Helm: Sazabi (15% IAS)
Armor: Sazabi (15% IAS)
Weapon: Sazabi (Shael)
Shield: Eth Exile with resists
Belt: Nos Coil
Glove: IK
Boot: IK
Amulet: Highlords
Rings: Ravenfrost/BK (or str/resist ring)
Skills:
Sacrifice: 20
Zeal: 20
Holy Shock: 20
Resist Lightning: 20
Holy Shield: 20 (pumping it a bit first but then maxing it last)
With this setup I'll hit 4fps zeal without fanaticism thanks to the hidden 25% IAS in the ik glove. Losing the gore riders isnt nice but I still get deadly strike from the amulet and I get great defense/life tap from the shield. So basically I'll have a stupidly high amount of life, ridiculous defense between holy shield and defiance (and armor) and a decent life steal of like 15% along with life tap. So even without holy freeze slowing things down (thats what mercs are for anyways) I should be able to tank pretty much everything as long as I max my resists with charms and such. While I wont do damage like my true tesladin build (who goes abotu 1.8k to 10k per swing...times number of swings in a zeal...high... ) I'll still be respectable in lightning damage. Just need to watch lightning immunes...maybe I'll look for some Ruby jewels of Fervor or something...shouldnt be a problem against demons though with the hefty bonus to hurt demons (over 300% ed). AR shouldnt be bad between the bonuses my gear gives me and a decent dex.
We'll see..something new and should be fun. With the exception of the Exile (because I never use those...they really arent as good for most builds as other choices) its all made with stuff I have or stuff thats not really expensive....and the Exile will be fairly easy to trade if I want to after. So no real loss.
Now I just need this DC to pop so I can have another anni waiting for this thing.....
Helm: Sazabi (15% IAS)
Armor: Sazabi (15% IAS)
Weapon: Sazabi (Shael)
Shield: Eth Exile with resists
Belt: Nos Coil
Glove: IK
Boot: IK
Amulet: Highlords
Rings: Ravenfrost/BK (or str/resist ring)
Skills:
Sacrifice: 20
Zeal: 20
Holy Shock: 20
Resist Lightning: 20
Holy Shield: 20 (pumping it a bit first but then maxing it last)
With this setup I'll hit 4fps zeal without fanaticism thanks to the hidden 25% IAS in the ik glove. Losing the gore riders isnt nice but I still get deadly strike from the amulet and I get great defense/life tap from the shield. So basically I'll have a stupidly high amount of life, ridiculous defense between holy shield and defiance (and armor) and a decent life steal of like 15% along with life tap. So even without holy freeze slowing things down (thats what mercs are for anyways) I should be able to tank pretty much everything as long as I max my resists with charms and such. While I wont do damage like my true tesladin build (who goes abotu 1.8k to 10k per swing...times number of swings in a zeal...high... ) I'll still be respectable in lightning damage. Just need to watch lightning immunes...maybe I'll look for some Ruby jewels of Fervor or something...shouldnt be a problem against demons though with the hefty bonus to hurt demons (over 300% ed). AR shouldnt be bad between the bonuses my gear gives me and a decent dex.
We'll see..something new and should be fun. With the exception of the Exile (because I never use those...they really arent as good for most builds as other choices) its all made with stuff I have or stuff thats not really expensive....and the Exile will be fairly easy to trade if I want to after. So no real loss.
Now I just need this DC to pop so I can have another anni waiting for this thing.....
Oooook. What is with people and their lack of comprehension that sometimes its fun to make the game a _challenge_ and not have to use twinked out gear/charms/builds? I thought I made it very clear that I know there are far better things to use than ...well...any set really. I play ladder and there's tons of godly runewords out there now (Im making a new zeal pally for zeal duels...probably going to use Fortitude in a sup archon or something). Yeesh...I have mf and pvp characters already that I constantly revise and retwink out....something...different maybe?
Anyways for anyone who's interested its not quite done but I decided that in hell with the amount of lit immunes and the fact that even as a tesla I still wont do uber damage so I went for frost/survivability to solo. I do about 1.5-3k damage per swing with a healthy AR. Against "demons" you can probably toss on another couple thousand from the +300% damage so actually its not quite as bad as I thought as Im hitting 4fps zeal so those five swings come in rapid succession. With the life tap from Exile, the Holy shield and defiance aura...I dont die very much....if ever. Frost zealots hitting 4fps and with life tap are great HC characters (except when IM is involved of course). Im working on a might merc (A2 NM Offensive) for him and leveling him a bit to help out with damage and killing speed. The might aura helps a lot.
Overall its been fun thus far and works fairly decently. My inventory is almost always completely empty save for some 11% resist scs and a Gheeds i happened to have lying around...I suppose if I wanted to I could add some sharp/vita charms/fhr or mf charms but I really haven't needed/wanted them.
It was an interesting challenge and fun. I certainly would consider doing something similar again. Disciple looks do able.....maybe Orphans call...