Debilitator, the Doombringing Zealot.

Vang

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Debilitator, the Doombringing Zealot.

[highlight]The plan[/highlight]

Well, I found a Doombringer and since I've never found a use for in and it is my favorite unique from classic Diablo, I figured I needed to put this bad boy to use. It deals some pretty nice 1-handed damage since it has a nice built in bonus of 30-100 damage making it the king of two-handed swords wielding in a single hand for the most part(Not counting RW's of course! Grandfather can outdo it sometimes..as well)

So what is its unique ability? CtC level 3 Weaken @ 8% on striking. Ok, so lets use that, Soul Drainers and Heaven's Brethren Helm for its 10%! YES what a powerful concept. Er..Scratch that. How about we use Zeal on a Barbarian and only use the Doombringer and Warcry to debilitate our enemies(aka..weaken them) So we can weaken them to the point of brain dead zombies momentarily! Sweet!.

[highlight]Playing[/highlight]

After some further review, I found out that Zeal is averaged when dual wielding. Dangit and I wanted style points with a War Spike/Cleaver axe look like an act 5 random barbarian!. Well guess a phase blade will have to work. So with a bit of Demon Limbs help, some AR Charms and Damage charms we can achieve greatness! Pack on some high defense items such as Fortitude(well thats about all) and pump out shout and Iron Skin to reach some high defense and we are now a lean mean high damage, high defense, and high life(not the miller beer...) Barbarian Zealot one man and a random hired hand Killing Machine!

Overall, a fun character to play. Helluva lot actually.

[highlight]Character Stats[/highlight]

Debilitator, level 84 Barbarian Doombringing Zealot!

Stats:
Code:
Damage, Zeal lcs: 1316-3829 (Level 23 Enchant, and Might Mercenary)
Attack Rating, Zeal: 9340
Defense: 16412
Life: 3114
Resist: 44/44/79/44(F/C/L/P)

Str: 185, Dex: 141, Vit: 172

Other: Deadly Strike(45)/Critical(30): 65%, 15 CB%, 10% Open Wounds

Equipment:

Weapon: Doombringer(128-304, jewel: 31%ED 8min), Passion PB
Fortitude
Arreat's Face(27 max damage jewel)
Highlord's Wraith
1.07 Laying of Hands
Vendungo's
BK ring
Ravenfrost
Goreriders

Switch: Demonlimb, Spirit Shield for pre-buffing

Skills:
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Zeal: Level 4
Shout, Battle Orders: 20(27 pre-buff)
Battle Command, 1(8 pre-buff)
Warcry: 5(9)
Sword Mastery: 20(25)
Leap Attack: 1(8)
Berzerk: 1(granted from passion)
Iron Skin: 9(13)
Increased Speed: 1(5)
Natural Resistance: 7(11)

Mercenary: Act 2 Might, 3500 Life roughly, and 17.5k Defense, 2.5k-9k damage
Ethereal Cryptic Axe(1.13 not 1.07) Obedience, Fortitude, Vampire Gaze

Code:
Doombringer
Champion Sword
One-Hand Damage: 128 to 304
Two-Hand Damage: 307 to 414
Required Dexterity: 103
Required Strength: 163
Required Level: 69
Sword Class - Fast Attack Speed
Indestructible
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 86
Fingerprint: 0x1a88e012
+279% Enhanced Damage
+38 to Minimum Damage
+100 to Maximum Damage
7% Life stolen per hit
Increase Maximum Life 20%
40% Bonus to Attack Rating
Indestructible
8% Chance to cast Level 3 Weaken on striking
Socketed (1: 1 used)

Whats next? Thinking of a high damage character, like really high..minimum damage.


Thanks goes to everyone that has made an outside attack skills pat/mat thread I've read for the inspiration for this character.
 
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Re: Debilitator, the Doombringing Zealot.

Good to see Doomy taken out for a spin. Thank you for reminding me about Zeal-barbs. I need to make one.
 
Re: Debilitator, the Doombringing Zealot.

Nice Pat there Vang, cool to see the Doombringer brought to use.

I made a min damage zealot using Griswold's and was able to achieve 4228-4229 damage with full gear/merc aura. Easy to get full resists along with decent AR using the demon limb on switch. All in all an enjoyable/safe character to play
 
Re: Debilitator, the Doombringing Zealot.

Congrats on a very interesting character! I'm planning a Frenzied Zealbarb myself, but I want to make that Passion in a +Zeal War/Divine Scepter (I have a couple white scepters I plan to use the socket recipe on, but I haven't found a 4os with +Zeal).

I have a couple Doombringers from my 1.09 MFing, and I really like the idea of using one of those for this character. Maarek posted his idea of combining the speedup of Frenzy with Zeal from Passion in the off-hand for a max speed Zeal - I think that could work with a Doombringer. Thing is, they are both average rolls (~215% ED) - do you think that makes a big difference?
 
Re: Debilitator, the Doombringing Zealot.

Congrats on a very interesting character! I'm planning a Frenzied Zealbarb myself, but I want to make that Passion in a +Zeal War/Divine Scepter (I have a couple white scepters I plan to use the socket recipe on, but I haven't found a 4os with +Zeal).

I have a couple Doombringers from my 1.09 MFing, and I really like the idea of using one of those for this character. Maarek posted his idea of combining the speedup of Frenzy with Zeal from Passion in the off-hand for a max speed Zeal - I think that could work with a Doombringer. Thing is, they are both average rolls (~215% ED) - do you think that makes a big difference?

I thought about doing that, as it seems in theory a great idea, but to much micro management for my taste. Good luck though on it.



 
Re: Debilitator, the Doombringing Zealot.

I thought about doing that, as it seems in theory a great idea, but to much micro management for my taste. Good luck though on it.

Frenzy - left button + Zeal/Warcries hotkeyed - right button shouldn't require so much micro.

Great Pat. Congratulations :thumbsup:



 
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