I just successfully completed a 5 days SSF run from a compeltly new character to Uber Tristam with a Paladin but with a twist:
Using zeal as an attack. I did not use Blessed Hammer (not even while leveling) nor Smite (not even in Tristam).
The weapons I used were as follow : steel scimitar, black flail and then the game breaker for Uber Tristam : Malice Tyrant Club!
Holy Shock and Holy freeze were used along various other auras as you can see in the videos.
I was somewhat surprised to see that I could farm the Destruction Keys without Lawbringer.
My plan was to use lawbringer and holy shock and although I got a LEM I was never able to make KO.
I made a video to show some experimentation I did on the subject.
I never got any attack rating combos even if I farmed with mf gear in nightmare.
Turns out this might have been a blessing in disguise since Malice over performed :
Zeal targets different minions which can be a problem in Tristam but Malice get ubers bleeding no matter what.
I got awesome drops from killing Baal to proceed to Hell Diff and I think that it's what made this run successful.
Toughest part as a Shockadin: Maggot Lair is a teleport hell. Chaos sanctuary... ouch.
Looking back on this I think I should have transitioned to an hybrid frostadin at that point and used the tyrant club.
Life tap would have simplified the chaos sanctuary (switching from teleport staff/life tap wand as needed).
Something like:
20 zeal
20 sacrifice
20 holy freeze
0 to 5 holy shield ---> just drop more dex
1 salvation
Rest in resist cold
Here are some videos on the subject (I accelerated the speed of the videos to shorten them):
Highlites / tips: the complete run :
https://youtu.be/7rUV7Sj-ookDestruction Key Hunting:
https://youtu.be/dZZX8zYsosUUber Tristam fight only:
https://youtu.be/OeHUcwHp28g