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May 15 2022 02:44am
I'm currently thinking about what to do with my remaining skill points.

Baseline:
Level 85, 20x FoH, 20 Holy Bolt, 1 Holy Shield

Gear at the Moment:
Shako
Maras
Hoto
Eni
HoZ
Mages
Raven
Nagel
Arach
Wts
Torch, Anni, 5x Pcomb

So what I gonna do with my other Skillpoints?

Right now I have 3 Options in my Full FoH, FoH/Smite, FoH Auradin

#1 FoH
Skilling 20 Holy Shock and Conviction to -150%, rest into Holy Shield
Gear: No Change
Opinion: I guess it's not worth the Points because the light dmg doesnt help that much. Better Max Holy Shield, Redemption, Resist Auras

#2 FoH Smite
Skilling 20 Holy Shield rest in Smite and Fanatism
Gear: Gulli and Gores, Switching to Draculs for Uber
Opinion: Could Farm CS/Pit and also Uber, Ancients, etc. But maybe the points are not worth it. Is 1 Point Smite 1 Point Fana enough?

#3 FoH Auradin
Skilling 20 Light Resist 20 Salvation, rest Conviction until -150
Gear: Dream Healm + Shield
Opinion: Could be a nice solution for dealing with non undead/demon. The Aura Dmg is only nice in P1 games I guess but still it could be useful using zeal vs other monsters

Let me know your opinions! Maybe you have some additional builds?

Right now I really only used ~50 Skillpoints and doing fine. Ofc mostly doing CS and PIT :)
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May 15 2022 04:36am
I'm a fan of smite/foh, you're pretty much only gonna farm cs and pits anyways, since that's where the character excels. Giving you the ability to efficiently clear ubers makes for an insane solo character.
1 point fan & smite are probably plenty, not 100% on the IAS breakpoints, but black + IAS jewel'd gface would do wonders for you ofc. This also let's you max out divine shield for extra safety :)
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May 15 2022 06:10am
I have not played the new foh. But i can try to give you some advice.
Ubers can be done with a pala with just one point smite, you don't need to level anything to deal with them.
I think your best option is going hybrid with zeal and dual dream. You can go with conviction on yourself to boost your light damage.
The problem with zeal is that hoto is great for foh, but very bad for hitting with it. Light dream damage is very strong and can be deadly with several weapons. Ofc grief pb is one of them. But if you want to try something different you can use an eth stormlash.
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May 15 2022 12:28pm
Quote (Darvulat @ May 15 2022 12:36pm)
I'm a fan of smite/foh, you're pretty much only gonna farm cs and pits anyways, since that's where the character excels. Giving you the ability to efficiently clear ubers makes for an insane solo character.
1 point fan & smite are probably plenty, not 100% on the IAS breakpoints, but black + IAS jewel'd gface would do wonders for you ofc. This also let's you max out divine shield for extra safety :)


yeah I saw a couple of videos which recommend this build. I guess 20 Fana aura (with items) is enough for decent ias with Highlords ias and using hoto flail. So I dont have to switch too much gear. Just still not sure if it is really "worth" skilling the remaining points or going for another build.

Quote (cantero @ May 15 2022 02:10pm)
I have not played the new foh. But i can try to give you some advice.
Ubers can be done with a pala with just one point smite, you don't need to level anything to deal with them.
I think your best option is going hybrid with zeal and dual dream. You can go with conviction on yourself to boost your light damage.
The problem with zeal is that hoto is great for foh, but very bad for hitting with it. Light dream damage is very strong and can be deadly with several weapons. Ofc grief pb is one of them. But if you want to try something different you can use an eth stormlash.


yeah I just thought that 1 point smite is enough.

Thought so, that Hoto sucks for zeal. First thought of going for grief on switch but I need 2x Dream Shield and won't have cta. But I won't miss my Hoto (especially for my 75fcr bp and the skills+res)
But do you think the dual dream could be worth it? Is a pure Dream Auradin playable? Or do I miss the Holy Fire Aura from HoJ and Dragon?
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May 15 2022 12:37pm
Pure dream pala is very strong. There are two main kinds: self fana or self conviction. The first one focuses more on physical damage, the second on light damage.
Fire is bad in hell because there are a lot of fire inmune monsters that are not break by conviction.
You can reach 75fcr with 20amu, 20 gloves, 20arach and two rings.
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May 15 2022 12:56pm
Quote (cantero @ May 15 2022 08:37pm)
Pure dream pala is very strong. There are two main kinds: self fana or self conviction. The first one focuses more on physical damage, the second on light damage.
Fire is bad in hell because there are a lot of fire inmune monsters that are not break by conviction.
You can reach 75fcr with 20amu, 20 gloves, 20arach and two rings.



