The Dream Zealer

Thanks to watermarkxx ( http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=73107486&f=87 ) I decided to make a 'full' guide, with more possibilities then his.

I love dreamzealers, I got one myself. it's a very good (solo) killer, and is lots of fun!

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Table of Contents:

1. What does this build makes it a 'Dream zealer'?

2. Stat Points

3. Skills , 2 setups

4. Equipment
- 4.1 Tele/Grief Setup
- 4.2 Last Wish Tele Setup
- 4.3 Fort/Grief Setup
- 4.4 Death/Fort Setup

5. Usage

6. Credits

7. Conclusion

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1. What does this build makes it a 'Dream zealer'?
A Helm or Shield with 3 sockets
Runes: Io + Jah + Pul
Required Level: 65
Result:
10% Chance To Cast Level 15 Confuse When Struck
Level 15 Holy Shock Aura When Equipped
+20-30% Faster Hit Recovery
+30% Enhanced Defense
+150-220 Defense
+10 To Vitality
Increase Maximum Life 5% (Helms Only)
+50 To Life (Shields Only)
+0.625-61.875 To Mana (Based On Character Level)
All Resistances +5-20
12-25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Since aura's will stack (so 15 + 15 = 30!), we will use BOTH shield and helm, and since it can be synergized with Resist Light and salvation, you'll get nice +light damage to your dmg.

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2. Stats:
Strenght: Enough for equipment
Dex: Enough for max block
Vita: Remaining points
Energy: None..

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3. Skills:

Skill setup 1: Self running Fanaticism, conviction merc

Defensive Auras:
20 Resist Light (synergy of Holy Shock)
20 Salvation (another synergy)
1 Prayer (prereq)
1 Defiance (prereq)
1 Cleansing (prereq) (handy sometimes!)
1 Vigor (prereq and moving around quick)
1 Redemption (Life and mana regenerate from dead monsters, very handy)

Offensive Auras:
1 Might (prereq)
1 Blessed Aim (prereq)
1 Concentration (prereq)
20 fanaticism (main aura)

Combat Skills:
20 sacrifice (synergy for Zeal)
1 in Zeal (with all +skills you'll have 5 hits anyway)
1 Smite
1 Charge
1 Blessed Hammer
1 Holy Bolt
x in holy Shield (remaining points)

Mercanary with this skill setup:
a2 nm offensive (except last wish setup, here a2 nm defensive) with: eth infinity in elite base, treachary/fort and andy's (ias/30 fire res jewel sock) (except last wish setup, here you'll use guill face (ias/15@res jewel /g skull 2x ias/dmg jewels)

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Skill setup 2: Self running Conviction, faith merc or reapers merc

Defensive Auras:
20 Resist Light (synergy of Holy Shock)
20 Salvation (another synergy)
1 Prayer (prereq)
1 Defiance (prereq)
1 Cleansing (prereq) (handy sometimes!)
1 Vigor (prereq and moving around quick)
1 Redemption (Life and mana regenerate from dead monsters, very handy)

Mercanary with this skill setup:
a1 cold arrow merc with: Faith bow, treachary and andy's ias/fire res jewel
or
a2 nm offensive/defensive (Last wish setup will use defensive, others offensive) with Reapers toll (ias/40 ed jewel), treachary/fort and andy's/guil face/gskull (ias/res jewel'd)

Offensive Auras:
1 Might (prereq)
1 Holy Fire (prereq)
1 Thorns (prereq)
1 Sanctuary (prereq)
xx in conviction (25 with full gear)

Combat Skills:
20 sacrifice (synergy for Zeal)
1 in Zeal (with all +skills you'll have 5 hits anyway)
1 Smite
1 Charge
1 Blessed Hammer
1 Holy Bolt
x in holy Shield (remaining points)

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4. Equipment:
I will list different possibilities, a tele zealer (with enigma), a last wish zealer (with enigma (thanks to watermarkxx)), a fort/grief setup, a death's setup, and an elemental setup, with their pro's and cons.

