Avenger

[Beowulf]

Avenger

I decide to make my first pally on over 5 years of playing this game. I have found all but the gris shield in 1.1 and have access to that from a friend. After reading the guides I decided on avenger and have a few questions.

First off the guide had no mention of the gris set for this build, is it worth it?

Better of with uniques and rares?

Are max damage charms of charms with elemental damage better?

All I can think of for now.

 

[[exile]]

The problem with the Griswold set is the relatively low damage. Because Vengeance's elemental damage is a percental multiplier of your base physical damage, your final damage won't be all too great. My weapons of choice:

-'Grief' (NOTE: I'm not sure if the +Damage mod helps here. My usual Damage Calc is down.)
-EBotdZ
-Ethereal Zod/Shael Heaven's Light

Anything with high damage. Mind you, DS/CS doesn't work with Vengeance.

I believe max damage charms will boost your damage but, again, my Damage Calc is down. I'll get back to you as soon as it's back up.

 

[5Ws]

well, mind you exile, not everyone have the resources to aquire those items you have mentioned.

 

[[exile]]

True. But in terms of damage output and speed, I think Avengers are relatively item-dependent and thus not a good choice if you're depending on the Griswold set.

 

[Beowulf]

True. But in terms of damage output and speed, I think Avengers are relatively item-dependent and thus not a good choice if you're depending on the Griswold set.

I should have been more presice I am PVM none ladder only so none of those neat new runewords for me....that said I do have some decent items. I'll have to look into it then and see which ones I have that would best fit the build. The max damage charms I have are like +9 or +10 grands with ar and sometimes life or another mod. The elemental charms are things like large charms with 1-51 light damage or 1-45 light and 20-30 fire or something similar.

 

[[exile]]

I just checked my Damage Calc.

a) +Max does factor in, and it's BEFORE the elemental percentage bonus. So that damage is multiplied by Vengeance.
b) Elemental charm damage is added AFTER your final damage, so it is NOT affected by the percentage bonuses of Vengeance.
c) +Damage also does factor in, even though it doesn't show up on the Characer Screen.

That said, I think The Redeemer and Astreon's are solid choices.

 

[linkformer]

i was thinking of trying an oath scourge (got a 327% roll) so max is about 5XX dmg witha nice 50 ias to boot. planned on maybe an a1 merc with a faith great bow. that would let me hit 8 frames with all my slots free. any reccomendations?