I havent seen anyone else do this with every runeword before, this is a really great idea for a video series, and I really enjoy your sincere breakdowns.
One of my favorite runewords, melts everything. Just last night I found a +3 Eth Mat Spear. I couldn't believe it. I cant wait to create a BOTD in it so I can start a Spearzon.
I just got my summoning druid to 70 and fire/lightning sorc to 72 on PS4 and I find your vids on these runewords more interesting, informative and just better than most others ive watched ...cheers !!
The -20% Requirements combined with the fact that this is always made in a ethereal base reducing the requirements by a flat 10 as well does a lot to bring this weapon down to a reasonable amount. letting you equip it at ~100 str means that the +30 all attributes on it becomes a lot more valuable as well since you can equip the weapon itself at a much lower str amount than the 138 for a base berserker axe. That means the 30 attributes on the weapons will actually often play a big roll in helping to equip other high str equipment like your chest piece or shield. Gaining +30 strength at a 101 breakpoint is leagues better than gaining +30 strength at a 138 breakpoint.
Just ask Jesus Christ then open next chest then magic find one. I found all but Zod but a new player that I told the game about found a Zod as his first rune when he got to area it drops for first time. I just traded him for it
I wish you would have gone into more detail and in-depth explanation about the best runeword base choices for this one. I found an ethereal 6os ogre maul, and I'm left wondering if it's useful for BotD
Nice, it's a really sweet weapon to be sure. It also so nice to have indestructible on a weapon when your a zealer. Instead of going back to town every 10 minutes to repair lol
On my single player I found a zod, then a jah in two different cow runs in one night. Made my enigma and am holding the zod for botd. Just had to brag cause farming zods and jahs off of cows was mentioned off hand.
Grief is slighy more dmg oriented when BotD gives much more survivebility. With this amount of of life and mana steel you actually do not need this on other slots. You can run f.e. botd zealer with ridicolous resistences and dwarf+tgods+raven and all elemental dmg will heal you. You can run easy max block with 50%dmg reduction and high vitality. And +3 reach. So BotD is like "I will never die weapon" with dmg only inferior (and not by much) to grief and last wish. Funny thing is I have seen lot of botd-hydra ed bows because of mana steel and ed. Hydra bows becomes ridicolous, but still bows can not be ethereal and still imho waste.
Recently found a Zod in cow lvl... a day later a Jah. I just assume they have increased the drop rates insanely because all I ever found in D2 back in the day in three years was a Lo. Maybe I will try one of these builds, because it feels like a Zod is not worth so much.
They haven't changed droprates at all. RNGesus has been kind to you - or you've been farming more efficiently/targeted than in the good old days of yore.
@@pitecusH oh they did, maybe he is refering to gool old days before 1.13 or was it 1.12 ? where they introduced higher HR drops, game wsa like 10yrs old in that time i stoped playing near that point
@@pitecusH lol and im pretty sure that when he typed "back in D2 days i found highest Lo" that he mentioning time i played D2 as well. runes are raining down nowdays coz their drop rates are higher then i/we(guys like me and him, obviously not you) remmember ;)
light radius is the most non-sensical mechanic in D2... not too many weapons and items give light radius and when they do it's not by much. i think higher level runewords and high level sets should have something like automatic +20 to light radius.
wow nice man, great finds! the base is usually pretty easy because you can just larzuk an eth Berserker axe to 6 sockets. the vex a little harder but you could transmute up if you get some guls.
would BoTD work well on an impale-fend zon ? ...i know it's not necesarily meta build but it kinda sounds nice given the indestructible thingy canceling out the degrading of the weapon from impale skill ...not to mention the fact that if you do BoTD in an eth base pike ( i found one with 6sockets and 30-264 dmg ) rolling close to 400 ed + 750-800 ed from maxing out impale skill +a might merc it should reach an astronomical level of phys dmg ... would it be good or is it a bad idea ?
Spear zons have been broken for a long time and no one is gonna say building one is a good idea lol. That being said I made one too and yes a Breath of the Dying in an Eth mat War Pike or mat war spear would be amazingly high physical damage. Problem is you do need other elements of damage. So perhaps a dual spec into the lightning spear skills.
If you have one laying about that isn't being used a merc can get great use out of it. I had an extra one last ladder sitting on a merc for quite a while. I wouldn't specifically make it for a merc though.
yes I have tested it on a theorycraft video before. It has a chance to be triggered no matter what when something dies, as long as you tagged it. the unfortunate problem is that poison damage doesn't stack, so it will always be inferior to a natively cast poison nova.
