rate/critic my smiter/zealot/charger build?

[sorceressgod]

hi, this smiter/zealot/charger pally i'm gonna make soon is gonna be for pvm, pvp, uber generals farming and uber tristram run.

skills to pump points into:
- 20 zeal
- 20 sacrifice
- 1 smite
- 1 charge
- 20 holy shield
- 20 fanaticism
- the rest of the points go into defiance.

here goes the gear....

- Guillaume's helm(cham runed)
- Fortitude archon plate
- Grief pb or Ebotdz(it's in stash)
- HoZ(um runed) or Eth Exile glided shield with 44 base resists(it's in stash)
- Verdungoes
- Metagrid amulet.
- Gore riders
- Upped Bloodfists(sharkskin gloves) or draculs(it's in stash)
- Raven spiral x2(well, they NEVER poof lol)
- SWITCH: CTA/lidless

in my inventory...
- torch
- anni
- ar/fhr scs
- max/ar/fhr gc
- some other whatnot as well.

in my stash...

- 400 ed ebotdz
- eth exile glided shield(44 resists)
- dracul gloves


some thoughts i had went going thru the build...

- about the helmet, it has a a**load of really nice bonuses, which is awesome in pvm/pvp imho. a berber coa is nice but it's expensive, has very high str req and i don't really play too defensively lol. the cham rune in the guillaume is because of the rings...
- about the rings, the dual raven spiral makes up for life/mana leech in pvm, as i'll probably be using grief pb occasionally rather than ebotdz...
- about the ebotdz, it's just there because it gives max ias/smite, and it's basically the axe for pvm survival imho.
- about the shields, hoz is for normal zealing/charging in pvm and pvp as well. the exile shield is for being a BM smiter/charger(if it's necessary) or for uber killing.
- the bloodfists will be the default gloves i'll be wearing for pvm/pvp, unless it's uber killing or BM pvp, then i'll use draculs.


so i guess that's about all, the game play is pretty standard for everybody who has a smiter/zealot/charger.. constructive comments are very welcome, thanks :P

[kingdryland]

smiter/zealot/charger...Basically you are a fanatic zealot with a brutal weapon, that adopts the "knight" playstyle (zeal/charge/smite). About all zealots are like that nowadays. About ebotdz,I just fail to see your point. Max smite speed is reached with any grief phase blade,and your smite damage output will be
way higher. If you want pvm survival use life tap 100%. Huge advantage. Actually the ultimate pvm survival gear as I see it, is last wish(life tap,fade,crushing blow) ,ber ber coa (Defense,resists,dr),dungo(dr,life),phoenix all resists (for the redemption aura)...In any case I see it is way safer to zeal with crescent moon and dracul's rather than with ebotd without dracs.

[sorceressgod]

meh, the axe is just probably for the LL lol, can't afford too many ladder runewords on NL.

but judging from ur post, i reckon my setup is ok lol? :S

[kingdryland]

How could I say it is not ok,lol,it is 80% similar to mine...

[MegaFlame]

Crescent moon will give a horrible damage for zeal though, I think it'll be less than 1k.

[sorceressgod]

How could I say it is not ok,lol,it is 80% similar to mine...


so i assume i'm near the cream of the crop :P

[marcello]

It's nice man, but does "glided" mean "gilded shield" or "glitched"? If gilded, why make Exile in non elite pally shield?

edit: oh, try to get a hold of a crappy pally spirit shield, it will boost the BO.:thumbsup:

[kingdryland]

Crescent moon will give a horrible damage for zeal though, I think it'll be less than 1k.

Physical damage with a crescent is about 1k average and 1.4k after deadly strike. I use this extreme,really, example to show that even a mediocre weapon that does lousy damage but is itd,provides tons of safety while life tap is on. Itd is the trick.

[sorceressgod]

It's nice man, but does "glided" mean "gilded shield" or "glitched"? If gilded, why make Exile in non elite pally shield?

edit: oh, try to get a hold of a crappy pally spirit shield, it will boost the BO.:thumbsup:


1) Etheral Glided Shield(Exile runeword)

2) i had that shield for months, so use it.

3) grief dmg adds nicely :K

[MegaFlame]

Yeah but the killing speed with CM will be annoying, IMO 4k damage is needed for you to feel like you are actually killing monsters in hell lol. 1k damage with CB makes you feel like grinding monsters to death.

[niner]

Furnace of Pain,Chaos Sanctuary and WK lvl 3 will be torture for him because of IM casters. PI monsters will make your finger hurt from holding mouse down too long....

[kingdryland]

There are about 30 posts the last month on how a zealot can deal with iron maiden and physical immunes once and for all.