@Arjan I love my Zealer! Grief makes him so good, love to do Trav and run CS/WSK+Baal with him. He is basically invincible and deals great damage, coupled with an A2 Might Merc and Eth Reaper's Toll.
*1999 Life with CtA swap (3 open skills, just 1999 is cool)
*13,982 Defense with Holy Shield and CtA buff
*1572-2225 "Damage" shown in window with Grief, which I know is wrong, lol.
*Grief PB
*+4/+3(BO)/+1 CtA & Crappy Pally Spirit on Switch
*Fortitude Wyrmhide (I like Wyrmhide looks)
*Shako 'Ist' (For MF, this instead of Guillame's)
*+2 Pally, 16 All Res, 10%FCR(lol, when I ever finish my Hammerdin, this will go on him), 17 AR, DRB 4 Amulet
*Spirit Kurast Shield 45 All Res Base (I know odd, but Max Resist OCD with 75FR/PR, 80LR, 77FR through Resist Fire boost for his main purpose, Trav Runs. No Exile because it'd cancel Decrepify from Merc and I need that triple 80 Resist and 45 FR boost!)
*Raven Frost Ring
*+8 Min Damage, +4 Max Damage, 8 Life, 56 Mana, 20% LR, 1 to MPK Ring
*Laying of Hands
*String of Ears
*War Travs
*40% Gheed's(so many 40% Gheed's I've had to leave them on ground lol), MF+Resist Small Charms to Max Resists with more MF, MF small charms and mostly Max Damage Charms, including several also with MF, AR or Life+AR, Small and Large Charms.
A +5 All Resists/6% MF Small Charm and a +3 Max Damage/+15 Attack Rating/5% MF Small Charm, are the two highlights I have on him at this very moment.
My best Damage Charms are currently moved over to my Bowzon that I just got to Act 5 on, trying to finish beating the game on 8 Player Setting, with A2 Might Merc that also uses Eth Reaper's Toll for Decrep when playing her, a Windforce 'Ohm', Fortitude (Wire Fleece pretty graphics for Zon)...A 41% Enhanced Damage + 45% IAS + 28 to Life Great Helm (poor man's 120%/45%/massive life, helmet! But it is mighty helpful until I land at least one or two more 35-37ish+++ED/IAS Jewels to make them worth using. I actually want an elite Rare Circlet style hat, with a combo of +2 Zon Skills, top end IAS% and FRW%, STR and/or DEX, ED% possibly, Attack Rating and a MUST have 2 Open Sockets.
Sorry for the Amazon ramble. When it comes to the Zealdin with a Grief and decent other gear, at least with mine, he is virtually impossible to kill, even with small amounts of Life Steal, not having crazy life and always being in the thick of things. Max Resists, Merc constantly proc'd Decrepify, Massive Defense and Max Block.
And he can pump out solid Damage in certain areas, especially useful for Trav, just make sure to give your Merc a Steelshade with a solid Fire Resist Jewel in it, to keep him alive when Trav spawns Conviction and he hasn't proc'd Fade from Treachery of course!
Best of luck with your Zealdin! Grief makes him so, so elite! I'm pounding out LK runs right now, know Grief is amazing and there are so many Runewords I haven't made on my Single Player, I want to try a Last Wish one time, even if it will cost likely a large fraction of my wealth and may not be a huge upgrade over Grief, lol.
I just want really cool items and I need to amass Runes! I have tons of Gems, I wonder if I can upgrade all the Flawless I haven't yet and trade not just Perfect Gems, but Runes used for Crafting that I save up. I don't know the ratio, bit I know long time, heavy players, fins tons of High Runes and might want to craft or reroll items, as opposed to keeping a mountain of High Runes. Also have rares, magic items and low level items that spawned really good mods.
Gosh I went on and on. First post and time back to 1.14D OG/LEGACY D2 in a minute! I want to grind again, now that I'm getting sucked back in!