The budget uber smiter guide

Introduction

Yeah, we got some good smiter guides here, both PvM and PvP. But since the new ladder is coming soon, many people will need a low class build which could solo ubers with relative ease. Later you may even find it fun to rape ubers with equipment people don't even pick up This is my first guide here, and I hope you people like it Feedback is very welcome. Also, someone may also have done this somewhere already. So nn author's rights shit here, take this guide as an attempt to help get you started and have fun while you are doing it!

I also added some hardcore options, although I rarely play it anymore. Feel free to disagree

Goals of this build

-fucking cheap to make
-100% crushing blow
-fastest smite possible in the majority of situations
-resists above 75% max
-nice stacked resists
-nice defense and life
-no need for anni or torch ever

Skills distribution

Smite 20 --- Adds to damage
Holy shield 20 --- Huge bonus to defense, blocking and blocking speed. Adds to smite damage, with shit equipment you have it will be of much more value than smite itself
Fanaticism 20 --- Adds to attack speed and damage, this will be your main aura most of the time
Salvation 5~20 --- The first point gives +60% resist all bonus, any skill points added after that will not nearly be as usable; with 5 skills it gives +85% resist all, after that sucks. On hardcore it would maybe be wise to add more, or even max it
Defiance 0~20 --- Personal preference if you want to put points here, I for example love all defense boosts I can get, but due to very poor equipment you will have, it's maybe just not worth it
Resist lightning 10~20 --- The main and most dangerous source of damage to you will be lightning, in this case Uber Meph. This aura will almost never actually be used, the reason for putting points in it at all is its passive bonus to max resists. For every 2 points spent in a resist aura, you get 1 hidden point to maximum resist from that type of attack. Or, if you decide to use it as active, you will get 1 points to max resists for each point invested
Resist fire 10~20 --- Fire is also an issue. And since you will most likely not have any type of fire absorb, you may even want to max this one
Resist cold 0~20 --- Ravenfrost will help a lot here, this one doesn't need to be maxed. Also any thawing potion drank will give you +50 res/+10 max res at a 30 second duration, which can be stacked. Any points are completely optional
Prerequisites 6 --- All of them totally useless except charge, which will give you some logistics help

Stats distribution

Strength --- not more than 115 (After you have put Guillaume on, strength will probably not be a problem anymore. If you have something to help you get that number then good for you, if not...this is the number to aim for)
Dexterity --- enough for 75% block after holy shield (This is the tricky part because it depends on the shield you use. More on that later)
Vitality --- everything else
Energy ---

Equipment

Now this is where this build really shines If any piece of your equipment exceeds 10fg, you have failed

Weapon --- Black runeword in a flail (Of all the clubs/maces, only flail-alike can have 3 sockets at -10 base attack speed, so this is what we'll use. Do not take exceptional/elite versions because smite damage depends on the shield, not the weapon. Plus it messes up your style...)
Armor --- Smoke runeword in any elite, low-str armor (Try getting dusk shroud, although anything up to great hauberk will do just fine. Avoid medium and heavy armors)
Helm --- Guillaume's face (Set helm from the Orphan's call set. This really outclasses anything else you can find. It's also very, very easy to find)
Shield --- 4 x pdiamonded paladin shield of any type (I hope vortex didn't even cross your mind. High str requirement not being the main issue here, but the block! Vortex has shitty block at so high str requirement that it just insults me Avoid targes of any kind except sacred due to low block, and normal shields in general due to low defense. Try finding something with about 30 to base resists. Anything more is just too valuable to spend on a build like this)
Ring 1 --- Raven (This is a must because of cannot be frozen. They are everywhere though)
Ring 2 --- Nn (Use anything you want. On my smiter I didn't have it at all)
Belt --- Crafted blood belt (Just a source of open wounds, can't be crafted from any belt though)
Boots --- Goblin Toe (Dirt cheap)
Amulet --- Cat's Eye (Crap amulet and all are aware of that. Should be much cheaper than the Highlords at the start of the ladder, so this should be your #1 choice. If you get the needed 20 ias from gloves, you can use pretty much anything here)
Gloves --- Not needed (You got everything you wanted. In case you don't have a 20 ias amulet like the cat's eye, use Laying of hands or even Sanders gloves here)
Switch --- Wand with charges of Life Tap and a high block shield (Buy the wand somewhere, they are all over the place. You need a high block shield because sometimes you use the wand in very unusual situations, and the block is what will save your ass)
Prebuff --- Treachery (In anything. If you can't get the lem rune...well, try at least)
Stash --- Some life charms and one poison charm

Strategy for the noobs out there

This char can humiliate anything not physical immune due to 100% crushing blow, which will your main source of damage. That's why the smite damage of the shield is not important at all. However, its crowd control sucks and mf is way too low to even consider it anything but uber killer. Of course that Diablo clone is also a good target. Open wounds and poison charm will be used to prevent the ubers from regenerating.

