Paladin ranger noob questions

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Hiya,

I plan to build a Paladin ranger, but as I haven't played a Paladin yet,
there are some questions about the auras and other stuff.

I'm looking at the following skill setup:

Holy Freeze/Holy Schock 20
Resist Cold/Lightning/Fire 15+
Salvation ??
Holy Shield 5+
Vengeance 5+

Primary weapon will be a bow like Witchwild String or so. I guess I only
can use normal attack with a bow, not Vengeance?

On switch, for melee attacks with Vengeance, would be some kind of sword
like Lightsabre or a runeword.

Next question is, when I use HF or HS for my bow attacks, I can't use
Salvation at the same time, right? So resists would drop considerably, if
I don't push them up with charms or rings or such..

OTOH, if I melee attack with Vengeance, I could also use HF/HS to boost
damage? Or other auras like Might or Blessed Aim?

In addition, Holy Shield is cast once and then lasts for a few minutes,
even if I switch to another aura?

Other suggestions?

Thanx,

Oliver

 

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:10:04 +0100, Oliver Wenzel <ouuch@t-online.de>
wrote:

>In addition, Holy Shield is cast once and then lasts for a few minutes,
>even if I switch to another aura?

>Oliver

*This* part I can answer, yes, it's a duration spell, the duration of
which goes up with more points.

ald
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Oliver Wenzel wrote:
> Hiya,
>
> I plan to build a Paladin ranger, but as I haven't played a Paladin yet,
> there are some questions about the auras and other stuff.
>
> Holy Freeze/Holy Schock 20
> Resist Cold/Lightning/Fire 15+
> Salvation ??
> Holy Shield 5+
> Vengeance 5+

Some questions and comments:

a) Why Holy Freeze/Holy Shock? Are you planning on making a
"ranged" Tesladin/Frostadin?

b) Remember Resist C/L/F only gives passive +max resists when you
have the respective resists maxed. If your Fire Resist, for
example, is 50%, then the passive +max resists won't kick in.

c) Only regular attack works on a bow for a pally, which means AR
will be major issue for you. Even with slvl 25 Fanaticism and 124
dex, you will only have 1868 AR in regular attack mode. You will
not be able to hit a Hell Rat without substantial amount of AR from
items (charms, equipment, underwear, etc.) ITD bows may worth a
look at. I found a rare hydra bow the other day, which gave about
1.5k AR bonus to a lvl 80 char (may get you to 10K AR with
Fanaticism.) Try look for such kind of rare/magical items as well.

d) Holy Shield improves block and overall defense dramatically, but
only when you are equipping a shield. If you use a shield to cast
HS, then switch to bow, you will lose all the defense boost that HS
grants.


Bing

 

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*snip*
Here is a old guide:
http://www.diabloii.net/strategy/x-guides/scorch-ranger.shtml

You should update this as you see fit to account for synergies, etc.

I haven't tried any of the new runeword bows yet, but having made several
Rangers, I still recommend the Demon Machine unique crossbow for its
explosive bolts. The splash effect is very important in crowd control. It
is upgradable too. You want to pick up a Razortail belt to for the added
piercing, and as much ias for an Electric Range(r) as possible.

Two-Hand Damage: 31-137 (84 Avg)
Required Level: 49
Required Strength: 80
Required Dexterity: 95
Base Weapon Speed: [-60]
+123% Enhanced Damage
+66 To Maximum Damage
Fires Explosive Arrows Or Bolts [Level 6]
+632 To Attack Rating
Piercing Attack (66)
+321 Defense
+36 To Mana
(Only Spawns In Patch 1.10 or later)

KILL! KILL! KILL!

angst aka poindexstar

 

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Oliver Wenzel wrote:

> Hiya,
>
> I plan to build a Paladin ranger, but as I haven't played a Paladin yet,
> there are some questions about the auras and other stuff.
>
> I'm looking at the following skill setup:
>
> Holy Freeze/Holy Schock 20
> Resist Cold/Lightning/Fire 15+
> Salvation ??
> Holy Shield 5+
> Vengeance 5+
>
> Primary weapon will be a bow like Witchwild String or so. I guess I only
> can use normal attack with a bow, not Vengeance?

Right. No vengeance, no zeal, no sacrifice, not even a charge, only
normal attack, blessed hammer, holy bolt and fist of heavens work with a
bow.

>
> On switch, for melee attacks with Vengeance, would be some kind of sword
> like Lightsabre or a runeword.
>
> Next question is, when I use HF or HS for my bow attacks, I can't use
> Salvation at the same time, right? So resists would drop considerably, if
> I don't push them up with charms or rings or such..

Right.
Prior to 1.10 it was possible to stack auras by "flashing" them. Now,
sadly, only runewords, mercenaries, teammates and some uniques provide
some sort of aura-stacking.

>
> OTOH, if I melee attack with Vengeance, I could also use HF/HS to boost
> damage? Or other auras like Might or Blessed Aim?

