Hammerdin

Hello guys.
i'm new in this game.
i play this d2r a month ago, and i alr in lv 84 using paladin, i alr finish the game, but i still looking for the item for play another classes.
i build hammerdin, i know this build from my friend when he play d2 LOD 15years ago. he said hammerdin is the best classes and easy to clear all boss and minion.

and now, i kind of hard to looking an item in Baal run, it's very hard when i face the 2nd wave in hell Baal.
my hammer cannot damage the minion, i suppose to say it's immune something (i can't see the symbol bcs i play with ps5 and i didn't know that symbol element).
in the first run, i clear this with my merc, i hv to change his equip. any tips for me to how clear this 2nd wave more quickly ?

thanks

2nd wave is magic immune. so for the merc to clear a bit more quickly, i do it in 2 steps :
1) with Redemption, i "clear" the dead bodies so they cannot resurrect skeletons, the merc can focus on killing the summoners
2) once no more bodies to be resurrected, i switch to Concentrate to increase the damage the merc does.

Redemption is nice to clear dead bodies and avoid monsters to resurrect

Any reason to do Baal run instead of diablo run ? (what item are you looking for ?)

solo Baal run hammer 2nd wave always annoying

I came back after more than a year off. Due to the newer patch notes I Respec'd my Hammerdin to Fohdin (Fist of Heavens) mind you I already had The Hand of Blessed Light. Absolutely kills Mephisto, Diablo and Baal levels. I had the same problem with Hammerdin as you have. Respec you won't regret it.

Also with a slight gear swap I was even able to smash Diablo Clone when he appeared recently with only 1 point in Smite.

My 'old' main was FoH smiter, no Holy Shock and no Conviction so pretty much maxed both FoH/fana/ Holy Bolt/ Smite and very high Holy Shield, can do dclone and ubers easy (with a little gear swap) and do diablo trav and baalruns.

just know if you respec to FoH.. dont try cows, they are not demons or undeads.

my main is now Nova Energy Shield sorc, much faster than i was with my FoH pala, and he was/is fast.

Have no experience with this type of charm but actually a Black Cleft could be useful for a Hammerdin to clear the second wave:
uniques/black-cleft-t1135125.html

As far as I know it isn't often used because of less magic immunes in the game.

I keep a Corpsemourn on my Blizz sorc jut for the 2nd wave

MrPanda wrote: 3 years ago

2nd wave is magic immune. so for the merc to clear a bit more quickly, i do it in 2 steps :
1) with Redemption, i "clear" the dead bodies so they cannot resurrect skeletons, the merc can focus on killing the summoners
2) once no more bodies to be resurrected, i switch to Concentrate to increase the damage the merc does.

Redemption is nice to clear dead bodies and avoid monsters to resurrect

yes, i use this trick, but sometime my merc still die during the fight withthe minion.

Illusions wrote: 3 years ago

Any reason to do Baal run instead of diablo run ? (what item are you looking for ?)

solo Baal run hammer 2nd wave always annoying

bcs, Baal run drop better than diablo run ? IMO
i think last boss chance drop will better, is it ?

Grittbone wrote: 3 years ago

I came back after more than a year off. Due to the newer patch notes I Respec'd my Hammerdin to Fohdin (Fist of Heavens) mind you I already had The Hand of Blessed Light. Absolutely kills Mephisto, Diablo and Baal levels. I had the same problem with Hammerdin as you have. Respec you won't regret it.

Also with a slight gear swap I was even able to smash Diablo Clone when he appeared recently with only 1 point in Smite.

this is the problem dude.
i alr hv a plan to chance fohdin when i alr got patriach using reward den evil quest, but when i finish act 1 hell, i come to Akara and choose the wrong option to reset my stats.
now i just need essence from Baal to get the token for reset stats.

stasezz wrote: 3 years ago

bcs,
Baal run drop better than diablo run ? IMO
i think last boss chance drop will better, is it ?

yes Baal can drop anything, but i dont think it is a better farm than a diablo run

you can find griffon deaths web and such in a diablo run, just not from diablo but the monsters in Chaos Sanctuary can drop it.

I like diablo runs, faster than Baal and i got lots of nice loot/runes doing diablo runs.