Best Armor for Smiter (Besides CoH)

Building up my smiter right now, already got him some gears:

• a low Grief (37% IAS, 340 dmg)

• Guillaume's Face (with
  Um on it )

• Dracul's Grasp

• Thundergod's Vigor

• Gore Rider

• Saracen's Chance

• Dwarf Star

• Raven Frost

• Herald Of Zakarum (with
  Um on it)

But not sure what is the best option for the armor piece (can't afford a CoH atm).

I am leaning toward wearing Smoke due to its high allres, with the Treachery buff (wear it and stand on fire to trigger

Fade), I can get almost 300 allres including the charms in my inventory.

But Treachery will also provide a huge 45% IAS, which should be a big boost of dmg.

Duress also privde some allres and some CB and open wound, also a dmg boost.

It's a little hard to decide, can someone shed a light on this? Thanks.

I started with Duress (massive crushing blow addition) and some resists. However, I would always proc

Fade with a Treachery before entering

Uber Tristram (using the flames in Act 4 right before the

Chaos Sanctuary).

Nowadays I use Fortitude, still activating

Fade before entering

Uber Tristram with the same Treachery. I have never died doing ubers.

Smoke is also safe, but you will not hit as hard as with Duress/Treachery combo.

The rest of the gear that you have is the same as mine.

Conclusion: Duress/Treachery combo is what I recommend. Very solid. If

Um is a bit hard to get, Treachery is fine. I have had runs where I forget to switch armors and it was still fine.

Yeah, I feel Duress should be the best offensive option as well, besides CoH.

But I guess you still need to max out light res, and try to get as high as possible for fire res, right?

kingcu wrote: 2 years ago

Yeah, I feel Duress should be the best offensive option as well, besides CoH.

But I guess you still need to max out light res, and try to get as high as possible for fire res, right?

Yes, but that's where the

Fade proc helps you, as it will boost all your resistances by 60, in addition to the 15 that Duress already provides you. That allows you to use

Fanaticism Aura and end the ubers very quickly with your Grief, instead of trying to override

Mephisto's aura with

Conviction.

The steps are simple. Open the

Portal to Uber Tristram. Then go to Act IV

River of Flame and go a bit to the right until you see some flames. Stay in the flames until your resistances are "White" instead of gold. Swap back Duress and go to

Uber Tristram (replentish whatever life you lost).

Also, the Dwarfstar does a decent job at fire absorb on its own, and Tgods gives the additional Edge needed.

Yes, I will definitely go with the

Fade proc, which I think should provide 60 allres, lasts 288 seconds, almost 5 minutes.

Tgods does do a good job on lighting absorb, after max out lighting res at 95, when hell monsters hit me with lighting, they are just literally healing me, lol

Thanks for the information.

Also, with

Fanaticism Aura + the IAS from Grief, you may not need the extra IAS from Treachery.

^ this. You're already maxed on AS if your Grief is in a pb. Duress is best. Yes you can run max light res (beyond max in fact) but that comes from other pieces. If mef is a problem you can always put one point and fight him with

Salvation on.

I've always preferred Duress over..well, anything..on an uber smiter.
I find Treachery switching highly annoying though so never bothered with that. Got

Salvation for

Mephisto - anywhere else it doesn't matter anyways - which has a more than negligible offensive impact (takes like what? 2 seconds longer to kill him? ) but the added benefit of applying to your merc, actually allowing him to stay alive through it as well.

I for one love

Guardian Angel with an

Um in it. You'd also have to swap out your HoZ for a 4 PDiamond

Sacred Targe with circa 40 base resist. You'd walk around with 90% resist all in hell and could then also swap the Tgods for a

String of Ears for reduced physical damage.

You'd basically be invincible to all elemental damage which is pretty sweet. If you get level 21

Conviction aura you you can use that just against

Mephisto and never have to worry about Treachery

Fade proc which can be a pain in the ass sometimes.

Works a treat in my opinion. I have tried this setup with Greif which was amazing but it does the job with a cheap heavens light or even less.

Just another option anyway.

I’m a huge fan of Duress, especially for its affordable rune combo. Since it’s more of an offensive piece, I pair it with Kira’s Guardian instead of Guillaume’s Face.

Fun thing about the Smiter is there’s a lot of right answers that get the job done.