But it’s only strong with using zeal right? Only the aura doesn’t do decent dmg?
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May 15 2022 01:25pm
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But it’s only strong with using zeal right? Only the aura doesn’t do decent dmg?


Yes, zeal deals mostly all damage. But if you play alone the aura helps.
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May 15 2022 03:24pm
Quote (mRe @ May 15 2022 05:44am)
I'm currently thinking about what to do with my remaining skill points.

Baseline:
Level 85, 20x FoH, 20 Holy Bolt, 1 Holy Shield

Gear at the Moment:
Shako
Maras
Hoto
Eni
HoZ
Mages
Raven
Nagel
Arach
Wts
Torch, Anni, 5x Pcomb

So what I gonna do with my other Skillpoints?

Right now I have 3 Options in my Full FoH, FoH/Smite, FoH Auradin

#1 FoH
Skilling 20 Holy Shock and Conviction to -150%, rest into Holy Shield
Gear: No Change
Opinion: I guess it's not worth the Points because the light dmg doesnt help that much. Better Max Holy Shield, Redemption, Resist Auras

#2 FoH Smite
Skilling 20 Holy Shield rest in Smite and Fanatism
Gear: Gulli and Gores, Switching to Draculs for Uber
Opinion: Could Farm CS/Pit and also Uber, Ancients, etc. But maybe the points are not worth it. Is 1 Point Smite 1 Point Fana enough?

#3 FoH Auradin
Skilling 20 Light Resist 20 Salvation, rest Conviction until -150
Gear: Dream Healm + Shield
Opinion: Could be a nice solution for dealing with non undead/demon. The Aura Dmg is only nice in P1 games I guess but still it could be useful using zeal vs other monsters

Let me know your opinions! Maybe you have some additional builds?

Right now I really only used ~50 Skillpoints and doing fine. Ofc mostly doing CS and PIT :)


FoH/Hammer/Smiter

-20 FoH/20 hammer/20 Holy Bolt/20 vigor/1pt smite/1 holy shield/ 1 fana/rest on blessed aim

I can farm everything in game, having 6.8k atm (still lvl88) is enough for boss killing with 3x pcombs
Holy Bolt clear like a boss, everything it doesn't you just hammer away...really fun build...
Wanna do ubers or farm boss faster? Just have a grief on cube and done
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May 16 2022 01:38am
Quote (Peanut_Butter @ May 15 2022 11:24pm)
FoH/Hammer/Smiter

-20 FoH/20 hammer/20 Holy Bolt/20 vigor/1pt smite/1 holy shield/ 1 fana/rest on blessed aim

I can farm everything in game, having 6.8k atm (still lvl88) is enough for boss killing with 3x pcombs
Holy Bolt clear like a boss, everything it doesn't you just hammer away...really fun build...
Wanna do ubers or farm boss faster? Just have a grief on cube and done


I see your point, Hammer is really strong. But I just don't like it :D So I'll try to find another way
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May 16 2022 01:44am
Right now I'm leaning between two builds:

#1 FoH Smite
Idea: I'll change my HoZ with Spirit and my Hoto with Grief PB. So I'll have less skill points and res, but still enough fcr and get a big dmg buff for Smite. The idea is, that I don't have to change my gear (Only for ubers magefist > draculs). Not Sure if I should switch Shako with Gulli for more Crushing Blow.
Gear:
Shako
Maras
Grief PB
Eni
Spirit 35fcr
Mages/Trang
Arach
Raven
BK
Gorerider

#2 FoH Dream
Idea: I'll go for Dual Dream but keep most of the old gear. Still using Hoto for nice FoH Dmg. Dream is mostly for Aura dmg. If I really need to zeal I'll switch Weapon from Inventory
Gear:
Dream Bone Visage
Maras
Hoto
Eni
Dream Sacred Targe
Mages/Trang
Arach
Raven
BK
WT


3rd Idea would be for FoH/Smite Main Weapon Hoto + HoZ -> on Switch Grief + Shield. Just missing the CTA. But right now I'm playing without CTA and it's still fine
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