Looking for a beginner friendly and safe Phoenix Mosaic build

One of my sons wants to play a Phoenix Mosaic Sin. He is currently levelling the char with traps but we soon will have to respec him to the final build. Now, there seem to be many variations for this build and I am a little overstrained about what to do (some max

Dragon Talon,

Tiger Strike and

Fists of Fire, some not, some max

Fade and

Blades of Ice, some use

Mind Blast, some not etc.). E. g. if I have understood this correctly you loose all leech when you have

Fists of Fire beyond 33. So how do you regain life and mana while playing with maxing this skill?

As I noted in the title, he is not a very experienced player and I have no experience with playing Sins either. He has played a Zealer and a

Frenzy Barb and is not very familiar with using many short cuts. Of course for this build he has to "advance" his skills in this respect and I told him in advance that this will be a very different play style . My question therefore is what you would recommend for a beginner friendly and rahter safe build.

He has the following gear available (of course other recommendations are welcome, too):

2x Mosaic, each with +2 to

Phoenix Strike
1x Enigma

Mage Plate
1x

Gore Rider or Natalyas
1x Griffons with Lightning Facet
1x

Arachnid Mesh
1x Draculs, Trangs or

Magefist
1x Mara 30
1x Stone of Jorden
1x

Raven Frost
1x Anni 18/20
1x Torch 16/20
6x bare Martial Arts Skiller
1x Lightning Sunder -71
1x Infinity for the Merc

EDIT: 1x CTA and 1x Spirit on swap

This is my all-in-one build that can do basically everything.

https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/wq8h203s#3

I'd aim for at least 65FCR (102 needs expensive amu\rings).

from the gear you listed, this seems like the best option:
https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/mzsh703w

Start the game with prebuffing

Battle Command,

Battle Orders and

Fade on CTA side (

Eth

Monarch saves you 10 points on str)

after switching back to

Claws, start building charges:

3

Cobra Strike
3

Blades of Ice
3

Claws of Thunder
2

Phoenix Strike

from there, just tele on everything and kick them:P

1pt mindblast can be useful to convert mobs so you can kick them later (like after you've finished with the seals in Chaos). Maybe it is too much for a beginner (and can be avoided with 102).

I'd skip

Fists of Fire and

Tiger Strike entirely (not needed). Instead, i'd max

Fade and

Weapon Block (well, i skipped 1pt from there, since the build above couldn't reach a higher percent of block with 1 more pt.)

basicnecromancy wrote: 2 hours ago

This is my all-in-one build that can do basically everything.

https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/wq8h203s#3

Thx!
Which charges do you usually build up when playing? E. g. do you use all which are available to you or only the ones you maxed out?

uuee wrote: 2 hours ago

I'd aim for at least 65FCR (102 needs expensive amu\rings).

from the gear you listed, this seems like the best option:
https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/mzsh703w

Start the game with prebuffing

Battle Command,

Battle Orders and

Fade on CTA side (

Eth

Monarch saves you 10 points on str)

after switching back to

Claws, start building charges:

3

Cobra Strike
3

Blades of Ice
3

Claws of Thunder
2

Phoenix Strike

from there, just tele on everything and kick them:P

1pt mindblast can be useful to convert mobs so you can kick them later (like after you've finished with the seals in Chaos). Maybe it is too much for a beginner (and can be avoided with 102).

I'd skip

Fists of Fire and

Tiger Strike entirely (not needed). Instead, i'd max

Fade and

Weapon Block (well, i skipped 1pt from there, since the build above couldn't reach a higher percent of block with 1 more pt.)

Thx! This looks interesting, too. I lean towards skipping mindblast, too because he would have to spend 3 pt to get there. I also tend to advice him to max.

Fade because this seems to help him to better stay alive

Tiger Strike 3

Fists of Fire 3

Cobra Strike 3

Blades of Ice 3

Claws of Thunder 3

Phoenix Strike 2-3

I try to load them up all when I play with her. Some find it tiresome, but this is my way after all.