Only rare and uniques can be upgraded. Normal items, sockets items, magic items, and runewords can not be upgraded. Ethereal items can be upgraded if they are rare or uniques.
@@GGMentor That's right. Keep forgetting the Horadric Recipes. Then just as a conformation question. Is it possible to socket an Ethereal or is it blocked like the Superior modifier?
Short answer is yes, long answer is it's not better than casting it yourself and it doesn't stack with the one you cast yourself. I had this idea a while back and tried to see how it would work. The video is still up I am sure titled spreading plague ua-cam.com/video/5SuGd2f25nE/v-deo.html
Sunders only break immunities they don't have any effect on non immune monsters. So yes they will increase damage output on immune monsters. But they have no effect on monsters that are not immune to that element
I haven't done a lot of single player since I started streaming everyone wants to play with me. Most of my Livestreams are online though and you can clearly see during stream which items I find and which are given.
Non runeword Ribcracker is so good on fury druid for prob super budget and fun BOTD is really good. Not many people use the Zod so prob fairly easy to trade. Doom could be fun with Cham and putting in a helm you see an ok amount for Merc is all I can think of. Maybe Pride also? Forgot about that one
For a fishymancer crescent moon works pretty amazingly. The static field proc softens up the targets and helps corpse explosion work with less casts. Obedience is a also pretty decent choice. But I feel like crescent moon wins for speed because of the 12 yard radius static field spam. Make it in a very fast weapon though so you can hit the high ias breakpoints like a giant thresher. The faster he hits the more static field procs and the softer all enemies will be for you when the first CE goes off.
Worx the breath of the dying runeword Equiped on a Merc If i kill an enemy?!?! Or have the merc kill the enemy for the poison nova?! I think about to use this runeword in a merc when i play a summonancer with full trang oul set
Iam kinda curious. I found a ZOD rune but I wanna also play with the runeword SPIRIT. I play a werebear, so is it better to use a polarm or an barbarian axe? Iam kinda lost + I do not wanna waste that special ZOD rune. Thanks for the help. Nice content
@@GGMentor I thought you could increase white items to superior or elite status with a rune recipe. Edit : Thank you for trying to answer my question and help out.
@@BLOODKINGbro normal nightmare bases can still be useful for leveling new characters. It really just depends. Some nightmare bases are actually preferred over others.
Proud people like Me make this rune word with +15% enhanced damage ethereal base and... still shitting out LIQUIDLY with minimal roll for at least 15 times in a row. Even unlol...
@@GGMentor Well I looked it up and it is indeed a real English word coming from French (beaucoup), but it also sounds exactly like the Vietnamese word for BJ, lol.
I thought i made a very good Zealadin with BOTD who killed everything in hell mode but got totally Pwned when i tried on Ubers, lol. Had to get my Smiter to got something done. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Life leech doesn't work on uber meph, which is a standard way to stay alive as a zealer you need life tap for that. #2 ubers are very hard to hit since they have ridiculous defense, and level difference. So you need excessively high Attack rating on your zealer to hit them properly. like 15,000 + attack rating. #3 zealers can kill ubers just fine, but you have to kit them properly. Most people don't know how to kit a zealer properly to take on the task.
@@GGMentor I know, I was just being facetious. Faith is definitely mcuh better, Ice I'm unsure about and Brand I never tried but come to think of it I can see the potential :) Shame they are so expensive. Even more so, considering a bowazon is rather lacklustre compared to some of the cookie cutter builds, even if you have gg gear.
lol I like my vengeance paladin, he may be a bit slow but he has no issues killing any monster in the entire game. It's fun being able to clear all content with one character. I do also plan to use Dual dreams with this build I think it will be fun.
I havent seen anyone else do this with every runeword before, this is a really great idea for a video series, and I really enjoy your sincere breakdowns.
Thank you sir, more to come too I still have a few runewords left
One of my favorite runewords, melts everything.
Just last night I found a +3 Eth Mat Spear. I couldn't believe it. I cant wait to create a BOTD in it so I can start a Spearzon.
I just got my summoning druid to 70 and fire/lightning sorc to 72 on PS4 and I find your vids on these runewords more interesting, informative and just better than most others ive watched ...cheers !!
love ur content. make things so easy, for newer players and some of us old men returning to our childhood game.lol
That's the plan, I want everyone to love the game as much as I do. Both the newer players and the returning ones
The -20% Requirements combined with the fact that this is always made in a ethereal base reducing the requirements by a flat 10 as well does a lot to bring this weapon down to a reasonable amount. letting you equip it at ~100 str means that the +30 all attributes on it becomes a lot more valuable as well since you can equip the weapon itself at a much lower str amount than the 138 for a base berserker axe. That means the 30 attributes on the weapons will actually often play a big roll in helping to equip other high str equipment like your chest piece or shield. Gaining +30 strength at a 101 breakpoint is leagues better than gaining +30 strength at a 138 breakpoint.
