Hello, so I noticed the lacking of zealot guides so I decided to share some knowledge on zealots to try and help out anyone new to the class or an experienced player wanting to try out another setup. I have been making zealots since .09 so I know quite a bit about them. I tried to include all of the builds that I felt were worth mentioning. There is no #1 zealot setup just some setups work better against a certain setup than another may. This is a guide on a gm melee Zealot which is a paladin that uses zeal as its main attack.
SkillsNo matter what setup you decide to go with skills will always be the same.
Zeal
Fanaticism
Holy Shield
Defiance
Sacrifice (maxed at level 96)
Remaining points go into blessed aim for the 5% Bonus to Attack Rating per lvl.
Defiance should be maxed before Sacrifice, because the defense bonus from defiance is more important than the damage increase from Sacrifice.
StatsStrength: On every setup you only put enough str in to use the gear and no more.
*Note: It is a good idea to find out how much str you need to put in before you start dumping points in, or else you may waste a lot of points.
Dexterity: On most setups you only put in enough dex to get max block.
Vitality: As much as you can spare goes in here.
Energy: Delete char and make a caster if you put points in here.
Finally the important part, the gear. A zealot can be a very expensive character to make so be prepared to spend some fg on one.
ETH VALOR SETUPWeapon: ebotdz
Armor: +2 all skills Ethereal Zod'd Valor
Shield: Glitched exile ed/ar
Helm: Coa ber/ber 31 dr
Rings: 2x ravens
Amulet: Highlords
Gloves: Steelrends
Boots: Upgraded Gore Riders
Belt: 15% Damage Reduce Verdungos
Switch: +3 holy shield / +6 bo cta / Hoz
Charms: 9x 132/45 ar/life gcs
10x 36/20s
Torch/anni
GLADIATOR'S BANE SETUP:Weapon: ebotdz
Armor: Ethereal Gladiator's Bane Ber'd
Shield: Glitched eth exile ed/ar
Helm: Coa ber/ber for 31% dr
Rings: 2x Angelics
Amulet: Angelic
Gloves: Steelrends
Boots: Upgraded Gore Riders
Belt: 15% Damage Reduce Verdungos
*Note: You ber the gladiator bane even if you don't have a glitched one because it has a durability of 120 which lasts a long time before you will need to zod it.
Switch: +3 holy shield / +6 bo cta / Hoz
Charms: 37 32020s or dmg/ar/life charms
torch/anni
C/C SETUP -
COOKIE CUTTERWeapon: Ethereal Zod'd Death Cleaver
Armor: Leviathan chamd
Shield: Glitched eth exile ed/ar
Helm: Coa 80/30 (2x 40ed/15 ias)
Rings: 2x Angelics
Amulet: Angelic
Gloves: Steelrends
Boots: Upgraded Gore Riders
Belt: 15% Damage Reduce Verdungos
Switch: +3 holy shield / +6 bo cta / Hoz
Charms: 37 32020s
torch/anni
This post was edited by dark-soul on Feb 16 2009 03:38pm