Unholy Melee Paladin [105-125 content in TU's]

ka3ka91 wrote:Hey, Its my 1st character on Median. Im lvl 106 and got rly big problem with mana sustain against bosses, got +200 mana on attack and 25% mana steel in weapon still not enough, any adivices ?

You're probably lacking AR (= attack rating). Get some % AR on your weapon or get random jewels with it. Later on stormlord gives you much dex, combined with the ubercharms you won't have to worry about AR.

It helped, thx alot

ka3ka91 wrote:Hey, Its my 1st character on Median. Im lvl 106 and got rly big problem with mana sustain against bosses, got +200 mana on attack and 25% mana steel in weapon still not enough, any adivices ?

Your problem lies in AR. To get mana from your leech and mana on attack you have to beat monster defense. You can try to lotto your weapon for 100% attack rating bonus and socket it with Perfect Amethyst. You can also switch to

Featherclaw

for bosses.

For Lemures.

Stormflyer

Stormflyer
Kite Shield (Sacred)
Defense: (4190 - 4737) to (4889 - 5527)
Chance to Block: 1% + Class%
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 550
Required Dexterity: 559
Item Level: 120
25% Chance to cast level 60 Forked Lightning on Melee Attack
1% Base Block Chance
+(30 to 40)% to Lightning Spell Damage
-(15 to 20)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(130 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Dexterity
(31 to 40)% to Energy
Lightning Absorb 5%
25% Weapon Damage Taken Restores Mana
Socketed (4)

: Uhm has big problems with mana when you main attack can reach almost 300 mana cost, this shield fixes that problem entirely. It has a very nice proc too. Very good shield. It also pairs very well with

Black Dwarf

Black Dwarf
Amulet
Required Level: 110
Item Level: 105
+2 to All Skills
20% Cast Speed
20% Hit Recovery
+(15 to 25)% to Lightning Spell Damage
-(5 to 20)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(15 to 25)% to Cold Spell Damage
-(5 to 20)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(21 to 29) to Supernova
(30 to 40)% Bonus to Defense
-5 to Light Radius

bapcja wrote:
TxMaverick88 wrote:For breakpoint calculations doesn't the Rapture's bonus go into the "Skill IAS" box in the speed calc?

D2 stats just adds it to the same number so I'm confused.

You can put your total ias in one box (like in the screenshot) and it spits out correct numbers anyway

It's a huge difference though.
I'm still leveling so I'm far from optimized but my numbers are as follows:

D2Stats says:
IAS w/o Rapture - 145%
IAS w/ Rapture - 231%.
This makes sense cause I get 86% from Rapture.

I'm using a Gnarled Root, AS modifier of 0. Using Superbeast in Speed Calc i get 2 VASTLY different answers depending on how i input the data.
https://imgur.com/a/unGQyB4

I'm pretty sure Rapture and other speed increasing spells have a much stronger effect on breakpoints than speed on gear.

Edit: Also D2Stats shows my Cold and Fire Pierce increasing when i put on Sangreal and rebuff Sanguine Covenant

Why would anyone play this build when there is holy melee paladin?

Glamdring26 wrote:Why would anyone play this build when there is holy melee paladin?

Probably because there's an unholy melee paladin build they wanted to try out instead?

TxMaverick88 wrote:
bapcja wrote:
TxMaverick88 wrote:For breakpoint calculations doesn't the Rapture's bonus go into the "Skill IAS" box in the speed calc?

D2 stats just adds it to the same number so I'm confused.

You can put your total ias in one box (like in the screenshot) and it spits out correct numbers anyway

It's a huge difference though.
I'm still leveling so I'm far from optimized but my numbers are as follows:

D2Stats says:
IAS w/o Rapture - 145%
IAS w/ Rapture - 231%.
This makes sense cause I get 86% from Rapture.

I'm using a Gnarled Root, AS modifier of 0. Using Superbeast in Speed Calc i get 2 VASTLY different answers depending on how i input the data.
https://imgur.com/a/unGQyB4

I'm pretty sure Rapture and other speed increasing spells have a much stronger effect on breakpoints than speed on gear.

Edit: Also D2Stats shows my Cold and Fire Pierce increasing when i put on Sangreal and rebuff Sanguine Covenant

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I remember reading somewhere that "Skill IAS" is something entirely different than additional IAS that comes from buffs. Could you also provide screenshots on sangreal?

Hi, googling about light radius made me find out that light radius is capped at +5 bonus in vanilla apparently. Is it different for median or are we wasting the time with the Radiance item? Thanks.

U can check when u stack items with light radius , the damage will jump probably