Hammer/Smite Hybrid help

[HybrOI]

Hi guys I'm coming back to D2...and I've decided to go on Ladder to make a Hammer/Smite Hybrid.

I know for sure Smite will be quite high but I want to make sure my Hammer is at least 10K+.

I know I'll be using a HotO/Grief BA, CtA/Spirit, Dusk Enigma, Mara's, 2 SoJs, Arach, and Eth Treks and for charms it'll be Anni, 10 Combat Skillers, and 9 Life SCs with mods. What I'm not sure of is gloves and helm selection.

Also I'm not sure how to place my skill points...I want a high Hammer damage so most of my points will go into Hammer and Synergies because Smite already gets high damage with Grief and HS...

Any input is welcome!

[[exile]]

20 BH
20 Conc
20 Blessed Aim
20 HS
rest in Vigor

This is what I'd use but definitely not the strict route.

Do you plan on using Spirit full-time?

I foresee some DR problems when Smiting against melee -- 8%, or 18% if you use Shako, my suggested helm. While 20fcr is nice, +2ALL (for CtA prebuff), life/mana and DR are better in my book.

Since you're using a BA, 20ias is essential on your gloves -- I went for rares with high resists but if you're defense-conservative, Lava Gout is the way to go. Bloodfist is classic greatness but I'm not sure about Smite speed breakpoints without Fanaticism.

[V/T]

Hi guys I'm coming back to D2...and I've decided to go on Ladder to make a Hammer/Smite Hybrid.

I know for sure Smite will be quite high but I want to make sure my Hammer is at least 10K+.

I know I'll be using a HotO/Grief BA, CtA/Spirit, Dusk Enigma, Mara's, 2 SoJs, Arach, and Eth Treks and for charms it'll be Anni, 10 Combat Skillers, and 9 Life SCs with mods. What I'm not sure of is gloves and helm selection.

Also I'm not sure how to place my skill points...I want a high Hammer damage so most of my points will go into Hammer and Synergies because Smite already gets high damage with Grief and HS...

Any input is welcome!

I would shoot for a lower hammer and higher smite. The difference between 7-8k hammer and 10k+ isn't that much. Consider maxing fant too. It add IAS as well as damage to smite. If your smiting with conc and a BA axe your smite will be very slow and you won't like it much (make grief in a phase to help this). Follow Pravada vanquisher guide for the fant version and just tweak the points if you want alittle more hammer damage.

If you really want 10k+ hammers just make a hammerdin and put the left over points in smite/HS. With grief smite will give you more damage than HS will.

Use a skill calc to get what you want because there's really not any points to waste if you want to be good.

[HybrOI]

Yeah I only have 16DR (Ber Hoz's and Enigma)right now...the Spirit is for BO only...


I'll use a Grief PB then and I'll probably get some rare/crafted gloves or just Bloodfists.

For helm...would a 31DR CoA be good, or is a Ber'd Shako better?

[[exile]]

Ber Shako is better, you will need te Life and Mana... even the extra +1Skills. Also, this build is quite Strength-intensive, so no go on CoA.


V/T's right about Smite instead of Holy Shield -- I forgot about that :p but I think there's an optimization method, similar to optimizing FoH/Holy Shock on V/Ts... I'll check it later.

[svata]

It would be interesting to see someone put together a complete guide on a smite hammerdin and other variants with smite. It looks like a fun build. Good luck.