Guide BUILD - Paladin

PALADIN

I. Hamerdin
II. Smiter Ubers


I. Hamerdin

Skill points
20 - Blessed Hammer
20 - Concentration
20 - Blessed Aim
20 - Vigor
20- Holy shield ( max this skill after you max the first)


Gear
Helm 1 Crown of Ages 2 Shako
Armor 1 Templar's might 2 Tirael's might 3 Enigma
Belt 1 Arachnid 2 Thunder vigor
Boots 1 Sandstorm trek 2 Battle boots
Shield 1 Herald Of Zakarum 2 Spirit
Weapon 1 Heart of the oak 2 Wizardspike 3Heaven's Light
Gloves 1 Magefist
Amulet 1 Mara's amulette
Rings 1 Stone of jordan and bul-katos ring 2 Bul-katos and raven frost
On spawn use a call to arms and spirit/


Stats points
Strength -0 how much you need to use your items
dexterity -(if you use spirit you need like 164 dext for full block)
energy -0
vitality all remaining points


Mercenary
weapon 1 insight 2 Phoenix
armor 1 fortitude 2 stone 3 duress
belt 1 nosferatus coil 2 war belt 3vergundo
boots 1 gore 2 sands war boots
helm 1 andariel visage 2 giant skull 3 white helm with 3X fal rune if you need str
amulet 1 highlord
ring 1 carrion wind 2 nature peace 3 raven frost

 

II. Smiter Uber

Skill Points
-1 salvation ( if you need ressistances, you can kill easyer uber mephisto with this aura)
-20 smite
-20 fanaticism
-20 holy shield
-20 defiance


Gear
Helm 1 Crown of Ages 2 Andariel's Visae 3 Guillaume's Face
Armor 1 Chains of honor 2 Duress
Belt 1 Verdungo's Hearty Cord 2 Nosferatus Coil 3 Thundergod's Vigor
Boots 1 Gore Rider 2 Goblin Toe
Shield 1 Herald Of Zakarum 2 Exile (if you will use last wish use herald of zakarum)
Weapon 1 Last wish 2 Grief 3 Heaven's Light (with 1-2 shael rune) THE BEST BASIC WEAPON FOR UBER IS PHRASE BLADE ( you don't need to repair it
Gloves 1 Dracul's Grasp 2 Laying of Hands
Amulet 1 Highlord's Wrath 2 Seraph's Hymn
Rings 1 Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band and Raven Frost 2 Raven Frost and Carrion Wind


Stats points
Strength- how mutch you need to use your gear
dexterity to make 75 chance to block with a raven frost ring and holy shield (if you use a basic weapon like phrase blade for a runeword you need 136 dext )
energy 0
vitality all remaining points

 

grief isn't very good for ubers and lw is expensive.
a very good choice is black runeword (thul-io-nef)

 

Grief is best choice, better than lw. Cheap option is black rw indeed though.

 

Good build i guess for hammerdin but my pala is still weak and i dont know where to change.

Gear:
Shako 141 with ber
Mara 30
Zaka eth 200 zoded
Tyrael with jah
Hoto 40
Trang glove
2xbk
Arah 120
Perf sands eth
Torch, annih to max, not perfect but almost max.
6 sk pala combat / life or dex
rest sc 20 life or 19.
here is a ss of stats.



where i need to change?

 

with that gear you should be hitting around 12k or 13k per hammer witch is solid damage
imo you need more fcr gear, a good spirit is by far better for a hammerdin than a zaka, and soj/raven is far better for you than bk, a good merc is always nice to have around too, try a mite merc with doom or a holy freeze with insight if you need manna regen, the mara ammy is a good choice but def try and find a pali ammy with fcr and good res
I always used umed shako and zaka on my hdin so i could keep my res high

you prolly dont need all the dr you have stacked, nothing should make it past your hammers so having max block and more speed should do you well

 

I forgot to give some aditional info i play HC, PVM. (16k dmg)

I used spirit but zaka with 6111 def, 20str, 2 pala 2 combat, 50 res and 20vitality is better.

 

well on that note the only thing you could do to improve is increase your fcr, 16k damage should be more than enough you just need to crank it out faster.
idk what else you could really try other than a good rare amulet but those can end up being super expensive and hard to find but looking at the rest of your gear it looks like price is of no concern to you, if you think you can afford to lose a +1 skill slot an fcr ring with some other nice mods could help do the trick as well.

 

Yeah i know but they are expensive in sc and rare, imagine how is on hc with 5 active players
I do crafting for a while now ... i will do some more, who knows maybe i will get lucky one day.

 

For me the FCR ia far more important. Not only for the hammers but also for the teleport. Also your FHR leaves a lot to be desired, especially considering you play in HC.

 

Can u give me a balanced FCR,FHR stats? So i can try to get to it?

 

125% FCR and 86% FHR - these are the breakpoints you should aim for with gear.

 

Ok, ty i will try to do my best and i will come back and replay

 

Spirit, sands + 1 fhr skiller will hit the bp for fhr.
Spirit, hoto, arach, mages / trang + 20fcr pally headband or 20fcr pally amulet or 2 fcr rings or 10fcr amu + 1fcr ring will do the trick for the FCR bp.

Therefore, spirit is a MUST on a respectable hammerdin build. And, given the high ctb, it's desirable to make it in a high res sacred targe (60% base ctb), to hit the 75% ctb with a bunch of hard points invested into dex (after casting holy shield).

 

Good smiter build. I hate to see last wish tho. Definitely viable but the cost vs. reward is not great. Grief gives more damage (can't see in the char screen) and with gface exile and draculs is cheap and fast. You can clear Uber Trist in a minute or so. Draw out meph, kill him with salvation if needed, switch to fana and take out diablo and baal.

 

Yes i agree with [MENTION=28157]Endotoxin[/MENTION] and better yet ; a even cheaper form of a weapon is 'Heavens Light' and it works beautiful.

 

why highlord amulet for smiter?^^ because of Deadly Strike?
It does not apply to Impale, Dragon Talon, Dragon Tail, Dragon Flight, Sacrifice, Smite.
i think mara is better (or good craft ~2pal stats hp)

 

My build (hammerdin):
Weapon: HOTO
Helm: Shako (ummed)
Armor: Enigma or Templar's Might
Shield: Spirit (base with 45allres)
Amulet: crafted amul +2Pala 10fcr +some mods&allres
Boots: Aldur's Advance
Belt: Arachnid Mesh
Rings: Bul-Kathos
Gloves: Trang-Oul's claws
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Weapon 2: CTA 6-6-2
Shiled: Spirit
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Annihilus, torch and skillers
So i got 125%fcr 20K dmg 75 allres. You dont need any charms with +res or allres.

 

How to craft your amulet?

 

Magic Amulet
Ral Rune
Perfect Amethyst
Any Jewel