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With patch 3.3 (or was it 3.2? someone please correct me if I'm wrong), most of you are aware the Uber Ancients were buffed. Buffed, arguably, by a non-insignificant margin.

My FoH smiter/zealer hybrid has been able to solo Uber Trist without a ton of difficulty many times, probably since level 83 or so. He also melted pre-patch 3.3 Uber Ancients quite easily, which some likened to fighting 3 DClones all at once (in other words, not too bad).

Post patch 3.3 changed all that. I waltzed in there all cocky and got absolutely melted. Tried a second time after the long slow process of refarming the damn statues again. Second time was not as bad but again, lost and obviously no chance in hell I'm even gonna attempt recovering my corpse (offline SP I should specify).

Third time, was able to get it done. Not without difficulty, and without having the luxury of being able to target which one to kill last. I'd like to do it again and preferably be able to target which one to jewel farm. My build is as follows:

Um'd Gface
Mara's
Fortitude Archon Plate
Um'd and upped HoZ
Grief PB w/ +397 dmg
Dracul's
TGods
Gore Rider
Raven Frost + Dwarf Star

Let me know what kind of builds youve used for Uber Ancients (post 3.3) and how it went.
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With patch 3.3 (or was it 3.2? someone please correct me if I'm wrong), most of you are aware the Uber Ancients were buffed. Buffed, arguably, by a non-insignificant margin.

My FoH smiter/zealer hybrid has been able to solo Uber Trist without a ton of difficulty many times, probably since level 83 or so. He also melted pre-patch 3.3 Uber Ancients quite easily, which some likened to fighting 3 DClones all at once (in other words, not too bad).

Post patch 3.3 changed all that. I waltzed in there all cocky and got absolutely melted. Tried a second time after the long slow process of refarming the damn statues again. Second time was not as bad but again, lost and obviously no chance in hell I'm even gonna attempt recovering my corpse (offline SP I should specify).

Third time, was able to get it done. Not without difficulty, and without having the luxury of being able to target which one to kill last. I'd like to do it again and preferably be able to target which one to jewel farm. My build is as follows:

Um'd Gface
Mara's
Fortitude Archon Plate
Um'd and upped HoZ
Grief PB w/ +397 dmg
Dracul's
TGods
Gore Rider
Raven Frost + Dwarf Star

Let me know what kind of builds youve used for Uber Ancients (post 3.3) and how it went.

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What was the issue? Like, were you dying before you got Life Tap up? In that case, consider either shopping for a Life Tap Wand (the cheap option) otherwise an Exile shield would give you another chance to proc Life Tap, but obviously thats rather more expensive.

If you are dying even once Life Tap has triggered, then we gotta wonder exactly what killed you. What aura were you running, Salvation? You have a decent amount of resists on your gear, but with their -100 resist auras, it might not be enough.
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They were buffed but they still stand no chance against a well-geared smiter. But compared to Uber Tristram, you must make some adjustments, especially in the body armor slot.

With the Uber Ancients, you really have to prioritise defense.

I would advise to get 95% fire, cold and lightning resistances. Guardian Angel is the Key item here. Fortitude is,doing no good here. Exile and/or Dracul's Grasp are great, too, like in Uber Tristram. Get 295 fire, cold and lightning resistances in total because each Uber Ancient has a " Conviction" aura of -100% to his element. And hell difficulty also has a -100 "debuff". Poison res does not matter at all.

The paladin's Salvation aura is great and much better here than Fanaticism.

Charms with all res help a lot.


Flat elemental damage reduction or absorb is also a good idea (fire: Dwarf Star, cold: Raven Frost, lightning: Thundergod's Vigor or Wisp Projector).

Call To Arms, ofc.

To deal damage, a smiter with Grief and Crushing Blow items ( Guillaume's Face and Goblin Toe) is still king.

As amu I use The Cat's Eye to hit the fastest attack speed breakpoint (40 it's Grief in PB, Cat's Eye, 15 it's jewel in Guillaume's)
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