Aura/Charge questions

[Oji?]

I'm considering making an Auradin/Charger. The gear I'll be taking into account is: Dream Bone Visage (have), AP Dragon, Dream Pally shield with res, Hoj Zerker, Dungos, Dracs, Gores, Metalgrid (I've heard is good for chargers/aura?), RavenFrost/BK?

I also was wondering if I should fill inv with Off gcs, Def gcs, 20 lifers?

As far as skills are concerned, I assumed you just follow aura build, max charge?

Please tell me your take on it, this is my first attempt on a Aura/Charge hybrid

[FozFate]

A note about the Def Aura GC's

My understanding is that when you add points to lite res, it synergizes with the holy shock aura on the dream shield making holy shock more effective. However, this counts for "hard points" only, i.e. those points put in lite res, not added from gear like gc's or amulets. I've used def gc's and they don't seem to add any damage.

Furthermore, while I haven't made the build you are describing, I made my own auradin, and he's ok, but not great. Level 86 or so, uses dream shld/helm coh and beast zerker.
His own aura is conviction, and he gets fanat and holy shock from gear. Hits for about 7k damage. Good luck with your build.

[Oji?]

Yeah cool thanks. I'll work on him soon, I'll trade off some pcombs or whatever. I've got a Dream Troll Nest..but I figured Dream pally shield with res would be better

[Omnicide]

Life and res charms would be really all you needed...maybe AR if you planned on utilizing charge more than the auras.

I don't find the skill GC's necessary...as the auras kill due to you having conviction and you'd have no need to put points into the actual damage auras, just the synergies.

Max the Fire/Light res auras for more damage. Enough points into Conviction so it's level 25 after all your gear is on. After that, max charge and all synergies relating to it...preferably vigor before might. Or if you want more AR...put points into blessed aim...as it gives a passive bonus to AR.

[N V]

dont trade the pcombs for def charms (if that is what you meant) they will do nothing to boost your damage. i would just keep those pcombs to help get higher lvl charger and holy shield (more dmg, ar, def and block).

[Omnicide]

Eh...the main flaw of a PvP auradin/charger is its lack of resists, stacked or not. Res charms are definitely going to take a chunk of your inventory and be more useful than PCombs, in my opinion. You should get enough damage/AR from the charge and synergies...and Holy Shield is a nice addition in case your charge misses and you end up at point blank to your enemy.

[Oji?]

Alright cool, thanks you guys! I'll probably invest mainly in lifers and res scs. I'll work on getting the aura gear (AP Dragon, Hoj Zerker, Dream Sacred Targe?). I figured that res would be relativley low, but now I see it would be a pretty big problem. So life/res is > damage in this particular instance I suppose. Thanks alot for the advice

-Oji

[Omnicide]

Well I'm a defensive thinker. If you leave a hole open...people will take advantage.

Why not a HoJ scepter of some sort? You could get some decent skills in with that.

[Oji?]

Thats a good idea too Omni. But would that affect charge dmg much?

[Omnicide]

Hm...the damage on a Caduceus (only elite scepter capable of getting 4os) is 37-43, Zerker is at 24-71. Average damage is 40 on Caduceus compared to 47.5 on Zerker. I wouldn't think you'd lose too much damage...since the main killer on an auracharger is the elemental damage added to the weapon via auras. Plus the scepter would save you on some skills...allowing more for synergies or Holy Shield.

[Oji?]

good thinking for sure. I'll definitley look into getting one of those, but since I'm non lad, I have a feeling this will be difficult

[Omnicide]

I thought HoJ was a non ladder runeword.

[Oji?]

Oh, I hadn't even considered that. I'm so used to looking for ladder only runewords at this point. Good thinking Omni

[Arkath]

There is a really awesome auradin guide on here and i will post it below.

http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=550647

[Oji?]

Hmm, that is a pretty good build. Thanks for build Arkath