Fists of Fire

Fists of Fire Class: Assassin Required Level: 6 Skill Tree: Martial Arts Active Cost: 2 Mana A fire attack that deals more damage with each charge. Damage Type: Fire Synergies: Phoenix Strike, Claw Mastery Other Stats: Charge-up Skill; Requires a Claw-class weapon

Fists of Fire is an Assassin Skill in Diablo II.

Lore

Combining her powerful Martial Arts abilities with her psychic training, an Assassin can charge her own fists with pyrokinetic energies, scorching her opponents when the charge is released.

General Information

Synergies

• Gives synergy to:
  • Phoenix Strike: +10% Fire damage per level
  • Phoenix Strike: +6% Burn damage per level
• Receives synergy from :
  • Phoenix Strike: +12% Fire damage per level
  • Claw Mastery: +4% damage per level

Fists of Fire charge graphics

This ability is a Charge-up Skill. If just one charge is released, it deals fire damage in a small radius. If two charges are released, it deals an explosion in a larger radius. Releasing three charges causes an explosion and a patch of flame, similar to Amazon's Immolation Arrow skill, except at close range.

Fists of Fire converts a portion of the user's physical damage into fire damage. The fire damage cannot exceed 100% of the physical damage. Against individual monsters with equal resistances in both types of damage, this skill is of little use. However, its area of effect potential makes it useful against groups of monsters. At level 34 or higher, this skill converts all physical damage to fire damage, which can be problematic when using it in conjunction with Cobra Strike: the latter skill only leeches life and mana based on physical damage dealt.

Fists of Fire it a valuable synergy for Phoenix Strike's first charge, and can be used in conjunction with Phoenix Strike.

The fire radius value displayed in skill infobox is invalid in D2R (at least up to v2.7) because it can be verified as being still actually 2.6(6) yards in-game (as displayed in base Diablo 2) and not 4 (as shown in D2R). The value "4" provided in par1 is given in game units (and still processed as such), which are assumed to be 2/3 yard each, but this was not rewritten in SkillDesc.txt after strings were migrated to new funcs for D2R. Surprisingly, Blades of Ice had the value recalculated properly as par1*2/3 using desc func 36 in D2R.

Skill Progression

Mana Cost: 2

Charge 3 burn duration: 2.56 seconds (straight from miss('fistsoffirefirewall'.rang) in game frames)

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Bonus Attack	25%	35%	45%	55%	65%	75%	85%	95%	105%	115%	125%
Charge 1 Fire Damage	6–10	11–15	16–20	21–25	26–30	31–35	36–40	41–45	51–56	61–67	71–78
Charge 2 Fire Radius (yards)	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6
Charge 3 Burn Damage	9–15	17–23	25–31	32–39	40–46	48–54	56–62	64–70	79–85	95–101	110–117

Level	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	25
Bonus Attack	135%	145%	155%	165%	175%	185%	195%	205%	215%	265%
Charge 1 Fire Damage	81–89	91–100	101–111	111–122	121–133	141–155	161–177	181–199	201–221	?
Charge 2 Fire Radius (yards)	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6
Charge 3 Burn Damage	126–132	142–148	157–164	173–179	189–195	214–221	239–248	264–275	289–301	?