HC Pally: Quick question

going with a buddy of mine - fb/orb sorc - as a pally. Was thinking conviction/vengeance to boost his dps but is there a more solid choice for HC? I definitely need to be a tank first as he is going glass cannon max dps.

thoughts?|||Don't know much about vengeance but conviction is a popular aura choice that greatly benefits non-cold sorcs. Also, you guys should have mercs tanking for you: not you :P.

And "glass cannon max dps" sounds like a build ill-fitted for hardcore. Characters should be designed around as much survivability as possible: everything else is secondary to that. Hardcore is about staying alive and not taking unnecessary risks while throwing around flashy numbers. One mistake and the only one who'll remember your deeds is you :P.|||The avenger paladin can be an extremely survivable build with good gear (read: provides plenty of resistance). Instead of maxing Vengeance, put one point in Vengeance and max Resist Fire, Resist Lightning, and Resist Cold - they increase Vengeance's damage and increase your maximum resistances.

A Paladin with high resists and Holy Shield makes a fine tank. Make sure you get as much life as you can. See if you can find a Wisp Projector and/or Call to Arms to help increase your life.

Also, make sure you find a good source of crowd control. You'll be much too reliant on instantly killing crowds. I would recommend getting a cold wolf for your avenger and a Holy Freeze mercenary for your Sorceress to help with crowd control. If you can obtain crowd control granting items like the Delirium runeword, that would also be helpful.

My last piece of advice:

Considering that you already have an avenger in the group, and because you should be getting a cold wolf and cold merc, I think you'd be safe having your Sorceress switch to a single element, preferably fire or lightning. While an orb-it-aller can generally get a very large dps, she could have a much higher dps with a single element sorceress. you should look into a firewall sorceress - They have some of the highest dps outputs with the new patch.|||i would suggest you going conviction zealot. and like ephraim said, either your sorc should go pure fire or pure lighting, but i would suggest pure fire because it is less gear dependent.|||A dual element sorc already doesnt deal that much damage.. you would help more as a hammerdin.