The Hammerdin Build Guide - Diablo 2 Resurrected

[@shawmeck9323]

“I don’t play online where you can buy anything you want” shots fired, shots fired! 😂

[@xXDEFIENCE2066Xx]

Lol i use to feel that way when i was a kid. But when you get older hours to grind vs life and work. You have to buy for the builds lol work wife kids. It takes seconds to buy an item and if you make good money in a career, spending time grinding items in a game is counter productive.

[@GizmosGameLounge]

😂😂😂😂

[@BowForGlory]

@@xXDEFIENCE2066Xx yeah but for a lot of us the grind is what's fun

[@bigyoshi1]

@@BowForGlory obviously 10 years old

[@BowForGlory]

@@bigyoshi1 you or me? Big yoshi

[@Phyx1u5]

after running a separate hammerdin and smiter, I tried a hybrid a smiter/hammerdin. its surprisingly fun being able to switch hammer to smite. I love being able to farm anywhere in the game including uber's

[@DudeWheresMyJo-Car]

Would you mind posting your build? I love smiting, but i catch a lot of hate for not running hammers and I think id like a hybrid

[@Azrub]

@@DudeWheresMyJo-Car 1 point smite, 1 point fana, 1 point salvation for Meph Keep in stash: grief, raven frost and if you want goblin, gloves, highlord and dwarf star as well.

[@xXDEFIENCE2066Xx]

Could you please share the build ?

[@xXDEFIENCE2066Xx]

@@DudeWheresMyJo-Car hello did you ever find a good nybrid for hammerdin smiter ?

[@iiMAGINExThis]

Libby for PvP (BH/Charge)

[@zaidalielarabeloco4070]

7:51 i prefer Aldur's advance battle boots, easier to find plus 50 to life, plus 50 to fire resist and 40% faster run and walk, besides indestructible.

[@SweetPhil]

Great choice as well

[@daveshank1921]

I use upped Tearhauches. They give +2 to Vigor for just a tad more hammer damage and have 10 to all res. They are my secret hammerdin weapon.

[@teal_2v338]

@@daveshank1921 mmh ? Soft point dont give bonus to hammers

[@daveshank1921]

@@teal_2v338 Vigor gives bonuses to Hammers. The boots have +2 to Vigor. That a lil bit more damage. What are you talking about soft points. Hammers get bonuses from 1 point or 20.

[@gingermeregingerloi6422]

@@daveshank1921 unfortunately blizzard will not fix it... only the skillpoints you get per levelup and quests work in skill synergies

[@jeffsaffron5647]

Hammerdins are unstoppable... Maggot lair enters the chat.

[@ronnieeuda]

My.fckn.god.

[@johndomino6057]

What skill is that he does before he begins to fight at 11:49?

[@sankarihauta86]

I think any barbarian warcrys from items.

[@HelloMoto393]

man that amulet is freaking awesome

[@bobnewkirk7003]

I always slot in 1 point in Fanata and 1 point in salvation for my Hammerdin; they are just 1 point away and open up doing Ubers on a hammer build.

[@Zool2107]

Why do you need salvation for ubers? Just trigger the fade on a Treachery armor in a fireplace, and you're good to go.

[@bobnewkirk7003]

@@Zool2107 the fade proc is only 60 rez and Uber Meph's conviction is -125 (lvl 20), the single point in salv can keep you from getting 1 tapped by the charge bolt spam if you are under-rez or don't have CTA. Its just an easy security point for me when I am pushing early, though its usefulness wanes as you get gear.

[@semperfinj6120]

Cannot wait for ladder. Makes me super proud how your channel is growing everytime I see a notification on my phone that you got a new video. Keep up the grind, bro. You are killing it!

[@Haha12310]

Where can i find a 4 socket flail ?? I have all the runes to make HOTO, just cant find a damn flail when I need one.

[@SweetPhil]

Uuhhh, Like everywhere IB nightmare and normal. If your mega mega desperate if you larzuk a flail from normal cows you will get 4 sockets. But honestly you should be able to find one in cows in short order. Nightmare cows with high players count one should drop quick.

[@MrBlade110]

I got one let me know.

