LLD charger guide.

[aznmatt001]

Intro: this is my 1st guide so be easy with me. LLD is a low level dueling system where level 30's duel. a LLD charger can have high damage at a low level. this is why these chars dominate LLD =) However, there is no perfect character. LLD charger has it's pro's and cons.


Pros:
-Can reach higher damage at a lower level.
-Not a very expensive build.
-Can reach enemies quickly.

Cons:
-Charge Lock is common.
-under average defense
-under average resists



Stats:

Strength- just enough to use all of your gear
Dexterity- just enough to use all of your gear
Vitality- Every Last point goes here
Energy- powering to energy is a waste. no points spent here....




Skills: you will have a total of 41 skill points to spend, IF all skill quests are done from normal-hell.



Offensive auras.

-Might: this is not only a prereq, but it is also a synergy.

points spent on this skill: as many as possible.

-Blessed aim: this is a prereq for your main aura, fanaticism

points used on this skill: one

-Concentration: good aura, but not what we are looking for. just a prereq though.

points used on this skill: one

-Fanaticism: this is the aura we are looking for, it has...Increased Attack Speed (although increased attack speed isn't needed too much) , + Attack Rating, and Damage.

points used on this skill: one (since it a level 30 skill)




Defensive auras.

-Prayer: this aura is junk... it heals, but costs mana, it shall only be used as a prereq.

points used on this skill: one

-Defiance: boosts defense, but we don't really need the defense though. it's only a prereq.

points used on this skill: one

-Cleansing: not a bad aura, comes in handy while poisoned or cursed. but it is not really needed. just a prereq though.

points used on this skill: one

-Vigor: this aura is good 4 getting around town quickly. also, it is a synergy. put some points into it =)

points used on this skill: as many as possible.



Combat Skills:

-Smite: Smite has it's own build. I love the smite build, but, we are working on charge here. It's a prereq to charge.

points used on this skill: one

-Holy Bolt: Not an awesome skill, but however, it is a prereq.

points used on this skill: one

-Charge: this is you MAIN build. it caps at level 18 base. put as many points into it as possible.

points used on this skill: 18




Gear:


Helmet:
Face of Horror- Unique Mask (resists, strength),
Howltusk- Unique Great helm (knockback)
Peasant Crown- Unique War Hat (+skills, vita, energy)

Armor:
Goldskin- Unique Full Plate Mail (resists, defense)
Skin of the Vipermagi- Unique Serpentskin Armor (resists, +skills)

Weapon: you will be using a 2-handed-polearm. that is why i do not recommend that you do not spend any points into holy shield.

Insight- Partizan-Ral, Tir, Tal, Sol (Mana regeneration, u do not want to run out of mana quickly, and awesome damage)

Gloves:
Bloodfists- Unique heavy gloves (+life, faster hit recovery)

Boots:
Tearhaunch- Unique Greaves- PERFECT charger boots (+str, +dex, resists, and vigor!!!)

Belt:
String of Ears- Unique Demonhide Sash (life leech, damage reduction)

Amulet:
Angelic Wings- Set amulet (If you have 2 of the rings to go along with it, your Attack Rating will SHOOT up)

Rings:
2x Angelic halos- Set ring (with the amulet, your attack rating will SHOOT up)





Helpful Websites:

http://d2items.com/skills.php
http://battle.net/diablo2exp/items/

[Oilerfan]

I thought ed and/or max jewel'd armour was what these used or a twichtroe (sp?)

Also for weapon upped bonesnap and insight are the main choices.

[aznmatt001]

hmm...i did not know the level requirement for the jewel'd armor. but i prefer vmag over twitchtroe.

[Dlav123]

u were incorrect from the beggining.a lvl 30 can only have 41 skill points not 47.

[aznmatt001]

u were incorrect from the beggining.a lvl 30 can only have 41 skill points not 47.

o i miscalculated... u get 4 points form the quests (per difficulty). not 6.

