The Sumodin

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The Sumodin

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What is a Sumodin?

The Sumodin is a holy melee paladin focused on summoning. Why I chose that ridiculous name? Because this build is supposed to stay safe by staying in the debuff area the Colosseum skill creates while pushing out every enemy that dares hitting you with retaliate. Just like a sumo wrestler. Colosseum also gives us a nice, wonderful teleport right from level 24 on, which is something every summoner needs for focused damage output *looking at you unplayable summoner sorc*. The gameplay in general is: Create a Colosseum, watch everything being pushed back while your minions swarm out, and stay cozy and warm inside your Colosseum until everything on the screen is dead.

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Pro:

- very quick throughout the game (faster than totemnec)
- profits heavily from the resistance removal in early game.
- very cheap to build since you can go really far with Tainted shrine crafts only.
- it's a lot fun, watching your actual useful minions *cough cough unlike nec cough cough* kill everything within seconds
- good boss killer
- good defense and other defensive stats for both you, AND your minions
- there's always distance between you and your enemies due to the knockback of Colosseum (= a tiny bit safer than other summoner builds)
- Colosseum poisons everything across the screen, allowing your minions to easily pick up the kills
- doesn't depend on a mercenary, but it's a useful addition.

Con:

- You have to get to level 24 to get minions and your teleport skill
- may require special gear and tactics for some uberquests
- needs 2 Honorifics so you really need to pick up every little gold you can find until you're in hell difficulty
- can't summon all 15 minions with one full mana orb thanks to ridiculous mana cost progression

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Skills Early game


Max: Plague, Life and Death, Scourge, Blessed Life
15 points: Colosseum
1-pointers: Dragonknight, Divine Apparition
Rest: Dragonheart

Why those skillchoices?
-Plague gives a huge damage boost over time and increases killtime a lot. But it falls off later on.
-Life and Death is only used to increase the maximum skill level of Scourge, to get the maximum potential out of your summons.
-Blessed life gives your summons a HUGE survivability bonus, adding flat damage reduction and physical resist
-Colosseum. Honestly, we just want it to have a 3 second cooldown. If you're fine with 4 seconds, you may as well just put 10 points into this skill
-Dragonknight gives a good amount of bonus stats, while Divine Apparition is needed to teleport over walls
-Dragonheart gives a huge amount of Defense. Spare every point you can to increase your survivability

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Stat Allocation


Str: As much as you need to wear your gear
Dex: Rest
Vit: 0
NRG: 0

Although this isn't a dex-based build, dex helps a lot with actually hitting enemies. For example on my weapon I also mo'ed some +AR% orbs in order to get the knockback more realiably. But it's not final yet. Maybe I'll change it up in the future.

After a certain point, when you have all the level 115 ubers finished and have many charms that add stats, you don't need to put all points into dexterity anymore. After that it goes:

Str: As much as you need to wear your gear
Dex: As much as you need to wear your gear
Vit: Rest
NRG: 0

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How to play


Before level 12: Buff yourself with Vindicate, then use Retaliate and a 1-point Vessel of Justice (the Vessel isn't needed though)
Level 12-24: Buff yourself with Vindicate and then just retaliate and everything will die thanks to Plague
From level 24 onwards: Use Colosseum to jump on an enemy, use Vindicate to buff all your minions and wait until everything is dead. If you jump on a boss, go a bit away from him after you teleport. Note though that you can't teleport in Duriel's lair and some other places. (as mentioned in the uber section)

General Hints:
-Don't use a ranged merc, else your minions won't spread out after Colosseum. I myself am using a Werebear A2 merc with

Sharkbaiter

Sharkbaiter
Ring Mail (4)
Defense: (111 - 127) to (226 - 259)
Required Level: 4
Required Strength: 28
Item Level: 6
1% Chance to cast level 6 Bloodlust on Death Blow
+6% Bonus Damage to Bloodlust
5% Attack Speed
(2 to 3)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(31 to 50)% Enhanced Defense
+(11 to 15) to Strength
+(6 to 10) Life on Melee Attack
Socketed (2)
Defense: (410 - 456) to (735 - 817)
Required Level: 21
Required Strength: 55
Item Level: 25
1% Chance to cast level 18 Bloodlust on Death Blow
+12% Bonus Damage to Bloodlust
15% Attack Speed
(4 to 5)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(71 to 90)% Enhanced Defense
+(21 to 25) to Strength
+(16 to 20) Life on Melee Attack
Socketed (4)
Defense: (1021 - 1117) to (1744 - 1909)
Required Level: 39
Required Strength: 193
Item Level: 45
1% Chance to cast level 30 Bloodlust on Death Blow
+18% Bonus Damage to Bloodlust
25% Attack Speed
(6 to 7)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(101 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
+(31 to 35) to Strength
+(26 to 30) Life on Melee Attack
Socketed (5)
Defense: (1591 - 1722) to (2718 - 2942)
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 385
Item Level: 79
1% Chance to cast level 36 Bloodlust on Death Blow
+24% Bonus Damage to Bloodlust
30% Attack Speed
(7 to 8)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(131 to 150)% Enhanced Defense
+(36 to 40) to Strength
+(36 to 40) Life on Melee Attack
Socketed (6)

for another huge damage boost aside from Vidicate, but he dies very often, so going with that merc is not adviced. An A5 merc is definitely better.
-Focus more on Minion Damage than on +skills, or minion life. Minion life is still important, but having around 20 k life per minion is all you really need.
-Good places to farm gold: Tran Athulua in Normal, Worldstone keep in Nightmare, Island of the Sunless Sea in Hell
-Prioritize your honorifics before anything else. If you need more arcane crystals, you can farm Nilathak in normal difficulty for 3 guaranteed uniques per run.

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Items Early Game


Weapon:

Prophecy

Prophecy
Scepters
'Ith'
Runeword Level: 18
+1 to All Skills
+(3 to 4) to Maximum Damage
+(10 to 26)% Enhanced Damage
+1 Life Regenerated per Second
Fire Resist +(21 to 40)%
Cold Resist +(21 to 40)%
Poison Length Reduced by (10 to 15)%
Attacker Takes Fire Damage of (21 to 25)
Attacker Takes Cold Damage of (21 to 25)

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Dies Metus

Dies Metus
Goedendag (4)
One-Hand Damage: (5 - 7) to (11 - 16)
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 6
Required Strength: 46
Item Level: 9
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
4% Chance to cast level 1 Ice Elementals on Death Blow
5% Attack Speed
+(3 to 7) to Maximum Damage
+50% Damage to Undead
Stun Attack
+(4 to 6)% to Spell Damage
+(18 to 40)% Enhanced Damage
Slow Target (3 to 5)%
+(11 to 20)% to Summoned Minion Life
+10% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Socketed (1)
One-Hand Damage: (18 - 20) to (37 - 43)
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 24
Required Strength: 81
Item Level: 27
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
5% Chance to cast level 5 Ice Elementals on Death Blow
15% Attack Speed
+(11 to 14) to Maximum Damage
+50% Damage to Undead
Stun Attack
+(7 to 9)% to Spell Damage
+(64 to 86)% Enhanced Damage
Slow Target (9 to 11)%
+(21 to 30)% to Summoned Minion Life
+15% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: (50 - 55) to (84 - 96)
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 43
Required Strength: 169
Item Level: 47
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
6% Chance to cast level 10 Ice Elementals on Death Blow
25% Attack Speed
+(18 to 22) to Maximum Damage
+50% Damage to Undead
Stun Attack
+(10 to 12)% to Spell Damage
+(109 to 132)% Enhanced Damage
Slow Target (15 to 17)%
+(31 to 40)% to Summoned Minion Life
+20% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Socketed (3)
One-Hand Damage: (67 - 73) to (112 - 124)
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 52
Required Strength: 339
Item Level: 82
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
8% Chance to cast level 16 Ice Elementals on Death Blow
30% Attack Speed
+(22 to 25) to Maximum Damage
+50% Damage to Undead
Stun Attack
+(13 to 15)% to Spell Damage
+(132 to 154)% Enhanced Damage
Slow Target (18 to 20)%
+(41 to 50)% to Summoned Minion Life
+30% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Socketed (3)

