Zealot Need help with equipment!

[The VAXUS]

I'm level 85 and i need some advice with my stuff

Helm: Crown of ages(2 sockets) = Any advice what to socket here?

Armor: Chains of Honor in Hellforge plate(still looking for Superior Archon Plate)

Weapons: Azurewrath and Heaven's Light(2 sockets) = Advice on what to socket and if i should find a better weapon maybe runeword.

Shield: HoZ and Stromshield

Ammy: Mara's Kaleidoscope

Boots: Gore rider

Belt: Thundergods

Gloves: Draculs

Rings: Raven Frost and Natures Peace
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Skill

Fanaticssm max
Zeal max
Sacrifice max
Holy shield max

I have a deff of 16K is that sufficient and damage of 2-3k is that sufficient or lacking?

Thanx in advance.

[soul killer]

Now Im thinking this is for PvM right?

Helm: BerBer CoA
Armor: That CoH is fine
Wep: Grief Pb is best, also consider Lw Pb and Ebotdz
Shield: HoZ or Exile
Ammy: Metalgrid or Highlords
Gloves: LoH or Bloodfists (Dracs if ou dont get Exile/Lw)
Rings: Dual Ravens

Def is fine.
2-3k dmg is very low, with ebotdz you should be aiming at 9k dmg.
Grief will give you about 1k dmg on LCS, dont worry its acutually much more.

[The VAXUS]

Thanx for replying but i'm not familiar with shortcuts what does ebotdz mean?

Thanx again

[Lanceor]

Thanx for replying but i'm not familiar with shortcuts what does ebotdz mean?


It's the infamous Ethereal "Breath of the Dying" Berserker axe.

[The VAXUS]

Thanx for all the help guys i'l try and find it:P

[DEA]

hitting 9k damage needs a might merc with pride
you're not going to do it alone
in general, 2~3k with ~50% crushing blow and deadly strike is good enough for pvm
the coa does less for zealots than it does for hdins
consider switching to a guil's face or a vamp gaze

[Veilside]

hitting 9k damage needs a might merc with pride
you're not going to do it alone
in general, 2~3k with ~50% crushing blow and deadly strike is good enough for pvm
the coa does less for zealots than it does for hdins
consider switching to a guil's face or a vamp gaze

Or even a kiras allowing you to save a ring slot and use fortitude rather than CoH.

[Vegetall]

if u want to do more damg def fort, if u need the resits COH... with my 1pt smiter i do about 2.3.k with lastwish/spirit and about 1.3k with grife/pb and i can kill and any area... and a 1pt smiter is basically a zealot

[mephiztophelez]

i'm assuming this is a pvm build yes? most pvp zealots would be in Angelic ring/ammy and nothing else.
Helm: Crown of ages(2 sockets) = Any advice what to socket here?

Armor: Chains of Honor in Hellforge plate (still looking for Superior Archon Plate)

i was going to suggest some kind of -requirements jewel & a ber in the CoA, but seeing as you've built for hellforge plate thats kind of redundant. holy str req's batman!

if my assumption that this is pvm is correct, a Guillaumes Face offers a LOT more to a zealot than a CoA. it's a lot cheaper too.

Weapons: Azurewrath and Heaven's Light(2 sockets) = Advice on what to socket and if i should find a better weapon maybe runeword.
nice weapon choices and both will get you through hell with ease.

as mentioned a Grief PB is the clear winner in all-out-damage stakes. another nice option is a Stormlash scourge (i <3 this weapon, if i ever find a zod rune, i'll be hunting down a high-end eth stormlash to stick it in)

if you feel like getting funky, an up'd ribcracker is pretty sweet.

