I've played 2 types of assy at the moment.

trapper: Max lightning sentry, death sentry, fire blast/shock web, shadow master.
1 pt in most of the shadow diciplines, specifically mind blast and fade, more in fade if possible.
Basically place traps and spam mind blast to keep enemys stunned. Or you can use cloak of shadows and they all stand around like lemons and get fried!
Fire blast will be useful in hell when you meet lighning immunes. It also gives 1 extra shot per 3 lvls as a synergy to death sentry and lighning sentry.

Good gear is:

+3 trap claws, can be bought from anya in hell (or even nm) or bartucs cut-throat.
+skills charms (specifically traps)
any other equipment that will boost your skills.

Kicker: This assy uses maxed dragon talon(finishing move) only for most attacks. Don't bother with any charge-ups for this.
The basic idea is to get the biggest, clumpy boots you can find and kick the snot out of your enemys.
So, the other skills you need...
dragon talon: max
venom: max
shadow master: max
fade: max

1 point wonders are: cloak of shadows, mind blast, dragon flight, burst of speed.

The best boots for this build are myrmidon greaves, (elite greaves) allthough I do fine with mirrored boots. (elite light plated boots) Which will give you on average 140 kick damage base. Str and dex both help increase kick damage.
Speed kills: you have to try to get down to a 7/2/2/2/2 attack speed. This is frames per attack. Diablo 2 runs at 25 animation frames per second. So with a fast weapon (greater claws) and some increased attack speed you can kick about 10 times a second with maxed dragon talon. If you use equipment with crushing blow you will become deadly.
+ skills equipment ain't too important. I may help you to get another kick with a higher lvl of dragon talon however. Dragon talon recieves 1 bonus kick per 5 lvls I believe.
Anyway, I have an absolute blast with my kicker. The most fun with any assy I've had yet.

Hope this helps,

Womble.



" Road rage, air rage. Why should I be forced to divide my rage into seperate categories? To me, it's just one big, all-around, everyday rage. I don't have time for distinctions. I'm too busy screaming at people. " -George Carlin