Gives 30% minion resistances and up to 50% Minion life. Stun attack is also very nice in order to take out difficult targets, like the Alpha Centaurs. Mo'ed with +Attack rating, Minion life, Minion damage in this order and socketed with perfect Bloodstones.
Shield: Rare with +1 pala skills and resist -->

Shadowmoon

Shadowmoon
Crown Shield (4)
Defense: (167 - 191) to (329 - 376)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 43
Item Level: 17
5% Attack Speed
5% Cast Speed
+(4 to 5)% to Spell Damage
+(8 to 10)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
Fire Absorb 2%
Lightning Absorb 2%
Cold Absorb 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (535 - 594) to (983 - 1093)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 64
Item Level: 32
10% Attack Speed
10% Cast Speed
+(8 to 9)% to Spell Damage
+(14 to 16)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
Fire Absorb 3%
Lightning Absorb 3%
Cold Absorb 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1325 - 1439) to (2386 - 2590)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 135
Item Level: 53
15% Attack Speed
15% Cast Speed
+(12 to 13)% to Spell Damage
+(20 to 22)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
Fire Absorb 4%
Lightning Absorb 4%
Cold Absorb 4%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1968 - 2123) to (3529 - 3806)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 280
Item Level: 90
15% Attack Speed
15% Cast Speed
+(14 to 15)% to Spell Damage
+(23 to 25)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
Fire Absorb 5%
Lightning Absorb 5%
Cold Absorb 5%
Socketed (4)

There is no better early shield in the game for paladin. It gives a huge boost to survivability due to the elemental absorb. Also gives some minion life, which is okay. Mo'ed with ED, Minion life, Minion damage in this order. Later on use

Sangreal

Sangreal
Paladin Shields
'OhmSol'
Runeword Level: 70
Level 1 Demon Blood Aura
-10% Base Block Chance
25% Attack Speed
40% Hit Recovery
+(10 to 15)% to Summoned Minion Life
+33 Defense

in a sacred Crown Shield. Mo'ed with ED, Minion life and minion damage. Keep Shadowmoon for later 1vs1 ubers.
Helm:

Lavadome

Lavadome
Helm (4)
Defense: (78 - 89) to (115 - 131)
Required Level: 4
Required Strength: 29
Item Level: 7
+(0 to 1) to All Skills
+(41 to 60)% Enhanced Defense
+15 to Vitality
(3 to 5)% to Vitality
+(81 to 120) to Life
Fire Resist +(11 to 30)%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (300 - 334) to (391 - 435)
Required Level: 22
Required Strength: 57
Item Level: 25
+1 to All Skills
+(71 to 90)% Enhanced Defense
+30 to Vitality
(6 to 10)% to Vitality
+(121 to 160) to Life
Fire Resist +(31 to 50)%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (753 - 825) to (970 - 1062)
Required Level: 39
Required Strength: 201
Item Level: 46
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
+(101 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
+45 to Vitality
(11 to 15)% to Vitality
+(161 to 200) to Life
Fire Resist +(51 to 70)%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (1191 - 1290) to (1519 - 1645)
Required Level: 48
Required Strength: 402
Item Level: 81
+2 to All Skills
+(131 to 150)% Enhanced Defense
+60 to Vitality
(16 to 20)% to Vitality
+(201 to 240) to Life
Fire Resist +(71 to 90)%
Socketed (4)

So far one of the best early game helms. It grants a huge boost to your life and it also gives some + skills. In terms of cheap options, this is definitely viable. Mo'ed with ED, Minion life, Minion damage in this order.
Body armor:

Lumen Arcana

Lumen Arcana
Body Armors
'Ith'
Runeword Level: 18
+1 to All Skills
-(3 to 8)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-(3 to 8)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
-(3 to 8)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
-(3 to 8)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+(25 to 50)% Enhanced Defense
+2 to Light Radius

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Queen of Glass

Queen of Glass
Ancient Armor (4)
Defense: (315 - 344) to (630 - 688)
Required Level: 11
Required Strength: 33 to 34
Item Level: 19
15% Cast Speed
-(6 to 8)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(18 to 29)% Enhanced Defense
+(76 to 125) to Mana
Lightning Resist +(21 to 25)%
Cold Resist +(21 to 25)%
Requirements -(11 to 15)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (899 - 969) to (1718 - 1852)
Required Level: 30
Required Strength: 57 to 60
Item Level: 34
25% Cast Speed
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(41 to 52)% Enhanced Defense
+(176 to 225) to Mana
Lightning Resist +(31 to 35)%
Cold Resist +(31 to 35)%
Requirements -(21 to 25)%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (2084 - 2224) to (3911 - 4173)
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 175 to 186
Item Level: 55
35% Cast Speed
-(16 to 18)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(64 to 75)% Enhanced Defense
+(276 to 325) to Mana
Lightning Resist +(41 to 45)%
Cold Resist +(41 to 45)%
Requirements -(31 to 35)%
Socketed (5)
Defense: (3013 - 3202) to (5650 - 6005)
Required Level: 54
Required Strength: 323 to 344
Item Level: 90
40% Cast Speed
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(75 to 86)% Enhanced Defense
+(326 to 375) to Mana
Lightning Resist +(46 to 50)%
Cold Resist +(46 to 50)%
Requirements -(36 to 40)%
Socketed (6)

Mo'ed with ED, Minion life, Minion damage in this order.
Gloves:

Kali

Kali
Gloves
'LumKo'
Runeword Level: 48
15% Chance to cast level 13 Seal of Fire on Kill
+2 to All Skills
+15% to Summoned Minion Resistances
-214 Defense
5% to Strength
Maximum Fire Resist +4%
Fire Resist +25%

+2 skills and some nice +max fire resist, even if that was reduced to 4%, Mo'ed with minion resist, minion life, minion damage in this order.
Boots: T1 Honorific, mo'ed with all resist, minion resist, minion life and minion damage in this specific order.
--> Sacred Honorific Greaves, mo'ed with ED, minion resist, minion life and minion damage (level req: 110 with all mo's applied) and socketed with resistance Gems.
Belt: T1 Honorific, mo'ed with all resist, minion life, minion resist and minion damage in this specific order. Yes this order varies from the boots.
--> Sacred Honorific Plated Belt, mo'ed with ED, minion resist, minion life and minion damage (level req: 110 with all mo's applied) and socketed with resistance Gems.
Rings: Some random magical/rarethat grant resist until you get some with +1 skills and either minion life or minion damage (minion life is preferred)
Amulet: some random magical/rare one that grant resist until you get one with +3-4 skills and either minion life or minion damage (minion life is preferred)

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Progression through normal and nightmare:

► Show Spoiler

Acutally there isn't much to say about this. I already said everything that needed to be said in the "how to play" section. The game has become so damn easy. Firebloods don't do much damage anymore, nor do mutilators or anything else throughout normal and nightmare... The only thing you actually need to watch out for are trap rats in act 5 since they still hit hard and Heretics since they have piercing projectiles when you most likely have bad defense value. You won't have much difficulty until Baal in nightmare. You will notice your priority targets (which enemies you should jump on first) once you encounter them, so have fun!

You can easily do the level challenge in Tran Athulua since you'll have about 5 k armor until then. If you stay safe behind your minions this is an easy task.

