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Duress For Smiter, Reply reply Jazzlike_Mortgage_16 • 64K subscribers in the Diablo_2_Resurrected community. Coh is to expensive for what it gives in my mind. I usually run. Never really had a problem running ubers with it. Crushing blow is what makes a smiter so powerful. I have a bone weave (472) and a 3os mage plate (227 def) would either of these be a good base for this if I’m trying to run Ubers? Thana’s HC Uber Cheap Smiter Guide INTRODUCTION The new ladder season is soon approaching, and I thought it would be a good idea to start brainstorming some cheap solutions for a Uber Tristram Smiter. It is a dirt-cheap option that works wonders with an Obedience stick, which combines both high CB and good defense stats to help your merc. At the end of the day all you really need on a smiter is a Black, an Ancients Pledge, a Treachery, a source of CBF, and a lifetap wand. CoH is almost never worth a ber. I don't have any of the really good endgame armors, so I'd have to rely on Treachery or Duress or something like that. We will introduce you to the expected strengths and weakness of the Smiter so you will be able to build the type of character you want to play. Only other thing to consider is if you have a style preference. Other armours are trash compared to these. Slowly pull mephisto out of Tristram separately. Rest of the gear should be just fine. Treachery armor for pre buff, and then wear a duress runeword armor. i thought that was one of the reasons for using grief. consider - a CTA offhand - already have enough runes - want to save time and make Uber run smoother wish some advice on the smiter build :) Hmmm so for a smiter accounting for the IAS bug… Treachery or duress… (Fortitude is not in the budget) Using Gface and gore’s for CB also have Goblin Toes… PB grief with 32%IAS Treachery is my only off weapon IAS I did test it and in clearly smiting faster with treachery not sure if there is a calculator out there yet for the bugged IAS #diablo #resurrected #smiterTIMESTAMPS:0:00 Intro0:16 Expectations for video0:59 Weapon #1 gear/additional stats1:41 Duriel2:16 Izual2:49 Lilith4:06 Baal4:55 d2jsp Forums > Diablo II > Archives > D2:R Softcore 2021+ > ISO > Need Duress For Smiter Add Reply New Topic Views: 38 Replies: 3 topshemmelig1 Group: Member Posts: 1,315 Joined: Oct 12 2021 Gold: 0. But I'm planning to do everything on this character. I have max Smite, Holy Shield and Fanaticism At this point I have 23 unused skill points and about 50-60 unused attribute points My equipment is ok, not great. But if you really want to an archon, dusk or wyrmhide are all fine. Black runeword in 3os flail is excellent smiter weapon. 4 D2R Budget Smiter Guide So you want to build a Smiter but your not sure what gear you need to farm ubers early early ladder. Here is the walmart value smiter i usually start out with: G-face helm highlord’s heaven’s might or kingslayer on phase up’d Hoz treachery to swap with guardian angel vamp glove (must imo but you can somehow manage it with a lifetap wand, just need quicker hands and have your skill shortcuts ) random dungos, tgod or string of ears goblin smoke, duress, lionheart, guardian angel are all options. Question about budget shield, don't have HoZ, mb spirit runeword in Zakarum white shield will be enough? Duress has good stats overall for a smiter and is quite cheap to make. CoH is a waste of a ber. trying to make a budget smiter for uber. Other armours you could use include Duress, Treachery, Duriel's Shell, Guardian Angel, the list goes on. consider - a CTA offhand - already have enough runes - want to save time and make Uber run smoother wish some advice on the smiter build :) Don’t make a CoH is really the best answer. So I am looking to make a Duress for my smiter. I’m a huge fan of Duress, especially for its affordable rune combo. Enigma is bis for pvm sorc too. You don't need Enigma or Griefs or any of that stuff to do ubers with a smiter. Also, budget armor- smoke, duress, or (that fade armor can’t think of the name). Gore riders or Goblin Toe for Crushing Blow, Dracul’s grasp for life tap or have a life tap wand on swap and use blood gloves or something with res and ias like Laying of Hands. You can "wear" both, sort of, equip treachery proc fade, switch to Duress and start slapping. yep unless you plan to deck out a char that is primarily used for smiting only or you’re simply just over abundance of HRs, smoke, duress, treachery is fine for smiter definitely, the important piece is actually the weapon grief which boosts his damage by a huge margin. Hoz should be upped, or spirit elite base. For now, just going to be a 42 @ res Targe with 4 p diamonds in it. I already have some crushing blow on my gear ; should I better use Smoke or Duress as an armor… This guide is really helpful because I’ve been thinking about making a smiter for solo Uber runs now that I’m starting to gather some endgame gear. Any… The strongest Uber Tristram farmer build in the entire game - Kill Ubers in seconds - Very tanky, cheap gearing, insane boss damage - Gearing, Gameplay, Skill Tree and more! Enigma Everytime. You can also chug antidote and thawing potions before the fights. For a smiter, you can configure, say, F1=Smite, F2=Zeal (these on left mouse button); and F5=Fanaticism, F6=HS, F7=Vigor (these on right mouse button) etc. Most expensive thing here is the Um for Duress. For hammerdin enigma always For a pure smiter id still probably just use treachery/duress. Another thing to remember is that guides offer bis for min/max purposes. I dont play hardcore though. Treachery, Duress or Fortitude. Have a lower end Grief Duress / Spirit Shield - a Life Tap wand on switch Merc is only ok - he has Obedience, Crown Gold: 3,854. 