Quote (Gavelin @ Nov 29 2005, 12:17 AM)
morotsjos:
to me it sounds impossible. Do he know some kind of bug that aint know to the rest of the community? A friend got a smiter kind of like this one. With bloodfist, p waterwalks... So no life can be gained there. Mara 30 (and 3pc 99l in stash), bt, sacred targe, 20 anni, 19 torch (yeah 1 point there, about 5 life with bo...), and grief.
With lvl 20 bo, and 2 39 pcs, torch, anni, +the rest in 20-5s he ends up around 5k
He has spent 70 points in dex for max block @lvl 92.
So i just dont find it resonable that this could be done better... Hm. Lets say u get craft rings, life/dex/str. Still it wont get higher i say.
And i dont think this build is perfect either. But i dont say its lousy... Some babas got problems with smiters, if the smiter is skilled.
And ofc i know about the range in ww vs smite. (Played alot of barb myself). And i know that they win 99% of the time.
Btw. If he is legit= no 25 dex from belt, no 15 str... ias, all res, dmg red, 1 skill. Though he earns some str from the enigma i assume that he wears.
Some well i seems odd that someone can round up with 5k without 9skillers, and no torch...
But hey, not to dissrespect. Im just a bit curious.
Regards.
Nope, there is no "secrets" no matter what this guy seem to think. It's not like the thousands and thousands of d2-players haven't discovered everything in 5 years ^^
Fusa PM:ed me his exact gear, but that was some time ago and I dont have them left. If you really want to know just PM him, I'm sure he'll tell you.
The problem with this guide is that it sounds like this is the best build possible and the author is the best smiter in history since he never loses to any barbs. The build has flaws (weak maras/bk/range 2/no foh etc etc) and if a pure smiter dont lose to barbs he should duel better ones.
If you assume equally competent players the barb will win all series of duels vs a pure smiter, and do only slightly worse vs v/t:s.
And yes, I was intrigued when I started talking smiters with Fusa too. There's always something to learn, sigh...
So far I've only met one v/t in europe with a build similar to his. By far the hardest one I've dueled. ~4.5k life, could have had better charms and jewelry though.