Question on avengers.. (Zeal/Avenger hybrid. WTH)

[Olon97]

2:  Would it be possible for a Zeal/Avenger Hybrid? 

        20 Conviction
        20 Zeal
        20 Sacrifice (for Zeal)
        ... Others... Max Holy Shield and Defiance for tanking?

I just refreshed my only 1.10 paladin build with those three skills. He was a late build in my 1.10 play so fairly twinked up - death cleaver (I think that's it, unique bezerker axe) and a bunch of elemental damage charms.

The beauty of Conviction/Zeal is that you hit so darn consistently (assuming reasonable mlevel/clevel breakdown). Actually, I don't think maxing zeal was necessary - I believe I put in enough points to get the max # of hits and left it there. Maxed conviction (or technically, enough conviction after +skills to hit the -150% resists cap) is just an amazing solution to the AR problem faced by so many other melee paladin builds.

Additional twink luxuries include a demon limb (for the fire damage and AR), a couple 4 socket paladin shields with high % resist all automods (around ~%110 resist all after socketing - leaving gear flexibility elsewhere), and glimmershred on switch (or whatever those throwing axes with 33% amp damage were - for breaking phys immunes).

Although the build works great twinked up the wazoo, I believe it is also an excellent moderate twink / no twink (but lucky in weapon creation/finding) build with a complimentary party. Even pretty well built melee party members will often notice the benefit of conviciton, and of course elemental based attackers always love a good conviction.