Hammerdin questions

[Taem]

1) Anyone have some Blessed Hammer techniques to share?

2) What's the point of pumping Holy Shield if I plan on putting no points in dex?  Can I survive with no points in dex?  Can I rely on my hammers at later levels to stun all the monsters around me so I wouldn't have to worry about defense or blocking?

1.1) For a big mob, use holy freeze to slow your mob then switch to concentration and BH away.
1.2) For mana and energy, you can have leech and any weapon, or Redemption, the "one point wonder"
1.3) You don't need a ridiculously high level of BH or Concentration for BH to work just fine and enjoy your playing style
1.4) You will need a secondary skill, such as Zeal or Smite or Sacrafice, because there are plenty of empty gaps for the monster to hide in the circle of your hammers. As a matter of fact, in a large mob, about 50%-75% or less of the mob will die while the rest will be untouched. Furthermore, the monsters surrounding you in the first one foot radius will not even get hit... only the one from whence your hammers come out to make the first circle.

2.1) Without block, your going to get hit a lot, and your build won't last in cows at all. While this is just my opinion, but I feel conficent enough about this to state it as a fact!
2.2) With block and the 20% uninterruptable attack from concentration, you become that much harder to hit. Add in some good defense (maybe a defiance merc) and your ready to roll with the big boys ;)
2.3) As stated above, your hammers will not kill all the monsters surrounding you, and especially the important ones, like the ones one foot away from you causing you all the damage. Without a good block and a secondary back up skill, you'll be drinking a lot of rejuves :D

The view expressed in this post are those of it's writer in an "enlightened" state of mind after spending quite some time here at the LL and are not related to any way shape or form to a post called the "hammerdian is offically dead" also writen by him :P