-Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction Zealadin Guide (1.11) -V1.0 (3/6/06) -By IR0NMA1DEN DISCLAIMER: This is property of IR0NMA1DEN (Ben Ferrara). This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. In plain English, this means that it is against the law for you to copy this guide. If you want to print it out, that's fine, but if you wish to use any part of it, please contact me to ask first. I will put my email address in the CONTACT ME section of this FAQ. ===================== - TABLE OF CONTENTS - ===================== I. Version History II. Purpose of the Guide III. Overview of a Zealadin IV. Skills* A. Defensive Auras B. Offensive Auras C. Combat Skills V. Attributes VI. Equipment A. Best Equipment B. Alternative Equipment VII. Inventory VIII. Mercenary A. Rogue Scout B. Desert Mercenary IX. Strategies A. Player vs. Monster(s) B. Player vs. Player X. Contact Me XI. Credits/Thanks *The Skills section is based on my Single Player test character. None of his items or stats are impossible to get playing legitimately. None of his skills are higher than normally possible either. His Inventory is full of bugged small charms, but they are possible to get on the realms. I made him to have something to look at while writing this guide for quick reference. I. VERSION HISTORY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.0 (3-6-06) Newly released. -=-=<>=-=- II. PURPOSE OF THE GUIDE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm writing this guide because I noticed on GameFAQs that there isn't a guide for this very common, highly versatile build. This is one of my favorite builds. Those of you who haven't been teaching the good common builds to the newcomers on Battle.net should be ashamed! Naughty children! Go stand in the corner! Just playing. I'm happy to write it. -=-=<>=-=- III. OVERVIEW OF A ZEALADIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Zealadin is a Paladin that uses the Combat Skill Zeal as his attack. This is a character that can fight monsters and other players with a fair amount of ease. They are very strong when properly equipped. This is a common build that I feel all players should know how to make and put to use. -=-=<>=-=- IV. SKILLS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skills are easy to distribute for this character. You only need a few of them. For so few skills used, this character can pack a serious punch to it's targets. Only 87 skill points are mandatory for this build. Other points are for side bonuses. Let's get started. A. Defensive Auras <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> Defensive Auras are not really NECESSARY but they help. They are not an absolute must have for this build, but a few of them help for certain things such as a defensive bonus, mobility, and healing. I will list the ones I feel have a good use to this build, even if they aren't necessary. I won't list how many points to put into these skills because they are entirely optional. ========== - Prayer - ========== Required Level: 1 Prayer replenishes life gradually over time. I only use this a prerequisite to gain better auras in this tree, but it's up to you if you want to invest more. =============== - Resist Fire - =============== Required Level: 1 Resist Fire is an aura that raises your Fire resistance while active. However, for every two points it raises your maximum resistance to fire by one point. A useful feature to it. The extra max resists are always active, even when the aura is not. ============ - Defiance - ============ Required Level: 6 Defiance adds a great amount of defense while active. It also adds as much of a bonus to Holy Shield as a next level bonus would do for Holy Shield. You might consider maxing this out as a synergy to Holy Shield. For a level 99 Paladin, you have just enough to do it and have 3 points left over. That's with the skill quests done. =============== - Resist Cold - =============== Required Level: 6 Resist Cold has the same effects as Resist Fire. Just for Cold. Good for more max resists. ============= - Cleansing - ============= Required Level: 12 Cleansing reduces the duration of poison and curses on you. It also heals you as much per second as Prayer will. ==================== - Resist Lightning - ==================== Required Level: 