Elemental Zealot Author: Nikodemus222 Version: 1.09 Page 1 Navigation I) Before you read on II) Introduction & overview III) Skills IV) Stat points V) Gear VI) Mercenary VII) Gameplay, tactics & tips VIII) Blitzkrieg (an example) IV) Links & contact V) Thanks to  I) Before you read on... ... you may want to know why you should waste time reading this (or why not). This is a guide for a PvM and PvC paladin build with the following pros Damage output equal to or greater than that of a 4-frame schaefzealot (thus decent efficiency in the Moo Moo Farm) The ability to tackle any boss and any area on any difficulty in 8 player games - Nilathak, The Chaos Sanctuary, Lister the Tormentor, The Ancients, multiLE+conv Sparkfist etc. Relatively cheap (no need for insanely expensive items such as Schaefers or Griswolds). Effective in parties (dependant on exact choice of skills) Easy to play, and with zeal as the main (and possibly only) attack - which should appeal to the lazy folks :P and cons Very hard to do untwinked. This characters strength lies in the combination of some very specific items and skills. This guide is mainly aimed towards a cow leeched build, although there is a section covering the ol' fashion way of playing. No PvP potential whatsoever. Pretty much requires Baranar's Star. II) Introduction and overview In Diablo II Classic, WW Barbarians ruled. In Diablo II LoD, they now have automatic Critical Strike (due to bugged Mastery) and higher damage weapons - but they do not rule anymore. Far from it. Why? because of GPR. Global physical resistance. All monsters on hell difficulty have a minimum of 50% physical resistance. This is also the reason why Fanatic Zealots, Crusaders (a.k.a. chargers), Vindicators (a.k.a. smiters) and Martyrs (sacrifice users) are not that effective as compared to the Sorceress and the Amazon. So, physical damage pretty much just sucks. It has one use - leech. That's it. By taking a look at the Paladin skill tree, one can see that there is one very good combo that deals some nifty elemental damage. Conviction + Vengeance (standard Avenger). There are a few problems with that build though - one being that Vengeance has the same functionality as normal attack (i.e. relatively slow, one opponent at the time). The other is the mana cost - 10 points per swing, roughly. That fact makes the skill frustrating versus Physically Immune foe, and sometimes unusable versus mana drainers and mana burn bosses. Zeal on the other hand has a nice functionality (no need to click like a maniac!), and costs 2 mana for 5 swings. There's no elemental damage on it however - but, there are items to take care of that. Not to mention that with the attack speed of Zeal, it leeches twice as much (if not more) than Vengeance over a given amount of time. That's the basic idea of the elemental zealot. Combining Zeal, Conviction and a ton of gear with "## fire/cold/lightning damage added to attack". What this build is mainly useful for Taking on *tough* bosses. This makes this build a good one to take care of acts 3 - 5 on hell difficulty, when power-acting others. With the right gear, there shouldn't be anything you can't beat. Cow runs. This type of Paladin can kill faster than any other type I have ever seen in cows runs, except for good Schaefzealots (about same speed as them), not to mention the auras can double the killing speed of party members. You're not killing 30/cows per second with this build - far from it. But you're not useless either - not at all. General PvM on hell dif. Suited for any situation, without having to change gear, means this build can handle all situations, and play anywhere. III) Skills The basic skills for the build are: Zeal 4 points is the minimum here - the minimum total, that is. So if you have +3 skills from gear, you're all set. Adding more points only increases your attack rating a tiny bit, and since conviction gives -90% enemy defense, you have no use for that. So that means 1 - 4 points needed here, and you have your main attack! Conviction Level 20 Conviction gives -125% enemy resistance. The bottom cap for monster resistances is -100%, but if they have 75% up front, lvl 20 conviction will only set them down to -50%. So this one is well worth maxing; it keeps adding to the damage done all the way. 20 points here. There, main attack, main aura, and 6 prereqs. The rest, is more optional. My suggestions Get a physical damage aura. Either Concentration or Fanaticism. For several reasons. One is, that you can flash Conviction onto your enemies, and then switch to the physical aura and zeal away, for extra damage. Another, more important one, is that you're going to need to leech a lot now and then. Normal Zeal with no other damage bonus than your strength does not leech much. But a Zeal with Fanaticism or Concentration on the other hand, leeches a LOT. And a third reason is that many of those you will be doing cow runs/be playing PvM