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
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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
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
Can be used to make Runewords:
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
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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
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'm willing to accept other forms of currency. Like Tokens, Keys, Perfect Gems, and certain minor runes in lieu of my asking price. I'm also willing to accept rune combinations that add up to my asking price.
Perfect, thank you!mhlg wrote: 16 hours agoI 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
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.Knappogue wrote: 15 hours agoYou 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 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.
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).biswbdiablo2io wrote: 14 hours agoI 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.
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.
I'm willing to accept other forms of currency. Like Tokens, Keys, Perfect Gems, and certain minor runes in lieu of my asking price. I'm also willing to accept rune combinations that add up to my asking price.
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.biswbdiablo2io wrote: 14 hours agoI 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.Knappogue wrote: 15 hours agoYou 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 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.
Ah, nice good call out on Guillaume's Face, I have that as wellmhlg wrote: 13 hours agoUntil 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.biswbdiablo2io wrote: 14 hours agoI 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.Knappogue wrote: 15 hours agoYou 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 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.
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: 12 hours agoAh, nice good call out on Guillaume's Face, I have that as wellmhlg wrote: 13 hours agoUntil 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.biswbdiablo2io wrote: 14 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.
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.
Definitely worth checking out.
I'm willing to accept other forms of currency. Like Tokens, Keys, Perfect Gems, and certain minor runes in lieu of my asking price. I'm also willing to accept rune combinations that add up to my asking price.
Respec to full Smiter is unnecessary. 1 point into Smite and 1 point into Fanaticism with enough +skills should be enough, especially if you've got lots of points into Holy Shield to synergize your Smite dmg.biswbdiablo2io wrote: 17 hours agoI 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
Dracul's
Gface
Gore Rider
Verdungo's
^all sounds great. Cure Helm, no. Antidote potions, helpful, but not 100% mandatory if you already have max poison res.
If you have Shaftstop (socketed with Um helps too) that works great against Lilith. Otherwise CoH, Fortitude, or if you don't have those, Smoke can get the job done. For Uber Meph only make sure you have 300 uncapped Cold and Lightning resist, Fire and Poison dont need to be overcapped as he doesnt have fire dmg and his Conviction aura doesnt affect poison res. Treachery to proc Fade helps hit 300 uncapped res.
For weapons, Astreon's Iron Ward beats Grief PB in Smite damage by a very small margin (only when wielded by paladin and when rolled with +4 combat skills) and has 33% CB.
Heaven's Light also works great (preferably w/ 2x Shael runes). If not available Black Flail can get the job done.
HoZ is preferable for shield but not 100% mandatory, Spirit can work if in an elite base with decent Smite dmg. Or any pally shield with high res auto mod socketed with Pdiamonds if youre really on a budget.
CBF somewhere on your gear, Ravenfrost usually the easiest way.
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+1 for the hybrid smiter. It only costs 2 skills
You won't stand a chance with a hammerdin.
Full respec is not needed if you only want to run Ubers a couple of times.
Also, watch those videos. Otherwise you risk of luring the Ubers to the red portal and block yourself out, leading to a loss of all your keys.
And as mentioned before, make a protected online game. You can also ask an uber veteran to be available as backup just in case.
GL and HF! First time running and bearing the ubers is a great experience.
You won't stand a chance with a hammerdin.
Full respec is not needed if you only want to run Ubers a couple of times.
Also, watch those videos. Otherwise you risk of luring the Ubers to the red portal and block yourself out, leading to a loss of all your keys.
And as mentioned before, make a protected online game. You can also ask an uber veteran to be available as backup just in case.
GL and HF! First time running and bearing the ubers is a great experience.
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Don't forget the Salvation Aura!
It is in many guides not mentioned, because if you have very good gear you don't need it.
But one single point in it already is +60% all resistance.
And since you have + gear it will probably be at something like 80% or even higher.
That helps a lot against Mephis aura - some suggest using the Conviction Aura yourself, to "overwrite" the one of Mephi. But you need lvl 21 for that, so a lot of skill points.
And maybe the +Resi with Salvation are already enough to get your lightning resistance to 300 or 320 (depending on your max lightning Resistance)
As armor: Sure, Enigma is great - and if you know the layout the Teleport is invaluable.
But a more safe option is Guardian Angel
It increases your max resistance to 90. And if you have Thundergod's Vigor as Belt, your max lightning resistance is 95% (Probably not needed, but better safe than sorry)
So if you get to 320 All Resistance with Salvation, Mephi can't do anything against you.
Your damage becomes "irrelevant", if you need a minute longer or not to defeat him? Who cares.
Then you can switch to Fanatism against Baal and Diablo.
Keep in mind, that my suggestions are not the meta, in the sense that other ways are faster.
It is a safe option, that will result on you (probably) never dying and not even needing much potions.
And if you do not plan to run Uber Tristram 10 times a day, it doesn't matter if the whole process (including farming the brain and the other stuff) takes a few more minutes or not.
It is in many guides not mentioned, because if you have very good gear you don't need it.
But one single point in it already is +60% all resistance.
And since you have + gear it will probably be at something like 80% or even higher.
That helps a lot against Mephis aura - some suggest using the Conviction Aura yourself, to "overwrite" the one of Mephi. But you need lvl 21 for that, so a lot of skill points.
And maybe the +Resi with Salvation are already enough to get your lightning resistance to 300 or 320 (depending on your max lightning Resistance)
As armor: Sure, Enigma is great - and if you know the layout the Teleport is invaluable.
But a more safe option is Guardian Angel
It increases your max resistance to 90. And if you have Thundergod's Vigor as Belt, your max lightning resistance is 95% (Probably not needed, but better safe than sorry)
So if you get to 320 All Resistance with Salvation, Mephi can't do anything against you.
Your damage becomes "irrelevant", if you need a minute longer or not to defeat him? Who cares.
Then you can switch to Fanatism against Baal and Diablo.
Keep in mind, that my suggestions are not the meta, in the sense that other ways are faster.
It is a safe option, that will result on you (probably) never dying and not even needing much potions.
And if you do not plan to run Uber Tristram 10 times a day, it doesn't matter if the whole process (including farming the brain and the other stuff) takes a few more minutes or not.
I have a high level Sorceress and thought about using her for those runs, though I haven't struggled much with my hammerdin against them. With Enigma I just fly right to them throw some hammers and grab the loot and run again.mhlg wrote: 12 hours agobiswbdiablo2io wrote: 12 hours agoAh, nice good call out on Guillaume's Face, I have that as wellmhlg wrote: 13 hours ago
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.
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.
Oh, I love my Enigma and while you could do all of this without it, running LK until I could make Enigma was worth the grind once I was done
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