Avenger Question

[UnkleChunky]

Avenger Question

I am building an Avenger right now (Vengence + Conviction). I plan on maxing Holy Shield and I have read some posts about not needing AR because Conviciton lowers enemy defense (essientally acting like an AR increase).

My main question is:
Do I need to put ANY points into dexterity? If conviction lowers enemy defense (essientally increasing AR), and Holy Shield increases block percentage, then I should only have to put points into strength (just enough to use my equipment), and vitality, right? If I have less than 75% blocking after Holy Shield is maxed, THEN I would need dex, though I doubt that will happen.

As long as I cast Holy Shield before I go into combat, I should be fine w/ only enough dex to use my weapons. I'm not positive on not needing AR, but I know I have heard it. Am I missing something? I read every FAQ I could find and either didn't see the answer or misunderstood it. :scratch:

 

[wvx_leader_returns]

You are going to want enough dex for max block - whether or not you are PvP or PvM. There are calculators for that one everywhere. As far as conviction and -defense, it works a lot better in PVM, and hardly in PVP. I couldnt really tell after lookin for the answer in your post - whether or not you are pvm or pvp. If you are gonna be doin pvp with him - you are going to Have to worry about attack rating. if you are pvm, not as much - but you Still need to worry about it at least a little. You also make it sound like holy shield gives you max block alone... You are going to need just over 100 dex to achieve 75% block, and it varies depending on the shield.

-wvx

 

[UnkleChunky]

Well, my avenger is level 70 now and let me say that BOTD Bezerker Axe is whoopin' some butt. I do 2k-6k damage, and still have to max vengence and the resist synergies and get conviction up to 25 (it's at 20 now). All told, I bet I'll be doing 3k-8k before it's done, not to mention the added damage from lvl 25 conviction. I have a bunch of skill quests to do. Man, he's much more fun than a hammerdin. I may give away my hammerdin soon....

BTW, I'm pvm, not pvp.

 

[BlackWinterDay]

Conviction does lower defense, but Vengence also boosts your attack rating. So as far as Dex is concerned you should just worry about maintaining max block like WVX already said.

You might want to leave Holy Shield at around 10 or so and let + skills do the rest, so that you have more points to put into your synergies...

 

[fax-machine]

my first avenger was complete flop im gonna make a new 1 with
azurewrath maxing resist light resist fire vengeance and my holy shield

ne opionions
?
?

 

[fax-machine]

o duh i completely forgot of conviction with out that im toast lol
so then ill have to do one of these:

20vengeance
20conviction
20resist lightning
20resist fire
rest into holy shield(up to 12 i think)

or

20vengeance
20conviction
20holy shield
20resist lightning OR fire

i might not even need max holy shield cuase im most likely gonna use either hoz(194%) and gaurdian angel(200%) witch make my blocking alot better
but with out holy shield i lose def

waht doe you think is better?

 

[JiXsTeR]

lol the increased blocking on HoZ and GA are too much O_O

like i considered trying to get azurewrath but its 136 dex. I'm level 89 right now and I only have like ~108 dex =/