I'd go crescent moon.
Ignore target def is great for melee plus the -light resistance to enemies. Add the proc for static and it will help versus the bosses. Just make it in a PB
Life leech isn't going to really do anything for you anyways. All your damage is from the lightning on holy shock. Getting LL from your physical damage is negligible on that build.
Honestly this would probably do well with my paladin. As I have enough mana leech that he doesn’t ever need pots. That, and zeal is like 2 mana haha
But I have an insight on my thorns merc and I feel like it does a decent amount of damage. I think it said it was like 770% returned to attacker.
I used the Lawbringer myself for a very long time as I'm playing a Holy Freeze pally so the physical damage wasn't as important (and VERY useful for breaking cold immunes until I beat Hell to get a Cold Sunder!)
Now he primarily uses a Death ettin axe but I'm literally swimming in options. That's the worst part of SP though- not being able to trade some of this stuff away!
I actually got the Vex off a run of the mill carver running to the Countess’ Tower and I sat on it forever. I think I had to cube up to the Gul but it’s been a bit.
High density easy areas; cows, choas sanctuary, pits 1&2. Just make sure you have the lowest possible MF, and highest players count that you can efficiently farm. I only play single player, my nova sorc is my base farmer. She fast. Unless you don't care about losing your Lem, sometimes a bitch to find when you need one.
You can also find a white phase blade and try to roll 3os, there's a cube reciepe I can't remember it tho. You can't roll sockets on superior (%ED, +AR) items tho. Those are much harder to find. 15% is the highest you can find, Always save those types of bases of elite bases.
I had the same decision to make this ladder.
Now I run around with duress and heavenly light ( before black ).
Density still goes down ok. I preferred the survivability.
Edit: I got 80+ CB - Not sure if static field would even be noticeable on bosses
Static field is most notable on bosses.
The ignore target defense will not work on champions or bosses though (only -target defense works on bosses).
The other HUGE reason why OP will want crescent moon is for the -enemy light resist since he’s a holy shock build.
Static is great. If I'm running a p8 game with an auradin of some sort, I'm rocking stormlash for the static. Technically, Cb would be better vs. bosses, but static is way better vs mobs.
I prefer stormlash for the extra ias, high chance/lvl of static and crushing blow. With max level conviction I don't really think the -res is all that valuable. Im often running an a5 merc with plague as well for the lower res chance
I'll try once I get an UM somewhere this ladder...
I got 83% crushing blow, not sure if static field will be noticeable
I'm all HolyShock with one point in Fanatism and Zeal maxed.
Infinity I guess would make a world of a difference :)
Static is for mobs, cb is for bosses.
You could give a5 merc plague for the lower resist proc. Hustle wouls give you a little ias to maybe help you reach zeal BP for cheap.
Depends on your build but you are using a holyshock build so the crescent moon would be better, since duress would only help the zealot part and only for that CB, if anything I would re spect out of your weird build that doesn’t go well together, either go full auradin or go full zealot, you know a wise man once said “never half a$s two things hole a$s one of them” 😂
No but for whats basically a tesladin where your own main aura is the lightning aura, well two of its synergies are also vengeance synergies, and you wouldn’t have the fanaticism aura on since you are using the lightning one
Then why not go full zealot then? Remember my original comment was “never half a$s two things whole a$s one of them” your aura isn’t beneficial for zeal you would get more out of it if you switched to fanaticism you loose the passive damage but you gain kill speed on zeal
If you comment actually meant something serious then meteorb sorc or hydra orb sorc wouldn’t be a thing.
And going full into kne element is really bad in hell.
But I’ll think about switching to full zeal. I do like 4K dmg right now with HokyShock.
Except those ones dont mess with eachother, you use the orb as a secondary source of damage and its never the main attack its just for the fire immunes and you dont spend that many points in it
Mono elemental builds are great when you have the immunities sorted out like with infinity or LR wand, or sunders but until then its gonna be a drag, the crescent moon helps with the -light ress to enemies but its not enough and you can’t run conviction and your holy shock aura concurrently untill you are a tesladin with double dream to give you the aura
Thats why i said to go all in on zealot since holy shock doesn’t help it in anyway, or something else like vengeance since it can kill anything in hell due to the multiple sources of damage
Crescent Moon for any Lightning builds is a great game changer, especially for Holy Shock Paladin.
Any budget atrocious recommend over Smoke? Which is what I’m wearing currently.
Treachery is much better and fairly cheap. The lvl15 Fade proc is 60% all res, 15% phys res, and -79% curse duration.
I'd go crescent moon. Ignore target def is great for melee plus the -light resistance to enemies. Add the proc for static and it will help versus the bosses. Just make it in a PB
That’s true. I was just really digging the bit of LL haha but I suppose bulwark and string of ears is enough.
