Back Story: Level 31 Build for Hc Legit melee dueling Tournament

Gear As Follows:

Eth Peasant Crown socketed with Shael
Rare Javalins: +3 / +30
Eye of Elitch Amulet
Ethereal mage plate Peace Runeword
2 Sojs
Rare Belt 24 FHR/ 7Str/ 45Life
Artisan's Tower Shield of Deflection =30/20
3os (unsocketed)
Cow King Boots

I do 3.12 strikes per second, or 8 frame with CS
Faster Hit Recovery - 24% Belt, 20% Armor, 20% Helm
Faster Block Rate - 30% Shield

My opponents consist of Paladins, Assassins, Shape-Shift Druid, Barbarian (All melee)

I've only had a week to build this dueler, I understand there is room for improvement, i.e. Rare Amulet, +2 Jav +10 Ias Gloves

If I do substitute Gloves, I think I will need (1) IAS jewel in shield

Want to know what some of you duelers would do for options for socketing Artisan's Tower Shield of Deflection?
And Yes, I know strength is wasted because it's a Tower shield but I can't find a kite shield like it..

Basically wondering how much more Total FHR I need + Do I need more FBR?

many people are likely to troll you but heres my legit advice.

Helm: rockstopper sallet (no other helm will come close to this for this application, loss of 1 skill greatly outweighed by the gains of rockstopper) w/ p ruby

Javelins: 4 skill / 30 ias is likely your potential best option

amulet: 1 skill / xx life / xx mana / 10+ all res (best option)

armor: spirit shroud p ruby, 3 os mageplate +80 life (sockets 15 ias / 20 life jewels) or Peace in eth armor for higher dmg (hard to say if more dmg or more safety is better vs opponents even an 80 life 3 os armor with 3x sol runes for dr may be best here since its all melee)

rings: 2 sojs (may want to see if u can get some life/dmg reduce/liferep here on ur 2nd ring since melee)

belt: string of ears (no belt even comes close to string for melee purposes)

shield: whitstans (offers by far the best block rate and lowest dex total for 75% block)
-if you have enough dex for mb with mosers use that with shael + something)

gloves: 2/20 gloves with adds, or else bfists offer good all around mods

boots: cow kings prob best. ik way out of reach for str, although perhaps nats boots for def (shame its not 32 for wwalks)

here is fhr bps for zon:

Amazon
FHR Frames
0% 11
6% 10
13% 9
20% 8
32% 7
52% 6
86% 5
174% 4
600% 3

5 or 6 frame would be easyish to get imo with 30 on rockstopper. 1-2 charms to fill it out. Rest charms 15 life / 20 def scs

This post was edited by thesnipa on Feb 23 2015 12:01pm

Thanks for the quick reply!

Definitely re-thinking about the current build;

I have the best available Rare Javalins on Europe Hc Ladder, I'll post a pic of them.

Artisan's Armor of the Squid is very rare on this realm and I have not seen anyone yet to find one, I know Town merchants sell them, I just haven't been lucky enough yet..

My Peace is made from Ethereal Mage Plate, over 500+ Armor

I kind of want to keep the Sojs for the Mana because in Hc we use pots and it keeps me from using mana thus saving my pots for when my health needs it.

I've been trying to gamble an Amulet, no luck thus far, just using eye of elitch for a temp, will def have something before Tournament begins!

P Ruby best option for Rockstopper rather than a jewel?

I don't think you can have 2/20 gloves? I thought the level requirement jumped to level 35? I know you can get 2/1 gloves tho, still searching for these!

Thanks again for your time!

LP squid would be tough on HC i suppose, however a spirit shroud should be easy to find and with 1 skill/mdr for maxing mdr bug effectiveness/ replife (very underrated for melee) and cannot be frozen (to avoid slight slow in dps from low duration freeze animation) that would be best armor imo over high def mp but id have to run math AND know what opponent ar you are facing.

sojs with mana are nice, however if you can work in some damage to mana (ammy would be easiest place elsewise 1x jewel with dtm mod) you would be set for mana forever.

as to the rockstopper i am not 100% sure which mods can spawn with ias to keep it under lvl 31. the best mods would imo be (def,dex,dtm,life) with life or dex being best option imo. If you dont need the ias however p ruby is prob your best option. the life and dr gained from that helm are irreplaceable except perhaps by some insane circ or something.

Ammy, one of the best option for a starter zon is a 1 zon / 80 life ammy. Perhaps this would be a decently easy to gamble ammy 1 zon / 70+ life. however for melee only your ammy mod priorities likely go like this:

1. +1 zon
2. 40+/- life
3. 7+/- replife
4. dmg to mana
5. dmg reduce by integer
6. dex
7. str
8. mana
9. all res


gloves: 2/10 gloves are indeed max for lvl 31. However i would venture a guess that for HC melee upd eth bfists would win you more duels. Your dmg is nice but a few big crits and your zon=dead.
If you have like 2 jav / 10 ias / decent def / rep life gloves those would be best but otherwise my guess is bfists would win you more duels.

atod is a waste of strength and points that could be in vit
string of ears is the only belt you should use in a melee tournament

They let you use a cs zon in a melee tourney?

They let you use a cs zon in a melee tourney?

Mikey's mind so blown he had to ask twice

wrong forum