02-10-2004, 07:44 PM
I've had a holy shock pally go through hell in 1.10. They are certainly viable. The damage from holy shock is fairly obscene when fully synergized. Obviously lightning immunes are a stumbling block, as is the lack of leach(low physical damage). The lack of high leach can be overcome by having max block and good tactics(don't get surounded), but LIs can be a PITA, mainly leader LIs. Many LIs have relatively low hp, but the occasional LI leader with massive hp can be bad.
For a weapon, I'd suggest a fast one hander, preferably with ITD. Many of the low end unique swords/daggers have ITD, and can last a holy shocker far into his career. Mine still broke out his jeweled Skewer of Krintz sometimes when he was over lvl 75. BTW the ultimate weapon for a Shock zealot is a Crescent Moon phaseblade(assuming you don't a zod rune for BotD). The mods compliment the build exceptionally well.
Against non resistant foes, hell is a breeze. But the downpoint is that as a pally, you are very vulnerable to 1-2 hit kills. My Shocker (HCL) ended up dying in the pit of act1 hell. He was doing pit runs(on his 20th or so), and ran into a fanat pack of bone warriors. That alone is nothing to him(he had about 1.3K life, and damage reduced by 70 as well as max block/resists), and I waded right in after checking the boss's other mods.
As I was slaughtering them, I suddenly took a rough hit; about 2/3 of my life in a single blow and I started to back off, unsure of what was wrong. As I retreated, I noticed a couple arrows coming my way. I hit the rejuvs as fast as I could, got full life, then was slain in 1-3 arrow hits all at once. Apparently there was an archer leader coming up behind the skellys that I didn't notice. The leader was extra strong, and coupled with fanat did a huge amount of damage in just a hit or 2. Piece of advice, a melee pally player has to be very careful, he can be effective, but is in much more danger than say a hammerdin.
For a weapon, I'd suggest a fast one hander, preferably with ITD. Many of the low end unique swords/daggers have ITD, and can last a holy shocker far into his career. Mine still broke out his jeweled Skewer of Krintz sometimes when he was over lvl 75. BTW the ultimate weapon for a Shock zealot is a Crescent Moon phaseblade(assuming you don't a zod rune for BotD). The mods compliment the build exceptionally well.
Against non resistant foes, hell is a breeze. But the downpoint is that as a pally, you are very vulnerable to 1-2 hit kills. My Shocker (HCL) ended up dying in the pit of act1 hell. He was doing pit runs(on his 20th or so), and ran into a fanat pack of bone warriors. That alone is nothing to him(he had about 1.3K life, and damage reduced by 70 as well as max block/resists), and I waded right in after checking the boss's other mods.
As I was slaughtering them, I suddenly took a rough hit; about 2/3 of my life in a single blow and I started to back off, unsure of what was wrong. As I retreated, I noticed a couple arrows coming my way. I hit the rejuvs as fast as I could, got full life, then was slain in 1-3 arrow hits all at once. Apparently there was an archer leader coming up behind the skellys that I didn't notice. The leader was extra strong, and coupled with fanat did a huge amount of damage in just a hit or 2. Piece of advice, a melee pally player has to be very careful, he can be effective, but is in much more danger than say a hammerdin.