Guide to the Vindicator Crusader



Hey , my name is Mark and and I play smiter on Europe NL. This is the second guide I made , my first smiter guide (in Italian ) has been added to the Italian Pvp Guide Section and u can

find it here .

I have been playing & practicing with my smiter friends for the past 10 years. Here in d2jsp i was a member of guilde “Of smite” , where i praticed with the best European Smiters for long

time. When “Of Smite” was changed in “Transformers” and many members left i decided to buy my own guild Paladin Temple, afterwards donated to my friends.


*This guide is strictly based on smite vs smite, after said this let' begin


Gear



Helms

Shako (Ber'd) or 2sk str dex ar circlet 2 sox

Armors

Fortitude of Chains (Normal Fortitude works fine) / Enigma

Shields

ED/AR Base JSTOD (Jeweler's Sacred Targe of Deflecting)

45@Res Base JSToD (Jeweler's Sacred Targe of Deflecting)

Belt

Bugbelt

Rings

100+ AR / 20+ Str / 15 Dex / 50+ Life + raven
OR 2bk or 2 ravenfrost 20dex or bk+raven

Amulets

Highlord or 2sk frw str dex 50+ life amulet

Gloves
20 ias 3 ll Str/Dex/Life/CB Gloves

Boots

Gore Riders

Weapons

Grief of Destruction PB (Normal Grief PB works fine)

Switch

3 HS 6/6/4 CTA & Spirit ST

Stash Gear

Wisp protectors 20%

10 x 20/11 LR Scs



Inventory

25/20/20 Paladin Torch

20/20/x Anni

9 x 45 Life Paladin Combat Gcs

10 x 3/20/20 Scs or 10 x 20/11 LR Scs (Against VT)



Points Stat Distribution

Strength needed for eq

Dexterity enough for max block

Vitality Rest

Energy Base


Skill Distribution at lvl 99

20 Smite

20 Holy Shield

20 Charge

20 Fanaticism

20 Vigor

1 Holy Freeze



Grief PB or BA?

Grief Phase Blade (PB)

PB requires less IAS to get smite breakpoint/faster
PB has range 2 (better for charging, worse for smite)
PB is indestructible

Grief Berzerker Axe

BA requires more IAS to get smite breakpoint/slower
BA has range 3 (better for smiting, worst for charging)
BA does more damage when charging but hits slower

So your choise, i use grief pb



Feel free to pm me for any doubt/question about Paladin Smiter class D2 helpers List > Greendale>Smiter
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Here some usefull link:
Europe Softcore Non-ladder Smiter /vt Ladder
Dac's Guide To Smiter Shields
What Does, Does Not, And What's Hidden With Smite

wow, an item list.

Hi

need to be sticked, since there is no V/C guide into stickies, would help a lot of ppl for sure

I have a preference for ar/lifers instead of max/ar/lifers, the more you hit, the more you win

also max blessed aim for the hidden bonus (5%ar per points) instead viguor could be mentionned, again the more you hit, the more you win

WW is also great boots for V/C, dex/life is always welcome
but gore combine with hl is highly effective I must admit!

raven is no must at all, since you cannot avoid holy freez, 2xbk is by far superior, except vs freez target items like god ba or exil!

also for the beginners, always walk instead of running, this way you have less chance to be hit by charge!

Very good overview about my favorite duel ever

This post was edited by tefist on Aug 4 2014 01:46am

Thanks a lot for your guide ! Will help me for sure since I'm new to Smite vs Smite !

I need some training now Arthur

Again thanks a lot Greendale

Sticky please ?

Nice guide ^^
I'm more into ZvZ but seems good!

Why shako?

that guide may be nice for svs purposes but for SvA it pretty much sucks. It lacks of Fcr setups

You couldn´t kill a decent opponent with that gear in SvA

This post was edited by MaX_93 on Aug 4 2014 11:10am

Shako or Circlet are the best choise i think ; Shako for bo life + sks + dr and circlet for stats + ar



ty , forti of chains gives more dmg and scs ar life are good for attack rating


Yes this guide is for svs/vc

thanks for feedbacks

comments I would make:

i bt over forti.

shield listed is JstoD - but for smite vs smite JstoC should be more useful.

2sk frw str dex 50+ life amulet - frw on amu is visible frw - shouldnt frw be kept to strbug items ?

apart from that I like.