Avenger Paladin Build BiS Gear and Runes for Diablo 2 Resurrected

This build is perfect for high Lightning damage utilizing Holy Shock (through Dream) and Conviction.

• Weapon: Ethereal Breath of the Dying
• Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
• Shield: Dream
• Body Armor: Chains of Honor
• Helm: Dream
• Gloves: Dracul's Grasp
• Boots: Gore Rider
• Belt: String of Ears
• Ring 1: Raven Frost
• Ring 2: Rare ring with % Life and Mana Leech per Hit
• Amulet: Mara's Kaleidoscope
• Charm 1: Paladin Hellfire Torch
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: 9 Combat Skiller Grand Charms with Life
• Charm 4: 10 Small Charms with Life, Resistances, Mana, or Faster Hit Recovery, depending on needs

This build is best suited for taking advantage of high Physical damage to better fight monsters Immune to one or more elemental damage types.

• Weapon: Ethereal Death
• Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
• Shield: Ethereal Exile
• Body Armor: Fortitude
• Helm: Guillaume's Face
• Gloves: Laying of Hands
• Boots: Gore Rider
• Belt: String of Ears
• Ring 1: Raven Frost
• Ring 2: Rare ring with % Life and Mana Leech per Hit
• Amulet: Highlord's Wrath
• Charm 1: Paladin Hellfire Torch
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: 9 Combat Skiller Grand Charms with Life
• Charm 4: Small Charms with Maximum Damage, Attack Rating, and Life (such Charms are commonly known as 3/20/20s)
• Charm 5: Any other Charm with Resistances, Mana, or Faster Hit Recovery depending on needs

This is a cheap gear set to get you started.

• Weapon: Baranar's Star, Headstriker, Oath, Stormlash, or Lightsabre
• Shield: Herald of Zakarum, Spirit, Rhyme, any Paladin shield socketed with 4 Socketed Diamonds
• Body Armor: Duress, Ormus, Duriel's Shell, The Spirit Shroud, or Skin of the Vipermagi
• Helm: Lore, Rockstopper, Tarnhelm, Vampire Gaze, or Peasant Crown
• Gloves: Bloodfist, Sander's Taboo, Soul Drainer, or Death's Hand
• Boots: Waterwalk, Infernostride, Goblin Toe, or Hsarus' Iron Heel
• Belt: String of Ears, Thundergod's Vigor, Trang-Oul's Girth, Goldwrap, Nightsmoke, or Death's Guard
• Ring 1: Raven Frost
• Ring 2: Raven Frost, Dwarf Star, or Rare ring with % Life and Mana Leech per Hit
• Amulet: Saracen's Chance, Seraph's Hymn, The Eye of Etlich, The Cat's Eye, or Rare amulet with +3 to Paladin Combat Skills
• Charm 1: Any Hellfire Torch for stats, even if it is not Paladin-specific/li>
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: Paladin Combat Skiller Grand Charms
• Charm 4: Paladin Offensive Aura Skiller Grand Charms
• Charm 5: The remainder of your inventory should be filled with as many Charms providing life, resistances, faster hit recovery, Mana, or useful attributes

You can either hire a Defensive (Holy Freeze) or Offensive (Might) Desert Guard Mercenary in Act 2, Nightmare difficulty, depending on whether you want to slow monsters for added safety or improve your overall damage as well as that of your Mercenary. You also hire an Act 1 Cold Rogue Mercenary with Faith (to provide you with Fanaticism) as its weapon.

This is one of the best Mercenary gear setups for the Avenger if you want to run an Act 1 mercenary for higher damage and speed from Fanaticism.

• Weapon: Faith Diamond Bow or Great Bow
• Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
• Helm: Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune

• Weapon: Ethereal Insight
• Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
• Helm: Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune

This is a cheap gear set to get your Mercenary some easy damage and survivability.

• Weapon: Obedience
• Body Armor: Treachery
• Helm: Vampire Gaze