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/MF (Magic Find) Hammerdin Guide
Skills to max in order, as well as others that you will appriciate.
Combat Skills | Offensive Auras | Defensive Auras
20 Blessed Hammer
1 Holy Sheild
20 Concentration
1 Redemption
20 Blessed Aim
20 Vigor
19 Holy Sheild
There is a VERY small chance you will get 20 into Holy Sheild, but that is the remaining skill to max.

Chaos Mfing Hammerdin
1 skill into all preq (prerequisit skills)
1 into mediation (good for tight binds with this build)
1 into salvation (optional if you want although i dont see any point)
20 into BH (Blessed Hammer)
20 into Blessed Aim (BH sinergy)
20 into Vigor (nice to have for running around in town etc. plus its a sinergy to BH)
20 into concentration (this is your main aura it increases BH damage)
Rest goes into HS (Holy Shield)


Skills and Stats on Hammerdin CHEAP

Skill Tree for maximum damage
Follow this instructions for skill tree for maximum damage.
Blessed Hammer--> lvl 20 at least ( without plush skills of the items ).
Concetration ( Aura )icon_pointr.gif lvl 20 ( without plush skills of the items ).
Bonus for increasing damage of blessed hammer
Blessed Aim No.1 ( Aura )icon_pointr.gif lvl 20 for dmg ( increasing by 14% per lvl )
Vigor No.2 ( Aura )icon_pointr.gif Here is several options, you can reach untill lvl 10-15, the damage will be enough with items help ( 12-18 k dmg ).
Defence Section
Holy Shield( combat skill )icon_pointr.gif lvl 10++, you will have already maximum block from the items.
Resists Auras ( auras )icon_pointr.gif can help you adn your party vs caster monsters. ( info: more than 10 lvl per one aura is 5% more resist. example 75%-80% ).


For CHAOSIN
Skill Allocation

Your skills should be Allocated as follows

20 Blessed Hammer
1 Holy Shield
20 Concentration
1 Redemption
20 Blessed Aim
20 Vigor
19 Holy Shield
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Stats:
Strength - none enigma takes care of this along w/ torch anni etc.
Dexterity - Enough for max block with holy shield, make sure to take you +stat gear into consideration BEFORE adding into dex.
Vita - After you have achieved max block put EVERYTHING here, more life = better chance to survive.
Energy - NOTHING goes here

Base Stats should be laid out as follows:
Str: 82; If using an Archon Enigma, 70 If using a Dusk Shroud Enigma
Dex: 100; Will give you MAX block % (with holy sheild cast) at level 80 (you may need to put more base after lvl 90+)
Vit: EVERYTHING ELSE
Energy: None
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Sep 29 2016 08:46pm
Your magic find must reach 150-300% mf. The most times will be 200 % magic find
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Sep 29 2016 08:56pm
Rich = 40% Resists Hoto Preferably in a Flail weap
enigma Rich = Breastplate, Lightplate, Mageplate, or Ringmail Enigma with 15%ED Superior Mod, and a +775 defense roll
Sacred Targe Paladin Spirit, With a +45 Resists Base, and a 35
% FCR/100++Mana/8+ Magic Absorb roll shield
Rich = 141 Defense Ber'd Shako
Rich = 120%ED Arach belt
Rich = Trang Oul's Bracers gloves
Rich = 20%ED Hotspurs boots
Rich = 30% Resists Mara's amy
Rich = Bul-Kathos� Wedding Band 5% Life Leech ring 1
Rich = 10% FCR, 15++ Dexterity, +Life, +Resistances ring 2
switch cta 6/6 and Sacred Targe Paladin Spirit, With a +45 Resists Base, and a 35% FCR/100++Mana/8+ Magic Absorb rol
torch Rich = +20/+20 Paladin anni 20/20/10
charm 3x grand Paladin Combat FHRs and One +40 Life Paladin Combat
Rich = 1x 20/11 Fire Resist, 1x 20/11 Poison Resist, 1x 20/11 Lightning Resist, 2x 20 Life or 2x 20 Life/+5 All Resistances Scs