As for the Ennead challenge: It's easy, too. Just progress through the game and make sure to not jump on the totems since they are like a death trap. Just relax, sit back and let your scourge kill those totems. Once you get to one of the Summoners, jump on him and wait until he's dead to get the torch. Cube it to get your class charm and done.

Both of those challenges can be done on level 50 and level 80 respectively.

The only thing that needs a special strategy is Baal. In hatred you can easily just go back to town once or twice and resummon your minions. But in Nightmare you actually have to hurry since the area is locked after 1200 seconds. Okay you probably won't take 20 minutes for this, but make sure to always keep a portal open, jump on Baal with your full minions and instantly retreat until you see most of your minions are dead. Go to Malah, summon your scourge, go back to Baal and repeat until Baal is done.

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Skills Mid & Endgame

Max: Blessed Life, Scourge, Life and Death
15 Points: Colosseum
1 Point: Divine Apparition, Dragonknight,
Rest: Dragonheart

Plague really falls off in midgame, making it a rather bad option. Count in several +max skills and you'll soon notice that it's better focusing on Dragonheart than on Plague. If you can spare points, try maxing Dragonheart by puttin additional points into Colosseum.

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Items Midgame


In the Midgame section I list items that you can create on your own or are rather easy to obtain from level 115 onwards.

Weapon:

Dies Metus

Dies Metus
Goedendag (4)
One-Hand Damage: (5 - 7) to (11 - 16)
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 6
Required Strength: 46
Item Level: 9
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
4% Chance to cast level 1 Ice Elementals on Death Blow
5% Attack Speed
+(3 to 7) to Maximum Damage
+50% Damage to Undead
Stun Attack
+(4 to 6)% to Spell Damage
+(18 to 40)% Enhanced Damage
Slow Target (3 to 5)%
+(11 to 20)% to Summoned Minion Life
+10% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Socketed (1)
One-Hand Damage: (18 - 20) to (37 - 43)
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 24
Required Strength: 81
Item Level: 27
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
5% Chance to cast level 5 Ice Elementals on Death Blow
15% Attack Speed
+(11 to 14) to Maximum Damage
+50% Damage to Undead
Stun Attack
+(7 to 9)% to Spell Damage
+(64 to 86)% Enhanced Damage
Slow Target (9 to 11)%
+(21 to 30)% to Summoned Minion Life
+15% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: (50 - 55) to (84 - 96)
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 43
Required Strength: 169
Item Level: 47
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
6% Chance to cast level 10 Ice Elementals on Death Blow
25% Attack Speed
+(18 to 22) to Maximum Damage
+50% Damage to Undead
Stun Attack
+(10 to 12)% to Spell Damage
+(109 to 132)% Enhanced Damage
Slow Target (15 to 17)%
+(31 to 40)% to Summoned Minion Life
+20% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Socketed (3)
One-Hand Damage: (67 - 73) to (112 - 124)
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 52
Required Strength: 339
Item Level: 82
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
8% Chance to cast level 16 Ice Elementals on Death Blow
30% Attack Speed
+(22 to 25) to Maximum Damage
+50% Damage to Undead
Stun Attack
+(13 to 15)% to Spell Damage
+(132 to 154)% Enhanced Damage
Slow Target (18 to 20)%
+(41 to 50)% to Summoned Minion Life
+30% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Socketed (3)

Gives 30% minion resistances and up to 50% Minion life. Mo'ed with +Attack rating, Minion life, Minion damage in this order and socketed with crafted Jewels (for more minion damage and life)
Shield:

Stone Guardian

Stone Guardian
Spiked Shield (Sacred)
Defense: (1818 - 2323) to (2169 - 2771)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 550
Item Level: 105
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
30% Cast Speed
+50% to Summoned Minion Life
+(10 to 20)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+(10 to 25)% to Summoned Minion Resistances
+(80 to 130)% Enhanced Defense
+(15 to 50) to Strength
Maximum Life +(2 to 3)%
+(50 to 250) to Mana
(15 to 50)% Bonus to Defense
Socketed (6)

Socketed with Crafted Jewels (for more minion damage and life). Mo'ed with minion life and minion damage in this order.
Helm:

Rathma's Blessing

Rathma's Blessing
Circlets
'OrtGlaThulGla'
Runeword Level: 100
+(2 to 3) to All Skills
+50% to Summoned Minion Life
+25% to Summoned Minion Damage
+50% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Lightning Resist +25%
Cold Resist +50%
+10 Cold Absorb
(15 to 20)% Magic Find

. Reroll until you have +3 skills, Mo'ed with minion life and minion damage in this order.
Body Armor: Either keep

Queen of Glass

Queen of Glass
Ancient Armor (4)
Defense: (315 - 344) to (630 - 688)
Required Level: 11
Required Strength: 33 to 34
Item Level: 19
15% Cast Speed
-(6 to 8)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(18 to 29)% Enhanced Defense
+(76 to 125) to Mana
Lightning Resist +(21 to 25)%
Cold Resist +(21 to 25)%
Requirements -(11 to 15)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (899 - 969) to (1718 - 1852)
Required Level: 30
Required Strength: 57 to 60
Item Level: 34
25% Cast Speed
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(41 to 52)% Enhanced Defense
+(176 to 225) to Mana
Lightning Resist +(31 to 35)%
Cold Resist +(31 to 35)%
Requirements -(21 to 25)%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (2084 - 2224) to (3911 - 4173)
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 175 to 186
Item Level: 55
35% Cast Speed
-(16 to 18)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(64 to 75)% Enhanced Defense
+(276 to 325) to Mana
Lightning Resist +(41 to 45)%
Cold Resist +(41 to 45)%
Requirements -(31 to 35)%
Socketed (5)
Defense: (3013 - 3202) to (5650 - 6005)
Required Level: 54
Required Strength: 323 to 344
Item Level: 90
40% Cast Speed
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(75 to 86)% Enhanced Defense
+(326 to 375) to Mana
Lightning Resist +(46 to 50)%
Cold Resist +(46 to 50)%
Requirements -(36 to 40)%
Socketed (6)

or create a

Dragonheart

Dragonheart
Body Armors
'OhmThulFal'
Runeword Level: 70
+2 to All Skills
30% Attack Speed
30% Cast Speed
30% Block Speed
45% Hit Recovery
+1.625% Enhanced Defense (Based on Character Level)
5% to Dexterity
+(550 to 650) to Life
Cold Resist +25%

in a sacred ancient armor for more defense with crafted Jewels. Mo'ed with minion life and minion damage in this order.
Gloves: Sacred Honorific Blessed with a Tainted shrine, Mo'ed with ED, minion resist, minion life and minion damage
Boots: Sacred Honorific Blessed with a Tainted shrine, Mo'ed with ED, minion resist, minion life and minion damage
Belt: Sacred Honorific Blessed with a Tainted shrine, Mo'ed with ED, minion resist, minion life and minion damage
Rings: Rare with +1 sk and 15% minion life, Mo'ed with minion life and minion damage
Amulet: Rare with +4 sk and up to 40% minion life or 50% minion damage or both, mo'ed with minion life and minion damage

For the sockets: if you go with Queen of Glass, make sure to socket everything with Perfect Gems for more maximum resist. You can get over 80% each resist that way.

For the Blessed Honorifics: In order to not waste gold, create a Honorific using the Mark of Infusion and immediately bless it with a Tainted shrine. The Blessing itself can give the Honorific up to 60% Minion damage, which means with Mystic orbs you can reach up to 100% Minion damage and 40% minion life. That's really good. If you have a roll over 50% minion damage, I'd keep it and try again later with a secondary item.

And one more thing: Minion resist are capped at 75%, so if you already gain lots of minion resist from gear like Rathma's Blessing, you can save those mo's on your honorifics and Cube Magic find on it instead.

