

In summary: if you have decent endgame gear, only 1 point in holy shield is necessary. (1 point into fanaticism, redemption, salvation) i have pretty gg gear with average rolls (enigma/hoto/anni/torch/5 pcomb) my combat skills are +22 and my holy shield is lvl 23 with 1 pt into it. I have level 97 hammerdin that i gear swap for ubers and wanted to report my findings after about 5 respecs. I simply play as a FoH paladin clearing areas but when I arrive at bosses I switch weapon and shred it with smite's crushing blow and finish the last % with Holy Bolt.įeel free to comment if you have something to add or a question.I wanted to post this after seeing so many builds putting so many points into holy shield. This way I get my 80% fcr frame as well as 58% Crushing Blow. Weapon2: Shael'd Stormlash/Vortex Spirit Shield (Smite) - Could be grief/exile but i'm not there yet.Remaining points in Holy Shield for smite damage and max block (more vitality).1 point in Fanatism - You'll be switching to Smite/fanatism on Bosses.1 point in Redemption - for situational free healing.1 point in Smite - for bosses like Baal or ubers.1 point to Vigor - Just nice to run fast in town :).Max points to Shock Holy Shock - Synergy for Fist of the Heavens.25 points(total with gear)to Conviction - Main Aura, providing lowered Resistances and useful in party.Max points to Holy Bolt - Synergy for Fist of the Heavens.Max points to Fist of the Heavens - Main skill of the build.I wanted to share it with you in the hopes of helping someone trying to get the best out of his pally.Īlso note that I have a Bo Barb, so no CTA. I then decided to mix both of the builds and i'm having a BLAST. It is much stronger vs boss but much less effective in clearing areas like Chaos. The build they suggest basically consists of trading the lightning damage of FoH, including conviction, to max Fanatism and Smite and also wearing mostly smiter gear. I had a struggle against bosses like Diablo and Baal being slow to kill, so I looked at the icy veins/lama build for Foh/Smiter. I can pretty much farm anything that is not a cow or a spider. My runs consists of Pit/Countess/Andy/Tunnels/Invo/Trav/Meph/Chaos/Diablo/Pindleskin/Frigid/Baal runs.
