Looking for Pally help

I've recently seen a lot of pallies seriously whooping some ass. I made a cold sorc, and it was really sweet through normal. Then, through nightmare, it was great. I get to hell difficulty, and I can barely kill a damned thing.

Example: Act2 getting the ammy.

The door to level 2 is clogged with those damn serpents. Myself (a lvl 72 cold sorc with firewall), a 71 and a 78 Barb couldn't do shit. However, a lvl 82 pally went in and solo'd the entire bunch of them. He even had his mf gear on...

I'm not much for PvPing right now. I really just want to whoop some monster ass. Is bessed hammer the skill of choice?

What should my build be? I need suggestions on stats, skills, and possibly some gear. (The gear is not that big of a deal, however, since I'm a poor mofo and won't be able buy much.)