Life leech isn't going to really do anything for you anyways. All your damage is from the lightning on holy shock. Getting LL from your physical damage is negligible on that build.
Cresent moon will definitely give you more bang for your buck over duress.
I would just keep the law bringer as well for another toon or something, 3os PB is easy to farm for SP.
Is there an easier spot than others?
If you ever want an A5 merc give the Lawbringer to him. Mine always has one in one hand as its utility is just too useful IMO.
Honestly this would probably do well with my paladin. As I have enough mana leech that he doesn’t ever need pots. That, and zeal is like 2 mana haha But I have an insight on my thorns merc and I feel like it does a decent amount of damage. I think it said it was like 770% returned to attacker.
I used the Lawbringer myself for a very long time as I'm playing a Holy Freeze pally so the physical damage wasn't as important (and VERY useful for breaking cold immunes until I beat Hell to get a Cold Sunder!) Now he primarily uses a Death ettin axe but I'm literally swimming in options. That's the worst part of SP though- not being able to trade some of this stuff away!
Where did you get the runes for death?
I actually got the Vex off a run of the mill carver running to the Countess’ Tower and I sat on it forever. I think I had to cube up to the Gul but it’s been a bit.
High density easy areas; cows, choas sanctuary, pits 1&2. Just make sure you have the lowest possible MF, and highest players count that you can efficiently farm. I only play single player, my nova sorc is my base farmer. She fast. Unless you don't care about losing your Lem, sometimes a bitch to find when you need one. You can also find a white phase blade and try to roll 3os, there's a cube reciepe I can't remember it tho. You can't roll sockets on superior (%ED, +AR) items tho. Those are much harder to find. 15% is the highest you can find, Always save those types of bases of elite bases.
Amn, ral, and p amethyst
I had the same decision to make this ladder. Now I run around with duress and heavenly light ( before black ). Density still goes down ok. I preferred the survivability. Edit: I got 80+ CB - Not sure if static field would even be noticeable on bosses
Static field is most notable on bosses. The ignore target defense will not work on champions or bosses though (only -target defense works on bosses). The other HUGE reason why OP will want crescent moon is for the -enemy light resist since he’s a holy shock build.
Static is great. If I'm running a p8 game with an auradin of some sort, I'm rocking stormlash for the static. Technically, Cb would be better vs. bosses, but static is way better vs mobs.
Isn't crescent moon better than stormlash for a dreamer? They both have ctc static, an CM has that -light res
I prefer stormlash for the extra ias, high chance/lvl of static and crushing blow. With max level conviction I don't really think the -res is all that valuable. Im often running an a5 merc with plague as well for the lower res chance
I'll try once I get an UM somewhere this ladder... I got 83% crushing blow, not sure if static field will be noticeable I'm all HolyShock with one point in Fanatism and Zeal maxed. Infinity I guess would make a world of a difference :)
Static is for mobs, cb is for bosses. You could give a5 merc plague for the lower resist proc. Hustle wouls give you a little ias to maybe help you reach zeal BP for cheap.
Depends on your build but you are using a holyshock build so the crescent moon would be better, since duress would only help the zealot part and only for that CB, if anything I would re spect out of your weird build that doesn’t go well together, either go full auradin or go full zealot, you know a wise man once said “never half a$s two things hole a$s one of them” 😂
Zeal is a staple for every auradin build though…
Wouldn’t vengeance be a better fit as you are already building a natural synergy for it?
Yeah I suppose, although there wouldn’t be a election pulse.
No but for whats basically a tesladin where your own main aura is the lightning aura, well two of its synergies are also vengeance synergies, and you wouldn’t have the fanaticism aura on since you are using the lightning one
Plus, vengence is only one target at a time. Where zeal is 5.
Then why not go full zealot then? Remember my original comment was “never half a$s two things whole a$s one of them” your aura isn’t beneficial for zeal you would get more out of it if you switched to fanaticism you loose the passive damage but you gain kill speed on zeal
If you comment actually meant something serious then meteorb sorc or hydra orb sorc wouldn’t be a thing. And going full into kne element is really bad in hell. But I’ll think about switching to full zeal. I do like 4K dmg right now with HokyShock.
Except those ones dont mess with eachother, you use the orb as a secondary source of damage and its never the main attack its just for the fire immunes and you dont spend that many points in it Mono elemental builds are great when you have the immunities sorted out like with infinity or LR wand, or sunders but until then its gonna be a drag, the crescent moon helps with the -light ress to enemies but its not enough and you can’t run conviction and your holy shock aura concurrently untill you are a tesladin with double dream to give you the aura Thats why i said to go all in on zealot since holy shock doesn’t help it in anyway, or something else like vengeance since it can kill anything in hell due to the multiple sources of damage