[@VideoGamingSociety]

That is Amazing, Dr.Phil, thank you! ❤

[@daveshank1921]

I always put 10 in HolyBolt so I can range those Oblivion Knights that run away. It also kills Soul type ghost pretty quick and mostly for the wave2 Baal minions. Hate those unravellers lol

[@Flavynho10]

How quick you kill the unravellers using holy bolt?

[@daveshank1921]

@@Flavynho10 It takes a sec but they do go down.

[@top_deckz]

Bruh i have a personnal rule in d2. If a f*cking mob run away from me i don't kill it and teleport to the next pack. Ain't no way i'm losing a whole minute running after those.

[@leejordan001]

May I ask why everybody says paladin have to put points into salvation to tank mephisto conviction aura. But isn't it more effective if I put points to resist lightning? It gives me passive max lightning resist and Mephi's main attack is lightning. Since I already learned resist lightning for passive max resist, I just need tu put on it and it gives huge bonus to my lightning reistance. Is there any reason to learn salvation?

[@canton444]

Sacred Targe Shield has the best block %, which will save you 10-15 Dex. I only put 1 point into Holy shield and placed the rest of the points between Fire and Light Aura for the increased maximum resistance. Gear wise I opted for Mara's Amulet just because of the massive resistance and +2 all skills for more damage and a better CTA buff. I use a FCR ring to reach the 125 break point which has +18 Str / Fire Light res / +38 Life and a BK ring. I will swap the BK ring for a Dwarf Star for Chaos runs (15% Fire absorb + 40 life) or Wisp ring for Baal runs. For boots I use upped Waterwalks, you just can't beat the +65 Life / 15 Dex / +5 Max Fire res mods. 4.1k Life / 15k Hammer Dmg / 85 Fire res / 80 Light res

[@CoupeAudi1990]

After 20 years of diablo do we really need another hammerdin video :P

[@colinireland6169]

What'd he cast at @11:48????

[@Zombgetsu]

Hammers pretty op yea but imagine a 125 fcr bone spear that hits 11k and has decrepify. Hammers feel slow 🐌.

[@TonTonBuenafe]

what would be best alternate offense for immune to magic monsters?? i am unable to kill immune to magic mobs.. pls help..

[@mijoperkovic8074]

Noob question about auras: how do they stack since you learn 3?

[@FinnishGreekMexican]

Best Channel For D2R!👍🏽

[@serpentsaurus7969]

Great video Phil!

[@daveshank1921]

I always thought that the Hammerdin and Wolf druids were the easiest builds. Those are my Go To killers

[@kristopherleslie8343]

Wolfs aren’t easy lol

[@daveshank1921]

@@kristopherleslie8343 The End game gear is not easy. The build itself is. I use IK gloves belt boots maul till I can get better gear. I have a Lv90 Fury wolf that is wearing all NM found gear except for the IK maul which can be found in act1 Hell that can clear almost all Lv85 areas.

[@kristopherleslie8343]

@@daveshank1921 sexy. I know Dbrunski called it best melee build for 2.4

[@kristopherleslie8343]

@@daveshank1921 i may gone and give it another try

[@daveshank1921]

@@kristopherleslie8343 Have at it. The Fury wolves are fun builds I swear by 2hand axes and mauls but you could use something else. Grief with Lawbringer on off hand works on almost all situations. Max out Lycantropy and werewolf and Fury. I like to Max OakSage too. I put alot of points into Str just to wear the IK maul but after I get a Grief I respec. Enough DeX to wear gear and all extra points in Vit. It really an easy build. Hell can be tricky cuz the physical Immunes but with the IK peices the maul will do decent FireColdLightPoison damages. Brutal NM farmer. Hell cows can be tricky.

[@Clayray87]

Phil what is your thoughts here. ES Nova Sorc vs Hammerdin when running Cows, Pits, and Chaos?

[@SweetPhil]

Hammerdin for sure. I don't think it's very close IMO.

[@Clayray87]

@@SweetPhil good to know. Gonna go build my Hammerdin now. Thanks sir, enjoy your vids!

[@MadAtMax.300Blackout]

What if i have a pally mace with +4 hammers , should i still rock hoto?