[Oilerfan]

I'm pretty sure maxed might over fanta will net more damage unless ar is a issue.

[aznmatt001]

i like more AR.

[Oilerfan]

i like more AR.

Well how much ar are you getting?

[aznmatt001]

about 11k With fanaticism

[dainbramage]

Prayer: this aura is junk
lawlz. Especially on a 2H build.

EDIT: Chargers sure as hell do not dominate the level 30 scene. Regen whores are annoying, but more often than not the duel will end as a stalemate, not a win for the charger.

EDIT2: The poll asked for a reason, so here it is: Your guide's bad.

[Dlav123]

u need only one in might a pre req
holy bolt is not a pre req
gear choice are pretty crappy.
have u ever made one of these characters.that what u should do before u make a guide

[evanthebouncy]

You don't need the AR from Fana... it's junk.
Look at MIght, it gives you so much damage due to itself+synergy, so you'd want to dump EVERYTHING here.

Now let's consider the AR you're getting from Fana...
You get 40% more AR, and iirc it is ADDITIVE not multiplicative.
Now let's consider the AR you're getting from a lvl 20 Charge....
335% more AR, and with Fana you get 335 + 40 AR, which is around 1/7 increase. It is simply not worth it to get to Fana while wasting so many points to get there if you're only going to get 1 pt in it.

Plus with Agelic set your AR Is going to be insane already. The thing that holds chargers back is NOT bad AR, but rather the shield block. When I play charger i can kill anyone w/o a shield, but as soon as he has a shield, the battle becomes so much harder.

But consider this, you have 41 total points, put 20 in charge, 5 in vigor and 10 in Might while USING might, you can do so much damage...

I had a LLD charger before and I was so poor my weapon was the Maul bonesnap, with that maul, a lvl 20 charge and lvl 10 might I was dishing out nearly 5k per hit, pretty much 1 shot KO.

However, there ARE some merit in using fana arua, but it is NOT in the increased AR, but rather in the increase ATK speed.
Think this way, you don't really NEED to kill them with 1 shot, as long as you can continuously stun lock them, they're toast anyways. And with the 75% blocking on their side, a 1-hit KO will fail 75% of the time...
So why not instead opt for a 1 hand weapon with good atk speed, and use the knock_back helmet in combo? You can practically "zeal" him away from you, and charge for huge damage... THAT would be the use for fana as I see it.

I've made many chargers, they're my favorite of all time.
My first charger had Fana, it just did not work as well as I imagined
My second charger had blessed AIM, because I reasoned "hey I'm doing SO MUCH damage, why not make sure it HITS every time?"
It turned out to be a waste, the AR is additive, not multiplicative. Which means you'd only get twice the AR, instead of getting 300% * 300% = 900% increase in AR... Even then I had no problem hitting...
My last charger just used good o might, it works best.

As a thought: The best way to increase AR, if you're into increasing AR, is actually conviction arua, with -50% enemy defense, you effectively doubled your AR with just 1 point in... I had IK set charger before with conviction, it was rape.

[BeAsTlY-ZeRo]

if i did use this guid it looks very good nice job i just dropedover into this part of the forum not really into lld but nice guide very well put together could u make more?

[Kangi]

Seams ok but no 1 ever goes into charms. charms are very usefull. gather a few str charms and u get plenty of extra points 4 vita and dex.

IE. My lvl 30 barb get 36 str and 32 dex from charms and about 60 life.

[dainbramage]

let's see.

You can get 6 str/dex from a LC (the highest str/dex per inventory square) or 15 life from a SC (again, the highest per square)

6 vit = 24 hp for 2 inventory squares, whereas you'd get 30 hp from two life SC's.

CLEARLY a great idea there.

[Giggles]

this guide is oaky...

[Chaotic-Chakra]

i am not going to use this guide but, i will give you props for makeing it. so good job!