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Items Endgame


Here I list the ideal items for the endgame:
Weapon:

Alnair

Alnair
Saber (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: 123 to 126
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 443
Item Level: 120
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
You Cannot Summon Blade Spirits Directly
40% Chance to cast level 50 Blade Spirits on Melee Attack
+(2 to 3) to All Skills
Ignore Target's Defense
+200% Enhanced Damage
+1 to Blade Spirits
Enhanced Weapon Damage +150%
+(60 to 75)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(20 to 25)% to Summoned Minion Resistances
100% Bonus to Defense
Socketed (3)

/Shrine Crafter War Scepter with +5 skills and lots of minion damage/life
Not: Scepters can spawn additional minion life/damage on top of the shrine bonus
Shield:

Stone Guardian

Stone Guardian
Spiked Shield (Sacred)
Defense: (1818 - 2323) to (2169 - 2771)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 550
Item Level: 105
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
30% Cast Speed
+50% to Summoned Minion Life
+(10 to 20)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+(10 to 25)% to Summoned Minion Resistances
+(80 to 130)% Enhanced Defense
+(15 to 50) to Strength
Maximum Life +(2 to 3)%
+(50 to 250) to Mana
(15 to 50)% Bonus to Defense
Socketed (6)

Helm:

Hivemind

Hivemind
Blackguard Helm (Sacred)
Defense: (1828 - 2092) to (1927 - 2206)
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 387
Item Level: 105
+(2 to 3) to Paladin Skill Levels
+(25 to 35)% to Poison Spell Damage
-(25 to 35)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+(16 to 19) to Hive
+(31 to 40)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(87 to 114)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Mana +25%
Poison Resist +30%
Socketed (4)

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Rathma's Blessing

Rathma's Blessing
Circlets
'OrtGlaThulGla'
Runeword Level: 100
+(2 to 3) to All Skills
+50% to Summoned Minion Life
+25% to Summoned Minion Damage
+50% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Lightning Resist +25%
Cold Resist +50%
+10 Cold Absorb
(15 to 20)% Magic Find

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Lazarus' Surplice Cap

Lazarus' Surplice Cap
Cap (Sacred)
Defense: 3561 to 3603
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 500
Item Level: 120
+(1 to 3) to Necromancer Skill Levels
+(51 to 75)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(26 to 38)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+200% Enhanced Defense
Elemental Resists +35%
Socketed (4)

Archbishop Lazarus
(Tribute Set)

Body Armor:

Goetia Plate

Goetia Plate
Full Plate Mail (Sacred)
Defense: (8467 - 9339) to (10376 - 11445)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 700
Item Level: 120
+3 to All Skills
+1 to Maximum Necromancer Minions
+(151 to 200)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(51 to 75)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
+100 Life Regenerated per Second
+750 to Life
+375 to Mana
-4 to Light Radius
Socketed (6)

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Lazarus' Chasuble

Lazarus' Chasuble
Light Plate (Sacred)
Defense: 8895 to 10548
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 650
Item Level: 120
+(1 to 2) to Necromancer Skill Levels
+(101 to 150)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(16 to 40)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+25% to Summoned Minion Resistances
+200% Enhanced Defense
+666 Defense
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (6)

Archbishop Lazarus
(Tribute Set)

Gloves: Sacred Honorific Blessed with a Tainted shrine, Mo'ed with ED, minion resist, minion life and minion damage
Boots: Sacred Honorific Blessed with a Tainted shrine, Mo'ed with ED, minion resist, minion life and minion damage
Belt: Sacred Honorific Blessed with a Tainted shrine, Mo'ed with ED, minion resist, minion life and minion damage
Rings: 2 x

Der Nebelring

Der Nebelring
Ring
Required Level: 110
Item Level: 105
+(20 to 30)% to Summoned Minion Life
+15% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1000 Defense
+400 to Life
Physical Resist (4 to 6)%
+(40 to 50) Life after each Kill
+2 to Light Radius

with lottery bonus
Amulet: Amulet: Rare with +4 sk and up to 40% minion life or 50% minion damage or both, mo'ed with minion life and minion damage

For the Blessed Honorifics: In order to not waste gold, create a Honorific using the Mark of Infusion and immediately bless it with a Tainted shrine. The Blessing itself can give the Honorific up to 60% Minion damage, which means with Mystic orbs you can reach up to 100% Minion damage and 40% minion life. That's really good. If you have a roll over 50% minion damage, I'd keep it and try again later with a secondary item.

And one more thing: Minion resist are capped at 75%, so if you already gain lots of minion resist from gear like Rathma's Blessing, you can save those mo's on your honorifics and Cube Magic find on it instead.

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Ubers

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Level 105

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Butcher

A1 Stony Field -> Tristram -> inside house [LOCK:20s]

The Butcher is rather easy to kill. Just jump on him with Colosseum and run around like a wild chicken until the Butcher is dead. As you can see in the video, the butcher does hurt when you're hit, so keep your safe distance between you, him and the attacks of the totems and it's an easy win.

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Infernal Cave

A1 Tamoe Highland -> The Pit

The infernal Cave is also relatively easy. Just make sure to watch out for traprats since they kill your minions really fast. At first lure the main group of enemies to the side and create a Colosseum, then rush to the Infernal machine and jump on it, too.

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Island of the Sunless Sea

A2 Stony Tomb 1 -> Treasure Vault -> Kill Gheed's Mentor

This is where we level to 110. It's actually quite easy. You can just jump in randomly since this build is so safe. If you're a crazy greedy guy like me you'll grab all dat gold as soon as it drops. But that will only make you end up in a situation you don't want to get in. To play safe, just stay behind your summons and loot the gold when they're done. As for the 6 Sunless Angels: I advice you to jump on them as soon as you see them. You can distinguish them thanks to the huge pillar of light over their heads. Either way, they'll cast really annoying shit right at your face, so get into melee range as soon as possible. In dire situations like the last angel in the video, I advice constantly using retaliate in order to stay safely behind your knockback. Also one more hint: If you don't know if there are enemies in front of you, you can press the Colosseum button in order to automatically cast it on the invisible enemies. Since you can get to level 110 in this level it's okay to take your time and clear it completely multiple times.

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Death Projector

A3 Flayer Jungle -> Swampy Pit -> Proving Grounds [LOCK:30s]

Since this one locks out after 30 seconds, you can't go back to town once you entered this stage. Luckily, since the lazer doesn't mean instadeath anymore, it's a lot more viable to use minions. Just leave it all to your minions and resummon them and buff them with vidicate as soon as some of them die. If all your minions die, run around a bit until you have enough mana to summon some more. As you can see, Divine Judgement does basically 0 damage, so you're left to use your minions for this uber. Btw: Your minions might block the lazer. This can happen only visually as well if there is a desync. That means you should definitely walk around the Death Projector all the time, else you might get caught by an invisible lazer (happened to me, even in single player!)

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Level 110

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Tal Rasha

A2 Canyon of the Magi -> Tal Rasha Tomb -> Kill guardians of duriel chamber entrance

Another really basic uber. Just let your minions absorb all the damage while you stay behind. Then jump on Tal Rasha and don't let him run away!

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Akarat

A3 Town -> Torajan Jungles -> north

It's just an easy uber. Stay behind your minions and you'll be fine.

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Jitan

A3 Town -> Torajan Jungles -> north-west

Oh boy finally a challenge! Honestly though, the amount of towers the enemies cast and the duration of them is really annoying. There are 2 ways to do this uber:
1) You kill a bunch of enemies, then wait until the towers disappear before you progress
2) You run around like a real wild child and hope nothing hits you while you progress. Don't stop moving at all else you're dead.

In either case, it's just safer to keep the portal open. The last part is the most difficult since there are just so many towers. There's nothing you can do except staying behind and hope for your scourge to take care of the rest.

