open socket shield seemed like too much of a sacrifice in terms of resists + block.

I do lose damage reduction percentage by losing the Stormshield, but I found what helps survivability the most is proc’ing drac’s faster. There’s also still healthy damage reduction from the Verdungo’s + Chain’s of Honor.

So, is Moser’s a better choice than Stormshield?

My exact gear:

  • Rift
  • Nightwing with 15ias jewel
  • Mara’s
  • Chain’s of Honor
  • Upgraded Moser’s with 2x14ias jewels
  • Drac’s
  • Raverfrost
  • Rare ring with mana leach, attack rating, resists, and mana
  • Verdungo’s
  • Upgraded Goreriders (double upgraded goblin toe is more damage but I’m hooked on the faster run speed of Goreriders)

Any thoughts?

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I’d use this updated attack speed calculator to make sure you’re hitting the right breakpoints with burst of speed and dragon talon:
warren1001. github .io/MrLlamaSCStreamInfo/IAS%20Calculator/
your BoS level will change your required IAS a fair bit.
looks like yesterdays patch added the attack speed cap again

And I didn’t notice you mention anything about running max block, so just to be sure, you were running max block with stormshield right? You’ll need to run a good chunk of dexterity to max out, but it’s worth it. SS is indestructible so it’ll never break, which is super nice with max black, it’s got enough faster block rate for the 3 frame block rate, and it’ll add a ton of survivability. Dexterity also adds to your attack rating and kick damage, so it’s not wasted stats.

Moser’s can definitely work if it helps with a breakpoint, but SS’s survivability increase with 75% block is absurd. It might get annoying with block locking you in place, but at least you won’t be dead. Lots to consider overall, I’m not sure which would be best.

I’d maybe do something like this:
d2.maxroll.gg/d2planner/690106kh

Frames per Kick Kicks per Second
3/3/3/3/3/6 6.94
Str = 206 (after Storm shield, and to hold offhand Spirit)
Dext = 202 (required for 75% block chance)
Vit = 417 (2639 Life after BO)

You have max all res and physical dmg reduction, as well as 75% block chance. Definitely lacking some faster hit recovery, if you don’t have it on the Grand or Small Charms, though.

and, chains of honor is nice for the All Res and Skills, but the other mods don’t actually do anything for kicks dmg:
www. theamazonbasin .com/wiki/index.php?title=Dragon_Talon

Does not apply the following:
Weapon’s % Enhanced Damage
Minimum Damage
Maximum Damage
Damage +
+% Damage to Demons
+% Damage to Undead
Claw Mastery
Critical Strike
Deadly Strike

It’s still really good for venom, death sentry, BO, etc, though

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i dont like using a shield with assassin because first it slows you down. assassins avoid damage by speed and maneuverability. you can get claw blocking up into the 55% range while shields max at 75% its true but claw blocking blocks everything including missile damage and magic attacks.

that having been said SS is vastly superior to mosers. i use to like mosers because of the 40% blocking rate but it turns out there was a bug in that which caused the shield to miss entirely most of the time and im not sure they ever fixed it. most moser fans walked away from it at that point myself included. other than that mosers has no real advantage except the 2 sockets for pdiamonds and res i would assume and a slightly higher blocking rate which doesnt begin to compensate for the 35% damage reduction from ss.

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I would pick Stormshield over Moser’s always. The reason is not really the block rate. You actually don’t want to pump points into dexterity for that since it interrupt your kicks.

You want it for the 35% damage reduction. That is HUGE.

Gear/gameplay: Kicksin vs Chaos Sanctuary - Diablo 2: Resurrected - YouTube

I don’t like the Dwarf Star rings for cannot be frozen as it often ends up shattering the corpses so Death Sentry cannot explode them. So I’m running with Cham instead and wearing a Carrion Wind ring - for the cool looking tornados and some more leech during the bad RNG where Life Tap does not proc.

EDIT: For riftsin you should probably get Head Hunter’s Glory and stuff some cold facets in it. That’s nice. But you’ll miss the damage reduction of Stormshield.