Has anyone tried the Trang/Conviction Paladin?

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mike20599

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Has anyone tried the Trang/Conviction Paladin?

Has anyone tried wearing Trang's set except for the shield for the fire skills, and using Conviction? Maybe add Dragonscale and a few Fire Facets for even more damage. My guess is that the damage will still be too low though. :/
 
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ThereisnoPeace

Diabloii.Net Member
i tried it, wasnt to bad, the dmg was low but the beauty of it is, foh, use foh as primary and when they stack major light res / absorb hit em with some fireballs, takes a little longer but sure is fun and a unique build.
 
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Slayaboxer

Diabloii.Net Member
hmm not really cuz helm and belt need high lvl req?? and helm need like 100+ str req so i doubt its any good for lvling :\
 
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druuna008

Banned
This gives me an idea for a very FUN build. (Keyword=FUN) I was thinking, use FoH for lit dmg, the fire skills for fire, duh, and get holy freeze as powerful as you can at the same time. A nice Tri-Elemental Paly-perhaps called Paly-Sorc lol, I dunno just an idea.
 
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-Epic

Banned
well there was a couple threads heavily discussing this, with dragonscale's hydra ability being the main point. i believe FB was brought up tho.

i just thing the dmg would be too low to suffice in hell. its a great idea, and if someone can put gear together to make it work, by all means do it. i love seeing new builds (specially pally gogogogo).

hmm think ill test on sp with not so hard to acquire gear and post results later.
 
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archon_aus

Diabloii.Net Member
Hi I've got this build going at the moment... it is very viable in NM, and I'm about to venture into hell. Basically it's a FoH build with fire as a backup. The key I think is to stack on plenty of +skills items. Here's my current setup with preferred options in brackets:

Lvl 74
Helm - Rare circelt +1 pally skills, resists, str, dex (Harlequin crest)
Armour - Vipermagi (ormus with either fireball or hydra)
Belt - Trang Oul's Girth
Boots - Waterwalk (probably silkweave - undecided)
Gloves - Trang Oul's Claws
Weapon - Moonfall
Shield - Lidless Wall (Dragonscale at lvl80)
Rings - SOJs (1 BK might be good for life)
Ammy - Telling of Beads (Maras)

The main thing here is the choice of Moonfall as a weapon. Due to the synergy bug, this effectively triples my fireball damage. The listed damage so far is 651, doubled due to conviction. Obviously I'd like to stick some fire facets in all available sockets...

Max Holy Shock and FoH, Conviction and Holy Shield are my goal for skills. A few other points in utilities such as redemption.

I'll post an update on how he goes in hell soon...

EDIT: forgot to mention that he's HEAPS of fun, and the reaction ppl have is so damn funny... "OMFG!!! pally have fireball!!! WTF?!?!?" I get similar responses about my storm ranger... people have such limited imaginations really...
 
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-Epic

Banned
agree with you there, some people only like cookie cutter builds. while most of the innovative ones are hard to use effectivley pvp, they do just fine in pvm.

anways, heres the test on the..."new mage" pally lol. (i know mage is hammer/foh, so here's a..."variant")

lvl 90 (which is what i usually take my chars to, after that i have to devote too much time to baal runs :rant: oh for the days of 09 cows..anways for before i get carried away here's the vitals.)

Gear:
Helm:5% dmg facet Shako
Armor:20% (5%facet) Fire Ormus
FB Wpn:Moonfall (lvl 11 meteor charges-synergy)
FoH Wpn:HoBL (or HotO)
FB shield: 5% facet Dragonscale (20% fire dmg total)
FoH Shield:HoZ
Gloves:Trang Ouls
Belt:Trang Ouls
Boots:Sandstorm Treks
Rings:Soj/Fcr ring
Ammy-Maras

nothing special or unexpected there. only thing was reaching a suitable FCR without sacrificing a ton of dmg. 50% seemed to do fine for me in hell.

Skills:
20 convict
20 foh
20 holy shock
1 into each defensive point (barring single resists), 1 into pre-reqs
well that was the basics, and i didnt know what else to max. so i decided to go rest into redeption for easy restoration. gogo 175 life/mana per monster :lol:

Final Dmg on FB switch:1141-1266, and that coupled with max convict was actually surprisingly powerful in hell. could take out act 5 monsters in several FBs, but worldstone was a challenge =/.
Final Dmg on FoH Switch:5082-5203, haha fire immunes easily handled.
Final Hydra Dmg:138-167, ouch, but hey its fun to use.

Final Thoughts: i believe that if you can this gear set up, or a similar one that provides better damage, go ahead and try it. the few cons are low resists on FB switch and not extremley overpowering damage with FB. The pros, of course, are you get to cast FBall (hahaha!!), with a 5k FoH as backup and 175 mana/life restoration per Corpse. I liked testing this bulid and believe it can suffice throughout hell.

any questions or recommendations on gear changes let me know.
 
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ThereisnoPeace

Diabloii.Net Member
not bad at all, actually since you dont have many skills to max how about vengeance to accompany your conviction so....

possible skill layout could be...

20 Holy Shield
20 FoH
20 Holy Shock
xx Conv (lvl 26 with items)
20 Vengeance

since youll be using alot of +skill gear put the rest into the resistances or w/e you feel like doing.

but ya not bad at all.
 
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ROMVS

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jumbo_SHRIMP said:
i write about this stuff all the time....noone ever even RESPONDS to my posts...

phelix
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Maybe it's because we believe in what you write that we just nod and accept... or maybe we just nod and say "he used to be so reasonable but now..." (shakes head).
 
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jumbo_SHRIMP

Diabloii.Net Member
ROMVS said:
Maybe it's because we believe in what you write that we just nod and accept... or maybe we just nod and say "he used to be so reasonable but now..." (shakes head).
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LOL

which is it o_O

phelix
 
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Weltkriegpally

Diabloii.Net Member
your fcr ring should be a rare with level 5 charges of firebolt (higher if you can get them) with resists/mana. This would be highly advantageous, I think.

--welt
 
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TheMad0nion

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Weltkriegpally said:
your fcr ring should be a rare with level 5 charges of firebolt (higher if you can get them) with resists/mana. This would be highly advantageous, I think.

--welt
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I was going to say the same thing. Find a ring with level 5 charges of Fire Bolt; this will increase your Fire Ball damage by a fairly large amount.
 
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