Pure Offense Avenger?

[Thirteenth]

Is it possible to just max out vengeance,conviction and all the synergies skipping points for prereqs for holy shield etc.

Gives me far more damage but without holy shield ill be kindof voulnerable. Maybe i can fix it with some PDR% items and keep my resists high. Even if i cant i prefer killing things fast over staying alive, its far more annoying hitting the same monster for 5 minutes than running back for your corpse every once in a while.

I was thinking

20 conviction
20 res fire
20 res lightning
20 res cold
10-20 vengeance (depending on what sort of leech ill get)
Rest into prereqs and Salvation as much as i can

Should lay the grounds for a pretty huge amount of elemental damage and since i wont need much Dex if i dont care about defence i can fill my vitality with the extra points.

Doing single player and i got access to pretty much every piece of equipment except for some charms. Suggestions are welcomed

On a sidenote: im kinda new to avenger gear so im in the woods with this but would Beast work well? since it got fanaticism aura its very attractive to me.

[Bjam]

By far your best option would be to use a 2-handed eBotD weapon. The damage and leeching will be insane. I assume you plan to go 2-handed, since that would make the most sense if not using Holy Shield. This is the epitome of a glass cannon build. You definitely want some DR% gear.

Shako(with IAS jewel) + CoH + Dungos gives you 33% DR, +4 skills, +65% resists, loads of life and mana, and more (a lot of what you are looking for as an Avenger). Another very nice armor + belt combo is Treachery + SoE. If you have the means, a CoA is obviously another great helm option. Other gear basics would include a Ravenfrost (duh), 20% IAS gloves, and a Mara ammy (I think you'll need Highlord's to hit the last BP if using Treachery). Boots and the 2nd ring are up to you and don't matter that much. War Traveller boots or rare boots with FRW, FHR and high resists, a BK ring or a rare dual leech ring are all nice options, but they won't make or break the build.

[JayhawkFan]

if i was you i would max veng. each point adds 6% fire, lightning, and cold damage for a total of 18% per point. each point in a synergy only adds 10%.

also, there is a maximum amount of -res on conviction so with a few plus points maxing it would not be necesary.

[Davio]

The resistance cap of -150% is reached with a lvl 25 conviction. So if you have +6 skills total, you would only need 19 hard points.

[Thirteenth]

Ill try and get my hands on a 2handed BotD then, atm i got one in berserker axe, i was thinking of using that and zakarum but now that you mention it i may aswell go 2handed since its better than the +skills on zakarum.

Ill be using verdungos and either vamp gaze or crown of ages (Ber'd), got wart ravellers with ravenfrost and a 8% dual leech ring

Was planning on stopping at 19 conviction but since i wont have zakarum i may aswell max it and maybe exhange the dual leech for BK if needed for lvl 25 Conv, with 2handed wep i can probably cope with the mana cost of Veng so ill max that too.¨

Thanks for the help, all i gotta do now is find an etheral 6 socket polearm :P

[Thirteenth]

Im not totally sure if this is against the rules.. if it is im very sorry :/ (double posting even tho one day has passed)

Im unsure if i should really dumb my shield totally, the +skills on zakarum looks so taste along with the resists, also the PDR% on stormshield would be nice on a fragile build such as this. I have BotD in both a polearm and a berserker axe so im open for both.. maybe ill just try both of them but id like to know before i mule the items over.