12 Resist Lightning has the same effect as the other two resist auras. Only for Lightning this time. ========= - Vigor - ========= Required Level: 18 Vigor increases running/walking speed, stamina and stamina recovery rate. Very useful for getting around. Teleporting is just not good for this character. ============== - Redemption - ============== Required Level: 30 Redemption clears bodies off the floor and gives you life and mana for each one that it 'redeems'. This is good if you just cleared an area and your life leech didn't quite heal you enough. B. Offensive Auras <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> Offensive Auras help deal more damage to your enemies. We only need to put 23 points into this tree. ========= - Might - ========= Required Level: 1 Might is an aura that improves physical damage. It's great while you level up in Normal difficulty, but not much longer. A Zealadin puts one point here and moves on. Like a love em and leave em kinda thing. Skill Points Used: 1 =============== - Blessed Aim - =============== Required Level: 12 Blessed Aim improves Attack Rating (Abbreviated as AR from now on). It's kind of useless on it's own and it's a good thing we only have to put one point. Skill Points Used: 1 ================= - Concentration - ================= Required Level: 18 Many Hammerdins have deep personal feelings for this aura. It's a really good aura; it improves melee as well as Blessed Hammer damage. But we only need one point in it. Personally, I think the aura looks stupid when it's active. Graphic wise. Skill Points Used: 1 ============== - Fanaticism - ============== Required Level: 30 Fanaticism is an awesome aura all around. Looks good graphic wise, impoves melee damage even more than Concentration, Gives a huge AR bonus, AND gives a bonus to IAS (Increased Attack Speed). This is the one we need out of this tree. Skill Points Used: 20 C. Combat Skills <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> Combat Skills are where the attacks come from. There are 64 skill points used in this tree. Any skills not used are not listed. ============= - Sacrifice - ============= Required Level: 1 Sacrifice is an attack that does considerable damage, but does 8% of the damage to you. That makes it suck. But it's a synergy to Zeal so max it. Skill Points Used: 20 ========= - Smite - ========= Required Level: 1 Smite is a great skill for the build that uses it. For more details on that build, please see Kirbix's guide on the Vindicator/Smiter at GameFAQs.com. We only need one point on this skill. Skill Points Used: 1 ============= - Holy Bolt - ============= Required Level: 6 Holy Bolt sends a blast of light that damages undead or heals a party member. We only need it for a prerequisite. Skill Points Used: 1 ======== - Zeal - ======== Required Level: 12 Zeal is this builds main attack. It does 5 hits pretty fast on multiple enemies that are within the range of a swing. If there is only one in range, it does 5 hits to that enemy. Max it out. Skill Points Used: 20 ========== - Charge - ========== Required Level: 12 Charge is an attack that rushes in on an enemy and hits really hard. Even though we only put one point here, it has more use than as a prerequisite. A Zealadin uses this to catch enemies that run away faster than he can catch up. I'll go into detail more on implementing this strategy in the Strategies section. Skill Points Used: 1 ================== - Blessed Hammer - ================== Required Level: 18 Blessed Hammer is a really powerful attack that casts an ethereal hammer to spin around you and crush enemies. For more details see please see Kirbix's guide on the Hammerdin at GameFAQs.com. We only need one point to move along here. Skill Points Used: 1 =============== - Holy Shield - =============== Required Level: 24 Holy Shield improves blocking chances and defense a great deal. We need all the blocking we can get. Some people may argue with me about maxing this skill, but they can friggin bite me. This skill is best maxed out. And for those who think this is a bad idea, I'd love to know where the points might be better spent. Skill Points Used: 20 ==================== - Skill Usage List - ==================== The skills that should have 20 points are listed in the order I feel they should be maxed