Re: Best PvM Team?
Yeah, as the title suggests, me and a friend are starting up a game of D2LOD, and we were wondering what would the best PvM team be, to beat the game, as well as eventually run Uber Trist... All suggestions are welcomed, but I'd really prefer if you could use two melee chars (e.x. smiter and werewolf)... Thanks in advance to all
If you're just starting out then I would recommend having two chars for regular game play and then having a third char for Uber Trist. Once you get two hell ready PvM chars you'll be able to glitch rush a third Uber Killing Smiter without any trouble at all.
I would strongly recommend having a Sorceress for your PvM team (unless you have access to an Enigma) as Teleport will add so much to your speed.
A team I reckon would work well (assuming a budget build):
Frozen Orb Sorc (Max Orb, Ice Bolt, Enchant, Warmth - 1 point in tele+static, fire mastery, cold armor of choice, rest into cold mastery)
+
Summon Necro
This is a great combo for several reasons:
Both characters can start pumping in skills right away - from Level 1 the necro just pumps RS and SM while the Sorc just pumps Ice Bolt.
You can quickly shop +1/2/3 wands/staves with these killing skills when starting out.
Great safety with the army you will have
Good safety with the "Slow" on all monsters that are not Cold Immune
You get good Cold, Physical and Fire damage
You both end up with spammable "Kill Everything on the Screen at Once" Skills
Gear is pretty cheap
Good combination of offensive vs defensive
Great Crowd control
Both Characters are Active
Other good, cheap, combinations:
Any other Sorc + Summon Necro
Met-Orb Sorc + Light Sorc
Cold / Fire Sorc (with a point in Enchant) + Multishot Zon with LF/CS on switch.
Cold / Fire Sorc + Light Zon
Light/Fire Sorc + Conviction Pally (kinda dull for the pally)
Any Sorc + Barb with BO
Any Sorc + Bone Necro
Any Sorc + Hammerdin (Boooooo!)
Sorc + Zealot/Frost Zealot
Mercs:
1 Prayer merc with Insight, 1 might Merc with Obedience for Summon Necro / Physical Damage char combinations.
or
1 Prayer merc with Insight, 1 HF Merc with Reapers Toll/Obedience for others.
The thing is, most melee characters are pretty gear dependent. If you must go melee/melee I would suggest:
Smite + Fanaticism with Zealot + Concentration
Smite + Fanaticism with Frost Zealot
Smite + Fanatacism + Frenzy Barb
One should have a Might Merc with reapers toll and the other should have a prayer merc with insight.