What character to build next?

[terrymanning]

With the help of Clegaw this past weekend killing Hell Ancients, I completed my rebuilt Hammerdin and made Guardian last night. So my question is, what to build next? This is what I have built so far.

Level 86 Summon based Necromancer
Level 85 Fire Sorceress
Level 84 Concentration Barbarian
Level 81 Hammerdin
Level 81 Lighting Fury Amazon
Level 81 Wind Druid
Level 79 Orb/Meteor Sorceress

I am still working on an IK Barbarian but that should only take a couple of weeks to finish. What should I build next? Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

TM

[greenfire10]

i see chances for an assa (trapper prolly) or a zon using freeze arrow and multy or strafe.

[CoonerTheRed]

i see chances for an assa (trapper prolly) or a zon using freeze arrow and multy or strafe.

throw barb
melee paladin (veang/conv or tesladin mebbe?)

[STINGER]

Frenzier
MA Sin eithe Talon or Tail, but work great
Thrower/Double Swing
PKK build......
Avenger
Fanatic Zealot
Bone Nerco
PKK build......
Frost Maiden
holy Shocker
Holy Freezer......na, can buy merc
FoH PKK........
Enchantress
PKK IG Mancer....
Jabber...PKK....
Crush Druid......PKK...
WW Druid
WB Druid

Just get some crushing on those melee guys and lvl somewhere besides Wordstone and you can have a lot of fun.

[PhatTrumpet]

Definitely either a melee Pally, melee Assasin, or Bowazon.

some melee Pally options:
Tesladin
Avenger
Fanatic Zealot

some melee Asn options:
Pheonix Strike
DTalon
DTail

Bowazon would probably be Freezing/Strafe,

[Cleglaw_Himself]

Freeze arrow zon. Good party member, that's for sure.

Ever seen meteor + frozen arrow in action?

I do like throw barbs also.

Edit: Oh, and Terry, where's your enchantress?? Everyone has one of those don't they??!!
My next character will probably be a FOH pally. Pvm or Pkk, not sure.

[Mr.Bogohossian]

Bonecro lvl 80 slained in duels.
Bonecro lvl 45 slained by lister
Blizzsorc lvl 87 slained by lag+mephisto
zealot pvp lvl 17 slained by some cdc member,(BLA!>>)
Enhantress with widowmaker lvl 65 slained in duels.
kicksin lvl 25 slained in duels.

You see, i die alot.
Still alive
lvl 80 phoenix strike sin
lvl 64 foh pally
lvl 47 pvp crush druid
lvl 55 hammerdin
lvl 29 zealot

[BaNiSeR]

im making an undead killer pally, pure holy bolt, i MIGHT place the rest of points into prayer and keep med on as aure but i jsut dont know yet.

curently lvl 41

[NeoSolidSnake]

Tesladins are fun!


i have a 78 one, and he rocks!

in nightmare...in hell im a pushover :p

then again, im not wearing top grade stuff so who cares! :D

[Cleglaw_Himself]

im making an undead killer pally, pure holy bolt, i MIGHT place the rest of points into prayer and keep med on as aure but i jsut dont know yet.

curently lvl 41What about the aura 'sanctuary' !
I've always wanted to make a pally that used that aura, mainly because you never ever see anyone use it.

[NeoSolidSnake]

Its a great aura to use anywhere, cos there are undead everywhere :p


There was a neat trick posted on the dii.net main site, FotD/FotW/etc. regarding Sanctuary..

If in Hell, there are Physical Immune undead, turn on Sanctuary and you'll be able to leech life/mana off them, although doing no damage!

Handy, if you run out of mana while 'Vengeancing' or whatever :D

[BaNiSeR]

wow, i never thought of santuary! im definately going to look into that because i can always chug a mana pot instead of using med :P and with santuary they wont mele me unless im just completely wrong so who will nead to heal with the passive healing from med/prayer too!

thanks for that idea ^_^

[STINGER]

Defiance Hammerdin!!!

There are enuff pallys running around to get the arura, but I guess you are somewhat dependent on parties.

PvM Charger.....i will make this if there is no reset soon.

Terry, just say yess to melee and go for it! There are many melee builds that work very well in small games, its just the big ones where you start having issues, but with a decent group you can still contribute a lot.

[terrymanning]

Thanks for the replies everyone. At one time I wanted to make a melee Paladin but changed my mind and rebuilt my Hammerdin instead. I think I'm going to go back and make that Fanatic Zealot after all. Thanks again.

TM

[TopheavyHookjaw]

Good idea, I have one and he rocks.

Zealous_Fanatic Level 90 <Retired>

I soloed the entire game with him and he only really had problems with IM and dolls (as is the case with any melee char). He makes quite a tank and a great DC killer <occasionally comes out of retirement for these special occasions>

I'm also having a lot of fun with a Dexazon. I'm just wondering how long she'll last before the Lag Beast gets her.

[CoonerTheRed]

Good idea, I have one and he rocks.

Zealous_Fanatic Level 90 <Retired>

I soloed the entire game with him and he only really had problems with IM and dolls (as is the case with any melee char). He makes quite a tank and a great DC killer <occasionally comes out of retirement for these special occasions>

I'm also having a lot of fun with a Dexazon. I'm just wondering how long she'll last before the Lag Beast gets her.

mind posting your setup for the pali?

[redball77]

Want a real challenge? Create a character that cannot use any mana. NONE. He/she lives in a world where magic does not exist (except in weapons). Obviously, Sorces and Necros are pointless, but Barbs and Zons could be done.

Obviously, you would need a high damage weapon, and lots o life (no Battle Orders, cheater!). The Barb can use their mastery to pump damage and AR, they can use their Iron Skin to defense, Natural Resist, etc. Think of all the points you could save by not having to invest in Concentrate or Beserk!

The Zon also has many passive skills they can use and pump by saving all those skill points.

It seems to me that all your level 80 characters would get old. Try this out sometime, it sure is a challenge. Imagine telling your friends "yeah, my dude is level 84... and I have yet to use even 1 stinking point of mana!"

[Shadoway]

Want a real challenge? Create a character that cannot use any mana. NONE. He/she lives in a world where magic does not exist (except in weapons). Obviously, Sorces and Necros are pointless, but Barbs and Zons could be done.

Obviously, you would need a high damage weapon, and lots o life (no Battle Orders, cheater!). The Barb can use their mastery to pump damage and AR, they can use their Iron Skin to defense, Natural Resist, etc. Think of all the points you could save by not having to invest in Concentrate or Beserk!

The Zon also has many passive skills they can use and pump by saving all those skill points.

It seems to me that all your level 80 characters would get old. Try this out sometime, it sure is a challenge. Imagine telling your friends "yeah, my dude is level 84... and I have yet to use even 1 stinking point of mana!"


Double swing and magic arrow use no mana at high levels. Thus, this is quite easy to achieve.

As for Terry, I have an idea that I never tried out (too busy with other projects). Why not a Strafezon that uses Bloodraven's Charge. This way the zon can hire a might merc for better damage and still have good tanks from the revive charges (think about solo hell ancients).

If you want to use a fanatic zealot, you can use an Azurewrath since so many people like the idea of sanctuary.

[Mecal]

well, some ideas i like are:

WW Barb
Bear Druid (with life spirit - sooo much life!! :) )

and... my favorite *drum roll* .... Firewall Sorc!! :drool:
but i see you made a meteor sorc... so you probly wont want a firewall one.

[Gravez]

No Mana? Ranger. Bow Pally or Throw pally if you want a sheild.

[NeoSolidSnake]

or a passive necro :p

Bonewall and IM!!




edit - crap forgot bonewall is different now i think...?