3 Duelers.. what to chooose

[soc]

3 Duelers.. what to chooose

So I'm thinking of getting back into this wretched game.. haven't played since 1.10 NL

I'm looking for a set of duelers (for ladder USW if that makes a difference) who are all around fun to play and could sweep pubbies (actually I'm fine if only 2 of them can sweep and 1 can hold it's own but it's more importantly unique and fun to play).

I already know BvC will be one of the duelers.. what else should I choose? Budget is not an issue (I won't buy 45 life skillers but I will be able to afford 20+).

I'm biased against necro's and partially biased against sins, but I'm open to suggestions.

Edit: I'd also like to play some decent super BM char, are those auradins any good? Do you go Infinity + Holy Shock or Conviction + Dream? Sorry if that's a noob question.

 

[Jerion]

Conviction + dream on a auradin.
For a super bm character, try a 1 pt convict hdin with a gmerc.

If you have a bvc, you'll want a char that can easily kill the bvc's biggest threats (bone nec, hdin, and block barb).

 

[Quietus]

Auradins and fohers are an enormous pain, though certain duelers can stack enough resists to completely negate these attacks. Most, however, can't, without massive sacrifices.

If you weren't biased against assassins, then I would recommend a trap/ww hybrid - I built one recently, and while I have problems against aa'ers and builds that use conviction (gmercs, fohers, and auradins), I hold my own or completely wipe most other builds. Even high absorb barbs (90 resist with stack to cover anya bug, tgods, and a wisp) are killable, though the damndable pallies that stack up 95 resist, two wisps and a tgod can't be killed with traps, and don't have to sacrifice much gear, these are difficult to kill with whirlwind if they're really good. But in a duel where massively stacked resist isn't an issue, they're a lot of fun - but take a lot of twitch skills, and practice.

 

[Freezing Rain]

Pubstars:

BvC Barb - Beats most casters
Desync Hammerdin - Beats most everything
Smiter - Cheap, beats most melee.

These are the three optimal, most bm available characters you can use. It's possible to stack/sorb on all of them while retaining high damage and killing power, and none of them will die quickly in pubs. Hammerdins are a pain in the ***, barbs are all around strong powerhouses, and smiters are cheap. (Not wealth wise.)

 

[SicHalo]

i think its BvCs, ww/trap sins, bone necs/hammerdin/mage do well too

 

[elmek]

i think its BvCs, ww/trap sins, bone necs/hammerdin/mage do well too

Wouldn't agree to the necro part. They have a hard time with pub sorces.
Windy on the other hand does really really well in pubs.

 

[SicHalo]

not really i could not see a windy being in my top 3 as i see alot chars that can kill these, u see these same sorcs that kill windies, trappers, dont even mention ww/trappers as this is a retarded duel alot get eaten by multi shoot bow amas and barbs (BvC).

where as necro bonner on the other hand can beat pretty much all of these here apart from high es sorcs and even then a few i seen counter this by using a few points in psn nova + synergies.

 

[soc]

i decided on the following

fire sorc, bvc, and smiter

all of them play differently and all of them can do well in pubbies which is my reasoning

thanks everyone!