PvP Zealot

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UndeadBehlial

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PvP Zealot

Ok i have a zealot, and he's still in the making (he's 82, i wanna get him to 85 for valor, and am also building his resistances)

But in duels i get owned by certain builds. Heres the list from hardest first

Bone necro - they teleport and spam, once i get close they're off the map again. This is a lost cause...

Wind druid - if i try and attack, i get instantly cooked by hurricane (well my resistances ARE just about 0, so i'm working on that), but if i hesitate i get Tornadoed.

WW barb - any decent WW build will kill me in 2 WW's and in the mean time i'm a sitting duck.


these are the main ones, for sorcs and trappers i just have to raise resistances. I also have SOME absorb gear, but it does hinder my dmg. I'm your mainstream zealot, maxed zeal, fanat, holy shield, with a lot in Sacrifice and a few in defiance. Right now i use gaze, stone, BOTD zerk, HoZ (alma negra if no elementalists), gore riders, angelic rings/ammy, and dracs. stone is soon to be valor and gaze is soon to be CoA lol.
 
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LordDrift

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basically the run down is a good necro and ww barb will always beat a zealot.


for necros u can use charge + zeal combo, for a ww barb try smite
 
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Gremlins

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If you're fighting against decent pvpers with those builds, you're toast as a zealot. It doesn't matter if you even do 1 hit ko's, against bone nec and wind druid you shouldn't even hit them if they're half decent duelers. I've consistently beaten WW pubbies but a good WW'er will always own a zealot.

Zealots are still lots of fun though :thumbsup: just not a jack-of-all trades build.

Grem

EDIT: Crap lorddrift beat me to it :lol:
 
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jumbo_SHRIMP

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to kill bone necros you need about 500 mana...you shift charge all around...retreat until they get saucy enought to teleport after you and smack them ONE time, then run off...unless you hit them...then you are allowed to charge again...practice u'll see...

as far as trappers go...once again full tilt shift charge is the way to go...i usually never even get hit by traps because i just charge around them (chage makes you impervious to mind blast as well) you can charge faster than the lit can even move, use it to your advantage.

as far as barbs...rule #1 make sure you are walking, once again use charge to move around...rough him up with about 2-4 charges(if you miss 2 in a row charge away fast) if the hunk of meat is on top of you, stand still and shift zeal(this is where range 3 is really handy, as you can sometimes get 2 or even 3 zeals off in 1 ww) and be prepared to move as soon as you are out of his range...

as far as wind druids go...i havent dueled many good ones, but basically my tactic has been to continually retreat while he comes after you...alright, im going to try and illustrate this a little since its hard to explain in words:
the circle is the druid, the x is you the lines are your charge, the dots are nothing...

.........../
........./
......O
.........\
...........\
.............\
......X_____

that is to say charge directly to the right(or left) come in at around a 35-45 degree angle and bounce right off into retreat mode again, if he's low on life zeal for the kill...this should be all one fluid motion of your hand, and you should not unclick the mouse, your mouse motion should mimic an "S" if you go to the right first and a "Z" if you go to the left first...worked well for me

phelix
 
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UndeadBehlial

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thanks a lot man! before i was just going to not duel them lol. so should i put a few pts in charge? or rely on a few +skill items, cause i have 1 pt in charge right now. and its slvl like 3-4. i wanted to put a couple more in defiance (i'm lvl 82 already) to boost my def which is only 16000's.
 
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jumbo_SHRIMP

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UndeadBehlial said:
thanks a lot man! before i was just going to not duel them lol. so should i put a few pts in charge? or rely on a few +skill items, cause i have 1 pt in charge right now. and its slvl like 3-4. i wanted to put a couple more in defiance (i'm lvl 82 already) to boost my def which is only 16000's.
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i only use 1 point in charge with +skills

phelix
 
Stoutwood

Stoutwood

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Make sure you use a weapon with massive OW. I would suggest either a Fury Berserker Axe or Scourge. Throw on some dracs and you can bleed 'em to death.
 
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