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[9-18] Smiter Guide
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Torrent
 Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 1410 BNet Acct/Realm: Torrent@USEast  13.37 Silvarrr |
There aren't too many variants of Smiters at such low levels because they have basically no damage, but they are cheap, which is why I like them. They require no max damage jewels and no 3-10/xx/life or stat small/large/grand charms. Smite, as you hopefully know, is a weapon attack that uses shield bashing. Thus, it is affected by IAS. This guide will explain gear, stats and skills for Smiter Paladins level 9, 15 and 18. I'll start with something relevant to all levels: Paladin breakpoints.
These IAS frames apply ONLY to a Smiter using a [0] speed weapon and no Fanaticism aura. You probably already know that FCR is not applicable here; I just put it there so people can have easy access to it. The beauty of a LLD Smiter is that it does not need or even use (except at higher levels) physical damage to kill opponents. At an equal level, Smiters can dominate Zealots because Smite cannot be blocked. Within range, your attack will always hit! Naturally, at this level, there are not many weapon options that will give you a high range, so you'll want to stay close at all times when dueling to keep the upper hand on whichever build you are up against. Smiters are melee characters; thus, they do best against other melee characters. Some will choose to use a Charge weapon/shield on switch to duel casters, and that is perfectly fine. In fact, I recommend it if you have enough remaining skills. I would not, for example, take points out of an aura being used to gain a point into charge. If you have no points left, invest in a +1-3 charge War Scepter.
Crushing Blow is your main source of damage on a LLD Smiter. Higher levels can use Grief and Last Wish to push their damage high enough to contend with other characters like Zealots (unless said Zealot is also using a Grief). Crushing Blow works by reducing an opponent's life by X%, X being 10% in PvP.
As the opponent's life gets lower and lower, the 10% will diminish into lower and lower damage-dealing hits until your opponent is left with 1 health, and Crushing Blow no longer has any effect. If you cannot kill an opponent with 1 health remaining, it means that the opponent has the "Damage Reduced By X" (DR) mod on one or more of his items. Combined with the PvP damage penalty (1/6), just a little DR can negate all normal damage you deal without Crushing Blow. To combat this, you can do one of many things: • Use a shield with skulls socketed in it for the "Attacker Takes Damage of X" (ATD) mod. This is also weakened by the PvP Penalty, so if your final ATD is low like your physical Smite damage, then it won't matter. • Switch to normal attack and try to swing your weapon at them (not a very good idea). • Have a weapon switch with a weapon and shield with max damage jewels (a good idea). • Use an item with Open Wounds
Enhanced Damage (ED) is the only damage modifier that helps a LLD Smiter's damage. +min and +max damage will not help at all. It doesn't matter though, because your constant triggering of Crushing Blow (and for some builds Open Wounds) will be more than enough to take down enemies. As previously stated, Smite will always hit, so a 33% change of Crushing Blow is higher than your 25% chance to be hit with an attack without blocking, and that's not counting your defense (max block is quite necessary on a Smiter at any level). Unfortunately, the best damage shields you will be able to get between level 9 and 30 are the Spiked and Barbed shields, which do not have enough damage themselves to be strengthened very much by ED jewels or Strength pumping. The best option to increase Smite damage for a level 28-30 character is by using +skill items. Level 9, 15 and 18 builds will have close to the minimum Smite damage because they can only use Spiked shields, which deal 5-9 Smite damage on their own. Level 9 (vLLD) Stats Strength - Enough for gear Dexterity - Enough for max block Vitality - The rest Energy - None Make sure you have collected all of your gear before you invest any stat points into ANYTHING. At such a low level you will want every advantage you can get, and that includes making sure you didn't lose three (yes, three) life because you put a point in strength that would have been satisfied by a charm or your gear. Skills - 20 with Hell Rush (LLD101 rules allow it) 7 Smite 4 Defiance 9 Prayer Gear Helm Sigon's Visor - Use with 2 other Sigon pieces for the 100 defense bonus 3os Crown - Socket