[@wumbo1300]

My hammerdin does ubers. Do hammers synergies then 1 to redemption 1 to fanata 1 to holy shield 1 to salvation the rest of your points to smite

[@JamesWilson-fs8wg]

Who remembers after you kill big d the countdown would start to a new game?

[@cy.lambert1014]

Holy bolt does almost nothing to wave 2 of Baal's minions now. Lv 96 Hammerdin with BIS gear, charms etc. Am I missing something or did the patch really decimate Holy bolt's damage that much just cause it got rid of the Blessed Hammer synergy? How do you deal with Wave 2, or magic immunes in general now?

[@robertlacey1390]

Just pre-cast hammers with redemption active and redeem all of the death mages, then kite all of the unravellers out of the room.

[@robertlacey1390]

Another option is a really good merc

[@bd9045]

Sorry noob question how do you get a socket on andariels visage ?

[@darkness801]

From the socket quest in act 5

[@Nosfeast]

Any character that has +21 to added skills is going to be super OP

[@alexanderpeters5242]

You can be over powered and still be underdefended. If you have access to all of those skillers I doubt it though, so my comment is fairly pointless....

[@mikeking5070]

Holy Bolt is also good to put some points into to deal with Magic Immunities

[@Flavynho10]

How quick you kill them?

[@mikeking5070]

@@Flavynho10 players 1 - 3 is fairly quick with a few points into it - I have it max'd on my Grailer and it's not terrible at players 7/8

[@Flavynho10]

@@mikeking5070 Thanks Mike, btw it takes boost from concentration as well?

[@daveshank1921]

@@Flavynho10 Yes it does. Concentration is a very powerful aura as it increases ALL damage. Not just magic damage or physical but all damage.

[@MrSupasheva]

i followed a maxroll guide but this build is kicking my butt. still not sure how to move around with it. Holy Fire was simpler for me. I am at level 24 now but hopefully i will get the hang of Hammerdin soon.

[@cIeetz]

best d2r content creator

[@danijel57]

On legacy my last pally used a mage plate Enigma so that i didn't need any strength.. I never checked how much of a defence difference it really was at the end of the day, but i never died so w.e.

[@jordanlewis4308]

A perfect MP enigma is 1076 A perfect AP enigma is 1378 302 defense difference IME it’s worth the 300 defense to go for a high (at least 14%ed and 770+ roll) MP for the zero points into str. Me and my bro made identical hdin builds. He had a 13% 774 AP I had a 14% 772 MP The extra life afforded me more survivability despite the def difference.

[@achillesfearless1796]

@@jordanlewis4308 smart one

[@AllHailNumo]

@@jordanlewis4308 whats AP?

[@jordanlewis4308]

@@AllHailNumo archon plate

[@sandertriepels7934]

As a new hammerdin who just respecced at lvl 40 normal.. what is better for mana management? A spirit sword or a mercenary with insight? I am saving the larzuk quest for one of these two weapons. Please someone help me ✌🏻😜😎

[@martinfischer9724]

Great video my man. thanks!

[@rkenney08]

Cant wait to chaos clear speed with FoH once the new patch drops

[@ErocNelson88]

Fhr doesn’t matter with hammers right ?

[@shank1788]

How long did it take you to get all the gear you wanted? I know it’s a lot of grinding but just started Hell difficulty with my Hammerdin.

[@lovingthesauce]

This vid explains things SO much better than mr llama lol. MAXIMUM RESPECT🤙

[@robertlacey1390]

Why you dissing my boi😂. Just kidding they’re both great but Sweet Phil definitely does explain why for fear options.

[@kentoylampingasan]

I don’t have the shako yet. That said, is double spirit: helm and shield, viable for a hammerdin?

[@ThirdEyeThriving]

Do you still need one? I can give you 1 free just let me know

[@kentoylampingasan]

@@ThirdEyeThriving thanks man. I’ve got one just recently. Just give it to another Hammerbro.

[@randyswanson3300]

What weapon would you rather start with as a Hammerdin. 1. +Hammers 2. Fast Cast

[@TBlack603]

Can someone help me build a hammer pally for MF I just got this game yesterday I am not too sure what I'm doing

[@volodymyrisakov1872]

3256 defence on kraken shell? How is it possible?

