Patriarch Bert - Fanatic Polearm Zealot

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Bert is a fanatic zealot. He also happens to use the skills Zeal and Fanaticism. Berts mission/crusade to spread the word of Bert on the realm has come to an end. Sadly, despite great effort, the actual number of followers of Bert have not risen over the number of two (it is actually only one, Zanarhi the mighty delirium merc is only a Bertist due to terms in the contract of employment). On the other hand the resulted trail of dead means the percentage of Bertists in the population has increased significantly!

Some (most) think Bert is deranged. But that can’t be: Bert is wealding a range 5 weapon. As a result monsters were dying at a polearming rate!

The plan was to utilize my Obedience Great Poleaxe on a paladin. Obedience has nice stats but speed is not one of them. Hence Fanatisism was needed. Zeal was chosen because I like Zeal and a melee paladins don't have any other attack-a-group skill. Obedience also has -resist fire so tried to make use of that with 1pt Vengeance (mana cost reasons) buffed with Resist fire as Berts PI solution.

Twinked to the teeth Bert was a polearm warrior from the start.
Soul Impaler
Halberd
Two Hand Damage: 21 - 79
Durability: 55 of 55
Required Level: 10
Required Strength: 64
Required Dexterity: 40
Fingerprint: 0xa7201957
Item Level: 37
Version: Expansion 1.10+
65% Enhanced Damage
+2 to Minimum Damage
+5 to Maximum Damage
+28 to Attack Rating
4% Life stolen per hit
+2 to Strength
Requirements -15% 1 Sockets (1 used)
Socketed: Carbuncle Jewel of Freedom

Gemmed Partizan
Partizan
Two Hand Damage: 61 - 140
Durability: 65 of 65
Required Level: 23
Required Strength: 97
Required Dexterity: 57
Fingerprint: 0x9968b217
Item Level: 82
Version: Expansion 1.10+
81% Enhanced Damage
+5 to Maximum Damage
+2 to Dexterity
+7 to Life
Requirements -15% 5 Sockets (5 used)
Socketed: Rusty Jewel of Ire
Socketed: Rusty Jewel of Freedom
Socketed: Rusty Jewel
Socketed: Rusty Jewel
Socketed: Wraith Whorl

Honor
Bec-de-Corbin
AmnElIthTirSol
Two Hand Damage: 42 - 230
Durability: 55 of 55
Required Level: 27
Required Strength: 133
Required Dexterity: 91
Fingerprint: 0xee63ff77
Item Level: 81
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to All Skills
160% Enhanced Damage
+9 to Minimum Damage
+9 to Maximum Damage
+250 to Attack Rating
7% Life stolen per hit
25% Deadly Strike
+10 to Strength
Replenish Life +10
+2 to Mana after each Kill
+1 to Light Radius 5 Sockets (5 used)

That base was Hel'ed and used for this:

Obedience
Bec-de-Corbin
HelKoThulEthFal
Two Hand Damage: 61 - 399
Durability: 12 of 55
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 107
Required Dexterity: 73
Fingerprint: 0xee63ff77
Item Level: 81
Version: Expansion 1.10+
30% Chance to cast level 21 Enchant when you Kill an Enemy
+40% Faster Hit Recovery
370% Enhanced Damage
-25% Target Defense
Adds 3 - 14 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames)
-25% to Enemy Fire Resistance
40% Chance of Crushing Blow
+233 Defense
+10 to Strength
+10 to Dexterity
All Resistances +23
Requirements -20%

Twinking gear included (but was not limited to):
-Twitchthroe socketed with a Perfect Amethyst
-Gemmed Crown (+20 to Strength +10 to Dexterity)
-Sander's Riprap
-Sigons belt & gloves
-Manald heal & Angelics
-IK Boots belt gloves combo

Skill progression was straight forward: pump Zeal and Sacrifice until Fanaticism was avaliable then max that, then finish Zeal & Sacrifice and start Resist fire. Bert used a defiant mercenary up until Hell. But then Bert stumbled upon a Lo rune in the Dark Wood and promptly made a Fortitude for himself. Any benefit Defiance had given, was moot after Chilling armour and the merc was replaced with Mighty Fazel. Both Fazel and his predecessor where delirious decripifiers giving much needed crowd control. That crowd control was however of a horribly chaotic nature. Ok, monsters attack each other fine, but they then attract more monsters from further away. One needs to let go of trying to control things and just go with the flow. Stick close to Fazel where Decripify is at times present and everything sorts out in the end.

