First torch run what gear for my Hammerdin LVL94 or should I just respec to a Smiter?

I play Offline on a Switch, and have a lot of gear. My Holy Grail
Unique armor 87 %
Unique weapons 85 %
Unique other 64 %
Sets 90 %
Runes 79 %

So I should be able to most things I need with the gear I have, and willing to make some rune words as well, I plan to make them all for my grail anyway.

The runes I lack are:

Vex,

Ohm,

Lo,

Ber,

Jah,

Cham,

Zod
The runes I have, I have already 2 at least of everything

I already have a HotH, Enigma and CTA (Lots of Spirit too)

Gear I have been looking at and already have

Dracul's Grasp
Gore Riders
Charms big resists

Stormshield
Hearty Cord

String of Ears
Anidote potions for

Lilith
Cure

Helm

My merc is an ACT2

Prayer, whom is equipped with Insight, Duress, Bulwark, willing to change him

And I have plenty of Tokens to respec, so I could just respec to a Smiter

So what say you:

Hammerdin:
What other gear would you recommend to above? Willing to make some runewords and grind LK runs if that is the way to go

If you say Smiter, I can look up guides or how to build one and its gear, but feel free to give a link to a guide as well you would recommend

I don't think any build in the game is as effective at killing Ubers as a

Smite Paladin, but it's possible for you to do both if you're bent on giving it a try. With some gear adjustments and a few skill points in

Smite and

Fanaticism it's possible, but it won't be quiet as efficient. Here's a link to a thread detailing some experiences I had and some advise from some very experienced members. Make certain that your lightning resistances are high, mine are at about 300%.

forums/i-think-i-m-ready-for-my-first-u ... 11646.html

You can turn a Hammerdin into a Hybrid Smiter. All you need is a single point into both

Smite and

Fanaticism. This build works great for solo

Baal runs since you can

Smite the 2-wave guys (they are immune to hammers)

Make Treachery and pre-buff with it. You don't have a

Lo so make Black for some massive Crushing Blow. Do you have

Herald Of Zakarum? That would be great for your primary

Smite shield. If you have it, up it to Elite. Def doesn't matter, you want the higher shield

Smite damage.
Use

Highlord's Wrath and T-gods (for uber meph) if you have it.

Your merc WILL die in

Uber Tristram so you need to manage alone.

Lure Meph away from the north. From Uber portal run around the building immediately to your left via a north west direction. Slowly make your way south until meph starts to follow and them run back north. Kill him and his adds. Go back south until you can peel

Baal or diablo away. Repeat.

Lastly DONT make a lobby game. Make a password protected game so if you die you can leave and come back for your body without wasting your keys.

GL

mhlg wrote: 5 hours ago

I don't think any build in the game is as effective at killing Ubers as a

Smite Paladin, but it's possible for you to do both if you're bent on giving it a try. With some gear adjustments and a few skill points in

Smite and

Fanaticism it's possible, but it won't be quiet as efficient. Here's a link to a thread detailing some experiences I had and some advise from some very experienced members. Make certain that your lightning resistances are high, mine are at about 300%.

forums/i-think-i-m-ready-for-my-first-u ... 11646.html

Perfect, thank you!

Knappogue wrote: 5 hours ago

You can turn a Hammerdin into a Hybrid Smiter. All you need is a single point into both

Smite and

Fanaticism. This build works great for solo

Baal runs since you can

Smite the 2-wave guys (they are immune to hammers)

Make Treachery and pre-buff with it. You don't have a

Lo so make Black for some massive Crushing Blow. Do you have

Herald Of Zakarum? That would be great for your primary

Smite shield. If you have it, up it to Elite. Def doesn't matter, you want the higher shield

Smite damage.
Use

Highlord's Wrath and T-gods (for uber meph) if you have it.

Your merc WILL die in

Uber Tristram so you need to manage alone.

