Finally reached 99 on Hdin, so I'm gonna turn him into a smiter or VT. I'd prefer just smite because it would be fewer buttons to press (I guess), but VT seems to be the way to go.

Does anyone have an up-to-date guide or maxroll link that I can follow?

Also, any general advice about the build would be greatly appreciated, as I've never made a PvP Pally before that wasn't a generic Hammerdin.

smiter is rly good at killing uber. i would go lt wand and swap it with cta after u bo. or go lw and dracs if u dont wanna play with lt wand

I'm makin this guy for PvP, but I appreciate the advice

Shako, grief,maras,hoz,trangs gloves,arach,waterwalks,and nigma Are all very stronk. Before looking for stronger setups N swaps, just play a few thousand rounds with some basic stuff

Fair enough lol. Appreciate it
Should I aim for 75fcr tho? 40 seems real low

75fcr setup

• Helm - CoA (Ber/Ber)
• Armor - Mage plate Enigma
• Amulet – maras
• Boots – Bitter Brogues or Waterwalks or Treks
• Rings – 2x 10fcr/120AR/20Strength/40 life/90 mana/15 res all Rings
• Gloves – 20%IAS/10% CB/15STR/15DEX/20Life/30Light Resist Gloves
• Belt - Arachnid’s Mesh
• Weapon – Grief PB or Griefz (Depends on Match Up)
• Shield – Sacred Targe “Spirit”

Yeah, just swap hoz for spirit, but you'll want at least one for cta buff anyways.

I'm just saying I've tested a lot of very high end expensive gear, and still get slapped for having bad play experience

Meh most above is pretty outdated tbh

You should have quite a few setups but these are the most important:

Grief ba 48/48 pub setup:
Grief ba 40/400 (must be 40 ias for other setups)
Phoenix st 45@
Coa 40/15 cham
2/18 str dex amu
Trang gloves
Wisp20
10 fcr str dex life craft ring (if ur amu has 30 str you can go 5 str on ring with 15 Dex 60 life)
Dungo
25 Dex dancers (beats ww imo; save Dex for other setups and get an extra fhr frame)
Eni scarab 15-773+

^ can swap Grief ba to grief pb and use chamber coa

75/27 ba vs caster setup with phoenix:
Griffon cham or 40/20
Grief ba 40-400
Phoenix st 45@ or knight if nn res
Eni scarab husk
Arach
Trang gloves/magefist
Gore rider
10 fcr 23+ str 55+ life ring
2/20 50+ life amu (str nice add for dmg)
Bloodfist (10 ias with 40 from grief will get you 50 ias bp, and you’ll hit 27 fhr from this alone)
Wisp20/natures for oak

Those old setups just rarely beat Phoenix tbh, Phoenix firestorm is fixed and the 400% ed alone is equal to 26,6 points into smite dmg wise

1 cleansing/vigor
20 foh
20 holy shock
20 smite
20 fanatism
Rest into holy shield

Could go max holy shield less shock/foh but imo the foh route is better for d2r, since holy shield won’t add much dmg

There’s a lot more setups tho, spirit tg vs trapper, 125 fcr vs necro; exile vs barb for 33k def, smite vs smite setup with 50% dr; etc etc

Can link the whole thing on maxroll as soon as I get home if you want it

Also: hoz should never ever be used, doesn’t come close to Phoenix or spirit

This post was edited by Stefbef on Dec 30 2025 08:43pm

This was really helpful Thanks man
I gotta invest into an ammy and ring now, and i just bought a grief BA 35/400, guess i need a diff one lol