Xtra Hammer sPts

[GPSRT]

Hey guys,

I've got my hammerdin basically done and can't figure out what to do with the extra points. I figure to put 1 into all the skills and let my item bonsues bring everything way up. Is this a good plan, or should I focus on another item (such as holy shield or defiance?)

[Ph3NoM]

you should max
blessed hammer
concentration
vigor
Blessed aim
and put the rest into holy shield

[HandofElysium]

Hey guys,

I've got my hammerdin basically done and can't figure out what to do with the extra points. I figure to put 1 into all the skills and let my item bonsues bring everything way up. Is this a good plan, or should I focus on another item (such as holy shield or defiance?)

Now is this hammerdin made for PvP or PvM?

Now for PvP Holyshield is great because it will boost your overall defense as well as increase your Smite damage to give you a secondary attack.

Putting points in Prayer will make your cleansing/meditation skills more powerful by adding the prayer bonus to them automatically. Also for team duels holybolt will be synegized by putting points in prayer.

Now for PvM I would go with prayer all the way especially if you do alot of baal runs with people.

[hamstring21]

After you max-ed the synergies (Vigor, Blessed Aim, Blessed Hammer, Concentration) you should max Holy Shield.

The biggest weakness Hammerdins have is their defence rating. Alot of hammerdins sacrifice MF for really good DR eq, so if you plan on doing MF runs with ur Hammerdin, do add points into Holy Shield.

With a defensive merc, you should be able to hit around 14k DR when the moron decides to switch it on :lol:

[Ax2Grind]

At character level one:
1 point into might (pre-requisite),
1 PT smite (PR),
1 PT prayer (PR).

At CLvl6:
1 PT holy bolt (PR),
1 PT defiance (PR).

At CLvl12:
20 PT blessed aim (synergy),
1 PT charge (PR),
1 PT cleansing (PR).

At CLvl18:
20 PT vigor (SYN),
20 PT concentration (main aura),
20 PT blessed hammer (main attack).

At CLvl24:
20 PT holy shield,
1 PT meditation.

At CLvl30:
1 PT redemption,
1 PT salvation.

I'm maxing holy shield last and already at CLvl95, doubt I'll level him much further but who knows. I suppose if I wore the perfect gear to get 125%FCR (maximum for a paladin), tons of mana and all the resistance I'd need for conviction bosses I wouldn't need salvation, but it's indispensible on weapon switch with a Gull/Blade of Ali Baba and Rhyme/Splendor resistance auric shield (preferrably gilded). Redemption for after I take a load of damage while dishing it out, meditation when playing with corpse manipulators and when it'd waste bodies I might need shortly down the road for life. The rest is self-explanatory, but with exactly 110 points it's one of the ideal builds for reaching L99 on ladder.