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Arbitrage
14-11-2008, 08:06
Now I have a paladin with:
Conviction - 20
Holy shield - 20
Zeal - 18
Defiance - 20 (to give extra bonus to holy shield)
and some skills in sacrifice

My gear is:
Schafers hammer
Andariels helm
zakarum
Fortitude
Draculs
Mara

and other good gear with a decent amount of life leach and a lot of "extra" skills. I also have about 2000 psn damage thanks to a lot of charms.

My questions are:
Have I put my skills in the "right" place or should I had put my skill points in fanatiscm instead of conviction?
Is it worth having half your inventory full with psn charms if I dont have conviction as my main aura?
What kind of zealot(I know that zealots arent that effective against uber but still...) is the best against uber?

Ingolifs
14-11-2008, 09:18
With schaefers hammer and no IAS from fanaticism, you'll probably be hitting quite slowly.

Also, once you've got a 5-hit zeal, it's best to invest in sacrifice instead, because the synergy adds twice as much damage per level than deal itself (12% vs 6%)

Conviction is an odd choice. If you're doing a lot of elemental (except for poison) damage, conviction will double that elemental damage. If not, all conviction is doing is making the enemies easier to hit. For a zeal paladin, fanat is usually the better aura. Paladins with conviction usually go with vengeance as their main skill.

Nice items btw.

Arbitrage
14-11-2008, 19:25
I forgot to mention but i have socketed shael in schafer but I guess that doesnt change anything. maybe i should do a new char and this time "skill" him a different way.
thanks for the tips, I think I will use all of them.

LongingForDeath
15-11-2008, 12:23
A Conviction Zealot works. The advantage is that you don't need to stack resists for Uber Meph, since your Conviction will cancel out Meph's. You just need to adjust your gear accordingly to make your build work. First, you have to focus on elemental damage (non-poison) instead of physical. Second, you need to get a lot of IAS, since your aura doesn't provide it.