Lightzon guide

[Cun7er]

Hi this is my first guide, so be nice - and please post a comment

The guide is a pure lightning guide, so you will need your vally/merc for killing lightning immunes

First stats and skillpoints

[Stats]

Str - 107 (enough for matriarchal javelins)
Dex - 150-170 (enough for max block in 8 player hellgame - 150 wont do the trick when you get to lvl 85+)
Vit - Rest goes here, simple as it is can be (you will reach about 1200-1300 life without BO, oak sage and smallcharms 20life sc's if you like)
Energy - zero for this hero

[Skillpoint's - Javelin and spearskills]

Okay first your goal is to get huge lightning-damage, and not that much melee damage (i like it this way, since u can own almost anyone. If you find the rigth monsters you wont need physical damage that much and this will make you own them


Charged strike - your main attack
20 point's into this skill 8+ bolts will be released from your javelin - If the target is "big" all of the bolts will hit it. (diablo, mephisto, venom lord's etc.)

Lightning fury - this is your ranged "groupkiller"
20 point's into this skill - This will own any big groups with a few attacks. You will also need this attack when you get cursed with iron-maiden (since you can cast this and dont do damage to self)

Lightningbolt / Lightning-strike / Power-strike - almost useless skills (i never use 'em)
20 point's into two (2!) of these skills choose for yourself - only for synergies

Jab - main-melee attack
The legendary jab - 1 skillpoint into this - over & out

Impale and Fend suck's - so no point's into these (also because it's a pure lightning guide)

And of course 1 skill into all pre-req.s


[Skillpoint's - Passive and magicskills]

Passive and magicskill's is the best read on


Critical strike - usefull in a way
1 point into this skill will give you about 50-60% chance of double melee-damage (read melee!) in the last end.

Penetrade - usefull in another way
1 point into this skill will make your' jab hit 100-150% better in the end. (yes it will)

Pierce - very usefull
1 point into this will make your lightningbolt's from 'lightning fury' hit more than 1 enemy 65-75% in the end. And it looks very cool when you throw a piercing javelin )

Dodge - so nice!
1 point into this will do the trick! about 50% chance to dodge any melee attack will save your butt.

Avoid - okay skill - but not as good as dodge
1 point into this gives 50-60% chance to dodge any missile's that is heading for you. Not as usefull as dodge, since most monsters are melee, and your "slow missiles" will "kill" their damage.

Evade - Helps you flee
1 point into evade will make you dodge any missiles/melee attack's when running 44-50% is your goal.

Inner Sight - useless
1 point - i'd wish this skill were deleted it suck's even more than babarian leap -.-

Slow Missiles - extreme valuable !
This skill is the pure gold - maybe the best skill for surviving in the whole game. The skill slow's the enemy missiles so much that you could take off your armor.. you will need it to kill council member's, since it also slow's their healing.. belive me - dont just read - try it!
(1 point into this will be enough)

Decoy - you and your merc's life depend's on this skill
1 skillpoint will do. Use it for scouting and for leading the monster's away from you and your merc.

Valkyrie - double your life up..
12 point's into this skill is your goal. (it will be at lvl 19+ with items) with the proper skilpoint's your valkyrie will have 2k life - wich is good. Best tank i ever had - never to forget that your valkyrie is funny to use in pvp.. lvl 19 valkyrie can easyly kill lvl 70 zeal paladin (if the paladin havent got the best items! note!)


[Items]
Not all detail's is listed under the items, i wrote what i found usefull for the guide.

Weapon - Titan's revenge or Thunderstroke (I preffer Thunderstroke because of the -15% enemy lightresist.) Some might say Etheral upg. Titans.. but your goal isnt melee-physical damage but melee-lightning damage and a little ranged-lightning damage.. Thunderstroke is perfect! It isnt a pvp javelin, just because it havent got replenish.

Helm - Tal's helm / Gaze / Griffon's / CoA - all with 5/5 lightfacet(s)
I use tal's helm because of the dual leech and resists - my second choise would be Griffon's and then CoA or Gaze.

Shield - Sanctuary [kokomal] in Trollnest

20% Fhr
20% Fbr
20% Icb
130-160% Ed
+250 defense vs. missiles
+20 dex
+50-70 all resist
Magic damage red. by 7
(lvl 12 slow missiles in charges - no use)
This shield owns stormshield so many times - go try it for yourself !