[@intirawolf]

Didnt know where to post this, but watch your vids SP. I just gambled a Mara's. Is that like really rare or does it hppen enough to make it no big deal. (Although it is for me as I am in dire need of it, lol).

[@thruntroll2983]

It's pretty rare to gamble

[@intirawolf]

@@thruntroll2983 Thx. for the reply. :)

[@thruntroll2983]

You're welcome! What res did you roll on it?

[@intirawolf]

@@thruntroll2983 23 AR, out of 30 I presume ?

[@thruntroll2983]

Yep! Quite a gamble. I've spent a lot of extra gold on gambling amulets and I think I've yet to get a unique. Great pull!

[@micatius]

This weird idea that everyone keeps regurgitating that you shouldn't put any points into energy even now when you have infinite respecs, if you're playing a caster it just makes the early game way less annoying to invest points into mana at the start and later respec, I mean I put half my points into it and I still die VERY slowly as a sorc at normal difficulty.

[@remembergandhi5583]

What about 2nd wave Baal?

[@itz_x_salvation395]

Kind of want to buy this game again just to play a hdin again but it would take so long to get all the gear.

[@ndnghia2010]

Ah the FARMERDIN, without him there would be no D2 economy

[@Stompy1984]

Thanks Phil, Been playing D2R on and off since it released and have killed Baal-Hell on my Sorc/Necro with relative easy. Started leveling me a WW-barb but the motivation of playing that character kinda fell after level 40-ish. After watching this video I might try out the Hammer Paladin. It seems like a decently interesting gameplay with the Teleporting, switching aura's combined with a nice-and-strong way to deal damage that isn't depending on Attack Rating. Let's see how far I get with this one... at least I have my Spirit Sword already made from previous playthroughs...

[@martinfischer9724]

Great build Sweet Phil but what would your build be if you were running MF hammerdin?

[@jackreacher9710]

how did you get teleportation skill?

[@djsuth7727]

From the enigma runeword in his chest armour.

[@janikoivula260]

You need some points to holy bolt if running baal....

[@benhutchison2538]

Can u make fortitude on single player non ladder?

[@SweetPhil]

Ya

[@robinlemvik3246]

How do i beat 2nd wave in ballruns? With hammerdin

[@simonson7653]

Need a strong mercenery act 2 build to pass it

[@eyzman11]

at lvl 90 I do 15k hammers, I sacrifice fcr to 60. but I use mara's , chance guards, war trave and hoz. With my merc I have 370 MF.

[@PenSlaps]

Nice, linked from discord thanks.

[@creed5248]

Ever notice that Arachnids belt is almost invisible - like it's ethereal ??

[@antonistojowski3383]

Any1 knows if strength bug is still avaliable??

[@warrenwallace2]

Should get a seraph's hymn ammy +2 skills +2 offensive aura along with other stats with it a awesome ammy for paladin

[@claudevantonder]

GREAT PHIL!!

[@creed5248]

I sure wish Trangs gloves had 30 to fire resists instead of 30 to cold ...

[@kristianbata3242]

I’ve got the runes for Nigma I just can’t find a decent 3os armor on single player. On multiplayer I have a 582 def 15ed DS just don’t have the dunes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@patrickbehnke7452]

Hej Phil. Try use Qickcast 👍👍👍

[@Anomander1]

problem with hammers, they don't allways hit everything, there are gaps in the rings, i'd rather use FoH, even thought it is not as good as hammers. But with hammers, i allways feel i am missing something.

[@nautblue4284]

Having a hard time in Hell Claw Viper Temple. Those guys are immune to magic damage

[@waschkarte3989]

Probably you already solved that problem, but just run past them. The vipers in level 2 are only poison immune. No need to kill every singly monster in the game. Playing sorc would be impossible then, lol.

[@markcapestro5390]

Great video, Phil! Building my 1st Pally rt now. Wanted to see if I was doing it right. Only difference is that I put 1 pt into meditation instead of retribution (? Did I get that right?). Anyway, may put 1 point into that one as well. Never hurt if I get in a game w a Necro

[@Vanderlay77]

How do you play without being able to see your health or mana numbers?? You never know when BO runs out!

[@SweetPhil]

I usually do. Not sure why they weren't on. Just forgot I guess.

