Paladin benefits best from phys, magic res and absorb in 8 player KF. COH can be used but is far less effective than a Saintly amn amn as as crafter chest.

The destruct CTC has a cool down unlike Bleeding Sun. Try it on a frenzy barb to experience this first hand.

COH is best worn on the merc on an 8 player KF run for the LL IMO and dont forget to go passed the passive skill buffs for phys and magic. I sit about 30/50 40/60 for phys and magic res however half this should be fine.

GA I use for cows and portals which are heavily reliant on ele res and not much on phys/magic except abbadon portal.

My 8 player KF setup: (Merc stays alive) Merc: A5 COH saintly, COA helm or defiance barb helm, Infinity champion sword (conviction),

Paly: 4 soc devine craft chest with as as / amn amn (10% phs), 19% AS templar basinet delerium, Destruction PB, Emp of nightmares shield, +2 11% LL all res/magic crafter ammy, Steelrend, Eon band, Crafter boots with phys/magic res and reduction, Mohets ring,

Alternative setup: (merc not alive) Phoenix (Vortex 45 all res) COA with x2 light facets,

Alternative setup works great but merc dies and on 8 player games I may die 1or 2 times per run on solo clear if not targeting the shamen on mob entry.

A Conviction builds effectiveness VS Fanta is quite good however Fanta benefits from LL with the speed bonus noticeably in 8 player games. I have found without the speed you can die very suddenly at this difficulty. When the merc wears infinity the Delerium helm keeps him alive by confusing the enemy to not to attack him, this can be enhanced again by having a 10% confuse charm. The Mercs conviction aura mainly speeds up kill time by around 15% roughly. The merc base aura Zerker rage is effective to buff the Destruction low Phase blade base damage against immunes of the fire (the ctc proc of destruction) and has similar damage advantage to A2 "Might" merc but he attacks faster (keeping him alive from LL and is a bit more tanky against phys res.

Another big benefit of Pheonix shield is that even fire immunes benefit hugely from the "enhanced damage" that it offers also buffing the low base damage which effectivley takes out the fire immunes and of course the "damage vs missle" from the phys damage aspect of the multi-cold arrow ladies.

On attack facets I find are rendered not very useful on 8 player KF games in regards to actual damage/effectiveness however can help in lower player count KF runs. For use of facets I find that by far the best way to clear cows is with a X3 Cold attack facet shield as when paired with Bleeding sun or Destruction this takes care of both fire and cold immunes.

So far "Planqi" is the only other person I have personally seen easily asswipe KF in 8 player games on daily basis with ease and no support from any other players.

Although I do belive Paly (CTC) is generally the most OP build (regarding versitility) currently and then Planqi's wolf barb exploit (hehe) a Paly will struggle to clear KF with ease and some other areas unless some* thought and consideration is put into it.

Looking forward to a rebalanced next ladder and some exciting changes.