Pallys have the most viable builds in HC and to me thats how you determine how effective a char is in diablo PvE. The Reason Hammer Pally is OP and it is prob THE MOST OP class for this one reason... NO RESISTANCES AND NO IM AGAINST IT
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So this is why it is the most op build in the game... no one can resist hammers and they are projectiles... only other build that comes close is a Fury Sin but is far less superior cuz its not AoE and doesnet do nearly as much dmg. But besides that all the other builds a pally has are not over powered; they suffer the same penalties as other people and when put in certain situations that a hammerdin faces might be more effective at pulling through in that particular instant.
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Kefka: its true they can do that with holy shield... but when people say they are OP... its usually just due to the hammerdin build... cuz they have the dmg of a boss killer in AoE form. pre v1.10 barbs had this with the titan build... put all pnts into strength wear the heavest armor use iron skin, shout, ww, berserk 1 strength = +1% ed and to add to that no enemie had ITD so you dident need vitality with this build. the weapon would be a war pike with 6 socket 15% IAS/40% ED jewles... but back to pally: its that massive dmg in AoE form that makes eveyone say he is OP... cuz i promise you if he did all that dmg but was only hitting one target, which he can do and basicly thats what he did before v1.10, no one would say he is op.
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Pallys are not overpowered but they are by far the best Hardcore character if your starting from scratch... auras are crap!? Ever heard of holy freeze where it slows enemies even if they are cold immune??? What about vengence pallys? its one of the most hard hitting melee skills in the game and IM isent a prob there... Martyrs anyone??? they hit you, your prob dead, and they get healed???? Not to mention they are the best pindleskin farmers in the game! just slap on redemtion max holy bolt, FoH, and Blessed hammer and that is a peice of cake... so they have their uses ourside of hammerdin.
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I dont see how pallys were always op... i mean when Diablo 2 first came out, hammerdins did not exsist. Pallys dident really have an aoe skill and took forever to do anything. As for WoW pallys for the longest time were arena healers and thats about it, its only now with the 3.02 patch that was released before WotLK that pallys were considered OP and then the next patch they were nerfed. I mean pally was almost the worst class in the game when Diablo First came out... they really were the only class lacking an AoE attack that was viable... Barbs had WW, Sorc had everything, Zons had multi strafe, lightning fury, necros had an army, nova, spear, and AoE debuffs, pally had an AoE undead dmg, and a weak spining hammer.
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So this is why it is the most op build in the game... no one can resist hammers and they are projectiles... only other build that comes close is a Fury Sin but is far less superior cuz its not AoE and doesnet do nearly as much dmg. But besides that all the other builds a pally has are not over powered; they suffer the same penalties as other people and when put in certain situations that a hammerdin faces might be more effective at pulling through in that particular instant.
-Leoric of Khanduras, The Craft of War
-Leoric of Khanduras, The Craft of War
Pallys are not overpowered but they are by far the best Hardcore character if your starting from scratch... auras are crap!? Ever heard of holy freeze where it slows enemies even if they are cold immune??? What about vengence pallys? its one of the most hard hitting melee skills in the game and IM isent a prob there... Martyrs anyone??? they hit you, your prob dead, and they get healed???? Not to mention they are the best pindleskin farmers in the game! just slap on redemtion max holy bolt, FoH, and Blessed hammer and that is a peice of cake... so they have their uses ourside of hammerdin.
-Leoric of Khanduras, The Craft of War
-Leoric of Khanduras, The Craft of War