best 3-player team???

[Darth-Laoshi]

Two of my friends and I are debating on how we should go about creating characters for a 3-player team. We plan on going all the way, meaning collecting the (3) keys & (3) body parts and defeating the UberPrimeEvils in Tristram. Please post your suggestions! I'm looking for: A) character-class B) skills to focus on C) brief explanation as to why it will work. For example:

#1 - Barbarian (WhirlWind, BattleOrders)
#2 - Necromancer (ClayGolem, Decrepify, PoisonNova)
#3 - Paladin (Blessed Hammer, Concentration)

Necro's Decrepify slows them down. His ClayGolem further slows them down and distracts them so the Barb and Pally can get in some free hits. BattleOrders and Concentration enhance the party's damage, while Poison Nova hopes to cancel their life regeneration.

Please write up something like that. I don't need a list of godly items which we will never find and refuse to buy or trade for. If you wish to name a reasonable item that has, for example, "prevent monster heal", then you can include that and tell me that the Poison Nova was a waste and to focus on something else. You get the point... thanks for the help!

[Johnny]

paladin-smiter
paladin-smiter
paladin-smiter


that simple...

[Guru]

1) hunger/mauler druid
2) summon necro
3) hammerdin

[Snagg]

Err the best one would probably be
Hammerdin
Hammerdin
Barbarian BO WW

A poison nova nec wouldn't be as good as another hammerdin simply because later on, in hell, poison nova's need good items, more than hammerdin.

[Darth-Laoshi]

Thanks for the replies. For those of you suggesting more than 1 Pally... what auras should they have? Concentration and ??? Obviously, we'll also have Act2 Mercs... but I hear they tend to die quickly on these new UberPrimeEvils. I figure we'd have the Defiance, Holy Freeze, and Might mercs. So the other Pally auras should be... ?

[Shadow-Hunter]

well i guess 1 of them should have The all res Aura.. Unless all your gear Give Very GOOD res..

~Shadow

[mesmericshadow]

1)Smiter
2)Hammerdin
3)Hammerdin

blessed aim, concentration, vigor

[Darth-Laoshi]

Blessed Aim and Vigor??? I know the Hammerdin would max those as synergies for his Blessed Hammer, but I meant what other ACTIVE aura should be on. Attack Rating and Run Speed can be overlooked by Smiters and Hammerdins for damage enhancing auras.

Anyway, it seems these Pally's are well-suited for the UberPrimeEvils... but has anyone tried the following?

#1 - Necro (max Lower Resist & whatever else, like - summons, bone, or poison)
#2 - Pally (max Conviction & whatever else, most likely Fists of the Heavens)
#3 - Sorc (max any ONE tree - I think either Fire for max damage or Cold due to Cold Mastery)

Clearly, the strategy here is for the Pally to remove immunites (Conviction lvl 20 = -125% resist), Necro to further weaken them (Lower Resist lvl 20 = -62%), and the Sorc now doing MASSIVE damage with any element. Fire has the best average damage, yet Cold can even further reduce the monster resistence (Cold Mastery lvl 20 = -115%).

This also makes the Pally's Fists of the Heaven strong, as well as the Necro's Poison Nova. What do you guys think?

[bbags]

ill beat a smiters ass with my barb

[chocofilez]

Yeah but we are talking about the big 3 no? I think a Smiter, Barb, and an amazon who has knockback and multishot.

[Snagg]

Amazons are no good unless you have a godly bow.

[Shadow-Hunter]

well, when i did The 3 Ubers with a M8, then we both started with hammers.. But after baal and Diablo we got Pwned by Mephisto .. -.- (he is insane) And then i changed to my PvP Zealer and Changed Most of his Gear, (Viper, 117 all res Shield, Wiz, res ring, LoH, IK belt, Rising sun, Raven, The Set helm with 35 CB and the Boots with 25 CB) with this gear and a smite dmg that was like 600 I did better Vs. Uber Mephisto than my Hammer.. So i belive a Smiter with Alot of res, Dr, CB, and life tap.. This way he take lower dmg and heal from Life Tap.. And he take Down Alot of hp, From the Prime Evils. So Smiter is Player1.. Then i think hammer As 2. Cus, Good bo, Good dmg to kill off the Evils after CB has lowerd there life (also Hammer is Good to get the Keys. And then as the Last, could be some Sorc with a Good skill to kill all the Small monsters (The mages around Mephisto is a Pain in the ass) and helm kill off the Boss after Cb ´has lowerd..

~Shadow