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Faster Block Rate | Faster Cast Rate | Faster Hit Recovery
Guide For Pvp Vindicator
Introduction
Hello! Welcome to my guide for PvP Vindicator! First of all, for the ones that don't know, Vindicator is Pally that uses shield for attacking his opponents. He is also known as Smiter. In this guide u will learn most of the things u need to know about Vindicators... Stats, skills, gear, inventory, merc, etc... Well, let's get started!
Gear
Items listed in red are ur best options, suggested gear. I'll include screenshots of how ur char should look like using those suggested items.
Items listed in blue are poor man's choices.
Items listed in green are items that u should use if ur not rich enough to get suggested ones or u simply think those are better than suggested ones.
Helm: Harlequin Crest , Crown of Ages , Peasant Crown , Rockstopper , Andariel's Visage , Kira's Guardian
Armor: Chains of Honor Archon Plate , Arakaine's Valor Eth Zod Glitched , Guardian Angel , Duriel's Shell , Shaftstop , Leviathan , Tyrael's Might , Enigma Archon Plate
Belt: Verdungo's Hearty Cord , String of Ears , Thundergod's Vigor , Nosferatu's Coil
Weapon: Doom War Spike , 2 Socked (Lo/Lo) Rose Branded War Scepter/Divine Scepter/Caduceus of Quickness , 6x Shael Phase Blade , Lightsabre , Silence Phase Blade , Razor's Edge , Azurewrath , BotD Berserker Axe , BotD War Spike , Lacerator
Shield: Up'd Herald of Zakarum , Exile Eth Vortex Shield , Herald of Zakarum , any other non-Eth Exile
Gloves: Dracul's Grasp , Bloodfist , Sander's Taboo , Immortal King's Forge , Laying of Hands
Boots: Sandstorm Trek , Gore Rider , Immortal King's Pillar , Natalya's Soul , War Traveler , Marrowwalk
Ring 1: Bul-Katho's Wedding Band , Dwarf Star , Stone of Jordan , Whisp Projector , Raven Frost
Ring 2: Raven Frost , Dwarf Star , Stone of Jordan , Whisp Projector , Bul-Katho's Wedding Band
Amulet: Mara's Kaleidoscope , Highlord's Wrath , The Mahim-Oak Curio , Saracen's Chance , Cat's Eye , Metalgrid , Seraph's Hymn
Switch: Call to Arms + Lidless Wall , none , Call to Arms + any other shield
Skills
Smite: 20
Main attacking skill. Max it first along with Holy Shield.
Holy Shield: 20
Boosts up blocking, defense and Smite dmg sky high. Max it first along with Smite.
Fanaticism: 20
Third most important skill. Put 1 point in when u hit lvl 30 and max it after Smite and Holy Shield.
Defiance: 20
This is actually optional but since 3 main skills are already used this is best and most useful choice left. Max it after everything else.
Vigor: 1
Just to get around faster. Only 1 point should be enough.
Salvation: 1
Useful when facing those nasty chars using elemental attacks. Again, 1 point should be enough.
Pre. reqs.: 1
Put 1 point in each pre. req. Simple as that. U will see that some of pre. reqs. will be actually usefull with only 1 point in them. Charge for example.
Total: 90
Yes, only 90. With Den of Evil, Radament and Izual quests completed on normal, nightmare and hell u'll get 12 extra skill points making this build avilable to complete on lvl 79.
Stats
Strenght: Enough for gear with +str on items
Depending what gear u'll use calculate how much str u will need base. Little help, calculate total +str on ur gear and subtract it from "heaviest" piece of gear, the one that requires the biggest ammount of strenght. Result is how much base str u need.
Dexterity: Enough for maxed blocking
This one depends on 4 things. First, chance to block on shield, second, ur lvl, third, ur dexterity and fourth, lvl of Holy Shield. How to calculate base dex needed: First of all u must hit final lvl. Equip gear u choosen to use to get +dex from items and +skills that add bonus to Holy Shield. Activate Holy Shield. Start putting points in dex until u have 75% chance to block on char screen. For 75% blocking with Holy Shield activated it should be u should have 120-150 dex including +dex bonuses from gear.
Vitality: Rest
Everything remaining should be dumped here. Extra life never hurts.
Energy: None
Smite costs only 2 mana so it's almost impossible to run out of it.
Inventory
Inventory should be filled with following stuff:
Combat Skillers with 12% FHR: Get enough of them to hit 4 frames FHR. If ur using Sandstorm Trek which has 20% FHR and Verdungo's Hearty Cord which has 10% FHR u need 5 of them to hit 4 frames FHR.
Combat Skillers with 20+ life or 7% FRW: After u get enough 12% FHR Combat Skillers fill rest of inventory with these.
Small Charms with Life and possibly resist: Get ones with 19-20 life and resist all 4-5 or resist fire/cold/lightning/poison 9-11. Those are best, get as much as u need to have all resistances 75 on hell. Most important on them is 19-20 life. Resist is optional.
Note:
If ur unlegit u can use 20/5's...
Annihilus: And what else did u expected? Annihilus is always a must.
Merc
Same as gear section, but for merc.
Three notes:
Best merc to use is act 2 nightmare. Pick offensive if u want Might or defensive if u want Holy Freeze.
Eth items are always better than regular ones... For merc.
Upgrade whatever can be upgraded.
