Ranger Smiter Paladins
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I think you will have trouble with physical immunes. Even if you for conviction, you still need gear that will give you elemental damage. 1 point in vengeance doesn't do the trick (unless you have an elite unique paladin scepter perhaps).
Perhaps an elemental aura?

Other than that, your build should do fine. You will have to do situational retreats often though, they are the hallmark of the ranger. I would think that you will kill most normal monsters with guided arrow, an only resort to smite vs act bosses and leaders(once you've killed the leaders minions). Rangers are fun builds, and usually safe builds. They are not for everybody though, some find them tedious.


Quote:Need items that will provide most resist and dexterity with Boots, Gloves, Belt, Armor and Helm + rings and amy. Any suggestions how to get to dex 145+ - str is not that important

Take a look at IK gloves/belt combo; it gives decent stat boni as well as good resists. Best boots for resists are really rares. If you have them though, Nats boots have decent resists as well as 40% run. Actually, now that I think about it, Nats helm gives dex as well. Pair the boots and the helm for an additional -10? magic damage.

Mara's would be the best amulet, but most likely you can make do with a decent rare. Start your gambling. Same goes for rings. A manald would help with mana steal, but otherwise is lackluster. Look for rares, or maybe a ravenfrost for AR+cannot be frozen.

These suggestions are mostly defensive though(I play HC), to maximize a smiters offense, you really need crushing blow. Dex might not be too much trouble for you anyway; if you intend to keep max block, you'll need over 100 base dex by the time you can use widowmaker.

EDIT: Oh yeah, look at Duress runeword for armor. Hard to beat for resists as well as helping offense(crushing blow and open wounds). You will need some mana steal as well to keep up guided. When using fanat, one decent mana steal item may suffice(6% or more).
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Ranger Smiter Paladins - by ClassicM - 11-23-2004, 01:51 AM
Ranger Smiter Paladins - by Baajikiil - 11-23-2004, 05:38 PM
Ranger Smiter Paladins - by ClassicM - 11-28-2004, 11:37 PM
Ranger Smiter Paladins - by Dynomite - 11-30-2004, 10:56 PM
Ranger Smiter Paladins - by BFD - 12-01-2004, 05:46 PM
Ranger Smiter Paladins - by Baajikiil - 12-01-2004, 07:35 PM

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