usling wrote:Glamdring26 wrote:Okay so i know hmp a bit, so i wanted to give my feedback on this guide.
First of all, skills.
Why put points into DJ? It seems to give so less in return but also increases the mana cost a shit ton.
Why put so much points into specilization to just put 5 more points into dragonheart, it doesnt seem to be worth it to use 15 points for extra 30 ewd. It also enables you to put 5 moer points into colosseum but it seems unnecessary since its 5 second debuff for bosses, and you already have so DA for moving.
Why max Blessed life after you get capped phys resist? The flat phys reduction doesnt seem to be worth it since it doesnt scale that much.
Second, items.
Is colonel really good? Ben told meabout it before and i made a whole build around it, and it was still no damage compared to what you can get with a normal build.
I would like to suggest adding samael swordMaleficenceon the options as well. I know its very hard to get and very hard to equip, but it is better than oriflamme in my opinion.Maleficence
Maleficence
Tyrannical Blade
One-Hand Damage: 399 to 450
Required Level: 125
Item Level: 110
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.13 per Dexterity)%
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
1% Chance to cast level 20 Orb of Annihilation on Striking
+200% Enhanced Damage
+50 to Harbinger
Lightning Resist -100%
(1 to 5)% Chance to Avoid Damage
+3% to Experience Gained
What aboutAngelhostshield? I was theorycrafting about a mostly dex/some str hmp build with max block with angelhost and i was thinking cherubim proc would be very good. Wouldnt it make more sense to attack, and then proc cherubim, rather than just use cherubim and not attack at all? What do you think about this?Angelhost
Crown Shield (Sacred)
Defense: 10634 to 11780
Chance to Block: 4%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 447
Item Level: 120
30% Chance to cast level 20 Cherubim on Melee Attack
2% Base Block Chance
Adds 20-100 Damage
+200% Enhanced Defense
+5000 Defense
-30% to Strength
20% to Dexterity
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
+200 Life on Melee Attack
Socketed (4)
For helm, i think cinadide is really good with cinadide belt, butBarghest's HowlandBarghest's Howl
Hundsgugel (Sacred)
Defense: 5327 to 5684
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 500
Item Level: 105
Level 1 Wolf Stance
5% Chance to cast level 23 Bloodlust on Melee Attack
(15 to 20)% Life stolen per Hit
Hit Causes Monster to Flee +1%
Slow Target 5%
+200% Enhanced Defense
+2000 Defense
+50 to Strength
+100 Life Regenerated per Second
3% Reanimate as: Random Monster
-2 to Light Radius
Socketed (4)Battle Rageseems like good options as well.Battle Rage
Paladin Helms
'SilZurRal'
Runeword Level: 115
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
25% Attack Speed
Adds 45-70 Damage
(10 to 20)% Life stolen per Hit
+(171 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
Regenerate Mana +10%
Maximum Fire Resist +2%
Elemental Resists +(20 to 25)%
Physical Resist 10%
For armor, i didnt like your choices at all. IsntKhazra PlateorKhazra Plate
Ancient Armor (Sacred)
Defense: (8603 - 9489) to (10651 - 11748)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 2310
Item Level: 120
Level 1 Demon Blood Aura
+60% Damage to Demons
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
10% Deadly Strike
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
(20 to 25)% to Strength
(20 to 25)% to Vitality
Physical Resist 10%
Requirements +200%
Socketed (6)Rebelmuch better than those two? Can you explain your reasoning with these choices?Rebel
Body Armors
'ZolSilSilLo'
Runeword Level: 100
15% Combat Speeds
Adds 6-10 Damage
Weapon Physical Damage +(80 to 100)%
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
+(151 to 200) to Strength
+(151 to 200) to Dexterity
-75 to Vitality
-75 to Energy
+60 to Mana
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(40 to 50)%
For boots i would also like to suggestNephilim, it is on par with windrunner and you can get it much earlier and for much cheaper.Nephilim
Boots
'ZodThul'
Runeword Level: 85
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Defense
+150 Defense
+50 to Strength
(21 to 25)% to Strength
+50 to Vitality
(21 to 25)% to Vitality
Cold Resist +25%
+15 Life after each KillLifecrushermight be another defensive option. It is also stricty better than steppe.Lifecrusher
Boots
'MhalChamUm'
Runeword Level: 110
30% Hit Recovery
0.125% Chance of Crushing Blow (Based on Character Level)
+(171 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
(5 to 10)% to All Attributes
Maximum Life +(7 to 10)%
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(15 to 25)%
For gloves i would like to suggestSavagesince it gives bunch of ewd, flat and stats.Savage
Gloves
'YstFelKa'
Runeword Level: 110
+1% Weapon Physical Damage per 50 Strength or Dexterity
(Whichever is Higher)
75% Attack Speed
+10 Damage
+200% Enhanced Defense
+(10 to 40) to all Attributes
10% to Strength
10% to Dexterity
Maximum Cold Resist +1%
Cold Resist +25%
10% Magic Find
I was also crafting jewels with Amn rune for flat stats, but i guess you crafting it with max damage gives more overall damage.
TYVM for the respons.
Testing in the beta is where most thing comes from. Yes Sam sword is very good..just forgot to add it.. why? because we never got to test it in the beta
About skillz is very easy collo 25 points = 2 sec cooldown ergo you can use it more to move from place to place. Lionheart is more phy damage every point you dump into it. DJ is king of single target, iv both done testing with maxing it out and in the end went with just dumping spare points in it. So why max out things.. why use points after capping.. because there is debuffs that remove stats... and there is no other places to put em anyways.
The colonel is INSANE.. but its more a late game weapon when you got everything min/maxed.
Barghest howl is a great starter helm.. Battle Rage is also great.. but wont add it to this guide.. its simply way to expensive and is beaten by miles and miles by cina helm/belt combo.
Rebel is a good cheap armor.. Khazara plate is not bad either.. but Rebel in itself gets beaten by miles and miles by the TU armor that scales of your strength.
Boots... sure Nephilim is a good and solid starter item... but lifecrusher has nothing to offer this build at ALL.
Savage I also tested in beta at the late stat stacking part 9-11k strength and it felt short BIG time of Mercy gloves that are KING.
This build needs 1 or 2 jewels... sure I go with flat dmg.. because thats one of the things we try stacking as high as possible... in d2stats I had 22,5k max flat damage in my best setup during the beta and its just king.. cant just go one way.. gotta mix it up a bit to both scale strength and flat damage.
The shield ? that would be another build 100% where you go with proccs over casting the ability by yourself..
How can you possibly reach 10k str? I am doing 2 hander version with all charms and i have like 7k strength. and i have like avarage 13k damage. How can you possibly reach 22k phys damage on d2stats?