Assassin · Martial Arts

Fists of Fire

Required level 6FireLord of Destruction

What it does

Charge-up Skill consecutive hits add fire damage to finishing moves can only be used with claw class weapons must use a dragon finishing move or normal attack to release charges.

Charge 2 - Fire Damage Radius: 4 yards

How Fists of Fire works, in depthThe Assassin's fire charge-up: three claw hits store charges that the next finisher releases as 201–221 fire at level 20, an explosion with two charges, a burning pyre with three, plus 60% of the finisher's physical damage turned to fire. How the charges, the conversion and the Phoenix Strike synergy work.

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Charge 1 - Fire Damage	Attack Rating:	Mana cost
1	6-10	25	2
2	11-15	35	2
3	16-20	45	2
4	21-25	55	2
5	26-30	65	2
6	31-35	75	2
7	36-40	85	2
8	41-45	95	2
9	51-56	105	2
10	61-67	115	2
11	71-78	125	2
12	81-89	135	2
13	91-100	145	2
14	101-111	155	2
15	111-122	165	2
16	121-133	175	2
17	141-155	185	2
18	161-177	195	2
19	181-199	205	2
20	201-221	215	2
21	221-243	225	2
22	241-265	235	2
23	271-298	245	2
24	301-331	255	2
25	331-364	265	2
26	361-397	275	2
27	391-430	285	2
28	421-463	295	2
29	461-507	305	2
30	501-551	315	2

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Synergies

per hard point in

Phoenix Strike: +12% Fire Damage per Level

Leads to

Claws of ThunderLevel 18

Boosts

Phoenix StrikeMartial Arts

Source: skills.txt row “Fists of Fire” and skilldesc.txt of build 3.3.93847. Mana = (mana + lvlmana × (level − 1)) × 2^manashift ÷ 256; damage brackets at levels 2–8, 9–16, 17–22, 23–28, 29+ scaled by HitShift. · Report incorrect data

Unless stated otherwise, everything here is Diablo II: Resurrected build 3.3.93847, Reign of the Warlock.