The reason I made this video already now is I know the new 2h sword skill isnt going to be a good build for mapping on hardcore. Once again a few things that came to mind as I was reviewing it that I did not cover in the video: - If you happen to get so fortunate as to find a +3 holy bolt War Scepter or perhaps Divine Scepter with 4 sockets that would be the ideal early weapon with Insight RW inside - Early HB chaos I think najs staff should probably be #1 priority as an upgrade as it means you can use teleport a lot more freely inside CS, being able to quickly skip past anything that isnt elite packs, ghosts or high density undead groups and rapidly get to seals and diablo is pivotal to efficiency when farming Chaos. I also forget to set up a hotkey for charge in the showcase here which is a skill I would use quite a lot inside CS when moving between the seals if theres only a few monsters. - A lucky Tiara imbue (clvl 73+), Coronet (clvl 78+) or Circlet (clvl 83+) could easily yield the +1 or +2 skills you need for HB as well as provide a socket for a topaz or some res - Endgame zeal with Death cleaver you could potentially use Atmas scarab for amp proc since youre much less restricted on IAS and DS compared to a Schaefers build - If you want to start playing elemental charger earlier on you could probably start off with the holy shock route using offensive skillers since you can use a Crescent Moon phase blade as weapon, Stormspire on merc and a random slam Griffons should be pretty cheap.
Hey CS, don't know if you're still around, but I'd say sacrifice pally is the best mapper to transition into from hb now, so much power, and mobility with the new joust skill. With your intelligence I'd be interested to see your take on the build and how you would gear it. Gl for season 10
@@Christoff070 I would tend to agree even if vengeance is buffed for S10. From my brief testing magic-oriented with max sanctuary+synergies (just 1 pt sacrifice+holy shield) is the easiest/cheapest to get started with that you can then transition into either native holy fire, holy freeze or doom+shattered wall with native conviction for endgame.
The easiest way for necro is: phys skellies (warriors + archers) with max amp curse. This build ends with level 77, rest in preferences (max iron golem, revive or curse mastery). This build is strong but slow.
I appreciate these videos. The only thing I miss is briefly talking about a few decent options for (group) clearing the three difficulties initially. What are your thoughts on this for Paladin on HC?
Youre basically just a walking aura in a group playthrough. In most groups youll probably have to be on salvation most of the time. Even if you do decide to go holy fire zeal early normal it will usually be irrelevant by the time you reach act 3 so there isnt much point when you can just go 1 pt might for the party and then go straight holy bolt and have a playable spec once youre done even if you dumped a good amount of points into salvation.
@@ChaosSanctuary Great point about Holy Fire wearing off quickly. I did some testing yesterday and Holy Fire really smacks early on, but at the same time it’s a very selfish aura. A Paladin will probably be paired with a summoner of sorts in the early parts of the playthrough anyway so that 1 point wonder Might definitely seems like the better choice. Then just stacking Holy Bolt and a bit of Resist Fire for Diablo will do the trick.
It could be really nice to see performance of holy freeze without too much jewel and too many cold charms and infi so I could decide whether to go for it or not
It can be since it has good damage. The mechanics of hammers is a real limiting factor on a lot of maps though and its hard to fit mf into your setup early on compared to HB/foh
Will foh pally be god for hell cows day 1 straight after leveling compared for example to fire volcano druid (i tested him and with spirit and rhyme he already do cows very fast)?
Going to cow lvl as a paladin day 1 is a waste since its way stronger in trav and CS. Fissure druid is by far the strongest hell cow build with no +skills except spirit.
@@lolleonlolable the build I outlined is centered around elemental damage. Investigating in charge only increases phys damage. With that said Charge got nerfed this season and sacrifice is the better mapping build now but you can follow the same concept/gearing again just using 1 pt sacrifice/charge
@@ChaosSanctuary ok trying sac then, yeah it felt a little nerfed or somehting i thought its just because im missing convic and a few facits. btw whats ur take on firegolems ? im trying to make em work atm but im not sure if i shoult use act2 merc with infi and that helm that procs taunt or the act3 light merc with bazel and that proc armor and taunt or act 4 dark merc with infi and proc armor/taunt didnt play since s4 all the mercs are new to me and i have about 10hrs so i cant just buy both and test what would u do ?