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Creature of the Flame

A3 Lower Kurast -> kill The Vizier at the entrance -> Caldeum -> Dimensional Sanctum [LOCK:20s]

Try staying close to the creature. Use both teleports if necessary. If some of your minions die to the Lava pit, resummon them. That's it.

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King Koth

A5 Ancient's Way -> Mount arreat -> kill a guy that opens portal [LOCK:120s]

Alright it took me a few tries, but I did it. King Koth is dead. As you can see in the video below, you can easily get trapped in a flurry of axes, which will kill you instantly. And there's another huge problem: Your minions can get stunlocked if you jump into large groups of enemies. My advice: Jump only if you really need to. Other than that, try keeping your minions on a lose leash, while you keep moving. Pick up enemies one by one and if you see your minions are stunned, try bringing them to a safe point to recover. If you are to die, at least lure the majority away from the stage entrance and get back quickly, before the portal closes after only 2 minutes.

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Cow level

A1 -->Wirret's body in Andariel's level --> Cube Wirrets leg in a town

Just use your general strategy: Jump in, go back a bit and relax. It's just that this time your minions will likely cause the ranged cows to attack with a piercing projectile. To avoid it, just go to a bit to the left or right after you went back and you're done. Hope that you won't get an unlucky 3 stun novas in your face (you will always be hit and after 3 stun novas you're dead) and that's it. I missed making a video for this one.

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Level 115

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Black Road Challenge

A1 Town (Behind Warriv) -> Bramwell -> Church of Dien-Ap-Sten

At last, this is what we were waiting for! Because this charm can make you and your minions a lot tankier.

We start in Bramwell. Those enemies are not much if you just stay on the move. Let your minions take care of them. Then continue further to Buyard Cholik. There's a big room. Inside there's both, Buyard Cholik and a ring of fire in which there is an untargetable statue. First teleport over the wall on the right side of that room. Clear it from any side mobs. Then teleport back, and move to the left side of the room. Clear it again, and you finished the preparation. Now try and get Buyard Cholik into the ring of fire, because that's when he loses his immunity to all damage. When that happens, lots of zombies will begin to charge your way and quickly swarm you. Unlike me in the video, it would be smart summoning 1 or 2 scourges outside the ring of fire to keep those zombies away from your other minions who attack the boss. But it's also possible to get hit on purpose to retaliate every zombie out of the ring of fire. Once the boss is down: Congratulations! You can now access Blessed life! You should quickly respec afterwards to the following spec if you haven't already:

Max: Blessed Life, Scourge, Life and Death
15 points: Colosseum
1 point: Divine Apparition, Dragonknight
Rest: Dragonheart

After this, it's also time to create a new shield for you, if you haven't already. Make

Sangreal

Sangreal
Paladin Shields
'OhmSol'
Runeword Level: 70
Level 1 Demon Blood Aura
-10% Base Block Chance
25% Attack Speed
40% Hit Recovery
+(10 to 15)% to Summoned Minion Life
+33 Defense

in a sacred Crown Shield and socket 3 +minion life/damage jewels into it. Mo'ed with ED, minion life and minion damage in this order. We'll use that shield only for the 50% max life from the Demon Blood aura.

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K3K

A3 Town -> Torajan Jungles -> north

Now that you have Blessed Life, k3k Is a lot easier than it was on Nightmare. You can just jump on the totems and the summoners. There's not much else to say. If you need shrines, jewels or want some nice new amulet (like the one that dropped for me huehue), K3K is the area to farm!

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Legacy of Blood

A3 Town -> Torajan Jungles -> south-east [LOCK:30s]

Legacy of Blood is also quite easy as long as you can avoid most damage. I advice jumping right on the boss and then staying behind a bit until he's dead. Grab the charm and gtfo of there asap!

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Rathma's Square

A3 Lower Kurast -> kill The Vizier at the entrance -> Caldeum -> Rathma Square

Easy. Avoid the dogs and teleport on the boss to get the charm. No special tactics required.

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Tran Athulua

A2 Halls of the Dead level 3 -> kill Kethryes at golden chest

While this uber isn't particularly hard or slow, getting the charm is tedious. You can easily run this place since your minions are well equipped against physical damage now that you picked up Blessed Life. However, the amazon bosses are annoying since we need to force them into corners before we can kill them fast. Otherwise they'll always run away over and over again. That's why it's tedious. Make sure to stand far away from them, so you won't be hit by their wall of archers and their element-specific skills.

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Azmodan

A4 Chaos Sanctuary -> kill Ghom to obtain Key of Sin -> Right click it in town

Again, this uber isn't particularly hard, it's just extremely tedious. Azmodan instantly kills everything with a flamestrike, even though I already have 80% minion resist. But this guy is just laughing right in your face. The general strategy is: Teleport on Azmodan, wait until your minions are dead, go back to town, resummon go back to Azmodan, repeat. Do that a little bit more than 15 minutes and the charm is yours. (Bandicam only takes 10 minutes of footage and I didn't notice that it stopped, so I only have half the fight recorded)

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Khalimgrad

A4 Plains of Despair -> Izual -> Diamond Gates -> Silver City -> Library Of Fate (Khalimgrad)

Khalimgrad is a bit difficult. Mainly because we lack enough damage to kill the Avatars of Zakarum in 1 go. So we need to lure some more followers to the Avatars and hope that their on death proc makes the avatars vulnerable. Also: Dodge those punishers, else it's very likely you'll die.

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Cathedral of Vanity

A4 Plains of Despair -> Izual -> Diamond Gates -> Silver City -> Library Of Fate [LOCK:30s]

This one is a lot easier than it was before due to multiple reasons: 1) the area is a lot bigger than in previous patches. 2) The 2 casters are out of range from the crystal ball 3) The crystal ball doesn't force you to go counter-clockwise around it all the time.

The strategy is as follows: The crystal ball casts lightning in multiple directions around it, while the nuns run right at you. Don't mind the nuns. They are blocked by your minions. The crystal ball is still really far away, so in order to close the distance, use Divine Apparition to teleport between 2 lightnings, then use Colosseum to jump right at the Crystal Ball. Then run around in circles like a chicken and wait until the Crystal Ball is down. If you see the damage is poofing to nothingness, retaliate in order to knock back the nuns. After that you can easily pick up Inarius and take his charm. Just watch out for his permastun/knockback. Jump on him and it's an easy win.

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Bull Prince Rodeo


Not possible with this build. BPR Always knocks back your minions and perma stuns them, so your minions are useless in this stage. And you yourself are too squishy to survive very long. Just skip this. That charm isn't 100% necessary for this build anyway and only adds some statpoints. So we don't lose much. I'll attempt this later on with a different build and update it here.

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Level 120

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Judgement Day


This is a rather easy quest. All you need is being quick right after you killed the first one. So use Sprint wisely. Aside from that: Jump on the first guy, wait till he's dead, run back and go to the 2nd guy to kill him. Then quickly cube your charm and it's done.

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Teganze


No video for you, because you would just become bored. I did make a video for Terul though, but let me get to that later. For Teganze itself, just use your Colosseum and Divine Apparition skills to jump on the enemies and wait a bit until they're dead. This is rather easy since the merc and your minions will eat all those funky balls that are thrown your way. Just make sure to stay behind your minions, else you'll probably die right away. That means: Only teleport. Don't walk or sprint if you're not 100% sure you'll survive. For example if you see that there are no enemies around. Either way, we need to farm this area for 4 Ice runes we can put into a circlet to get:

Rathma's Blessing

Rathma's Blessing
Circlets
'OrtGlaThulGla'
Runeword Level: 100
+(2 to 3) to All Skills
+50% to Summoned Minion Life
+25% to Summoned Minion Damage
+50% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Lightning Resist +25%
Cold Resist +50%
+10 Cold Absorb
(15 to 20)% Magic Find

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Now to Terul: He has the Iron Spiral skill, which easily kills all minions as you can see in the video. So you will need to resummon your minions if he casts it. Terul also has another skill which heals him. In order to prevent him from healing, go far away enough for his life bar to disappear before you resummon. The fastest way is: Jumping over the wall via Divine Apparition, waiting for it to come off CD, and jump back over the wall. Repeat that until he's dead.

