Duo Paladin Guide - Summon Paladin into Holy Caster Paladin

daviid
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I have a problem with this build. I dont have enough str and dex to wear all my items unless i pop Dragonknight. So when i join a game, change act, die or the buff comes off, im pretty much naked. I have to rebuff but my stats are not updated unless i un-equip and re-equip back in item. This is not very enjoyable. Is this normal ? Im i doing something wrong there?
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daviid wrote:I have a problem with this build. I dont have enough str and dex to wear all my items unless i pop Dragonknight. So when i join a game, change act, die or the buff comes off, im pretty much naked. I have to rebuff but my stats are not updated unless i un-equip and re-equip back in item. This is not very enjoyable. Is this normal ? Im i doing something wrong there?


You don't actually need to un-equip or re-equip your items. Just switch weapons twice by pressing W. That way your items are re-equiped automatically.
daviid
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HechtHeftig wrote:
daviid wrote:I have a problem with this build. I dont have enough str and dex to wear all my items unless i pop Dragonknight. So when i join a game, change act, die or the buff comes off, im pretty much naked. I have to rebuff but my stats are not updated unless i un-equip and re-equip back in item. This is not very enjoyable. Is this normal ? Im i doing something wrong there?


You don't actually need to un-equip or re-equip your items. Just switch weapons twice by pressing W. That way your items are re-equiped automatically.


This is a great idea.. thanks for the tip!
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I'm loving the playstyle of this build but severely lacking damage for where I feel I should be at. I cant work out if it's because I have done something wrong with my gear, if I don't have enough energy (perhaps too much strength at this point and should have stayed at tu3?), etc etc. I also easily get CREAMED by being out of position, although I think that's a general paladin thing until blessed life helps out.

I leveled the character as sumodin and switched around 108-109, using mostly TUs. Looking at the guide it seems reasonable to start crafting if I start finding bases, but should I really be struggling at this point still in TUs?


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EF is ~145
The boots are leftover, theyll be fixed soon.

https://tsw.vn.cz/acc/char.php?name=Theometra hopefully shows gear, although it's been bugged for me looking at other people. I'm halfway through MOing stuff, but it feels like maybe that can't make up for the problem that I'm having. Is it just a matter of get through to 115, start farming shrines and crafting some gear with -fire res on it and increasing damage that way, or is there something glaring that I'm missing in the short term?

As an example, Sunless Sea is a hell of a grind at the moment, I have to take it EXTREMELY slow or I just get crushed. How much defense are people sitting at around this level, and how much difference does it make? Also, I have no chance at all to kill akarat in time at the moment.

Last season I played xbow necro primarily and barb, and while I enjoy this character's playstyle a lot more the damage difference feels really apparent at the moment... I'm hoping it's a pebcak issue that I can fix!
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You are lacking pierce.
Some things you can try out.
sacrifice some other stats for pierce and look how it works out. Itemslots you can try:
Weapon:
Magnet Rock
Magnet Rock
Morning Star (4)

One-Hand Damage: 7 to 10
Required Level: 20
Required Strength: 48
Item Level: 10
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
+50% Damage to Undead
-3% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(1 to 3) to Annihilation (Paladin Only)
Physical Damage Reduced by (2 to 5)
(15 to 20)% Gold Find
(11 to 15)% Magic Find
Socketed (1)
One-Hand Damage: 14 to 20
Required Level: 25
Required Strength: 78
Item Level: 31
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
+50% Damage to Undead
-6% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(4 to 6) to Annihilation (Paladin Only)
Physical Damage Reduced by (10 to 13)
(20 to 25)% Gold Find
(21 to 25)% Magic Find
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: 23 to 36
Required Level: 44
Required Strength: 158
Item Level: 51
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
+50% Damage to Undead
-9% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(7 to 9) to Annihilation (Paladin Only)
Physical Damage Reduced by (18 to 21)
(25 to 30)% Gold Find
(31 to 35)% Magic Find
Socketed (3)
One-Hand Damage: 28 to 42
Required Level: 53
Required Strength: 315
Item Level: 77
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
+50% Damage to Undead
-12% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(10 to 13) to Annihilation (Paladin Only)
Physical Damage Reduced by (22 to 25)
(30 to 35)% Gold Find
(36 to 40)% Magic Find
Socketed (3)
,
Acidburn
Acidburn
Kriss (4)

