Eh if you do that you would lose a lot of flexibility with gear since you would lose a good amount of ias and dmg but if you made it work vs the zealots you were dueling then that's all that matters I guess. The skill layout in my guide is really the best way to skill a zealot. Sure some people put points in blessed aim for the passive ar bonus but mainly this layout does best. What are the stats you had on your zealot with that build?

Just normal stats. Dex for block str for gear vit rest. It just seemed that only the really high ar builds would have any chance, with an ar wep and helm kind of deal. It was mostly just fun to kill someone then they spam "GTFO FAG THAT SHIELD IS BM NOOB NK HIM SS REPORTED" haha.

Oh pub melee? lol. I meant more like what was your def and stuff.

Well of course I did pub melee too, just gets boring waiting for real games all day. Anyone who doesn't pub period must be very bored haha. Yea, it's really a hit or miss build though, but I mean al of my zealers do about the same you know? Where you could win 10 duels straight and then it will feel other ties like you can't win one to save your life. Just depends on how the game is feeling that day haha. Sometimes the defense pays off sometimes it didn't. It's been so long I honestly don't remember what my defense was...just came back to d2 after I got a tip that ladder was resetting Can't wait to build up my ladder zealot!

I really need to get around to selling my NL gears one day, you know about NL, gimme a price check hahaha. (uswest NL)

2419 eth up'd shaft
855 eth zod HoZ
100% perf CoA with 40/15, BER
100% perf eth death zerk (I think, lol.)
+3 shield 6BO cta

Res is just average filler gears, highlords, ravens etc. 9x ar/max/life gc's (low set I stole off my lld, haha)

But yea, I am really hoping to get back into melee with the new ladder season

Ah i'm on east so don't know west prices at all. On east I rarely pubbed with my melee since there is always a melee game up that I can go to.

nice guide but i just have one question

What is it?

can this zealer kaboom?

Add some poison charms for One hit KABOOOOOM