Helm: Andariel's Visage , Crown of Thieves , Rockstopper , Vampire Gaze , Harlequin Crest
Armor: Stone Sacred Armor , Bramble Archon Plate , Duriel's Shell , Guardian Angel , Shaftstop , Leviathan
If using Doom War Spike on Pally
Weapon: Breath of the Dying War Pike , Hone Sudan , Arioc's Needle , Spire of Honor , Bonehew , The Reaper's Tool
If not using Doom War Spike on Pally
Weapon: Doom Cryptic Axe , Hone Sudan , Arioc's Needle , Spire of Honor , Bonehew , The Reaper's Tool
Tables
Faster Hit Recovery frames
FHR | Frames
----|-------
0 | 9
7 | 8
15 | 7
27 | 6
48 | 5
86 | 4
200 | 3
Faster Block Rate frames with Holy Shield
FBR | Frames
----|-------
0 | 2
86 | 1
Faster Block Rate frames without Holy Shield
FBR | Frames
----|-------
0 | 5
13 | 4
32 | 3
86 | 2
600 | 1
Smite attack speed frames using War Spike with lvl 20 Fanaticism
IAS | Frames | Attacks per second
----|--------|-------------------
0 | 8 | 3.1
6 | 7 | 3.5
35 | 6 | 4.1
Smite attack speed frames using War Spike with lvl 33 Fanaticism
IAS | Frames | Attacks per second
----|--------|-------------------
0 | 8 | 3.1
4 | 7 | 3.5
32 | 6 | 4.1
Some tips
This build is originally designed for PvP but it's also viable in PvM. Don't think u'll kick ass like Hammerdin tho. Anyway, with Holy Freeze and Life Tap u won't have problems surviving in act 5 hell. But be careful, ur not a Hammerdin.
Important tip concerning weapon... Many ppl say use dual Ber'd Rose Branded Scepter of Quickness for Crushing Blow and IAS... Or Ber'd Astreons for Crushing Blow and other useful mods... Well, that's a waste... Crushing Blow has a penalty in PvP that makes it almost useless. Conclusion: Don't try to get gear with Crushing Blow for PvP, it's simply a waste.
Anyway, let's proceed with dueling tips...
In PvP most of melee duelers are dead meat when they duel u. Only problem could be WW barb cuz WW is uninteruptible. Timing is the key, attack him in short periods betweed 2 WWs. Also, walk all the time cuz if u run blocking percentage will be down to 1/3. Blocking is also key to success, especially against those pesky WW barbs. Oh yeah, also be careful when facing WW assassins. If WW barb or assassin is very good, u probably won't stand a chance...
As for casters, if u consider amazon a caster since she isn't melee (bowazon) it's easy. Charge her, if she isn't dead after few Charges she will definately be dead after few Smites.
For other casters is mostly same. Charge them and Smite them. Problem is if they have high FCR and Teleport. Like I said before, timing is the key.
U'll have to be extremely careful when facing sorcs using Blizzard/Fireball/Frozen Orb... They are very dangeruous... But absorb does miracle...
Lightning sorc is easy avoidable so that shouldn't be a problem.
Necros can be ur nightmare if they Bone Prison u. To counter that always have Enigma in stash, just in case. With Enigma there shouldn't be any bigger problems. Use mostly Charge and Teleport only in case of Bone Prison.
Wind druids should be easy too. Charge and Smite untill they drop dead.
Trappers... Avoid Traps as much as possible. When ur close to Trapper simply Charge and Smite. It's not easy as it sounds but there shouldn't be any major problems. Absorb helps too.
Hammerdins are almost impossible since u have to come close to them to attack and they are spamming Hammers... Simply avoid them or call a friend caster to help u.
A small screenshot
Final word
To put it all in final, with this build u will get great Pally that stuns, deals around 3k dmg, has over 3k life, over 20k defense, maxed resists, 75% blocking and stuff like that. Very leet.
I wanna note that ppl will hate u in public duels if u use Doom... But who cares, everyone is lame there so why couldn't u be lame too?
Oh, another thing, this build ends on lvl 85 cuz it's good point to start duelling and Tyrael's Might is wearable on lvl 84.
Anyway, I hope u enjoyed my guide.
Credits
IAS calculator
Skill planner
Tommi Gustafsson's FHR and FBR tables
FHR, FCR and FBR tables
And in final, me. I'm creator of this guide, right?
G a u s s
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screw this guidee :)
06 Mar 2008, 19:48
wtf? i agree with all :D this is serious shit!!!! doom thing f**k off NOOb lol!!
chiong
09 Sep 2007, 06:50
it is vallyvelly cool chicng chong wong mong
haha
05 Aug 2007, 20:31
use a db last wish over doom "warspike"
(lolhaha) not very good guide obviously used hero editor
WOW
18 Jul 2007, 01:06
this is terrible...doom warspike...and whats with the "ignore lvl 99 in char screen"??...does that mean u erased lvl 85 and changed it to 99? LOL!
jason
08 Jul 2007, 09:44
doom warpike... rofl this thing is funny!!!!
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26 Jun 2007, 07:19
rofl at this n00b guide
bob
27 May 2007, 19:01
LOL!!!!! agreed with garrett.
garrett
05 Dec 2006, 08:53
wtf r u retarded? this setup doesnt add up. for one, u hav a 48 smite w/+24 to skills from items. wtf? 2, wut kind of retard use a doom over a greif on a pvp smiter?
My account name is sicxsiccness on diablo. come on with this guy and ill ez pk u everyday every time.
Joe
02 Aug 2006, 05:02
why do you have to use doom war spike? Whats so special about it?
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