[3.10] Sovyn's Lazy Pally - Tanky Templar with Max Block
" I found leveling up with the build relatively easy and straightforward. I did use a shield all along. I used Infernal Blow and I did run with several mana flasks early on. I did notice my kill speed went up nicely each time I found a weapon upgrade, for example, still very early in the game, in act 1 cruel, I found this: That lasted me quite a while. Ground slam might be good early on too, if you have decent maces. Most characters I've leveled start off pretty slow. I suppose it's relative to your level of tolerance. If you are playing standard league or equivalent, I suppose you could use a 2-hander until merciless if you find that helpful. We don't take any nodes to support it though, not a big loss. | |
" Very lucky roll with chaos! It does happen occasionally. :) | |
" Yeah figured that much lately. -> pain with other equipment. |
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What do you go for in a shield, more block or more evasion ? or a mix ? :( | |
" You want both high evasion and high block. Out of those, Crest might be marginally better. | |
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Thanks :)
Another question, i got the Blind and Stun gems, but i hardly notice any effect with the stun gem, since i use Heavy strike (with its knock back). How do you see that the stun is applied? i see the blind setting a marker above the mob, but not on the stun (or my warlords mark overwrites it ?) Is it worth sacrifising a slot in a 5L for stun/blind and if so, which one? | |
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Currently I am using Melee Damage + Double Strike + Melee Splash + Reduced Mana, which seems to be doing extremely well with group mobs. I'm trying to go the Heavy Strike route that you've gone, Sovyn, but I don't seem to be getting the life leech that I need to be able to stay alive.
Right now I'm at 39% dmg reduction, 65% on all resistances, 70% attack block, 43% spell block. What is the pivoting point of taking significantly less damage so that I can switch? |
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How are you getting enough DEX to use a Tomahawk?
I am level 43 and I have only 37 DEX. (23 of that is from necklace) | |
" I had the same question, hah. It gets better once you get farther in the tree, but for a while you need to wear +dex gear. I was able to easily switch back over in the early 50s. Also, there's a +30 Dex passive you can get for a while to hold you down until you can respec out of it. |
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" Blind is a little bit better defensively. Only use it if you don't have the mana capability to run 4 damage supports. It's a nice synergy with some evasion. |
