12-07-2003, 10:41 AM
Hi,
just a quick (and rather short) answer to your question:
Obviously, max Fana. For startes, I would put 4 points in Zeal for 5 hits, the rest in Sacrifice. That's because you get more damage from the synergy than from Zeal itself (double, IIRC). Max Zeal (if at all) only AFTER maxing Sacrifice.
I would also recommend maxing Holy Shield, since the damage bonus applies to all armor now, not just the shield. I'm not sure if it's a bug or a feature, but since you'll not be using Defiance, this skill is where most of your Defense will come from.
I would recommend one point in Conviction and one in Redemption (the res-all aura. sorry if I get skill names wrong, german version here). This is to help your party and yourself; Conviction for the spellcasters and for the times you use vengeance, Redemption if you find your resistances or that of your party are lacking.
Instead of putting points into Holy Freeze, I would just hire an A2 NM Merc; saves you skillpoints and you can have Fanat and Holy Freeze on all the time; they complement each other nicely.
It's pretty much a matter of taste how many points you put in Vengeance; I party a lot, so I usually just put one pint into it when soloing, but you might want to it differently.
What to do after you have maxed your primary skills? As for me, I usually started pumping Conviction then, but that was before 1.10 and synergies and damage bonus per SLVL in Zeal. Still viable if you party with spellcasters, I think. But what looks more interesting to me is Defiance; you will not use the Aura itself with this build, BUT it gives 15% Defense bonus per lvl to Holy Shield. So, you could get even more defense, and this probably is what I would do with my next fanatic Zealot: Only 4 points into Zeal, max sacrifice and fanat, rest in Holy Shield and Defiance (and the little helpers mentioned above). That way, you sacrifice 96% Damage to 300% Defense boost from Defiance as a synergy to Holy Shield. A matter of taste, but it looks sound to me.
Well, hope I could help out a bit, still, no guarantees here!
Good luck with your build,
Lord_Olf
just a quick (and rather short) answer to your question:
Obviously, max Fana. For startes, I would put 4 points in Zeal for 5 hits, the rest in Sacrifice. That's because you get more damage from the synergy than from Zeal itself (double, IIRC). Max Zeal (if at all) only AFTER maxing Sacrifice.
I would also recommend maxing Holy Shield, since the damage bonus applies to all armor now, not just the shield. I'm not sure if it's a bug or a feature, but since you'll not be using Defiance, this skill is where most of your Defense will come from.
I would recommend one point in Conviction and one in Redemption (the res-all aura. sorry if I get skill names wrong, german version here). This is to help your party and yourself; Conviction for the spellcasters and for the times you use vengeance, Redemption if you find your resistances or that of your party are lacking.
Instead of putting points into Holy Freeze, I would just hire an A2 NM Merc; saves you skillpoints and you can have Fanat and Holy Freeze on all the time; they complement each other nicely.
It's pretty much a matter of taste how many points you put in Vengeance; I party a lot, so I usually just put one pint into it when soloing, but you might want to it differently.
What to do after you have maxed your primary skills? As for me, I usually started pumping Conviction then, but that was before 1.10 and synergies and damage bonus per SLVL in Zeal. Still viable if you party with spellcasters, I think. But what looks more interesting to me is Defiance; you will not use the Aura itself with this build, BUT it gives 15% Defense bonus per lvl to Holy Shield. So, you could get even more defense, and this probably is what I would do with my next fanatic Zealot: Only 4 points into Zeal, max sacrifice and fanat, rest in Holy Shield and Defiance (and the little helpers mentioned above). That way, you sacrifice 96% Damage to 300% Defense boost from Defiance as a synergy to Holy Shield. A matter of taste, but it looks sound to me.
Well, hope I could help out a bit, still, no guarantees here!
Good luck with your build,
Lord_Olf
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