Paladin builds and weapons

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I'm in the process of making 3 different paladin builds, holy shock,
zealot and avenger.

But what weapon to give them gives me a bit of a problem.
I currently have 1 redeemer, 2 baranar's stars, 2 gimmers, 1 azurewrath
and 1 horizon's tornado as candidates.

If i give a baranar's star socketed with an 40% ED and 15% ias jewel to my
zealot he will get to 8 frames attack and some elemental damage.

And maybe the azurewrath to the avenger and find way to get 24% ias so i
get 8 frames attack.

And last the redeemer to my zeal/holy shock.

But is there a better combo with my current weapons, or maybe with an
other weapon i still need to find?

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Sonni

 

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Sonni Skammelsen schrieb:
> I'm in the process of making 3 different paladin builds, holy shock,
> zealot and avenger.
>
> But what weapon to give them gives me a bit of a problem.
> I currently have 1 redeemer, 2 baranar's stars, 2 gimmers, 1 azurewrath
> and 1 horizon's tornado as candidates.
>
> If i give a baranar's star socketed with an 40% ED and 15% ias jewel to my
> zealot he will get to 8 frames attack and some elemental damage.

The 50% IAS of Baranar gives already 6 fpa with Zeal. Add slvl 2
Fanaticism, and you are at 4. Of course, Zealots should aim for 4 fpa.
Not too easy with Baranar - at slvl 25 Fana, you need another 33% IAS;
20% Gloves and IAS jewel somewhere maybe.

Anyway, a Zealot needs Crushing Blow, as much as possible. I'd say the
runeword Black in a Devil Star or Scourge beats Baranar Star, except
against PIs of course. My Zealot switched to Frostwind for that purpose.

> And maybe the azurewrath to the avenger and find way to get 24% ias so i
> get 8 frames attack.

The physical damage of Azurewrath is rather low, which doesn't help with
the biggest problem of Avengers - mana management. I would choose the
weapon with the highest physical damage for an Avenger. And dream of
Oath in an ethereal Berserker Axe 😉.

> And last the redeemer to my zeal/holy shock.

I never played a melee Holy Shocker, only Rangers. So no advice here.
Just a question: how much +damage your Redeemer has? If close to the
max. 120, you should start to think about a Smiter .

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Hannes