0. Teleport on the other hand cant be found everywhere. I never need conviction, because always has full heath from lifetap. I just finished Hell w my Smiter - goal I think is to do Ubers. I’m going to pre buff with the fade price though. I know a Smiter is technically better for Uber Trist. Solo ubers and with a group (javazon, bowazon, and barb for BO) 2. smoke is the cheapest and its what ive used on super-budget smiters My smiter in single player is using the following Heavens light shael shael 4os pally shield 4x pdiamonds Duress in wires fleace G face with ort rune The disciple set belt with 15 res all Highlords Laying of hands Raven plus resist life ring Resist boots Life tap wand/tele staff in switch This gets the job done. Sep 22, 2021 · Smiter Paladin build guide for Diablo 2 PvE for the best Smite best gear, skills, and stats. 00 #1 Nov 16 2021 08:34am a) built a new smiter (use auradin till you get to Act 4 or 5 NM and after that re-spec to Smiter but keep in mind much like hammerdin you will have “a must have gear before I start” - like at very least following - Goblin Toe boots, Duress armor, enough IAS to highest speed of smiting, good shield for smite. Guardian Angel, Duress) , but no weapon that compares to Grief (except maybe Last Wish). Grief pb Gface Dracs Goreriders Dungos Duress Ravenfrost Str/all res ring Str life all res amulet Upped hoz Haven't had any problems so far. The main subreddit for everything related to Diablo II: Resurrected. For ubers CB is king, followed by +Damage. Oct 3, 2025 · Throughout this guide, we will cover everything you need to know to build your Smiter from the ground up. That's the reason people use a smiter, because it's cheap and easy. Goal is to kill dclone myself. Duress as a cheap alt to Fortitude on an Act 2 Insight merc works well until you get that Lo rune, just sharing because it’s helped me. You will always have Fanaticism on right except: - while casting HS (see below for alternative); - use another aura such as HolyFreeze or Conviction (when leeching in a party); My smiter is currently using a duress and I got a Lo rune last night. I’m poor though so probably not the expensive stuff lol. I think people are just accustomed to doing ubers in a certain mod where the lazer is not only buffed in damage, but hits at melee range and is an actual threat. Decrep on lawbringer doesnt proc w/smite. I don't need tgod too, because of the life tab. I read that forts ED on a non weapon item does apply to smite damage. I have cta, so not get 1-hit by Meph. Remember to do it on players 1. Relatively cheap for what it brings to the table. And don’t create portals on top of one another. d2jsp Forums > Diablo II > Archives > D2:R Softcore 2021+ > ISO > Looking For Duress For Smiter Add Reply New Topic Views: 18 Replies: 1 rakoom Group: Member Posts: 1,099 Joined: Aug 21 2010 Gold: 20,396. Hi All, New to the Paladin game and looking for advice. Doing my first ever Uber's solo with a smiter tonight. Fort is for classes that need it to farm. I do have Guardian Angel if I want to really lean into resists. I have a mix of gear from budget to GG, but it’s not a specific build. Longer term would like to be able to do uber Currently lvl 76 with maxed Holy Bolt, FoH, and Holy Shield; 1 point in Conviction and Fana Gearwise got nothing, because I started it in ladder… A Spirit sword Random +40 all res pally shield Stealth / Smoke / Que-Hagen GFace (thanks Wally) / Lore / Peasant Crown Up’ed death belt Sander’s boots Anni, no Torch Fade, but from there, I'm not sure if my best option would be CoH or Fortitude, or maybe even just a Duress. forty for ut? eni is nice for teleporting in orgruns, and the str is awesome ofc coh is best for res i dont see any reason to use forty treachery is usefull for fade precast, but u can use lw for that as well doykaaaaaa Group: Banned You could probably do this with Duress armor instead of Fortitude but at that Point I might just wear Treachery for the attack speed or even Smoke armor along with the Fade proc. I've been running either Duress or Smoke on my smiter. also based on what you said one would think that either “death” (50% cb+49% deadly strike) or last wish 60-70% cb+ lifetap would also be better than grief albeit last wish is insanely expensive. Thanks for the detailed write-up! Duress works just fine on mine. If you need resistances make a smoke or duress which are cheap and solid options. Verdungo is interesting, I would even say it’s better than string of ears for this uber smiter purpose! Duress is used specifically in just one scenario and that's vs Ubers for the Open Wounds to counteract their natural regen. unlike in vanilla For belt, you can use dungo's, an OW craft if you have no dracs/gores/duress, any shopped 90+ life belt with a res, a string of ears, etc. 55 #1 Oct 2 2021 11:26am Hi, looking for a duress on decent armor 115+ str req. Especially with the lifetap wand. Learn about Gear, Skills, Uniques, Runewords and Gameplay Tips. It's great to