with do not benefit from your Conviction aura (Multizons, Barbarians, Druids etc.), and a physical damage aura will be handy there. The choice between these two may at first seem obvious (Fanaticism), but it actually is not. Fanatisicm Increased attack speed. This is good, it will make your zeal one frame faster, while Fanaticism is on (if the suggested gear mentioned later on is used, that is) (check this table for comparison stats). It does not always help party-members that much, however. The attack speed of WW is, for example, not boosted by Fanaticism. +373% damage. This is good, a bit better than Concentration. But it is halved for teammates - so only a bit less than +200% to party members. Crap range. The range of this aura is less than 1/2 of the screen (800*600). That is very annoying, and means you often only share it with a single team member, even while you have 3-4 others running around with you, fighting the same monsters that you are. One thing that is good about Fanaticism is that it works for team mates instantly, when you turn it on. It is not like all other auras that “hit” every 3~4 seconds. For that reason, you can put on fanaticism for a very short time (0,1 second is enough), and then switch back to another aura. You don’t get the effect, but your Mercenary and your team mates within radius do. I have found this to be very effective to speed up my Mercenary's’ attack speed (even with the low level Fanaticism I have on Blitzkrieg). Concentration +345% damage. This is a very tiny bit less than Fanaticism and teammates get the full bonus. So this aura boosts the damage of your party members a lot more. 20% uninterruptible attack. This can be very good at times. Ever tried standing inside a bunch of x-fast minotaur minions, ever so slowly dying because you just cannot complete an attack and life leech? With Concentration, you get a chance of getting a few attacks through. Not the biggest bonus, but it's there. * Get some holy shield. 11 points in holy shield (including +skills) gives +31% chance to block. This can save 40+ points of dex - which will give 120 points of life if spent in vitality instead. That's a lot. Then there's also the defense rating bonus on holy shield. Defense rating usually doesn't matter much, but for a zealot it is nice to have a decent base in order to avoid block lock. Using a high defense shield (such as The Herald of Zakarum), maxed holy shield can give well over 1500 points of extra defense rating. That's quite a bonus. In any case, I'd suggest a minimum of 6 points with +skills in this skill. It simply just rocks. That still leaves enough points for one more maxed skill, and some support. For the maxed skill you can chose : a secondary attack a third aura For secondary attack, there are two possibilities as I see it. One is Charge, the other is Fist of Heavens (FoH). FoH sounds tempting, since you already have maxed Conviction, but there are some problems. One is mana, the other is that FoH is not very good in PvM, especially not with less than +15 skills. So unless you want FoH for a bit of PvP (fending off a n00b PK'er maybe) or for some undead-slaying in act 2, Charge is probably a better choice. Charge is one damn good skill. There's enough AR and %damage on it to make it useful on its own, and paired with an offensive aura it does quite a lot of damage (and thus leeches a lot). It also has a functionality that works very well combined with Zeal. Zeal is good for multiple opponents, tight melee fights. Charge is good versus ranged attackers, against lone enemies, in loose groups and especially when fighting tough bosses (you can knock back-lock them so they don't get a chance to strike back). For a third aura, there are lots of possibilities. One is to get the second physical damage aura, so you have both Conviction, Concentration and Fanaticism. Neat, possibly useful, but probably a bit overkill. Other choices? Maybe Defiance and "dualclass" to a defiant once in a while. Maybe Holy Shock to be used with a ranged weapon on weapon switch. Maybe Sanctuary for some undead slaying. And finally, the support. I very strongly recommend getting a point in the following skills Vigor For faster movement. Not a lifesaver, but an aura that can save you a lot of time, and make running around in search of Tristam less annoying 1-point wonder. Cleansing For The Chaos Sanctuary, and to get rid of the damn amp after you've fought a "cursed" boss. 1-point wonder. Meditation Not much use for it yourself, but +300% mana regeneration for a single point simply just is too good a bargain ... 1-point wonder. Salvation A major boost in elemental resists for a single point. This one comes in handy if you're in res trouble early on, and versus bosses with conviction. 