Help my hammer/1pt smiter

[blackwizards]

Help my hammer/1pt smiter

Here are the stats:

lvl 85 (I have about 1k life no BO)

Smite (Conc): 354-1056

Resists:

Fire: 81
Cold: 83
Light: 85
Psn: 75

Gear:

Guill Face (+15% IAS Jewel)
Maras (29 res)
Heavens Light(+3 sk) (Shael X2 total 60% IAS)
Guardian Angel(+15 res) (+15% IAS Jewel)
Gris Shied (PDs 102 res)
Draculs
Raven Frost
Res Ring (+14 res)
Arachnid Belt
Goblin Toe
Few Res SCs

Total: 93% CB 90% IAS

Am I eligible to solo Ubers?

What needs to be changed?

I got owned by Duriel wasted a set of keys. I went in in hammer gear started clearing suddenly he came and pwned me I couldn't get my body. It was my first time I didn't even know where to go.

I don't even know how I am able to solo Duriel cause he got freeze aura and life tap might not proc first few hits. And I bet my merc would die really fast :<

 

[BAMFSpecialOps]

Re: Help my hammer/1pt smiter

Prebuff with fade before you enter Uber trist. Get a lifetap wand and put tap on them before you start smiting, this will ensure that you have tap on at all times and you wont have to wait for dracs to proc it for you. You should be able to do trist pretty easy with your gear, it may take you a few tries to get everything down theres also strats on here on how to do trist.

 

[ThomasJohnsen]

Re: Help my hammer/1pt smiter

I have onlye done ubers 10-12 times and it was quite a while ago, so my advice should be taken with a grain of salt. I did notice a couple of things though:

1) You only have 30fhr (from the helmet) as far as I can tell, which IMO is a tad lowish. I usually aim for the 48fhr or 86fhr breakpoints on my paladins. This should be achievable with a few charms.
2) You have no gear with damage reduction, which, coupled with no source of BO, probably is a bad idea - especially in the Matron's Den (Amp'ing withces can really hurt and Andariel packs quite a punch). Personally I would switch the Arachnid for a nice Verdungo's or String of Ears, when you're not using your hammers.
3) You have no source of Open Wounds to stop the uber regeneration. Maybe Gore Riders instead of Goblin Toes would do the trick. That will cost you a little CB of course, but I doubt you'll feel the difference in kill-speed.
4) Remember to stack your resists vs. Mephistos conviction aura.

Just my 2 cents.
...oh and good luck :wave:.
Tom

 

[blackwizards]

Re: Help my hammer/1pt smiter

I have onlye done ubers 10-12 times and it was quite a while ago, so my advice should be taken with a grain of salt. I did notice a couple of things though:

1) You only have 30fhr (from the helmet) as far as I can tell, which IMO is a tad lowish. I usually aim for the 48fhr or 86fhr breakpoints on my paladins. This should be achievable with a few charms.
2) You have no gear with damage reduction, which, coupled with no source of BO, probably is a bad idea - especially in the Matron's Den (Amp'ing withces can really hurt and Andariel packs quite a punch). Personally I would switch the Arachnid for a nice Verdungo's or String of Ears, when you're not using your hammers.
3) You have no source of Open Wounds to stop the uber regeneration. Maybe Gore Riders instead of Goblin Toes would do the trick. That will cost you a little CB of course, but I doubt you'll feel the difference in kill-speed.
4) Remember to stack your resists vs. Mephistos conviction aura.

Just my 2 cents.
...oh and good luck :wave:.
Tom

What about Draculs they have open wounds. And what is the difference between open wounds and prevent monster heal?

 

[ThomasJohnsen]

Re: Help my hammer/1pt smiter

What about Draculs they have open wounds. And what is the difference between open wounds and prevent monster heal?

Ahhh yes - I missed that.

Prevent monster heal prevents a monster from healing health back, but it dosen't work on ubers. Open wounds creates a wound that will damage a creature slowly (the amount of damage depends on your character level) and said creature cannot regenerate during the timeframe the open wounds is in effect (8 secs IIRC).

 

[BAMFSpecialOps]

Re: Help my hammer/1pt smiter

Yup its 8 secs, and you still might think about Gores for the extra chance to get open wounds, and to make sure they stay bleeding.

 

[blackwizards]

Re: Help my hammer/1pt smiter

Do you think it's possible to get a BO charges item like life tap wand? It would do wonders for ubers since I don't have CTA

I'm checking those thrown weapons in act 5 vendor trying to find I found a life tap wand pretty quick.

 

[BAMFSpecialOps]

Re: Help my hammer/1pt smiter

There is no BO charges, do you have a barb friend that could BO you before you enter trist?

 

[deadbeater]

Re: Help my hammer/1pt smiter

Nevermind.

 

[blackwizards]

Re: Help my hammer/1pt smiter

I got Verdungo's but if I replace arachnid it lowers my damage a bit. Would it be sufficient for ubers? ~300- 970 smite damage.

Also I heard somewhere that open wounds doesn't work with smite is it true?