I remain flabbergasted that you consistently beat the game at a level where I tend to still be in act 1 Hell with most of my characters who've gotten to Hell. Congrats on the Guardian! Especially with that gear, holy shit
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I don't know how in d2r mecanics is but back as a young player, I play frozen orb and chain lightning soc. I use also . thunder storm. When the orb is in cold down , I switch to chain ligthning. When chain is in cold down, I switch to the ord. It was a very interresting built I had back in the day
thanks for the vid! life changing tip: you can shop +5 MAEK wands at drognan's ;) do you think firewall might have been the better backup choice? or is it not possible with the gamepad?
So, you can shop for a lower resist wand and put it on switch. Should make those boss fights a bit easier. Shopping for a wand with +mana and +energy early on would help deepen your mana pool. Even better if you can get +20 to fcr. Cranking up lightning mastery could improve damage output without increasing your mana overhead. Maybe blizzard instead of hydra? Or even Glacial spike? Triple flawless sapphire in your helm might be better than trying to boost MF.
I know. But I don't really like o-skills on items. Yeah that would be amazing, but it would mean a lot of shopping. Which is boring :) Going for Lightning mastery and static first to buff the damage is a good way to lower the mana consumption for sure. Good call on that Blizzard or Glacial Spike would totally work. But, I wanted to do hydra's. I'll do the other ones at some point for sure. Yeah triple flawless helm would totally work. But sacrificing the helm slot while I can just drink pots is definitely a big ask
Im surprised you didnt find some nicer stuff in that time.. Honestly though I'm just now trying my first char. in offline. I tried 20 years ago but always just played online. I'm in act 2 nightmare. soooo different.. what do you think is better though??!!!??!!?
I prefer single player by a lot. Hardcore and lag don't go together at all. I started online but went to offline when everyone from the clan I was in moved on and I never went back. The gear was really sad on this one for sure. Upgrading to bloodfist and a triple diamond shield in hell does not feel nice haha. Good luck on the playthrough!
@@thenuclearrabbit Idea for walkthrough from me: Try Holy Fire paladin with Raven Claw unique bow (adds Exploding Arrow), or other missile weapons with Exploding Arrow (Demon Machine or Kuko Shakaku), though Raven Claw is more than enough. It basically turns your paladin into sorc with fire ball but with 0 mana cost and huge fire damage. Then add Holy Freeze on switch for immunes (just get fast 4 socketed bow with 3x Eth to get -75% monster's defense and 1x Nef for knockback). Also, make socket in Raven Claw and I recommend to put Nef rune for knockback. So, it looks like it: Holy Fire (maxed), Fire Resist (maxed), Salvation (maxed), Holy Freeze (maxed), Resist Cold (rest points). Pretty unique build which can clear whole game, and especially is melting everything through Normal and Nightmare.
Hydra orb is much easier. Nova orb would be about the same powerlevel, just a different build. Lightning is the one that falls off hard in hell. You can do anything you want with the other 2 skill trees and be fine
do you play on p8 frequently? i was under the impression you did p8 for all runs the entire time til i noticed you mentioned swapping a few times. i'm a returning player and have been playing on players 8 and struggling a bit haha
Not really. I only use higher player counts when I need to farm levels. A lot of people seem to think I'm always on p8 though. (I get comments about it at least a few times a week) Don't really know why though I've never implied I am as far as I know. What part are you struggling with?
@@thenuclearrabbit i see. Well it's been fun this way haha! I've been having issues with mana regen, got to lvl 52 and never solved it besides chugging (blizz sorc). Then i got overconfident and teleported into some zealots on act 3 nightmare and got insta killed. So user error is what i'm struggling with. Thanks for the response!
Hydra seems like the absolute worst choice for this because all the movement causes them to miss so often. Firewall or enchant for the merc seems more like the way to go
Pin me!
sure haha
Lmao thanks. Is the char name based on the band by any chance?
It most certainly is
Man, I havent heard their music in around 15 years. Going to listen to counting bodies like sheep now 😂
@@thenuclearrabbit ayeeeee! honestly just caught that. just made me listen to some!!!
