Zeal Pally Help Plz

[sacred-cow]

hi all

i can make most characters very well but ive never made a goly zealadin

could someone post a good guide that worked for them(they are an awsome pk)

thx

peace out

[elterion]

Skills:
20 Fanatacism
20 Zeal
20 Sacrifice
20 Holy shield
20 Defiance
1 Vigor
1 Salvation (must)
1 in all pre-reqs.
total: 111. Max possible at 99.

But, you don't need to be 99. My zealot could tank Hell Lister at level 74.

Stats (same as always)
Str- for equipment (armor/weapon mostly)
Dex- for max block (75%)(include your +dex items)
Vit- Everything else (should be pushin 250+)
NRG- Nothin, you won't need any.

My zealot uses the following equipment and is incredibly effective:

Weapon: Famine Berserker Axe.

Why Famine instead of BOTD or Doom or Beast, etc? Simple: 350-850 elemental damage. That sort of extra damage just boosts your zeal way the hell up there. Not to mention it has Ignore Targets Defense, which makes PVM sweet (no AR needed). 12% Life leech, you can't beat that.
Prevent monster heal you can't go wrong with.
30IAS and 330-370% ED? That damage is just as good if not better than a BOTD. A regular BOTD has no chance against Famine in PVM. An Ethereal BOTD is about the same, maybe slightly better.
Famine is my choice for Zealot weapon.

Armor: Guardian Angel.
Why GA instead of COH or Enigma? For one, I simply cant afford them =) But, I have compared and contrasted the stats, and GA just simply is the great, cheap, and effective way to go. 20 increased block means less dex, which means more life. 1 Skills is always usefull. The real nail in the coffin is the +15% max all resists. This is awesome for fighting Black souls. Slap on Salvation, and boom you got 90/90/90, you can tank em to hell and they barely damage you.

Helmet: Andariels Visage
Life leech, IAS, Big STR bonus, Poison res, 2 skills. Only negative thing about Visage is -30 fire res, but the positives definately outweigh the one negative.
cheap alternative, use til u hit 84, whatever:
Tals mask. Tals mask is the most UNDER rated helm in the game. 10 Duel leech? Come on, thats a Zealots best friend right there. +15 all res? Lots of mana AND life? Tals mask is just a great all-around helm, and you can get one for literally free. Awesome 2nd choice.

Shield: Herald of Zakarum.
Everyone knows why. I recommend slapping a Perfect Diamond in this one. Um rune only gives +3 more, and is unimaginably more expensive than a simple gem. With +69 resists, 2 skills, 2 combats, massive block, str and vit, and more, this shield truly is unbeatable.
I'm going to touch on Exile here: In my opinion, Exile's Defiance aura, yes, will simply give you an @$%!@%& of defense. But the shield itself simply sucks. Even if you have one with +40 or more all res on it, it just doesn't add up to the great old HOZ. The only thing I'd recommend using exile for is for a PVP smiter(Few exceptions for other people, but not for me).

Amulet: Highlords Wrath
20 IAS, 35 Lightning res, 1 skill, and a ton of Deadly strike (great paired with boots later) make this the Zealots choice for ammy. Don't listen to anyone who tells you to get Maras or Metalgrid or anything else, because we're talking a Zealot here, not a caster or a barb. Highlords is the way to go, all the way.

Ring #1: RavenFrost
Great dex for extra block, Cold absorb, cannot be frozen, nice mana boost and some cold damage make this ring a must for virtually any melee character. Need I say more?

Ring #2: Bulkathos Wedding Band
+1 skills, life leach, and good life bonus makes this an invaluable ring. Try to get a 5% one if you can.

Gloves: Draculs Grasp (absolute must)
You just have to have these gloves for PVM. With 5% chance to cast level 10 Life Tap, that curse covers anything you might be attacking, giving you an instant 50% life leach bonus. You will not die often if at all when you're fighting monsters with life tap on them. With Fanatacism and Zeal, you'll be casting it at least once every 5 seconds or so if not more often. Gloves also have a great 7-10 life leech, and some nice strength. Must have!!!

Belt: Nosferatu's Coil.
Suprised? Don't be. 10 IAS and some more life leech, not to mention some slow target for those pesky uniques/bosses make this the Zealots belt of choice.

Boots: Gore Rider
Deadly Strike and Crushing blow and all that other good crap, combined with Highlords, means your zealots doing double damage damn near half of his hits. Great boots for any meleer.

Suggested alternatives include(but not limited to)
BOTD
Doom
Beast
Enigma
COH
Templars/Tyraels might (not recommended, high STR)
Vampire Gaze
Crown of Ages (too expensive, not good enough)
Laying of Hands
String of Ears
IK/Aldurs Boots.

[sacred-cow]

thx alot man this helped heaps...

but is this pally good for pk?? is there any other better pk char??

[Avatarius]

Eh, if you're going godly, make no substitutions.

In godly zealot duels, you hardly ever see a herald of zak or famine, but Botd isn't the way to go either. The point of a zealot is the highest amount of defense/life/and damage, and sorry to point this out, but elterion's gear doesn't quite accomplish this.

