Single-player Vindicator - general issues
Hi. I'm a bit new to these forums, so bear with me as I try to fit in. :smiley:
A few years back, I used to play on b.net quite a bit, but recently started getting into single-player. Paladins have always been my prefered character, so I know quite a lot about them. However, I dropped the game for about a year since the 1.10 patch was released, and didn't pick back up until recently. So as you can imagine, a lot of the changes are still pretty new to me.
At the moment, I am running a single-player game with a Vindicator (Smiter / Hammerdin hybrid) and I am having a few general issues with Hell difficulty. First and forement, I blame my choice of equipment and skill allocation, as I'm used to depending on other players to counter my weaknesses. With single-player, I have to tough it out alone. What I basically did was focus on maxing out Smite, Holy Shield and Concentration for the first 50 levels. Then, I moved into working on Blessed Hammer. After it's maxed, I'm going to put everything else into Blessed Hammer synergies. In regards to my attributes, I've barely touched down on them. Most every point I've invested has gone soley into my Vitality, with a few points in other attributes to help with equipment prerequisites.
For my equipment, that's the tough part. It's difficult to really find decent equipment in single-player mode, so I have to work with whatever I manage to find. At the moment, I have:
Weapon: Pompei's Wrath
Shield: Gemmed Gilded Shield (+85% all resistances)
Head: Rockstopper
Body: Darkglow
Hands: Sander's Taboo
Feet: Waterwalk
Jewely: + resistance, + life, + mana rares
Some of my major issues include dealing with undead enemies, my low resistances, and low mana. I usually have to Smite something an excess of 100 times before it falls. (this is also with the aid of my hireling -- a Holy Freeze mercenary) With undead, Blessed Hammer is a big help, but I'm such a slow caster that it generally proved uneffective. Coupled with this, my mana seems to run out way too quick. My current attributes are: Level 74, 1,006 Life, 259 Mana, 95 STR, 120 DEX, 190 VIT, 45 ENG.
If anyone wants to give me any general suggestions or ideas, then I would definitely appreciate the advice. I'm currently in Act II having difficulty with undead groups and anything that spews charged bolts when you hit it. :undecided:
Hi. I'm a bit new to these forums, so bear with me as I try to fit in. :smiley:
A few years back, I used to play on b.net quite a bit, but recently started getting into single-player. Paladins have always been my prefered character, so I know quite a lot about them. However, I dropped the game for about a year since the 1.10 patch was released, and didn't pick back up until recently. So as you can imagine, a lot of the changes are still pretty new to me.
At the moment, I am running a single-player game with a Vindicator (Smiter / Hammerdin hybrid) and I am having a few general issues with Hell difficulty. First and forement, I blame my choice of equipment and skill allocation, as I'm used to depending on other players to counter my weaknesses. With single-player, I have to tough it out alone. What I basically did was focus on maxing out Smite, Holy Shield and Concentration for the first 50 levels. Then, I moved into working on Blessed Hammer. After it's maxed, I'm going to put everything else into Blessed Hammer synergies. In regards to my attributes, I've barely touched down on them. Most every point I've invested has gone soley into my Vitality, with a few points in other attributes to help with equipment prerequisites.
For my equipment, that's the tough part. It's difficult to really find decent equipment in single-player mode, so I have to work with whatever I manage to find. At the moment, I have:
Weapon: Pompei's Wrath
Shield: Gemmed Gilded Shield (+85% all resistances)
Head: Rockstopper
Body: Darkglow
Hands: Sander's Taboo
Feet: Waterwalk
Jewely: + resistance, + life, + mana rares
Some of my major issues include dealing with undead enemies, my low resistances, and low mana. I usually have to Smite something an excess of 100 times before it falls. (this is also with the aid of my hireling -- a Holy Freeze mercenary) With undead, Blessed Hammer is a big help, but I'm such a slow caster that it generally proved uneffective. Coupled with this, my mana seems to run out way too quick. My current attributes are: Level 74, 1,006 Life, 259 Mana, 95 STR, 120 DEX, 190 VIT, 45 ENG.
If anyone wants to give me any general suggestions or ideas, then I would definitely appreciate the advice. I'm currently in Act II having difficulty with undead groups and anything that spews charged bolts when you hit it. :undecided: