N_'s Zealdin Guide

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---Zealdin Guide---

Zealdin (PVP/PVM)
Submitted by N_LeGeNd)
**NOTE: If you are going to argue about Concentration/Holy Shock being better than Fanat, leave, because I already tested it out, and they suck.

Basis:
-Lol, something to remember.. Jus as you thought zeal bug was gone/fixed in 1.10 (when pally first hits enemy when using zeal, and misses, he misses all 5 hits, therefore useless zealing and getting hit for nothing), ITS NOT!!! so get lots of AR and - target def/Ignore def weapon.
-Deadly strike, open wounds, critical strikes, and crushing blows really help! (Click here for more info. You might have to scroll down a bit.)
-Must... have... 75% block.... along... with.. high defence
-Must... have... 90%/75% all resist... in hell...
-Must... follow... the strat.... written... here...

Stats:

Strength: Now you see? Heres the problem.. You can either put rest of your stats here after 125 dex and 200 vit.. or about 230 str and rest into vit... Your choice really! (I chose str)

Dexterity: Remember that all paladins must have 75% blocking in lvl 99, and to ensure that, you must have 125 Dexterity.

Vitality: Like stated above, 200 vit or rest. Its your choice

Energy: Obiviously, NONE! :D

Skills:

Zeal=20
Obiviously.. The guide's name is Zealdin, do u think i was gonna let u max FoH? lmao

Sacrafice=20
Now to all of you who are back from 1.09 and mental breakdown from all whites being deleted.. whole new world in 1.10.. Sacrafice increases dmg for Zeal!

Fanataism=20
No surprisees here, max this, most %ed aura for pally, IAS, AR, what else would i want?

Holy Shield=20
75%, and high defence, must need for Zealdin!

Charge=20
Why not, use this in the beginning of the battle and pvp

All resists aura=1
Jus in case when u meet another zealdin and hammerdin.

Rest of the skills are optional (I wouldnt put them anywhere.)

Gears:

Helm
-Crown of Corona (perf is good!) **
-Andy's Head (perf is good!) *
-Vamp GAze (perf is good!) *

Ammy
-Highlord (what else? 1 all skill, 20 IAS, deadly strike, perf for zealdin)**

Armor
-Enigma (wow.. teleporting zealdin.. should pwn in pvp/pvm, will test it soon as i get enigma) **
-GA (90 all resist... every character's dreams..) **
-Chain of Honor (jus another awesome runeword) **
-Upged Shaft (perf) **
-Shaft *

Weapon
-BOTD zerker ** (whoa.. a dream item)
-Death Cleaver (has all! 66% deadly strike, -33% target def, 40 IAS, WOW) **
-Demon Limb (lvl 23 enchant, use it for weapon switch) **
-Perf Azurewrath (good dmg! i have it! it's fine!) *and half
-perf Heaven's light (nice options) *
-Perf Razor's Edge (very goood!) *
-Wrath flight (hihg dmg says all)
-FleshRipper (perf for uber dia) *
-Ghost Flame (i like ignore) *

Shield
-SS with UM rune**
-HoZ **
-2 pally skill with all resist and %ED and AR
-Rhymed elite pally shield (aim for highest all resist bonus from a shield.)

Belt
-Verdungo's **
-24% FHR belt with resists.. **
-Tgod *
-SoE *
-Nosferatu's Coil (i use this, i like it better than SoE since I already ahve 50% DR... :D) *

Gloves
-SteelRend (if u dont need IAS) **
-Crafted glove, 20IAS, reists, ll, +str/+dex **
-Lavagout (mmm enchant..) **
-LoH (350% ed to demons..) *

Boots
-Gore Rider Upged/non upged. (like i said, everything u need is in this boots) **
-30% run and walk, mf and resists **
-IK boots*
-Aldur's boots*

Rings1
-7ll, 100 AR, high resists, + 20 str ** (or dual leech with these options.)
-Raven Frost ** (nono if u wear rhyme, yes if u dont wear it)
-BK **
-Dwarf Ring *
-Wisp Projector *


Rings2
-7ll, 100 AR, high resists, + 20 str ** (or dual leech with these options.)
-BK **
-Dwarf Ring *
-Wisp Projector *

Inventory:

1 Annihilus, many FHR scs (please refer to Djnat's Avengerdin, there is FHR table), all resist/resist scs with other mods, plenty of maximum dmg, +ar and + life (over 14).