out. If you want to do it different. All I'm saying is it works for me. Zeal - 20 points Fanaticism - 20 points Sacrifice - 20 points Holy Shield - 20 points Smite - 1 point Holy Bolt - 1 point Blessed Hammer - 1 point Charge - 1 point Might - 1 point Blessed Aim - 1 point Concentration - 1 point Free Points - 23 points -=-=<>=-=- V. ATTRIBUTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stats are desperately important to get right! Especially for this character. You will lack sufficient life if you add stats to something that doesn't need it. So please do this carefully. ============ - Strength - ============ You only need enough strength to wear your items. Using an Annihilus and a Hellfire Torch, you can add up to 40 Points without using points. The way I go about doing strength, I level up to 75 to use the Torch and Annihilus. That way, I gain up to 40 points in stats without using points. Then I look and see what I can put on after the boost. Some of it adds more strength. I put all that on til I can't put on anything else without using stat points. Then I add only enough to get the next lowest piece on til eventually I'm wearing all my stuff. This way leaves you more points for other more helpful stats. ============= - Dexterity - ============= Add only enough dexterity to have maximum blocking chances (75%) AFTER Holy Shield. Don't even add to this without Holy Shield on. For a level 99 character with a perfect Annihilus and Hellfire Torch, your BASE dexterity for max block should be 90. That's with a Vortex Shield though. Maybe you don't use one. That number may need a bit of adjustment depending on stat amounts on your charms and blocking amounts on your shield. Either way, make sure block is maxed and no more. ============ - Vitality - ============ ALL of the points you have left over after getting all your gear on and maxing your blocking go here. And that about covers it. ========== - Energy - ========== Add nothing here. Zeal takes 2 mana to use and your mana leech with your weapon should cover any mana loss. If not, maybe a point into Redemption would help. All I'm saying is that there are ways to get mana without wasting points here. -=-=<>=-=- VI. EQUIPMENT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Equipment can make or break your character. I'll put in here what you should be looking for. In the Crown of Ages, place either 2 Ber Runes or 2 Ruby Jewels of Fervor. Those jewels have 40% Enhanced Damage and 15 IAS. If you opt not to use the Ravenfrost ring, put a Cham Rune in one of those sockets. I will include a second equipment section that will be a less expensive alternative setup. Weapon 1 is to be used with Shield 1 and Weapon 2 goes with Shield 2. -=-=<>=-=- A. Best Equipment <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> ============ - Weapon 1 - ============ Breath of the Dying - Superior Ethereal Berserker Axe (15% Enhanced Damage) Vex + Hel + El + Eld + Zod + Eth Works on: All Weapons 50% Chance To Cast Level 20 Poison Nova When You Kill An Enemy Indestructible +60% Increased Attack Speed +350-400% Enhanced Damage (varies) +200% Damage To Undead -25% Target Defense +50 To Attack Rating +50 To Attack Rating Against Undead 7% Mana Stolen Per Hit 12-15% Life Stolen Per Hit (varies) Prevent Monster Heal +30 To All Attributes +1 To Light Radius Requirements -20% ============ - Weapon 2 - ============ Call To Arms - Flail or Crystal Sword Amn + Ral + Mal + Ist +Ohm Works on: All Weapons +2 To All Skills +40% Increased Attack Speed +200-240% Enhanced Damage (varies) Adds 5-30 Fire Damage 7% Life Stolen Per Hit +1-6 To Battle Command +1-6 To Battle Orders +1-4 To Battle Cry Prevent Monster Heal Replenish Life +12 30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items ============ - Shield 1 - ============ Exile - Superior Ethereal Vortex Shield (65% Enhanced Damage, 121 Attack Rating) Vex + Ohm + Ist + Dol 15% Chance To Cast Level 5 Life Tap On Striking Level 16 Defiance Aura When Equipped +2 To Offensive Auras (Paladin Only) +30% Faster Block Rate Freezes Target +220-260% Enhanced Defense (varies) Replenish Life +7 +5% To Maximum Cold Resist +5% To Maximum Fire Resist 25% Better Chance Of Getting Magic Items Replenishes 1 Durability in 4 Seconds ============ - Shield 2 - ============ Spirit - Monarch