Haha thanks for the invaluable hydra tip at 18:30! 😄
No problem. I aim to teach!
that twist with staticing duriel in NM got me watching.
I aim to surprise!
You know he's a great UA-camr when you comment on a video a year ago and he still answers
I try to answer every comment :)
@@thenuclearrabbit thats why you're my favourite d2r youtuber
@@thenuclearrabbit even this one?
I like how the game started a bit static, then the plottwist shocked me and the end was 🔥
I will Nova stop loving the puns
@@thenuclearrabbit I can feel the Warmth through my screen
It hits like a blaze-ing meteor. An inferno, or even a fire wall
Love your content. Easily the most interesting diablo 2 videos out there, thank you!
No, thank you for watching!
I remain flabbergasted that you consistently beat the game at a level where I tend to still be in act 1 Hell with most of my characters who've gotten to Hell. Congrats on the Guardian! Especially with that gear, holy shit
Thank you! Yeah, the gear was not great on this one. Sometimes you just run hot and sometimes you just well, don't.
subbed because
a) D2R solo self found is The Way
b) I liked flow/info of the commentary
c) my otherwise boring English language sounds glorious on this channel
Thank you! Ssf is awesome for sure. First time I'm getting called glorious haha
How you don't already have 100k subs blows my mind. Love the content and dedication!
Just a matter of time the channel is growing very fast :) 3k to 4k subs took less than 2 months.
Thank you for the kind words!
Cheers for the videos man, love to listen while i work :d , keep up the good work
Thank you! Will do :)
i like that you added some montage things, like "static still op". Glad to see you improve your videos)
Thank you for noticing!
Those teleports at the end..... careful!!
😅
The mercenary has such good gear, he has obedience...and nothing 😂
Sounds good to me
17:28 one time I forgot to switch back from P8 and fought Trav P8 😊 - I got a Cham 🤣
Nice! Gratz! Cham is the only rune I've only found once. Would love to find one again
I enjoy your videos, keep it up!
Thank you! Will do. Thank you for watching :)
01:25 min "equipping my Shako" :D
I don't know how in d2r mecanics is but back as a young player, I play frozen orb and chain lightning soc. I use also . thunder storm. When the orb is in cold down , I switch to chain ligthning. When chain is in cold down, I switch to the ord. It was a very interresting built I had back in the day
Oh that sounds like a fun way to play. Should still work :)
thanks,Blizzard for the console version did not concern not to mention the fact that there are limit 30 characters that are far too little
Yeah. It's very rough. I'm on my third account and toss almost everything I don't need for a video. It's way too few chars
Mom !!! Where I get rabbit " shako " ?
Mom " No need to find !!. Just put two garbage topaz in Hat 🙋 Good luck son !!
No need to find it. We have Shako at home!
Hey! Your sorc didn't die!! Wooooo!
Yeah that is a thing that can happen apparently!
you actually can make Crescent Moon, -35 light res is damn good
I don't believe I had an Um rune. I like to think I would have gone for one of the best options available if I had it available.
A Lightning Immune Fire Enchanted demon named Ice Spell... Game trolls sometimes, ya know?
thanks for the vid! life changing tip: you can shop +5 MAEK wands at drognan's ;)
do you think firewall might have been the better backup choice? or is it not possible with the gamepad?
I know but shopping is so boring haha.
Oh firewall is fine on console. I just wanted to do hydra
@@thenuclearrabbit i feel you. i only shop for it if drognan is at the town exit :D
Hi Project Diablo 2 What do you think of this mode with all the changes skills, uniques and additions of maps ,different dclone and rathma?
I've never played it so can't say anything about it
I still cant figure out how to complete HC SSF with a frikkin controller and not have the patience to fully go insane.
I really don't think controller is that bad
@@thenuclearrabbit I already quit at HC :) anyway I respect it! GG's
for d2r console version offline is there any method like Hero Editor for items ,runes etc..?
Not that I know of
What a banger
Thank you!
So, you can shop for a lower resist wand and put it on switch. Should make those boss fights a bit easier.
