Blessed Hammer Paladin Build BiS Gear and Runes for Diablo 2 Resurrected

This build is perfect for end-game content such as Baal runs or Cows, particularly with a high player count.

• Weapon: Heart of the Oak
• Weapon Swap: Call to Arms + Spirit
• Shield: Herald of Zakarum (for 75% faster cast rate) or Spirit (for 125% faster cast rate)
• Body Armor: Enigma
• Helm: Harlequin Crest
• Gloves: Trang-Oul's Claws or Magefist
• Boots: Ethereal Sandstorm Trek
• Belt: Arachnid Mesh
• Ring 1: The Stone of Jordan, Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band, or Raven Frost
• Ring 2: The Stone of Jordan, Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band, or Rare Ring with +10% faster cast rate
• Amulet: Mara's Kaleidoscope
• Charm 1: Hellfire Torch
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: 9x Combat Skillers Grand Charms with life or enough faster hit recovery to reach 86%
• Charm 4: 10x Small Charms with life, resistances, Mana, or faster hit recovery, depending on needs

This build is best suited for quickly solo farming bosses.

• Weapon: Heart of the Oak
• Weapon Swap: Call to Arms + Spirit
• Shield: Herald of Zakarum (for 75 faster cast rate) or Spirit (for 125 faster cast rate)
• Body Armor: Enigma
• Helm: Harlequin Crest
• Gloves: Chance Guards, Trang-Oul's Claws, or Magefist
• Boots: War Traveler
• Belt: Arachnid Mesh
• Ring 1: Nagelring
• Ring 2: Nagelring
• Amulet: Mara's Kaleidoscope
• Charm 1: Hellfire Torch
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: Gheed's Fortune
• Charm 4: The remainder of your inventory should be filled with Small Charms with as much % better chance of getting magic items as possible (up to 7% per Charm)

This is a cheap gear set to get you started.

• Weapon: Wizardspike, Suicide Branch, or Spirit
• Shield: Herald of Zakarum, Spirit, Ancient's Pledge, Rhyme, or Lidless Wall
• Body Armor: Skin of the Vipermagi, Que-Hegan's Wisdom, or Stealth
• Helm: Lore, Rockstopper, or Tarnhelm
• Gloves: Chance Guards, Magefist, or Frostburn
• Boots: Waterwalk, Infernostride, or Hsarus' Iron Heel
• Belt: String of Ears, Goldwrap, or Nightsmoke
• Ring 1: Nagelring or Rare Ring with +10% faster cast rate, life, resistances, and useful attributes
• Ring 2: Nagelring or Rare Ring with +10% faster cast rate, life, resistances, and useful attributes
• Amulet: The Eye of Etlich or Rare Amulet with +10% faster cast rate and +x to Paladin skills
• Charm 1: Any Hellfire Torch
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: Magic Combat Skillers Grand Charms
• Charm 4: The remainder of your inventory should be filled with as many Charms providing life, resistances, faster hit recovery, Mana, or useful attributes

As a cast-oriented build, the Hammerdin relies chiefly on two offensive stats: faster cast rate and skill level bonuses (which include +x to all skills, +x to Paladin skills, +x to combat skills, and +x to Blessed Hammer). Most Hammerdins are geared towards maximising the skill level of Blessed Hammer and reaching the 125% faster cast rate breakpoint (approximately 2,77 casts per second).

Defensively, the Hammerdin is no different than many other caster builds. Resistances, faster hit recovery, life, and primary attributes are all important to focus on.

The Enigma body armor Rune Word is notable for the unique +1 to Teleport modifier, which negates the otherwise mediocre mobility of the Paladin class. Other items, such as Naj's Puzzler, Spellsteel, and magic or rare items with the "of Teleportation" suffix are also useful as temporary substitutes with their Teleport charges.

You can either hire a Defensive (Holy Freeze) or Offensive (Might) Desert Guard Mercenary in Act 2, Nightmare difficulty, depending on whether you want to slow monsters for added safety or improve the overall damage of your Mercenary.

• Weapon: Ethereal Insight
• Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
• Weapon: Ethereal Andariel's Visage socketed with Ral

• Weapon: Obedience
• Body Armor: Treachery
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