MEAT,Jul 4 2003, 07:10 PM Wrote:EDIT - some dissapointing expections not met with the paladin, IMO. His skill synergies are so sporatic now. Also, he is still a cookie cutter! You can't take any of the other auras without fanatisicm or something already cookie cutter. You have NO CHOICE with the 1.1 patch and a paladin but to become cookie cutter for any usefullness, either for survival or for synergies for other skills - (strickly my opinion).I took a Shock Zealot through parts of Act 2 Hell on "Players 1" and he was doing ok with his Shock producing up near 3000 at the top end and a King's Grace Rune Sword as the weapon.
Defiant using Zeal in Act 1 Hell "Players 8" bombed. Nothing could get him, but he could kill practically nothing too.
An Avenger in Act 5 Hell "Players 8" was struggling, but he could crawl through slowly. Oh and watch out for those Prowling Dead etc. Charge hits hurt like hell now. This is the new Horned Demon of Diablo 2 and makes one's heart skip a beat when you see two of the suckers breaking into a run simultaneously. :o I'm hesitant to try Nihlathak's Temple at this point and trying to imagine that level chock full of Horned Demons . . . *gulp*
Edit: Well the temple crowd are still featherweights in Nightmare at least . . . or maybe that was because my Elemental Druid is somewhere in the 3 to 4 times more powerful ballpark, without any new investments or items. :blink: And he looks like a bright green neon sign in that Hawkmail.
Anyway I wonder what Crushing Blow is doing these days. By the looks of things the 1, 1/2, 1/3 thing might be the same for CB too, otherwise I would have said Crushing Blow is the Zealot's ace in the hole. Dunno though. Maybe it still is.
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