Diablo IV, Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 Forums - Diabloii.Net
The PVM Palazon - Passion runeword wielding Tankazon
So far this is all pure theorycraft, I haven't built this character yet, I was just looking here for some advice pertaining to gear, skills and stats.
So as you'v eprobably gathered form the thread title, this will be a Tankazon build (one hander/shield wielder using all passive/magic skills) who wields a Passion weapon (this build, the Palazon, gets its namesake from the Zeal this weapon grants us). If you're unfamiliar with the Passion runeword, please check the Summit for info.
Here is what I had in mind for the build
Gear:
My goal with the gear is to get enough +skills to get Zeal up to 5 swings, as well as to deliver enough CB/DS/OW to offset the somewhat low damage this build is bound to have.
Weapon: Passion Zerker or Caddy
Shield: Stormshield
Head: Shako/CoA/Delerium (basically anything with +2 skills, Shako or CoA preferably for the DR to go with SS and Dungos)
Body: Enigma/Chains of Honor
Hands: Crafted +2 Passives Gloves with essential mods/Dracul's Grasp/Soul Drainer
Feets: Gore Riders
Waist: Verdungo's
Neck: Highlord's Wrath/Mara's
Fingers: Dual Ravens/SoJs or BKs (if you're having problems reaching +5 Zeal)
Skills:
Jav and Spear: Nothing
Bow and XBow: Nothing
Passive and Magic:
Critical Strike - 10+
Penetrate - 20
Dodge - 12+
Avoid - 7+
Evade - 12+
Slow Missiles - 1 (BULLET TIME)
Decoy - 1+
Valkyrie - 1+
When this build is done it should leave a lot of free skill points to max what's not essential (meaning anything besides penetrate). I'd probably max Valk, since its the most useful thing after penetrate for this build. Why is penetrate so important? In my experience playing Zealots, they're notoriously bad when it comes to AR. This fixes that by adding a passive 225% increase at lv20 on top of all your gear.
Stats:
Strength - Enough for gear (156 for stormshield should be your highest req, the additional str from that should help you get to what you need, although your str can be much lower if you're using a light enough enigma, with nigma you could get away with ~110)
Dexterity - Enough for max block (193 dex at lv85 will give max block with stormshield)
Vitality - Everything Else
Energy - NONE, obv.
Critique is welcome, please help me make this work.
-Quas
So far this is all pure theorycraft, I haven't built this character yet, I was just looking here for some advice pertaining to gear, skills and stats.
So as you'v eprobably gathered form the thread title, this will be a Tankazon build (one hander/shield wielder using all passive/magic skills) who wields a Passion weapon (this build, the Palazon, gets its namesake from the Zeal this weapon grants us). If you're unfamiliar with the Passion runeword, please check the Summit for info.
Here is what I had in mind for the build
Gear:
My goal with the gear is to get enough +skills to get Zeal up to 5 swings, as well as to deliver enough CB/DS/OW to offset the somewhat low damage this build is bound to have.
Weapon: Passion Zerker or Caddy
Shield: Stormshield
Head: Shako/CoA/Delerium (basically anything with +2 skills, Shako or CoA preferably for the DR to go with SS and Dungos)
Body: Enigma/Chains of Honor
Hands: Crafted +2 Passives Gloves with essential mods/Dracul's Grasp/Soul Drainer
Feets: Gore Riders
Waist: Verdungo's
Neck: Highlord's Wrath/Mara's
Fingers: Dual Ravens/SoJs or BKs (if you're having problems reaching +5 Zeal)
Skills:
Jav and Spear: Nothing
Bow and XBow: Nothing
Passive and Magic:
Critical Strike - 10+
Penetrate - 20
Dodge - 12+
Avoid - 7+
Evade - 12+
Slow Missiles - 1 (BULLET TIME)
Decoy - 1+
Valkyrie - 1+
When this build is done it should leave a lot of free skill points to max what's not essential (meaning anything besides penetrate). I'd probably max Valk, since its the most useful thing after penetrate for this build. Why is penetrate so important? In my experience playing Zealots, they're notoriously bad when it comes to AR. This fixes that by adding a passive 225% increase at lv20 on top of all your gear.
Stats:
Strength - Enough for gear (156 for stormshield should be your highest req, the additional str from that should help you get to what you need, although your str can be much lower if you're using a light enough enigma, with nigma you could get away with ~110)
Dexterity - Enough for max block (193 dex at lv85 will give max block with stormshield)
Vitality - Everything Else
Energy - NONE, obv.
Critique is welcome, please help me make this work.
-Quas