NOTE: PICS ARE WITH NORMAL CTA (NO SCEPTER!), SO THE DEFENSE IS LOWER! ALSO THE LIFE CAN VARY (MADE THE CHARS IN SINGLE PLAYER!), ALSO ENIGMA HAS +766 DEFENSE, REST IS PERFECT, ALSO ON ALL PICS SKILLSET 1 IS USED!
NOTE #2: Pics are with 19/18 pala torch, with Bug Belt (or arach for enigma setups) and 10 fcr 120 ar 6 ll 10@ 30 cr 20 str 15 dex ring

4.1 Setup 1: The Tele/Grief Zealer

Pros: Teleport for faster killing, some dr%, good run/walk speed and good leech (laek/maek)
Cons: Less damage then fort/coh

Fcr: 30% (12 frames)
fhr: 48% (5 frames)

Skill setup: 1 or 2

Weapon: Grief Phase Blade (get as high dmg you can get)
Armor: Enigma (mp, ap and dusk are good choices)
Gloves: Laying of Hands (50 fire res, 350 dmg to demons)
Boots: Gore Riders (cb, ds and ow. best melee boots)
Belt: Arach's (skill + fcr)
Ring 1: Raven Frost (ar, dex and cbf)
Ring 2: Rare with fcr, ar, ml and res (good adds would be dex and life leech)
Amulet: Highlord's (skill, ias, light res and deadly strike!)
Shield: Dream in Sacred targe (with 45 res base) , aim for 25+ fhr for 48 fhr breakpoint, and as much res you can get (20 is max, +45 makes 65 all res!)
Helm: Dream in Bone Visage (aim for 25+ fhr for 48 fhr breakpoint, and as high res u can get, 20 is max)

Switch:
cta scepter, with +3 holy shield would be ideal! + pala spirit

End result:


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4.2 Setup 2: Last wish tele zealer (credits to http://forums.d2jsp.org/user.php?i=1067598 )

Pros: Easy to kill enemies with teleport, fade when struck for extra resist and life tap (so merc's helm dont need life steal), might aura and some dr%
Cons: low leech, 'slow' attack speed (compared to grief) and easily breakable

Fcr: 30% (12 frames)
fhr: 48% (5 frames)

Skillsetup: 1

NOTE: Immortal king Gloves + Boots gives 25 ias, wich makes you hit 1 frame higher, but you wont have max fire resist then. I'd rather have max fire resist then one frame ias more (dmg is good enough though!)

weapon: last wish ba (get one with high crushing blow)*
helm: dream Bone Visage with high res and 25+ fhr
shield: 45@ base dream pala shield with high res and 25+ fhr
armor: enigma mp/ap/dusk
gloves: Laying of hands (50 fire res + 350 ed vs demons)
belt: Arach's (fcr and skill)
ring 1: raven (dex + ar + cbf)
ring 2: this is the hard one. Best would be: 10 fcr - 1xx ar - lifesteal - mana steal (mine atm = 10 fcr, 114 ar, 6 ll, 5 ml + adds)
amu: Highlords (skill, light res, ias and deadly strike
boots: gores (best pvm melee boots imo)

switch:
cta scepter, with +3 holy shield would be ideal! + pala spirit

*note: Last wish Ba is breakable, get Ort runes in stash to repair it!)

End result:


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4.3 Setup 3: Fort/grief setup

Pros: High physical damage, high ias
Cons: No teleport, no dr% and 'slow' run/walk speed

Fcr: 0% (15 frames)
fhr: 48% (5 frames)

Skill setup: 1 or 2

Weapon: Grief Phase Blade (high dmg)
Armor: Fortitude in elite armor base (dusk and ap most ideal!) (300% enhanced damage, resist, life and decent defense)
helm: dream Bone Visage with high res and 25+ fhr
shield: 45@ base dream pala shield with high res and 25+ fhr
gloves: Laying of hands (50 fire res + 350 ed vs demons)
Belt: Nosfaratu's Coil (non europe) or Siggards Stealth (europe) (ias, life steal, strenght)
Ring 1: Raven Frost (ar, dex and cbf)
Ring 2: Rare with ar, ml, res and stats
Amulet: Highlords (ias, skill, lr and deadly strike)

switch:
cta scepter, with +3 holy shield would be ideal! + pala spirit

End Result:


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This post was edited by Klaasje123 on Aug 19 2015 01:46pm

4.4 Setup 4: Death's setup:

pros: High physical damage, 100 deadly strike, high crushing blow, some leech
Cons: No dr%, 'slow' attack speed and no teleport

Fcr: 0% (15 frames)
fhr: 48% (5 frames)

Skill Setup: 1

Weapon: Ethereal Death's Berserker Axe (up to 400 ed, ~4x deadly strike, 50 crushing blow)
Armor: Fortitude in elite armor base (dusk and ap most ideal!) (300% enhanced damage, resist, life and decent defense)
shield: 45@ base dream pala shield with high res and 25+ fhr
gloves: Immortal King's Forge War Gauntlets
Belt: Nosfaratu's Coil (non europe) or Siggards Stealth (europe) (ias, life steal, strenght)
Ring 1: Raven Frost (ar, dex and cbf)
Ring 2: Rare with ar, ml, res and stats
Amulet: Highlords (ias, skill, lr and deadly strike)
Boots: Immortal King Pillar

switch:
cta scepter, with +3 holy shield would be ideal! + pala spirit

End Result:


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5. Usage:
You will use zeal the whole time. You can use charge vs fast running monsters too (it's like a '1 hit wonder'), if you have teleport (setup #1 and #2), you will use teleport instead ofcourse.
Get on switch, cast commands, bo and holy shield, and switch back. Now teleport or charge to cs/baal and slain them all! It will be quite ez!

