Post by Patrick Vervoorn[Found Lo, snipped rest. :)]
Post by ~misfit~Stormlash is unbeatable IMO. You just can't beat that Static Field
firing off all the time, reducing monsters to 50% life in hell. (33%
in nm and 25% in normal. Although, with a lvl 82 req you won't be
using it in any difficulty other than hell usually.) Take into
account the 33% CB, lightning damage (*and* absorb) and the speed of
the weapon and your obvious choice becomes..........
It's great to hear it's such a nice weapon, because I haven't been
able to use it yet, because my Pally is still in diapers. ;)
It's an excellent weapon. I have a zealot using one and a frenzy barb using
another one (paired with an 'Oath' ethereal scourge)
Post by Patrick VervoornPost by ~misfit~Fortitude armour for the Pally. Not only will it up his damage
considerably but it'll give him resists, life, life regen, +5% to
max lightning resist (combined with Stormlash' lightning absorb
makes gloams easy and Diablo's pink attack hardly a threat).
I was actually thinking about a (possibly upped) Guardian Angel,
since I have a spare one laying around.
I used to think that the GA was the shiznit for pallys. Now all mine are
either given away or on mules.
Post by Patrick VervoornPost by ~misfit~I mean, +300% ED? Wow!! I want it now. My Pally only has Duress (+10-20% ED)
Or Duress indeed. :)
I use Duress quite a bit as it's very cheap for what you get.
Post by Patrick VervoornSuppose I make Fortitude, what armour should I make it in? I don't
have that many Elite armours. Off the top of my head I have a
Superior Great Hauberk, a Superior Wire Fleece, and just recently I
found a rather nice, non-superior (but 515 def) Archon Plate. All
will get 4 sockets from Larzuk.
Archon for sure. I have a friend who made Chains of Honour in a superior
Wire Fleece and for each one durability point it needed repairing it cost
35,000 gold. She collected the runes for another CoH and ended up putting
the superior one on her merc.
Post by Patrick VervoornI understood the repair costs of Superior armors + runeword are
astronomical, but since I've never tried this, I don't want to find
out I spend all my gold on repairing the Fortitude. (I like gambling
my gold).
For sure.
Post by Patrick VervoornSo, should I put in a Superior armour, or the non-superior Archon Plate?
Archon plate, not superior. I'm looking for a 3 socket one myself at present
to make a Duress for my fiance. I must have dropped 20 of them in the last
month but as soon as you want one..... With Obedience, Insight and Spirit
(as well as Duress now) I have started a couple of mules for keeping
socketed stuff. There are some very powerful runewords available, far better
than elite uniques. Other than Stormlash of course.
Post by Patrick VervoornPost by ~misfit~What type of zealot? The usual Fana I guess?
Well, he's level 15, so not much decisions have been made. I was
indeed thinking about maxing Zeal, Sacrifice, Fanaticism, and beyond
that, no real ideas.
Just take zeal up to about 6 until you've got most of your other points
sorted (aura and shield). At least I find that way works best, get good
killing power/defence earlier. I always used to max Zeal first, I don't
anymore. Don't forget Holy Shield, you'll need a few points in that for
sure, I like it maxed personally.
Post by Patrick VervoornPost by ~misfit~I find the 'Lash (without the
rum and sodomy<g>) goes particularly well with elemental auras like
Holy Freeze. I have a Freezealot (with Drac's, and might merc with
Obedience) who can be totally surrounded by monsters (hell cows for
instance) and the combination of the static and his aural damage
kills monsters on the periphery waiting to get to him.
Hmmm, this is a maxed Holy Freeze? I too have Dracul's and was
planning on using that too. Also found Goreriders myself, so that
also goes onto the Zealot. Other gear is still more or less
undecided, and since I haven't been playing him much, all options are
actually still wide open. :)
Yep, maxed HF plus maxed res cold (27 with +skills) and level 17 Salvation
(Both synergies for HF). That gives HF aura damage of 296-300 each time it
pulses. His gear is 'Lash with an Amn, HoZ, Duress in an Archon, Harly
Crest with P-Topaz, res all +23 Mara's, Drac's, Goreriders, String of Ears,
Carrionwind, Ravenfrost and an Anni. Resists are topped up with charms.
Maxed Holy Shield and Zeal, Sacrifice getting points now as Salvation is
fairly high. Character level 87.
I put the Amn in the 'Lash when I was wearing different gear (Highlords
Wrath ammy, +20% IAS. Before I got my Drac's too so needed more leech). Now,
I might 'Hel' it out and put a Shael in (or a nice 15% IAS with extras if I
can find it) or, take the P-Topaz out of the Shako and put an IAS jewel
there insteadand keep the extra leech. The second-highest speed breakpoint
(with zeal) for a Scourge is 45% IAS for 5fpa. 'Lash has 30% already. The
next breakpoint for maximum speed is 145% IAS which I won't get. <g>. I'm
glad I answered you here, I'd noticed he didn't seem as fast but didn't
'click' that I'd dropped to 6fpa until I just tallied up. I *will* be fixing
that.
However, with level 20 Fanatacism (if you go that way) you only need a total
of 40% IAS to get to the highest speed, 4fpa (or 6.2 attacks per second) so
that still leaves you looking for a bit of IAS other than 'Lash's own.
Post by Patrick VervoornPost by ~misfit~BTW, I find a Cresent Moon Phase Blade is a good weapon to use while
you are growing into the 'Lash, it's sorta like the 'Lash's little
brother. Shame you can't make it in a scourge.
I don't think I have a 3 socket Phase Blade, but I can always try to
make one. I also have plenty mid-level uniques to get this Zealot to
lvl 82, so no real problems there, I think.
Cool, good luck with him. I like zealots, I have three so far on current
ladder. Holy Freeze are my favourite by far.
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~misfit~