Going to start a melee zealer.

Have to start following gear. Just looking for the best tips and the first things I should improve on.

2 socket COA Ber Ber
Fort
Ebotdz
Upped hoz ber
Dungos
Rends
Upped gores
Raven frost
Angelics / raven frost highlords

Max ar life scs. Ar life scs. Mixed bag. Decent but not gg.

Any help is cool!

This post was edited by RuthHemingway on Jul 27 2023 05:45pm

Have 23k attack rating 25k def 3.7k life

Looking for rends now as I feel the extra cb ed strength will be a big upgrade and defence will be nice to see how it affects my total defence

This post was edited by RuthHemingway on Jul 28 2023 08:40am

Maybe go 46 Dr, switch one of those Bers for a Cham for 2x angelic ring?

Also do ppl like how? Seems Alma is more favored. Gl!

This post was edited by rabidfruits on Jul 28 2023 11:29am

Will try and find an alma ! Great suggestion

Will have bad AR, bad def, bad HP, low DS. EbotdZ better to use vs fury/zon, vs a barb/zeal EDC is better (81% DS vs 15%)

Better to go more traditional route with EDC + viso

EDC
Ed/ias viso
Fort or Eth temps might
Cham SS
Rends
Gores
Double ang ring + ammy

Or more budget build

EDC
Pally viso 1 OS Cham
20 ias/10 CB gloves
Eth temps
SS - 40ed or whatever you wanna put here, more flexible to swap vs fury/zon since you run Gface/highlords/raven vs them
Gores
Angelics

If you must stick with CoA,

EDC
CoA Cham + melee jewel
Eth alma
Shaftstop
20/10 gloves
Gores
Angelics

(This setup is OK but I actually prefer Cham Shako with this build)

Don’t fall into the noob trap of using a Zod’d fools, EDC outperforms 99% of fools weapons available (even 1os Eth-rep)

Appreciate the feed back bro! Will look into those. What would you say is good stats to aim for?

Depends on a lot such as charms, stats from viso/gloves, and whether or not you are statted for tap

Assuming not enough dex for Mb on vortex exile and mid tier gloves/viso maybe like 3500 HP, 24k+ AR at level 99. Def/damage will vary with your setup.

Level 99 does make a big difference I wouldn’t even try to put something together until you are 96+ due to how chance to hit mechanics work. I also don’t know on D2r with imperfect charms, lack of 306099s etc.

Appreciate the help. I’m just starting so I’m gathering gear. So I appreciate the tips with different set ups. Have lots of tokens so I’m down to try different stuff.

Only losers play tap, no other class uses tap except like FPK.

Yeah tap seems just to add another layer of luck so fuck that