Lure Meph away from the north. From Uber portal run around the building immediately to your left via a north west direction. Slowly make your way south until meph starts to follow and them run back north. Kill him and his adds. Go back south until you can peel

Baal or diablo away. Repeat.

Lastly DONT make a lobby game. Make a password protected game so if you die you can leave and come back for your body without wasting your keys.

GL

I could grind for a

Lo, I need it anyway for a Grief, I assume that is where you would put that in a PB, but if not please do tell. I will look into Black, I was poking at what had Crushing Blow, and maybe missed that one.

I do have a

Herald Of Zakarum and that looked pretty good for a smiter, I just liked the damage reduction from the other, but Hearld might be the way to go.

I do have Highlords, and Thundergod's

Good advice on how to defeat them, I hadn't even really explored that as much as I should

No worries about password protection, single player here offline on my switch.

biswbdiablo2io wrote: 4 hours ago

I could grind for a

Lo, I need it anyway for a Grief, I assume that is where you would put that in a PB, but if not please do tell. I will look into Black, I was poking at what had Crushing Blow, and maybe missed that one.

I do have a

Herald Of Zakarum and that looked pretty good for a smiter, I just liked the damage reduction from the other, but Hearld might be the way to go.

Black, with its 40% CB, is the cheap and easy option for crushing blow. Treachery (as a prebuff - wear it in

Frigid Highlands until

Fade triggers and then swap back to your normal armor) is cheap and easy for res AND damage reduction - allowing for the Hoz (with a pdiamond or

Um).
T-gods for meph. If you can kill him without triggering

Baal or diablo to move from their spawn points you can go back and swap it out for dungos.

Yea

Lo for Grief in a PB. It isn't necessary though. You can do Ubers without it.

biswbdiablo2io wrote: 4 hours ago

Knappogue wrote: 5 hours ago

You can turn a Hammerdin into a Hybrid Smiter. All you need is a single point into both

Smite and

Fanaticism. This build works great for solo

Baal runs since you can

Smite the 2-wave guys (they are immune to hammers)

Make Treachery and pre-buff with it. You don't have a

Lo so make Black for some massive Crushing Blow. Do you have

Herald Of Zakarum? That would be great for your primary

Smite shield. If you have it, up it to Elite. Def doesn't matter, you want the higher shield

Smite damage.
Use

Highlord's Wrath and T-gods (for uber meph) if you have it.

Your merc WILL die in

Uber Tristram so you need to manage alone.

Lure Meph away from the north. From Uber portal run around the building immediately to your left via a north west direction. Slowly make your way south until meph starts to follow and them run back north. Kill him and his adds. Go back south until you can peel

Baal or diablo away. Repeat.

Lastly DONT make a lobby game. Make a password protected game so if you die you can leave and come back for your body without wasting your keys.

GL

I could grind for a

Lo, I need it anyway for a Grief, I assume that is where you would put that in a PB, but if not please do tell. I will look into Black, I was poking at what had Crushing Blow, and maybe missed that one.

I do have a

Herald Of Zakarum and that looked pretty good for a smiter, I just liked the damage reduction from the other, but Hearld might be the way to go.

I do have Highlords, and Thundergod's

Good advice on how to defeat them, I hadn't even really explored that as much as I should

No worries about password protection, single player here offline on my switch.

Until you have everything you need to roll a Grief a Black is quite sufficient to get you started. The

Herald Of Zakarum is an excellent shield for smiting. It can be socketed with a

Perfect Diamond to increase its resists to 69%, and upgraded to increase its damage which makes it near the top of high shield damage for a

Smite Paladin. If you have on hand or find a

Guillaume's Face it's another great way to increase crushing blow which is your primary Uber killer, and crushing blow stacks.

mhlg wrote: 3 hours ago

biswbdiablo2io wrote: 4 hours ago

Knappogue wrote: 5 hours ago

You can turn a Hammerdin into a Hybrid Smiter. All you need is a single point into both

Smite and

Fanaticism. This build works great for solo

Baal runs since you can

Smite the 2-wave guys (they are immune to hammers)

Make Treachery and pre-buff with it. You don't have a

Lo so make Black for some massive Crushing Blow. Do you have

Herald Of Zakarum? That would be great for your primary

Smite shield. If you have it, up it to Elite. Def doesn't matter, you want the higher shield

Smite damage.
Use

Highlord's Wrath and T-gods (for uber meph) if you have it.