The patting was last year! I just had some sort of Pat thread writers block (it's a thing!). Finally got around to it as next one is coming soon and did not want several writeups clogged up in the pipe. With the patting being last year I do not recall much other than playing Bert felt a bit too familiar. It was in hindsight surprising it was surprising as I had already patted a 2-hander zealot and Bert varied only slightly from that. 6-frame Zeal was ok with a big hurt stick.

1pt Vengeance buffed with resist fire was not as good as a PI solution as I hoped even though weapon has -fire resist. Apparently I even put one point in Conviction. No recollection of usage. In the end the best general purpose PI solution still remained Decrepify from merc and for PI undead heavy zones (Hello Arcaines Sanctuary) 1 point Sanctuary did the trick.

Finds: Ko, Lo, shapeshift skiller
Hellforge: ?, Pul, Um

Specs​

Name: Bert
Class: Paladin
Experience: 1252297035
Level: 87

Naked/Gear
Strength: 144/154
Dexterity: 72/83
Vitality: 299/335
Energy: 15/15
HP: 1109/1488
Mana: 144/161
Stamina: 449/587
Defense: 18/2015
AR: 345/1444

Fire: 186/146/86
Cold: 173/133/73
Lightning: 177/137/77
Poison: 164/124/64

MF: 0 Block: 11
GF: 0 FR/W: 30
FHR: 80 IAS: 20
FCR: 25
Sacrifice: 20/20
Smite: 1/1
Holy Bolt: 0/0
Zeal: 20/20
Charge: 5/5
Vengeance: 1/1
Blessed Hammer: 0/0
Conversion: 0/0
Holy Shield: 0/0
Fist of the Heavens: 0/0

Might: 1/1
Holy Fire: 1/1
Thorns: 1/1
Blessed Aim: 1/1
Concentration: 1/1
Holy Freeze: 1/1
Holy Shock: 0/0
Sanctuary: 1/1
Fanaticism: 20/20
Conviction: 1/1

Prayer: 1/1
Resist Fire: 20/20
Defiance: 0/0
Resist Cold: 0/0
Cleansing: 1/1
Resist Lightning: 0/0
Vigor: 0/0
Meditation: 0/0
Redemption: 0/0
Salvation: 1/1
Head: Kira's Guardian (Sol)
Body: Fortitude Great Hauberk
Belt: Verdungo's Hearty Cord
Gloves: Loh
Boots: Gore Rider
Amulet: Angelic Wings
Rings: Angelic Halo and Skull Grip (rare with life leech and lighting resist)
Weapon: Obedience Great Poleaxe
Shield: -
Switch: Buriza for lols
Charms: Assortment of charms with resists, +life and fhr

Readouts​

Kira's Guardian
Tiara
Defense: 139
Durability: 22 of 25
Required Level: 77
Fingerprint: 0x9c8e0e88
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+20% Faster Hit Recovery
+97 Defense
All Resistances +52
Damage Reduced by 7
Cannot Be Frozen
1 Sockets (1 used)
Socketed: Sol Rune

Angelic Wings
Amulet
Required Level: 12
Fingerprint: 0x8ec7baf2
Item Level: 49
Version: Expansion 1.10+
20% Damage Taken Goes To Mana
+3 to Light Radius
Set (2 items): +75 to Life
Set (3 items): +1 to All Skills
(2 items): +10 to Dexterity