1-point wonder. Redemption Healing, mana, and corpse-removal. Once again a skill that can be very handy to have, for just a single skillpoint. So 1-4 Zeal 6-20 Holy Shield 20 Conviction 20 [physical damage aura] 1 in all defensives (except for the individual resists) 20 in secondary attack or tetriary aura. IV) Stat points This part is easy. Get enough strength to be able to carry your gear (more only adds a tiny amount of physical damage, but really worth it). Get enough dexterity to be able to maintain max block at your current level, with your planned slvl holy shield (more only adds a tiny amount of attack rating, which you do not need anyways, due to conviction). Put everything else in vitality (life is good!). Forget energy. Don't rebuild for 15 more points of vitality. This isn't PvP. V) Gear Here comes all the nifty stuff that makes this build possible. What to aim for in gear : Lots and lots of elemental damage. Decent damage reduction Good resistances Some leech Decent attack speed Weapon The best choice here is Baranars Star. And close to the only choice. It simply just rocks, end of discussion. Good things to socket : Shael for 20% IAS (if needed). "amn" for 7% life steal. "ohm", "Lo" or some ed/max jewel for damage. A few other possibilities are: Lightsabre - but this one does too little damage for efficiency. Speed is nifty though, but it does not at all make up for the lack of damage. A FAST 6-socket weapon with 6 * 1-99 light damage jewel in. Gives same average elemental damage as Baranars, it's just harder to get, has no physical damage and no more great mods. Not to mention that 6 – 594 lightning damage does little good versus a lightning immune monster. Secondary weapon A wand (or dagger) of Life Tap. A wand like this can be bought from Akara on hell dif (and possibly also a lot of the other merchants on nightmare and hell, and maybe even normal dif). It costs little (unless it has some +Necormancer skills), but is extremely good. Life Tap gives you 50% extra life steal (FIFTY!) when attacking an enemy cursed with it. Switch to this, cast, switch back, and attack. Makes enemies such as Lister and the Ancients a lot easier to handle. Shield Several good choices here. The Herald of Zakarum. High block, lots of defense, good +skills, +strength, +dexterity, AR and high resist all. Great shield, simply just great. Gives insane defense rating with a good level holy shield. Stormshield. High block, decent defense, decent resistances. And then the 35% damage reduction. That's the mod you wear it for. I'd still go for Herald for this build though, damage reduction can be achieved elsewhere, without sacrificing as much as in this slot. Not to mention Stormshield is expensive as hell. Tiamat's Rebuke. Elemental damage, a couple of sockets and decent resistances. Fits the theme, is cheap, but does not quite compare to the Herald. If you can't get your hands on Herald, this is probably the shield for you. Good things to socket : "um" or perfect diamond for resist all all. "Shael" for faster blocking. Armor Once again, several good choices, the best being : Shaftstop - for damage reduction Guardian Angel - for +15% max resistance Griswold's Heart - for decent stats + sockets that can make it quite good. Good things to socket would be "um" for resist all. Perfect ruby for life. "cham" for cannot be frozen (clears ring slot for second life leecher). Other decent armors to mention : Duriel’s Shell - cannot be frozen (possibly clears up one ring slot), good resistances. Iceblink - fun and decently effective at HIGH levels. Belt String of Ears - for damage reduction and life leech. Thundergods Vigor - tons of good stats. +max lightning resistance, lighting absorb and lightning damage Credendum - 15% resistances all, and a bit of stats. Decent belt if you can't get the others. Immortal King's Detail -  nice resistances, and good strength bonus. As credendum, just easier to get. Gloves Lavagout - fire damage, enchant for more fire damage, fire resistance, and Increased Attack Speed (IAS). Great gloves for this build. Laying of Hands - extra damage versus demons.  Good for the Baal runs etc., but inferior to Lava Gout other places. Cheap alternative - anything with 20% IAS. Hell Mouth – quite similar to Lava Gout, but less elemental damage and no IAS. Amulet Highlord's Wrath - 20% IAS, deadly strike, lightning resistance, lightning damage. Great amulet! Alternatives – not really (The Cat's Eye for the IAS if you really just can't get Highlord's). Some that might get the job done, but are very inferior to Highlord's. Eye of Etlich (skill, cold damage, life steal) Something with good leech. Ring 1 Ravenfrost - Cannot be frozen is enough to make it worth a ring slot ... then dexterity, AR, mana, cold absorb on top - godly ring! Alternatives – no (unless you can get Cannot be Frozen somewhere else). Ring 2 Life leecher. Preferably with some good resistances. AR and life are good mods as well. Helm Vampiregaze - damage reduction, dual leech, cold damage. Godly. Tal Rasha's Horadric Crest - discount version of vampire gaze. Not much worse though - very good helm. Crown of Thieves - nice mods, and a very high life leech percentage. Veil of Steel - nice resistance, but not much else. Decent helm, impossible to get. Stealskull – weaker version of Tal's Crest, with some Magic Find (if you’re one of those freaks. Good things to socket : as armor. Boots As opposed to most other classes and variants in the game, Gore Riders and War Travelers are not the ones to get here. The % deadly strike on Gore Riders is good, yes, but it doesn't double your elemental damage.  