Griswold's Legacy - reckon this would work?

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Griswold's Legacy - reckon this would work?

Let's assume I have unlimited funds and can afford everything and anything. So I'm talking about PvM, a zealot. The basic build in terms of skills. Tweaked strength/dexterity.

The build would revolve and evolve around the Griswold's Legacy set. We all know what it is, and what it does, but here would be my sockets:

Shield - 3 x 40/15 ED/MAX jewels
Armour - 3 x 40/15 ED/MAX jewels
Weapon - 3 x Lo & 1 x Ohm runes
Helm - 3 x 40/15 ED/IAS jewels

Pretty straight forward! I haven't played the game in a while, but I think that I should have the maximum speed already, as long as I use Fanaticism. I should be alright for resistances - +30 quests, +50 set bonus, +45 from shield, +5 helm, plus ultimately I would have +40 from my perfect Hellfire Torch & Annihilus. That's 170, without taking into account other miscellaneous equipments. To boost it up a bit, I'd have 5 x 20/5 small charms to give me another +25 to be on the safe side. Other charms would be 5 x 3/20/20 small charms and 10 x +45 life combat skillers (haha, wishful thinking I know).

Now I know my defence would be quite low, I should imagine no more than 15k, and I would have only 15% damage reduce from Verdungo's Hearty Cord. To compensate, I would have 75% block, and use Dracul's Grasp and Bul Kathos' Wedding Band for 16% life leech, plus 5% chance to cast Life Tap. Also, considering the fairly low strength requirements for the set, and my charms, I should end up with a good amount of life - 4k at least I would think, after Battle Orders & Battle Command, which I would get from Call To Arms. Lastly, the good block on the shield, plus Holy Shield, and the dexterity bonuses from the set (and the +20 from Ravenfrost), means I wouldn't have to add much dexterity to achieve the 75% block. All the more points in vitality then.

What with Fanaticism and Zeal, plus the various attack rating bonuses, my attack rating should be enough for PvM. Fast hit recovery is not a problem, I would have a sufficient +% for PvM.

What concerns me is the damage - after bonuses, the weapon does a paltry 186 damage. However - I would have +410% damage (I think) from my sockets, plus another 135 to maximum damage. I would have over 100% deadly strike, 15% crushing blow and 25% open wounds just to add to it all. After the set bonuses, charms, Battle Command and items, my Fanatacism would be level 32. Zeal and Sacrifice would both be 41. I would also have a mercenary with Might aura (who would use ethereal Breath of the Dying ghost spear, Fortitude and ethereal Vampire Gaze with a Ber rune). He would be a great ally who could give me a big boost in damage, plus kill a lot on his own.

What I'd like to know is, would these bonuses be enough to make my Zealot deadly in PvM? I know there are better builds, but I prefer ones with more of a uniqueness to them. I don't see many, if any, elite Griswold paladins.

Thanks.
 
I'll start off with saying I don't think you should go with pcombat skillers for a Fanatic Zealot. Zealots don't get a lot of damage from +skills. You'd be better off with +damage/AR/life charms.

As far as killing speed, I think you will be fine. If you throw 40/15 max and Lo runes in everything, even a meleemancer will start having good damage. Others will probably kill faster, but who cares as long as you are having fun. My SP Zealot finished Hell solo with a Nord's, Guilluame's Face, Goreriders, and no Dracul's.

Good luck with your Paladin and getting all those 40/15s.
 
Thanks.

You're probably right about the charms. I haven't played in a while so some things slip my mind.

I prefer zealots with a bit of style. The usual Grief/CoA/Forti/Exile Zealot doesn't do anything for me.

Here's one that I'd like to try out - The Black Knight:

Eth Stormlash/Eth Veil of Steel/Eth Carapace/Eth HoZ

Has anyone ever tried an ethereal, upgraded Headstriker?
 
I haven't tried an upgraded ethereal headstriker, but even a plain ethereal one kicks ***. One of my 1.09 zealots used it for the longest time, and well and truly cleaned house with it. I'd imagine then, that the damage from an upgraded, ethereal one would be nice too.
 
Firebrande said:
Let's assume I have unlimited funds and can afford everything and anything. So I'm talking about PvM, a zealot. The basic build in terms of skills. Tweaked strength/dexterity.

The build would revolve and evolve around the Griswold's Legacy set. We all know what it is, and what it does, but here would be my sockets:

Shield - 3 x 40/15 ED/MAX jewels
Armour - 3 x 40/15 ED/MAX jewels
Weapon - 3 x Lo & 1 x Ohm runes
Helm - 3 x 40/15 ED/IAS jewels

Pretty straight forward! I haven't played the game in a while, but I think that I should have the maximum speed already, as long as I use Fanaticism. I should be alright for resistances - +30 quests, +50 set bonus, +45 from shield, +5 helm, plus ultimately I would have +40 from my perfect Hellfire Torch & Annihilus. That's 170, without taking into account other miscellaneous equipments. To boost it up a bit, I'd have 5 x 20/5 small charms to give me another +25 to be on the safe side. Other charms would be 5 x 3/20/20 small charms and 10 x +45 life combat skillers (haha, wishful thinking I know).