Tal + Thul + Ort + Amn +2 To All Skills +25-35% Faster Cast Rate +55% Faster Hit Recovery +250 Defense Vs. Missile +22 To Vitality +89-112 To Mana Cold Resist +35% Lightning Resist +35% Poison Resist +35% +3-8 Magic Absorb Attacker Takes Damage of 14 ========= - Armor - ========= Fortitude - Superior Archon Plate (15% Enhanced Defense) El + Sol + Dol + Lo 20% Chance To Cast Level 15 Chilling Armor when Struck +25% Faster Cast Rate +300% Enhanced Damage +200% Enhanced Defense +15 Defense +1-1.5 To Life (Per Character Level) Replenish Life +7 +5% To Maximum Lightning Resist All Resistances +25-30 Damage Reduced By 7 12% Damage Taken Goes To Mana +1 To Light Radius ========== - Helmet - ========== Crown of Ages - Corona Defense: 349-399 (Base Defense: 111-165) Required Level: 82 Required Strength: 174 +50% Enhanced Defense +100-150 Defense (varies) +1 To All Skills Damage Reduced By 10-15% (varies) All Resistances +20-30 (varies) +30% Faster Hit Recovery Socketed (1-2) (varies) Indestructible ========== - Gloves - ========== Dracul's Grasp - Vampirebone Gloves Defense: 125-145 (Base Defense: 56-65) Required Level: 76 Required Strength: 50 +90-120% Enhanced Defense (varies) +10-15 To Strength (varies) +5-10 Life After Each Kill (varies) 25% Chance of Open Wounds 7-10% Life Stolen Per Hit (varies) 5% Chance To Cast Level 10 Life Tap On Striking ========= - Boots - ========= Gore Rider - War Boots Defense: 114.4-162 (varies)(Base Defense: 43-53) Required Level: 47 Required Strength: 93 Durability: 34 +160-200% Enhanced Defense(varies) 30% Faster Run/Walk 10% Chance Of Open Wounds 15% Chance Of Crushing Blow 15% Deadly Strike Requirements -25% +20 Maximum Stamina ========== - Ring 1 - ========== Raven Frost - Ring Required Level: 45 +150-250 To Attack Rating Adds 15-45 Cold Damage Cannot Be Frozen +15-20 To Dexterity(varies) +40 To Mana Cold Absorb 20% ========== - Ring 2 - ========== Angelic Halo - Ring Required Level: 12 Replenish Life +6 +20 To Life + (12 Per Character Level) 144-1188 Attack Rating (2 Set Items) +50% Better Chance Of Getting Magic Items (3 Set Items) ========== - Amulet - ========== Angelic Wings - Amulet Required Level: 12 20% Damage Taken Goes to Mana +3 To Light Radius +75 Life (2 Set Items) +1 To All Skills (3 Set Items) ======== - Belt - ======== Verdungo's Hearty Cord - Mithril Coil Defense: 125-158 (Defense: 58-65) Required Level: 63 Required Strength: 106 Durability: 16 +90-140% Enhanced Defense (varies) 10% Faster Hit Recovery +30-40 To Vitality (varies) Replenish Life +10-13 (varies) +100-120 Maximum Stamina (varies) Damage Reduced By 10-15% (varies) B. Alternative Equipment <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> ============ - Weapon 1 - ============ Lightsabre - Phase Blade One-Hand Damage: (90-106) To (120-138) (105-122 Avg) Required Level: 58 Required Strength: 25 Required Dexterity: 136 +150-200% Enhanced Damage (varies) Adds 10-30 Damage Adds 60-120 Magic Damage Adds 1-200 Lightning Damage 5-8% Mana Stolen Per Hit (varies) 5% Chance To Cast Level (8-16) Chain Lightning On Attack (varies) 20% Increased Attack Speed Ignore Target's Defense Lightning Absorb 25% Indestructible +7 To Light Radius ============ - Weapon 2 - ============ Call To Arms - Flail or Crystal Sword Amn + Ral + Mal + Ist +Ohm Works on: All Weapons +2 To All Skills +40% Increased Attack Speed +200-240% Enhanced Damage (varies) Adds 5-30 Fire Damage 7% Life Stolen Per Hit +1-6 To Battle Command +1-6 To Battle Orders +1-4 To Battle Cry Prevent Monster Heal Replenish Life +12 30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items ============ - Shield 1 - ============ Herald Of Zakarum - Gilded Shield Defense: 362.5-507 (varies)(Base Defense: 144-168) Required Level: 40 Required Strength: 104 Durability: 50 Chance To Block: 75% Smite Damage: 20 To 28 (Paladin Only) +150-200% Enhanced Defense(varies) 30% Increased Chance Of Blocking 30% Faster Block Rate 20% Bonus To Attack Rating +20 To Strength +20 To Vitality All Resistances +50 +2 To Paladin Skill Levels +2 To Combat Skills (Paladin Only) ============ - Shield 2 - ============ Lidless Wall - Grim Shield Defense: 91.8-347.3 (varies)(Base Defense: 50-150) Required Level: 41 Required Strength: 58 Chance to Block: Pal: 50%, Ama/Asn/Bar: 45%, Dru/Nec/Sor: 40% Durability: 40 Paladin Smite