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Unholy Paladin
My Idea for an Unholy Paladin.
Stay with me now, it's a Paladin that doesn't use auras at all. Now I know this may sound stupid/tricky/difficult but I think I may give it a go. Since I mainly play Necromancers, I am not very well versed in the Paladin ways but I have tinkered and dabbled a bit.
As I look through the Combat Skills tree I see that most of them use synergies from auras. This brings me to my first option, do I:
A. Put points into auras and trust myself not to activate them, or
B. Put no points into auras and just use combat skills solely.
Now if I go the first route I can use things pretty much everything. I think my best options would be Vengence, Charge, and Zeal.
For route B, my options become limited to Zeal, Smite, and Conversion.
I think that mixing the two routes works best. The main skills should be Zeal and Vengence, putting points into Resist Fire, Lightning, and Cold and putting points into Sacrifice. That way I get the synergy bonuses and lets face it, the three Resist auras are pretty dule. Now I know that Salvation could be better because it raises all three but I think that the aura is too tempting.
Lastly on skills, since this is an Unholy Paly, I am not gonna use any of the "holy" skills. So no Hammers, Bolts, or special Shield for me.
So as a draft for skills:
20 Zeal
20 Vengence
20 Sacrifice
20+ Resist Fire/Lightning/Cold
As a note, the shield-bashing Smite could replace Zeal if need be.
Stats are the usual, enough Strength and Dexterity for equipment, zero Energy, and the rest into Vitality.
Equipment...well untwinked is what I am thinkin' right now. Anything with Crushing Blow, Increase Attack Speed, Faster Hit Recovery, Resistences, Open Wounds, etc, etc.
Twinked (just some ideas to throw around since I don't really twink out characters, and I'm poor):
Weapon: Botd (duh!), Baranar's Star, Cresent Moon, Schaefer's Hammer
Shield: HoZ, SS
Helm: Crown of Ages, Crown of Thieves, Rockstopper
Armor: Guardian Angel, Templar's Might
Gloves: Dracul's Grasp, Laying of Hands, Blood Gloves
Boots: Gore Riders, Govlin Toe, War Travs
Belt: Arachnid Mesh, String of Ears
Rings: Ravenfrost, Wisp Projector, SoJ, BKW
Ammy: Mara's, Rare uber l33t Paly ammy
I think that covers everything. Tell me what you think, whether I am crazy/stupid/ballsy/leet/go back to the Necroforums kid.
Thanks for you time.
--Beonarri
My Idea for an Unholy Paladin.
Stay with me now, it's a Paladin that doesn't use auras at all. Now I know this may sound stupid/tricky/difficult but I think I may give it a go. Since I mainly play Necromancers, I am not very well versed in the Paladin ways but I have tinkered and dabbled a bit.
As I look through the Combat Skills tree I see that most of them use synergies from auras. This brings me to my first option, do I:
A. Put points into auras and trust myself not to activate them, or
B. Put no points into auras and just use combat skills solely.
Now if I go the first route I can use things pretty much everything. I think my best options would be Vengence, Charge, and Zeal.
For route B, my options become limited to Zeal, Smite, and Conversion.
I think that mixing the two routes works best. The main skills should be Zeal and Vengence, putting points into Resist Fire, Lightning, and Cold and putting points into Sacrifice. That way I get the synergy bonuses and lets face it, the three Resist auras are pretty dule. Now I know that Salvation could be better because it raises all three but I think that the aura is too tempting.
Lastly on skills, since this is an Unholy Paly, I am not gonna use any of the "holy" skills. So no Hammers, Bolts, or special Shield for me.
So as a draft for skills:
20 Zeal
20 Vengence
20 Sacrifice
20+ Resist Fire/Lightning/Cold
As a note, the shield-bashing Smite could replace Zeal if need be.
Stats are the usual, enough Strength and Dexterity for equipment, zero Energy, and the rest into Vitality.
Equipment...well untwinked is what I am thinkin' right now. Anything with Crushing Blow, Increase Attack Speed, Faster Hit Recovery, Resistences, Open Wounds, etc, etc.
Twinked (just some ideas to throw around since I don't really twink out characters, and I'm poor):
Weapon: Botd (duh!), Baranar's Star, Cresent Moon, Schaefer's Hammer
Shield: HoZ, SS
Helm: Crown of Ages, Crown of Thieves, Rockstopper
Armor: Guardian Angel, Templar's Might
Gloves: Dracul's Grasp, Laying of Hands, Blood Gloves
Boots: Gore Riders, Govlin Toe, War Travs
Belt: Arachnid Mesh, String of Ears
Rings: Ravenfrost, Wisp Projector, SoJ, BKW
Ammy: Mara's, Rare uber l33t Paly ammy
I think that covers everything. Tell me what you think, whether I am crazy/stupid/ballsy/leet/go back to the Necroforums kid.
Thanks for you time.
--Beonarri