Items of Interest: Paladin
Unavoidable Items
Armor:
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You want to get an armor with 2 open sockets.
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If you don't get one as drop you can shop one of these at Charsie:
Quilted Armor
Leather Armor
Hard Leather Armor
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Make sure it is not a magical item!
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In this armor you put the runes Tal and Eth in this order to build the runeword 'Stealth':
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With +25% Faster Run/Walk | Faster Cast Rate | Faster Hit Recovery it is absolutly nessessary on any character you want to speedrun!
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Helmet:
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On the Paladin you want to have a helmet for fire-resistances.
Cap
Skull Cap
Possible additional stats (Don't shop for that, skip over items when you are at vendors):
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+10% / 17% Faster Hit Recovery. (extremly rare)
Weapons:
Level 1 - 5:
Javalins
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You can buy the javalins from 'Charsie'.
Level 6 - 12:
Scimitar
Strangling Gas Potion
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You want to buy a Scimitar at lvl 6. Good attack speed is important for Holy Fire.
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You can only get strangling gas potions as drop. You can refill the quantity by selling and rebuying them.
Level 13 - 19:
Scimitar
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At lvl 13 you put the runeword 'Steel' "TirEl" in the 'Scimitar'.
Level 19 - Baal:
Faster Cast Rate:
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Apart from 'Stealth' we need 1 more +10% Faster Cast Rate pieces for the 30FCR Breakpoint.
Wand
Yew Wand
Bone Wand
Ring
Amulet
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The wands and scepters can be shopped at 'Akara' or 'Drognan'.
Possible additional stats on the scepters (Don't shop for that, too expensive):
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+1-3 Blessed Hammer
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+1-3 Concentration
Possible additional stats on jewlery:
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+x to Life / Mana
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+x% Lightning-, Cold- or Fire-Resistance
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+1 Mana after each Kill
Belt:
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The belt slot defines how many potions you can take with you.
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Buy potions with spamming left-click while having no belt or a sash. Its faster.
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Secondary a 3 row belt is speeding up the potion-shopping. (Fill belt, unequipp, reequip)
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If you don't get one as a drop you can buy a 'Sash' or 'Belt' from 'Charsie' or 'Fara'.
No Belt
Sash
Belt
Possible additional stats (Don't shop for that, skip over items when you are at vendors):
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+10% / 17% Faster Hit Recovery.
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+5-20% Lightning-, Cold- or Fire-Resistances.
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5% Chance to cast level 3 'Frost-Nova' when struck.
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Cannot be Frozen (only Death's Diguise belt)
Optional Items
Shields:
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Shields are the source for our resistances.
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If you don't get one as drop you can shop one or two of these at Charsie:
Small Shield
Possible additional stats on the Targe / Rondache:
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Paladin shields can have 3 sockets.
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+x All Resistance
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Diamonds and Topazes are nice in act 2 if you feel uncomfortable against the beetles.
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2x Ral Runes make act 4 much saver.
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To get maximum resistance you can combine a diamond shield with a helmet.
Boots:
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Boots are completly optional.
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They can speed up a run by a lot with the right attribute.
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Only take Chain Boots if they have Faster Run / Walk.
Boots
Heavy Boots
Chain Boots
Possible additional stats (Don't shop for that, skip over items when you are at vendors):
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+10-20% Faster Run / Walk. (up to +40% are possible on unique- / set-boots.)
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+10% / 17% Faster Hit Recovery.
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+5-20% Lightning-, Cold- or Fire-Resistances.
Gloves:
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Gloves are completly optional.
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You can skip over Charsie's items while you shop for the important items.
Leather Gloves
Heavy Gloves
Chain Gloves
Possible additional stats (Don't shop for that, skip over items when you are at vendors):
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+10% Increased Attack Speed
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+5-20% Lightning-, Cold- or Fire-Resistances.
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5% Chance to cast level 3 'Frost-Nova' when struck.
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Half Freezing Duration.