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Quov Tsin


This fight is nothing but a gear check. You may wonder what's important, well there are only 2 things needed: 1) 90 Maximum resist and 2) flat damage reduction. Before you start though: You need to respec twice, so get 2 belladonna's first.

Flat damage reduction is already covered by the passive "Blessed Life", but if you want to get more, you can always cube a random ring or amulet with another 30 flat damage reduction mystic orbs.

As for the maximum resist, it's a tiny bit more complicated. I decided to completely ignore poison resist, and focused on fire cold and lightning resist. Mandatory to get those 3 types to 90 are 4 items:

Azmodan's Heart

Azmodan's Heart
Required Level: 115
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
Elemental Resists +(11 to 20)%
-5% to All Vendor Prices

(which you should've gotten long ago) adds 2%,

Iceshell

Iceshell
Plate Mail (4)
Defense: (253 - 285) to (518 - 581)
Required Level: 6
Required Strength: 32
Item Level: 10
5% Chance to cast level 7 Ice Bolt Nova on Melee Attack
2% Chance to cast level 5 Glacial Nova when Attacked
15% Hit Recovery
Adds 10-15 Cold Damage
+(11 to 15)% to Cold Spell Damage
+(41 to 60)% Enhanced Defense
+(21 to 50) Defense
Maximum Cold Resist +1%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (802 - 880) to (1511 - 1657)
Required Level: 23
Required Strength: 63
Item Level: 27
6% Chance to cast level 14 Ice Bolt Nova on Melee Attack
3% Chance to cast level 15 Glacial Nova when Attacked
25% Hit Recovery
Adds 33-38 Cold Damage
+(16 to 20)% to Cold Spell Damage
+(71 to 90)% Enhanced Defense
+(101 to 200) Defense
Maximum Cold Resist +(1 to 2)%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (1867 - 2024) to (3345 - 3633)
Required Level: 42
Required Strength: 219
Item Level: 49
7% Chance to cast level 21 Ice Bolt Nova on Melee Attack
4% Chance to cast level 25 Glacial Nova when Attacked
35% Hit Recovery
Adds 65-75 Cold Damage
+(21 to 25)% to Cold Spell Damage
+(101 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
+(201 to 300) Defense
Maximum Cold Resist +2%
Socketed (5)
Defense: (3017 - 3231) to (5347 - 5737)
Required Level: 50
Required Strength: 438
Item Level: 84
8% Chance to cast level 28 Ice Bolt Nova on Melee Attack
4% Chance to cast level 30 Glacial Nova when Attacked
45% Hit Recovery
Adds 130-150 Cold Damage
+(26 to 30)% to Cold Spell Damage
+(141 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+(301 to 400) Defense
Maximum Cold Resist +3%
Socketed (6)

adds lots of cold resit, and

Topspin

Topspin
Skull Cap (4)
Defense: (76 - 83) to (115 - 125)
Required Level: 3
Required Strength: 28
Item Level: 4
5% Attack Speed
+(31 to 50)% Enhanced Defense
+(31 to 50) Defense
(3 to 5)% to Dexterity
(3 to 5)% to Energy
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
10% Bonus to Defense
Socketed (1)
Defense: (277 - 301) to (365 - 397)
Required Level: 20
Required Strength: 55
Item Level: 23
15% Attack Speed
+(61 to 80)% Enhanced Defense
+(71 to 100) Defense
(6 to 8)% to Dexterity
(6 to 8)% to Energy
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
20% Bonus to Defense
Socketed (3)
Defense: (704 - 760) to (876 - 943)
Required Level: 37
Required Strength: 192
Item Level: 43
25% Attack Speed
+(91 to 110)% Enhanced Defense
+(151 to 200) Defense
(9 to 11)% to Dexterity
(9 to 11)% to Energy
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
30% Bonus to Defense
Socketed (4)
Defense: (1182 - 1258) to (1471 - 1564)
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 384
Item Level: 78
30% Attack Speed
+(121 to 140)% Enhanced Defense
+(301 to 400) Defense
(12 to 14)% to Dexterity
(12 to 14)% to Energy
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
40% Bonus to Defense
Socketed (4)

and of course

Wheel of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune
Large Shield (4)
Defense: 85 to 162
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 4
Required Strength: 27
Required Dexterity: 45
Item Level: 6
+(21 to 30) to Vitality
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(6 to 10)%
Fire Absorb 1%
Lightning Absorb 1%
Cold Absorb 1%
(4 to 7)% Gold Find
(5 to 10)% Magic Find
Socketed (1)
Defense: 240 to 405
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 21
Required Strength: 53
Required Dexterity: 67
Item Level: 25
+(31 to 40) to Vitality
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(11 to 20)%
Fire Absorb 2%
Lightning Absorb 2%
Cold Absorb 2%
(9 to 12)% Gold Find
(11 to 20)% Magic Find
Socketed (3)
Defense: 501 to 817
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 39
Required Strength: 184
Required Dexterity: 139
Item Level: 46
+(41 to 50) to Vitality
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
Elemental Resists +(21 to 30)%
Fire Absorb 2%
Lightning Absorb 2%
Cold Absorb 2%
(14 to 17)% Gold Find
(21 to 30)% Magic Find
Socketed (4)
Defense: 684 to 1113
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 48
Required Strength: 368
Required Dexterity: 288
Item Level: 80
+(51 to 60) to Vitality
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
Elemental Resists +(31 to 40)%
Fire Absorb 3%
Lightning Absorb 3%
Cold Absorb 3%
(17 to 19)% Gold Find
(31 to 40)% Magic Find
Socketed (4)

. In total you get:
+16% max cold and +6% max fire and lightning resist. The rest of the max resist will be covered by socketing your gear with Perfect Bloodstones and Perfect Ambers. 9 each. Once you managed that, put some all resist mystic orbs on wheel of fortune, topspin and iceshell. Then you're finished. Now all that's left is an oskill. I decided to go for Hailstorm from a rare amulet because it dropped literally a minute before I started QT, else I would've used Psionic Storm from a rare/crafted Scepter.

As for your your skills: I went holy, but there really is no need to. You can just go ahead and go Unholy with Superbeast and stormlord maxed and the rest into Demiurge and Euphoria (Euphoria grants lots of resistance pierce, so use it when you go with an elemental spell. It's useless if you go with Psionic Storm though, which only needs you to put as many points into energy as possible). Respec again once you're finished farming him.

As for the fight itself: The beam basically heals you thanks to the elemental absorb from Wheel of Fortune. Enough to negate the poison damage from Quov Tsin at least. And the only thing that actually hurts your or can kill you is the Bone Spear Nova. Usually I'm healed back up thanks to his beam, but sometimes the Nova hits twice really quick in succession, so I died 3 times in that fight. Other than that, move the mouse over QT, press right click, occasionally use Demiurge, and swallow one mana potion after another. That's the fight. Boring AF. Then after 15 minutes you have a new charm. Congrats.

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Duncraig


Next on the list: Duncraig. There are 2 different types of enemies. The first type: Slain Souls. They are those fast transparent minions that rush right at you. They throw barrels and can't be knocked back, which is aweful for us since we can't rely on Colosseum this time. Instead you should use Divine Apparition to quickly move. Of course, if there's only 1-2 souls that you are teleporting to, you can also just use Colosseum and then quickly move away from them, or if you find yourself in a quagmire, and DA is not cooled down yet, use Colosseum before you're swarmed.

