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iis hammerdin only option 4 endgame nigma pally?

I have smiter nigma.

i have tesla din but i don't have nigma on him i just walk around and hit stuff till they die with a sword. it is quite fun.

Holy Shock (but not

Holy Fire) and FoH are also viable.

Not at all.
Paladin was hella fun to play, from early game to end game. Enigma? who needs Enigma when you can

Charge and

Vigor around the darn place. At times it felt

Teleport being slower, only bonus is that it can skip walls and rivers etc.
But to that end, you can have a swap for

Teleport charged weapon. I used

Teleport charged amulet until I got Enigma.

I can tell you right now; Enigma is not 100% required but it does make your life a lot nicer. Its QoL upgrade, but not needed to play the class.

Paladin can be played in so many ways, especially while youre making your way towards the endgame.

P.S
I played FOH pala at first and farmed CS a lot as its anyway my most favourite thing to do in the game for some weird reason. Its just where Ive had best luck so its what is grinded most.
Then swapped to hammerdin after the Enigma was obtained, but in a way for CS farming it felt like FOH was much more fun. Boss did die a lot faster with hammer.