Recently got my brother into d2r.
We have a pvm hammerdin fully decked with the usuals.

I want to gear/add smite skills to be able to run ubers.

What minimum skillpoints will he need, in smite/fanaticism?

What gear will be needed? Would a pala spirit be fine for smiting? Or Zaka > ?

What other gear will I need, ofc I can check smite builds.
Off the top of my head
Grief Pb, Thundergods, Dwarf Star, Highlords, Guilliames, Draculs

Is Exile overkill?


appreciate any info

Skills, there isn't much needed. 1 point can do it honestly.
Just make sure to have a point into lightning resist or resist all vs uber mephisto to counter his conviction.

The shield would be fine, just make sure it is an elite base.

Grief is generally is recommended in place of your caster weapon.
As for the rest, Source of the following : lifetap, crushing blow, open wounds, cannot be frozen.
Usually achieved by goblin toes or gore riders / raven frost / draculs.

Beyond that, the more you invest, the easier time you'll have.

yea just make sure the shield is good enough and 1pt smite + 1pt fanta (can do without. it's a bit shit tho) is enough

This post was edited by Reset on Sep 26 2022 10:51pm

If you have a fat life pool dont even go lifetap.

Get a Gavel of Pain to speed it up, or even just use a lacerator as main hand.

This post was edited by LivEisJeebus on Sep 27 2022 01:03am

My typical hammer off smite is:

1 point fanata
1 point salvation
1 point zeal(Optional)
swap boots for goblin toes
G-face
+4 skill astreon's with shael in it
highlords
life tap wand

Should get you to 6frame attacks even running salvation when you pull and fight mephisto.

Ubers is 100% crushing blow damage, shield base really doesn't matter much. I prefer running a Hoz over spirit, ore rez, easier to guarantee max block, if you put a point into zeal the AR% makes cleaning up mephisto's skeletons 10 times faster.

This post was edited by Krios on Sep 27 2022 09:21pm

1 Smite (u have already bc of holy shield)
1 Fana


most important -> use Treachery to prebuff when doin Ubers

Switch Gear ->

Weapon with CB (Heavens Light +3 with shael shael is a nice budget weapon), black (if u hit only the ubers) is super budget, stormlash, astreons, grief for raw dmg (bis if u walk to the ubers, killing the trash too) - if u struggle with ress, u can even go wizardspike if u got ur cb elsewhere..

Helm with CB (Gulli with Ort for hitting 300+ lress)

Rings: Raven (for cnbf), Dwarfstar is a decent choice for end ring but not mandatory, use what u like

Amu: Highlords is decent ofc and also adds lress, i use Rising Sun in UT though (safer approach) as i hit my 320 lress anyway

Dracs for lifetap and ow

Goblin Toes for cb or Gorerider for frw, ds, a little less cb and ow)

Armor: if u dont have highend stuff, use smoke (50@) or lionheart (stats/30@) -> they will do ; if you use grief Duress is also a nice choice for more cb, guardian angel is also nice if u can stack ur ress enough

Shield: a >30@ elite base with 4x pDia as budget, zaka/hoz best for most -> no spirit

Charms: Life comes after Res -> make sure to hit 300 lress and decent fire/cold/poison (around 250), esp when goin for Uber Meph -> with 320 lress (95), he will be a walk in the park

What u dont need:

Grief (enough cheaper weapon choices, but worth it first if u have the budget), Exile, LastWish, Coh, Forti Armor, some godly crafted belts/gloves


What u should check:

use treachery for fighting Duriel (bc of the ias), maybe also on izual -> if no fade proc, go to river of flames in a4
use DR for Lilith (she will be the most dangerous bc of the mobs around) -> fade has to be active, also use DR belt like string/dungo
for UT just make sure ur fade is up and lightress is 300+ -> lure meph first, then finish Baal/Dia

HC gameplay (timestamps for lilith inc)

https://www.twitch.tv -> /videos/1602230139

(this is a pure Smiter setup -> using fade and dungo for 25% DR, check timestamp 16:50 -> while beeing amped, loosing 2k health in an instant is still possible)

This post was edited by Olohulu on Sep 28 2022 10:36am