Shopping for a wand with +mana and +energy early on would help deepen your mana pool. Even better if you can get +20 to fcr.
Cranking up lightning mastery could improve damage output without increasing your mana overhead.
Maybe blizzard instead of hydra? Or even Glacial spike?
Triple flawless sapphire in your helm might be better than trying to boost MF.
I know. But I don't really like o-skills on items.
Yeah that would be amazing, but it would mean a lot of shopping. Which is boring :)
Going for Lightning mastery and static first to buff the damage is a good way to lower the mana consumption for sure. Good call on that
Blizzard or Glacial Spike would totally work. But, I wanted to do hydra's. I'll do the other ones at some point for sure.
Yeah triple flawless helm would totally work. But sacrificing the helm slot while I can just drink pots is definitely a big ask
Im surprised you didnt find some nicer stuff in that time.. Honestly though I'm just now trying my first char. in offline. I tried 20 years ago but always just played online. I'm in act 2 nightmare. soooo different.. what do you think is better though??!!!??!!?
I prefer single player by a lot. Hardcore and lag don't go together at all. I started online but went to offline when everyone from the clan I was in moved on and I never went back.
The gear was really sad on this one for sure. Upgrading to bloodfist and a triple diamond shield in hell does not feel nice haha.
Good luck on the playthrough!
@@thenuclearrabbit
Thanks... it really gets you into the real game play that is was made!! lol if that makes sense.
@@chasstauffer4883 I get it :)
Nova is great for early leveling and half Nightmare, but then it loses punch. It doesn't scale to end game.
Yes absolutely. But that's why it's fun to use for a video :)
@@thenuclearrabbit Idea for walkthrough from me: Try Holy Fire paladin with Raven Claw unique bow (adds Exploding Arrow), or other missile weapons with Exploding Arrow (Demon Machine or Kuko Shakaku), though Raven Claw is more than enough.
It basically turns your paladin into sorc with fire ball but with 0 mana cost and huge fire damage. Then add Holy Freeze on switch for immunes (just get fast 4 socketed bow with 3x Eth to get -75% monster's defense and 1x Nef for knockback). Also, make socket in Raven Claw and I recommend to put Nef rune for knockback.
So, it looks like it: Holy Fire (maxed), Fire Resist (maxed), Salvation (maxed), Holy Freeze (maxed), Resist Cold (rest points).
Pretty unique build which can clear whole game, and especially is melting everything through Normal and Nightmare.
That sounds pretty fun. I'll put it in my notes :)
Nice build dude. Shame you didn't get any drops tho.
Thank you! It happens haha. I'm just glad I got the Guardian.
Would frozen orb have been easier?
Hydra orb is much easier. Nova orb would be about the same powerlevel, just a different build. Lightning is the one that falls off hard in hell. You can do anything you want with the other 2 skill trees and be fine
do you play on p8 frequently? i was under the impression you did p8 for all runs the entire time til i noticed you mentioned swapping a few times. i'm a returning player and have been playing on players 8 and struggling a bit haha
Not really. I only use higher player counts when I need to farm levels. A lot of people seem to think I'm always on p8 though. (I get comments about it at least a few times a week) Don't really know why though I've never implied I am as far as I know.
What part are you struggling with?
@@thenuclearrabbit i see. Well it's been fun this way haha! I've been having issues with mana regen, got to lvl 52 and never solved it besides chugging (blizz sorc). Then i got overconfident and teleported into some zealots on act 3 nightmare and got insta killed. So user error is what i'm struggling with. Thanks for the response!
@@69420Brandon Yeah a lot of my death's are user error as well. Good luck on your next run!
Tf I use static and it only brings them to certain health about 60 percent
It gets them to 1% in normal, 25% ish in nightmare and 50% in hell
Hydra seems like the absolute worst choice for this because all the movement causes them to miss so often.
Firewall or enchant for the merc seems more like the way to go
Sure. But I felt like playing a hydra sorc.
Breaking News! Static is still OP xD
Nothing but hard spittin truth here
if you had energy shield you wouldnt have died fs
Yew wand like You, not like Jew wand XD
Oh shit. I never knew. Well, today I learned