with three flawed rubies Armor Rare Eth/Rep Ancient - You need Enhanced Defense and 2 sockets to use this, and also -req if you're lucky 4os Ancient - Socket with -req jewels and flawed rubies Gloves Sigon's Gage - Use for 30 IAS and with 2 other Sigon pieces for the 100 defense bonus Death's Hand - Use with Death's Belt for 30 IAS Belt Sigon's Wrap - Use for 20 life and with 2 other Sigon pieces for the 100 defense bonus Death's Sash - Use with Death's Gloves for Cannot Be Frozen (CBF) Boots Sigon's Sabot - Use with 2 other Sigon pieces for the 100 defense bonus Rare FRW/FHR/Dexterity Boots - Stat savers, but I would recommend Sigon's Boots for the 100 defense bonus Amulet Rare stat ammy - Try for 5 str and 5 dex; this is very hard to find. DTM is also a valuable mod on a level 9 Smiter because mana drains very quickly due to fast attacks and Prayer. Replenish Life is also a valuable mod Rings Rare stat rings - 2 str and 2 dex is the best you can get at level 9 in 1.11. Replenish Life is also available on rings, and is very helpful against all opponents Weapon Crushflange - +15 Strength and 33% Crushing Blow The Gnasher - +8 Strength, 20% Crushing Blow, 50% Open Wounds. Your only source of Open Wounds at level 9, but you lose 13% chance of Crushing Blow Shield Vulpine Bone/Spiked Shield of Deflecting - Any DR will negate all Smite damage dealt from a Bone Shield. If you have a Spiked Shield with level 7 Smite, you might be able to kill someone with very low DR just by Smiting them to death. Level 15 There are two different build possibilities at level 15. Neither is a damage build, because we have not yet reached the level that Smite will deal any noticeable PvP damage. Build 1 - Defense Build 2 - Regen The skills for both of these hell rushed are almost identical, but gear varies a bit for them. Norm rushed, however, the skills are very different. Stats Strength - Enough for gear Dexterity - Enough for max block Vitality - The rest Energy - None Skills Defense with Norm Rush 1 Smite 1 Charge 10 Defiance 5 Prayer 1 Cleansing Regen with Norm Rush 1 Smite 1 Charge 15 Prayer 1 Cleansing Hybrid with Hell Rush 1 Smite 1 Charge 13 Prayer 1 Cleansing 10 Defiance Skills for all 3 builds can vary a little. For example, if you decide not to opt for charge as your switch attack (for either finishing or runners), you could use norm attack and save a skills point for Prayer. Gear Helm Sigon's Visor - Use with 2 other Sigon pieces for the 100 defense bonus 3os Crown - Socketed with flawless rubies Armor Rare Eth/Rep Ancient - For the defense build, a ~500 defense Ancient Armor helps tremendously with level 10 Defiance. You want 2 sockets and -req on this 4os Gothic Plate - For the Regen build. Socket this with flawless skulls for more life regen Gloves Death's Hand - Good Poison resists, and combined with Death's Belt will give you 30 IAS Sigon's Gage - Use for 30 IAS and with 2 other Sigon pieces for the 100 defense bonus Belt Sigon's Wrap - Use for 20 life and with 2 other Sigon pieces for the 100 defense bonus Death's Sash - Use with Death's Gloves for Cannot Be Frozen (CBF) Boots Sigon's Sabot - Use with 2 other Sigon pieces for the 100 defense bonus Cow King's Hooves - 30 FRW and +20 Dex. Helps a lot with achieving max block, and frees up enough points for Vitality for another 60 life Amulet Angelic Wings - Combine with an Angelic Ring for 75 life and 10 Dexterity. Also has DTM. Rings Angelic Halo - Gives life life rep, also see above Manald Heal - A maximum of 8 life rep and 20 life. If you plan on Charging a lot, you might want to keep two Angelic Rings for the increased attack rating. Weapon Crushflange - The only choice right now, for +15 Strength 33% Crushing Blow Shield Swordback Hold - Spiked Shield for higher-ish damage. Socket with either an Ith or flawless amethyst Level 18 Stats Strength - Enough for gear Dexterity - Enough for max block Vitality - The rest Energy - None Again, there are two possible builds at this level: Defense and Regen. Level 18 is where the gear starts to differ a bit, and actually becomes a lot cheaper as well. Skills Defense Norm Rushed 1 Smite 1 Charge 13 Defiance 5 Prayer 1 Cleansing Regen Norm Rushed 1 Smite 1 Charge 18 Prayer 1 Cleansing Gear Helm Milabrega's Diadem - Find a Crown with the highest defense you can get. With Mila's armor, your two items will add up to over 500 defense. Socket with a perfect ruby Duskdeep - Mostly for the Regen build. It comes with 7 DR, which is very useful against other smiters. Socket with a perfect skull 3os Crown - Socket with 3 perfect skulls (for Regen build) Armor Milabrega's Robe - With Mila's Crown, this