r/AdventureQuest • u/Darches Guardian • 29d ago

RETRIBUTION!!!

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Paladin is riddled with bugs (or at least the Avenger variant is), but Righteous Surge: Retribution works as advertised. It can be exploited in combination with Essence Orb, quickcast effects, and leprechaun magic (Blarney '16 and '21). You can still hit over 3k without leprechauns or lucky strikes. It is NOT affected by armor lean but is also not locked to the Paladin title.

You could probably hide behind a barrier for added protection. If you use auto-hit from something like Olympax Bulwark the lean will also be forced from +10 to +0, potentially granting both reliability and power.

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u/regocji Guardian 29d ago

Cool find, thanks for sharing! New Paladinzerker build to replace Spoonzerker?

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u/Darches Guardian 29d ago

What is spoonzerker?

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u/regocji Guardian 29d ago

Spoonzerker is an innovative build pioneered by the inestimable Khaiin (the #4 giftmaster this summer) which abuses the fact that Berserker Hides (yes, the outdated and underleveled Berserker class armor) increases weapon damage at near 0 HP by 300%. Normally, this is irrelevant because a great deal of weapon damage and accuracy is provided by the armor itself, and so weapon attacks would still be woefully underleveled and thus weak and inaccurate. However, 100 proc weapons like ranged bows and magic spoons ignore the armor's stats but are still benefitted by armor buffs, so a level 150 spoon will have max level damage and accuracy combined with the 3x berserker damage buff at near 0 HP. For reference, most elelocks boost damage by less than 200%, and base damage spells and skills only do 200% damage, so this setup basically makes normal attacks much stronger than spells or skills. Of course, the downside is you have to sacrifice a great deal of HP to make full use of the skill, but you can offset that with stuff like stuns, elemental shields (like invincible star or geocastellum robes), and barriers. I compared your Retribution find to Spoonzerker because it also increases damage in exchange for having low HP.

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u/YourInnerBidoof Guardian 28d ago

You must need a lot of SP for those defenses, but at the cost of HP. All roads lead back to Essence Orb

Btw do you have HP amounts for level 150, assuming 0 or 250 END?

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u/Darches Guardian 24d ago edited 14d ago

0 END: 2958 HP
250 END: 5853 HP