Damage: 14 To 20 +80-130% Enhanced Defense(varies) +1 To All Skill Levels Increase Maximum Mana 10% 20% Faster Cast Rate +3-5 To Mana After Each Kill(varies) +10 To Energy +1 To Light Radius ========= - Armor - ========= Leviathan - Kraken Shell Defense: 1514-1722 (varies)(Base Defense: 417-523) Required Level: 65 Required Strength: 174 +170-200% Enhanced Defense (varies) +100-150 Defense (varies) +40-50 To Strength (varies) Damage Reduced By 15-25% (varies) Indestructible (Ladder Only) ========== - Helmet - ========== Vampiregaze - Grim Helm Defense: 122-252 (varies)(Base Defense: 60-125) Defense: 60-125 Required Level: 41 Required Strength: 58 Durability: 40 +100% Enhanced Defense Adds 6-22 Cold Damage - 4 Second Duration 15% Stamina Drain 6-8% Life Stolen Per Hit(varies) 6-8% Mana Stolen Per Hit(varies) Damage Reduced By 15-20%(varies) Magic Damage Reduced By 10-15(varies) ========== - Gloves - ========== Dracul's Grasp - Vampirebone Gloves Defense: 125-145 (Base Defense: 56-65) Required Level: 76 Required Strength: 50 +90-120% Enhanced Defense (varies) +10-15 To Strength (varies) +5-10 Life After Each Kill (varies) 25% Chance of Open Wounds 7-10% Life Stolen Per Hit (varies) 5% Chance To Cast Level 10 Life Tap On Striking ========= - Boots - ========= Gore Rider - War Boots Defense: 114.4-162 (varies)(Base Defense: 43-53) Required Level: 47 Required Strength: 93 Durability: 34 +160-200% Enhanced Defense(varies) 30% Faster Run/Walk 10% Chance Of Open Wounds 15% Chance Of Crushing Blow 15% Deadly Strike Requirements -25% +20 Maximum Stamina ========== - Ring 1 - ========== Raven Frost - Ring Required Level: 45 +150-250 To Attack Rating Adds 15-45 Cold Damage Cannot Be Frozen +15-20 To Dexterity(varies) +40 To Mana Cold Absorb 20% ========== - Ring 2 - ========== Angelic Halo - Ring Required Level: 12 Replenish Life +6 +20 To Life + (12 Per Character Level) 144-1188 Attack Rating (2 Set Items) +50% Better Chance Of Getting Magic Items (3 Set Items) ========== - Amulet - ========== Angelic Wings - Amulet Required Level: 12 20% Damage Taken Goes to Mana +3 To Light Radius +75 Life (2 Set Items) +1 To All Skills (3 Set Items) ======== - Belt - ======== String of Ears - Demonhide Sash Defense: 90-113 (varies)(Base Defense: 29-34) Required Level: 29 Required Strength: 20 Durability: 22 16 Boxes +150-180% Enhanced Defense(varies) +15 Defense 6-8% Life Stolen Per Hit(varies) Damage Reduced By 10-15%(varies) Magic Damage Reduced 10-15(varies) -=-=<>=-=- VII. INVENTORY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The inventory is what gives a massive boost to a Zealer's damage, life, and his attack rating. There are only three different things you will need in it. I will list each charm in this section. You can only hold one of the Hellfire Torch and one of the Annihilus for those of you who don't know about that. It's one of Blizzard's ways of keeping us under control. The other annoying part of that is that they cannot be traded normally. Meaning they will not go into the Trade window. That forces us to drop trade these. Drop trading totally sucks. Most players will try to scam you into dropping something so that they can run off with it and keep their charm. Not making these tradeable is the worst idea that Blizzard ever had. I don't know what they were thinking when they thought it up. I think they need to drug test the employees who made it that way. So make sure that if you trade for either of those, that it's with someone you trust. Anyway, that is all I'll say on that subject. If you don't think you have enough Faster Hit Recovery, swap out a few of the Fine Small Charms of Vita for a few Small Charms of Balance. Those give 5% Faster Hit Recovery. Annihilus - Small Charm Required Level: 70 +1 To All Skills +10-20 To All Attributes (varies) +10-20 To All Resistances (varies) +5-10% To Experience Gained (varies) Hellfire Torch - Large Charm Required level: 76 25% Chance of casting Lvl 10 Firestorm on striking +3 to one character class's Skills (varies, eg.Paladin, Necromancer) +8 Light Radius +10-20 All Resistances (varies) +10-20 All Stats (varies) Lvl 30 Hydra Charges (10/10) Fine Small Charm of Vita - Small Charm +3 Maximum Damage +20 Attack Rating +20 Life +3 Maximum Throw Damage (Not visible unless viewing on Hero