armor will get 468 Defense. Combined with the Crown, you get over 500. With level 13 Defiance, you gain about 1500 defense Twitchthroe - For the Regen build. More IAS and Increased Chance to Block (ICB) gives you 8 frame Smite combined with Death's or Sigon's combo, compared to all previously mentioned builds using 9 frame Smite. Gloves Death's Hand - Good Poison resists, and combined with Death's Belt will give you 30 IAS Sigon's Gage - Use for 30 IAS and with 2 other Sigon pieces for the 100 defense bonus Belt Sigon's Wrap - Use for 20 life and with 2 other Sigon pieces for the 100 defense bonus Death's Sash - Use with Death's Gloves for Cannot Be Frozen (CBF) Boots Sigon's Sabot - Use with 2 other Sigon pieces for the 100 defense bonus Cow King's Hooves - 30 FRW and +20 Dex. Helps a lot with achieving max block, and frees up enough points for Vitality for another 60 life Amulet Angelic Wings - Combine with an Angelic Ring for 75 life and 10 Dexterity. Also has DTM. Rings Angelic Halo - Gives life life rep, also see above Manald Heal - A maximum of 8 life rep and 20 life. If you plan on Charging a lot, you might want to keep two Angelic Rings for the increased attack rating. Weapon Crushflange - The only choice right now, for +15 Strength 33% Crushing Blow Shield Swordback Hold - Spiked Shield for higher-ish damage. Socket with either an Ith or perfect amethyst Both builds are probably better off using Death's combo and CK Boots for the Poison resist, CBF, 20 Dex and 30 FRW. Sigon's trio does add the 100 defense bonus though, and if you add that to the Defiance aura for the Defense build you will gain a bit less than 300 defense. Up to you to decide if its worth it or not to lose all the useful mods on Death's/CK. Closing If you have any questions or suggestions, please reply in this thread. _________________ No I don't wanna battle from beginning to end I don't want a cycle of recycled revenge I don't wanna follow Death And All of His Friends http://lld101.com/viewtopic.php?t=44473 (for my own reference) Last edited by Torrent on Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:11 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Mimes
 Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 1267 BNet Acct/Realm: e/sc/l Mimes., Mimes-LLD, Justin27 and 1338 34.96 Silvarrr |
For level 9, i wouldnt recommend putting any into prayer. You will need mana to smite, and without and stats in mana your mana pool will be very small. Prayer will drain your mana VERY fast. Instead i would invest 1 point into Might, 1 point into Sacrifice, and the rest into defiance/smite (max defiance before you add more to smite). At level 9 i would also say it is necessary to use a Vulpine Spiked shield of deflecting. It has the highest damage on a shield at that level, and damage to mana (which is also necessary). You could put in some DTM/Def jewels possibly with some other decent/helpful mods. For armor, instead of a 4os Ancient armor, i would recommend a 15% ed Gothic plate. It has lower Reqs, and you can put 4x flawed rubies in one GP without having to worry about lowering the reqs. For your helm/gloves/belt/boots, i would say go with Sigons for all of them. Socket the helm with a flawed ruby. But keep a 15% sup crown/mask with 3x flawed rubies in it just in case. If someone has cold damage (which is likely) i would keep a deaths sash in your stash. If you need to use it, you will still have 3 sigs pieces equipped. Eth rep throwing spears are also very helpful to have on switch, for runners, or to damage them while you regen some mana. If your opponent is already at low life, you could turn on might, and throw at them to finish them off, of switch to a maxer'd VBSoD or VSSoD turn on might, and sacrifice them to death. For level 18, i would suggest each build to use Angelic jewelry. You get a good deal of DTM, Life, and 12 life rep. You also get ar in which to melee them when their life is low. IMO angelic jewelry would be the better option. _________________ 
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thejudgelld
Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 21 BNet Acct/Realm: Leonidas13 0.00 Silvarrr |
I like the build because i think i can afford it. I've only been playing for a couple months and haven't really done anything with smiters, so do you have any tips for technique with this guy. I'm gonna do the lvl 18 one. As far as either the defiance or prayer build goes, I'm still kinda undecided. which u think would be for me? thanks in advance |
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Ardlien
Joined: 18 Oct 2008 Posts: 11 0.00 Silvarrr |
