FOH/Smiter-Hybrid Leveling (Skill Prioritization)

Shooter wrote: 1 year ago

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The question is: once Holy Bolt & FOH are maxed, what is the best order for topping up Smite, Holy Shield, and Fanaticism? I don't think I found the same answer twice, from all the sites I checked haha

Is it straight forward, max one, max the next, max the last (and what's the order, if so?)... Or is it best to jump around and bring them up together? Or alternate two, and leave the third for last?
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If you're worried about the order of it, you're inherently still talking about leveling.

Typically, that's the one point in time where survivability might still be an issue which is why - personally - I'd go with 1 pt in fana + Smite and then max Holy Shield first. It does add to your Smite dmg as well but first and foremost it massively boosts your defensive capabilities at that stage.

Similarly, smiting at that stage kinda sucks in general (thanks to typically still a lack of core smiter items). As a result you'll likely rely far more heavily on your merc while lvling than you do on your own Smite dmg. And because of that, I for one would focus on Fanaticism before Smite next. Still offers you some offensive benefit but more than that it boosts your merc further.

Once that's done, finish up Smite.

Adding to the above, realistically, you'll only use Smite on bosses and stuff that isn't hurt by the FoH Bolts which is a fraction of what you come up against. Another reason to focus on Smite last and get the stuff that always helps first.