D2 Characters

[iago]

There hasn't been a poll in awhile, so here you go!


Mine is Sorceress, I like Firewall because, among other things, I can make jokes (It's impossible to hack a sorceress!)

[j0k3r]

I LOVE Necromancers~! They just rock, great party character, do fine on their own... Although sorceresses were close behind because of the amount of skills you can use.

I used to love playing through the game (single player, no MH) with druids and assassins too, fun classes.

[UserLoser]

Barbarian!  I miss my old legit 99 barb.  BNet ate it when they banned UserLoser.  All my gear was legit, however the amulet & one of rings were not legit - they were duped.  Let's see if I can remember what I had...

Arreat's Face socketed with 15%IAS Jewel
Perfect JAH'd Grandfather (My brother found it and let me use it since he doesn't play barbarians)
Stormshield socketed with a 40%ED/15%IAS Jewel.
Perfect String of Ears.
Gore Rider for boots.
(Don't remember my gloves )
5% Bul Katho's Wedding Band for one of my rings.
Corruption Grip for my other ring.
Near perfect 1.09 Arkaine's Valor socketed with something that I don't remember
I had 22k defense, 6.5k one hand damage, 7.5k two hand damage with level ? berserk.

Edit: UserLoser > iago

[Hazard]

I am personally very fond of the Paladin race. A well built Paladin has a drastic advangate over all the other races, although the same is true with Necormancers and Assassins.

!~!HaZaRD!~!

[iago]

I am personally very fond of the Paladin race. A well built Paladin has a drastic advangate over all the other races, although the same is true with Necormancers and Assassins.

!~!HaZaRD!~!

Any well-built character has a drastic advantage, but some are better in parties that others, like paladins.

[Hazard]

Yes iago my point was that a well built Paladin would have an advange over a well built character of another class. IMHO I believe that a Paladin is a very self sufficent character class, unlike other classes that can have huge flaws and/or dificencies. I also agree that even though they are self-sufficent, they thrive in groups, as do all character classes.

!~!HaZaRD!~!

[Naem]

I was always under the impression that the Paladins were one of the weakest classes, second to the Necro, in PvP anyway. Amazons have guided arrow and slow target which would screw over anyone, and Barbarians have whirlwind, frenzy etc. Sorceresses have FO, teleport, meteor, etc, but that's all gone to shit ever since Absorb was added. Necros have nothing. Paladins have...... FoH? Zeal?

[iago]

Zeal is nice, if you're using a pike or something else "very slow", you still get to attack nice.

I don't really care about PvP, but that's just my opinion.

What's FO?  I can't seem to match that to any skill, and I'm not about to start a game to find out

In order from my favourite:
Sorceress
Necromancer
Paladin
Amazon
Druid
Barbarian
Assassin

Although I haven't been fair to assassins, since i haven't really used them.

[Yoni]

FoH is kind of ewwy, IIRC... Costs too much mana and generally isn't worth it.

Zeal is great though. You could use it on a "very slow" weapon to attack at normal speed, but that's not its strength... Try pushing the speed limit with a "fast" or "very fast" weapon, at least level 5 zeal, and for best effects, a big AR boost. The paladin attacks about 5 times per second, and with the extra AR, doesn't miss .

Try to combine with a Holy Freeze aura. You're fast + they're slow = ownage.

Oh, btw... I never played PvP.

[Soul Taker]

I was always under the impression that the Paladins were one of the weakest classes, second to the Necro, in PvP anyway. Amazons have guided arrow and slow target which would screw over anyone, and Barbarians have whirlwind, frenzy etc. Sorceresses have FO, teleport, meteor, etc, but that's all gone to shit ever since Absorb was added. Necros have nothing. Paladins have...... FoH? Zeal?

Necromancers are widely accepted as the best 1v1 class actually.  FoH is good vs everything but really good sorcs.  Sorcs are overall the best duel chars, while barbs are the worst.

[Eibro]

I generally play Paladins, they're just so damn fun.
There's a few [amazing] combinations I see (or saw) used a lot:
Thorns + Conversion
Conviction + Vengence
Blessed Hammer + Something (I think it was Blessed Aim)
Zeal + Fanaticism

Before the last patch, putting > 7 or so points in Zeal would get you killed (aka Zeal lock)
That last combo really does justice for your attack speed That's what i'm going for with my current paladin.
Next to the Paladin... I'd say the Barbarian is my favorite class, followed by the Druid.

[Adron]

I don't like Paladins because I think they walk too slow. Trying to hunt down some annoying little critter that keeps jumping and running all over gets frustrating. The other classes either have a good ranged attack or a jump/teleport to catch up with runners.

[iago]

FoH is kind of ewwy, IIRC... Costs too much mana and generally isn't worth it.

Zeal is great though. You could use it on a "very slow" weapon to attack at normal speed, but that's not its strength... Try pushing the speed limit with a "fast" or "very fast" weapon, at least level 5 zeal, and for best effects, a big AR boost. The paladin attacks about 5 times per second, and with the extra AR, doesn't miss .

Try to combine with a Holy Freeze aura. You're fast + they're slow = ownage.

Oh, btw... I never played PvP.

I only recently tried that combo, it was fun, but that was the character who was killd by the Smith (see my other post about d2 being stupid) and I moved onto a different class after that.

[Hazard]

I am personally almost a solid PvP player. All that follows is simply my humble opinion. In a duel a Paladin can be the most fearsome foe, if it is built correctly. If you set it up right it can easily dodge/block the attack of an amazon, tank the whirlwind of a barbarian, shrug off the effects of a Sorceress (A well built Paladin must have high resistances), etc., etc. I think you see where I am going with that. The trick, as Adron pointed out, is that typically they are slow. In order to make up for this there is an attack known as "Charge" in which the speed of the Paladin is greatly increased and there is an auora that increases stamina and speed that you use when you are in pursuit of a runner. In a melee duel there is no substitute for Zeal. It is faster and more powerful than other melee attacks (with the possible exception of the Jab Javelin skill on the Amazon) which will stun your attacker and never give them the chance to run or get a single shot off. SoulTaker I have to smite you for your post. Necromancers are accepted as a great class if it is well built, but Barbarians are by far not the worst and Sorceress' by far not the best. I agree with Yoni that in most cases FoH is pretty much useless. If any of you happen to be curious to learn more about how to build a very fearsome Paladin post below and if there is any interest I will post some points and tips on how to built a fearsome and LEGIT Paladin. Thats just my 2 cents.

!~!HaZaRD!~!

[Soul Taker]

Play in pro. duel tournies and you'll see what I mean.