opt 2
Armor: Archon Plate or Dusk Shroud Enigma
Armor 2: Vipermagi OR Que-Hagens
Main Weapon: Heart Of The Oak Flail (39+ Res, or any % res if using anni and/or torch)
Main Weapon 2: Wizspike/Spirit crystal sword
Main Sheild: Herald Of Zakarum (up'd or Non up'd, both will work for this build (Socketed with an UM rune))
Main Sheild 2: High base res, low str req Pala only spirit.
Helm: Shako (Socketed with am Um Rune, or P Topaz if using anni/torch)
Helm 2: Peasent Crown
Gloves: Chancies (36-40% MF Mod)
Gloves 2: Magefists
Boots: War Travelers (45-50% MF Mod)
Boots 2: Rare boots with Res/FHR/FRW/MF
Ring 1: Nagel/Rare ring with 30%+ MF/Reses
Ring 2: Nagel/Rare ring with 30%+ MF/Reses Or an Stone of Jordan Or a Bul-Kathos Wedding Band
Amulet: 29+ maras (Or any % res if using anni/torch)
Amulet 2: Rare + Pala Skills/MF/Res/Life/Mana amulet (if no mara's can be found)
Belt: Arach Mesh
Belt 2: 1x-2x UP'd Gold Wrap//Tals belt
Weapon Switch: ANY Call To Arms (Flail or Crystal Sword)
Sheild Switch: Lidless OR Paladin Spirit (for the + Skills)

cheap
Usefull Items For Ladder Area
Armor :Runeword-->Enigma(Jah-Ith-Ber). Suggested Armors to Create Enigma: Mage Plate(Mp)/ Dusk Shroud (Ds)/ Archon Plate (Ap):Base Defence on that armors(no ed)icon_pointr.gif from 24x untill 4xx. Uses Of Enigma +1 Teleport Skill ( sorceres skill ),+strenght ( higher LvL, Higher strenght), Damage Reduction,+ magic find,+2 to Character Skills,+45 % faster run walk,+750-775 defence(only added the most usefull stats of the items).
Weapon Hand #1 :Runeword-->Heart Of The Oak(Vex is the leading Rune). Suggested Weapons to create Heart Of The Oak(H.o.t.o.): Flail (No.of sockets (4)).(also can use it on etheral Form).Uses Of H.o.t.o. :+45 faster cast rate( recomented for caster characters ).+30-40 resists( if the resists are higher than 30, then the value Of The runeword get higher).(Also you can summon an Oak( druid skill ).(usefull because gives more life).
Weapon Hand #2 :Runeword-->Call to Arms(Ohm and Mal is the leading Runes).(No.Of sockets #5). Suggested Weapons to create The Call to Arms(C.T.A):Flail(#5 sockets), or Crystal Sword (c.s)(#5 sockets).(Also you can created on etheral Form of those weapons)(higher price on etheral form).Uses Of C.t.a. :from 1 until 6 batlle order(b.o), from 1 until 6 battle Commant, From 1 untill 4 Battle Cry,(The higher Stats Of The weapon, The higher Price Of it).(Only added The uses Of this Weapon).
Shield Hand #1 :Unique Item-->Herald Of zakarum,(Gilded Shield ( it can been upgraded ). Base Defence 4xx-5xx ( higher ed -higher price-Higher defence ).
Uses Of Herald Of zakarum +2 Paladin Skills +2 combat Skills ( Paladin Skills ),
+30% chance to block + 30% faster block rate, + 20% bonus to attack Rating, +20 strengh + 20 vitality + 4x-6x to all resistances ( umed-perfect diamond ).
Shield Hand #2 :Runeword -->Spirit, Suggested Sheields to Create Spirit Shield ( Monarch, and paladin Shields ).Uses Of Spirit Shield +2 t all skills, +25-25 % faster cast rate + 55% Faster Hit Recovery, + 2x vitality + 9x-10x mana ( only the most usefull stats will be added of this item into Paladin Area )
Edit: There are some combinations you can use that four items-->Hoto with Herald, CtA with Spirit.
Helm :Unique Item-->Harlequin Crest ( type : Shako ) Uses Of Harlequin Crest +2 to all skills + 2 to all attributes +1xx life / +1xx mana ( lvl requirment for max life/mana ).+ 10% Damage Reduction + 50 % magic Find.
Amulet :Unique-->No.1 Maras/ No.2 Seraphs Hymn Uses Of Maras Calidoscope and Seraphs Hymn No.1--> (Shortcut: Maras) : +2 to all skills +2x-3x too all resistances. Seraph Hymn +2 to paladin skills +1 to deffencive auras ( Paladin skill ).
Belt :Unique-->Arachind Mesh ( Type:Spiderweb Sash ).Uses Of Arachnid Mesh +1 to all skills + 20% faster cast rate +10% slow target + 5% increase maximum mana( only the usefull stats added of this item ).
Rings :Unique-->Raven Frost Uses For: 1xx-2xx attack rating/ 20% cold absorb / cannot be frozen /15-45 cold damage / +1x-2x dexterity.
Ring No.2 :Unique--> Bul Kathos Uses For: +1 to all skills +4x life + stolen life per hit./ Ring No.3 On this option you can use a caster ring ( because of random stats i will publish some of them, this ring could be rare or crafted )icon_pointr.gif +10% faster cast rate/ +life + mana + attributes ( random choice ) + resistance ( random choice ).
Gloves :Unique-->Magefist-->+20 % faster cast rate/ + 25 % mana reganaration / +1 to fire skills ( sorceres skill ) + 10 def. base def 14-24.
Boots :Unique-->War Traveler(base def 3x-4x)varies 13x-14x).Uses Of War Traveler +25% faster run walk +10 strenght + 10 vitality + 30-50% magic find.


