Is the Hammerdin overused and overrated?

[Solostaran]

Personally, after seeing how many hammerdins there are on USEast, I think they are far overused. However, I can't deny their strength and versatility. I myself have a lvl 94 hammerdin, and he works wonders. Post your opinions on hammerdins :)

[Lunatic]

They're overpowered and way to popular. But these 2 things go hand in hand. If you're talking untwinked then I have to say they're fine , but when people start twinking the overpowered factor comes in pretty hard.

[Yoshimura]

They're overpowered and way to popular. But these 2 things go hand in hand. If you're talking untwinked then I have to say they're fine , but when people start twinking the overpowered factor comes in pretty hard.

yah...they are way overpowered,2min baal runs wif 3 hammerdins...
and yah btw,i hate it when they town guard =/
they shld put a timer on hammer...LOL !

[LorveN]

overused? no doubt!
overpowered? guess. hope some future patch will fix this :S

Hell, why dont people care more about style instead? I try to make fancy chars that look and behave different.
Boo for cookiecutters!!! :D:D

[koeraokse]

I'd say that the hammerdin is way overpowered and thats why so many ppl are making them, other pallys are like any other char I think...

[rare]

Make em, use em. Just don't ever brag or feel proud of killing anything with it, as any little kid can do the same thing.

[Wurmer]

Overpowered ? probably but what's new under the sun. Each and every new patch bring one stalwart warrior of some kind or another. This time pally and necro got, it in previous patch sorcy and zon and barb, well the balance change and not necessairly for the better

[Lunatic]

Overpowered ? probably but what's new under the sun. Each and every new patch bring one stalwart warrior of some kind or another. This time pally and necro got, it in previous patch sorcy and zon and barb, well the balance change and not necessairly for the better

Barbs being overpowered? Perhaps with 1.0 , but they were a fairly balance class to begin with. In 1.0 and 1 or 2 patches above WW hit everything within range every 4 frames IIRC , that was overpowered. But after that was fixed barbs were never really overpowered IMHO.

[RetroStar]

Overrated = No
Overused = Yes

[ExT]

Overused, yes and with reason, hammerdin is the best rusher out there and the heaviest hitter in PvP AND PvM...

[Lunatic]

Overused, yes and with reason, hammerdin is the best rusher out there and the heaviest hitter in PvP AND PvM...

This only works if you have an enigma. Without enigma hammerdins don't rush that fast. Then again , high runes cost almost nothing these days on NL (on europe at least) , so there just about everyone can afford an enigma.

[Penndragon]

Like lunatic said, it's all about the Enigma. Enigma allows people to finally choose a different class than the Sorceress for power mf'ing, allowing us to teleport right down to meph, andy, countess etc etc as if we were playing our same old Meteorbers. However, at the same time as you make this new mf'er, you are getting the best rusher and the best baaler as well. Paladins get more per vitality investment, boast the ridiculous HoZ shield, and give you auras, which will make any party happy.

Are hammerdins overused? Sure ... in the same way Nova/FO/TS sorceresses used to be overused, or old FW/FO sorcs. The hammerdin is the best investment you can make in 1.10, as you equips and runes are well used.

[spartacvs]

Overpowered=no
Overused=yes, but the problem is not the hammerdin

There seems to be a opinion from many peoples that if you can kill with some ease, then it's for kids, overpowered, etc.

I played many builts and they all have the same problems:

1) Dual source of attack (ex: dual tree sorc). They can kill decently but when you hit a dual immune you are owned. You have to rely on your merc and I hate to rely on those stupid mercs (their AI is terrible).

2) Single source of attack. Same as above except for magic immunes..

3) Iron maiden, making any physical attack a real nightmare.

4) cost to be effective. Many builts requires very expensive items to be really effective (ex poisonmancer).

Some peoples likes challenges. Some likes to have the most effective built to do their mf.

[CookiesnCream]

Make em, use em. Just don't ever brag or feel proud of killing anything with it, as any little kid can do the same thing.

Um, it takes skill to play any character class. I've seen duel games where hammerdins would completely own and other duel games where other hammerdins with the exact same gear got easily defeated. And Hammerdins aren't that great for PvM without Enigma.

[Solostaran]

It appears that the general consensu is that the Hammerdin is both overused and overrated. True as it may be, why not use something that is powerful? Perhaps the hammerdin si overused because he is so powerful, another thing, dueler wise, the bonemancer is undisputed, do you guys feel this is a little biased?