The other type of enemy are the necromorbs. They have a ranged piercing missile that deals lots of damage against our minions. Luckily their IQ is no better than that of a slice of bread. What I mean is: they need to stay at range in order to throw their attacks at you. That means if you take a step closer to them, they will have to readjust and walk away from you. And they are slow. Reaaally slow.

So the general gameplay is already clear for this uber: Both necromorbs and Slain Souls want you to move. A lot. So move. A lot. Divine Apparition has a 3 second cooldown. Use it whenever possible. 3 seconds is more than enough to get away from barrels.



As for Assur: He's actually really easy. After you collected the Sigils as shown in the prior video and cubing them with the ring of the five (a random unique drop in this uber area) you get Assur's bane, a ring that grants the Purify oskill. Use Purify on him and his life will go down easily. There's just one part about this that makes it somewhat "hard": his fire attacks are insane. They do lots of damage and pierce through lots of your fire resist. What that means is: Stack Maximum fire resist for Assur. You need 90% Max fire resist which can be easily achieved by switching out the gems in your armor pieces with perfect Bloodstones. (1 perfect bloodstone adds 1% maximum fire resist) You should also use

Wheel of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune
Large Shield (4)
Defense: 85 to 162
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 4
Required Strength: 27
Required Dexterity: 45
Item Level: 6
+(21 to 30) to Vitality
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(6 to 10)%
Fire Absorb 1%
Lightning Absorb 1%
Cold Absorb 1%
(4 to 7)% Gold Find
(5 to 10)% Magic Find
Socketed (1)
Defense: 240 to 405
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 21
Required Strength: 53
Required Dexterity: 67
Item Level: 25
+(31 to 40) to Vitality
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(11 to 20)%
Fire Absorb 2%
Lightning Absorb 2%
Cold Absorb 2%
(9 to 12)% Gold Find
(11 to 20)% Magic Find
Socketed (3)
Defense: 501 to 817
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 39
Required Strength: 184
Required Dexterity: 139
Item Level: 46
+(41 to 50) to Vitality
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
Elemental Resists +(21 to 30)%
Fire Absorb 2%
Lightning Absorb 2%
Cold Absorb 2%
(14 to 17)% Gold Find
(21 to 30)% Magic Find
Socketed (4)
Defense: 684 to 1113
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 48
Required Strength: 368
Required Dexterity: 288
Item Level: 80
+(51 to 60) to Vitality
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
Elemental Resists +(31 to 40)%
Fire Absorb 3%
Lightning Absorb 3%
Cold Absorb 3%
(17 to 19)% Gold Find
(31 to 40)% Magic Find
Socketed (4)

again, since it has a good amount of absorb and adds another 2% elemental resist, so you don't need to farm for those last 2 perfect bloodstones. If you don't have that item aymore, you can also use

Shadowmoon

Shadowmoon
Crown Shield (4)
Defense: (167 - 191) to (329 - 376)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 43
Item Level: 17
5% Attack Speed
5% Cast Speed
+(4 to 5)% to Spell Damage
+(8 to 10)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
Fire Absorb 2%
Lightning Absorb 2%
Cold Absorb 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (535 - 594) to (983 - 1093)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 64
Item Level: 32
10% Attack Speed
10% Cast Speed
+(8 to 9)% to Spell Damage
+(14 to 16)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
Fire Absorb 3%
Lightning Absorb 3%
Cold Absorb 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1325 - 1439) to (2386 - 2590)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 135
Item Level: 53
15% Attack Speed
15% Cast Speed
+(12 to 13)% to Spell Damage
+(20 to 22)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
Fire Absorb 4%
Lightning Absorb 4%
Cold Absorb 4%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1968 - 2123) to (3529 - 3806)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 280
Item Level: 90
15% Attack Speed
15% Cast Speed
+(14 to 15)% to Spell Damage
+(23 to 25)% to Summoned Minion Life
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
Fire Absorb 5%
Lightning Absorb 5%
Cold Absorb 5%
Socketed (4)

from the very beginning. Another thing you need in order to survive him easily is a high amount of stacked fire resist because Assur pierces 250% resist, which means you need a total of 250 + 100 + 90 = 440 resist in order to become as tanky against him as me in the video below.

Before you start going at him, you should clear the room though. Or you lure him over the wall where you came from since he can teleport right at your position, even beyond walls. Either way, kill as many times as you need in order to get a nice +2 paladin skills roll.

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Athulua


The amazonian goddess can be called with a scroll that the 3 priestresses in Tran Athulua can drop. The fight itself is nothing much, it just takes lots of time due to a huge health pool. Here's the strategy: Port on her with Colosseum, run away, if she teleports again, teleport on her with DA, run away and repeat until your minions are dead. Return to town, resummon them, go back to Athulua, Instantly cast vindicate on your new minions, create a portal and teleport on her again. And repeat. That's it. Avoid her stream of arrows (usually it's blocked by your minions) and always keep a portal open.

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The Triune




There's so much to do in this uber area. But first let me explain what you need to watch out for when you casually walk through this uber. There are 4 types of enemies, but 2 of them can be ignored for the most part, since our minions tank their damage or you can just stay out of their range. If you see a golem type monster, move a little bit back. They cast Shower of rocks and that hits really hard. Don't let yourself get killed by that. And the other type are the stationary towers. Kill them as soon as you can, else they will cast annoying meteors that can drop 8 k life when they hit you. You can easily dodge it, sure, but let's be safe and attack those things first.

Now to the boss fight itself: First you have to go to the very north of the map to fight some guy who drops a tome (purple circle). That tome grants you the skill "demonic charm" and it basically explains already the whole boss fight to you. After that you go further to the very east of the map. You'll encounter a very long passage (the red line). That's a really annoying part, because those Archons will float to both sides of the passage and your minions can't reach them. That's when you need to use DA to teleport back and lure those archons back until they float over the passage and are reachable for your minions.
Then, as soon as you get to the end of the passage, you'll see some projectiles getting thrown your way. That's the sign that Malic has shown up. Don't get hit, else your life will be reduced to 1 with every heal you have failing. You can't do something about it, so don't even try. Either way, when you see that, rush to the end of the corridor, and teleport to the south (Yellow line), completely ignoring every enemy until you're at the other side behind the wall. Then you need to clear the whole area (Outlined in blue). And I mean it. Clear it all, while staying away from Malic. Then go further to the East while clearing until you find Lucion (Green Circle). Now you need to lure Lucion to Malic, use Demonic charm on Lucion and let malic's projectiles hit Lucion. You only need to stay somewhere between Malic and Lucion and when you see Malic's attack, dodge it and let it hit the charmed Lucion.

And that's basically the uber. However, it wouldn't be a challenge if this was all. Malic occasionally casts a quick teleportation AoE. That means you're hit and teleported multiple times whenever you're hit while some bats are summoned. Summon some Scourge and let them kill the bats before you continue letting Malic fight Lucion.

Once Lucion is dead, you can farm the Triune for cycles. Those cycles can be cubed with the charm dropped by Lucion, the corrupted wormhole. I haven't fully explored the cycles yet, since never in my entire median history I've actually farmed this place. But I think it was possible to get a +1 skills? And some MF would be nice, too.

Also, I didn't take a video because this bossfight used to be really annoying, and I was rather surprised that Lucion's slow was removed and that this fight thus has become less cancerous. So yeah, I expted this to take at least an hour, but it took only 10 minutes after I lured Lucion to Malic.

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Ureh

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Imagine you're the protagonist of a Zombie movie. But instead of being very athletic, you're fat. That's what Kingdom of Shadow feels like thanks to the new sprint mechanic. What is important in this uber is defense. I personally had 330 k defense and thus a 15% chance to be hit by one of those zombies. What else is important? Avoid walking right into the zombies. It may take a bit of training, but thanks to DA and the short-duration sprint you can escape nearly every situation, so save your stamina while your minions try their best at distracting the zombies from you. Also it's very important to actually be able to see the zombies. Increase the Gamma (as shown in the video below) if you need it.