The +damage on War Travelers is not so great, when you're using an attack skill that doesn't have a damage bonus, and a main aura that does not have that either. Instead, there are other good boots. Infernostride - adds some fire damage, and + to max fire res. Waterwalks - are always good. Sander's Riprap - is the cheap alternative. When you chose your setup, try to find a balance you like. Such as ... Guardian Angel + Vampire Gaze + String (for 90% resistances and ~35% damage red) or Shaftstop + Vampire Gaze + Thundergod's Vigor + Infernostride (for 85% in two most important resistances, and 50% damage red.) One thing that's important when you choose your gear, is to get the right attack speed. Aim for 5 frame Zeal when Conviction is on. If you have Fanaticism as secondary aura, you'll want to be able to reach 4 frame Zeal with it. With Baranar's Star, both of those things take 40% IAS (more than that on Baranar's). This is easy to achieve - 20% gloves + 20% Highlord's. Or maybe 20% gloves + 20% Dhael (in weapon). If you're using another weapon, you can check the attack speed calculator here : http://stats.diabloii.net/calcs/wspeed.shtml If you have trouble getting this good gear, here are some guidelines for minimums to get. Damage reduction - you can survive without. I strongly recommend getting a minimum of 20% if in any way possible. Resistances - lightning is most important. 75% minimum. Fire also good to have at 75%, but ~50% can do it. Cold can be left around 0 (after hell penalty), if there is a raven for some absorb. Poison doesn't matter - it rarely hurts, and cleansing exists. As for leech - 1% mana leech is fine. Life leech does not need to be that high - around 15% can do the job. But what is most important, is the elemental damage, of course. There's not much of that so far, only ~300 points from Baranar's Star, and maybe ~100 points more in the rest of the gear. The rest comes from charms. With easy to get, decent charms, you get ~15 points for every inventory used. The best charms that can possibly spawn gives as much as 35 points per inventory slot. Now, leave space for a cube, a tome and one 2 * 4 item in inventory, and you can get 390 points of *average* elemental damage added to attack out of your inventory - with easy to get charms. With perfect charms, that'd be 910 points, but good luck getting them. How to get charms Cow runs! One thing is that few people value the elemental damage charms, so they leave them on the ground or throw them at stash. Then there's the one you find yourself, and finally you can cube them. In an average cow run you can pick up 6 flawless gems. Use the recipe 3 flawless gems of the same type = 1 perfect of that type and then this recipe : 1 magic item [charm] + 3 perfect gems (any type) = re-roll stats on magic item. Make sure the charms you re-roll are from high level monsters - usually cows. This makes it possible to get the second best elemental damage mod - "arcing", which adds around 1 - 42 lightning damage (in a small charm). The best possible is "shocking". That's around 1 - 70 lighting damage in one small charm. It is only possible to get this mod on charms found from hell Baal and hell Nilathak, though. With the skills, the gear and the charms, you have : A fast, high damage, 4-element main attack. Possibility of high life leech by changing aura, possibility of insane life leech by casting life tap. Good tanking abilities VI) Mercenary Your mercenary is very important. I suggest hiring this guy and leveling him as soon as possible. The choice of Mercenary is simple – act 2 nightmare defensive. Holy freeze. He is far superior to any of the other Mercenary. It is quite simple. 50% slowed enemies means you take 50% less damage. 50% slowed enemies means you get hit 50% less; thus 50% less block lock; thus a lot more attacking and a lot more life leech. So this guy allows you to survive much harder fights, and do a lot more damage. I can say by experience that having this Mercenary in the cow level effectively doubles the damage output of the elemental zealot. As long as he stays alive, that is. Keeping him alive is relatively simple.  