Hammer Build Advice

[Jaevwyn]

Hey Guys,
Trying to put toggether a hammer build for the diablos hammer (original i know).
would be great to get some advise... heres where im at so far:

Diablos Shatterer II - Elementless
Bazel B Helm - Brace & Expert
Dober B Chest - Tenderizer
Kaiser A Hands - Expert
Nergigante B Waist - Sharp
Dober B - Attack
Earplugs Charm

Skills:
Attack Boost 7
Ear Plugs 5
Weakness Exploit 3
Critical Eye 2
Non-Elemental Boost 1
Flinch Free 1 (looking at you long sword users :P )
Protective Polish 1


Not very interested in Slugger / Part Breaker.

Was tempted to look at Maximum Might, but realistically keeping maximum stamina on a hammer isnt consistent in my mind.

Couldnt find a mix I liked to get a lot of handicraft in without dropping lots of other skills, but Prot Polish means I can keep my blue for a while at least... Feedback / improvements?

[Kiekmgoan46]

Hey mate,

Earplugs is nice, but a big investment for the times its being used. Make one with and without, some are easily rolled aswell.
Maximum might is great on hammers and a must if u prefer easy affinity. U rarely hit monsters without full stamina, or at atleast the last swing for your charge 3 stand sill swing. Unless u walk around charged the entire time, which isnt needed.
Attack level 4 is enough, slot the rest into critical eye if possible. Shatterer already has a really high raw, if not the highest raw in the game. More affinity will net u more damage in the long run.

[Jaevwyn]

Originally posted by JaJa_jr:

Hey mate,

Earplugs is nice, but a big ivestment for the times its being used. Make one with and without, some are easily rolled aswell.
Maximum might is great on hammers and a must if u prefer easy affinity. U rarely hit monsters without full stamina, or at atleast the last swing for your charge 3 stand sill swing. Unless u walk around charged the entire time, which isnt needed.
Attack level 4 is enough, slot the rest into critical eye if possible. Shatterer already has a really high. if not the highest in the game. More affinity will net u more damage in the long run.

Great feedback, will knock something together :)

[Jethro]

If you really want to make use of MM bring some dash juices

[Kiekmgoan46]

Dash juice isnt needed with hammers, but then every now and again I drink too much which isnt needed.

[jackhickman999]

Isn't crit boost pretty meta with high affinity like over 50% it's one of the best damage boosts you can take.

[Jethro]

Originally posted by JaJa_jr:

Dash juice isnt needed with hammers, but then every now and again I drink too much which isnt needed.

Depends on playstyle. If you chase a monster with a charged hammer all the time, it can be useful.

[Kiekmgoan46]

Originally posted by Jethro:

Originally posted by JaJa_jr:

Dash juice isnt needed with hammers, but then every now and again I drink too much which isnt needed.

Depends on playstyle. If you chase a monster with a charged hammer all the time, it can be useful.

True, but walking around charged all the time isnt needed. U hardly ever need to do it really, or we have completely different playstyles, but you're gimping yourself walking around charged imo.

[lev]

is handicraft necessary with hammer? i want to build with slugger and earplug but don't wanna lose handicraft as well

[Jaevwyn]

Looking at something like this now:

Diablos Shatterer II - Elementless
Head Dante A - Expert
Chest Dober B - Brace
Hands Kaiser A - Grinder
Waist Odogaron B - Sharp
Legs Dober B - Grinder
Masters Charm III

Critical Eye 7
Attack Boost 4
Weakness Exploit 3
Speed Sharp 2
Non Element 1
Flinch Free 1
Protective Polish 1

Much higher affinity, could find a way to utilise crot boost without losing too much from other skills, should have a 60% affinity.
Threw 2 speed sharp gems in to make better use of the polish gem as sharpness is an issue otherwise.

If I can roll the roars I should be set I think... Thoughts / Feedback ?

[pls giff First Berserker]

^ farm for whetfish fins and fin+, and Speed Sharp becomes obsolete. Though if you cant stomach fishing, Speed Sharp is indeed good. Also does that hammer not reach white with Handicraft? I think even with high investment in Handicraft (talking about 4 or 5) it would still outdps blue sharpness with +30 affinity from CE 7, White sharpness + NEB is just very big boost, and with Protective Polish + Speed Sharp/Fins it would help managing white sharpness better. Not to mention you aint even running Crit Boost to abuse all the affinity that set has

[Lu2]

use jumping r2
huge stun efect and damage + can mount monster

use sliding atacks ,
its quite effective

use big bang combos when moster is stuned etc

draw atack + jumpin,slide skill can sure come handy if you want max out affinity
try draw jump r2 charged atack and see results .

you dont need flinch free skill with hammer that much

[videogames]

7 attack and 2 crit eye is a waste. You'd be way better off going with attack boost 4 and fitting Maximum Might and Crit Boost, and you aboslutely want to get Handicraft 4 for white sharpness. Maintaing stamina with a hammer isn't hard, most of your attacks are long winded and the big damage always comes at the end of a combo. Ofc the meta's going to change anyway after we get Behemoth tonight, so you'll be going for 4 pieces of Drachen for 90%+ affinity with Master's Touch.

[Jaevwyn]

Theres a new monster coming out?
well thats a game changer lol.

Im gonna hold off on throwing more less than ideal builds then until i can see this new armour :)
Thanks for the help all, will bare in mind the skill advise on this thread!

[jackhickman999]

Originally posted by Jaevwyn:

Theres a new monster coming out?
well thats a game changer lol.

Im gonna hold off on throwing more less than ideal builds then until i can see this new armour :)
Thanks for the help all, will bare in mind the skill advise on this thread!

The new armor is good for raw so it's going to replace of lot of stuff.

[Jaevwyn]

Originally posted by jackhickman999:

Originally posted by Jaevwyn:

Theres a new monster coming out?
well thats a game changer lol.

Im gonna hold off on throwing more less than ideal builds then until i can see this new armour :)
Thanks for the help all, will bare in mind the skill advise on this thread!

The new armor is good for raw so it's going to replace of lot of stuff.

Im hyped :)