Just beat diablo II for the first time

On February 04 2012 01:49 Gheed wrote:
Windy druids are so terrible in hell. Everything has 50% physical resistance (or something, I don't remember). I don't know how you did it.

Fuck you now I want to play it again.

On February 04 2012 01:46 Salv wrote:
You have joined the few that have beaten the game themselves haha.

Wind druid is actually one of the best single-player characters you can play, I was surprised by that myself. What kind of end-game gear did you wind up wearing? Mostly rares? Any uniques or good sets? Runewords maybe?

On February 04 2012 01:57 CryMore wrote:
What pray tell "good stuff" did you have to pawn for potions? O_o

On February 04 2012 02:02 Skeggaba wrote:


Well, mostly expensive runes, cant rember the names atm but a few at lvl 40-50ish which was kind of sad. But hey, what do i need them for now?

On February 04 2012 02:12 Skeggaba wrote:
Where do i find those? I feel like i´ve beat the game though, and are they even possible to kill by yourself? T_t

On February 04 2012 02:36 Salv wrote:
A wind druid on solo play definitely CANNOT beat the ubers lmao. You could possibly beat uber diablo if he spawned, but there's no way you could beat uber diablo, meph, and baal. You need to have lifetap from what I recall and a quick attack. Smiting paladins were the best because it would always hit and give you back 100% hp when you did.

I'd be satisfied with just beating the game. Also, the goldish color items are unique, the yellow are rare, so you got some decent gear .

On February 04 2012 01:49 Gheed wrote:
Windy druids are so terrible in hell. Everything has 50% physical resistance (or something, I don't remember). I don't know how you did it.

Fuck you now I want to play it again.

On February 04 2012 01:46 Salv wrote:
You have joined the few that have beaten the game themselves haha.

On February 04 2012 01:48 HackBenjamin wrote:
You can tell the decoys apart by the positioning of Baals name in his healthbar, it's slightly out of place compared to the real Baal

On February 04 2012 02:59 myIRE wrote:
grats m8, D2 is such a great gream, always overlooked by these "bioware" fanatics !

On February 04 2012 03:00 Skeggaba wrote:
Cow level was pretty hard at Hell i must say. Also, im kind of beat doing half of act 5 in one day so ill just kill Cow king some other day. We´ll see if ill go up against the übers, maybe maybe. Thanks for the support; Gheed please write another blog about your necro!!!!

On February 04 2012 04:04 Skeggaba wrote:
Sick D2-nerds in this blog i must say. Impressive! So what char is actually the easiest one to pick if you wanna beat it single player ? And what henchman should you choose?

On February 04 2012 04:04 Skeggaba wrote:
Sick D2-nerds in this blog i must say. Impressive! So what char is actually the easiest one to pick if you wanna beat it single player ? And what henchman should you choose?

On February 04 2012 05:38 Pecul wrote:


For untwinked single player it, the easiest in my opinion would be trap assa. Respectable light dmg, along with corpse exposion from death traps, can attack from safe distance/places thanks to traps, fade for extra res + phys res OR BoS for speed. MB and CoS are also extremely powerful CC spells. Also has a minion ^^

They do great in untwinked hardcore play too, since they have so much survival.

On February 04 2012 02:42 Gheed wrote:


You can beat ubers with any sufficiently geared melee character, so long as you have a lifetap wand.

Paladins were just the easiest because exile is extremely OP.

On February 04 2012 04:04 Skeggaba wrote:
Sick D2-nerds in this blog i must say. Impressive! So what char is actually the easiest one to pick if you wanna beat it single player ? And what henchman should you choose?

On February 04 2012 08:26 Skeggaba wrote:
I felt like the wind guy was pretty fast - it took a long time if the enemies had resistance but otherwise it plows through enemies at a good rate. Alot of DII fans here which makes me happy...Next stop hardcore?

On February 04 2012 06:44 Salv wrote:


Right, but his character is a wind dude, so unless he's just going to auto-attack the ubers to death (lol), the windy druid can't do it.

On February 04 2012 08:50 Salv wrote:


I never really tried hardcore much, but I also played strictly on battle.net. The last time I played hardcore I had a barbarian that was level 12 in the catacombs level III, I hit a black wall lag spike and then a minute later my character was dead - never tried again lmao. At least on single player there should be no lag, but I don't think I would be very satisfied playing a character and then having it die, especially with all the possible cheap deaths in Diablo, like the guys that shoot lightning in the Worldstone Keep, or iron maiden in the Chaos Sanctuary.

On February 04 2012 08:52 Gheed wrote:



You can reset your skill points in the latest patch, if he wanted to change to a fury (or whatever druid zeal was called) werewolf.



The patch removed iron maiden from chaos :/ No more random instant deaths mid whirlwind or zeal.

On February 06 2012 21:47 Skeggaba wrote:
I actually have a question for you guys: what kind of weapon should i use for maximum effect? Have been toying around with a bunch of different stuff but in the end i figured i´d go with anything one-handed so that i could have a shield for maximum protection. There are really nothing that stands out for a magician druid i feel.,
(also: does mana steal works when you do spells? T_t)

On February 06 2012 22:09 Pecul wrote:
What kind of server do you play on (b.net/single, ladder/nonladder etc.)? And if you play on b.net, can you afford some the more "expensive items"?

On February 04 2012 04:04 Skeggaba wrote:
Sick D2-nerds in this blog i must say. Impressive! So what char is actually the easiest one to pick if you wanna beat it single player ? And what henchman should you choose?

On February 06 2012 22:36 Gheed wrote:


A hoto flail (ko-vex-pul-thul) is probably the easiest good thing to obtain, but it would still be hard to find a vex on your own. Otherwise there are some unique druid clubs that give skill bonuses iirc

And no, mana drain only works on melee or ranged attacks.

On February 07 2012 00:09 Liquid`TLO wrote:
Damn, I hate d2 posts, they reminds me of all the level 80+ Hardcore characters that I lost to fucking Stygian puppets in act 3 TT

On February 07 2012 01:18 seenster wrote:

if u go bnet or plugy mod in sp get a spirit in a shield and a weapon. makes every caster owning stuff ...

On February 06 2012 23:29 Skeggaba wrote:


I play single player, no interwebnetz at all for me

On February 07 2012 04:56 Pecul wrote:


There's not that many choices then, just use the best stuffs you can find (a weapon with +skills, stats, life/mana, fcr, resistance). I also recommend keep using one-handed + shield.

You COULD make the runeword "Honor". It only requires low runes which are quite easy to find. It gives +1 all skill, 10 str, some rep life and mana after each kill.


I'm curious, what weapon are you using atm?

On February 07 2012 06:07 Skeggaba wrote:



http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=13388085
Its on the first page. Gonna check out that "honor"-allthough my wand i use atm have some good resistance + that spell that apparantly are required to beat the uber tristram-dudes..

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On February 08 2012 01:40 Skeggaba wrote:
Keep us updated Gheed on your progress!
Started a new character called "the_stove" to give him extra power, its a barbarian. What tech should you get if you wanna solo? And what to put skill points into? vita/strenght?

On February 09 2012 03:30 Typhon wrote:


As a HC player, I always did just enough strength to wear stuff, just enough dex to max block with whatever shield you plan on using (exact number depends on your choice of shield - use a stat calc!), all spare points get split on Vita . Depending on your luck on drops/whatever muled gear you have, "enough strength to wear stuff" will vary. Get at least enough STR you need for a a good shield though (170-ish?) but you might need a bit higher for other gear.