Question about PvP Hammerdin

[erians]

Question about PvP Hammerdin

Recently made & lvl'ed up a hammerdin following Koreanguy's guide build-wise with a bit cheaper gear (18+ life scs instead of 20/5s, Shako 'Ber' instead of BerBer CoA, pcs instead of pc lifers). Im ** atm, getting to 90 in a couple of days, leaving me with a total of 101 skill points in total. I currently have 20 BH, 20 Vigor, 20 BA, 20 Conc, 1 HS, 10 Light ress and 1 un spent pt. I have Shako 'Lo' in stash for 95 ress with TG, so more points into Light ress would be pointless. Where do the last points go into? He's going to be pure pvp, so choices like meditation or redemption is out of the question. Considering puting 2 pts into Cold or Fire ress, but only 1 max ress won't make any large difference and that still leaves me with 1 pt (spending 3 pts into ress skills still only gives +1max ress).

 

[TTTimo]

I have my skills like this on my hammer:

20 Hammer
20 Vigor
20 Conc
20 BA
10 Res Fire
1 HS
1 Fanatasism
1 Redemption
1 Meditation
1 Res Light
1 Res Cold

Put a point in Fana for smiting, a point in cold res for the stack it gives (~130) and maybe some in HS to hit the next blocking increase. Make sure you have at least 35% (lvl19 or 20 don't remember) Put a point in Meditation for when your pots run out. Redemption makes CS runs a lot easier

 

[erians]

I have my skills like this on my hammer:

20 Hammer
20 Vigor
20 Conc
20 BA
10 Res Fire
1 HS
1 Fanatasism
1 Redemption
1 Meditation
1 Res Light
1 Res Cold

Put a point in Fana for smiting, a point in cold res for the stack it gives (~130) and maybe some in HS to hit the next blocking increase. Make sure you have at least 35% (lvl19 or 20 don't remember) Put a point in Meditation for when your pots run out. Redemption makes CS runs a lot easier

Only 1 pt into Res Light/Cold doesnt give any +max ress (im not sure if thats what u meant but anyway), currently have 18 HS and 75% block (alrady have 2 much dex scince i recently upgraded my torch) so further points into HS won't get me any better block or save any dex unless i wanna remake the char, which i wont. So far my pots havnt run out ever, i rarerly even use mana pots for pvp, I'd rather kiss akara between duells. Yeah i thought about a fana for smiting but the smite damage is gonna be pretty ****ty and I really hate going to stash to switch CTA on and off, so I prefer staying away from griefs. Redemption is a life saver in CS, but like i said im not gonna PvM so unless Im gonna pvp in the middle of a minion group in CS redemption isnt rly needed.

Thinking about putting pts into Holy Freeze for flash freezing, and 1 into Fana for smite, but Im still not sure, so any other suggestions are helpful

 

[mainaman]

Only 1 pt into Res Light/Cold doesnt give any +max ress (im not sure if thats what u meant but anyway), currently have 18 HS and 75% block (alrady have 2 much dex scince i recently upgraded my torch) so further points into HS won't get me any better block or save any dex unless i wanna remake the char, which i wont. So far my pots havnt run out ever, i rarerly even use mana pots for pvp, I'd rather kiss akara between duells. Yeah i thought about a fana for smiting but the smite damage is gonna be pretty ****ty and I really hate going to stash to switch CTA on and off, so I prefer staying away from griefs. Redemption is a life saver in CS, but like i said im not gonna PvM so unless Im gonna pvp in the middle of a minion group in CS redemption isnt rly needed.

Thinking about putting pts into Holy Freeze for flash freezing, and 1 into Fana for smite, but Im still not sure, so any other suggestions are helpful

1 pt in fanaticism is a must imo, smiting and charging are not uncommon for hammerdins.

 

[TTTimo]

Only 1 pt into Res Light/Cold doesnt give any +max ress (im not sure if thats what u meant but anyway)

Conviction gives -150 res, if you use one point res lightning, you'll get +130 res, along with 20 more res, you can fully negate conviction. Same thing with a cold sorc which can easily have -200 res.

currently have 18 HS and 75% block (alrady have 2 much dex scince i recently upgraded my torch) so further points into HS won't get me any better block or save any dex unless i wanna remake the char, which i wont.

Then no HS ^^

So far my pots havnt run out ever, i rarerly even use mana pots for pvp, I'd rather kiss akara between duells.

I don't use much pots, but when your mana DOES run out in mid-duel, it's damn nice to have a point in medi. And since you have the skills anyway, why not

Yeah i thought about a fana for smiting but the smite damage is gonna be pretty ****ty and I really hate going to stash to switch CTA on and off, so I prefer staying away from griefs.

Grief makes certain duels a lot easier, and you won't have to put cta away, you can just put your wizspike/hoto away. A good example is bowzons. They are really a pain to kill with hammers alone. If you use charge, they'll be dead in no time. Just namelock and hold charge down. Fana gives less damage then conc, but you get some extra ar, and with grief you're damage will be good enough anyway. You can reach max smite ias with only 1pt fana, same thing here, use it vs specific chars

Redemption is a life saver in CS, but like i said im not gonna PvM so unless Im gonna pvp in the middle of a minion group in CS redemption isnt rly needed.

Thinking about putting pts into Holy Freeze for flash freezing, and 1 into Fana for smite, but Im still not sure, so any other suggestions are helpful

My hammer is lvl 91 atm, and I need at least one more level to put that last point into res fire. I always make CS in baalrun games, then get to throne around wave 3 or even before wave 1 if they tele slow. If you make CS solo in an 8player game, you'll get some good xp, and don't have to make as many baalruns. Same here as with medi, you have left over skill points anyway.

I also thought about putting a point in HF, but I'll decide when I get to higher levels. You can also use doom (still haven't tested it), the radius will be smaller then when you put a point in it, but it will be active all the time, so you can charge aroud / tele / hammer while always having HF. Downside is you need some stash gear to reach 125 FCR (which I have anyway to get 125FCR with grief).