Pezeteros said:
I was liking the idea of making a lvl 53 zerker for the kicks, and the planning doesnt seem too expensive at all.
Weapon none else than oath balrog blade and EQ is
Arreats
Tele amulet or ???
IK gloves
Gore riders since the DS would push your 1 hit KO limits
Whitstands for block with little dxt
Raven + ??
Shaft (eth stone?)
String
This seems right vs mellee. vs casters you could use Spirit/diamond monarch, tgods ect depending on difficulty and other armor ring.
Or could do cats eye (or 20 ias gloves but 40 stats are hard to beat) + nosferatu belt for the 10 fps breakpoint
This is first rough take on him but seems to me as if you can get a pretty fun character without sinking insane items for him.
The problem is, to make one really effective (and many others your level will be, most in fact) You DO need really expensive gear.
The thing is, you REALLY want to hit 9 frame zerk, Now, to hit 9 frame zerk using an Oath weapon, you will need 75% IAS from your outside gear.
There are a few ways to do this, but the best ones REQUIRE ed/ias jewels.
Some IAS giving options:
ed/ias jewels, or plain ias, but those are really not CLOSE to ed/ias's... 15%
IK belt+gloves, 25%
Cats eye, 20%
Various 20% gloves
Those are all of the decent options...
Since I am a HUGE fan of telezerkers, and feel they are FAR more versatile and dangerous than a non-teleing zerker, I' personally would rule out a Cats eye, however, its always an option I suppose.
I would also personally rule out 20% gloves, I feel that the 40 stats on IK make them undoubetedly your top choice.
That means, assuming you lose the 15% DR from a string, and go with 25% IAS from IK combo, you would need 50% IAS, and the best place for that is ed/IAS jewels.
I honestly think your best option would be to go with String//IK, and use 5 ed/ias jewels. I say this because DR is very important at your level, thanks to Oath making 53 WWers the new thing. So, I would say you use a jewelers armor of the whale, with 4x ed/ias jewels in it, and ed/ias your arreats, that, with an Oath BB, will hit 9 frame zerk, which is, in my opinion, crucial.
Also, switch your shield. An AToD with 3x 15+ max's in it would be your best bet, whatever you do, dont ed//max it, as thats bugged in shields too (sadly, my own 53 zerker was the test subject... he had a 56%ed//23 max AToD, which we found to be next to worthless in terms of adding damage... which was too bad, if it wasnt bugged, that would have been a fantastic shield....)
So, your ideal gear would be:
Eth Oath BB
ed//ias'd arreats
60%IAS//~100ed jewelers armor of the whale
45+ max AToD
2 Ravens
IK gloves
String
Gore Riders
Rare amulet with teleport charges
I went with 10 Sharp grand charms with 2nd mods, and 9 small vitas, but any combo of damage//life charms is your target.
Hmmm, another option would be the following changes:
Cats eye (20%IAS)
IK combo (25% IAS)
2x ed/ias jewels (30%IAS)
Thats 75% IAS, which will hit 9 frame zerk with an oath BB...
Advantages I see:
-Cheaper than 3 extra ed//ias jewels
-Lets you use a Shaftstop, and end up with 30% DR, as opposed to 10-15% from the string with the other setup. (you'd ed/ias the arreats and shaft)
+25 str from IK belt is always nice
Disadvantages:
-You lose Teleporting. If you can afford the more ed/ias jewel setup, this alone makes it the better one in my mind.
-You dont look NEARLY as cool as if you were wearing a jewelers of the whale
Thats about all I can think of right now, I'm a huge fan of level 53 zerkers, so I'll likely post more, and would love to answer any other questions you have on them
Good luck!
-Matt
