Need a good Zealer/PvM Build

[Kemist]

I need a good PvM pally build for hc. Anything that will keep me the safest. I was thinking aboutzeal but any other builds would do to. Thnx

[kingwillie]

try a frost zealot.. slowes down everything, pretty safe for HC

[MoUsE_WiZ]

Depends on your item base, here's a pretty cheap one I had fun with:

20 Fanat
20 Sac
20 Convic
20 Holy Shield
5 Zeal
Rest into Defiance

Gear:
Gimmershreds -- with convic/gimmers you can kill ANYWHERE. You kill slowly compared to some zealot builds, but on the other hand you can solo the CS without fear of IM since you can start throwing at any time, and convic/gimmers makes for dead PIs really quickly.
Rhyme pally shield with resists or ed -- obviously this can be improved, but as I said this is a cheap build
Atma's Ammy -- amped monsters drop fast too
Gore riders
Guillame's face -- all good zealots need the CB somehow
Leech rings -- duh, any resists/dual leechness/AR the better they are
Griswold's Plate -- Don't recall the BPs for throw/zeal with/without fanat, but IAS'd to hit those properly, resists or max or ed in the other sockets
IK gloves/belt -- can't go wrong with that combo

I think that I had ~50 str base. Then I equipped 30 str mask + 19 STR ammy then got crazy str bonuses and everything stayed on. Had to do it every game though.

If you want a more robust but expensive zealer I'd recommend something like:
1) Stormlash.
2) Exile in a high def, good res or good ED eth pally shield
3) Guillames/Gore/Atma's
4) IK gloves/belt still works, though you might want bloodfist+tgods instead
5) Gladiator's Bane or Arkaine Valor or some other high def armor with nice mods
6) 1x Wisp/1x Raven (or a good leech/high AR ring if you have gladiators)
Then drop the convic from the above build for more points in zeal (AR) and more points in Defiance.

[PhatTrumpet]

Uhm... hammerdin?

[LuckyDwarf]

Uhm... hammerdin?

I concur with Phatty-T, a Hammerdin is an excellent killing machine at all levels.

Lucky

[MoUsE_WiZ]

I concur as well, except that I don't believe hammerdins should be classified as paladins.