Angelic Halo
Ring
Required Level: 12
Fingerprint: 0xab196c72
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+20 to Life
Replenish Life +6
Set (2 items): +1044 to Attack Rating (Based on Character Level)
Set (3 items): 50% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Skull Grip
Ring
Required Level: 65
Fingerprint: 0x802cabed
Item Level: 81
Version: Expansion 1.10+
10% Chance to cast level 3 Nova when struck
8% Life stolen per hit
Replenish Life +4
Lightning Resist +30%
Verdungo's Hearty Cord
Mithril Coil
Defense: 127
Durability: 15 of 16
Required Level: 63
Required Strength: 106
Fingerprint: 0x989f04f4
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+10% Faster Hit Recovery
+93% Enhanced Defense
+36 to Vitality
Replenish Life +13
+106 Maximum Stamina
Damage Reduced by 13%

Gore Rider
War Boots
Defense: 147
Durability: 33 of 34
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 94
Fingerprint: 0x4a30492a
Item Level: 75
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+30% Faster Run/Walk
15% Chance of Crushing Blow
15% Deadly Strike
10% Chance of Open Wounds
+173% Enhanced Defense
+20 Maximum Stamina
Requirements -25%
+10 Maximum Durability

Bert's Laying of Hands
Bramble Mitts
Defense: 82
Durability: 12 of 12
Required Level: 63
Required Strength: 50
Fingerprint: 0x434be584
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
10% Chance to cast level 3 Holy Bolt on striking
+20% Increased Attack Speed
+350% Damage to Demons
+25 Defense
Fire Resist +50%

Buriza-Do Kyanon
Ballista
Two Hand Damage: 83 - 356
Durability: 48 of 50
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 110
Required Dexterity: 80
Fingerprint: 0x16eb9927
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+80% Increased Attack Speed
Piercing Attack
153% Enhanced Damage
+217 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
Adds 32 - 196 Cold Damage Over 8 Secs (200 Frames)
Freezes target +3
+96 Defense
+35 to Dexterity

Fortitude
Great Hauberk
ElSolDolLo
Defense: 1500
Durability: 49 of 50
Required Level: 59
Required Strength: 118
Fingerprint: 0xf83a75ba
Item Level: 81
Version: Expansion 1.10+
20% Chance to cast level 15 Chilling Armor when struck
+25% Faster Cast Rate
300% Enhanced Damage
+200% Enhanced Defense
+15 Defense
+108 to Life (Based on Character Level)
Replenish Life +7
+5% to Maximum Lightning Resist
All Resistances +25
Damage Reduced by 7
12% Damage Taken Goes To Mana
+1 to Light Radius
4 Sockets (4 used)
Socketed: El Rune
Socketed: Sol Rune
Socketed: Dol Rune
Socketed: Lo Rune

Obedience
Great Poleaxe
HelKoThulEthFal
Two Hand Damage: 216 - 596
Durability: 42 of 55
Required Level: 63
Required Strength: 144
Required Dexterity: 80
Fingerprint: 0x702076b0
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
30% Chance to cast level 21 Enchant when you Kill an Enemy
+40% Faster Hit Recovery
370% Enhanced Damage
-25% Target Defense
Adds 3 - 14 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames)
-25% to Enemy Fire Resistance
40% Chance of Crushing Blow
+244 Defense
+10 to Strength
+10 to Dexterity
All Resistances +20
Requirements -20%
5 Sockets (5 used)
Socketed: Hel Rune
Socketed: Ko Rune
Socketed: Thul Rune
Socketed: Eth Rune
Socketed: Fal Rune
Rugged Small Charm of Balance
Small Charm
Required Level: 29
Fingerprint: 0x833e5f5f
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+5% Faster Hit Recovery
+12 Maximum Stamina

Serpent's Small Charm of Balance
Small Charm
Required Level: 40
Fingerprint: 0xd2452bb2
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+5% Faster Hit Recovery
+17 to Mana

Grand Charm of Vita
Grand Charm
Required Level: 69
Fingerprint: 0x60a1746e
Item Level: 81
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+40 to Life

Amber Small Charm of Dexterity
Small Charm
Required Level: 32
Fingerprint: 0x5578ae0c
Item Level: 81
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Dexterity
Lightning Resist +11%