Boots - Sandstormtrek
Poison resist, 20% fr/w, 20% fhr, str and vit. - also repair 1 durability in 20 sec's so if you can get etheral use them

Belt - Thundergod's vigor - dont upgrade it! you wont have enough strength!
Lightning absorb (20)
+10% max lightning resist
+3 Lightningfury
+3 Lightning strike (useless)
+20 str
+20 vit

Some people like Razortail better.. for the piercing attack - but i think that you will have enough pierce with the p&m skillers. (listed below)

Gloves - +3 javelin & spearskill's + mod (i have with +14 dex mod) - Anya sell gloves like these sometimes.. "ask anya" - go to red portal - go to town again - "ask anya" and so on till she got the right gloves for you

Ring's
1 x Ravenfrost (with highest +dex as posible, this will help your blockrate)
1 x Dwarf star (fire absorb, life, extra gold, magic damage red. by 13-15 and some useless stamina)

Amulet - Highlord's wrath
+1 Skills, ias, lightning resist +35 and % deadly strike (not so usefull)

Armor - Tal's armor with 5/5 lightfacet
Resist, magic damage red. by 15, and very low str req.

Maybe enigma or CoH could be usefull.. i dont know since i havent been that rich ever.. maybe because i dont use bots ?


[Inventory]
Book of townportal
Book of identify
0-8 Passive & magic skillers (note that you will survive much longer for every charm.
Annihilus - it isnt a must.. but allways good to have.
If your resist are very low, use 5 all resist sc's (60% isnt low) else use 5% frh charms.

[Hotkey's]
Left mouse - Jab (always)
A - Charged strike (main attack)
S - Lightning fury (second attack - Not main!
D - Lightning bolt / Lightning strike (for fun)
F - Slow missiles
G - Decoy
H - Valkyrie


[Merc]
Act2 Defensive merc from normal or nightmare - (Normal merc's have highler lvl defiance than hell merc's) i'd choose hell merc because i dont have the time to level a normal merc to lvl 85+

[Damage] Your damage will be almost pure lightning (i think i said it a couple a times before now ) and it will be from 1-3000+ (i damage about 1-3500)

[Resistans] Your resistans will be about +50 and over.. my amazon max fire, lightning (85 lightning) and poison.. about 50 could. (remember that your ravenfrost absorbs some cold damage so you wont feel any cold damage anyway. This is without Annihilus.

[Defense] Difficult to say. I have about 1800 defense with tals armor, tals helm and 400+def Sanctuary. Very varius.


I think that's all hope this will help you to get a nice lightzon it owns so much in pvp ('-' )

- Cun7er ( ._.)

[Rapta111]

Hmm... I don't think you're allowed to post that here. I think you're supposed to PM it to a mod.

[Cun7er]

Thx

First, i tryed to msg it to an op.. but my guide is over 4000 letters.. so i couldnt sry :confused:

[66xerox66]

nice guide ! very interesting

[Quiksilver]

Great guid THX!

[Dynafrom]

penetrade lmfao

[Quiksilver]

20 pts to you 4 the great guide

[A|fzZz]

http://www.d2sector.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4666

[Rapta111]

Here's some minor changes or additions I would like to add:

Lightning fury is based on how many targets you are able to hit. Switch the Thundergod's Vigor to a Razortail for a huge piercing bonus.

Also, note that Thunderstrokes are mainly just for PvP purposes, as without replenish quantity, it is basically gone faster than you can say "Wheres my Jav?". Use ethereal up'ed titans for maximum effectiveness.

One main thing I noticed is that your build lacks lots of leeching components. Without gaze, you basically have the 5-9% leech from titans and that's basically it. Lose the dwarf star and add a rare dual leech ring, and if you choose, switch the highlord's to a Crescent moon.

[Cun7er]

Razortail dosnt give the needed mod's for this zon..

Defense: 96-107 (varies)(Base Defense: 31-36)
Required Level: 32
Required Strength: 20
Durability: 14
16 Boxes
+120-150% Enhanced Defense (varies)
+15 Defense
+10 To Maximum Damage
Piercing Attack (33)
+15 To Dexterity
Attacker Takes Damage of (1 Per Character Level) 1-99 (Based On Character Level)

Defense: 137-159 (varies)(Base Defense: 41-52)
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 110
Durability: 24
16 Boxes
+160-200% Enhanced Defense (varies)
Adds 1-50 Lightning Damage
5% Chance To Cast Level 7 Fist Of The Heavens When Struck
+20 Lightning Absorb
10% To Maximum Lightning Resist
+20 To Strength
+20 To Vitality
+3 To Lightning Fury (Amazon Only)
+3 To Lightning Strike (Amazon Only)

This lightningzon is based to surviving and killing everything (well almost everything)
Thundergod's give +skillpoints (damage), Str. Vitality (life - wich is needed for surviving) and Lightning absorb(The whole build combined with Thundergod's +20Lightning absorb and +10% max lightningresist will make you immune to lightningdamage.. - souls cant damage you even in 8player game)

Razortail will add a little damage into your lightning fury.. since of the 33% pierce (+ your about 75% - that you will have if you followed the guide) The last 33% simply isnt needed. Since your main attack isnt Lightning fury (it's lightning strike)

For Thunderstroke - they dosnt get to 0 very fast, since your main attack still is lightning strike - they'l make your chaged bolts kill almost double as fast as with Titans. The javazon here isnt based that much into melee physical. - Some may preffer, but you can choose for yourself

Leeching - Since your main damage is lightning, you wont have much to leech from. It's hard to explain, your amazon wont need more mana than you can have in your belt.. (i carry 4 potions, and i maybe use 1-2 for 1 baalrun.. i pickup a few but you wont feel that you need mana - i dont) As for lifeleech, your Titans have from 6-9%.. and your helm from 0-10%.. Same as with mana your zon will have plenty of it. You dodge almost any damage, and the rest damage will go to your decoy/valkyrie/merc (but your merc can take it !)

