OMG im making a v/t!

[A|fzZz]

yea its gg :p

Have a few questions

Firstly gear.
Is this fine?'

Enigma bp
Asterons OR Silence phase?
maras
soj/rfrost
Upped eth Hoz
Dungoes
Waterwalks/Treks
Bloodfist
Shako

I guess thats fine?Need to know weap


Skill allocation
20smite
20holyshield
20fanat
5 convic
split between FoH and Shock

^yes no?

Stats distribution.
0str
dex for max block
all vit
0energy

Now im wondering...With the 'endage' of ladder....is grief/silence/asterons...Which shud i use?

And is there anyway for a v/t to win a grief smiter now?
Ur smite dmg will most prolly wont beat his...so...?

[slimp]

dude u dont use an upped eth HOZ, When u up and eth HOZ it goes down..... it sucks n all but just use somin else, just up a non eth Zak, it can be like 560 def, i had one, luckily my friend lost all my shit, i have to say that cause im still not over him doin that... NEways... a vt as in...... foh then attack? ionno exactly wat u mean, just dont use eth upped hoz, Also BTW with shield the dmg is same non eth or eth it dont matter, smite is like that, just trying to help, peace

[Freedom-Fighta]

Basically, a V/T is supposed to be a smiter/foh, he uses FoH primarily, causing good players to put on sorb equpment. As we all know, sorb equipment can take some punch and some serious bulk off of a character. This is where the V/T shines. He makes em switch then smites em and says Noob, PWND Mo****a!!!

[slimp]

exactly wat i figured it was man.

[playazzonly]

only thing i can tell u... use asterons.... gives 4+ or 3+ 2 the foh and it kinda adds dmg 2 ur smite.... i don make V/T pallies, i make foh/hammerdin

[A|fzZz]

My eth upped HoZ has 700+def...=\

Isnt the eth upped bug gone btw?

So use asterons?

[SleazyP]

My eth upped HoZ has 700+def...=\

Isnt the eth upped bug gone btw?

So use asterons?

You're right, they fixed that bug, when you upgrade ethereal items they now gain the ethereal bonus, so don't pay attention to that other guy's post.

[A|fzZz]

Ive kinda got my qns answered in my other forums thanks.

[slimp]

lol well i upped my oz and it was 450 or somin, way lower then it started out to be..... it was an extremety of Irritatin

[The-Grim-Reaper]

use grief instead or ur dmg wont even compare to a grief smiter. ull get enough +skills with pcombats so ur foh will be fine. dont split foh and shock, just do all foh.. ull get more dmg. i would also use ber'd up'd noneth hoz and ber ur shako as well.. that way u get 39% dr.

[ArcaneSupremacy]

use grief instead or ur dmg wont even compare to a grief smiter. ull get enough +skills with pcombats so ur foh will be fine. dont split foh and shock, just do all foh.. ull get more dmg. i would also use ber'd up'd noneth hoz and ber ur shako as well.. that way u get 39% dr.

At higher levels, FoH gets more damage from splitting between FoH and Shock. See for yourself at http://www.d2items.com/skills.php

[A|fzZz]

What with reviving old threads lol.

So when do i start splitting or what do i do with thse 2 skills?q

[ArcaneSupremacy]

Well, considering the damage that Grief gives, I focused more on FoH than Smite, since I'd end up with high Smite without having to max that or Holy Shield. My damage matches up to that of a "pure smiter" without having to go "pure smite".

I maxed FoH and Shock first, which saved me the trouble of "optimizing" or whatever. Then I worked on Smite and Holy Shield, keeping Smite about 5 lvls ahead of HS. Testing has shown that points in Smite add more damage than points in HS, but I decided to add a few more points in HS so my defense doesn't fall behind.

Currently (lvl 86), my FoH does 5.4k and Smite does 8k. I will add points to Smite from now on.

[A|fzZz]

How would ur dmg be the same as a pure smiter when u dun even max smite/HS?

[ArcaneSupremacy]

How would ur dmg be the same as a pure smiter when u dun even max smite/HS?

That's mostly an issue of gear choices I think. I can't find a lot of other explanations for my frequent wins against smiters (in straight smite duels). If in fact a smiter beats me in smite damage, there's a good chance I'll beat him in the amount of life, not to mention I have an unblockable secondary attack.