[@top_deckz]

@@SweetPhil Mines always turns off by itself idk why might be a bug? I always have to re-check the box. Maybe it does the same to you?

[@robertvose7540]

Oh yes the beloved Hammerdumb build!

[@reecemelville1377]

I noticed you didn't mention the COA dungoes variation that gives you 50% DR and 200% FHR great guide tho :)

[@ThirdEyeThriving]

Can you explain a little more in detail? What jewels to socket for COA?

[@27albrecht]

Why do you cast battle orders so many times before starting a run?

[@daveshank1921]

Just make sure it worked. I'll cast mine and the glow under toons feet doesn't appear usually means it didnt work. Just my experience

[@bkTM69]

for fun

[@wenrk3382]

For the bass'ish sound. Check it on good subwoofer 🤣

[@bkTM69]

@@wenrk3382 aayyyyye this guy gets it!

[@ruthlessrog1]

@@wenrk3382 a man of culture. I dig it 🤘

[@steve3370]

Hey man thanks for the video and A for effort but this is a very very outdated hammerdin build. Hoto, Bk and Soj gotta go, Check it out. Wizspike with up'd hoz is the only way to reach max fcr and the res stack is unbeatable plus u have higher mf. Additionally you should be useing caster rings not bk or soj better mf and fcr. TRUST ME and try this hybrid build I'm about to explain been playing since release that's 23 years lol.. It's expensive requires atleast lvl 90 Char, a lot of skill and game knowledge but you will actually be unbeatable in a series duel and have a equally fantastic mfer hdin. I used to duel for forum gold (Online Currency) all the time and it's actually THEY BEST build i've ever seen, NO CAP!!!!. Hdin/charger/foh hybrid build with 12k hmr dmg, 1-50kdmg charge switch, and 10k foh dmg. Beens years since I made it but I used Wizspike with res jewel, and up'd hoz same jewel, enigma, tri res caster rings and ammy, tri res boots, grief ZERKER not PB switch with cathans rings/ammy when i needed to charge. and kept a cube in my invy for cta and the cathans rings set for ar. rest of the invy space was for pcombs, torch and 20 lifer sc's. I changed my weapon overtime and i can't remember if I used eth zerk botd or grief zerk. either will work for charge switch but one was much better than the other and it needs to be a zerker so u dont waste stat points and the 1 hit dmg is greater than Phase Blade. Max ur hammer skills, 1 skill point into charge and use the rest for FOH Try this build and you will almost never lose. Charge for sorcs and bowazons, foh for anytype of summoner build who you couldn't jump on. But also good when going vs full hammerdins as you are a hybrid build so you either have the option to out synch other other hdin or use ur combination of synch hammers and foh maybe charge him if he has low def build and you have good positioning. It's a super rare build and ur dueling mate will never see it coming. Cheers and really try this build you will be blown away that anyone would bother playing a regular hammerdin.

[@Cornholers]

I'd rather make a hybrid Pali next patch will be op af bro 😜

[@zeroph3849]

if you throw 1 point into fan you can pretty easily do ubers with a hammerdin, swap out shako, hoz-spirit, hoto, war travs and maras and replace them with a grief, exile, highlords, gface and gores, and you have a pretty potent tele smiter for ubers without having to respec. the downside is you would have to put enough stats into str and dex to swap gear freely meaning you have less for vit- HP pool. also holy shyt bro are you new or something? skilling for basic bIOtch hammerdin is hammers and synergies the rest into holy bolt to deal with magic immune like wave 2 of baal. your needlessly wasting points on holyshield :/ i also noticed you not using cleansing to clear poison and curses, thats like not using vigor when running through town.

[@BIueharvest]

Ill just get enigma real quick

[@cjdig86]

A truly top tier lightning sorc clears chaos faster than a hammerdin in 8 player games. One with 15k chain lightning and -85% elr holding an infinity. Yes, this kind of sorc’s gear is far more expensive, but if she’s top tier.. she makes a hammerdin look bad.

[@uniquedrone]

I agree

[@Braddaddyx]

Anybody else lost singleplayer champions and can not play singleplayer anymore after the last patches 1 week ago?

