2 paths basically. max hammer with situational charge. or balanced hammer and charge damage, generally refered to as a libby.
a libby uses about 20x 3max/xxar/15 lifers, 20x life/mana scs. an hdin uses all mana scs, or is just too poor and uses a bunch of plain 15 lifers.
skull socket choices, vs max dmg. partisan insight vs runestaff insight.
etc.
both can do quite well, and even with minimal +max a runestaff charge on a 0% block char can chain lock and kill.
but in certain matchups one's clearly better, specifically vs trappers or bowas where charge > hammer. and in other cases like vs a barb a libby with lower hammer damage should still destroy a barb, who you'd never charge. so libby is the resounding better build.
then it comes down to preference between 75 and 125 fcr builds. and your budget/items you can get. ladder 75 fcr builds with only dual spirits and an fcr ammy, 2x sojs, bfists, soe, pcrown, etc. are common and quite strong. whereas on ladder hitting 125 fcr is much easier using mages, a 20 fcr circ, vmagi is a lot easier. without a 20 fcr circ u have to use fcr rings or a belt to hit 125. and thats no good unless u have a really good honor runeword imo.
This post was edited by thesnipa on Jan 15 2020 09:49am