Is a fana-hammerdin viable in pvp? Being a bit bored with swg for now and feeling a peculiar urge to smash monsters ( human and computer controlled ) I thought it is time to skill one of my unused pre 1.10 unskilled pala, lvl 95... now.. I like to be somewhat uncovnecional so this is what i'm planning: 1 sac 1 smite 1 might 1 prayer 1 holy bolt 18 b. aim 1 defiance 1 zeal 18 charge 1 concrentration 1 cleasing 20 b. hammer 18 fana 20 vigor 4 holy shield stats base str 50 base dex 50 base vit probably 470 base energy 15 items ( normal setup, may changed depending what 's out there ) head : rare circlet +2 20 fc, 45 life, resists between 18 - 34%, ber/gills face socketed ber amu : +2 skils, 18 str, 16 dex, 32 LR. minor mods armor: undecided yet, probably shaft socketed cham or ethereal GA ( 1217 def, once socketed zod, now BER'ed) ring 1: 123 AR, 10 fc , 8 dex, 7 str, 49 LR, 45 mana ring 2: 134 Ar 13 dex, 6 mL, 8 str, 49 LR, 45 FR belt: aracnid/ Tgods/ rare warbelt 18 str, 14 dex, 45 life, 25 LR, 15 CR or IK belt gloves: IK Gloves/ rare 19 dex , 14 str, 26 LR,35 CR, 29 life gauntlets Boots : Rare 30% 18 str, 14 dex, 34 LR, 26 Poison/gore riders weap1: ( casting) magic warscepter, +2 skills, +3 conc,+2 BH, +1 redemption ( 2 sockets, sporting 15 resist all, 44 LR, +8 dex) SHield1 : Zakarum, socket 29 LR +8 str+5 dex weap2: rare ethereal cryptic sword, 50-564 dmg. 268 AR , repairs durability, socket LO Shield: Zakarum socketed BER charms: 1 skills 42 life off aura 1 skills 41 life off aura 1 skills 40 life off aura 1 skills 39 life off aura 1 skills 41 life combat 1 skills 40 life combat 1 skills 38 life combat 1 anni rest sc 20 life with resists, mainly light. now, as any one can see this wil be a charger-hammer variant, the focus on fana is to compensate low attack ratting that "liberators" normally have. This also makes me use Lo and deadly strike stuff . Since this char is already leveled, i see no reason to equip him with sojs/ bul'ring, altough they are on the stash, alongside a wisp, raven and dwarf rings. Also on the stash are a +3 combat skills +3 Holy shield scepter ( to buff def), the "now normal" BO buffing runeword, a lvl 3 lower resistcharged wand, a Storm socketed BER, 2 1.06 rare rings with 75 and 72 LR and a original 1.08 baranar star. Life will be between 2150 and 2400 ( no - BO'ed) depending on setup Now, whats your opionion? Is this viable?
Personally, I think its gonna suck for a coupla reasons. Fanat doesn't affect fast cast speed. just melee attack speed. With both skills at lvl 20, concentrate does 345% ED. Fanat does 373%. Seems good right?, but the only problem being that fanat does the 373% ED to MELEE attacks only. So, from this data, assuming this data is correct (I'm pretty certain), if you follow through with this build, you will find yourself charging every single monster/player, and with 20 some wasted skill points. May as well make a chargeadin. Hope this helped. Azn_gamer2003
yes i think that may be viable, but coming from someone who has no clue what in God's name you're talking about, I'm sure it doesn't mean much anyways, if you're on uswest softcore non ladder, let's duel when you are done- *talofa_samoa *the_parallel
totally not viable....fanat doesnt add dmg to ur hammers at all...ud only be doin like 500-1k dmg at most
around 1 k pvp damage yes.. i know that.. with + skills ( +14) over 1 concentration should be able to get 5000 to 6000 on damage screen.
Number 1. there is no way in god's green earth you can get 50 . 50 470 base stats unless u get no str or dex. i have 30/72 / 435 at lvl 90 thats adding 5 to str only.. impossible to add those stats.
I said probably. And I made a mistake, the empty shell is lvl 96 ....still i'm not that far of.... lvl 96 equals = 95x5 stats =475 470+3x5 ( quest) 490 now a pala has 25 20 25 15 at start going 50 - 50 means i'll use 55 points thats 435 left to vita.. 435 +25= 460 so he will have 460 vita not 470.. but guess what.. i still have a couple of lvl 99 empty of skills.... so 475 vita is possible even with 50 str 50 dex... btw i skilled the char... with minor mods.... dmg of hammers with 3 points in concentration ( plus 19 to it) pass 8 k.. not that bad.. charge damage is about 13 K once buffed with lvl 23 enchant from demon limb. ar also close to 15000... its a experiment, pvm not a problem from early testing( not a surprise) but tomorrow gonna test it vs some friends .. if it works ok - something i don't know at the moment; might do the same to one of the empty lvl 99'ers, probably going 8 base concentration on that one to gain a bit more flexibility on jewelry/absorb and maybe equip high dex nightwing's to sustain close to max block @ 99 with 50 base dex...
My hammerdin does very well with only 6k damage. My other fana/zeal pala does about 3k damage with gris set. I have absolutely no skillers only +6 skills from items. With your items, ~15 +skills you should rock! My fana/zeal pala pumps Holy Shield and Defiance in lack of other stuff to pump. I realize now, although HS/Def is great, Blessed Hammer/Conc is better spent skills if you can pump to reasonable damage with +skills, i.e. your 8k hammer damage and with a good zeal weapon you should do more than fine IMO!
