Question concerning skill point distribution Javazon

[devnl]

Question concerning skill point distribution Javazon

I'm building a Javazon at the moment and I'm wondering where to put my skillpoints next. I have maxed out Lightning Strike, Charged Strike and Lightning Fury, however I see myself using LS and CS more then LF. I currently have the following distribution:

20 - LS
20 - CS
20 - LF
1 - Jab (prereq)
1 - Power Strike (prereq)
1 - Poison Javeling (prereq)
1 - Lightning Bolt (prereq)
1 - Plague Javelin (prereq)
1 - Critical Strike

I'm at level 70 and have 11 skillpoints left to distribute. I'm also still at nightmare so all the Hell skillpoints from quests haven't been spent yet either. I could probably easily max out something else, question is what would be most useful. I don't see myself using a Valkyrie to be perfectly honest. I have never been fond of playing mercs or any other type of NPC fighting for me. What other skills could I spend my final points on without getting the feeling I wasted them??

 

[KremBanan]

Put 1 point in Pierce and use Razortail. Your +skills on should be enough to put you at 100%pierce.

About Walkyrie: she isnt gonna do the fighting for you, she will do the tanking. Someone likes 1pt in her, other go for 17 and others max it. Imo, its worth atleast 1pt, because she takes of some of the heat, so that you get the time to fry the bastards trying to eat you.

Merc: You wrote that you never been fond of merc fighting for you. Well, if you can afford an Infinity runeword, you are gonna low your merc and will care for him like your own brother, cause it has Conviction Aura that will remove most of all light immunities on monsters. And Im sure you have met quite a few of those in hell difficulty.
Atleast get a merc with Insight runeword, this will do wonders for your mana. Im sure you have been using manapots alot and with InsightMerc, you will not need to pot so much more.

The remaining skills go into more Lightning skills for more damage.

 

[devnl]

Another point is that I'm a total dipsh*t when it comes to mercs :wink3: I have no idea which ones have said Conviction aura and how to handle playing with them. Mainly because I've never done it before :undecided: So I should buy a merc then, question that arises is where and on what difficulty and what gear would be best for him except the insight or infinity runewords?

 

[slayer37]

I'm building a Javazon at the moment and I'm wondering where to put my skillpoints next. I have maxed out Lightning Strike, Charged Strike and Lightning Fury, however I see myself using LS and CS more then LF. I currently have the following distribution:

I thought I would never see the day when someone prefers LS over LF. After seeing your skill distribution, I knew then why. LF is pretty much useless without pierce. I agree with Krembanan.

I know people who hates having mercs around because when they die they cost money to resurrect. Without decent gear, they will get slaughtered again and again starting NM to Hell. Valk only needs mana and I guarantee that a well-invested Valk will be able to tank anything except Diablo's lightning hose and maybe some really scary superuniques (read: extra strong, extra fast, cursed, aura-enchanted etc.).