**Note that: two starts mean "MUST HAVE THOSE ITEMS!!!" and * means "SHOULD HAVE THOSE ITEMS IF I DUN HAVE 2 STAR ONES"

Hirelings:

Recommanded hireling:
Nightmare/Hell Act 2 Defensive Mercenary[/color=blue]
Why?
-It gives freezing aura/Defensive aura, and Act 2 mercs have highest life compared to all Mercenaries.
-It has jab attack, so give him good weapon with leech and he'll rock.
-Also, he looks cool

What items:
Weapon: Eth BotD Cryptic Axe/Eth Grim reaper/perf Eth and 2 Amned Bone hew
Armor: Valor/Glad's Bane/Levithan/upged shaft
Helm: Perf Vamp gaze/Crown of Corona

Cons about this merc:
-He has Lowest FHR in the game
-He needs high defence (read above)
-Once he freezes, his jab is very slow...

Strategies:

-Try not to get trapped unless u got -% target Def/ignore target def, it will be hell for you get out.
-Have plenty of Healing pots, u never know..
-Get 4 frame for FHR (3 is 200%, which is litterally impossible, 86% is 4th frame)
-Maintain high attack speed.
-Always do Holy Shield b4 u leave town.

Heres how i setup skills for my Zealdin:
F1: Zeal (left)
F2: Vengeance (left)
F3: Charge (left)
F4: Holy Shield
F5: Fanat aura
F6: All resist Aura
F8: Town portal

Heres Basic Zealdin strat against PvM:
1) Holy shield!
2) Charge into the crowds!
3) Zeal Zeal Zeal!
4) Use healing pot if necessary
5) get out of the 'circle' if u get trapped, also as soon as u have opportunity to get out of that circle, LEAVE!
6) 75% blocking all the way, you'll live.
7) Hit and Run works too, if u dun have much live/defence

Heres Basic Zealdin Strat against PvP:
1) Holy Shield!
2) Charge Charge! (mass charge!)
3) as Player is 'head bangning' from the charge, use ZEAL!!!
4) He/She will die, if it barb, jus start off with few charges then zeal.
**Remember, Charge bug still exist, becareful! (charge bug solution, Weapon Switch)

Make sure you mods Sticky this and all other strategies coming soon. Sticky it, but dont close it. However, close it when many ppl have put their opinions on it, then mods/i will edit it.

Strategies coming up:
Trapper, WW barb, Fire sorc, Kick sin, Hybrid Zon.
 

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I love this guide. I don't use charge, but I do use that aura for recovering life, redemption is it?? I can't remember.

Also, I recommend a famine axe in addition to those you have. The high life leech and massive elemental attacks helps in hell against immune to phys monsters.

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Meh isnt famine new runeword? Meh, you can get more ele attadks from azurewrath

And shouldnt you use redemption for Hammerdin? :p
 

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Have you seen zealdins dueling? and owning like how smiters and chargers do? I certainly havent.

Ill take off PvP thing, its getting me annoying
 

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I am a "pro" pvp zealer.

P. COA

glitched valor

ed/ar vortex exile

p rends

39 32020

eth gores

p dungos

412% botd

6 6 2 cta

And i still loose to some...
 

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Originally posted by JeffreyM
I am a "pro" pvp zealer.