chaos
Gear:

Helm: shako um'd (Ber'd is the better choice should you be able get max resis with the other gear.)
Amulet: Maras OR a Pally amulet with fcr (faster cast rate) all resistances (Strenght and/or dex would be a nice bonus too.) Obviously the second ammy is better but along comes a higher price tag and a loss of 2 skills to your BO (battle Orders).
Armor: Should be self-explanatory but i'll define anyway lol (laughing out loud, LOL if you didnt know this ) +2skills, teleport, Magic find based on character level, Raise max life 5%,8% Dr (damage reduction 8%), damage taken goes to mana (seems useless but hey mana is always welcome here since you don't use a merc that has insight which in turn grants you and your party mediation .)
Belt: Arachs (arachnids mesh) mods speak for themselves +1skill, 20% fcr, and slows enemys down.
Weapon: Hoto (heart of the oak) or a wizard spike if you can't afford a hoto, but honestly i highly recomend buying a cheap 30resis hoto if possible over the wizzy.
Shield: Palladin Pheonix Shield with resis all base. This is one of the MOST important pieces of this build, thus why it's underlined. Let's see why it's so great for this build shall we; 1. Redemption aura so you dont have to bother with switching auras back and fourth and no more merc dieing to Im (iron maiden) YAY! 350-400 defense vs missles may not seem important but when you figure that it makes your max block all that much better cause now you can focus on melle guys first if you wish cause missle shooters will have hell time hitting you w/ max block then factor in the extra def= gg missle shooters lol. Raises max light resis 5% (great for all situations souls, chaos, etc.) 10max fire resis (gg for chaos runs and for anyhting else DUH!) Absorbs fire damage 15-21 (again gg for chaos runs, eat fire like candy!) All around great shield imo (in my opinion).
Gloves: Honesly this is a very versatile peice of gear on this build, you have plenty options here. Mages for fcr (faster cast rate), Bloodfists for life and fhr(faster hit recovery), Chance Guards for mf and gf (magic find and gold find), or a pair of rare gloves with some sort of this combination resis/str/dex/life/mf.
Ring#1: BK (Bul-Kathos wedding Band) gives +1skill and life = the hot sex for this build.
Ring#2: BK again cause its sexy.
Ring Secondary Options: Ravens (Dex, mana, and cold sorb if you want to get the last elemtn sorbed ) Dwarf Stars (If you really wanna be a as and eat fire like you are a fat kid at Mcdonald's plus it gives life always sexxii) or a fcr ring with dex/resis/str/life ( the basics you know)
Boots: Ok now my prefrence here is Tri resis boots with fhr/dex/frw (faster run walk) and mf%, but if you cant afford somthing like this or just don't like this as your boots then use waterwalks (dex, life, max fire resis) all around sexy boots for hdin ( hammerdin in case you did'nt know this term ).
Switch: Any bo flail/cs (crystal sword) will do if your budget deprived, but as always the higher you can afford the better and ANY palladin spirit will do just fine.
Inventory: Any paladin torch and anni (annihulus) will do if your budget will not allow BUT try to upgrade when your funds allow. Get a decent Gheeds charm.
Now the rest of your inventory is personal preference, if you want pcombs (palladin combat skill grand charms) then get them, i don't use them cause they take up room and are useless for this build imo, and mf scs (magic find small charms) are always a decent bonus to have but not required. Lifer scs or resis scs are also welcome in the build if you prefer, BUT keep some room to pick up goodies that drop.

