U high??!

high on chipcount Y but clean otherwise hehe

For the guide, could you mention the IAS breakpoints for Smite? its always a quest to find the required IAS. Did you max Fana?
Following on from that, can you post the skills you maxed etc. just so its clear as to how you skilled yours?

#1 30+ ias 4 * um flail/knout
#2 5 sox knout with 3-4 um rest shael / ed/ias
#3 +3 pc 20+ ias 2 um flail/knout

you mention 30+ IAS knout/flail and a 20+ IAS knout/flail. can you list the total IAS required for each setup. i.e. if using 20Ias from weapon, how much IAS from fana and other gear required for maximum smite speed on the different speed base weapons?

max life attainable? can you talk a bit about mana in the various matchups. (personally i went for alot of mana, as i find it helps).

regards
ferdia

This post was edited by ferdia on Jul 17 2011 03:47am

perfect tactic^^

about fana / ias:

you'll probably have at least a fana lvl of ~10 - i couldnt think of any built where this is not the case - unless you skill smite before fana which doesnt make a lot of sense

this means
SC will need 40 ias for 7 fpa (92 for 6 but i would not advise loosing that much life (probably atleast 2 * 30/15 instead of 30 9 9 x for 6 fpa on a range 2 weapon)
Flail will need 44 ias for 6 fpa
Naga will need 65 ias for 6 fpa
or if you adjust fana a little

SC will need 35 ias for 7 fpa @ 14 fana
Naga will need 60 ias for 6 fpa @ 13 fana
Flail will need 40 ias for 6 fpa @ 13 fana

this beeing a general guideline which should help while looking for weapons (20 ias for flail ist enough most times and 40ias for naga would be nice while its nice to have 10-20 ias on a SC)

if you have any other options you can always google for a calculator - dont know sites policy on linking to other d2 related sites otherwise i would just link one

personally i use 14 fana with a rare SC with 0 base ias and 20 ias gloves + a 15 ias jewel in armory but it doesnt make sense to recommend it because its not the ideal option - just the best i got atm

a nice option to make low base ias weapons work (especially nagas) can be a rare 2 socked shield - this can either be used with a common build which would not require deflection mod and socketing 1-2* 30/15
or with a lower str/dex build with a 30/20 going for maxblock with zaka/rare shield instead of spirt ST also meaning you need to invest less str to use your charge weapon (if its a SC or Naga without -req)
notice that both options will require you to go for more life/mana charms or d2m jewels otherwise you'll probably run out of mana vs ama
additionally the second option will give you a hard time using rbfs against mage chars since you won't have enough str for a ST without jewels/gloves/rings/amu all of those are not good option to get str
you could also always go for a lower req spirit (eth or other base type instead of st)
but keep in mind this ONLY an option if you have really good items

about mana: i use 9 * 15+ mana charms (1 LR) 1 soj 1 raven 34 mana gloves ~100 mana spirit resulting in 523 mana vs ama thats enough to finish them of most times
if not the best option to get more would probably be using more life/mana scs instead of skillers
against other chars mana is not that much of an option - you can use frosts vs asn to pressure a little more (otherwise you'll probably need short breaks or less offensive play to get some mana)
then theres libby - high mana can be usefull but its not really a must you do not need vigor as much for sync as he does you definately shouldnt sacrifice skillers here if you need it go for frosts
against nec 2 sojs + spirit should also be enough if you overuse charge you only get caught in bonewalls anyway

max life attainable (vs ama) is probably ~1750 with 10 skillers - maybe ~60 more if you for 08 gloves , +~30 if you go for low req weapons and other options that will allow you to go for less base str
dext is allready base so going for maxblock with zaka/rare shield doesnt directly increase your life it just allows you to go for other boots or other items with lower dext.
i think beyond 1.8k theres not room for improovement unless you accept that you're weakenened against certain other chars (nec on top of all followed by sorc after that libby then asn/barb depending on foh/smite ratio)

perfect thanks.