Dragon Tail

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Amazon Assassin Barbarian Druid Necro Paladin Sorceress Assassin Skills Traps Shadow Disciplines Martial Arts 1 2 Tiger Strike Dragon Talon 3 4 Fists of Fire Dragon Claw 5 6 Cobra Strike Claws Thunder 7 8 Dragon Tail Blades of Ice 9 10 Dragon Flight Phoenix Strike Type Melee single target kick attack Radial damage and Knockback Tier 4 Required level 18 Required skills Dragon Claw Requirements None Left button Yes In town No Mana cost 10 Attack no mana Yes Weapon damage No (100% boot and non-physical) Synergy skills None Level01 6 12 18 24 30 The experienced Assassin can deliver a kick so powerful it actually causes an explosion on impact, sending any nearby victims sprawling. Detail Stat Value +% Attack Rating 5 + (15*slvl) +% Radial Fire Attack Damage 40 + (10*slvl) Radius (Yards) 4 Applies weapon + Attack Rating of any kind, but this is not displayed by character screen. [1] Applies boot rather than weapon physical attack damage, but weapon range adder determines melee range and weapon speed determines attack rate. When equipping two claws, primary weapon is used. Assassin's Kick Damage Calculator calculates damage as outlined below: Total minimum damage = minimum base damage + minimum boot damage Total maximum damage = maximum base damage + maximum boot damage Base damage is always applied, even when Assassin is barefoot: Minimum base damage = [ [ (Strength + Dexterity - 20) / 4] * (100 + Skill Bonus) / 100] Maximum base damage = [ [ (Strength + Dexterity - 20) / 3] * (100 + Skill Bonus) / 100] Skill Bonus is +% Damage from Tiger Strike. When Assassin wears boots, boot damage added to base damage is calculated as follows: Minimum boot damage * (100 + [Strength * Strength Bonus / 100] + Damage) / 100 Maximum boot damage * (100 + [Strength * Strength Bonus / 100] + Damage) / 100 Strength Bonus is 120 for all boots, so +% Damage = [Strength * 1.2] (120/100) Damage is sum of +% Damage from the following sources: Skill Bonus (as above) Items other than weapons Auras (Might, Concentration, Fanaticism and Heart of Wolverine) [2] 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 Applies non-physical attack damage of weapon, items and skills. Radial fire attack damage is a percentage of actual physical attack damage applied by kick, so attacking an Immune to Physical target will result in no radial fire damage. +% Fire Skill Damage applies to radial fire attack damage. Applies Knockback and radial fire attack damage to eligible targets within radius upon a successful attack. Three Ghoul Lords within explosion radius are knocked back from the Assassin, not the center of the explosion: this is why the two to the left and right remain within radius, since they are knocked back against the edge of the platform. Can be used to release charges from the following skills: Tiger Strike Fists of Fire Cobra Strike Claws of Thunder Blades of Ice Phoenix Strike Since radial fire attack damage is dependent on actual physical attack damage to target, using Fists if Fire is not recommended since it converts physical attack damage to fire attack damage. Tiger Strike is the charge-up skill of choice. Source Shadow Warrior and Shadow Master can also use Dragon Tail. Skill bonus +(1-3) Dragon Tail (Assassin Only) can spawn on ilvl >18 Exceptional and Elite claws (Hand Scythe and higher). Levels 1-60 Stat Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 +% Attack Rating 20 35 50 65 80 95 110 125 140 155 +% Radial Fire Damage 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 Stat Level 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 +% Attack Rating 170 185 200 215 230 245 260 275 290 305 +% Radial Fire Damage 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 Stat Level 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 +% Attack Rating 320 335 350 365 380 395 410 425 440 455 +% Radial Fire Damage 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340 Stat Level 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 +% Attack Rating 470 485 500 515 530 545 560 575 590 605 +% Radial Fire Damage 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 Stat Level 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 +% Attack Rating 620 635 650 665 680 695 710 725 740 755 +% Radial Fire Damage 450 460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540 Stat Level 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 +% Attack Rating 770 785 800 815 830 845 860 875 890 905 +% Radial Fire Damage 550 560 570 580 590 600 610 620 630 640 Reference Martial Arts (Arreat Summit) The Assassin Class (D2 Assassin) Ilkori, Guide to Kickers and Dancers (D2 Assassin) JRichard, Kicking Basics (Internet Archive)