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Sep 29 2016 09:04pm
either the Act 1 Rogue or Act 3 Sorcerer mercenar. Remember, hiring your Mercenary at a low level and leveling him makes him stronger than just hiring him at a higher level.
act 1 get Cold Arrow.
Weapon
�Ice� Runeword in a Crusader Bow or Hydra Bow or
Faith bow. Why? Let me clarify, It gives fanatiscm which increases attack power, rating, and speed. It has 300% ar (attack rating), 330% ed (enhanced damage), 50% ar and 75% damage to undead (godly for chaos), all resis 15,
Armor
�CoH� Runeword in a Dusk Shroud, Gothic Plate or Similar Armor or Fort (Fortitude) the mods again speak for themselves but ill clarify anyway
Helmet
Andariel�s Visage, Eth Preferably, Socketed With A Ral Rune

act 3
Weapon
Azurewrath Phase Blade
�Lawbringer� Runeword in a low require sword
Armor
Guardian Angel Preferably Eth and socketed with an �Um� rune or �Ber� rune
Helmet
Kira�s Guardian socketed with an �Um� rune
Shield
Stormshield Monarch socketed with a �Ber� Rune

Act 2 Merc is by far the best for Hammerdins. in normal
Holy Freeze merc (slows down everyone around you) or the Defiance merc (boosts your and his defence).
Hireling Gear:
First off, I would like to point out that Ethereal items will NOT lose duribility on Hirelings, also Ethereal items have higher defence and damage then their non Ethereal equal.
Armor: Eth Fortitude (Ladder Only Runeword)/ Eth Stone.
Helm: Eth Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral rune or jewel with +30% Fire Resistance (or Cham rune if you find your merc is useless when frozen)
Weapon: Eth Breath of the Dying War Pike/ Eth Doom Cryptic Axe/ Eth Insight Collosus Voulge or Cryptic Axe)/ Eth Obedience Cryptic Axe

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act 2 merc
Combat (Normal): Prayer
Combat (Nightmare): Thorns
Combat (Hell): Prayer
Defense (Normal): Defiance
Defense (Nightmare): Holy Freeze
Defense (Hell): Defiance
Offense (Normal): Blessed Aim
Offense (Nightmare): Might
Offense (Hell): Blessed Aim
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Oct 1 2016 04:30pm
p ap enigma
ptopaz shako
35% hoto
34% fcr spirit in 45 res kurast shield
24% maras
40% travs
30% nagel
20dex raven
113% arach
4/4/3 cta CS
30fcr spirit in 44 res ST
20/16 ptorch
18/18/9 anni
40% gheeds
6x 7mfsc
2x all res 5 sc

Merc
ebug fort kraken shell
andys
ecv insight 14 med
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