Quote (Recharge @ Sep 3 2010 05:17pm)
This is an OK guide. I run a very similar build, but I believe Kiras (15 res/15 max) + Bloodfist + Tgods to be a superior choice for general dueling. It allow you to hit 48 FHR BP with any weapon, spear or otherwise and offers decent stacked res after Anya bug + MLR for trapsins. I also suggest 1 point in Sanctuary to counter LR/Conviction. Honestly, you won't consistently win against a half-decent WW, bowazon, or melee paladin, so forget the DR.
Also note that @48 FHR, paladins suffer a loss of 2 hit recovery frames from wielding a spear or stave. eDeath Glorious Axe is generally preferred over Decapitator due to its slightly higher avg and +1 range advantage. Even then, both of these can be hard to come by, especially on NL. eDeath CS seems popular since barbs use them too. If you can afford, 08 Gores (+max instead of CB/OW) and 08 HL (+frw) give superior bonuses to their 09 counterparts.
Some stylish alternatives to Death include:
Ethereal Pierre Tombale Couant, upgraded to Elite and Zod runed (55 DS, 30 FHR, decent dmg)
Ditch the COH for Fort/GA + Ethereal Tomb Reaver, Lo + Lo + Zod (40 DS, 50 Res + 5 MLR, good dmg)
Don't bother with the Angelics. Good AR/life charms will give you more than enough rating to hit casters and a fair chance to hit other pallys. Dual raven still provides AR, CBF, and enough cold sorb to tank a few blizzards. You will hit 100% DS at L98 with the Death + HL + Gore setup so removing any one piece makes no sense to me.
not really..
no pdr = dead in like a few gas + vs barb u have a chance if u switch up a grief + exile setup and make use of charge + tele smite vs bowas and tele smite vs barbs since u will have good dmg smite even with 1 point...
forti is simply not needed since u get masses of ed from skill + synergies and rest of gear inc weap the difference between forti + coh is like 2k~ dmg which is near negligable considering with coh it allows u to hit high/max pdr while still helping u to hit max res with ease unlike the setup u mentioned u sacrifice pdr to get the res.. and str helps + 2 skill for dmg + reduce the amount of points in str for more hp..
enigma stashed if u carry a 1 hand/shield setup for tele smite etc
CoA Imo gets u ur max pdr with no problems + fhr as well as ur res
again 08 highlords offers nothing to the build since frw doe not help charge only skill based frw helps i.e vigor so this does not improve desync.. the 08 gores are debatable but since its a charger cb is still nice for the higher hp chars to stack ontop of the dmg u deal although it is reduced by pdr and
eth tomb is a viable choice
ring slot wise is debatable personally i think 2x ravens since it allows u to keep hLs
there are a few options i.e hsaurus boots + belt or angelics the thing is angelics means u drop 30% + ds however hsarus u drop 15% but also lose 10% ow + 15% cb on boots.. make sure u enchant with demonlimb which helps boost ur ar up as much as possible..
You can even make use of blessed aim since its one of ur synergies it will be maxed out allowing u to gain a high amount of ar
This post was edited by halo273 on Sep 3 2010 12:29pm