Correct me if aim wrong, and i will take it up for a test. And then maybe add it

[DeStRuCtIoN]

wat about the shield i saw a java own with a monarch with 4x 5-5 light facets

[Cun7er]

Hmm i guess you could get a better damage with a shield like that.. but your resist would be 50-70 less. Wich will make you die Of course you could get some resists other places with um runes and so.. but i think that kokomal does the trick.

[Rapta111]

This lightningzon is based to surviving and killing everything (well almost everything)
Thundergod's give +skillpoints (damage), Str. Vitality (life - wich is needed for surviving) and Lightning absorb(The whole build combined with Thundergod's +20Lightning absorb and +10% max lightningresist will make you immune to lightningdamage.. - souls cant damage you even in 8player game)

Razortail will add a little damage into your lightning fury.. since of the 33% pierce (+ your about 75% - that you will have if you followed the guide) The last 33% simply isnt needed. Since your main attack isnt Lightning fury (it's lightning strike)

For Thunderstroke - they dosnt get to 0 very fast, since your main attack still is lightning strike - they'l make your chaged bolts kill almost double as fast as with Titans. The javazon here isnt based that much into melee physical. - Some may preffer, but you can choose for yourself

Leeching - Since your main damage is lightning, you wont have much to leech from. It's hard to explain, your amazon wont need more mana than you can have in your belt.. (i carry 4 potions, and i maybe use 1-2 for 1 baalrun.. i pickup a few but you wont feel that you need mana - i dont) As for lifeleech, your Titans have from 6-9%.. and your helm from 0-10%.. Same as with mana your zon will have plenty of it. You dodge almost any damage, and the rest damage will go to your decoy/valkyrie/merc (but your merc can take it !)

Correct me if aim wrong, and i will take it up for a test. And then maybe add it

If you want it to be based on Survival and killing everything, then you WILL need the leech from your items. Piercing + leech equals maximum chance survival. Having 100% pierce means you will ALWAYS be able to hit more than one target. Note that only the INITIAL thrown bolt carries any effects that your items may carry; the rest of the bolts are pure lightning and nothing BUT pure lightning. That means with 3/4 pierce, you will only be doing 3/4 the damage you can. 2 extra points would not mean anything if you can do 1000 compared to 750 for example.

With thunderstroke, the damage is also lower than an upgraded titans, even taking with the factor that it lowers your enemy's lightning res. This will only be effective for PvP and that's pretty much it.

Anyways, I would recommend making a test character with zonfire's hero editor to check these item combinations.

[Silent_killers]

Alfzzz, don't be a party pooper.

[Dr.PepperRules]

Alright i saw two things i disagreed with... armor... wats wit that?? Tals... ewww go for Dusk CoH lots of resis, damge reduce and some other nice mods. If u cant afford that i guess tals would be good, or lionheart or shaft.

And now for the helms wat about shako wit a 5/5 light in it?? huh that will boost your dmg quite a bit and plus more dmg reduce there. Just my opion post wat u think about my changes

[Silent_killers]

For the armor, of course enigma would be the best.

[Dr.PepperRules]

I dont think so.... only plus about enigma is the tele and if u are a good dueler u dont even need that tele option. (but i guess i could c where u are comin from...)

[Rapta111]

Heh, yeah, I coulda sword I mentioned that in my first commenting post. CoH if you want more res and damage vs undead and demons (my preferrable for PvM) and Enigma if you want the str bonus and the faster rw, along with the life bonus, and damage reduction, which I also think CoH has from the ber rune.

[ken2520]

hmm id go with Coh caz lik u would NEVER EVER see a zon with nigma caz zons no matter how much fcr they have they cast ANY magic spells very very very slow... and coh is the best choice with griff uped titans for pvm and t stroke for pvp .. and note that for dodge evad eand that other one u need it up to 50 % base or else u will not b able to dodge anything.. and for boots are not important gloves yes the 3 java skills gloves and shield i would mostly say ss because of the fact that ss for a reason r able to block most melee attacks along with ur dodgde etc.. high lords ammy rings would b dual leech ring as someone said it earlyer and other would b r frost that is the the best built in hell it would b almost maxed res depending if u got any res sc.. really srry if i said anything bad

[DeStRuCtIoN]

i think when he say tals he means bugged tals with a light facet or um