11-09-2003, 06:52 AM
I have now killed DC five times, 4 in groups, 1 solo, with my hammerdin. Hammer *r a p e s* him. Fiercely. It outdoes his regen, and his only two attacks that even hurt me are Armageddon and his melee slap which misses 20% of the time and is blocked 75%, giving him roughly a 60% chance to connect with a single slap for 80 or so out of 900 life. Granted, I have damage reduced by 25 and magic damage reduced by 30ish, partially thanks to a Gladiator's Bane (16/20 dam/mag dam) and Lore (-7 dam). My Hell resists are 75/75/83/60 without Annihilus, 75/75/85/75 with. I say "without" because I pass it back and forth between my necro and my hammerdin. Next time I get a Walks message in a solo game, I'll mule Anni off to my necro before fetching the hammerdin.
Anyhow, the key for me is lightning absorb (Thundergod's Vigour) and sticking close. His lightning hose doesn't hurt me when I'm a bit off, and obviously not at all when I'm close thanks to the bug. I haven't bothered checking if it actually heals me; I'm always in regen mode from drinking reds while fighting DC anyhow; I don't let any damage stick around. He has yet to kill me in any game. Geddon is the biggest threat. I'm trying to acquire a Dwarf Star for the sole purpose of Clone hunting. I have maxed hammer and syns, and +3 skills. Max hammer damage without Anni is 4848 and with is 5200 something. Each hammer takes a pixel or two off his life bar. Oddly he hasn't tried to bone prison me at point blank yet. I don't know how well Blessed Hammer deals with that situation. BH being the only thing in the game that without outside conviction/lower resist/amp damage assistance will deal him full damage, I solidly think that Hammerdins are the best clone hunters by far. 3 of the 4 group games I played, no one else could even damage DC (and I couldn't keep up with his regen if I switch my aura off concentration for any reason). I should mention I found all my gear except for the thundergod's itself, which I traded admittedly heavily for.
Basically I try to stay just to the bottom left of him so he gets hit my the hammers soon after they come out before he has time to run (and if he tries he may get hit twice if I have an established spiral pattern going) and stick with him. High resists, high block, good absorb and high damage...
The hammerdin IS the total package for clone hunting, so sayeth The Hermit.
"The snake behind me hisses what my damage could have been." Tool - H.
Anyhow, the key for me is lightning absorb (Thundergod's Vigour) and sticking close. His lightning hose doesn't hurt me when I'm a bit off, and obviously not at all when I'm close thanks to the bug. I haven't bothered checking if it actually heals me; I'm always in regen mode from drinking reds while fighting DC anyhow; I don't let any damage stick around. He has yet to kill me in any game. Geddon is the biggest threat. I'm trying to acquire a Dwarf Star for the sole purpose of Clone hunting. I have maxed hammer and syns, and +3 skills. Max hammer damage without Anni is 4848 and with is 5200 something. Each hammer takes a pixel or two off his life bar. Oddly he hasn't tried to bone prison me at point blank yet. I don't know how well Blessed Hammer deals with that situation. BH being the only thing in the game that without outside conviction/lower resist/amp damage assistance will deal him full damage, I solidly think that Hammerdins are the best clone hunters by far. 3 of the 4 group games I played, no one else could even damage DC (and I couldn't keep up with his regen if I switch my aura off concentration for any reason). I should mention I found all my gear except for the thundergod's itself, which I traded admittedly heavily for.
Basically I try to stay just to the bottom left of him so he gets hit my the hammers soon after they come out before he has time to run (and if he tries he may get hit twice if I have an established spiral pattern going) and stick with him. High resists, high block, good absorb and high damage...
The hammerdin IS the total package for clone hunting, so sayeth The Hermit.
"The snake behind me hisses what my damage could have been." Tool - H.