Hammerdin Gear

At lvl 79 my hammerdin has 9952 damage with Hota and maxed blessed hammer and synergies. Gear as follows:

Templar coat
Shako
Hota///Wiz
HoZ
SOJ x2
Trang Belt
Silkweaves
Mara's
Magefist

One def aura GC, one offensive aura GC, no combat GC

lvl 80 will be able to wear spider, but w/o GCs he is not going to get much more damage. Maybe some crafted gloves would help.

No points in energy, enough for str to wear armor and dex for blocking - rest in vitality. This is my first hammerdin, he is able to "self-rush" through Hell but he sucked in the maggot lair. Had to get zon to clear it out.

With no points in energy does mana run down fast when you tele/mass hammer etc..? Do you need full belt of mana pots, or can you go with like 1-2 rows of mana?

He is fine with one row of mana pots. I got one row of antidotes and the others are life pots. He does not have mana problems except when he runs into mana leechers.

Ya, I'm lvl 58 and I don't have problems w/ mana. Do you think tearhaunch boots would be better than the silks, since they add to vigor?

That's a good idea to test. If I can find a pair on a mule tonight I will do that and see if my damage goes up significantly. Would lose the "plus 10% to mana" from silks but mana does not seem to be a problem. I probably don't have a pair since I cleaned the mules out...