Editor) -=-=<>=-=- VIII. MERCENARY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I will not bother mentioning anything about the other Mercenary types in this FAQ. I despise the use of Rogues, IronWolves, and Barbarian Mercenaries. None of them actually support you aside from fighting a little bit. So I'll put in my 2 cents about the Desert Mercenary. The Desert Mercenary from Act 2 is a Spear/Polearm User. There are two choices of Desert Mercenary that will work best here. Both are from the Nightmare difficulty. The Offensive one will give the Might Aura. This will boost your damage as well as your mercenary's. The other is the Defensive one. This one gives off the Holy Freeze Aura. This cuts through even immunity to chill your enemies. Either one is good for this build. Pride has no Enhanced Damage or Increased Attack Speed, but the Concentration Aura makes up for that in my opinion. That along with the Might Aura from the Offensive Mercenary is quite a bit of damage for you and your mercenary. There are two helmets that suit this mercenary well. The Jeweler's Bone Visage of the Whale with three Ruby Jewels of Fervor is by far the cheaper of the two. I'll leave the choice up to you. The lack of Increased Attack Speed on Pride will limit your socketing options for the Crown of Ages if you decide to use it. You CAN put two Ber Runes into it, but your mercenary's attack speed will suffer from it. I find it better to use Ruby Jewels of Fervor. Or you could just not use Pride and find something you like better. I happen to like how Pride helps me out. ========== - Weapon - ========== Pride - Superior Ethereal Cryptic Axe (15% Enhanced Damage/MADE ONLY ON LADDER) Cham + Sur + Io + Lo 25% Chance To Cast Level 17 Fire Wall When Struck Level 18 Concentration Aura When Equipped 260-300% Bonus To Attack Rating +1% Damage To Demons (Per Character Level) Adds 50-280 Lightning Damage 20% Deadly Strike Hit Blinds Target Freezes Target +3 +10 To Vitality Replenish Life +8 +1.875% Extra Gold From Monsters (Per Character Level) ========= - Armor - ========= Fortitude - Superior Archon Plate (15% Enhanced Defense/MADE ONLY ON LADDER) El + Sol + Dol + Lo 20% Chance To Cast Level 15 Chilling Armor when Struck +25% Faster Cast Rate +300% Enhanced Damage +200% Enhanced Defense +15 Defense +1-1.5 To Life (Per Character Level) Replenish Life +7 +5% To Maximum Lightning Resist All Resistances +25-30 Damage Reduced By 7 12% Damage Taken Goes To Mana +1 To Light Radius ========== - Helmet - ========== Crown of Ages - Corona Defense: 349-399 (Base Defense: 111-165) Required Level: 82 Required Strength: 174 +50% Enhanced Defense +100-150 Defense (varies) +1 To All Skills Damage Reduced By 10-15% (varies) All Resistances +20-30 (varies) +30% Faster Hit Recovery Socketed (1-2) (varies) Indestructible ========== - Helmet - ========== Jeweler's Bone Visage of the Whale - Bone Visage +100 Life Socketed (3) Socket this helmet with 3 Ruby Jewels of Fervor. -=-=<>=-=- IX. STRATEGIES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section will take me a good deal of time to write, and I'd like to have this guide posted before someone beats me to it. Some of this section will be up in the next version of this guide. -=-=<>=-=- X. CONTACT ME ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to comment on any of this material or you still have questions, feel free to email me. Keep in mind that ALL hate mail will be deleted. Don't waste your time even writing it. If you seriously have the time on your hands to write me a hate mail, I suggest getting a job or something. If you wish to use any of this guide, please contact me to ask permission and please credit me in the event that I grant that permission. Thank you. Email: FinalFantasyO_o@msn.com -=-=<>=-=- XI. CREDITS/THANKS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GameFAQs.com for posting my guides. ExarKunnn for the stats on the Non-Ladder Runewords. BCD for some of the stats on the Unique items. Sir Alex for some of the stats on the Unique items. Kirbix for the stats on the Hellfire Torch. DeckardCain for the stats on the Ladder Runewords. magicalbum for the stats on the Angelic Ring and Amulet. Blizzard for making the game. Arreat Summit for the stats on the Superior Vortex Shield. My little brother for getting me into the game. -=-=<>=-=-