The Avenger guide for V1.11.

[mouseman1]

Re: The Avenger guide for V1.11.

Bump. Nobody is answered my questions

Also, would Laying on Hands work as gloves? How does vengeance work with the 350% dmg to demons from the gloves? It would more than counteract Andy's visage -fire resistance, though, so you could socket your Andy's with more damage/IAS. Good combo, no? Though lava gouts have also substantial fire resistance bonus and I'm not sure if I'd rather just take the fire damage from lava gouts.

 

[mackscynox]

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if I have +10 to all skills and I equip a Dream helm do I actually get lvl 25 Holy Shock synergized with Resist Lightning? :O

no, it doesnot increas aura lvls that come with items.

And what's this I hear about avenger conviction countering ubermeph's conviction?

your pally cancels his aura and overrides if pal's conv is lvl21 or higher (now sure about his aura lvl)

i tried once with a dual dream avenger with ebotd but it was too slow. also baal summons mana drainer minions. when they drain your mana avenger is dead. as i said i tried but after a few min i realized that avenger is not good choice for uber (my opinion, maybe my avenger sucked even with high end items), i switched to smiter and finished all.

Allso, would Laying on Hands work as gloves? How does vengeance work with the 350% dmg to demons from the gloves?

sorry, i dont know if ed to demon/undead works with vengeance.

i prefer dracs because of life tap

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also didnot check if someone mentioned but i find beast caddy a good choice for avenger weapon (with its fana, no need to sock IAS jewels to items). also caddy's can come with good skills (my caddy had +2 conviction) so that u can max every synergy.

 

[someguyoverthere]

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how would beast zerker axe go?

 

[MuRRe]

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What kind of damage do you with the Griswold set considering the pretty low dmg on the weapon?
Is it alot worse than going for runewords?

 

[hubb]

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Considerably.

Socket it with 4 duped 40ed/15ias jewels and you'll have a nice weapon. A good Oath roll will still beat it though.

 

[MuRRe]

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What did I miss?
Vengeance + pre = 22 skills
Holy Shield + pre = 5 (lvl 6-7 HS should be fine right?)
Conviction + pre = around 19 (lvl 15 conviction and then you have + skills)
RS+RL+RC = 60
= 106
which -> lvl 95 (right?)

 

[Asmodeous1]

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What kind of damage do you with the Griswold set considering the pretty low dmg on the weapon?
Is it alot worse than going for runewords?

Id expect a battle.net ladder griswold avenger c/w torch/anni should get around 6.5 - 7 kay average damage @ 8 fps. Duped 40% ed 15 max damage jewels or quad Ohm's in the weapon.
Oath beats the weapon true but you have to consider the set bonus, extra 20-40 damage which works with vengeance and the sockets of the set which you can fill with vermillion jewels of bliss/carnage and so forth.
Torch/anni plus set bonus and shield base will take care of your resists mostly so the full set is a big benefit.
The other benefit of griswolds is the all those holes. If you get a 400% ed caddy (including sockets filled), 185-215 plus set bonus, 205-255, 230 average and then average 10 points in each socket of the rest of the set, you have a 310 average weapon damage (for vengeance damage calc) which is up there with the rune words. You can get up to 440% ed in the caddy with a perfect plus quad ohms and you can do better than 10 points average per socket.

On a rune word pally, chances are you'll have far less sockets available for off weapon damage which is why griswolds works well for avengers.

 

[wisedoor]

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Great guide Asmodeus! +1

Just two points, as a vengeance fanatic myself

1. 1 point redemption and 1 point meditation + skills = solved all mana problems.

2. From my experience with normal-attack skills, maxed Holy Shield vs Zealots/Druids/Barbs in 1.10 and beyond is *ESSENTIAL*, as well as 8 FPA Weapon...

My own weapon in 1.09 was a zoded eth Cruel Cryptic of Quickness... But ETH (Rune bug) used to own me, otherwise, I did well in duels against melee... 1Hit Kills with 1.09 PVP damage scaling were common.

 

[wisedoor]

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The dream weapons today IMHO would be a rare eth -10 SPD weapon with 110% IAS
or eBOTDZ with 160% IAS <- 100 IAS off weapon.