Pput some good gear on him and feed him with potions when needed. What to look for in gear Decent defense rating Life steal (VERY! Important) Resistances Possibly damage reduction Remember that gear on Mercenaries does not lose durability, so ethereal items are very good on them. VII) Gameplay, tactics and tips There are two ways to play, pretty much. There’s cow-leeching, and there’s classic PvM. Cow-leecing From level 1 - 65; leech. Get some people to get you to hell cows, and then leech there. This does not necessarily have to mean you just go AFK at the red portal, though. Already from level 30, or possibly even earlier, it is possible for you to increase the damage output of some of the killing characters in the game substantially - so do so! All you have to do is stay near them with an aura on that helps them. As you gain in levels, you will start being able to wear your gear. Once you hit level 65 (Baranar's!), you should be able to start tanking cows. For the "low" levels (up 'till around 80), using the physical damage aura is most likely the wisest - you're going to need the extra life leech. Classic PvM, and PvM tips You need to figure out a build order if you’re starting from level 1, and playing all the way up. My suggestion is to play it as a standard zealot until you reach a high enough level to use the über gear. So, first get needed number of points in zeal, put excess points into prerequisites and support skills. When the physical damage aura becomes available, max it as fast as possible. Then finish holy shield and support skills. At this point you should be around level 50. After this, start on conviction. It will be near-maxed when you reach the level (and difficulty) where conviction becomes more powerful than your physical damage aura. Act 1 – The Den of Evil If you have any problems here, I very strongly suggest you go back to playing that burizon. Act 1 - Bloodraven Go directly for Bloodraven; once she is down, her minions crumble. Should be manageable. Act 1 – Rescuing Cain Treehead Woodfist should be easy – but do take a moment to check if he has an aura before engaging in melee. If he does, life tap might be advisable. If Rakanishu happens to have an annoying mod (multiple shot, for example), you can always scare him off by killing one of his minions and then hurry through the portal. There’s sometimes a lot of bosses in Tristam. Advance slowly, to avoid activating too much at a time. Act 1 – The Countess Expect to meet a few tough bosses on the way down there, some of them PI’s. The halls are quite narrow, so it is possible to drag the minion packs thin and fight the monsters a few at the time if needed. The Countess herself usually has quite a lot of followers – they’re all demon type, so Laying of Hands does wonders (if you have them). If there’s an aura, life tap. If not, they should be easy to grind. Act 1 – The Malus The Smith is generally quite easy to beat. If he has some tough melee-mod, just charge-lock him around the room until he dies. Your Mercenary should be able to fend off the other monsters meanwhile. Act 1 - Andariel Usually quite easy to handle. If you suspect it might be tough, advance slowly and clear as much of the level as you can before activating her. Then retreat to the previous chamber to pull her out there, away from her minions, so you can fight her alone. Act 2 - Radament If the fight is too tough, you can lure some of his minions a bit away, kill them, and then remove the bodies with redemption. Repeat until he is running low on minions, then attack. Act 2 – The Cube This quest should only have to be done on normal, where it shouldn’t be a problem. If the Witch happens to have might aura or similar, retreat to a corner in the room so only a few can attack you at a time. Act 2 – The Staff of Kings Maggots suck. Takes ages to kill, but should be easy enough. The only problem here is getting there before you go nuts. Kill The Burrower last, since his poison is likely to drain your life very quickly. Act 2 – The Viper Amulet Charge is generally a very good skill versus the serpents. Charge them before they can charge you. Advance slowly on level two – being surrounded by serpents is generally not very healthy. If you have resistance problems, try to boost your lightning resistance for the Fangskin fight. Have Life Tap ready. Act 2 - The Arcane Sanctuary Enjoy the power of the elemental zealot as you zeal those physical immune ghosts Generally easy, just be ready to move out of the Summoners’ firewall quick. Act 2 - Duriel Duriel only has one attack that hurts – his charge. So get to him quick, and stay there. As long as you’re close, he can’t charge and thus hurts very little. Act 3 – Zaark The Burning Don’t get surrounded, The Burning can hurt quite a lot. Drag the minions thin if the fight looks grim. Act 3 – Witchdoctor Enduku This guy is easy, for two reasons. 1) he’s too stupid to figure out when he is outranged. If you happen to have a bow in stash, you can switch to that and shoot the whole bunch without getting a scratch. 2) the shamans only have the fire attack, so fire resistance is all you need there. Overall, an easy fight. Act 3 – Stormtree Advance with caution.  