Red Large Charm of Vita
Large Charm
Required Level: 66
Fingerprint: 0xca7a0279
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Minimum Damage
+33 to Life

Stout Large Charm of Vita
Large Charm
Required Level: 50
Fingerprint: 0x69a6750c
Item Level: 73
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+4 Defense
+30 to Life

Stalwart Grand Charm of Sustenance
Grand Charm
Required Level: 53
Fingerprint: 0xdcf10d5d
Item Level: 86
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+73 Defense
+34 to Life

Shimmering Small Charm
Small Charm
Required Level: 25
Fingerprint: 0x34bf02d5
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
All Resistances +4

Shimmering Small Charm
Small Charm
Required Level: 25
Fingerprint: 0x35e169c4
Item Level: 50
Version: Expansion 1.10+
All Resistances +5

Stout Small Charm of Vita
Small Charm
Required Level: 39
Fingerprint: 0xb51e97c8
Item Level: 84
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+4 Defense
+20 to Life

Emerald Grand Charm of the Glacier
Grand Charm
Required Level: 22
Fingerprint: 0x7a03334d
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Adds 3 - 5 Cold Damage Over 1 Secs (25 Frames)
Poison Resist +28%

Sapphire Grand Charm
Grand Charm
Required Level: 22
Fingerprint: 0x971419d3
Item Level: 55
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Cold Resist +29%

Lapis Large Charm of Sustenance
Large Charm
Required Level: 19
Fingerprint: 0x30640c33
Item Level: 84
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+19 to Life
Cold Resist +8%
Name: Fazel
Race: Desert Mercenary
Type: Off-Nightmare
Experience: 77822740
Level: 86
Dead?: false

Naked/Gear
Strength: 188/198
Dexterity: 151/151
HP: 1807/1807
Defense: 1330/3463
AR: 1922/1922

Fire: 195/155/95
Cold: 195/155/95
Lightning: 195/155/95
Poison: 195/155/95

Gear:

Gloom
Kraken Shell
FalUmPul
Defense: 1598
Durability: 44 of 48
Required Level: 61
Required Strength: 174
Fingerprint: 0xf2670d55
Item Level: 81
Version: Expansion 1.10+
15% Chance to cast level 3 Dim Vision when struck
+10% Faster Hit Recovery
+219% Enhanced Defense
+10 to Strength
All Resistances +45
Half Freeze Duration
5% Damage Taken Goes To Mana
-3 to Light Radius
3 Sockets (3 used)
Socketed: Fal Rune
Socketed: Um Rune
Socketed: Pul Rune

The Reaper's Toll
Thresher
Two Hand Damage: 54 - 635
Durability: 33 of 33
Required Level: 75
Required Strength: 107
Required Dexterity: 81
Fingerprint: 0x68d83a77
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
33% Chance to cast level 1 Decrepify on striking
+20% Increased Attack Speed
201% Enhanced Damage
Ignore Target's Defense
Adds 4 - 44 Cold Damage Over 1 Secs (37 Frames)
15% Life stolen per hit
33% Deadly Strike
Requirements -25%
Ethereal
1 Sockets (1 used)
Socketed: Shael Rune

Delirium
Spired Helm
LemIstIo
Defense: 535
Durability: 21 of 21
Required Level: 59
Required Strength: 182
Fingerprint: 0x5b4c320d
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
1% Chance to cast level 50 Delirium when struck
6% Chance to cast level 14 Mind Blast when struck
14% Chance to cast level 13 Terror when struck
11% Chance to cast level 18 Confuse on striking
+2 to All Skills
+261 Defense
+10 to Vitality
50% Extra Gold from Monsters
25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Level 17 Attract (60/60 Charges)
Ethereal
3 Sockets (3 used)
Socketed: Lem Rune
Socketed: Ist Rune
Socketed: Io Rune

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Nice Pat!

I just finished a 2h zealer as well! Using death CS, I was able to keep it at p8 the entire way. 2h zeal killing speed is incredible, you just have to get a little creative to stay safe.
 
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