Scalewinged wrote:Potentially retaliate-based din can overrride melee necro in survivability
I disagree. Melee necro does not require rare endgame gear for farming - you can do it with Sur weapon and some cheap SU's like Toesie, SotS, whirlpool boots, doom ammy etc or just pick full Rathma set and be fine. You won't even need Metalhead - 80% cth is fine for having 40-44 targets from Parasite.
Holy melee does not have stable midgear, imo, because Cinadide's set is ridiculously rare (the rarest one apart from Laz/community/mnx sets). Though the set is powerful by itself (75% free slow target anyone?), it disables Solar Flare, so you can forget about huge LL, elem. boost to Plague, and, most importantly, AR from Incarnation - thus you will need to craft really good jewels with %2 LL and 50% AR. So, the gameplay between having TU gear and obtaining a
Venom Sting
Venom Sting
Holy Lance (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: (132 - 147) to (580 - 605)
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 514
Item Level: 120
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
Amazing Grace
10% Chance to cast level 50 Punishers on Striking
+(2 to 3) to Paladin Skill Levels
60% Attack Speed
+350 to Maximum Damage
150% Bonus to Attack Rating
30% Life stolen per Hit
+(171 to 200)% Enhanced Damage
+100% to Poison Spell Damage
-(50 to 70)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+(50 to 100) to all Attributes
Socketed (6)
(imo, the best HM weapon) untwinked/without trading, for example is gonna take lot of time.
Verdict:
if you have full stash of SSSU's, yes, holy melee can be superior to melee necro in damage and survivability.