One-Hand Damage: 6 to 7
Required Level: 6
Required Dexterity: 43
Item Level: 10
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
+1 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+1 to Druid Skill Levels
15% Hit Recovery
-(8 to 10)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-(8 to 10)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
Fire Resist +(21 to 25)%
Poison Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (1)
One-Hand Damage: 12 to 13
Required Level: 24
Required Dexterity: 71
Item Level: 31
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
+2 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+2 to Druid Skill Levels
25% Hit Recovery
-(13 to 15)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-(13 to 15)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
Fire Resist +(31 to 35)%
Poison Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: 17 to 19
Required Level: 43
Required Dexterity: 146
Item Level: 51
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
+3 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+3 to Druid Skill Levels
35% Hit Recovery
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
Fire Resist +(41 to 45)%
Poison Resist +(41 to 45)%
Socketed (3)
One-Hand Damage: 20 to 23
Required Level: 52
Required Dexterity: 292
Item Level: 77
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
+4 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+4 to Druid Skill Levels
40% Hit Recovery
-(21 to 23)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-(21 to 23)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
Fire Resist +(46 to 50)%
Poison Resist +(46 to 50)%
Socketed (3)
or
Quov Tsin's Fall

Shield:
Grail of Tears
Grail of Tears
Targe (4)

Defense: (50 - 58) to (96 - 112)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 2
Required Dexterity: 13
Item Level: 1
10% Cast Speed
-(4 to 5)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
Attacker Flees after Striking (3 to 5)%
+(21 to 40)% Enhanced Defense
+(51 to 88) to Mana
Socketed (1)
Defense: (203 - 229) to (324 - 365)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 20
Required Dexterity: 19
Item Level: 31
20% Cast Speed
-(7 to 9)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
Attacker Flees after Striking (9 to 11)%
+(51 to 70)% Enhanced Defense
+(88 to 125) to Mana
Socketed (2)
Defense: (532 - 588) to (805 - 890)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 37
Required Dexterity: 41
Item Level: 51
30% Cast Speed
-(10 to 12)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
Attacker Flees after Striking (15 to 17)%
+(81 to 100)% Enhanced Defense
+(151 to 225) to Mana
Socketed (3)
Defense: (856 - 933) to (1282 - 1398)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 46
Required Dexterity: 85
Item Level: 77
40% Cast Speed
-(13 to 15)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
Attacker Flees after Striking (18 to 20)%
+(111 to 130)% Enhanced Defense
+(251 to 300) to Mana
Socketed (4)

Weapon+Shields: Replace with
Elverfolk


Elverfolk
Staves

'ChamIstVex'
Runeword Level: 83
+(7 to 8) to All Skills
+(60 to 80) Spell Focus
35% Cast Speed
-(27 to 33)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+750 Defense vs. Missile
(21 to 30)% to Energy
Maximum Life and Mana +5%
Elemental Resists +(35 to 45)%
(31 to 40)% Bonus to Defense
10% Magic Find
in a Warstaff
Helm:
Ra
Ra
Helms

'ShaelThul'
Runeword Level: 35
Living Flame Gives +1% Fire Spell Damage per 8 Character Levels
+1 to All Skills
+10% Bonus to Poison Skill Duration
35% Cast Speed
-(7 to 10)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-(7 to 10)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
Attacker Flees after Striking (11 to 15)%
Cold Resist +25%
Poison Resist +25%
(7 to 13)% Gold Find
7% Magic Find
in any helm

But most important: on your jewelry at this point pierce>spell damage>=skill>EF. With average pierce rolls you can get 20 on your 2 rings + amulet.

Atm you have 28 fire pierce. With 35 fire res from mobs on hell you are dealing 0.93x of your screen damage. with 40 pierce more, what is obtainable easy with above items you can get to 1.33x screen damage.

Another option: Go Shadow Influence with Euphoria for now and get your speed breakpoints with socketables and MOs
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do i need a specific EF cap like a neutraldin? like 430 EF ?

nice guide, i will try this char today out, wil farm at first AC for early game gear
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SD synergy caps out at around 450 with high enough EF and total energy, so just stack EF as much as you can. 400-500 is a decent amount. Still, don't go out of your way to sacrifice SD for EF. You need a healthy amount of them all.
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Anyone playing this build?

Can you share notarmory please
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mark989us wrote:Anyone playing this build?

Can you share notarmory please


Here's my NotArmory from my 140 a couple of seasons ago. Build was a strong boss killer and a medium farmer. Good survivability/damage but clear spear is just decent, not great. Fun build though, a bit gear dependent.

https://tsw.vn.cz/acc/char.php?name=SlimeMeSenpai
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