The Essential Ability to Stack Holy Fire Auras on an Auradin in Diablo 2 (Part I)
Hand of Justice is a runic word that is on weapons. Like some Runewords, Hand of Justice has a very specific build mind: Paladins who want to use level 16 Holy Fire Aura on it.
Requirements:
Any weapon with 4 slots
Runes (in order): Sur + Cham + Amn + Lo
The stats:
Required Level: 67
100% chance to cast level 36 Blaze when you level up
100% chance to cast level 48 Meteor when you die
Level 16 holy fire aura when equipped
+33% increased attack speed
+280-330% Enhanced Damage
Ignore target’s defense
7% life stolen per hit
-20% to enemy fire resistance
20% Mortal Blow
Hit target target blinds
Freeze target +3
100% chance to cast level 36 Blaze when you level up
100% chance to cast level 48 Meteor when you die
Blaze and Meteor are fire abilities from the Sorceress’ fire spell skill tree. While both are very useful Abilities, the conditional set of mods means you won’t see them very often. For Blaze, since you can only equip Hand of Justice at level 67, and each successive level takes progressively longer to reach, you’ll probably see it 32 times if you (1) have it activated at each level and (2) actually reach the level. 99, which can take you eternity + 1 year. As for triggering Meteor, most Diablo 2 players aren’t too keen on dying.
These mods, especially the last one, would suggest that it would be more useful on a Merc, who tends to die often anyway… however, most players wouldn’t want to waste such an expensive Runeword on a Merc.
Level 16 holy fire aura when equipped
This is Hand of Justice’s strongest selling point.
Holy Fire is a Skill from the Paladin’s Offensive Aura Skill Tree. Deals fire damage to anyone who comes within the Aura’s radius, and also adds a good amount of fire damage to your character’s attack.
Builds trying to make full use of Holy Fire would choose Hand of Justice Runeword (lvl 16 Holy Fire Aura) on their weapons, use Dragon Runeword (lvl 14 Holy Fire Aura) on their armor and they would use Dragonscale, it has a unique paladin-only shield (+15% fire damage). In this case, the Holy Fire levels of Hand of Justice and Dragon stack, giving a total of Level 30 Holy Fire plus +15% Dragonscale damage.
