LLD101

[Dao Jones]

I'm looking around at the various level 18 guides, and was considering MysticFalcon's Jabber guide (I'm on an Amazon kick at the moment), but I find myself looking at the numbers on the build, and wondering how in the hell it could defeat a level 18 zealot (seemingly the most common opponent at this level). I mean, on the one hand you have:

5 fast attacks
+300% damage or so (not including various items)

versus

3 fast attacks
-15% damage

Granted, the Amazon can expect the occasional Deadly Strike double damage, and will have a nifty 40% or so Dodge, but can that really compare to a halfway decent Zealot? I love Paladins and all, but I'm loathe to build one if they're the most repetitively built LLD 18 build out there. However, I don't want to gear up a losing proposition...

[Chewie]

I'd think a zon would need very good gear/charms to consistently beat a decent zealot. Mostly, it's just the eth war javs that are needed IMO.

[VoicesLLD]

if you are looking for a sure thing, a character that will win consistantly, and you dont want to spend alot on gear/spend alot of time looking for the perfect gear, build a zealot.

if you dont mind losing in the process of making him better, and you like the challenge of making a character as perfect as you can, with rare and hard to find items, make a jabberzon.

[Dao Jones]

[Chewie]

I built a lvl 18 smiter a-la Jerkazoid style, and it's pretty even between me and the zealots I duel. The only annoying thing is they call me a noob for using a smiter (and spending a fraction of what they did to make my dueler )

[VoicesLLD]

if you want a character that isnt as common as a zealot, but not as expensive as a zon, and will still kill relatively persistantly, build a conc barb.

[xZephyrX]

I agree with Voices 100%. I'm a zon lover but it's soooooo hard to get good weapons for them in LLD. Everything that's good is always lvl33-38 Took me 6 months of imbues and rerolling to get a poon with good damage at lvl 30. Another thing is her weapons don't have sockets.... so when I say a good damage weapon I mean something that will compete with all the 5-6 socket ones that other chars can equip. If you want a zon .Start collecting her stuff and saving for when you FINALLY get the l337 stix!!!

[VoicesLLD]

[Gg_UnKnown]

I had a zon with some eth war java's with 119ed 10 max dmg and ar but they were lvl 19 req so I had to over lvl by 1. I had all 15 life scs excluding a Max Dmg//Ar//Fhr or two that I needed, and all 15-18 max dmg gear. I had about 950 life and 2.7k Ar. The most annoying thing was that every once in a while I'd lose to zealots that only had about 450-500 life just bc of the High damge they could deal. The good Zealots (matic, Saytun, Ect. at the time) had so much life and dmg that I couldn't Consistantly win and it pretty much came down to pure block//Dodge luck if I did. I'd say I prally won about 1/3 of the time which I guess isnt' to bad but it was Very very random dueling. Sometimes my dodge would be Great and I'd win 6, 7, 8 duels in a row then turn around and lose every duel for the next 20 mins : / . Somthing you might want to try is using 3//xx//15 Lc's rather than 15 life scs bc even with all 15 life sc's I'd die in 3-4 hits and zons hit Alot bc of Innersight + good Ar +Fast attack. I quit lvl 18ing bc of the Complete randomness of the duels. I'm not sure if any of this helps you any but I can say that I loved dueling with my zon a lot more than my pally even though my pally would Stomp my zon nearly every duel.
Gl,
Rancid

[Dao Jones]