Short Questions Thread

Also - my new Toraja farming build. Unholy Flamestrikedin:

Step 1 - cast edyrem at blinding speed due to Superbeast
Step 2 - kill everything with fire courtesy of

Napalm Death

Step 3 - Slayers help too, but much less fun than step 2
Step 4 - VoJ knocks out the stragglers
Step 5 - Profit?

thunderman wrote:@Stealhamster
Yeas i meant Unholy melee, I was playing him for a while, managed to finish Terror and Black Challenge.
He was killing so fast I cannot desribe it, but BR Challenge was kinda tough (esp Fauntz.)
Sadly I don't have any weapons for him to 'feel powerful' and def not ready for Dest. and easy charms. There is also an option to try crafted, but I have no idea what shrines will be effective. Any suggestions?

If you gonna use Blood Thorns keep an eye for Fascinating shrines. ideally, you want a crafted sword/war scepter with Balefire proc, as much FSD as possible and LaK/LoSiM.

Also, most weapons that have at least 25% ctc insert elemental spell here on Melee Attack will work because of Superbest crazy 4 fpa speed.

Yes, BRC Fauzt is very tough and is hardly doable without Bear Stance. You can respec to UHC for that challenge as well but that will require you having good honorific or crafted MO'd gear (yes, try to find shrines before Terror Fauzt) to increase your damage. Also get easy charms, they are doable with TU gear.

1) Terror Strike 41k dmg? Endgame UHM pala has about 9k dmg from Terror Strike. Seems like you're boosting wrong type of damage as UHM does not rely on weapon damage at all;

2) Very random gear - neutral set pieces have another purpose of using. Malthael's set is what you should be looking for;

3) I'm not sure you know what you're doing. This is clearly not unholy melee paladin and even if it is so, it's definetly weaker than any type of properly built spec, being it unholy caster, holy melee, unholy melee or neutral lazydin. To me it looks like you want to play a holy melee paladin but with using unholy tree (which is wrong).

4) Unholy melee is a caster that goes into melee range to kill enemies. Both Blood Thorns and Lemures are elemental spells - they don't work with life leech, don't activate procs, not boosted by str/dex etc;

5) I would recommend you my guide but if you want to experiment without using guides, feel free to do so. Three statements above should help you anyway.

thunderman wrote:1. Yes I was testing and experimenting

I'm a bit unclear as well - it sounds like you're going unholy melee. I love the Paladin skill layout, but it can be a bit confusing. There's holy and unholy, melee and caster, and light and shadow influences too.

Unholy melee is a bit of a strange build because it's a melee character, but your skills all do elemental damage, so you'll need to pump Energy (not STR and VIT) to boost damage. Typically you whack something with Terror Strike, then use Blood Thorns or Lemures. In TUs

Dreamswayer

Dreamswayer
War Scepter (4)
One-Hand Damage: (12 - 14) to (19 - 24)
Required Level: 7
Required Dexterity: 64
Item Level: 19
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
+1 to Amazon Skill Levels
15% Attack Speed
Adds (2 to 3)-(4 to 8) Damage
+50% Damage to Undead
14% Life stolen per Hit
-(4 to 8)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(31 to 40)% Enhanced Damage
Weapon Physical Damage +10%
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: (35 - 41) to (50 - 60)
Required Level: 26
Required Dexterity: 98
Item Level: 36
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
+(1 to 2) to Amazon Skill Levels
25% Attack Speed
Adds (7 to 9)-(13 to 19) Damage
+50% Damage to Undead
16% Life stolen per Hit
-(8 to 12)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(61 to 80)% Enhanced Damage
Weapon Physical Damage +25%
Socketed (4)
One-Hand Damage: (62 - 69) to (97 - 110)
Required Level: 44
Required Dexterity: 195
Item Level: 51
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
+2 to Amazon Skill Levels
35% Attack Speed
Adds (14 to 17)-(27 to 33) Damage
+50% Damage to Undead
18% Life stolen per Hit
-(12 to 18)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(101 to 120)% Enhanced Damage
Weapon Physical Damage +50%
Socketed (5)
One-Hand Damage: (88 - 96) to (131 - 145)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 387
Item Level: 85
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
+(2 to 3) to Amazon Skill Levels
40% Attack Speed
Adds (18 to 20)-(34 to 40) Damage
+50% Damage to Undead
20% Life stolen per Hit
-(18 to 25)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(121 to 140)% Enhanced Damage
Weapon Physical Damage +80%
Socketed (6)

is a great option. For two handed unholy melee the

Black Sun Spear

Black Sun Spear
Tepoztopilli (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 68 to 75
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 733
Item Level: 105
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
Amazing Grace
+(7 to 11) to Paladin Skill Levels
+(150 to 250) Spell Focus
+(30 to 40)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(30 to 40)% to Lightning Spell Damage
-(35 to 50)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+150 Life Regenerated per Second
100% Bonus to Defense
Cannot Be Frozen
Socketed (6)

is nice. Notice how the weapon stats are mostly about spell damage and reducing enemy resistances? That's kinda the idea behind the build.

Don't forget to take one of the 'vessels' from the Light or Shadow influence trees (you can only use one) - some of the unholy caster skills are useful as well, Tainted Blood and Stormlord especially.

Stealthmaster wrote:

In honor of Thunderman, I'm also calling you StealHamster from now on.

thunderman wrote: EDIT: Maybe I'm gonna change for Holy and use that basher as Stealhmaster suggested afterallI

Many good options with the Paladin, I've never tried neutral or holy caster though. I'm on a Ring of Light / Flamestrikedin right now which is a bit of a glass cannon.

I can't recommend playing HC though - too many instagibs in the Uberlevels.