Thus combo was not ideal. Vengeance I took more for Rp than actual preference. My other pick would have been hells pact. I had been getting dreams about hell for about 20 hours before my second path & thought I could work it in to my roll but lost steam. Anyhow. They didn't synergize overly well for me but a more skilled player likely would get better mileage. Also there was some redundancy with vengeance and personal perks.
Pain path
Dolorous coil= looks to prog -morale and each weapon has a different echo. Flails are the ideal weapon for this. Lash gets you *** damage as an added bonus. I used this on every weapon from getting it to hero. If anyone can confirm the affects from different weapon types I would appreciate it. I know a few of you who steamrolled me are loggers for sure.
Anguish = single round supp. Mental damage & apparently hits mana too. I can't confirm this happened as it's awkward to ask ppl you're fighting about specific affects. Anyhow, good damage & a different damage type than most so overall useful until demonfire really starts to shine for dps.
Spasms = the one supp I got a little feedback about. I was told it removed the ability to heal or use skills which would do the same. I found it landed often enough vs avg opponents & around 30% vs top tier. It did land me a couple kills but again specific affects are still unknown to me. So again if anyone wants to help out here it would be appreciated.
Embrace pain = I found I got a tonne more mileage out of reject pain than this and therefore do not have a solid thought on it. It progs buffs onto you for the damage you take. Ferocity & things like it. Maybe more exploring of this supp would yield greater buffs idk.
Reject pain = stacked with sanc/stone/ethos to make for some very serious dam redux. I used this almost exclusively in that combination & had great success against all but rbw and top tier dps builds.
Wrack = makes ppl run away lol. I didn't convince anyone to tell me about the affects of this but with light focus wither hitting for -25s I can't imagine this being cake to deal with. Worthag may be able to confirm it iirc I hit him with this and it ended the encounter.
Vengeance path
Tooth for a tooth = never used it. Got this path at 48.
Bukwark of faith = protective shield buff. Adds retribution damage to lagging attacks. Trip/legsweep/bash all that jazz. I didn't notice a shortened lag period at all but it felt like it either saved me a pulse or two or added a pulse or two to the attacker. Worth the mana expenditures
Rally the fallen = never used this but always intended to. I mostly fought alone & role didn't allow for many friends, aaand I normally died first.
Ethos protection = fairly straight forward. Useful and I liked not having to buy it.
Eye for an eye = I felt like the damage from this one is mitigated by heavy armor. Like smite. Or the rng hated me and this supp. I got regular mangles but not better I don't think.
Pain I would 100% take again & I would pair it with divine anger or breaker. Though divine anger would be superior for killing.