have but you don't need to wait until you have a perfect set to start doing them. I think a heaven't light (with 2 shael) will a lot better, and cheap, if you're online. Nov 3, 2021 · I usually go for armor with the highest possible defense, but with a level requirement you can use for the next 20+ levels. If you splat you can always bring another character into the game and drag ubers away from corpse and try again. So what should I use? Overall, I think that duress or chains of honor is probably better than guardian angel vs uber mephisto's conviction aura unless a huge quantity of resistance small charms is involved. That's why I don't use fort on a Also get a Treachery Armor Runeword just to swap it before you kill Uber Mephisto for the 60 allres buff → Equip Treachery use some source to proc it then swap to Duress and kill Mephisto. This was doing ubers and Tristram in 20 minutes. Its the best uber smiter weapon and clears ubers faster than grief unless you are wearing duress with grief which is the fastest build. Diablo 2 Resurrected… Guide about the Best Paladin, Hammerdin, Fohdin, Avenger, Zealer, Smiter, Auradin Runewords from beginner to endgame in D2R’s 2. This guide will explain all you need to know about creating a very survivable and effective Smiter, without spending a mass amount of HRs or FG. Otherwise you just want max res and salvation for meph. . Kick is uninterpretable isnt it? Meaning the kicks cant be broken until the final kick has finished?. A lifetap wand will be good, cast it when see boss. Doesnt really matter Made a Smiter for my keys and was wondering what gear I should look out for. damage to demons doesnt work with smiter? if i remember correctly grief has a crapload of %damage to demons increase. Now using guardian angel but looking for duress or Treachery What to choose Duress or Treachery? You may use treachery to buff yourself with fade (best way is to stand in fire), then switch to Duress for the actual fight so you get benefit of both. You’ve got more than enough gear for it. You Should Smiters use Fort, Coh, or Duress? I have heard many things but lately someone called me a noob because I was using a fort with my smiter. Uber gear swap is: Shael'd stormlash, sanctuary vortex shield, duress, dracs, um'd gface, gore riders, tgod, life/res ammy, Ravenfrost, dwarf star, random resist lightning res charms. i had a last wish 20 Duress is what my budget smiter uses and it's fine, has more crushing blow which is basically more DPS. So, smoke for the 50 res or, Diress for more CB/OW and some resists? I do it on my hammerdin with no problem. For armor - duress is great, treachery is great A smiter only needs dracs/tap wand, an elite shield with diamonds, and black runeword to kill ubers. I’ve seen a bunch of builds for an Uber smiter, from budget to GG. Since it’s more of an offensive piece, I pair it with Kira’s Guardian instead of Guillaume’s Face. All you need is a single point in fanatacism. If you just wanna speed run Ubers use an enigma. Pre-buff with treachery for fade if you have trouble. Smiter can wear anything and do great (duress, ga, etc). 4. 69 #2 Aug 26 2019 01:53pm forty duress cheaper eni if you do organs Evacid Member Posts: 4,667 Unless you have a pure smiter build and not a zealer with 1 point in smite, in which case just use a Black RW the entire time, getting to the bosses will be slow without zeal however. Paying 95fg warrior80 Group: Member Posts: 5,854 Joined: Feb 12 true I also has 1pt smiter. Ubers are easier than you’d think. My question is, Forti or CoH for smiter's merc? Currently leaning towards CoH, but everyone and their grandma recommends Forti. 3 Patch! Res can be found anywhere, and is usually not a problem for paladins. You don't need CoH or Fort, but if you want one of them I'd look at what other builds you might use them for and go with whatever seems more versatile. 1 day ago · Smite Paladin (Smiter) Build Guide for Diablo 2 Resurrected Ladder Season 13, Patch 3. Smoke, Duress, Treachery, Lionheart are all decent choices for armor. Since Duress is more for mid-high lvls, exceptional armor is what I'd go with. CoH would be good if you need more res than Smoke, though. I'd rather have him be able to survive ubers (without constant potions) over extra damage. People were veering away from coh and suggested enigma and fortitude for mobility and damage. It's the 100% chance to hit which keeps you 1) always dealing massive CB damage & 2) getting life from life tap (dracs). like day 1 to 7! safely! I have also made a video for those that prefer video format to learn stuff, and it includes the mini ubers and Uber tristram fight on a mega budget ie the first options for all these options below and chatting about gear. Resist in ut, lol. Pretty much just walk the game and kill stuff with a friend. Also I got a perfect 4os archon base to make the runeword for him. It's quite possible I'd probably be fine with any of those choices but curious to hear what experiences others have had using different armors and setups. For Diablo II: Lord of Destruction on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Time to start a smiter?" - Page 2. This guide is assuming two basic things: 1. Pala can kill ubers with anything in the armor slot so it's fine just using whatever you use for hammers or foh. oovke, dujun, 9xyb4h, zlyvum, advu4, be0f, 0id4m, ot2qu, 6big, n1smn,