I suggest to hotkey zeal and charge as left skills, and fanaticism/conviction, vigor, teleport if you have, bo, commands and Holy Shield also cleansing and redemption are worth to hotkey. TP can also be hotkey'd, but not really needed.

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6. Credits:
watermarkxx for a (quick) tele dream zealer guide (wich I 'remade')
Master_Zappy for all her dream/pvm informations the last few years
Lilith0 for a little correction on the gores instead war travelers

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7. Conclusion:
The conclusion is that this char can pwn the whole game, without too much troubles. You get the best of both worlds (Elemental damage + Physical damage), in combination with fanaticism and conviction.
Also where a normal zealer would need a fortitude, you can actually use an enigma on this build.
The one thing that is a problem with these builds are: Lighnting immune + physical immune + stone skin enemies. But..... those are rare to come across, and high chance that light immune will break from conviction
It goes faster than a regular zealer (lightning dmg just powns in pvm, especially combined with infinity don't think anyone can disagree on that), also with teleport you can do games real quick, and focus on bosses only.

You have much more items to vary with, but I think I posted the best working/most important ones.

Thank you for reading this, I hope it will be helpfull for people out there

This post was edited by Klaasje123 on Aug 19 2015 01:45pm

Sidenote:
On Europe we can use immortal King gloves and boots, since we will use Siggard's Stealth (wich gives 20 all res aswell), on other realms I would just use gores and laying of hands instead, so with a 1 frame lower ias bp.

Also in Inventory we can anything we want, I would let is as empty as possible. Pala combat or offensive skillers both will work imo. as small charms ar/lifers or res/life (with this you can use ik gloves and boots even in Last wish setup!)

can u make a picture with more str. like 300 str? would like to c dmg differnce. (on last wish setup, i wonder if 3,2k life is needed for pvm with lifetap)

(1 point in vengeance can deal vs this light/physical immunes) (or 1 point in sanctuary vs undeads)

This post was edited by Beste on Aug 19 2015 03:22pm

You may want to compare the difficulty of your build playing single player vs /players 8 and decide from
there which you find the most effective of the build(s). By doing so, you will either adjust the setup slightly.
Other than that, very good information.

Personally, I would not use LW on the build, I would not also use Cta/Spirit on switch during runs, only as
a prebuff, and use a Lifetap wand on switch in combat. And stated in your previous guide, charge is much
better then tele from enigma with low FCR.

On the Enigma setup you didn't mention teleporting with spirit, which get's you to 48 bp which beats forti for things like teleporting from durance wp to meph, teleporting to throne and teleporting from river to chaos.

It also gives you the dilemma of reaching 10 more fcr for 75fcr, but I don't think it's necessary.

Will do after the weekend



Thats why i mentiod both enigma and fort build (s)



A possibility. You use spirit on switch. With arach amd fcr ring = 65 fcr (perfect spirit (35 fcr)), so you can use switch for tele

this guide bad

if you want a phys/lit damage hybrid zealer copy mine:

EDeath zerker 387 ed
Dream Winged helm 16 res
Dream sacred rondache 61 res
Jewelers Dusk shroud of whale - 120 ed, 45 ias, Ber'd, 96 hp
Highlords
35/15 verdungos
ravenfrost 19 dex
BK/wisp projector/dwarf star depending on needs
perf draculs
gores
18/17 torch
19/17 anni

+6 bo CTA with +3 holy shield on the base to save you 5 skill points
random spirit for bo

Merc is might aura
eth Infinity cv 324 ed
8/20 gaze
ebug fort

95% deadly strike
65% crushing blow
35% open wounds
8k zeal damage physical
7k lit damage added to each strike
max speed zeal

max zeal
max fanat
max sac
max lit res
max salv

finished at 92
no points needed HS thanks to my cta or else you need 97

Lold.

Looks good aswell.. but mine isnt 'bad'

And hows ur resist? Seems not very high with draks and ur armor.

Seems.ok too though, with res charms in inv

another weapon option is eth runemaster with zod + 2*15/40 + 2*lo rune

u reach max ias bp with nosferatus and lvl 27 fana.