[3.10] Sovyn's Lazy Pally - Tanky Templar with Max Block
" Nice stats! I take it you are not self found? :) In any event, keep us posted on your progress. |
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" 4% on one item requires itemlevel 74+ FYI. Pretty hard to get yourself unless you are in a mapping group. Will be more common toward the end of the year when act 3 is expanded. You can possibly trade for the finished item or a base item that is high enough that you can roll with alterations. Or, just use two 2% items. |
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" I am definitely not self found and I really applaud those of you that do. As much as I hate the whole trading scene, I do find that with a bit of persistence, it pays out tremendously. In my earlier post, you had recommended looking for a shield with over 1K in evasion. However, I kept finding shield with armor. Finally, I found an almost perfect Lioneye's Remorse and the seller was nice enough to let me have it for a decent price. That basically bumped up my armor a lot since it ended up being over 2000 in AR once I upgraded it to 20% |
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Wow this is one of the best guides I have ever seen/read in a game period. I read every page from 1-58 and will probably read onward as well. You tack on the "lazy" title, but it's so much more than that. The fact that this guide is being constantly updated and questions are being answered for this long a period is quite amazing to me. The way you present your guide is very casual and easy to understand. I love how you give the player options for what skill gems to use and lets us as players be creative. Way too many of these other guides just force you to run their build exactly down to the letter and it creates a sense of their guides being a chore. Excellent work on your guide, Sir. I am quite literally blushing at the moment and I'm a dude lol.
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" Gotcha. Thank god they gave an option to 'change my mind' on Kaitlyn and I have not reached Oak yet. Was checking on global chat on the resist cap but no answers. :( I see what you mean though. The only node you can 'sacrifice' not taking if you take the resistance for bandit reward is Elemental Adaptation. Diamond Skin is 12% and Elemental Resistance with Shields are 10% each. The 8% from the rewards are not sufficient to cover and with just 1 extra skill point you won't be hitting a node which gives a lot of functionality over 40hp. |
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Been trying this build for 69 leveles and I love it.
I have modified some things. I chose Aegis Aurora as my shield, and I'm almost impossible to kill with melee damage, since with so much block (75%) I'm always replenishing my energy shield, and I also pick rainbowstride and stone of Lazhwar to block spells in caster heavy areas. Only things able to kill me are damage auras (since I can't block them) and very unlucky one shots from hard hitting mobs (kole). As for my attacks, I keep leveling glacial hammer, infernal blow and lightning strike, and adapt to the prominent resistance in the current area. I also use heavy strike and ground slam, both on 4 links. I don't have mana problems with Wurm's Molt, but I find my dps is low, with heavy strike displaying around 5000 damage in game. I can't find a better weapon, and have been using this for more than 10 levels. Since I did get stunned often, I had to take unwavering stance, and abandon all evasion nodes (wasting a lot of dex nodes in the process), but I do agree that the revamped ranger area improved a lot of nodes for this build. Anyway, I'm taking too long to say this build is not only VERY good for new players, but very adaptable for all kinds of players. The only thing that I think could be improved from this guide is some kind of "hand-holding" suggestions for attack gems, their support gems, and how to pick a good weapon to support it. GREAT JOB!!! In-Game Name: Rikkum or AriesShion
My spanish blog / Mi blog en español: http://gaminglatino.blogspot.com/ |
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Still plugging along -- now I'm 42 in Act 2 Cruel and starting to run into some trouble. I'm not sure if it's gear, or gem setup. I've recently created what seems to be a pretty good weapon:
But even with 4% mana leech, I'm having mana problems. I think it's due to trying to run HS+MPD+Splash. Splash is a hog and is killing my leech, but if I drop it, I worry about not having an area attack. I used IB earlier, but ran into mana problems there due to so much elemental. (I suppose I could try a mana leech gem). But enough whining -- I actually have two real questions: 1) What priority do you put on auras? I'm currently running Grace w/ BM (but can't level it past 2 due to dex) and then Determination and Tempest Shield on mana (which leaves little for attacks). I'm debating on dropping Det, but I notice when I don't have it up, so I'm a bit worried to drop it. 2) When do you start crafting your own gear? Most advice says to wait until end-game to actually craft anything, but I'm finding some decently linked armor that seems that it might be worth crafting, even early on. For example: I can see that fitting my HS+MPD+FA+something-else-red quite nicely! Should I roll the dice on something like this or will I outlevel it too soon and should wait for a better rare to just drop? Oh, and I'm playing self-found, so obviously I can't be too picky. Last edited by dfscott#6035 on Jul 23, 2013, 4:55:34 PM
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" You have 28% evasion still, which is fine. I thought you might be using Lioneye's with all that armor. Congrats. :) I am sorry if I don't recall, but I hope you still have max block. :) Only takes a few more nodes to do it with Lioneye's, it would be well worth it IMHO and you would always have the option of getting the new unique amber amulet as a trader if you don't want to use the nodes on the skill tree. Going that way you lose some spell block but it's still a nice option. In any case, thanks for posting back. |
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" That makes two of us. Thanks for the praise! I agree that it is great to have some choice built in. :) One can play this lazy like me with just auras or even build it out with more active skills. |
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" Thanks so much for your post. :) I'm glad you are having fun! I have considered the Aegis Aurora myself, just two days ago in fact. It would be a superb variation to the core build. One would of course use gear with some decent ES on it, which is avoided in the core build. However, the Aegis Aurora is very rare. I think the Aegis Aurora combined with a The Bringer of Rain would be seriously overpowered to the point of being broken with this build. Fortunately or unfortunately both pieces are very rare. 5000 DPS is very good for heavy strike. I find with only 4000 DPS heavy strike I am clearing Lunaris at a furious pace, at least by my standards. In the videos I have less than 3000 DPS. 4000 is a world of difference. I did it by adding leveled up Hatred and by adding faster attacks instead of stun. It's a recent tweak to my gear shown in guide that I am experimenting with. I rolled a 2% mana leech ring and it seems to help. More later. Personally, I would choose one or at most two of your attack skills and load them up with as many supports as your mana leech/regen can handle. I am finding conflicting reports about getting stunned. I and several others have never really been stunned. I'd be curious if this is mostly from people with low blocking or low life. Perhaps your life is low-ish since you may be using more ES gear rather than life gear, which is understandable with your shield. That would make you much more susceptible to getting stunned since as you know a stun is determined by the percentage of life that would be taken away in theory if you either block or take the hit. I always focused on life when leveling up, and my gear always by pure chance had block/stun recovery on it. I'd be surprised if someone managed to put together a random set of gear without some block/stun recovery, it seems really common. In any event, the issue does not affect this build more or less than any other melee build without unwavering stance. Last edited by Sovyn#2637 on Jul 23, 2013, 5:50:56 PM
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