P. COA

glitched valor

ed/ar vortex exile

p rends

39 32020

eth gores

p dungos

412% botd

6 6 2 cta

And i still loose to some...
Botting isnt pro my friend, there is no skills required in D2
 

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well...my first thought after i read this guide is "nice try" (dont take it personally :D). these are the changes/additions i would make...here we go:


stats:

from my experience, a zealot without at least about 250 base vita suffers unimaginable consequences. theres seriously something wrong if u cant get about 1.5k life.
these are my stats at lvl86 for reference:
110str
100dex
300vit
base ene


equipment:

u forgot to mention stone runeword. high %ed and 60%fhr is nothing to laugh at. i rolled a 301% on a superior archon...2105 def right there. with holy shield on i have about 20k def, and im not even using exile (which is a crazy shield btw, if u dont care about being BM).

Alma Negra, unique sacred rondache with %ed, %ar, high blocking and +skills, seems to be ignored by a lotta ppl. a high stat one beats HoZ in terms of dmg and AR. the only reason id use HoZ over this or SS is to put on weapon switch w/ a +3 combat skill wep, to prebuff Holy Shield (that xtra 105% def makes a LOT of difference)

Guillaume's Face helm (orphan's call). 35% CB, 15% DS, 15 str, 30%fhr...perfect melee helm?
Shako adds a lotta life, has 10% DR, and the +2 skills increase dmg significantly (46%)...another underrated choice.

draculs grasp. 25% OW for the kinda duels that seem to take forever, and u can hope for the life tap to trigger too. crazy in pvm considering how many times zeal hits. high life leech, and a good str boost as well.

for a massive AR boost, try angelic ammy + rings. rings would add about 1k AR each for partial set bonus. wear 2 if u have cannot be frozen from elsewhere, like a cham rune.

u might wanna specify which items are for pvm and pvp, cuz CoH sux like hell in pvp due to low def.


skills:

and for petes sake DONT USE CHARGE AGAINST MELEE CLASSES. u risk getting stuck from that charge bug (lets see how many milliseconds ull live for if u weapon-switch). from what ive heard from others, charging increases ur opponent's chance of critical strike (dunno if thats true tho). instead of putting the rest of ur pts in charge, put em in defiance where they can help ur def (synergy to holy shield - 15%def/pt). charge will only be useful against casters, and one pt is enuf to kill them in a few shots. (also note that if u DIE in the middle of a charge, ur charge skill will be LOCKED until u rejoin the game...another annoying bug)


gosh...not to sound like a flamming jerk or anything, but there are so many things wrong with the pvp portion of this guide its not even funny (u ARE gonna change that right?). my apologies if any of that offended anyone in anyway.

i have a lvl 86 pvp zealot on uswest sc nl, and im in a private pally mannered dueling league known as Temple (most of us are zealots, and some ppl here are VERY good). we've spent months developing strategies and testing setups. PM me if ur interested in participating. as far as i know, its on west only. my account is *AznAvatar, feel free to msg me for a frdly duel.
 

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its not pvp, I would lvoe to edit it out saying PVP and shit

but I cant
 

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Nice guide, but I have a suggestion on your glove list try going for Dracul's Grip with a zealot you will cast Life Tap almost every 4 hits.It has saved my Zealot more then I can count. As for your main glove pic you can always get charms for that.
 

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Originally posted by XxSworn_EnemyxX
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Nice guide, but I have a suggestion on your glove list try going for Dracul's Grip with a zealot you will cast Life Tap almost every 4 hits.It has saved my Zealot more then I can count. As for your main glove pic you can always get charms for that.
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Dude....

I cant edit the post, Im not a mod of the forum


And yea I know this needs some adjustment, alot actually, ill pm the mod as soon as I get time to do it.
 

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Bleh..do not max charge, put only one point in it, put all those points left after holy shield, zeal, sacrifice, and fanatcism and maxed into defiance, adds alot of defense, which is essential in deuls, also, angelic ammy and two angelic rings really help, a pally had the exact same setup as me and less max dmg charms then me, and he could kill my pally faster then i could kill him, because of the exellent AR the angelics give, the only zeal pally ive encounted so far that could beat my pally on east ladder season 2, all because of angelics
 
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