Build Hammerdin, I explain the equipment, skills and leveling on one of the best builds of Diablo 2 Resurrected!

Why is the Hammerdin so powerful?

Before starting the guide, here is why hammerdin is so interesting to play, whether at the beginning or at the end of the season:

• it hurts extremely, it is the character who hits the hardest
• he has very few monsters immune to his damage, which are magic
• he resists well
• even if he doesn't teleport, charge and stamina make him move very fast
• it covers a large area around it, making it very effective for Diablorun or Baalrun
• it is ultra versatile, you can do what you want with it
• your mercenary will be on steroids thanks to the concentration aura 2k to 13k physical damage in endgame

Statistics

Here are the character stats:

Statistics with Endgame gear

Leveling skills

There are two schools for your Paladin. The first being to go through Zeal, as soon as you unlock it put points in it, use Sacrifice before that. Wait for at least level 27 to talk to Akara and reset your character. Level 27 is the level where your mercenary can use Insight, which will be very handy for collecting mana. The second, keep your points while waiting for Blessed Hammer, start putting points in Blessed Shot as soon as possible, then play with Concentration and Blessed Hammer. Here are the spells to take:

• Level 12: Charge
• Level 18: Stamina, consider using Purify as needed
• Level 24: Sacred Shield
• Level 30: Redemption and Salvation, keep two points to take them from level 30
• Up to level 35: 20 points in Stamina
• Up to level 50: 20 points in Blessed Hammer
• Up to level 70: 20 points in Sacred Drawing Blessed Shooting
• Up to level 90: 20 points in Concentration
• The rest in Sacred Shield
• Once leveled up, you can do a reset to remove Hi and possibly Conviction if you took it.

Some precisions :

• putting points in Stamina first avoids spending too much mana per Blessed Hammer
• Concentration deals 7.5% damage per level, while Blessed Shot 14%

skills

Here are your final skills:

The final skills of the Hammerdin

Leveling equipment

Here are the items to collect:

• Helmet: Lore, for +1 skill, then a circlet with skill
• Shield: Pact of the Ancients for resistances then Spirit on a Paladin shield
• Armor: Steal then Smoke or Lionheart then Vipermagi
• Weapon: Spirit on a sword, or possibly a good scepter
• Gloves: rare with resistance then Trang Oul or Magefist
• Boots: rare with resistances then Sandstorm or Waterwalk
• Ring: rare with 10 fast spell speed
• Amulet: rare with resistance and Paladin skills
• Belt: rare with resistance or Disciple, Immortal King
• Insight: As soon as possible for the mercenary (required level 27)

Keep in mind that you must have 48% and then 75% rapid spell speed!

MF Equipment

Here are the items to collect:

• Helmet: Helmet with 3 perfect Topaz then Shako with a perfect topaz
• Shield: Spirit on a Holy Targe with 40+ to all resistances
• Armor: Wealth or Skulder
• Weapon: Gull Dagger
• Gloves: Trang Oul
• Boots: Sandstorm or Waterwalk or War Traveler
• Ring: two rings 10 spell speed
• Amulet: Paladin skills
• Belt: Goldwrap

Keep in mind that you will need to have 75% rapid spell speed! Which is the case with this equipment, and you will have a little over 300% MF!

Final Equipment

Intermediate equipment allowing you to easily retrieve objects, by farming The Pit for example:

• Helmet: Shako or Circlet Paladin
• Shield: Spirit on a Holy Targe with 40+ to all resistances
• Armor: Enigma
• Weapon: Hoto Heart of the Oak
• Gloves: Trang Oul
• Boots: Sandstorm or Waterwalk
• Ring: two Bul Khatos
• Amulet: Paladin skills and 10 FCR if you have Shako
• Belt: Arach

Keep in mind that you will need to have 125% rapid spell speed!

Mercenary, choice, equipment and leveling

Choice of mercenary:

• Act 2 Defense of normal difficulty, will have distrust for the armor then will have Power for its damage

Equipment to be recovered:

• Helmet: Tal Rasha or Crown of Thieves then Face of Andariel
• Weapon: Insight for damage and mana aura
• Armor: Treachery then Fortitude

Mercenary statistics

Gameplay

Here are some examples of instances that are very easily done with the paladin:

• a Diablorun in less than a minute
• a very simple Baalrun

PvP version

This build is very powerful in PvP, use EndGame equipment to destroy your enemies! You have PvP against a sorcerer and against another Hammerdin.

Use your Blessed Hammer well

Here are some tips for using your skill:

• the spell will always go to the right of the direction you are aiming (blue arrow)
• so you will always have to position yourself in this way to aim at an enemy (red marks)

Use the Blessed Hammer well on Diablo 2

History

• 1.0: creation

By Alchemists, January 2022