1hb/shield

[Bhuryn]

Are any of you active paladins 60ish+ using 1hb/1he and a shield? I'm currently using an awl-pike but the 6 second RT gets annoying at times and if i'ma drop down to a hammer of kai I don't see much point in not just dropping down to a morning star and gaining a shield.

My main concern is, how do you deal with critters that you need to kill now, like illoke? Just mass mstrike? Do you just have to avoid said mobs?

Val is the only one that I know of and I imagine he's so far past the cap it's probably not a good comparison =P.

I do have a sanctified shield in my locker so I can go back to sbashing with guiding light which is good fun =).

[thefarmer]

Feint

(sbash)

Divine strike/judgement

(sbash)

Amb shaman left leg

(sbash)

amb shaman head

[Bhuryn]

I'll take it that it works fine then at those levels and beyond? Don't you swing mauls? :D

I always liked playing a paladin not a spelltanked warrior, guess i'll give it a shot again next fixskills =P

[LordThoranios]

Ive used OHE/Shield and Currently use OHB/Shield and never had any problems. Feint is probably your best friend...use it to gain some time and stance them....Ambush or 1615 and ambush.

[Fulmen]

I do ohb/shield. I don't have any problems so far at 61. I don't feint any longer. I might pick it up again eventually. I bullrush with spikes/flares instead. But for Illoke mystics and shaman it's just dstrike, (slow maybe), mstrike, kill.

I also use a decently crit weighted mace, and have heavy crit weighting with Sunfist.

It usually goes like this:

You gesture at an Illoke mystic.
A pillar of reddish-orange radiance manifests around an Illoke mystic.
CS: +283 - TD: +200 + CvA: +25 + d100: +89 == +197
Warding failed!
Waves of sacred energy tear through the Illoke mystic's body!
... 49 points of damage!
... 40 points of damage!
The Illoke mystic's left hand swells and explodes into thousands of pieces.
The Illoke mystic rumbles in pain as his heavy stone arm falls to the ground!
The Illoke mystic is stunned!
The Illoke mystic is driven to his knees!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>
Your disk arrives, following you dutifully.
>mstrike mystic
You are still a bit winded from your last flurry of attacks, but you focus to push the strain in your muscles from your mind.
You concentrate intently, focusing all your energies.
You explode into a fury of strikes and ripostes, moving with a singular purpose and will!
You swing a beech-handled imflass mace at an Illoke mystic!
AS: +422 vs DS: +261 with AvD: +30 + d100 roll: +10 = +201
... and hit for 33 points of damage!
Finger ripped away from right hand.
You swing a beech-handled imflass mace at an Illoke mystic!
AS: +422 vs DS: +261 with AvD: +30 + d100 roll: +93 = +284
... and hit for 62 points of damage!
Blast to hand reduces it to pulp!
You swing a beech-handled imflass mace at an Illoke mystic!
AS: +422 vs DS: +252 with AvD: +30 + d100 roll: +76 = +276
... and hit for 90 points of damage!
Lucky shot rips through bone and muscle sending right leg flying.
The Illoke mystic is knocked to the ground!

Your series of strikes and ripostes leaves you winded and out of position.
You are beginning to feel a little fatigued.
Roundtime: 8 sec.
>
* Vevay joins the adventure.
>kill
...wait 1 seconds.
>
An Illoke mystic blinks dazedly a moment before shaking off the stun!
>kill
You swing a beech-handled imflass mace at an Illoke mystic!
AS: +422 vs DS: +233 with AvD: +30 + d100 roll: +68 = +287
... and hit for 63 points of damage!
Blast to hand reduces it to pulp!
The Illoke mystic rumbles in pain as his heavy stone arm falls to the ground!
The mystic's stone hammer falls to the ground.
The Illoke mystic is stunned!
Roundtime: 5 sec.
>kill
You swing a beech-handled imflass mace at an Illoke mystic!
AS: +422 vs DS: +189 with AvD: +30 + d100 roll: +23 = +286
... and hit for 67 points of damage!
Neck broken.
The Illoke mystic twitches several times before dying.
[You have earned 40 recognition points.]
The Illoke mystic grumbles in pain one last time before lying still.
An Illoke mystic glances around, looking a bit less confident.
The brilliant luminescence fades from around an Illoke mystic.
An Illoke mystic returns to normal color.
Roundtime: 5 sec.
>

[mgoddess]

I do ohe/shield (plain-jane 4x Sanctify-d waraxe), and was doing very similar on Stone Giants as Fulmen is doing on Illoke. 110 or 1615, followed by mstriking and attacking. In swarms, 1614, 1630... and then depending on how many are left, either singly mstrike each critter, one at a time, or mstrike the crowd, followed by normal attacks. I tried not to get swarmed too much by them, since they love boiling... so if it got to be more than two-three in a room, I'd move somewhere else.

In the Blighted Forest now, and mostly 1615'ing, followed by mstriking... if I get multiple ogres at a time, I'll hit up the 1630. I can't ward the ogres with my 110, so I don't use it.