Short Questions Thread

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
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
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
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
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.

Hey Guys im a bit stuck with my pouncezon. My killspeed and surviveability decrease more and more in every Act. Im in a3 terror atm and some fast rare Mobs Just crush me. I cant Deal with Single targets because i dont ll that much, but in greater groups i cant Hit fast enough to ll enough. I followed the pouncezon Guide on here and have every tu at t5 because of reqs. I mo'ed some ll, 81 All res with gems, 7k dmg on pounce, 60k def. What should i do? Stay a2 terror and Grind for exp (lvl 73) or try Double Mo my tu's and keep progressing throu terror? Where and when do i Start farming for Sets/ su's? Should i Start crafting? Also is there a Chance to see the ilvl of Items? Would help me with rerolling and crafting. Any Suggestions for a newbie? I like the playstyle of the pouncezon tho.