IMCanadian said:
Haha I am on east ladder. Hydr0lisk2, B166er or CB. are my accs. Is emar urs? I will be using 9xoff gc, 18/19 torch, 20 life scs(I might need res), mayb a anni. 2xsojs, arach, maras, dream protector, dragon wire, hoj pb (or crystal, but I think I'm goin max block so pb isnt a problem), dream bone visage, not sure of boots.
If I go DayDreamer (priest maybe I'll change name?), then hoj pb, dragon wire, dragon protector, maras, soj, soj, shako or ber ber coa (eew high str), same gear basicly. 6bo cta and pally spirit on switch for both.
I will duel you when I'm done, prehaps youd like to duel my wolf, he is not completed yet, but is well on his way at 43k rabies, 13k fury (no mon, no dweb). Seeya on east!
IMC :grin:
Hiya. I've had a double dream/double dragon HOJ build for a few weeks now. Maybe I can give you some of my insights:
I only put 1 point in salvation and went with max FoH. The theory being I could stay away from some people and ping them with my FoH, since I already had l25 conviction...it seemed a logical choice.
Eh. Didn't really work that well. And I was using 9 pComb charms to boost the damage. I think the problem is gear selection: I only had rings, belt, boots, ammy for resists and dr...not enough +skills (and no FoH stick) to get the FoH damage up into reasonable ranges. [Incidentally, i used aldurs boots, raven, resist ring, and a maras ammie...with my max resists being so high...I needed LOTS of resists sc to get them up]
My guy eats sorcs, trapsins, bowzons for lunch. Smart windies are harder, but I'd say I still have the advantage. Every trapsin I duel accuses me of sorbing.:laugh:
The major problem is smiters. They pop on salvation and charge me = death. Only if they are incredibly dumb can I beat them. Zealers kill me too. Barb (bvc) are near impossible with tele. BvB are tough...but its usually a draw: I cant kill them and they cant catch me. I thought FoH would help in that matchup...but slow casting speed allows them to get to me, so I can't really use it.
In order to get good FoH ( I actually had enough points to put 5 synergies into it) I had to sacrifice holy shield...which killed my defense and part of my blocking. My main auras are also lower damage without complete salvation synergies. I was just going over rebuilds of mine, and I have some thoughts for both of us:
First: use Pcomb GC....not off aura. You should only shoot for l25 convic after +skills. Anymore is a waste. If you cant get Pcomb, I'd use some other type of gc like life and resists. Off aura gc do really nothing for you. Pcomb ( I can't believe these are going for up to 3 hr now...nuts) boost HS, charge, smite, zeal...basically everything.
Second; I'd do the Dream/Dragon HoJ double thing set up the same. It only leaves you with a Dungo for Dr...but Dr ammies are pretty scarce.:wink:
Basically smiters are going to beat him. Period. You have a chance if they are dumb, but any decent one = gg. What I was gonna put points into to help with meele this time is max HS. Great defense, super high blocking. Also a 1pt smite is better than nothing; you have an elite pally shield with max HS! Use it to bash something with!
This time around I'm going to Max salvation (only 1 pt last time, 13 pnts this time at l 90) will be filled last for pumping damage while running/ charging away.
I'm debating on 1 pt zeal (with +skills obviously) since it seemed to work pretty well as a main attack vs low def chars. I'm not sure its needed since they were the easy targets to begin with...but...its only 2 skill points to be able to use it, and the damage if it connects...wow. Maybe I'd have to use metalgrid for Ar and some ar charms. Those 2 pts could be taken out of Salvation...L10 (@ L89) might be good enough.
Lemme know if you have any other questions. I'm not sure if the Double dream/ no dragon/ FoH would work (it might!), but double dream/double dragon certainly does NOT.
EDIT: I was computing some numbers for the zeal...and the 1 pt is not going to be viable. Ar is too low to hit anything..so looks like charge/smite backup is all we got