The 1pt smiter guide to Uber Tristram v 1.0.

[Alkajak]

Seeing as how we only need a 1x3 space for the torch itself, what other charms other than lifers/resist do we need? There's a whole lot of space. Do we need any skillers? A gheed's isn't important seeing as how we're not really mfing, unless it's for the keys itself. Anni, yes. Torch, no since you want to pick it up.

[LoveLF]

I have about 5-10 ists to spend on a uber smiter.
Suggestions on gear?

[magicrectangle]

I have about 5-10 ists to spend on a uber smiter.
Suggestions on gear?

g's face
dracul's
gores
ravenfrost
shael'd the redeemer
um'd HoZ
tgod's
mara's (or rare/magic resist all/light/cold)
rare/magic resist ring
smoke or ebug prudence

treachery for fade prebuff, stand in the fire just north east of the red portal when you zone into tristram, then switch back to your regular armor once fade goes off.

fix resists with charms as needed, life charms for the rest of the slots.

[MouseEats]

Does your character level matter? or do you just always maintain max block?

[hubb]

Dexterity needed goes up as you level. The difference between levels is usually 2 dex points (maybe sometimes 3?) so you can just add to dex as you level up

[Maxpovver]

Old, but a great guide. I can't stop thinking about gear for my uber paladin!

[Phroximus]

Shield. Sanctuary , a good roll here, 100+ all res, in a nice elite paladin shield.

Sanctum has no 100 res :S


+20% Faster Hit Recovery
+20% Faster Block Rate
20% Increased Chance of Blocking
+130-160% Enhanced Defense
+250 Defense vs. Missile
+20 To Dexterity
All Resistances +50-70
Magic Damage Reduced By 7
Level 12 Slow Missiles (60 Charges)

[chenw]

It is entirely possible to have +100 res Sanctuary in a PALADIN shield, since they come with an inherent resist (up to +45), so rolling a +100 resist shield is actually quite easy with a 40+ res shield

[elborrador]

So I see a lot of talk here about Grief, but I haven't made one yet and I am about to do my first ever uber run this week. Was wondering what your guys' thoughts were for my pally.

Weapon - Last Wish BA
Armor - Duress AP
gloves - Draculs
Belt - Dungos
Helm - Vamp
Shield - Sanctuary pally shiedl (105 res)
ammy - 3 combat skill with tele charges
ring 1 &2 - dwarf star (working on getting 2x BKs)
boots - gore riders

switch -
weapon - CTA
shield - non upped HoZ
merc -
tals armor
guillames
insight ethCV

notes
i went with vamp. gaze instead of guillames bc i'm more concerned about my survivability and wanted more LL. I am still around 80-90% CB, As I have not tested it yet, am I really going to notice the 10% difference to CB? The flip side is my merc has no LL on him,will having LL on him keep him alive against the ubers, or is it pretty much a forgone conclusion that he'll die


so thoughts? I feel this is a decent build, I can solo anywhere I want, but I've never done the ubers so looking for feedback. I'm lvl 87 in case anyones wondering.

[chenw]

LL doesn't work with Smite (only life tap will), which is why Guillame's face has been pretty much a staple for any uber smiter (there are no other helms that offer as much power or even survivability). It's fine for killing the mobs BEFORE you get to the organ bosses (Lilith, Duriel and Izual), but it's nigh useless against any of the bosses (Lilith especially since most of her attacks are Poison based, which your Vamp will provide nearly no protection).

If it was me, I'd switch Duress for something else, possibly something that offers high resistance. CoH does nicely. It seems to me that your resistance isn't high enough to counter Uber Meph's Conviction.

Switch your HoZ on your weapon switch with a Spirit Shield, HoZ doesn't increase your BO from CtA. For the same reason, I'd replace your amulet with a Mara's Kaleidoscope, for the same reason. (in fact combat skill levels are rather moot for a Zealot).

I have never used a merc with my zealot, because he doesn't give any utility save for holy freeze and dying. I have never used Mercs for Ubers, and none of the uber guides I have seen even have it listed, so I assume it's of no importance. I built my uber zealot without touching my mercenary, and didn't notice any need for one.