Paladin SOLO early game

[masochista]

Best dps spell would be Ring of Light imo. It destroys terror fauzt (except neon fiends), whole brc is no brainer with it. I actually did judgement day upgrade right after brc (on hc). Luring uldyssian into jail and spamming RoL/Edryem is the way to go, you can kill avatars in about 2 seconds each. The only problem is beacon. If it will be caster near ring, you'll propably won't see it, so you need to play with music -on.
For farming, i was using devouring cloud oskill, cause it has good aoe and kills non-poison immune monsters really quickly. Farming Frozen Tundra is a little bit safer than HoP, droprates are nice too. Just avoid witches and corpse explosion.

[HechtHeftig]

Leveling in tal rasha tombs- bs dumb idea, will take ages.

Yeah Just tried it today as well. I forgot to mention that I usually play on /players 8

Anyway 2 levels per run pre-90 is very likely to get with /p settings

[shnurr214]

mahi

cool stuff man, i have only played UHC as a late game build to be honest. You are right its a sick character but mindflay only starts to shine with + max character skills, charms and sick jewelery with lots of - lit res. I played evilpotatoes lazydin last 2 times i have done ladders with paladin and only started with UHC my first paladin ladder and i way preferred the progression of the lazydin. Ring of light just melts shit early on however since its pseudo melee it might be somewhat hard to use as a hardcore ability early on. Paladin is one of those characters that i dont think is innately strong without levels and charms/gear the really crazy thing about pally is that your passives just scale so much better than other classes as your damage increases naturally with gear and charms. as far as things to improve your character tfauzt for shrines is always the way to go if your still using tu gear for pally. Because of your OP brc skill and all the dr you get paladin more so than any other class in my opinion can take huge advantage of shrine crafts. too bad you ripped been watching some of your videos of your untwinked barb for some ideas lately and im really enjoying the comment. Try to get all this stuff on youtube when you get a chance. also FCUK man you need a mic that doesnt pick up all your background noise. good content though really enjoying it!

edit: keep in mind i havent tested any of this in HC so take that with a grain of salt. im not masochistic enough to play MXL in hc but its cool to see you trying it out.

edit edit: one last thing i saw you were using TU angel star for your weapon. I usually use TU grand sceptre

Voidstream

Voidstream
Grand Scepter (4)
One-Hand Damage: 8 to 9
Required Level: 4
Required Dexterity: 40
Item Level: 10
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
+1 to Amazon Skill Levels
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
5% Cast Speed
+(6 to 8)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(6 to 8)% to Lightning Spell Damage
Slows Attacker by (3 to 5)%
Regenerate Mana +(21 to 25)%
Physical Damage Reduced by (3 to 5)
Socketed (1)
One-Hand Damage: 16 to 18
Required Level: 23
Required Dexterity: 67
Item Level: 31
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
+2 to Amazon Skill Levels
+2 to Paladin Skill Levels
15% Cast Speed
+(11 to 13)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(11 to 13)% to Lightning Spell Damage
Slows Attacker by (9 to 11)%
Regenerate Mana +(31 to 35)%
Physical Damage Reduced by (9 to 11)
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: 20 to 30
Required Level: 41
Required Dexterity: 139
Item Level: 51
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
+3 to Amazon Skill Levels
+3 to Paladin Skill Levels
25% Cast Speed
+(16 to 18)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(16 to 18)% to Lightning Spell Damage
Slows Attacker by (15 to 17)%
Regenerate Mana +(41 to 45)%
Physical Damage Reduced by (15 to 17)
Socketed (3)
One-Hand Damage: 30 to 35
Required Level: 51
Required Dexterity: 279
Item Level: 77
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
+4 to Amazon Skill Levels
+4 to Paladin Skill Levels
30% Cast Speed
+(18 to 20)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(18 to 20)% to Lightning Spell Damage
Slows Attacker by (18 to 20)%
Regenerate Mana +(46 to 50)%
Physical Damage Reduced by (18 to 20)
Socketed (3)

as a weapon for UHC early on also for shield i prefer

Sangreal

Sangreal
Paladin Shields
'OhmSol'
Runeword Level: 70
Demon Blood Aura
You and Undead Minions: Maximum Life +6%
26.6 Yard Radius
-10% Base Block Chance
25% Attack Speed
40% Hit Recovery
+(10 to 15)% to Summoned Minion Life
+33 Defense

over

Shadowmoon

Shadowmoon
Crown Shield (4)
Defense: (167 - 191) to (329 - 376)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 43
Item Level: 10
5% Attack Speed
5% Cast Speed
+(4 to 5)% to Spell Damage
+(8 to 10)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
Fire Absorb 2%
Lightning Absorb 2%
Cold Absorb 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (535 - 594) to (983 - 1093)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 64
Item Level: 31
10% Attack Speed
10% Cast Speed
+(8 to 9)% to Spell Damage
+(14 to 16)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
Fire Absorb 3%
Lightning Absorb 3%
Cold Absorb 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1325 - 1439) to (2386 - 2590)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 135
Item Level: 51
15% Attack Speed
15% Cast Speed
+(12 to 13)% to Spell Damage
+(20 to 22)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
Fire Absorb 4%
Lightning Absorb 4%
Cold Absorb 4%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1968 - 2123) to (3529 - 3806)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 280
Item Level: 77
15% Attack Speed
15% Cast Speed
+(14 to 15)% to Spell Damage
+(23 to 25)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
Fire Absorb 5%
Lightning Absorb 5%
Cold Absorb 5%
Socketed (4)

demon blood is just so sexy

[void]

Farming in thundra on hc = insanity? sounds like it

[mahitovec]

@masochista Where do you get ROL nowadays?
@shnurr Thank you for kind words and useful tips! Good microphone is expensive tho!

But guys, this topic isnt HC related though, I just mentioned HC, because particularly this pal was leveled on hardcore. We should focus on SC still...

[void]

But guys, this topic isnt HC related though, I just mentioned HC, because particularly this pal was leveled on hardcore. We should focus on SC still...

right. well in that case farming/lvling in thundra is gg, especially with the respawning skull clan elites

[mahitovec]

tbh this is something new, I never tried it nor heard, that some1 is actually doing it. are results that impressive?

[void]

i think the other day you killed bunch of skull clans there for good xp, maybe you forgot about it

[mahitovec]

Farming Frozen Tundra is a little bit safer than HoP, droprates are nice too.

[masochista]

Where do you get ROL nowadays?

You can get it from rare/crafted pal shields. If you want it very early, you can roll one from rare shield dropped in hatred dunc