So here we go.

PvP Zealot Gear (Godly.)

Weapon: As good of an Ethreal Death Cleaver as you can find.
Why? 800 Damage one handed. You can't beat it.

Shield: ED/AR Exile, the defense and lifetap are unbelievable. One hit with lifetap and your life goes back to 100%. My zealot has 53k defense. And hardly ever gets hit in zealot duels. Plus, 45-60% ed on a shield is wonderful.

Amulet: Highlords, IAS AND DEADLY STRIKE! No more word necessary.

Helm: 80/15 Ias 15 Max Perf Coa

Belt, 40/15 Verdungos, NO SUBSTITUTION.

Rings, Ravenfrost / typical duped mana/life leach with ar and res.

Boots: Goreriders, simply the bomb.

Armor: Upgraded Ethreal Zoded GA/Tyreals/Eth 40/15 max Steel Carapace.

If you go into godly zealot games, this is the gear you will see.

[laMe]

1.10 Zealot Guide
-By Demand

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Skills
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20 Zeal-Your attack
20 Sacrifice-Syenergy
20 Fantacism-Aura you'll use
20 Holy Sheild-Huge defense and blocking rate
Rest-Defiance-More Defense

Get all prerequistes for Zeal and Fanatasicm, put rest into sacrifice until you can get zeal, once you are able to get zeal max it. Once you've maxed zeal start on fanatsicm and then eventually holy sheild.

1-5-Act1
6-15-Tristam
16-20-Tomb
21-24-Cow
25-Ancients
26-40-Normal Baal
41-Ancients
42-74-Nightmare Baal
75-Ancients
76-99-Hell Baal
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Stats
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Strength-Enough for Gear
Dexterity-100, Holy Sheild will provide max block
Energy-Nothing
Vitatly-Everything else here
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Gear
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Weapon(a)-Etheral Breath of the Dying Zerker-Best Weapon. No Doubt
Weapon(b)-Call to Arms-Life and Mana
Sheild(a)-Etheral Exile
Sheild(b)-Lidless
Helm-Crown of Ages-Put a ber and a 40/15 IAS in here
Jewlry-Angelic Rings, Angelic Ammy-Zeal does provide AR but not quite enough since your going so fast its better to hit them almost every time
Belt-Verdungoes
Gloves-Draculas Grasp-Open wounds and dual leech
Boots-Gore Rider-open wounds all sorts of nifty stuff
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Dueling
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~Sorc~
You have no Chance
~Assassin~
You have no Chance
~Paladins~
Only against other zealots
~Barbs~
Just try to stay away from whirlwind
~NEcromancers~
You have no chance
~Druids~
You'll own Shapeshifters
~Zons~
Dont know about charged strike zons






~~HEYman~~

[Avatarius]

Ummm.. I don't know about you.. but sorcs are never a problem for any zealot. It's called charge. One hit kill. Know your items before you post please.

[ken2520]

it should b know the characters before u post lol

[laMe]

Ummm.. I don't know about you.. but sorcs are never a problem for any zealot. It's called charge. One hit kill. Know your items before you post please.

I dont not know what you are talking about, do you mean know my characters before i post?...obviously you do not know your characters

A tallented sorc can tele out of charges way and cast f/b or blizzard back..Zeal Paladins are only used for Melee duels

[Avatarius]

Know your items, as in know your items of debate. Something you might not know, but your character cannot be seen while charging. So sorcs can't even see you. I've dueled plenty of sorcs, and unless they are extremely good duelers, they tend to die.

[sacred-cow]

hrmm yes i agree.. unless theyre really good u should win

anyways thx alot everyone ur help has been greatly appriciated..

today i made an eth exile and 5 bo cta

wats cta worth (5bo)

peace out

[laMe]

Know your items, as in know your items of debate. Something you might not know, but your character cannot be seen while charging. So sorcs can't even see you. I've dueled plenty of sorcs, and unless they are extremely good duelers, they tend to die.

Its very easy to see when a person is charging towards you try pressing "tab" and you'll see

[sacred-cow]

lol you got pwned

[laMe]

Who got 'pwned'

[sacred-cow]

the guy who you sed that all u have to do is press tab lol

[brain]

Ummm.. I don't know about you.. but sorcs are never a problem for any zealot. It's called charge. One hit kill. Know your items before you post please.

wut kind of messed zealots do u make that have a charge that one hit kills sorcs???
(i mean good sorcs wit more than 1.5k life)

[sacred-cow]

charge can do fat damage..

but i want a zeal i think meh im not sure..

[Avatarius]

My zealot does 9k charge.... Lol.

EDIT: And that's only with 1 pt in skill...

[sacred-cow]

lol really??

u have huge plus to skills??

[Avatarius]

Not really, Maybe to fanat side. It's just cuz I have high weapon dmg.

[sacred-cow]

rofl koolz...

anywayz my pally gonna use like ebotc zerk and eth exile.. wats the best strat for that kind of eq...?