Love my Grief PB /eth CB BoTD combo. It absolutely bodies enemies on my WW barb.
sitting here, watching this video because I cannot find a Ber or Jah but have found a Cham and Zod in D2R
Nice finds man.
Yeah it's a good weapon definitely worth it if you have a good eth base
lol same here, was farming cows for a Lo and got a Zod, now farming for that eth berserker axe
Just ask Jesus Christ then open next chest then magic find one. I found all but Zod but a new player that I told the game about found a Zod as his first rune when he got to area it drops for first time. I just traded him for it
Don't worry, I gave him a hook up that blew his mind. I know how to farm perfect gear.
I wish you would have gone into more detail and in-depth explanation about the best runeword base choices for this one. I found an ethereal 6os ogre maul, and I'm left wondering if it's useful for BotD
Just made mine in an eth zerker for my zealot. Doing 7.5k damage with a FORTITUDE. Mine rolled 385%
Nice, it's a really sweet weapon to be sure.
It also so nice to have indestructible on a weapon when your a zealer. Instead of going back to town every 10 minutes to repair lol
the moment you said I wasn't going to find one, it dropped holy fk >:O the coincidence holy fk
I'd be interested in a list of items with modifiers that grant summons.
On my single player I found a zod, then a jah in two different cow runs in one night. Made my enigma and am holding the zod for botd. Just had to brag cause farming zods and jahs off of cows was mentioned off hand.
Grief is slighy more dmg oriented when BotD gives much more survivebility. With this amount of of life and mana steel you actually do not need this on other slots. You can run f.e. botd zealer with ridicolous resistences and dwarf+tgods+raven and all elemental dmg will heal you. You can run easy max block with 50%dmg reduction and high vitality. And +3 reach.
So BotD is like "I will never die weapon" with dmg only inferior (and not by much) to grief and last wish.
Funny thing is I have seen lot of botd-hydra ed bows because of mana steel and ed. Hydra bows becomes ridicolous, but still bows can not be ethereal and still imho waste.
A good option for an etherial matriarchal pike for amazons, good idea to keep on the weapon swap in case of lightning immune monsters.
Recently found a Zod in cow lvl... a day later a Jah. I just assume they have increased the drop rates insanely because all I ever found in D2 back in the day in three years was a Lo.
Maybe I will try one of these builds, because it feels like a Zod is not worth so much.
Botd has it's unique uses, vengeance paladin is a nice one.
They haven't changed droprates at all. RNGesus has been kind to you - or you've been farming more efficiently/targeted than in the good old days of yore.
@@pitecusH oh they did, maybe he is refering to gool old days before 1.13 or was it 1.12 ? where they introduced higher HR drops, game wsa like 10yrs old in that time i stoped playing near that point
@@smajla82 Pretty sure the guy I was replying to mean drop rate increase from LOD over to D2R, which they have not changed.
@@pitecusH lol and im pretty sure that when he typed "back in D2 days i found highest Lo" that he mentioning time i played D2 as well. runes are raining down nowdays coz their drop rates are higher then i/we(guys like me and him, obviously not you) remmember ;)
can anyone tell me, how do they know the rune words? I've no idea about it
Just rolled my first ebotd in a berserker axe and it too rolled 351% ed. I am sad. 😢
light radius is the most non-sensical mechanic in D2... not too many weapons and items give light radius and when they do it's not by much. i think higher level runewords and high level sets should have something like automatic +20 to light radius.
Hey GGM, I found and jah in cows then a Zod on the first runt the next night 🙏🏼🙌🏼 how long you think it’ll take to find the base and vex?? Thanks man
wow nice man, great finds! the base is usually pretty easy because you can just larzuk an eth Berserker axe to 6 sockets. the vex a little harder but you could transmute up if you get some guls.
@@GGMentorwould you cube up from mals to get this vex? I am one ist away from potentially going this route. Single player console
would BoTD work well on an impale-fend zon ? ...i know it's not necesarily meta build but it kinda sounds nice given the indestructible thingy canceling out the degrading of the weapon from impale skill ...not to mention the fact that if you do BoTD in an eth base pike ( i found one with 6sockets and 30-264 dmg ) rolling close to 400 ed + 750-800 ed from maxing out impale skill +a might merc it should reach an astronomical level of phys dmg ... would it be good or is it a bad idea ?
