Great guide, thanks.

nice guidee

This *almost* made me want to make my hammerdin like this, but i eat softice, so a few deaths dont matter that much...
I never would have thought of lawbringer on merc, ty for that idea(ill be using it)
Good guide

Hi Gary,

What do you think of my setup? I've never read this til now but I already had a setup for my hdin. I use these:

Phoenix sacred targe, 45 all resist
Enigma mage
Hoto / wizzy with 15resist/20life jewel (I like wizzy more for mass resist)
2x fcr rings / 1 fcr ring + 1 soj (2x fcr rings with hoto)
Bloodfist vampirebone gloves
15/15 eth treks
29resist/28dr COA
40life/14dr Verdungos
2pally / 19 fcr / 15 str crafted amulet

6 pcombat gcs, alot of vita scs and a couple 5resist scs, and 20/19 ptorch, 20/19/5 anni.

On switch I use HoZ and 4/6/x cta war scepter +3 Holy Shield.

I use act 3 merc with Azurewrath pb, eth um'd Guardian Angel, 20 resist eth Dream diadem, and eth Phoenix monarch. I'm a bit frustrated with my merc dying all the time to Diablo even tho he has 89 all resist now (lvl 95). Honestly, I've never thought of using Act 5 merc because of IM.

I have 50% dr, 69% block with Phoenix and HOTO (Holy Shield not maxed yet) and 79% fcr, 90% fhr. I really like Phoenix because I never have problem with mana after this. I'm sure you know how many mana burn monsters there are in CS. I HATE THOSE THINGS. Anyway Phoenix helps with this a lot.

Why do I not use maras / magefists / arachnids? Because 40/14 verdungo's adds up with 28% dr coa and enigma to give me 50% dr, and 10% fhr on Verdungos adds up with 30% fhr on Bloodfists and treks and coa to give me 90% fhr. In my opinion, verdungos is perfect belt for a CS hdin. I just like Bloodfists a lot.

Since I don't use magefists / arachnids, I have to have 2pally/15+ fcr ammy to make up for the lost fcr. So yeah that's why I use this crafted ammy instead of maras. The 15 str on the ammy is a very nice bonus, too, because it helps me equip COA while using Phoenix.

Sometimes I have to juv when I get LR / conviction at the same time. It hurts. But most of the time it's a piece of cake for me. The only trouble is my stupid merc dying all the time to Diablo. For some goddamn reason, Diablo is always after my merc no matter what I do! Never attacks me if my merc is alive - Diablo would always run to where my merc is and attack him.

Anyway, tell me what you think of my setup. Just thought I'd share my ideas with you. I've shared it with a couple others and they told me they loved it a lot. They've never thought of using Phoenix!

Very nice guide i'll try it on hc

The only problem I've ever encountered with this build is that it becomes hard to hammer ontop of monsters when they are getting knocked back.

That could just be my skill level in the area, of course.

Pwb3, that build seems more PvP besides the Phoenix ST, I would still prefer Spirit ST because the FHR is important according to Dustin

sry i dont like it
1) boots - hotspurs -in cs u need to have max fire res
2) shield zaka - max block -skills and res - it can be only one shield
3) cs merc - i use rw Gloom in eth armor
i make some cs before i wasnt PK

gl

I put this in my favorites for when I remake my hammerdin, the merc is definately going to be part of my upcoming hdin.

i'talking about cs solo runs on baals runs when u have 8 players on game

1) now i know why SS coz i read all posts
2) but my merc use eth shaco + LO inside (max light res)
3) WIZZI + rare jools 7%fhr +9 dext/str and fire res 30%/ light res 30%
4) ofkz nice to have some pc skl 12 fhr
5) 5 akt merc ? hmm i always use 3 act + phoenix in buged monarch 3xx def
6) and no arach but tg belt (vita, str, abs)

i'talking about cs solo runs on baals runs when u have 8 players on game , not about solo mf CS runs and imo its a big diferent

what u think about it?

This post was edited by Guzzz on Jan 19 2007 10:19pm

Hey, just wondering.

I read this guide, and the lawbringer idea, and I was thinking why not use an A3 cold merc? He'll freeze non immunes for you so they can't do anything (i e infector wave), and IM will never be a prob.

And yeah, I agree with hotspurs, or at least infernostride.

This post was edited by myxfriends on Jan 19 2007 10:11pm