Lord Black_Capricorn (Lvl 83 Paladin)

(/m *TMOOR)

Tarnhelm, Twitch, Eyeless, Umes(I got scoffed at for using this It was later switched to a Priest's/Magus Scepter with +2 concentration and +1 in Meditation and Holy Freeze), 2 Stones, Treads, Magefists, Nightsmoke, and a Monk's/Apprentice Ammulet.

There is one flaw with this setup however: Resists. I only leveled in the Canyon of the Magi and the Outer Steppes. Both of these places have little or no magic using enemies.

I'm not too keen on the PvP aspect of a Hammerdin. However, in my 8 player game exp runs, I came accross the inevitable Hostile For such an occation, I keep a Blinkbat's form in my cube. Coupled with a Level 7 Vigor(after + skills) and Treads, I can move pretty fast. Generally, Hammers are easy to avoid to the smart gamer. However, those that have gone hostile with me havn't been 'smart'. The trick is to cast Hammers here and there so many overlap each other's circle. It only takes two hits to kill even the strongest Barbarian with a 1200 damage Hammer.

My 84 Hammerdin uses Magefists, two cast rings (Also resists and mana), Wall of the Eyeless, Fastest cast +2 scepter. As for the non-cast rate equipment, he's loaded with a rare tri-resist +life belt, very nice fastest run/walk boots, a prismatic paladin amulet, and some rare leather armor (uh huh, you read that correctly).

The only reason I don't believe in Silks is that they require far too much str for my tastes and they don't offer any resists (something I need from my armor, seeing as I don't use a 3D Shield).

As for PVP, only the melee classes will usually succumb to BH. Occasionaly a Sorceress who miss-teleports will run into a Hammer, but you really can't rely on that if you want to be a successful dueler. For dealing with most PVP matches, max a second skill (hell, you'll have BH/Conc maxed between lvls 50-60) such as Charge or Smite/Holy shield. This choice is really left up to you.

As for the defense statement, both of my 80+ Paladins rarely have more than 200 defense, and they also hardly ever die.

-- Seraph

0<1<2<3<4<5=6<7<8=9 fast cast items.
(different from sorceress)

5=6 means that you can wear 3DT to resolve resist issues...