Assassin Charge Up Fist Question

[[A]nimator]

Guys doing a Claw/Claw Martial Arts Assassin Build for PvM. current lvl is 27 i got 1 skill point for Fist of Fire(FoF), Claws of Thunder(CoT) and Blades of Ice(BoI) and planning on going to Phoenix Strike(PS). I was wondering, could the three elemental fist requirements for Phoenix Strike be combined with each other say for e.g. 3 charges of FoF, 3 charges of CoT and 3 charges of BoI and do a finishing move.
Would the charges of FoF, CoT and BoI be released all at once?
Is maxing PS be better than maxing FoF,CoT and BoI and using it all together?

Thanks Guys! Hope someone would clarify things to me

[Nubli]

I really dont like going into all those different punch details. Just maxing tiger strike was good enough for me

[brain]

u can release all 3 charges from all 3 attacks with one finishing move but u would have to get all the charges before the first ones go away. so u can do em all but u will have to be really fast at attacking and releasing.

[[A]nimator]

brain, would the damage be more than a single phoenix strike?

[brain]

assuming all r maxed(with some points on phoenix for synergy) i think it will b more dmg....ill try to calculate the dmg for it cuz i cant make a new char....my pc wit diablo isnt working.

ok from wut i got it seems that all 3 skills do more dmg than phoenix.this is without finishing moves; this is using 82 of the total 110 skill points available leaving u with 28 skills left.im not sure how they stack so i havent calculated total dmg. ill show u the dmg of each skill when its at lvl20 with phonix(its synergy) also at lvl20, assuming u have no +to skills.

Fist of Fire
charge1 fire dmg=683-751
charge2 radius=2.6 yards
charge3 fire dmg/sec=983-1023

Claws of Thunder
charge1 light dmg=3-2028
charge2 nova dmg=3-1235
charge3 CB dmg=3-1924

Blades of Ice
charge1 cold dmg=600-673
charge2 radius=4 yards
charge3 freeze length=11.6 seconds

Pheonix Strike
charge1 meteor dmg=1083-1242
charge2 light dmg=4-3009
charge3 ice dmg=513-579

this is wut i have come up with but it may have errors so only use it as a reference not a guide. to find out exact dmg and everything else u will have to make the char. hope this is helpfull :-)

[[A]nimator]

well dats a lot of dmg. but im getting problems accumulating the 3 charges of each element. only getting 1 or 2. it seems its better to go with phoenix strike.

[El Matt]

Remember though, the charges only do damage on the first claw hit, not both.

[brain]

its hard to get all 9 charges so phoenix would be better.....and charges r only released on first claw, which makes me wonder wut the point of dragon claw is,it attacks wit both claws but releases on 1