[@matthewlaplante9293]

Haven't seen that but every time I log off my god damn hotkeys reset

[@Braddaddyx]

@@matthewlaplante9293 thanks for answering, yes this is an issue too, it is a pitty.

[@Dead-xk1lk]

They fix one thing break another..If you lost characters that's tough. I'd try contacting them. If your on console though your shit outta luck.

[@Braddaddyx]

@@Dead-xk1lk ty, I contacted them, they ignore me, it is like you say :-D I am on PC but still Blizzard is Blizzard.

[@never148]

@@matthewlaplante9293 I had that. There's a new option in the settings that allows you to set the default keybinding to legacy

[@claytonzak948]

you cant argue the killing power, however for me it was just a super tedious and boring build. absolutely cannot wait for the 2.4 FOHdin.

[@ausdj9753]

Hang on aren't hammerdin shit at p2 and up???

[@jordanlewis4308]

You can for sure hit +38% blocking and be able to hit +10 base points into either resist fire/resist light for the +5 max res, as well as like 4-5 points into another resist aura by level 94 for another +2 max res I usually will go resist light if I do a lot of pvp for trappers, javazons, foh/magedin, light sorc. For pvm I will do resist fire for trav farming. If you slap an eth up’d Gangel and a eth Kira’s on your merc, and you replace a ring with a dwarf.. you and your merc will eat hydras for breakfast and you can crank out trav farming super duper quick. Very easy to join a Baal game, farm LK, trav, meph (with council) by the time the Baal game is over. Obviously that’s with maphack. But given that maphack has been around since December, y’all should have it by now

[@JarlIco]

Nobody knew about this build before, how did you think of it?!?!?!

[@ebossnz6838]

Did he say this? This builds old. He definitely didn't think of it.

[@ddshterevv89]

way too weak hammerdin try reaching 125 fcr 75blckrate all res -f/c/l/p over 110+ , 200 300mf and 15-15k hammer dmg . iF YOU EVAN think its not posseble come back to me :D

[@TheWizard856]

Tbh I hate the gameplay of hammerdin. It's somehow boring and tedious at the same time.

[@turbompson4546]

Its strong, but no where near the fastest clearing build.

[@top_deckz]

This is literally the best build in the game idk what you're on about. 😂

[@Legacy-of-K]

two mistakes on your build, you don't need trang'oul gloves and the amulet With just Hoto and a perfect spirit shield (35% FCR which you have) you get the 75% breakpoint. I rather have Bloodfist as glove (double augmented trough the cube), and Mara kaleidoscope for that +2 skills to Battle Order. Nice and Compact guide tho.

[@justingodbout91]

As a veteran player back in the days , I prefer a Hoz shield 🛡 , a coa for helm with two ber runes . survivability is utterly important for a 8 player game . I always went with magefist gloves. I agree with maras amulet

[@Legacy-of-K]

@@justingodbout91 the problem with hoz is that it doesn't have any fcr. But it's a very good Shield. Personnaly I rock the COA with 2 ber but it's not build friendly.

[@dc88hector]

Is no mistake. He went for the max breakpoint of 125%.

[@Heymeit]

Spirit sucks

[@top_deckz]

125% is the max not 75....

[@amfitness5598]

I mean not getting 1pt into fanaticism is a crime. U could run a smiter as needed to clear Ubers or wave 2 Baal etc in emergency. Also as u are leveling 1pt into salvation is always nice.

[@daveshank1921]

That's what HolyBolt is for. You use HolyBolt on the wave 2 minions.

[@erayhansaygun8451]

Javazon is better.

[@uniquedrone]

I agree.

[@makarsk]

Why the fuck do I need a guide if I can afford an Enigma? The amount of these low quality guides on the Internet is disheartening

[@johnwhisler6980]

Then don't watch it

[@asdfqwer9557]

This character is dis…sting 🙄😅😅

[@sleepercell1679]

Algo

[@Chasodey]

Tha lamest and the most boring of builds is here, watch it

[@forsurejigga]

Lol @ PVM hdin bot build

[@john_dillermand]

Too complicated.

[@julius6107]

Nice guide but you are saying alot of terminology wrong... makes me doubt you ...

[@devinpatterson2185]

I tried to respect my lvl 42 paladin into a hammerdin and now diablo spanks me on normal. Lol fml.