Single player paladin strategy

[Clapton]

Hello, I want to play a paladin on a single player game (by that I mean /players 8 mode on), and I don't really know what strategy I should follow to make it a good paladin that can beat the game in hell and have fun with it. I checked some really good strategies on the internet to make hammerdins, smiterdins, FoH paladins, zealot paladins and so on, but all those strategies rely on items to make it work, but I'm playing on single player, so i won't get those crazy godly items the strategy rely on, so basically, it won't work. So I could really use a little help with where I should place my stats and skill points, and also wich kind of items i should aim to get, for instance, should i get items to improve damage, attack ratting, ias, resistances, skill bonus, defense, block rating, increase hit recovery and such. Basically wich characteristic my pally need to have to be good. And keep in mind that in a single player game i won't get godly items or really good items, so don't tell me I'll need an Enigma... So I'll be very thankful if you could give me a little help.

Thanks for your time.