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Newslord - 26 Nov 2005 12:33 GMT

Gidday,

What merc is good fr a smiter pala?

Greetings,

Newslord

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Mickey - 26 Nov 2005 13:25 GMT

> Gidday,
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> What merc is good fr a smiter pala?
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> Greetings,

My choice would be a defiance with an Insight.

Mickey

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Jamie Kahn Genet - 26 Nov 2005 14:19 GMT

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> Newslord

An Act 2 Defiant merc is a good idea, especially as you'll be maxing
Holy Shield (and thusly already have a good start boosting your DR). You
can never have too much defence IMHO. A Might merc is another idea. It
all depends on your play style, really.

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Jamie Kahn Genet"

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Mark - 26 Nov 2005 15:33 GMT

> What merc is good fr a smiter pala?

I'd go with Holy Freeze. A Smiter is a single attack character, so your
biggest problem is crowd control. HF will help slow things down and give you
more time to deal with one target at a time.

As a Smiter you'll probably be maxing Smite, Fanaticism and Holy Shield.
With a few points in the prereq's and utility skills that leaves a lot of
available skill points, particularly at higher levels. Points in Defiance is
then a popular choice, as it's a synergy to Holy Shield. So a Defiance merc
is somewhat redundant.

Regards-
Mark

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Jamie Kahn Genet - 27 Nov 2005 09:08 GMT

> > What merc is good fr a smiter pala?
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> Bongo-Fury

Well... as you won't actually have defiance running it's still not a bad
idea. You may get Defiance's passive bonus to HS, but not it's main
defence percentage increase while Fanaticism is your aura. For that
reason I still use a Defiance merc for smiters. It's fun as hell being
in the middle of a pack of minions largely unhurt. Not to say HF isn't a
good choice, but I enjoy mixing it up at full speed using smite ;-) I'll
save my dedicated Zealous Holy Freezerdin for slo-mo monster fun *grins*
and is it ever fun!

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Jamie Kahn Genet

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Mark - 27 Nov 2005 17:33 GMT

> Well... as you won't actually have defiance running it's still not a bad
> idea. You may get Defiance's passive bonus to HS, but not it's main
> defence percentage increase while Fanaticism is your aura. For that
> reason I still use a Defiance merc for smiters.

With a high level Holy Shield (possibly synergized) a Smiter should have a
fairly high defense to begin with. And defense has a serious diminishing
return. So a Smiter may have a 30% chance to be hit without a Defiance aura
and a 10% chance with. But considering that a Smiter will absolutely have
max blocking, the real difference in hits taken will be 7.5% vs 2.5%. The
actual numbers might be a lot closer, but this example illustrates the
diminishing returns of defense, especially when coupled with blocking.

Regards-
Mark

Bongo-Fury

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chaliban - 29 Nov 2005 05:22 GMT

> > Well... as you won't actually have defiance running it's still not a bad
> > idea. You may get Defiance's passive bonus to HS, but not it's main
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> actual numbers might be a lot closer, but this example illustrates the
> diminishing returns of defense, especially when coupled with blocking.

How about a Cold Iron Wolf?

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