help with my 2 handed paladin

[samithedood]

help with my 2 handed paladin

Ok so i decided i was gonna try something a little different this ladder so decided upon a paladin using insight skills as follows


20 fanatacism
20 zeal
20 sacrifice ( is that wat it's called the synergy for zeal anyway)
10 prayer (maxing this)
1 cleansing
1 that aura that turns bodies into life?!?!?


damage not too much of a problem but taking it is. stat points have been pure life have about 1300 atm at lvl.71.

equipment is

natalyas helm
treachery armour in a dusk shroud
insight in a staff
belt with +strength (till i can get a crappy torch)
some rings with resists and strength
mahim oak curio ammy

my defence is really low but i'm wondering what the best way is to go about increasing my survivability, most things hit me at at least 60% in hell will this get alot better as i level up or will i need to sort it out another way by replacing items with those with a higher defence. resists are around 40 atm i think with fade activated. what would anyone reccomend I can't use a shield so...

 

[Pitboss_2000]

Re: help with my 2 handed paladin

Well, without a shield, and the Holy Shield skill, your defense will always be a lot lower than that of 'standard' paladins. Most melee/tank builds have some way of adding defsne (Iron Skin/Shout, Werebear, Holy Shield) but you lack these, so I'd say that you just get the short end of the stick with this build. :S

 

[DH Amazon]

Re: help with my 2 handed paladin

You have enough life. You just need max resist, maybe85-95 in lightning and fire. Good merc (Reapers) and you are ready for full games in hell. Not sure about you damage, how much is it? Two-hander pala is very fast killer, low defense is no problem, with 5k...10k zeal damage you leech quite a lot.

Not sure if that prayer/insight combo work fast enough. You need to leech back that 1000 life in couple of hits, you cant wait 5-10s to regerate that back.
2hd-pala is aggressive build with good leech, life tap helps a lot. So while attacking monsters you leech so much back, so monsters around can't kill you. And with very good resist, you only need to worry about psysical attacks.

If you want to use staffs, then upped ripcracker and bugged-Prudence works quite well together.

And use decent items, not those +str. And don't expect too much from torch, its kicks you out from games, as torch triggers so often. So just use anni.
And try to put in str at least some, as Thunderbelt is one of the best for this kind of palas. You need absorb, as souls take you down elsewhere.

Same as merc, you as two-hander start to survive well in hell around lvl85..., don't expect too much speed/survivability before that.

I made one 2hand pala in last ladder and it worked great in full games. Now planning/building new for this ladder. Need to get couple of key items for him before I start. Could't use torch with him in last ladder, so I don't plan char to use torch either for this ladder. Actually he don't need one, as damage is very good already.

Resist are main problem with this kind of builds, as you cant take all ress 100 from shield. So need to have good resist charms for this kind of build.