Hammerdin (Classic)

Standard Blessed Hammer Pala equipment without character (account), which we sell separately.
This gear guide is for Diablo 2 Classic. You can convert your character to Lord of Destruction (LoD) but there are better unique items and runewords available in the expansion.
We recommend bringing alt BO Barb with you whilst farming (using second D2) to get 125% more Life and Mana.

Hammerdin is the strongest Classic build and can easily solo farm Chaos Sanctuary and Diablo on Hell (with Platinum+ gear).
You may request different items, as long as they are priced similarly.

Equipment stats depend on chosen quality, Bronze items are listed below:
Equippable at 15-67 level.
50% FCR
0-10% FHR

ARMOR: Goldskin
WEAPON: Spectral Shard
SHIELD: Steelclash
AMULET: Iratha
RING 1: Soj
RING 2: Soj
HELM: Iratha
BELT: Iratha
GLOVES: Iratha
BOOTS: Rare 20-30% FRW with Res


Premium gear is using high stats rare items to get better overall performance and breakpoints (stats for Platinum are listed below):
Equippable at 23-67 level.
50% FCR
27-48% FHR

ARMOR: Rare 0-24% FHR / Life / Double Res (perf Ruby)
WEAPON: Scepter +2 Pala / 3 Hammer / 2-3 Concentration
SHIELD: Rare +2 Pala / 17% FHR or 30/20 / All Res (perf Diamond)
AMULET: Rare +2 Pala / 10% FCR / All Res / Adds
RING 1: Rare 10% FCR / Double Res / Adds
RING 2: Rare 10% FCR / Double Res / Adds
HELM: Rare 0-10% FHR / Double Res / Adds (perf Ruby)
BELT: Rare 17-24% FHR / Double Res / Adds
GLOVES: Magefist 30%
BOOTS: Rare 30% FRW / 0-10% FHR / Triple Res

PALADIN BREAKPOINTS:
FCR 9 18 30 48 75 125
FHR 7 15 27 48 86 200

20 Blessed Hammer
20 Concentration (main aura)
20 Vigor
20 Blessed Aim
20 Holy Shield*
1+ Defiance
1 Charge
1 Redemption (optional)
*Instead of Holy Shield, you can also train Resist Fire for the passive 0.5% bonus to maximum Fire Resistance (per level).

Strength: enough to equip gear
Dexterity: enough to equip gear
Vitality: everything else
Energy: nothing

Since 2010 after completing Den of Evil quest in Act 1, Akara will give you 1 respec (resets all skills and attributes) per difficulty so 3 in total for Normal, Nightmare and Hell.

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