Spear zons have been broken for a long time and no one is gonna say building one is a good idea lol.
That being said I made one too and yes a Breath of the Dying in an Eth mat War Pike or mat war spear would be amazingly high physical damage. Problem is you do need other elements of damage. So perhaps a dual spec into the lightning spear skills.
If your gonna make a Spearzon you'd want a EBOTD but I'd put it in a +3 Eth Mat Spear they are faster than Mat Pikes.
@@GGMentor yeah i guess a dual would work nice ... on the other hand you could also break phys imm with reaper toll merc
probably not what you want to read but, would it be good on a merc?
If you have one laying about that isn't being used a merc can get great use out of it. I had an extra one last ladder sitting on a merc for quite a while.
I wouldn't specifically make it for a merc though.
will the 50% poison nova trickered when my Necromancer Skeleton kills someone?
yes I have tested it on a theorycraft video before. It has a chance to be triggered no matter what when something dies, as long as you tagged it.
the unfortunate problem is that poison damage doesn't stack, so it will always be inferior to a natively cast poison nova.
FIRST!!! haha Howdy GGM! Haven't seen the video yet but I know its good !!! LIKED* :D
Took me a year to get a Zod to drop on my PS5 version. Chams are too valuable to cube up in my opinion.
I always think so too
@@xijinpig7978 depends if you need cannot be frozen to be viable. 👍
Would BotD work well with Bramble on a Act 2 merc? I'm playing as a summoner necromancer.
Yeah he would be pretty strong
Can you not Upgrade the base after or before the rune word, or can you not upgrade an ethereal?
Only rare and uniques can be upgraded.
Normal items, sockets items, magic items, and runewords can not be upgraded.
Ethereal items can be upgraded if they are rare or uniques.
@@GGMentor That's right. Keep forgetting the Horadric Recipes. Then just as a conformation question. Is it possible to socket an Ethereal or is it blocked like the Superior modifier?
@@jeremychilton7820 if an item is superior it can only be socketed by larzuk and larzuk will always give it max sockets.
@@GGMentor Alright, Thank you.
Would this work with a mele necromancer? Having the synergies link to it?
Short answer is yes, long answer is it's not better than casting it yourself and it doesn't stack with the one you cast yourself.
I had this idea a while back and tried to see how it would work.
The video is still up I am sure titled spreading plague
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I swear to God you are the absolute best d2r youtubeer out there thank you very much
Does posn sunder help the nova do more damage?
Sunders only break immunities they don't have any effect on non immune monsters.
So yes they will increase damage output on immune monsters. But they have no effect on monsters that are not immune to that element
Do you have any videos that show off stuff you found yourself in Single player?
I haven't done a lot of single player since I started streaming everyone wants to play with me.
Most of my Livestreams are online though and you can clearly see during stream which items I find and which are given.
Non runeword Ribcracker is so good on fury druid for prob super budget and fun BOTD is really good. Not many people use the Zod so prob fairly easy to trade. Doom could be fun with Cham and putting in a helm you see an ok amount for Merc is all I can think of. Maybe Pride also? Forgot about that one
Thinking of making this for my merc. Fishymancer. Move my insight to an iron golem. Just looking for straight up damage from my merc. Thoughts?
For a fishymancer crescent moon works pretty amazingly.
The static field proc softens up the targets and helps corpse explosion work with less casts.
Obedience is a also pretty decent choice.
But I feel like crescent moon wins for speed because of the 12 yard radius static field spam.
Make it in a very fast weapon though so you can hit the high ias breakpoints like a giant thresher.
The faster he hits the more static field procs and the softer all enemies will be for you when the first CE goes off.
I was honestly thinking the same thing. Does it proc off your summons killing something? Or only when you yourself kill something?
rolled a perf on once on a eth ba was epic
Nice
Worx the breath of the dying runeword Equiped on a Merc If i kill an enemy?!?! Or have the merc kill the enemy for the poison nova?!
I think about to use this runeword in a merc when i play a summonancer with full trang oul set
I have it trigger when anything dies, even if I didn't hit the target.
This is what I needed to know. So it procs off my summons killing too. Which works amazing with corpse explosion
Iam kinda curious. I found a ZOD rune but I wanna also play with the runeword SPIRIT.
I play a werebear, so is it better to use a polarm or an barbarian axe? Iam kinda lost +
I do not wanna waste that special ZOD rune. Thanks for the help. Nice content
Question: should I add slots first or upgrade the weapon class before inserting the runeword?
I am not sure what your asking.
White items can't be upgraded, and you have to add the sockets before you can put the runeword In.