Bump I've been playing around with some regen smiters for a while, though not at those specific levels. In addition to the suggestions you make here there's a few options I would add for a level 15 regen smiter. Skulled shields are quite effective finishers, and with the right auric shield can add a lot of resists as well, I would take that over crushflange or swordback honestly. As a weapon, gnasher is great, even at this level, as the extra 13% crushing blow really isn't worth much once your opponent is below 1/2-1/3 of their life. Angelic armor along with the amulet and ring(s) provides an extra skill for faster healing, 150 defense for very low strength req, 50 mana (very handy), and 50 fire res, which could be useful if you do not use crushflange. A crafted blood belt is another option which I have not tested out yet, but would allow you to use crushflange, an auric shield and keep open wounds in your arsenal, and adds some life too. Could mean lower smite speed if you don't use sigs though. |
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Checkers77
Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 7 0.00 Silvarrr |
I plan on using: Armor Milabrega's w/hel 85 pts Shield Sword Pack 60 dex? I only have 95 pts for gear I need 55 for Armor and 40 for shield Glove Sigon's Belt Sigon's /Death's Boots Sigon's/ Cow Kings Amulet Angelic Rings Angelic Weapon Crush Flange Life Small Charms No points left for Vitality Or do you put on the gear to get the stats first? Thanks |
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Jerkazoid
 Joined: 06 Feb 2004 Posts: 2902 BNet Acct/Realm: wscl 4.86 Silvarrr |
Mils is a very affordable build, perfect for a quick dueler on a fresh ladder season http://lld101.com/viewtopic.php?search_id=944373536&t=799 dont use a hel rune though, you should at least be able to find 1 jewel with -15% (and some other mod hopefully) with sigons gloves and flange you get a bunch of +strength, note the +values in the build i outline. you have plenty for Vit and having more than 1100 life is VERY nice indeed _________________ Magic missile doesn't kill people, wizards who cast magic missile kill people.  |
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Checkers77
Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 7 0.00 Silvarrr |
Thanks for help. My paladin is hell rushed,not sure about the Defense/Regen build. So I put points into: 1-Smite 1-Charge 5-Prayer 1-Cleansing I would liked to switch Defense to Regan I have 25 skill points left,any help is greatly appreciated. I have a 6 socket military pick/4 socket Aerin shield (both w/13-15 max jewels.Along with Twitchthroe/Duskdeep for a switch after charge., But only 437 Attack Damage for dueling a smiter. I bet the 5 socket scepter is really hard to find. Thanks |
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Jerkazoid
Joined: 06 Feb 2004 Posts: 2902 BNet Acct/Realm: wscl 4.86 Silvarrr |
as defense is useless vs smiter you can afford to drop the def aura/mils you should be able to swap on some -dr belt/rings, use a Skull shield to ATD them at the end. i think i kept a duskdeep to handle smiter vs smiter. _________________ Magic missile doesn't kill people, wizards who cast magic missile kill people. |
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Checkers77
Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 7 0.00 Silvarrr |
My lvl 18 was hell rushed Smite 12 pts Charge 2 Smite Damage 18-32 Charge 37-81 Defiance 13 Prayer 1 Cleaning 1 Smite did not increase much. I'm making another,shouldn't I max charge then put what is left in smite? Thanks |
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Checkers77
Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 7 0.00 Silvarrr |
 I messed up putting points in:
Prayer-1 Cleansing-1 Defiance-13 Smite-12 Charge-2 This char had been reset to make 
Thought I would make charger instead of a smiter. So I made another using a guide I found on the internet. It says to load: Might-20 Smite-1 Charger-8 Now I find you can't,mine loads 18 max Might and 7 max Charge. I can reset,but I'm confused and do not won't to mess up again. Any Ideas with 29 Skills? HOW DO YOU MAKE A SMITER USING 29 SKILLS? Thank you. |
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heprea
pokemon fanatic  Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 2408 BNet Acct/Realm: europe laddars 8.01 Silvarrr |
i dumped rest of my skillpoints on my smiters to prayer to have better life regen vs other smiters. though, i never got to duel vs other smiters so i cant really say for sure if it was helpful or not lol _________________  |
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