Now I know my defence would be quite low, I should imagine no more than 15k, and I would have only 15% damage reduce from Verdungo's Hearty Cord. To compensate, I would have 75% block, and use Dracul's Grasp and Bul Kathos' Wedding Band for 16% life leech, plus 5% chance to cast Life Tap. Also, considering the fairly low strength requirements for the set, and my charms, I should end up with a good amount of life - 4k at least I would think, after Battle Orders & Battle Command, which I would get from Call To Arms. Lastly, the good block on the shield, plus Holy Shield, and the dexterity bonuses from the set (and the +20 from Ravenfrost), means I wouldn't have to add much dexterity to achieve the 75% block. All the more points in vitality then.

What with Fanaticism and Zeal, plus the various attack rating bonuses, my attack rating should be enough for PvM. Fast hit recovery is not a problem, I would have a sufficient +% for PvM.

What concerns me is the damage - after bonuses, the weapon does a paltry 186 damage. However - I would have +410% damage (I think) from my sockets, plus another 135 to maximum damage. I would have over 100% deadly strike, 15% crushing blow and 25% open wounds just to add to it all. After the set bonuses, charms, Battle Command and items, my Fanatacism would be level 32. Zeal and Sacrifice would both be 41. I would also have a mercenary with Might aura (who would use ethereal Breath of the Dying ghost spear, Fortitude and ethereal Vampire Gaze with a Ber rune). He would be a great ally who could give me a big boost in damage, plus kill a lot on his own.

What I'd like to know is, would these bonuses be enough to make my Zealot deadly in PvM? I know there are better builds, but I prefer ones with more of a uniqueness to them. I don't see many, if any, elite Griswold paladins.

Thanks.
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I think that ed/max damages are bugged. Try using plain ones or 40%ed/9 strength or something in that area.

I guess this is strictly pvm...

Weapon. Lo Lo Ber Jah. Yes, Jah, making it itd works wonders,and the sacrifice in damage isn't that big. 40% deadly right there,together with gores and highlord's you can have 90% + ds and 35% crushing blow.

Defense. Don't bother, the set together with maxed holy shield will offer more than you'll ever need.

Resists/ DR. The set itself grants 100 to all. Anya quests add another 30. Torch/anni should take you easily to 70% against all elements in hell. Since you prefer the % dr route, a couple of ber runes in the corona can take you to 31% which is quite fine for pvm.

Jewelry. Stay clear from bk rings. They don't offer much.A highlord's is a must, then a ravenfrost as you said for the cannot be frozen mod,then a nice rare with resists/mana leech/dmg etc.

Pala combats offer like 6%enhanced damage each. Offensive skillers offer 17% each . Use sharps of vita instead. If you manage to get like 130+ to max damage from your charms, an average of 5.5k per zeal after deadly strike is doable. Yes, you will be a very effective killer this way, remember itd works wonders.



 
Thanks.

On Stormlash - it's a great zealot weapon, probably my favourite, especially when ethereal. Around 440 maximum damage on that, and very fast. The crushing blow is what really helps, and the 15% chance to cast Static works wonders. When combined with Highlord's, Guillaume's and Gore Riders, you can wipe the floor with enemies in Hell.
 
Re: Griswold's Legacy - reckon this would work?

I made a zealot a while back and today after some difficult trading got my hands on the full griswolds set, the main reason like most others is the tons of sockets and possibilities to improve on the set, Also currently running angelics set 1 ring 1 ammy, need another halo ring.

I didnt want to make the same pali's that everyone else is making, all going for BOTD's and CTA etc, I can already do UBER and I MF very well and can afford anything I want (no bots, no buying items online to trade)....I have a very well geared MF sorc and a summon/bone necro that can solo uber trist.

my intention is to see how strong I can get this pali based around the griswolds set, the set itself isnt bad but it could be better...it was worth it just to have it alone, I have yet to see another pali with it so I like its uniqueness and the fact that some people try to find it and can never put it together because of the rarity of the gear so they give up.

I'm aiming for alot of 40/15's and maybe a few high runes for ceirtain things as well.

thanks for the thread since it was what I was looking for to get started.
 
Re: Griswold's Legacy - reckon this would work?

kingdryland said:
I have tried that,and even did ubers with it, a stormlash is way better actually.
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Then set up a Schaefer's hammer on the weapon swap. If you set up your off weapon IAS on the body (helm, amulet, gloves, armor) then you have the ias to zeal Schaefers as well as stone crusher. That way you use Schaefers for the CTC static which is better than lash's CTC (15% v 20%) then weapon swap to the crusher for finish.

I have that set up in SP (no ubers, but players 8 setting & no torch/anni) and it compares fairly well to grief/stormlash on hell cows, ancients and Baal runs.



 
Re: Griswold's Legacy - reckon this would work?

If you wanna do Ubers, you will need to Ber Ber Ber the Caddy and wear Gore Riders plus draculs. That is, if you are NOT intending to have any other weapon on switch to use and just go into Ubertrist glowing.

40/15 are ok if you can trade for them, but be weary in case they poof. No Ravenfrost so you will need a Cham somewhere as well. Good news about this build that it has very high resistance when full utilised, so that is one less thing you have to worry about.
 
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