My barb is FUCKING UP Act 2 with this thing
Based & Big-Sword-Pilled.
Then you get to Act 3 and the game already feels painful
>>12834134>fetishes keep running away and shooting darts>shaman flamethrowers melt your health>can't find shitat least leap helps
>>12834145>cursed dolls explode you>that one guy in the sewer corpse explosions you >many monsters are immune to phys later Ahh the memories. Have fun shouting at corpses for loot i guess.
>Start a Paladin>Save a 4 socketed shield for a spirit>Abuse the games lack of magic resistant enemies by using blessed hammer.
>>12833482>barbNobody told him?
>>12835446Sorceress is always the best. Teleport breaks the game and makes things much easier l
I tried playing a barb once. Act 3 absolutely destroyed me. I had no problems beating the game with paladin, sorc and necro but never did it with barb
Was there ever an attempt to mod and extend D2's Act 1 into a full-length game? I would play it.
>>12835446Told him what? Barb is probably fine on what ever patch he's playing on. He might even be playing LoD as well.
>>128354461.0, baby. Don't need mana and whirlwind fucks so barb is easy mode
>>12833482>>12834134>>12835446You think that's painful? I beat the game using a spearmazon + bowmazon multi-build, on my first playthrough. You don't know the meaning of "exploit" until you've done that.
>>12833482Can tell its an old patch because it says "enhanced damage"It's got a good set of affix. Enhanced+Max both raise physical which is multiplied by his skills (elemental damage isnt). The 4-5 cold damage is good because even 1 is enough to chill and has a 20% to shatter corpses. Attack rating is really important especially against enemies that are already dying fast. The weakest part of it is the fire which still isn't worthless, probably only 1-2% total damage.Keep an eye out for gloves and jewelry that give leech effects. You will need them more and more as the game goes on.
I have swapped. Needed a shield to deal with the hordes of enemies in Act 3. Mana steal is letting me use a better skill as my main attack. Also this one glows.I have a feeling Mephisto will be a challenge.>>12836040I've tried gambling for mainly some better gloves but gold is still hard to come by. I at least have 61% magic find now
>>12836061One good trick is that you can reroll 3 magic rings into 1 magic amulet (with a 10% chance of it being a rare one). And there is also a recipe for that with turning 3 amulets into 1 ring.Both the cube recipe and gambling care about your character level. Meaning you get better stuff as you level. So generally rather than spending your gold/rerolls as soon as you get it you want to wait until you have reached a wall you need help getting over.Leech is important because a) if you go whirlwind its the only way to sustain your mana b) melee characters are forced to eat damage up close and you need life link to counter act it later on.
>Want to play a martial class>Attack v Defense stat is so fucked that it's not even worth it
>>12835993Amazon is still the only class I've never beaten the game with
>>12836061The best pvm barb build at least for solo is frenzy in terms of killing speed and I think it's funnest also. Whirlwind is dogshit unfortunately until late game when you get serious weapons. Concentrate kills too slow. Berserk is kinda suicide at least if ur surrounded by a bunch of mobs. So just get double weapons and some life leech and you should be good to go
>>12836452nvm just realized ur on an older patch so idk. I heard whirlwind used to be way better before they nerfed it
>>12835993Spearzon is effortless on Normal and Nightmare
I guess I just get to keep this forever
>>12836456>I heard whirlwind used to be way better before they nerfed itIt's so much better pre-nerf it's actually insane. Barb feels good to play, even. Not OP, but I recommend trying it at least once to experience. If you have d2r you don't even need to patch anything out, just choose the pre-LoD option on character creation.
>>12836456yes it was. I understand this is a general about the og d2 but mods like project diablo 2, with their own balance changes, reverted ww to its previous state and its one of the best builds in the game because of it. from my understand ww used to be always at max speed so the meta is use slow heavy hitting weapons with a lot of range because they are at max speed anyway.
>>12833482>>12834145i thought you're suppose to duo-wield 2handed socketed swords with ice-gems? also the jumping skill helps until you get Whirlwind. you could also get the Taunt shout.>but muh synergiesdon't matter unless you intend to play online and beat Hell mode.
>>12835993>multi-build,pretty sure that was only practical before they introduced synergies AND buffed up the stats of all the enemies. pre- 1.10 patch, that is.
struggling to grind to 30 god I need a new weapon with some real damage or lifestealDeath's Disguise set would be really nice
>>12839165play online and beg. or play it with a Single-player mod with better drop rates.
the assassin is the only class I've never beaten D2 with. how the hell do you play them?
>>12836456Yeah, not only is whirlwind not nerfed, depending on the patch he can save as much SP as possible and when he hits level 30 he can dump all his SP into whirlwind. At a later patch they put a cap on how much SP you can put into a skill based on your level. A level 30 skill couldn't exceed what ever your level is minus 29 in regards of hard skill points. So at level 30 it wasn't uncommon for people to have level 10+ whirlwind, frozen orb, ect.
>>12840413I'm playing 1.0 and that doesn't workstill worth saving points if you have two high level skills you want to level
>>12839853If you're on the remake, trapsin is fun. They fixed the bug where summoning traps would remove mobs from the zone.
>>12839853I played a melee one with fade, poison, clew mastery and weapon block. Also crossbow to pick off enemies. Its a slog but doable.
i did a 1.06 playthrough with a barb earlier this year and it becomes pure suffering on nightmare difficulty, honestly there's no single version of diablo 2 that's actually a good game every version has tradeoffs and it's really frustrating
>>12833482>play barb>have a good time>reach hell>can barely progress>need to grind for gear but need new gear to grind>give up and just play a sorcWarlock is busted BTW, I have never solo'd the game so easy before. It felt like I had cheats on.
>>12842809This is just how it is for melee builds in D2, sadly. They're all nearly useless in hell especially after act 1 until you can grind out some decent nightmare unique weapons and a decent amount of life leech since it's cut in hell to 33% effectiveness.
>>12833482>not dual wieldingI don't know or care if it's optimal, if you can dual wield greatswords you should dual wield greatswords.
It's a shame that AI didn't resurrect D2 modding. All versions of the game should have been decompiled by now. It would be great to have Plugy on pre-LOD
>>12842809>Warlock is busted BTW,not /vr/ . and woke ugly wahmen edition.
>>12839853you meant Ass-sins or the other classes?the META for assys was all about spamming kicks and getting the right boots. in earlier patches where mana pots were more rare/expensive , i think most people play with Cobra Strike or something so you never run out of mana.the demake is not /vr/
Project Diablo 2 anyone?Started single pass SSF, this nigger just dropped in act1 NM
>>1284554719 october wasnt it? I am going to play hc trade like always. Probably another ww barb for like the 10th time.
>>12844894Cope, it's still Diablo 2 fgt
>>12842809Yeah warlock was more powerful on release than even some fan classes you'd find in popular d2 mods. Even post-nerf it's insane. I'd be upset if the class wasn't so fun to play.
>>12835464I did a teleport sorceress and put everything into building up my fire attacks.Its been 20 years, so I don't remember the specifics, but we farming loot like crazy I recall. It was fun. Good times.
>>12847691Oh, also mana regen.
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>>12847706Stay mad faggot. Continue to seeth about a 25 year old game lmfao.
>>12843797ribcracker is quite good for some buuilds