Sure, HF or HS would add to the cold or lightning part of the damage.
Might would only boost the physical part only.

>
> In addition, Holy Shield is cast once and then lasts for a few minutes,
> even if I switch to another aura?

Yup, it's not an aura per se, so you can cast holy shield and flash an
aura with little problems... but you'll lose its benefits if you switch
to your bow, of course.

>
> Other suggestions?

Fanaticism helps drastically with the damage and speed of a weapon such
as witchwild string. The amp damage goes out more often, and the
physical damage is improved. Could be interesting to investigate this
way, too.

 

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Hi,

ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in
news:7hln01hdbjred8it4o2qneb64rmjr6g16a@4ax.com:

> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:10:04 +0100, Oliver Wenzel <ouuch@t-online.de>
> wrote:
>
>>In addition, Holy Shield is cast once and then lasts for a few minutes,
>>even if I switch to another aura?
>
> *This* part I can answer, yes, it's a duration spell, the duration of
> which goes up with more points.

yeah, I already thought so. The duration wouldn't make sense otherwise.

I just started a Paladin with -act5 at level 33 and did some basic
skill/stat assignment and equipped him. Salvation resists go away when you
switch to Holy Freeze or Shock.

Thanks,

Oliver

 

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Hi,

Babe Bridou <babebridou@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:420bddf8$0$809$8fcfb975@news.wanadoo.fr:

> Oliver Wenzel wrote:
>
>> I plan to build a Paladin ranger, but as I haven't played a Paladin
>> yet, there are some questions about the auras and other stuff.
>>
>> I'm looking at the following skill setup:
>>
>> Holy Freeze/Holy Schock 20
>> Resist Cold/Lightning/Fire 15+
>> Salvation ??
>> Holy Shield 5+
>> Vengeance 5+
>>
>> Primary weapon will be a bow like Witchwild String or so. I guess I
>> only can use normal attack with a bow, not Vengeance?
>> Other suggestions?
>
> Fanaticism helps drastically with the damage and speed of a weapon
> such as witchwild string. The amp damage goes out more often, and the
> physical damage is improved. Could be interesting to investigate this
> way, too.

as I'm going for a lot of +skills, a single point in Fana should get me
to about 10 points in total.
The +30% to attack speed is equal to 30% IAS or is there another
definition for this?

Thanks,

Oliver

 

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Hi,

Bingain <bingain@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:3727usF56c9pfU1@individual.net:

> Oliver Wenzel wrote:
>> Hiya,
>>
>> I plan to build a Paladin ranger, but as I haven't played a Paladin
>> yet, there are some questions about the auras and other stuff.
>>
>> Holy Freeze/Holy Schock 20
>> Resist Cold/Lightning/Fire 15+
>> Salvation ??
>> Holy Shield 5+
>> Vengeance 5+
>
> Some questions and comments:
>
> a) Why Holy Freeze/Holy Shock? Are you planning on making a
> "ranged" Tesladin/Frostadin?
>
> b) Remember Resist C/L/F only gives passive +max resists when you
> have the respective resists maxed. If your Fire Resist, for
> example, is 50%, then the passive +max resists won't kick in.

HS carries about 1-4000 lightning damage in this setup. With a bow with
high piercing, it should hit a bunch of monsters with one shot.
Resist C/L/F work as synergies for HF/HS, that's the main reason to put
points into them.

>
> c) Only regular attack works on a bow for a pally, which means AR
> will be major issue for you. Even with slvl 25 Fanaticism and 124
> dex, you will only have 1868 AR in regular attack mode. You will
> not be able to hit a Hell Rat without substantial amount of AR from
> items (charms, equipment, underwear, etc.) ITD bows may worth a
> look at. I found a rare hydra bow the other day, which gave about
> 1.5k AR bonus to a lvl 80 char (may get you to 10K AR with
> Fanaticism.) Try look for such kind of rare/magical items as well.

Level 10 Blessed Aim gives 200% bonus to AR. Demon Machine brings an AR
boost of 632 with it. Angelic ring/ammu would add another 1000AR (based on
char level).
Until the end of nightmare I'll see if I should take a defiance merc or
perhaps go for a Blessed Aim guy.
It's a pity there are no crafting recipes for bows. My throwbarb is
currently using crafted flying axes which add about 1500AR based on level.
>
> d) Holy Shield improves block and overall defense dramatically, but
> only when you are equipping a shield. If you use a shield to cast
> HS, then switch to bow, you will lose all the defense boost that HS
> grants.

Does HS only work when I have a shield equipped? If there is no shield, do
I loose all bonusses or does the +x% to defense stay on?

Thanks,

Oliver

 

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> Does HS only work when I have a shield equipped? If there is no shield, do
> I loose all bonusses or does the +x% to defense stay on?
Only when a sheild is equipped if you switch to a bow you wont get any of
the bonusses hench a wast of point if useing the bow