V/S (Vindicator/Savior) Build

[virpyre]

PvP V/S (Vindicator/Savior) Build

Intro:
Q: What is a V/S?
A: A Savior Paladin utilizes the resistance auras in the Defensive Auras skill tree to minimize damage from elemental sources. This guide will both aid you in the development of an effective Savior variant, and provide dueling strategies against your many adversaries.

Saviors make use of the three resistance auras: Resist Fire, Resist Cold, and Resist Lightning. Each solid skill point invested will give +1% to maximum resistance of that element when the aura is active, but will give half of that bonus passively when you are not using the aura. So, if you have 10 points in Resist Fire, you will always have +5% max resist, but an additional +5% when you turn the aura on.

The point of the V/S (Vindicator/Savior) is to be able to handle all types of opponents, while maintaining high damage that can be reduced to no lower than 50%. There will always be some tough match-ups, but as far as the balance between power and versatility goes, I would say this build ranks pretty high, along with Liberators and V/T’s (Vindicator/Templar’s).


Stats:
Strength – 25 (Keep it as low as your charms and items will allow. Remember to check over all your strength bonuses so that you are able to pick up all your equipment if you die.)
Dexterity – 40 (Again, keep it as low as possible. Maintain 75% blocking chance at all times. By the time you are around level 90, you will likely have 130-150 total.)
Vitality – 100+ (Pour any stat points you have left into this. The more vitality you have, the longer you survive. It is not surprising that some people have a base vitality of well over 400.)
Energy – 15 (Your attacks do not require much mana, and you will have more than enough from items alone.)


Combat Skills:
Smite – 20
Charge – 1
Holy Shield – 20
Prerequisites: Holy Bolt, Blessed Hammer – 1 in each.

Offensive Auras:
Fanaticism – 20
Prerequisites: Might, Blessed Aim, Concentration – 1 in each

Defensive Auras
Resist Fire – 10
Resist Cold – 1
Resist Lightning – 20
Salvation – 1
Prerequisites: none.


The Choice of Weapon:
I will go over the advantages of Grief berserker axes and Grief phase blades, but I cannot state that either one is better overall. The decision is yours to make.

Berserker Axe has slightly longer range, slightly higher Charge damage, and low dex requirement. 54% total IAS is needed to reach the fastest Smite rate.

Phase Blade is indestructible, and automatically reaches the fastest Smite rate. Also, attack speed will not be affected quite as much by enemies that slow you down.


Equipment:
Weapons:
“Grief”
“Call to Arms”
Other options: Astreon’s Iron Ward, The Redeemer, “Silence”, “Kingslayer”.

Headgear:
Harlequin Crest
Crown of Ages
“Dream”
Kira’s Guardian
Other options: Peasant Crown, Rockstopper, Vampire Gaze, Andariel’s Visage.

Body Armors:
“Enigma”
“Chains of Honor”
“Fortitude”
Other options: Shaftstop, Guardian Angel, Arkaine’s Valor, “Lionheart”, “Duress”, “Principle”.

Shields:
Herald of Zakarum (upgraded)
“Exile”
“Phoenix”
“Sanctuary”
“Dream”
“Spirit”
Stormshield
Other options: Alma Negra, Herald of Zakarum, Griswold’s Honor.

Gloves:
Bloodfist
Dracul’s Grasp
Other options: Immortal King’s Forge, Laying of Hands.

Belts:
Verdungo’s Hearty Cord
Snowclash
Thundergod’s Vigo
Other options: String of Ears, Credendum.

Boots:
Waterwalk
Sandstorm Trek
Hotspur
Gore Rider
Other options: Aldur’s Advance, Immortal King’s Pillar, Natalya’s Soul.

Amulets:
Mara’s Kaleidoscope
Nokozan Relic
Other options: Highlord’s Wrath, Seraph’s Hymn.

Rings:
Raven Frost
Bul-Katho’s Wedding Band
Dwarf Star
Wisp Projector
Other options: The Stone of Jordan.

Charms:
Annihilus Charm
Hellfire Torch
Lionbranded Grand Charm
Small Charm of Vita

[C Elegans]

Thanks for your guide, virpyre I'll include it in our Character Build's collection.

Is this a pure PvP build? If not, could you clarify what adaptions of the build and the equipment that needs to be done for PvM?

[virpyre]

Sorry...I guess I should've added that in it's a Full PvP Build.

[Fukah]

This "guide" is a copy and is violating plagiarism. it has been copy'd from http://www.rpgforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53801 and slight changes have been made. if u examine the stats section they are almost identical.

[ArcaneLegend]

Sigh...Fukah, I wanted to keep this a private matter, but I guess it's too late for that.


Yes, he's right. This is a modified copy of my original piece, which was published months before. I wouldn't have cared if he only took a few sentences, but here I see entire paragraphs being copied and pasted. Thanks to the originality of my new build, there were only 5 results after I searched for "Vindicator/Savior" on Google, one of which was a site I did not recognize.

[C Elegans]

Thank you for bringing this to my attention Fukah and ArcaneLegend. I am deeply sorry for this, and this thread will be deleted.