I'm looking to upgrade my Uber Tele Paladin. What could be the best build? I put some choice where I hesitate.

Head
Gface (15ias/13-15res). I added 15ias jewel because I read that sometime you need extra ias to keep bp when slowed.

Main Weapon
Grief (LW seem overkill)

Torso
Enigma MP

Shield
-Exile : Defense, 15ctc Lifetap, +5max fire.
vs.
-Phoenix: Redemption help with life/mana substain, +ed for better smite dmg, 5max light, 10max fire (very good to tank), fire abs (add even more tankinest)
vs.
-Hoz? Good dmg, good res, classic.

Amulet
-Mara30
vs.
-2pal/20fcr/res Amulet: This option get fcr bp but lose some all res. Depend if you can get max res elsewhere.

Boots
Gore

Belt
Arach: all skill, mana, and to get some fcr bp.
vs.
Tgod: 10max light res (but I can have it from Phoenix and +light aura hiden stats), vit, 20abs.

Rings
Wisp: if I dont use Tgod, I need those light abs.
vs.
Dwraft: fire abs (but no need if I have Phoenix)
Raven: cold and cbf.

Gloves
Dracul: If I use Phonix or HoZ, I need them but they only do 5ctc lifetap (vs. 15 from Exile)
vs.
Gloves 10cb: if I use Exile, I can go with 20ias 10cb dex gloves.

Swap
Cta/Pal Spirit

This post was edited by Xshoot on Jan 28 2026 10:20pm

Vs holy freeze, using PB you need 46 ias if you have fana lvl 27-35
or 48ias if you have fana lvl 23-26

Head
the ias jewel is good if you use dracs, but it's wasted if you use CB gloves with 10+ ias
I put ber in mine cuz I don't need the ias

Weapon
yup, grief
PB, need base ias to reach the bp mentioned above, depends on gear choices

Torso
enigma ofc

Shield
Spirit should be among your options, but they all have pros/cons

Amulet
Mara is fine and cheap

Boots
Gores or gtoes
You don't need OW online like you do need offline
10% extra CB on gtoes but you lose 30frw

Belt
Arach is better as long as you are able to survive without tgods, which mostly depends on the amount of life/res you get from inv and if you prebuff fade or not

Rings
wisp + raven

Gloves
Drac's 5% ctc is very unreliable... sometimes it just wont proc. I prefer using a good old lifetap wand. If you want to rely on ctc, then use exile.
Another (expansive) option is to use a frenzy merc with 2x LW.

Here's how I built mine (without the merc, using wand on swap)
https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/d05bc0ox

target is set against meph
max res without using other auras than fana
46ias to counter HF
purely dedicated to ubers, so dumping remaining skill pts into resist aura for the passive max res
it's complete overkill (yet not too expansive if you look at each item except inv), but this is making it a breeze to facetank all 3 at the same time

Unless ur doing on HC, u can swap out alot of stuff for better speed.

build that stacks ias to counter decrep / holy freeze.

45 ias 20 fcr 45 allres helm
20 ias 10 crushing blow gloves
arach
Spirit ST 45@
Enigma
Raven frost
Stat ring ( res or whatever)
Gore riders
4 ber 2 shael phase blade ( 40 ias 80 crushing blow)


105 crushing blow
75 fcr

Nothing slows u, u pump the bosses, and 75 fcr.


smacks all 3 minibosses and ubers in under 2 minutes

Just for the fun of Theory Crafting, I made another version. https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/4c5mc0ol.

LvL95. No swap for lifetap wand. 45cb. Max fire/light resist (+95%). Light abs + Cold abs. Not big fcr but at least one bp.

My only concern (vs. Phoenix) is no mana substain when teleport.

This post was edited by Xshoot on Jan 29 2026 09:01am

Phoenix does not give you mana sustain when teleporting either.
This is why I use spirit. +112 mana buffed by BO is allowing you to tele much longer and greatly boost your mana regen.
80@ is more than all other options. 35fcr is gg. 55fhr is relevant for ubers, like lilith who can hit hard and trigger hit recovery.

Watchout, reaper merc will override your lifetap constantly

Good point.

I made some change: https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/x45ln0lb

75fcr on swap. Good fhr when smite. Full resist (85%). Added Defiance for Holy Sheild synergie. Merc might die but insight might help when tele.

This post was edited by Xshoot on Jan 29 2026 09:32am

I also made a more "good over all" Smiter with the possibility to farm with Zeal and Teleport with Meditation. No Merc to babysit. 80fire 85light resist even with -20lvl Conviction. Good CB. Good lifetap proc. 75fcr on swap.

https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/ts5o50l3

This post was edited by Xshoot on Jan 29 2026 11:15am