some pala questions

[Marcanthi]

As this is my first pala, im left with a few questions after reaching lvl 70 and starting in hell.
Im making a zealot and in general the things i encountered so far died reasonably fast. But i have the problem of getting killed too, a bit too fast to my liking. For the moment i have a def of just over 7k (without HoZ or CoA) and my resis is just horrible... how do you guys solve these problems. i mean, when installing a coa with um and hoz with um, i dont think i get stuff maxed out right away. just safe lots of resis charms? and what about AR. i got zeal AR of around 6 k now but i dont think that will be anough during the whole hell trip. this is gear atm:
- guillaume helm, will be CoA um-ed
- guardian angel armor
- gore rider boots
- Ik belt and gloves for dex, ar, strenght and ias, got draculs so might swap
- some low shield with +1 skill and +40 resis, should become HoZ
- BK5 ring, raven
- saracens chance amulet, might become highlords but then i loose resis and ar (due to lower stats)
- some weapon which will be Stormlash

what would you recommend on doing? hope you can answer my questions about resis, AR and def too.

cheers! :thumbsup:

[Blind568]

As this is my first pala, im left with a few questions after reaching lvl 70 and starting in hell.
Im making a zealot and in general the things i encountered so far died reasonably fast. But i have the problem of getting killed too, a bit too fast to my liking. For the moment i have a def of just over 7k (without HoZ or CoA) and my resis is just horrible... how do you guys solve these problems. i mean, when installing a coa with um and hoz with um, i dont think i get stuff maxed out right away. just safe lots of resis charms? and what about AR. i got zeal AR of around 6 k now but i dont think that will be anough during the whole hell trip. this is gear atm:
- guillaume helm, will be CoA um-ed
- guardian angel armor
- gore rider boots
- Ik belt and gloves for dex, ar, strenght and ias, got draculs so might swap
- some low shield with +1 skill and +40 resis, should become HoZ
- BK5 ring, raven
- saracens chance amulet, might become highlords but then i loose resis and ar (due to lower stats)
- some weapon which will be Stormlash

what would you recommend on doing? hope you can answer my questions about resis, AR and def too.

cheers! :thumbsup:

If you need good quick resists without investing in a HoZ, invest in a griswolds shield with 3 perfect diamonds. It will give you just over 100% resist all. That should help quite a bit.

[Marcanthi]

well, its not rally for the short term, i just wanna know how you guys fix that stuff for the end char?

[kingdryland]

Pdiamond hoz=69% all res +30 % all res from anya quests=99%. Duress armor (if u use a nice base armor you can get an easy 1.2k-1.5k defense) will give 15% to all and 45% to cold. Ik belt will boost lightning and fire res to the same level with cold. Use a nature's peace ring and you ll get your psn res up there in the 40's in hell as well. A metalgrid can grant 25-35% all res (and defence and ar-consider it if you have problems) that should max your resists and allow you to keep guil face helm wich for pvm is better than coa. But seriously ,the damage boost of highlords has no match ( and it gives ias and a good light res). So go with it and you'll have maxed light resists. Get the rest of fire/cold/psn from charms or um the guil and get a torch or a combination of the above. Use ravenfrost for ar/cannot be frozen/cold absorb.Ditch the bk5, it is useless.You are done.

Dracul's are a must for the life tap ,saracen's isn't good option cause it may cast iron maiden on your enemies which will cancel life tap. And yes Stormlash is a fantastic choice for a zealot.

[Marcanthi]

cool ty. so the amulet goes and highlords will come. Ik belt will stay but ik gloves go for draculs. ive got me some resis charms which make life a bit easier. what about the bk5 then? why is it useless? in many build guides i see it as one of THE rings... Ofcourse it is nice to have LL and +1 skill imo so what should i get instead? 2 ravens?

[kingdryland]

Life leech is not very effective in hell,life tap from dracul's will be your main source of leech.The skill from bk boosts your holy shield a bit but it won't help your attack or attack rating. Only the +life is useful but almost every other unique ring beats bks and soj for zealots (It is the same principle that makes offensive and pala combat skillers not useful as well). Use 1 raven always. For the secomnd slot choices can vary. Nature's peace or carrion wind for psn res etc,rare mana/dual leecher with ar and resists,dwarf for fire absorb and life,wisp,second raven etc