My current build, what do you think?

Thats what I thought at first but it was neccessary to survive in the begining, the build is going fine.

Lv 20 Blade Fury is not needed, because if you have the right weapon, you will be able to do well in those levels.

Fade is quite essential in Hell for the 20% DR, especially if you don't max blocking. The real problem with the items are, you don't have mods such as Open Wound, High CB and DS to aid with the killing. A better choice of weapon would be Stormlash Scourge, High damage, high Lightning damage, chance to cast static, and you can have a shield on the other hand. A Ethereal one would be much better, of course.

Soul Drainers is a great choice, not only because of dual leech, but the Chance to cast Weaken which will greatly reduce the enemies damage.

You are bringing out some good points I think i will rebuild this assasin next ladder season whenever that happens or when I die. I want to see if the one I have can be sucessfull the way it is It seems to be working soo far. I will admit that blade fury at 20 is wasted points but if you put them into almost anything else it is not a BF assasin but prolly somthing elses the only thing I can think of is putting them to fade first but I didnt need fade till I had my other skills maxed out.
I just want to keep it on the path of a blade fury assasin.
I hope the idea becomes more popular, I mean it dosent apply any specific element or damage type, Currently I do Physical, poisin, fire, cold and magic damage. The build is perfect for hell you just need the right wepon.
And tanking isnt really bad, my shadow master is godly.
Somtimes when I summon her she appears in sigon armor that still puzzles me O_o.

Shadow Master and Valk. both have random items equipped everytime you cast them, and it depends on the skill level.

Since the differences between Nightmare and Hell is huge, so your build might not work that well throughout. Also, it might be impossible to solo in a 4+ people game.

But, of course, it is not too possible to get whatever you want in the game, so sometimes the gear choices depend on what you can get.

this build finishes very early (~lvl 60) without maxing blade fury and shield...does claw mastery help blade fury?even just the critical...i think with eth botd thunder maul this could be good, or even ethereal earth shifter since you dont need to attack with it..i might try this just for fun, all i do is bot anyway

Claw Mastery will help only if you wield a Claw, and the Damage/AR/CS will all apply. But claw's damage is too low to make this build effective.

alright..im trying this...lvl 13 currently, just screwing around using sigons for now

maxing:venom/fade/shadow master
thats all you need lol, rest is 1 pt, i might max cloak of shadows on a whim since there really isnt anything to put pts into

items:
earth shifter (looking for botd t maul)
enigma(i like to tele)
steel rends
vamp gaze or giant skull for knockback, crushing blow, and str
gore riders
verdungos
maras
dual leech rings or bul kathos, dunno
cta on switch

ill comment on this later, after i see if its any good at all

Cloak of Shadows is good for this build, because you don't want the enemies to get close to you, especially if you have no blocking.

You need AR if you don't have ITD...

this build finishes very early (~lvl 60) without maxing blade fury and shield...does claw mastery help blade fury?even just the critical...i think with eth botd thunder maul this could be good, or even ethereal earth shifter since you dont need to attack with it..i might try this just for fun, all i do is bot anyway

Damn i shouldve tried this build, some guy offered me a botd thundermaul for my 234 gf and sojs and a few little shitties... I was thinking about this build but remembered all my friends saying it wouldn't work... And my friend saying he pwnzts maulers everytime...

Eth weapon, not the normal one.