BuriBear

[kandrathe]

I've recently found the down side of a Shael'd Buriza on my lvl 58 bear is that I cannot equip a shield and so suffer more from the resist gap in hell. Yes, I hit hard and most things I hit I kill quickly. But, without *real* good armor w/resists some places are harder than say for an equivalent barbarian or paladin. It is getting to the Abyss Knights that is a real rub. I'm tempted to switch out of bear form and just shoot them, and anyone could do that with a Buriza. :D

I had in mid-levels found/made two different interesting armors; a two socket blue Ancient Armor, Saintly (74%), of the Colossus(+45 life) req lvl 31, which I added 2 +15%IAS jewels. Later, I found a Ornate Plate, Godly (+148%), of Guarding (MR 3), which I used two jewels that added +10 STR, LR 29%, CR 25%, +15IAS.

I have ended up switching my armor to SMOKE'd Bone Weave, and use as an alternate weapon Islestrike and a good 4D shield. Hell casters or even Nightmare Chaos Sanctuary is one area where my bear struggles. So over time I've gone from +30IAS, to +15IAS, to zero on my armor, trading speed for resists.