The Blood Knight

thank you Gekko , Stealth! I have 3 of them ,just need to bless oil .wish me luck haha . im on 120 now. is it cheating if u give charms from your other characters? What is a good defense without terrorstrike? how about the Bloodthorns display damage/ firespell damage? just for the information.

da_shift wrote:is it cheating if u give charms from your other characters?

No, it's not cheating, it's called 'twinking'. As guide suggests, the Blood Knight can be a major character who will be responsible for supply elemental runes to another characters. Just note, that many early/midgame ubers are easier to do with this pala, than with other melee chars, because you can deal very big dps from Blood Thorns.

da_shift wrote:What is a good defense without terrorstrike?

Honestly, I never bothered checking, because the only time when Terror Strike is not prebuffed is being in town

Mine is 47k now.

da_shift wrote:how about the Bloodthorns display damage/ firespell damage?

Endgame is 24-48k display with most charms and good jewels. So the total spell damage is 4x display dmg, iirc (Blood Thorns hit 4 times). Mine is 98-192k total fire damage.

Don't remember the damage at lvl119 or early 120, though, but I assume it was smth near 12-23k or maybe less.

Im started to read your blood knight build. I finished the reading but the item build confuses me. You dont clearly tell which gear is the best for this build and since im kinda noob i cant decide which item is better. So can u tell me 2 item for each gear?

Like:

Weapon: bla bla(best), bla bla bla (second best)
...

The best gear is endgame gear, but you can complete the whole game (apart from the ultimate uberquests that require specific items) using earlygame and midgame gear only. That's the point.

Best two weapons, imo are crafted sword with Balefire proc and Enhanced Demhe RW.

Does The Angiris Pike still drop from the gift box?? Ive done quite alot of runs and not had it??

As a new player really enjoying the build so far, so ty.

Kalliades wrote:Does The Angiris Pike still drop from the gift box?? Ive done quite alot of runs and not had it??

As a new player really enjoying the build so far, so ty.

Referring to the docs it still should. But there are quite many other paladin weapons so it may take some time.

Kalliades wrote:Does The Angiris Pike still drop from the gift box?? Ive done quite alot of runs and not had it??

As a new player really enjoying the build so far, so ty.

I can confirm it does. It just seems to have a fairly low spawn rate.

Kalliades wrote:Does The Angiris Pike still drop from the gift box?? Ive done quite alot of runs and not had it??

As the guide suggests:

After you kill Andariel (by that moment you should already be at level 23) it is useful to come back to Tristram and get The Angiris Pike.

Your current level affects Gift Box drops somehow. Even if the pike still drops when you first enter Tristram, there are much more chances to get it when you finish Act1 as you should already be at level 23-24.

Stealthmaster wrote:The best gear is endgame gear, but you can complete the whole game (apart from the ultimate uberquests that require specific items) using earlygame and midgame gear only. That's the point.

Best two weapons, imo are crafted sword with Balefire proc and Enhanced Demhe RW.

Which end game items is better? The alternate ones or the first one u mention about? I understand like the first ones are budget gears that easy to find but alternate ones is hard ones to find but if i own that items i should use them?

Alternate gear section was written to show people which items can substitute midgame gear if you have troubles with crafting and prefer buying all gear beforehead/twinking it from mules.

My current setup is:

Fascinating crafted sword with Balefire proc (you can see it under the spoiler),

Sankekur's Faulds

,

Malakbel

,

Vizjun's Commdish

,

Malthael's Ward

Malthael's Ward
Sash (Sacred)
Defense: 1013 to 1027
Required Level: 80
Required Strength: 400
Item Level: 1
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
+(11 to 15)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(11 to 15)% to Cold Spell Damage
+(26 to 38)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+(21 to 40) to Vitality
(11 to 20)% Bonus to Defense
Requirements -20%
Socketed (2)

Malthael's Sanctuary
(Paladin Ritualist Set)

,

Malthael's Stride

,

Retribution

, 2x rare rings, rare amulet.

The armor can be substituted with

Dragon's Blood

Dragon's Blood
Light Plate (4)
Defense: (241 - 284) to (487 - 573)
Required Level: 8
Required Strength: 33
Item Level: 19
4% Chance to cast level 8 Wrath on Melee Attack
15% Cast Speed
+(19 to 30)% Damage to Demons
+(11 to 15)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(11 to 15)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(24 to 46)% Enhanced Defense
+(31 to 35) to Vitality
+(16 to 25) Life after each Demon Kill
Socketed (2)
Defense: (806 - 915) to (1526 - 1733)
Required Level: 25
Required Strength: 65
Item Level: 36
6% Chance to cast level 18 Wrath on Melee Attack
25% Cast Speed
+(43 to 54)% Damage to Demons
+(16 to 20)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(16 to 20)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(69 to 92)% Enhanced Defense
+(41 to 45) to Vitality
+(36 to 45) Life after each Demon Kill
Socketed (4)
Defense: (2057 - 2268) to (3809 - 4199)
Required Level: 43
Required Strength: 228
Item Level: 59
8% Chance to cast level 32 Wrath on Melee Attack
35% Cast Speed
+(67 to 78)% Damage to Demons
+(21 to 25)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(21 to 25)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(115 to 137)% Enhanced Defense
+(51 to 55) to Vitality
+(56 to 65) Life after each Demon Kill
Socketed (5)
Defense: (3094 - 3380) to (5716 - 6245)
Required Level: 51
Required Strength: 455
Item Level: 85
10% Chance to cast level 45 Wrath on Melee Attack
40% Cast Speed
+(79 to 90)% Damage to Demons
+(26 to 30)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(26 to 30)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(138 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+(56 to 60) to Vitality
+(66 to 75) Life after each Demon Kill
Socketed (6)

(perfect roll + 1-2% DR) and the shield can be substituted with a crafted one with good stats (I ran out of fascinating shrines after crafting the sword, so I used that SSU Rondache I happened to find earlier).

The difference between midgame and endgame gear is that the former is what you use to get charms, while the latter is what you use to farm SU's/runes/sets for another characters.