If you find yourself in a situation where you can't move forward, move back and let your minions block the zombies, then teleport over the zombies. And finally: Avoid Darkwardens. They can easily stunlock you thanks to their retaliate attack. Teleport over them if possible. If you have to fight him, quickly use Colosseum on them in order to stunlock that Darkwarden yourself. Also, they cast Tremor when they die. So if you see yourself loosing a big chunk of your HP, don't freak out and just drink a potion.

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Kabraxis


Not possible at all because he heals whenever he kills something. And once he uses the Flamestrike, he instantly kills off all your minions. So nope. Can't do this one.

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Level 125

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Toraja


Since we have 15 strong summons, this uber is a joke to this build. The general mechanic is: Let edyrems attack the enemies. That way, the enemies become vulnerable. That's when your minions take care of them. That means: Just summon your minions, summon edyrems and teleport onto the enemies. Make sure to trap the enemies in the corners, so they can't run away from you. Do that until you get to Lillith. She's an Andariel clone, so you can easily spot her. Watch out for her Shower of Rocks attacks, since that one can easily completely destroy you. So once you teleport on her, you should head back to a safer spot. Aside from that there's nothing you need to worry about. I already found an Auhe rune. Though it may not be very useful to this build it'll definitely enhance the next build I'll make. We don't really need to farm Toraja with this build and nobody likes Toraja anyway. So if you farm some decent Highrunes here and sell them I bet you can easily make a profit. If you play on the server that is.

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Belial


This is mainly a test of endurance and a test to your eyes. Buy a few mana potions before you attempt that fight. It'll make killing him faster. First of all: Clear at least the right half of the map. completely. You don't want random monsters to interfere.
Then go to Belial, at the very top right of the map, and you'll already see many many Belials. Belial is the lord of lies after all, so he hides behind some illusions of himself, while turning himself into a ratfink which makes it hard to detect the real Belial. Belial himself will do lots of damage to your minions. The illusions are rather weak. But they still hurt when there are many of them, so make sure to clear the area of his illusions once in a while. It'll make surviving easier. Regularly find a quiet corner to resummon your minions. Remember that this level is locked after 60 seconds, so you can't get back to town. That's what the mana potions are for. After resummoning, head back to Belial and go back when your minions are nearly all dead. Repeat until Belial is dead.

[HechtHeftig]

Frequently Asked Questions

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Q: Who do you choose Scourge over Hoplites?

A: In short it's because of their attack spell. If you want to have an in-depth answer click here:
viewtopic.php?p=223717#p223717

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Q: Is minion resist capped?

A: Yes. You only need 75% minion resist and maybe a bit more so your minions can survive enemies that pierce resist a bit better.

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Q: Which merc is the best?

A: Act 5 merc. Always Act 5 merc. An in-depth answer can be found here:
viewtopic.php?p=222863#p222863

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Q: Which is better: T1 honorifics or Sacred honorifics?

A: it depends. Do you want more defense and resists, take sacred honorifics. If you want more Mo space for Magic find, take T1 honorifics

Q: How to create Sacred Blessed Honorifics?

A:
First create a Honorific:
1) Get a Mark of Infusion from Shenk
2) Get a Sacred magical item (if you need to, you can first cube it with an oil of renewal to make it white, and cube it with a blue oil from the same vendor to make it magical)
3) cube the Mark and the sacred magical item
4) Keep the newly created Honorific Sacred Item in the cube and cube it with a Tainted shrine and 2 arcane crystals at the same time.

Now it's blessed. If the stats are rather low, cube the item with a oil of renewel and a blue oil again.

Repeat that until the minion damage reaches a high value (it can reach up to 60% on one handed weapons and all types of armor except body armor and it can reach 90% on two handed weapons and body armors)

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Q: Why is Blessed Life maxed in the early game skill allocation?

A: To show that Blessed life is so important that you should put your points into it as soon as you can.

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Q: What does "Mo'ed" mean?

A: Mo = Mystic orb. So when I say "Mo'ed" I mean "cubed with mystic orbs of that certain type"

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[HechtHeftig]

Big thanks for the support goes to:

Aerial
Crash

[PindlskinVova]

Sigma has no normal armor for a summoner, Fauztin's Visage (Field Plate) looks better than Glass. A mercenary from act 5 will look better, given the paladin teleport skill, excellent crowd control.I think that this build has survivability, but the damage is clearly not enough(high end conntent).

[aerial]

This build is glorious to level with, insane damage. Falls off a bit when you get to ubers, im curious how you gonna progress with it.

I was trying verison with wyrms, but it is hard to balance fire damage/pierce with minion stats, and spell ends up doing fraction of damage that scourges do.
Melee hybrid seems like better choice. I'd even go further and try to spam DJ on top of scourge. It doesn't cost you that much to have ok melee dps + minion stats.

[HechtHeftig]

Sigma has no normal armor for a summoner, Fauztin's Visage (Field Plate) looks better than Glass. A mercenary from act 5 will look better, given the paladin teleport skill, excellent crowd control.I think that this build has survivability, but the damage is clearly not enough(high end conntent).

Well, Acidblood grants minions +36-40% life. So that armor looks quite delicious. And the -enemy poison resistance is also helpful to allow Plaque to stay useful later on.

Fauztins Visage however... I don't think it's better than Queen of Glass. Of course, it already has full Defense, but it can't be mo'ed any further. Queen of Glass however...

Just a simply calculation:
2732 (the absolut minimum defense of Queen) /175 (The total enhanced Defense it has plus the base 100% being 2732) * 250 (once you have mo'ed it with ED) = 3911,43

The minimum defense of Fauztins is 3642.

As for the maximum defense it's:
Queen: 5459/175 * 250= 7799 defense, whereas Fauzt has "only" 6678.

Also don't forget that Queen of glass adds lots of damage thanks to -enemy resist, faster cast rate, which is great for the initial cast, and it adds lots of mana! In every case, I would always prefer Queen of Glass. But of course, you're free to go with Fauztin's Visage if it suits better to your playstyle.

As for the merc: Yes I agree that A2 is not the way to go. I honestly don't want to use a merc due to being tired of playing summon necro. But I'll see and look into what merc would be best.

As for the damage: I don't know if it's still the same, but in the previous patch most enemies had a huge life after each kill ability. It's a huge cockblock for every summoner, so yeah. I know very well that I can't do every uber with that build alone. But luckily there is always the option to respec and swap your gear!



@Aerial Thank you, I'll definitely look into it! Paladin was never meant to be a summoner after all, but I think with a few tweaks here and there I'll be able to get a mediocre-good result for at least all the level 120 ubers Atm I'm too squishy since I still use that same old Grisworld's armor and don't have the BRC yet. So after I change those 2 things it'll be a lot safer going for a DJ build instead of reta.

[epiden]

bravo happy to see another guide for us casuals

[mathqc]

Tanks for the guide! Will help a noob like me...

One question though : what stats should i invest in?

[HechtHeftig]

Tanks for the guide! Will help a noob like me...

One question though : what stats should i invest in?

Oh right, I forgot that part. I'll add it in a minute.

Strength: As much as you need for your gear to wear
Dex: Rest.

Although this isn't a dex-based build, dex helps a lot with actually hitting enemies. For example on my weapon I also mo'ed some +AR% orbs in order to get the knockback more realiably. But it's not final yet. Maybe I'll change it up in the future.

[mathqc]

OK! Any tips for a new player to get going?

I do believe that i should go with the Runewords items? If i understand correctly, i pick-up any grey item, and socket Jewels + The Rune right?

Thanks again!