Is this correct?

pretty sure its as follows:

• Hammers
  
• Conc
  
• vigor
  
• holy shield
  
• blessed aim
  

Hey! Thanks, yes it is. Was just wondering if people recommend I put my skills into defiance after holy shield is maxed out. Thanks for commenting!

sorry about that, rest goes into defiance, you had it right.

For pvm I always liked putting some in Resist Lightning as 2 hard points in it results with +1 resistance thats always present, even with aura not being used.
Having max res and pumping 10 in Res Light to get 80 LR for souls is more than welcome

Nope, 10 points into Resist Lightning.

Don't max holy shield, 1 poiint is more than enough for PvM you barely save points in dex for max block, defense is pretty much irrelevant.

Either you max holy bolt for wave 2 or others immunes or points in lightning resist or fire resist to get max fire/lightning resist that add way more safety than maxing holy shield.

Every guide I’ve ever seen for hammerdins say to max holy shield, is this only true for pvp hammerdins? I feel like my whole life has been a lie up to this point. Additionally, should I put 10 into LR, 10 into FR and just 1 into HS?

This post was edited by TheDyeDM6 on Jan 9 2022 09:32am

There is not a single good guide in stickies for PvM hammerdin in this forum, it's been years since people pointed that out, but no one really update the stickies so...

Holy shield only give defense and about ~50HP after saving a few points in dex, in PvM having ~8k or 15k defense makes 0 difference, most dangerous things are elemental or bypass block and defense, and even so, with 8k defense you have more than enough if you count that you also have max block.

So is a total waste, both 80% Fire and Lightning resist are way more safety or holy bolt if you are doing baal runs.

I second no-max-holy-shield. I tend to just achieve one of the bps, namely 16, after +skills and bo.

Put some pts into holy bolt if you wanna do Baals, which is way better than smite especially when you're under the control of decrep.

P.S. I only play LoD.