Dream Zealot Paladin Build BiS Gear and Runes for Diablo 2 Resurrected
Below, we detail which items and stats you should prioritise for your Dream Zealot and Mercenary in Diablo 2.
Damage Build
This is a standard high Damage build for the Dream Zealot.
- Weapon: Grief Phase Blade
- Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
- Shield: Dream
- Body Armor: Fortitude
- Helm: Dream
- Gloves: Laying of Hands
- Boots: Gore Rider
- Belt: Verdungo's Hearty Cord
- Ring 1: Raven Frost
- Ring 2: Raven Frost or Rare ring with % Life and Mana Leech per Hit
- Amulet: Highlord's Wrath
- Charm 1: Paladin Hellfire Torch
- Charm 2: Annihilus
- Charm 3: Small Charms with Maximum Damage, Attack Rating, and Life (such Charms are commonly known as 3/20/20s)
- Charm 4: Small Charms with enough Resistances and Faster Hit Recovery to hit important breakpoints, depending on needs
- Charm 5: 1x Lightning Sunder Charm
Magic Find Build
This is a Magic Find build for the Dream Zealot, trading damage for better return on farming.
- Weapon: Last Wish Phase Blade
- Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
- Shield: Dream
- Body Armor: Enigma
- Helm: Dream
- Gloves: Laying of Hands
- Boots: War Travelers
- Belt: Goldwrap
- Ring 1: Raven Frost
- Ring 2: Nagelring or Rare ring with % Life and Mana Leech per Hit
- Amulet: Highlord's Wrath
- Charm 1: Paladin Hellfire Torch
- Charm 2: Annihilus
- Charm 3: Gheed's Fortune
- Charm 4: 7% Magic Find Small Charms
- Charm 5: Small Charms with enough Resistances and Faster Hit Recovery to hit important breakpoints, depending on needs
- Charm 6: 1x Lightning Sunder Charm
Ubers Build Items
This is a build for the Dream Zealot to take on the Uber Tristram Bosses.
- Weapon: Grief Phase Blade, Ethereal Death, or Last Wish
- Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
- Shield: Dream
- Body Armor: Fortitude
- Helm: Dream
- Gloves: Dracul's Grasp
- Boots: Gore Rider or Goblin Toe
- Belt: Thundergod's Vigor
- Ring 1: Raven Frost
- Ring 2: Dwarf Star, Raven Frost, or Wisp Projector
- Amulet: Highlord's Wrath
- Charm 1: Paladin Hellfire Torch
- Charm 2: Annihilus
- Charm 3: Small Charms with Maximum Damage, Attack Rating, and Life
- Charm 4: Small Charms with Resistances, Faster Hit Recovery, depending on needs
- Charm 5: 1x Lightning Sunder Charm
Mercenary
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. If you picked Conviction as your Aura, you can also hire an Act 1 Cold Rogue Mercenary with Faith (to provide you with Fanaticism) as its weapon.
Mercenary Gear
This is one of the best Mercenary gear setups across many characters, including the Dream Paladin.
Optimal Act 1 Mercenary Gear
- Weapon (Act 1 Rogue): Faith Diamond Bow or Great Bow
- Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
- Helm: Ethereal Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune
Optimal Act 2 Mercenary Gear
- Weapon (Act 2 Desert Guard): Ethereal Infinity
- Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
- Helm: Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune
Budget Act 2 Mercenary Gear
This is a cheap gear set to get your Mercenary some easy damage and survivability.
- Weapon: Obedience
- Body Armor: Treachery
- Helm: Vampire Gaze
Changelog
- 23 Sep. 2021: Page added.
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