11-01-2004, 12:38 AM
What I am wonder is what should I pump next. What I am thinking is damge first, resist cold/fireghtning to 10 (for mana reasions) then vengance to 20 then conviction. I gess my problem is when to pump conviction over damge. I have heard that NM you should be 50+ and 75+ for Hell and I am trying to get my skill so I can be effective in late NM and in hell.
Thanks again
Sirbub
I would suggest getting conviction up to the -100% resistance level as quickly as possible. Monsters are capped at -100%, so that is pretty much the most efficient lvl to be at.
Remember that conviction will be more effective than the individual resists for damage; conviction will be +5% to all elements as opposed to 10% to one. Also, conviction is much more effective vs resistant monsters than upping your total damage.
For example a 500 damage blow to a 50% resistant monster will do 250 damage.
But a 300 damage blow to a 0% resistant monster will do 300 damage.
Another benefit is that you will begin to nearly never miss. The -enemy defense becomes very valuable in late NM and all throughout hell. Especially if you are relying on manafe stealing to stay alive.
Also this is gear dependant. If you have tons of AR, or ITD, who cares about defense reduction? If you can get high resists, and want to play it safe, upping the elemental resists for the passive bonus to max resists would be a good idea. Some avengers never up vengeance past lvl 1 at all.
Although vengeace itself gives better returns than the elemental auras, it's not recomended to max it unless you have very good mana steal; it gets very expensive fast. Killing phys immune monsters becomes quite a hassle even with vengeance when you can't leach any mana, and it costs 8+ mana for one swing.
Thanks again
Sirbub
I would suggest getting conviction up to the -100% resistance level as quickly as possible. Monsters are capped at -100%, so that is pretty much the most efficient lvl to be at.
Remember that conviction will be more effective than the individual resists for damage; conviction will be +5% to all elements as opposed to 10% to one. Also, conviction is much more effective vs resistant monsters than upping your total damage.
For example a 500 damage blow to a 50% resistant monster will do 250 damage.
But a 300 damage blow to a 0% resistant monster will do 300 damage.
Another benefit is that you will begin to nearly never miss. The -enemy defense becomes very valuable in late NM and all throughout hell. Especially if you are relying on manafe stealing to stay alive.
Also this is gear dependant. If you have tons of AR, or ITD, who cares about defense reduction? If you can get high resists, and want to play it safe, upping the elemental resists for the passive bonus to max resists would be a good idea. Some avengers never up vengeance past lvl 1 at all.
Although vengeace itself gives better returns than the elemental auras, it's not recomended to max it unless you have very good mana steal; it gets very expensive fast. Killing phys immune monsters becomes quite a hassle even with vengeance when you can't leach any mana, and it costs 8+ mana for one swing.