@ChaosSanctuary I love the idea of the barb in hardcore but I just think that start looks miserable what's your best starter for hardcore? And if it's summons you can list it but also list a non summons
@@mr.mardoc8651 im a bit fan of holy bolt paladin but I also have no issue with the hotkey-heavy gameplay with the teleport offhand swapping. Summon druid & necro are definitely up there but neither of them are that great at running chaos initially which is my preferred pre-map farming spot.
Flying fuck is this singleplayer? All of those items would take me a year to grind towards. Every one of them. Played for 4 months on d2r with my dad and im still level 85 with zero value to my account. Any one of those charms has more value than everything ive accumulated so far lol.
@@DageyWow18 Getting gear and currency in PD2 is kind of easier than D2R, but game is still the same grindfest, that we all love! Also with more builds, other than hammerdins and blizz sorcs!
This is good content. I am commenting to appease the algorithm. All praise to the God-Emperor.
These guides are great bro really helps alot for people that are new to pd2 and are overwhelmed.
Love this. Keep on making PD2 content big dog
Cool stuff, love to see the pd2 content. Underrated game and channel!
The reason I made this video already now is I know the new 2h sword skill isnt going to be a good build for mapping on hardcore.
Once again a few things that came to mind as I was reviewing it that I did not cover in the video:
- If you happen to get so fortunate as to find a +3 holy bolt War Scepter or perhaps Divine Scepter with 4 sockets that would be the ideal early weapon with Insight RW inside
- Early HB chaos I think najs staff should probably be #1 priority as an upgrade as it means you can use teleport a lot more freely inside CS, being able to quickly skip past anything that isnt elite packs, ghosts or high density undead groups and rapidly get to seals and diablo is pivotal to efficiency when farming Chaos. I also forget to set up a hotkey for charge in the showcase here which is a skill I would use quite a lot inside CS when moving between the seals if theres only a few monsters.
- A lucky Tiara imbue (clvl 73+), Coronet (clvl 78+) or Circlet (clvl 83+) could easily yield the +1 or +2 skills you need for HB as well as provide a socket for a topaz or some res
- Endgame zeal with Death cleaver you could potentially use Atmas scarab for amp proc since youre much less restricted on IAS and DS compared to a Schaefers build
- If you want to start playing elemental charger earlier on you could probably start off with the holy shock route using offensive skillers since you can use a Crescent Moon phase blade as weapon, Stormspire on merc and a random slam Griffons should be pretty cheap.
Can we do Ubers with it or nah?
Hey CS, don't know if you're still around, but I'd say sacrifice pally is the best mapper to transition into from hb now, so much power, and mobility with the new joust skill. With your intelligence I'd be interested to see your take on the build and how you would gear it. Gl for season 10
@@Christoff070 I would tend to agree even if vengeance is buffed for S10. From my brief testing magic-oriented with max sanctuary+synergies (just 1 pt sacrifice+holy shield) is the easiest/cheapest to get started with that you can then transition into either native holy fire, holy freeze or doom+shattered wall with native conviction for endgame.
@@ChaosSanctuary Ty, your pd2 videos are the best by far, good to know ur still around
@@ChaosSanctuary thanks for this :)
Thanks for those useful guides dude, will you make a guide for necro ? its the only class you haven't done, just curious !
The easiest way for necro is: phys skellies (warriors + archers) with max amp curse. This build ends with level 77, rest in preferences (max iron golem, revive or curse mastery). This build is strong but slow.
I appreciate these videos. The only thing I miss is briefly talking about a few decent options for (group) clearing the three difficulties initially. What are your thoughts on this for Paladin on HC?
Youre basically just a walking aura in a group playthrough. In most groups youll probably have to be on salvation most of the time. Even if you do decide to go holy fire zeal early normal it will usually be irrelevant by the time you reach act 3 so there isnt much point when you can just go 1 pt might for the party and then go straight holy bolt and have a playable spec once youre done even if you dumped a good amount of points into salvation.