@@GGMentor I thought you could increase white items to superior or elite status with a rune recipe.
Edit : Thank you for trying to answer my question and help out.
@@BLOODKINGbro no, there is no such recipe for white items. Only rare and uniques
@@GGMentor Oh...Dang, so no need to keep any normal or nightmare whites if I'm just going to switch over to the hell variation?
@@BLOODKINGbro normal nightmare bases can still be useful for leveling new characters.
It really just depends.
Some nightmare bases are actually preferred over others.
OK! BOTD I want one , ZOD rune here I come baby, lol Fury Druid and Frenzy Barb , These builds could use this Item ! Dual Wield on frenzy ??? :D
Proud people like Me make this rune word with +15% enhanced damage ethereal base and... still shitting out LIQUIDLY with minimal roll for at least 15 times in a row. Even unlol...
I dont really care much for diablo, but geez did anyone ever tell you that your voice is pretty nice?
lol, yeah
Beaucoup? You from Nola?
eth berseker asx is rare 6 op soket make breat of dying like colosus blade
Rolled a 387/14 today... it's a keeper...
I’ve never got to play around with this weapon but always wanted to.
It's pretty sweet for my vengeance pally.
Bows are excellent ❤
I hope I live long enough to find a zod rune... as a single player person - I wanna make this and last wish some day :D
Maybe with your last wish and with your dying breath, you could wish for breath of the dying and your last wish.
I found a zod last week off Nithilak for the first time in my life. 20 years of playing...first zod....un...fricken believable
I found one in a Chaos run with 7 randoms. Got extremely luckey
Got one in a p1 game off a fetish by nilathak. Shit happens when you're not looking at all. God I wish it rolled down to Ber
looks like it'd rock on a zeal/fanaticism paladin.
Yes works well on a zeal paladin.
i am elit eth berseker ax 6op socket
Heard you say "bookoo amounts of mana steal" and I thought you were speaking Vietnamese for a second... lmao
Is it Vietnamese? A word I've known since I was a kid.
@@GGMentor Well I looked it up and it is indeed a real English word coming from French (beaucoup), but it also sounds exactly like the Vietnamese word for BJ, lol.
Can this be made in a bow?
Yes it can but since bows can't spawn ethereal it does make it a little bit of a waste of a zod.
I thought i made a very good Zealadin with BOTD who killed everything in hell mode but got totally Pwned when i tried on Ubers, lol. Had to get my Smiter to got something done. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Life leech doesn't work on uber meph, which is a standard way to stay alive as a zealer you need life tap for that.
#2 ubers are very hard to hit since they have ridiculous defense, and level difference. So you need excessively high Attack rating on your zealer to hit them properly. like 15,000 + attack rating.
#3 zealers can kill ubers just fine, but you have to kit them properly. Most people don't know how to kit a zealer properly to take on the task.
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next cham drop amazon kill it all player 8
"There's absolutely no reason to make a BOTD in a non-eth weapon" Unless you put it in a hydra bow, in which case you have choice ;)
Bows can not be Ethereal sadly, but wouldn't there be better recipes for a bow? Like Faith? Ice? Brand? ect.
@@GGMentor I know, I was just being facetious. Faith is definitely mcuh better, Ice I'm unsure about and Brand I never tried but come to think of it I can see the potential :) Shame they are so expensive. Even more so, considering a bowazon is rather lacklustre compared to some of the cookie cutter builds, even if you have gg gear.
@@pitecusH =O facetious. Why I never! 🤣
found 2 zods the same week xD maybe Im just lucky
That's like get struck by lightning levels of luck
eth berseker axe 385#
imagine get eth 60p soket eth berseker axe
one cham drop chaos one drop before ball javazon player 8
breath of dying
really rare
i have perfect grief combine eth berseker ass
bretah of dying
2 camm drop mqake zod\
eth berseker make breath of dying
Your throat of the dying. Hahahaha
take me 2 cham make zod
Who cares about indestructible when there's a smith in every town
Eh...
When you can break a weapon in a few zeals it starts to matter.
Unless you enjoy being In town all the time
is zod make sure wort it
diadem drop 2
Zeal is better in my opinion
ya tho cham make zod
384
frist cham drop lv 5 sorc
2 gul make vex\
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had a million nothing special
Poor guy killing 1 mob at a time. My dual dream shock tesladin/ zealer using botd kills multiple mobs at 1 shot. Bottom line. Just play zealer
lol I like my vengeance paladin, he may be a bit slow but he has no issues killing any monster in the entire game. It's fun being able to clear all content with one character. I do also plan to use Dual dreams with this build I think it will be fun.
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