Looking to make a charge pally, dont know what im doing. i

[bunghole]

Looking to make a charge pally, dont know what im doing.

Well from the title i need help and guidance on a charge PvP pally. I looked at the guides and i think im either crazy or just stupid cuz i cant find one. I mean the build looks straightfoward but i like to do my research anyways.

 

[LostFreedom]

I started my pure Charger a couple days ago. He's at level 78 and quite a force to be reckoned with.
Here's what I have equipment-wise:
Vampire Gaze
String of Ears
Leviathan
IK Gloves
Gore Riders
Steel Pillar War Pike
Angelic Ammy
2 Angelic Rings

Skills:
Max Charge
Max Might (synergy)
Max Vigor (synergy)
Max Fanatacism
Everything else into Blessed Aim for the passive AR bonuses

Stats: Enough strength and Dex for equipment, everything else into life

Ok, with a Chargedin, aka Crusader, AR is everything. That's why the Angelic Ammy and Rings are necessary. You cannot get an AR bonus like that from anything else.
I'm pretty much just joining melee duel games, which is why I chose such an emphasis on Damage Reduction gear. Assassins and other elemental damage builds tear me apart if I don't land the first hit (which is why AR is so important). I would reccomend gear with resists and the cannot be frozen mod - Duriels Shell for armor and Veil of Steel for a helm wouldn't be bad if , like me, you can't afford the expensive runewords yet. Chains of Honor armor would be ideal I think, with the +65 resist all. Remember that you'll be using a 2-handed weapon and won't have a shield on for resists. Some people reccomend using a shield with huge resistance, then switching to the 2 handed weapon when you're about to hit your opponent. That's just too much of a pain in the *** to me.

As for a weapon, you want the hugest physical damage possible. I chose Steel Pillar because it fulfills that quite well...I do about 13K charge damage with fanaticism on, plus it has a 50% defence bonus which covers the absence of a shield quite nicely. Bonehew and Hellslayer are the next best options I think, runewords aside.

Meh. This is getting too long. If you have some specific questions, feel free.

 

[bob]

i was wondering if it might be more versatile to make a smite - charge pallywith
max
Fanat
Charge
SMite
Holyshield
10 in zeal

has anyone tried this? i think maxing synergy for charge might be excessive since it already has such high dmg without synergy.
The idea would be to charge then smite in the classic 1-2, though this time there would be more dmg on charge than normal

 

[Christmas]

I am too trying to make a smite/charge paladin and couldn't find any guide on them. Can anyone give any suggestions?

 

[Severoth]

I am actually making a charge pally with a mate who is running a sorc in hardcore. Wanted to do stuff a little different.

Anyway, I am going to be maxxing;

Might
Charge
Vigor
Conviction

The reason I am going to be maxxing Conviction is because one, I am playing with a sorc, and this will greatly benefit her killing speed. Secondly Lowering the AR of enemies by 90% is excellent, and means that I should be able to hit everything I charge at in Hell equally.

Well this is what it looks like on paper.

The only thing that I am trying to figure out is what Merc I should hire....

Any thoughts?

 

[Lyxtwing]

I am in the middle of making a charge paladin, right now:
20 charge
20 might
working on getting vigor (my boots have the skill so I didn't need hard points in it until might was maxed)
1 in sac (working on getting zeal as normal attack is ticking me off)

I am thinking of putting points into vengence to get some elemental damage once I am done vigor, or should I max fanat? Also, if I go with fanat should I get a might merc? Right now I have a act 1 merc that seems to enjoy my might aura, but if I go with fanat then the might merc should up my damage a bit.

 

[majorB]

I am too trying to make a smite/charge paladin and couldn't find any guide on them. Can anyone give any suggestions?

I have one and he does quite well. What sort of suggestions do you need, specifically? Id be happy to help.

 

[Severoth]

I would love to see what you have skill wise Major.

Also do you use them explicitly for dueling/pking or for PvM as well?

 

[majorB]

Severoth,

Mine is used strictly for dueling, since neither smite or charge are the greatest pvm skills around. Basically, its smite as my main attack, and charge as a secondary skill.

Skills I maxed are: smite, holy sheild, fanaticism, and charge. After that Ive been alternating points between defiance and vigor, for the holy sheild and charge synergies.

Its pretty much a v/t in terms of stat placement and equipment, only scrapping the foh component in favor of a better charge.

If I may comment on your build a bit. I think you may be better served by not maxing conviction, and putting some points into fanaticism. I think the AR gained by fana will be more beneficial to you than the - enemy defence from conv, though it will definately help your sorc friend. Also, a holy freeze merc would help to keep things still while you charge them down. Just a couple thoughts.

MajorB

 

[pAnda_fury]

I've played a couple of chargers - my main one uses the following stuff:
hoz
gaze
highlords
GA
dwarf/raven
gore riders
string
laying of hands (only good for pvm)
perf heaven's light/eth demon's limb/baranar's star (haven't decided yet :scratch: )

skills i maxed are:
charge
might
vigor
fanaticism
other points in holy shield

Another charger idea i heard recently by jumbo_SHRIMP. Sounds fun but you have to be rich enough to afford doom :thumbsup:

The following is jumbo_SHRIMP 's idea:

"max:

vigor
charge
defiance
holy shield
rest in a skill of your choice(in fact prolly at least 1 point in conversion)

use a doom berserker axe

enjoy!

phelix

i would also like to recommend(sounds insane, trust me its not) about 600+ mana...you can then nearly charge continuously...its fast believe you me, then when everything else is slowed by the freeze, you are warping compard to everyone else...and all the defense is...well you might get stuck once in a while where youll have to slap your way out( this is where knockback is a real winner)

fact, ill say some other gear id like to use

helm--> giant skull nice str, has knockback(yipped) nasty defense(groovy) and crushing blow...and 2 sockets for whatever you need!

shield: i say stormshield(shoot for 400+ str)

gloves(anything really): steelrends

basically get as much str and defense as you can...resists are usually easy enough...

u can use your point in conversion, along with knockback from helm since conversion will always hit, you just swing to knock 1 or 2 guys back, then continue charging....

when approaching a group of enemies, have a game plan setup as in how you are going to attack them, planning is important for a charger, since you need to line up all of your guys correctly so you can bounce around like a pinball...using as few attacks as possible to kill them...

once again, if yo uget swarmed, switch to a really fast weapon which has conversion out and start smackin the baddies, between conversions and knockbacks, you should be able to get out of there and replan your attack"

 

[povohat]

I have also been thinking of making a charger, Some thing along the lines of:

Glass Cannon (name rip)
20 Charge
20 Vigor
20 Might
20 Fanta
Leftovers into Blessed Aim for AR

Equpitment:
Eth Zoded Hellslayer (just because i have one)
Angelic combo (AR)
Enigma (because i have it)
Trangs belt (for cbf mod) / string for PDR
Dracs (crushing blow)
Gore riders
Shako (skills, life)

Charms with life, skills, resistances and AR.

So what i was thinking: Run around with viggor/teleport untill there is a chance to charge, switch to fanata and charge them. run/charge off again if they dont die and do it again. Hit and run tactics.

Basically against casters im banking on smashing them with one hit (hence the name glass cannon) or dieing trying. It's really just the same as LostFreedom's build tho.

Anyone have any actual expirence with a pure charger?