if u want to do more damg def fort, if u need the resits COH... with my 1pt smiter i do about 2.3.k with lastwish/spirit and about 1.3k with grife/pb and i can kill and any area... and a 1pt smiter is basically a zealot
are these the numbers on the character screen? if so: they are WRONG. the character screen isn't called hte Lieing Character Screen (LCS) for nothing, it's just flat-out wrong about a lot of important stats. it doesn't factor in the +damage mod on grief correctly for display on the LCS. if you think a pw phase outdamages a grief phase think again. that +damage is + base damage. it gets fully boosted by all your skill based & off weapon %ed (fanat, fort, zeal bonus' etc), whereas a LW pb still has only that stupendous 31-35 base damage, not a potential 431-435 BASE damage that a Grief PB can have. i'll admit here i just don't like last-wish, fullstop. the ONLY place i would even consider it an appropriate weapon is for Ubers or on a kick/trap assassin. for Ubers, Dracs or a Lifetap wand is all i've ever needed. for a k/t sin, i can think of better weapons (cough*stormlash*cough). there are a great many people who will disagree with me, this is not an invitation to a flame war.

[DEA]

Or even a kiras allowing you to save a ring slot and use fortitude rather than CoH.

i already factored fort in
show me how a zealot gets even 8k damage without fort while using a ebotdz?

damage isn't everything
a lwpb can let you clear everything
it might not be as quick, but your survivability is amazing
grief and death kill alot faster, but you'll have to adjust your gear accordingly
lw just stuffs all the candy into one nice pinata

[kingdryland]

Lw phase is iffy, the damage is simply looooooow. It has everything else cb/tap/itd/mf etc but the lack of raw damage really shows. I prefer lw in a nice non superior zerk or war spike ,to keep repair costs low.

[The VAXUS]

Oooh alot of advice Nice! thanx guys your all very helpfull:) .....And yeah My zealot is for PvM i already finished hell though and yeah it wasent that hard except for the anoying unique monsters that Blow up and tend to bring my life down to critical. Btw I'm still finding Zod rune for the Botd and a superior berserker axe w/c i find very hard but i have the runes for famine is it good? if so what weapon should i find for it?

Thanx again.

[Veilside]

i already factored fort in
show me how a zealot gets even 8k damage without fort while using a ebotdz?

damage isn't everything
a lwpb can let you clear everything
it might not be as quick, but your survivability is amazing
grief and death kill alot faster, but you'll have to adjust your gear accordingly
lw just stuffs all the candy into one nice pinata

To me last wish just isn't worth it for a zealot, especially not in a pb. You can easily build a war spike death build for very good surviveability and the damage will be much higher than that of a lw build.
As for the kiras, i was merely quoting your post about the helms you suggested where i thought a kiras might also be a nice helmet option, nothing about damage.

[DEA]

i personally use an edeathz for levelling, and lwpb for everything else
it's good for mfing and ubering, but it falls a bit short in 8 player games
i admit, i've never even thought of using a death warspike
i'll go examine that option

i just don't like kira's for a zealot
there're just so many ways to get max res without using that
maybe for ubers, if you're not comfortable with low resistances
you'll like the ar and dex from raven frost anyway, not to mention the cold absorb

[kingdryland]

EDeath warspike is a quality zealot weapon.

[Veilside]

i personally use an edeathz for levelling, and lwpb for everything else
it's good for mfing and ubering, but it falls a bit short in 8 player games
i admit, i've never even thought of using a death warspike
i'll go examine that option

i just don't like kira's for a zealot
there're just so many ways to get max res without using that
maybe for ubers, if you're not comfortable with low resistances
you'll like the ar and dex from raven frost anyway, not to mention the cold absorb

The warspike is a good option simply because it doesn't require anywhere near as much ias as you would if you were using a BA.
Kiras is a nice option, and if you're using death you won't need the additional cb and ds given from guillaumes, so it can open other gear options like using an enigma armour or an ed/ar shield, it just allows for a lot more gear flexibility IMO.

[DEA]

er, you need 40 ias as opposed to 60 ias
anyway, i've always thought that zealot gear selection isn't all that important
you're pretty much going to own most everything in pvm regardless