What's the best MF gear for HDin?

[shadow341256]

I wanna start doing MF runs with my HDin, but I'm not sure what the best gear would be, or even if Hammerdinds are worth using for MFing. Leave what you think would be a better class, or what gear would be :grin: Thanks

[brokensvt]

I employ my hammerdin to do my MF duties. IMHO, don't try to go overboard with high MF numbers at the cost of killing speed. I'm running shy of 300 MF and find lots of nice goodies, while maintaining 125 FCR. If you were to drop to 75 FCR you have lots of room to squeeze more MF in. Something like:

Wizspike
Any spirit shield with base resists

Done, everything else can be MF-oriented ^^

Greg

[HeavAngel]

shadow341256,

The first & second page has several post about this subject.

This thread is worth reading.

MFing with a hammerdin Thread 07-19-2005 (http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=367762&pp=10)

[brokensvt]

That's a nice thread, but I still have to advise you against Hoto. Most every hammerdin player has lusted after this item. I've played three hammerdins and used hoto for the longest time. I switched to Wiz and won't go back ever. 50 fcr vs. 40, 75 res all vs. 30-40. There's no question which item is the better one for survival and versatility. In addition Wiz gives you mass mana. I now run without a Insight merc, opting for a Rogue with Ice runeword bow instead. With 1 point in redemption mana is never an issue. I've run hundreds of chaos runs with no mana problems whatsoever, and no dead merc ^^

To elaborate on my first post, the rest of your gear(after Wiz + Spirit) can focus on MF. You could go so far as to run a pair of Nagel/Wisp/up to 40% mf blue rings. A nice rare amulet could get up to 30% mf with other mods IIRC. Shako is a no-brainer with Ist or P topaz. Travs and Chancies come to mind. Your belt could be a goldwrap or a rare with nice MF and other mods. Torch, Anni, then all MF charms. I personally wouldn't go this far to achieve high MF percentages, but it just gives you an idea of how "strong" the Wiz/Spirit combo is for a hammerdin, freeing up all other spots for what you need.

Greg