Trashers with an aura hurt a lot, and the stun attack can be very annoying. Life tap before you go in zealing, retreat and drag ‘em thin if they hurt too much. Act 3 - Riftwing Just ignore the bugger. Act 3 – The High Council Very dependant on the spawn, this is potentially the most challenging fight in the game (or one of the easiest). If they have an aura, a few PI’s and a mana burner, it can really suck, especially since they can heal each other. If they’re too tough, try to get rid of the minions first, then separate the bosses with charge, and take them one at the time. Act 3 - Mephisto The only attack Mephisto has that hurts if the big ball. He does not throw that at people who are in melee with him – so just get in there and zeal away. Act 4 - The Chaos Sanctuary There's an evil blend of monsters here, mana draining, curses, heavy artillery and some of the tougher melee monsters in the game. But that shouldn't be a problem. With good resistances, the heavy artillery doesn't hurt much. Zeal costs so little that the mana drain can be ignores. Not to mention that with relatively low physical damage, one can keep zealing when IM'ed (do keep cleansing ready anyways, just in case). As for the bosses, The Infector should never be a problem, The Grand Vizier can be annoying (try and drag his minions thin by running a few screens away, if they're hurting too much), but De Seis can be tough. It's all about resistances and life steal there.  Turn Salvation on if you're not up to max res. Use charge a lot, it works great vs Oblivion Knights. Diablo himself only has one attack that hurts - the "fire snakes". So give fire resistance high priority, if you have to choose. Expect the fight to take some time - Diablo has a high block rate, and tons of life. Act 5 - The Ancients I generally think this fight is kind of easy. Run straight up and start zealing. If any of them have some annoying aura, vigor a bit away, cast life tap on them, and go back to zeal the aura guy. Charge-lock doesn't work here, unfortunately. If things go bad, try a hit 'n 'run tactic with charge. Act 5 - Baal's Minions The first four bunches are hopefully beatable. Make sure to have fire resistance for first bunch, "cannot be frozen" for second (and cleansing ready when they die), lightning resistance for third, and something to keep you awake against the fourth. The second the last of the Venom Lords fall, run back to the 4 torches at the entrance to the Throne. That's far enough away to avoid activating Lister too early. When Lister spawns, move forward with the life tap wand. Cast life tap on the bunch as they charge, then switch to weapon, charge into the fray and start zealing. It's then a test of strength. If you seem to be losing, use your physical damage aura to increase leech. Still losing? vigor on, and run out of there. Retreat to the outer parts of the level, lure the minions around 'till they get spread out, and kill them a few at a time. Baal I don't remember ever having problems with Baal. Pop on vigor as you get in, to counter the decrepify. Run up to Baal, get Conviction on him and zeal away. If he teleports, then use Vigor + Charge to get to him quick again. VIII) Blitzkrieg (an example) For reference, here is my exact elemental zealot build at clvl 93. Skills Combat (+5 skills) 1 Zeal 20 Holy Shield (maxed for defense rating) 20 Charge (chosen as secondary attack) +prerequisites Offensive (+3 skills) 20 Conviction 20 Concentration (chosen over Fanaticsm for party effect) Defensive (+3 skills) 1 Meditation 1 Redemption 1 cleansing 4 Vigor 4 Salvation Stats With gear Strength - 171 Dexterity - 138 Vitality - 372 Energy - 20 Without gear Strength - 113 Dexterity - 100 Vitality - 332 Energy - 15 Gear Helm - 20/7/7 vampire gaze with "um" Armor - Shaftstop with "um" (cowlvl armor = 20% ed, +6 min, 16-45 fire damage, 3-269 lightning damage + smallstuff archon plate) Belt - Thundergod' Vigor Ring 1 - Ravenfrost Ring 2 - 6% life leecher with 8/24/8/18 resistance and 5 energy Amulet - Highlord's Wrath Weapon - Baranar's Star with 13 max dam, 26% ed jewel (secondary : Life tap wand) Boots - Infernostride Gloves - Lavagout Shield - Herald of Zakarum with "um" (secondary : dual dia mosers) Total effect of 26 inventory slots of charms : 12 - 489 lightning damage added to attack 19 - 42 fire damage added to attack 23 - 51 cold damage added to attack 7 dexterity, 3 strength, 4/19/11/9 resistances, 3 AR, 5% hit rec, 30 life Total resistances : 85/75/85/59 Total elemental damage added to each swing (while using shaft) : Lightning : 15 - 769 Fire : 76 - 354 Cold : 45 - 328 Total average : 793,5 IV) Links & contact www.diabloii.net - best Diablo 2 fansite www.battle.net/diablo2exp - tons of D2 info http://stats.diabloii.net/calcs/wspeed.shtml  - weapon speed calculator nikodemus22@hotmail.com Aim : KnightofFrode ICQ : 32587492 Diabloii.net forum name : Nikodemus222. 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