Uber Duriel --- Most of the time she (yes, it's a "she") is just a little above the red portal. Even with her holy freeze aura slowing you, she has absolutely no chance of hurting you in any way. Don't even cast life tap.
Uber Izual --- Removal of the iron maiden curse in 1.13 will change killing this guy from easy to extremely easy. He dies the fastest of all ubers, has a little more damage than Duriel, but still not worthy of spending life tap charge on him
Lilith --- She has insane physical damage and sometimes the monsters near her spawn with some fucked auras (fanaticism or might). If this is the case, get rid of her minions first. Actually, whatever the case get rid of them first! Then switch to walk, life tap her and go for the kill. If you lose life tap, you can always switch to life tap wand again because of the high block shield on switch. She is immune to poison so you will have to rely on open wounds to trigger to stop her regeneration
Uber Tristram --- Go to Malah and drink about 20 thawing pots. For the fight itself you will need both juvs and mana pots. Equip the treachery armor and stand in the fire near the portal until the fade triggers. As soon as it does change it to smoke and charge away to Meph (you know the way). Life tap him and hit hard and fast! Use salvation aura, not fanaticism for this battle, this will drop your smite speed from 6 to 8 fps, but should still be fast enough. If you lose life tap, go a little away and recast it on him. It's better to let him regenerate than to risk dying after all. When he dies switch to fanaticism again. When killing Baal, use mana pots if manaburned of course, because mana burn will trigger a lot on you and it's much better to replenish mana over time than all at once. Smite doesn't leech.

Conclusion

Well, that was about it, I hope you had fun reading! There is an even cheaper setup though, you can find it here: http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/forums/index.php?showtopic=63770

Poison damage doesn't work with smite btw..

Yeah true but I am full of conspiracy theories about that. When I kill mephisto with this build, he somehow seems to regenerate in a pretty weird way. Lilith acts the same, idk. The guys that aren't immune act as expected though. So I would now even keep psn charm on a sorc Anyways, open wounds do work and I can prove anytime that the build is viable (anytime but now since a "friend" stole my d2 account).

edit: put "friend" under quotes

This post was edited by Seksi84 on Mar 19 2010 09:50pm

6/10

9,5/10 !

Its pro man XD !
Im glad you had the time put this build together, its going to be very usefull since the reset is comming .
And the improvements you made, The OW Belt is veeeery good adition i like it, specialy if it has a coupple good mods like Str. Res. Dex. Life. etc..

That Said, let me give you my 2 cents X) and the reason i didnt rate it 10/10


1 I know you like the idea of having 100% CB;
BUT ! A Rockstopper might be a better choice (Special for the HardCore players out there ... like myself) Its even easier to get than a G.Face, it has Resists, 10% Damage Reduce, Vitality and throw in a Perfect Ruby for 38 Life because you prob wont need more resists.. you can kill mefisto with Fanaticism and still have Max. Resists ( As long as you prebuff with treachery)
Oh and since it only requires 43 Str, instead of the 115 Str of the G.Face , you can put the stat points on Vitality instead.


Experiment:
I Spawned the DC in Single Player with this build and it took me :
19.40 Seconds to kill him with the G.Face and 100% CB
21.15 Seconds to kill him with the Rockstopper and 75% CB (40% Black, 25% Goblin Toe, 10% Crafted Gloves)

think about it ... is it worth giving up all the stats on the rockstopper just for a 1.35 Seconds faster kill ?


2 For the gloves you have too choices:

A - Crafted Blood Vampirebones [ 10% CB ] easier to get
B - Crafted Bloob Vampirebones [ 20% IAS + 10% CB ] , If you craft something like this you whont need the Amu with IAS and you can use somthing cheaper with way better mods.

(if you craft 1 of these with Str, Dex, Life, FHR or resist the better XD)

3 Switch Shield Easy Bonus;

Maybe this is a little detail with no importance for some on a switch shield , but a Spirit runeword ( very easy to find runes) would be good topre-cast Holy shield (+2 skills) and it has Resists, Vitality, oh and most important i think the FCR% afects the the Life Tap charges doesn't it ? i think it does so that would be veeeery helpfull. (need confirming on this 1 )

4 Why not using a better weapon ? if you chose to use the G.Face over the RockStopper you will automaticly have 130+ Str;

yes, the low requirements are great, but whats the point if you already have 100+ Str. ?
Mind as well use a knout or a scourge (if you find one ), a 1200 max hit with zeal might turnout to be usefull if you have to kill minions, for leveling up, or even if you get bored of just doing ubers and whant to farm somwhere else.


Seksi84 , Respect ! great build m8 !
Maybe our opinnions difer due to the fact that your a Softcore player and im a HC only Player XD i prefer safer Characters ..

Anyway 9,5/10 this is the first Smiter im going to build after the reset TY


This post was edited by Rogi on Mar 20 2010 10:38am

BTW



.. you rate a build average but you dont explain why ? lol
That must mean you know how to build a better one am i right ? please let us hear it ..


pfff..

This post was edited by Rogi on Mar 20 2010 10:52am

laughing my nuts off

I jsp



no

This post was edited by mvm199 on Mar 20 2010 10:56am

The build is made mostly for cheapness and fun factor Main purpose being people laughing at you and then you laughing at them when you own everything with it

Anyways, I'll try to make it even more cheap. The rockstopper/crafted gloves seems like a very nice variant, giving nice cb, also at an insanely low cost

edit: And we all have our little conspiracy theories... For example, most people just "know" that crushing blow has a cap of 93%

This post was edited by Seksi84 on Mar 20 2010 11:06am

Ahahahahahahaha PM Tommyvv and 'discus whit him'



I'm gonna shit my fucking pants, you're too entertaining

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I have never had a 451 psn sc in my life. I am proud to wear the worst equipment imaginable