Optimal Mage setup?

[De4dEyE]

Yeah. I'm curious as to what it is.. I'm looking for a balance of FoH/Hammers in which neither will be too strong. I haven't built him yet, but when I do he'll have all the high-end equip [pcombats w/ life, griffons, hoto, blahblahblahblah]. I used an editor to mess around with his stats, and he ended up [at 93] with like 8k hammer and 4.8k FoH. I probably messed up the points, so I was wondering if anyone had any idea. :]

[kingdryland]

Things that are must have if you are going for elite status: Enigma,9 pala combats,torch,anni. Holy shield must be at lvl 1 only, the items mentioned above ,plus a hoz can take it to lvl 19 already. With a griffon you go at 20 lvl hs...optimizing foh/hammers is quite a task...For starters I would max hammers,concentration and a hammer synergy. I would split 30 skill points between foh/holy shock and I would put only one point in conviction. Main weapon would be a wizardspike for sure,as for switch,there are many options. Cta (general),foh scepter with facets (possible foh switch) or grief phase blade for strong smite...The possibilities are endless and I already have a headache,because it is possibly the most complex paladin build to design.

[MegaFlame]

The point I see is that you should let anyone near anyways so holy shield is rather not important here. You'd be teleing there and back and creating hammer fields defensively while chasing down people with tele and foh them to death offensively.

[vietl0yalty]

personally i d say the best balance is 9k hammers and anything over 3k foh... just my opinion

[kingdryland]

Actually level 1 holy shield can go above lvl 20 with gear so it is not that you won't be having defense.