@@ChaosSanctuary Great point about Holy Fire wearing off quickly. I did some testing yesterday and Holy Fire really smacks early on, but at the same time it’s a very selfish aura. A Paladin will probably be paired with a summoner of sorts in the early parts of the playthrough anyway so that 1 point wonder Might definitely seems like the better choice. Then just stacking Holy Bolt and a bit of Resist Fire for Diablo will do the trick.
AMAZING GUIDES thank you!
Would love a video for assassin!
Keep up the good work
Will be next week, druid coming up next
@@ChaosSanctuary Nice!!
Great video please make more guides.
can you share your graphic settings?maan it looks really good
Please do necro next ! You're doing amazing guides.
Great guide. Excellent content. Nico nico nii
It could be really nice to see performance of holy freeze without too much jewel and too many cold charms and infi so I could decide whether to go for it or not
Your best bet is to go to the PD2 discord and follow the instructions to install PlugY along with the teststash and then try out things for yourself
Amazing work!!!!!! 👏 👏
Is hammerdin ever a good option in PD2? Thanks, nice vid
It can be since it has good damage. The mechanics of hammers is a real limiting factor on a lot of maps though and its hard to fit mf into your setup early on compared to HB/foh
thoughts on 2h zeal for endgame?
does sanctuary aura lower magic res while using holy bolt?
yes but the range is relatively low
7:54 did you just leave an Andariel's Visageon the ground?
(I haven't played for awhile by the way. I might be wrong)
I did yes. The video was made using a PlugY test character.
Thank you sir. I suggest speaking a bit louder, it's hard to hear sometimes.
will there be an amazon guide?
Yes I will have one released for every class before season 8 arrives on the 22nd. Amazon and druid will be next up.
Thank you! Looking forward to some leveling tips too!@@ChaosSanctuary
@@ChaosSanctuary think your vid becomes the tipping point for trying pd2 first time this upcoming season thanks 😊
Will foh pally be god for hell cows day 1 straight after leveling compared for example to fire volcano druid (i tested him and with spirit and rhyme he already do cows very fast)?
Going to cow lvl as a paladin day 1 is a waste since its way stronger in trav and CS. Fissure druid is by far the strongest hell cow build with no +skills except spirit.
Thanks bro!@@ChaosSanctuary
points in charge useless ? i put like 10 into charge
@@lolleonlolable the build I outlined is centered around elemental damage. Investigating in charge only increases phys damage. With that said Charge got nerfed this season and sacrifice is the better mapping build now but you can follow the same concept/gearing again just using 1 pt sacrifice/charge
@@ChaosSanctuary ok trying sac then, yeah it felt a little nerfed or somehting i thought its just because im missing convic and a few facits. btw whats ur take on firegolems ? im trying to make em work atm but im not sure if i shoult use act2 merc with infi and that helm that procs taunt or the act3 light merc with bazel and that proc armor and taunt or act 4 dark merc with infi and proc armor/taunt didnt play since s4 all the mercs are new to me and i have about 10hrs so i cant just buy both and test what would u do ?
Warning: Pd2 runewizard states you need PUL rune for principle rw, but its a GUL rune. dont waste your stuff like i did xD
You still playing pd2
Absolutely
@ChaosSanctuary I love the idea of the barb in hardcore but I just think that start looks miserable what's your best starter for hardcore? And if it's summons you can list it but also list a non summons
@@mr.mardoc8651 im a bit fan of holy bolt paladin but I also have no issue with the hotkey-heavy gameplay with the teleport offhand swapping.
Summon druid & necro are definitely up there but neither of them are that great at running chaos initially which is my preferred pre-map farming spot.
gonna start holy bolt mf in season 8
Its a fantastic starter if you really enjoy farming chaos!
Flying fuck is this singleplayer? All of those items would take me a year to grind towards. Every one of them. Played for 4 months on d2r with my dad and im still level 85 with zero value to my account. Any one of those charms has more value than everything ive accumulated so far lol.
Yes these guides have been made utilizing the PD2 PlugY test stash which has close to everything you'd need for testing purposes
@@ChaosSanctuary thank you for regrowing my e-peen back 1 or 2 inches fellow gamer.
@@DageyWow18 Getting gear and currency in PD2 is kind of easier than D2R, but game is still the same grindfest, that we all love!
Also with more builds, other than hammerdins and blizz sorcs!
Kill speed over MF