Bleed Hammerdin Paladin Guide
The Bleed Hammerdin Paladin uses spiraling Hammer Throw to apply stacks of Bleed, a deadly Ailment that deals Physical Damage Over Time, making quick work of even the toughest enemies.
Use Holy Aura, Symbols of Hope and Shield Throw to gain powerful buffs, while moving quickly around the map with unspecialized Shield Rush. Get Adorned Rahyeh Idols with Chance To Cast Smite When You Hit With Throwing Attacks to proc Smite through Hammer Throw to further enhance the Damage.
This setup shines with Uniques. Blood of the Exile, Valdyr's Chalice, Bleeding Heart and Countenance of Majasa turn this build into an absolute powerhouse.
Overall, Bleed Hammerdin is an amazing build that performs well in endgame. It’s easy to play, has great Damage and it can get very tanky. If you are looking for a strong Paladin that fills the screen with swirling hammers, this setup is perfect for you!
This build guide assumes you have a Level 70 Character.
Reach Level 70 with our Sentinel Leveling Guide.
Check our Tier Lists to know how this build performs in the current patch.
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Skills
Hammer Throw
Hammer Throw is your main Damage skill. Iron Spiral makes your Hammers spiral, while Catapult provides additional projectiles. Grab Ballista to reduce the Mana cost. Take Weighted Hammers and Force of Impact for the Damage multipliers.
- If you prefer to have your Hammer Throw follow you, specialize Hammer Vortex.
- Any extra points in Hammer Throw can be placed into Rapid Throw.
- You can use unspecialized Rebuke in place of Shield Rush to tank dangerous Boss attacks.
Skills showcase extra Skill Points in case you find +Level of Skills that may not be included in the Planners.
Passives
- Juggernaut, Abyssal Endurance, Holy Icon and Defiance provide tons of Resistances. Use them as needed.
- Penance and Redemption provide tons of Damage.
- 3 Points into Divine Essence provides consistent uptime of this buff.
Make sure to complete the Campaign to get all your Passive Points.
Gameplay
Skill Usage/Rotation
- Spam Hammer Throw at enemies. Stand close to them to maximize damage and stay on the move to maximize clear speed.
- Maintain the buffs from Shield Throw.
- Use unspecialized Shield Rush to move across the map.
- Activate Holy Aura for its buffs and extra Damage.
Bossing
- Take advantage of all your buffs and keep them active.
- Keep a Movement Skill off Cooldown for emergency situations or telegraphed Boss attacks.
- Use unspecialized Rebuke to tank telegraphed Boss attacks. Place it on your bar instead of Shield Rush.
- Activating Holy Aura will Cleanse ailments with Purification.
Gear, Idols & Blessings
- Get T1 Throwing Damage and Reduced Mana Cost on your Rings to solve Mana.
- Build Physical Penetration with Bleed , Chance To Bleed If Wielding An Axe and Throwing Attack Speed on your gear to scale your Damage.
- Build as much Health on your gear as possible. Higher Health also raises your Endurance Threshold, which increases your Bleed Duration thanks to Penance.
- Seal The Last Bear's Fury Reforged, The Last Bear's Lament Reforged and The Last Bear's Scorn Reforged on your Gloves, Helmet and Body Armor to gain the The Last Bear's Set Bonus.
- Bleeding Heart provides amazing sustain with Leech.
- Blood of the Exile, Valdyr's Chalice and Thorn Slinger scale up your Damage considerably.
Aspirational Planner
- The Aspirational Planner has many changes compared to the Endgame setup. It uses rare Unique items that must be crafted into Legendaries with multiple Legendary Potential. Items like Cleaver Solution and Null Portent require multiple Affixes on them, since every Affix is very important for DPS.
- Use Cleaver Solution with Red Ring of Atlaria to reach the threshold of 180 total Attributes for additional Damage Reduction.
- Null Portent grants Damage Reduction based on overcapped Resistances, applied individually for each Damage type. 115% Resistance maximizes the Damage Reduction.
- Shattered Worlds grants permanent Haste and other valuable stats. With Immortal Vise, up to 30% of Hit Damage from Bosses and Rares is taken over 4 seconds instead. With the high sustain this build has, this effect is amazing for survivability. These items only drop from Uber Aberroth in Threshold of Eternity.
Learn the basics for crafting gear with our Beginner Crafting Guide.
Make sure to complete the Campaign to get all your Idol Slots.
Build Scaling
Offensive Stats
- Bleed Chance
- Bleed Duration
- % Increased Throwing Attack Speed
- % Increased Physical Damage
- Strength
- Physical Resistance Shred
- Physical Penetration
Defensive Stats
- Health
- Armor
- Endurance
- Block Chance
- Block Effectiveness
- Health Regen
- Leech
Scaling Tips
- Blood of the Exile: Provides more Physical Ailment Damage to moving enemies.
- Endurance Threshold: With the Penance Passive, you get Bleed Duration based on your Endurance Threshold. With Reforged The Last Bear's Set, you also get Endurance Threshold from Strength.
- Countenance of Majasa: A percentage of Block Effectiveness applies to Damage Over Time.
Our Damage Explained Article covers all you need to know to scale Damage.
Learn all you need to know to scale Defense with our Defense Explained Article.
Loot Filter
Loot Filters are critical in Last Epoch. Making sure you highlight all the related valuable Item Bases, Affixes, Uniques and Idols is necessary to ensure your character's progression. Click on the Generate Loot Filter button down below then use the Paste Clipboard Contents button in-game to import it!
Here is the Endgame Loot Filter for this build:
Learn how to load and make Filters with our Loot Filter Guide.
FAQ & Mechanics
Once a guide is released, many players have questions on why and how we are approaching certain choices. In this section you can find the answers to the questions that have been asked the most.
Specialize Hammer Vortex. This Node also raises the Mana cost, so you need to max out Ballista. If you still struggle with Mana, allocate 5 Points into Covenant of Dominion or build Mana Regeneration on your gear.
Flayer's Pride is a good choice for more DPS. However, reaching the Block cap with it is very difficult and it doesn't provide the valuable Damage Reduction against Damage Over Time that you get with Countenance of Majasa.
Video Guide
Summary
The Bleed Hammerdin Paladin fills the battlefield with spiraling Hammers, rapidly applying stacks of Bleed. Overall, this Paladin is an excellent setup that performs well in endgame.
- Blast through with shotgunning Hammers to apply stacks of Bleed to enemies, a deadly Ailment that deals Physical Damage Over Time.
- Use unspecialized Shield Rush to move across the map.
- Move across the map with Smite or Healing Hands.
- While they are not mandatory, Blood of the Exile, Valdyr's Chalice, Bleeding Heart and Countenance of Majasa are great Uniques that you want to get to scale the build to its full potential.
Credits
Written by Volca.
Content Reviewed by Lizard_IRL.