Your merc WILL die in

Uber Tristram so you need to manage alone.

Lure Meph away from the north. From Uber portal run around the building immediately to your left via a north west direction. Slowly make your way south until meph starts to follow and them run back north. Kill him and his adds. Go back south until you can peel

Baal or diablo away. Repeat.

Lastly DONT make a lobby game. Make a password protected game so if you die you can leave and come back for your body without wasting your keys.

GL

I could grind for a

Lo, I need it anyway for a Grief, I assume that is where you would put that in a PB, but if not please do tell. I will look into Black, I was poking at what had Crushing Blow, and maybe missed that one.

I do have a

Herald Of Zakarum and that looked pretty good for a smiter, I just liked the damage reduction from the other, but Hearld might be the way to go.

I do have Highlords, and Thundergod's

Good advice on how to defeat them, I hadn't even really explored that as much as I should

No worries about password protection, single player here offline on my switch.

Until you have everything you need to roll a Grief a Black is quite sufficient to get you started. The

Herald Of Zakarum is an excellent shield for smiting. It can be socketed with a

Perfect Diamond to increase its resists to 69%, and upgraded to increase its damage which makes it near the top of high shield damage for a

Smite Paladin. If you have on hand or find a

Guillaume's Face it's another great way to increase crushing blow which is your primary Uber killer, and crushing blow stacks.

Ah, nice good call out on

Guillaume's Face, I have that as well

At this point I am leaning toward a full respec to a smiter and then do a lot of

Key and torch running. Maybe he stays that way, maybe I respec him back to a hammerdin

Thanks everyone for the help and great call on that thread, its excellent advice.

biswbdiablo2io wrote: 2 hours ago

mhlg wrote: 3 hours ago

biswbdiablo2io wrote: 4 hours ago

I could grind for a

Lo, I need it anyway for a Grief, I assume that is where you would put that in a PB, but if not please do tell. I will look into Black, I was poking at what had Crushing Blow, and maybe missed that one.

I do have a

Herald Of Zakarum and that looked pretty good for a smiter, I just liked the damage reduction from the other, but Hearld might be the way to go.

I do have Highlords, and Thundergod's

Good advice on how to defeat them, I hadn't even really explored that as much as I should

No worries about password protection, single player here offline on my switch.

Until you have everything you need to roll a Grief a Black is quite sufficient to get you started. The

Herald Of Zakarum is an excellent shield for smiting. It can be socketed with a

Perfect Diamond to increase its resists to 69%, and upgraded to increase its damage which makes it near the top of high shield damage for a

Smite Paladin. If you have on hand or find a

Guillaume's Face it's another great way to increase crushing blow which is your primary Uber killer, and crushing blow stacks.

Ah, nice good call out on

Guillaume's Face, I have that as well

At this point I am leaning toward a full respec to a smiter and then do a lot of

Key and torch running. Maybe he stays that way, maybe I respec him back to a hammerdin

Thanks everyone for the help and great call on that thread, its excellent advice.

Good luck, and for farming keys you might want to use a Sorceress to run

The Countess and Summoner, because it will much faster and less tedious.

I found this great guide on isolating

Mephisto, regardless of build used.

Definitely worth checking out.

Enigma to not waste your time running around looking for them, and draculs/Exile to make sure it procs as soon as you start hitting. it turns very easy.

MintBlancmanche wrote: 1 hour ago

Enigma to not waste your time running around looking for them, and draculs/Exile to make sure it procs as soon as you start hitting. it turns very easy.

OP is offline. Doesn't appear he has a

Ber or

Jah yet.