Thank you for making this so digestible. As a father of two and being like 12 years old playing and enjoying d2 way back when, really explaining this shit in detail and making guides with absolute garbage low-low gear is awesome and welcome. Listen I haven't even beaten the game yet since I have so little time to Play, I'm only at act4 hell haha. So yeah just thanks for taking us slow poke plebs into consideration. Awesome video.
Great video Phil, for current patch I 100% agree with this list. For 2.4 i think Inferno Strides deserve an honorable mention, with the run/walk % added to blaze, it is funny to see how fast u can get going when they proc.
Inferno Strides are good even now. It's the easiest way to get 85% fire resist on a caster. Fire projectiles are the most annoying ones, especially hydras in Travincal and 3rd Baal wave or megademons from CS with their fire attacks.
i really dig shadow dancers personally. 30fhr and 30frw, 20-25 dex, high defense and low str requirement. no resists, but very good for hitting some breakpoints
Before I even watch the video (in no particular order, different builds require different choices): Travs, Treks, Gores, Waterwalks, Shadow Dancers. Runner Up: Goblin Toes (upped for certain builds), Infernostrides (prefer over hotspur). 🥳 Now, let's see if Phil agrees! *Dang, I didn't even think about Silkweaves! I never use them! 😅 Also, I agree that Aldur's are amazing, I actually feel they are better than most unique boots, but because this was specifically about *unique boots, I discluded them. Also, I see you've been pumping out content lately dude. Keep it up! 😄
Hot spurs are probably only better than infernostrides for chaos when you're on a hardcore paladin or pushing 99 on softcore so you don't randomly get ganked by infector with conviction. Why shadow dancers on the list? Cause rarity?
Hi Phil you forgot to mention the 15-25 added damage on Wartrav, that alone actually makes it the best damaging boots for ranged physical characters like bowazon as CB has halved effectiveness for ranged attack and DS don't stack perfectly with CS(amazon passive).
I use Last wish and Highlords.. crushing blows is not tha thing imm looking for (I got plenty) I go either gore riders (cause more of others than crushing blow) the bleeding is nice.. if not then war travelers yes is a go to to any characters yes
Gores and GToe are the only boots which are really unique. IMO the other unique boots can be substituted for rare boots and don't have many 'unique' stats to offer
Can you do a video on builds that can slay uber diablo / uber trist in 2.4? Now with Uber diablo spawning regionwide it would be nice to play a char that can kill him if someone spawns him for you I would like not to play zealadin for my first char :)
First time Diablo 2 player here: when an item says something like “+5 mana after each kill”, and I’m playing a summoner necro, does a kill made by my skeletons/golems count as a kill that’ll give me that +5? Or does this only count towards melee attacks and more direct spells like Teeth?
@@rammpeth yea you're right i never think about it because last time i played hardcore was D3 , we have to squeeze out every bit of life and vit improvement for better survive.
@@Patatetbk I agree on that but unique boots are a bit lackluster and set items are in most of cases useless and boots are the major exception with hsarus being an awesome set of low level boots, Sanders a great mid level set and Natalyas and Aldurs a great end game set. And you normally don't wear those along with the rest of their respective set items. They are all great stand alone.
Not the most godly but I found a rare pair of chain boots 30% fr/w 21% Ed 35% light resist and 38% poison resist repairs 1/20sec best of all 69% GF wish it was MF
@@Proximity94 fair enough. I have no HC experience in end game BIS gear choices I would agree…Add Hotspur to my list 😎 honestly in soft core give me a nicely rolled tri res FRW MF boots any day and I’m good. I think I gambled away so much gold until I got a pair!
I DISAGREE... I AM USING RARE BOOTS WITH 30%FRW + 5 DEX + 39% COLD RES + 20% LIGHTNING RES + 36% FIRE RES + 20% MF and I think these are better than most if not all unique boots. Yeah some boots are better for certain characters but overall, high tri-res boots w/ 30%FRW are great. They could even be better if they had 10% FHR
Not gonna lie, the bleep and *one hour later* and bleep continuing definitely made this my favorite video you have produced so far. Keep it up bud!
war travs also have 25 max dmg so they are worth like 8 3 max dmg small charms, so very good for throw barbs and bowas
lots of people don't realise how powerful these boots are, that damage is really insane and people only really see the magic find
Thank you for making this so digestible. As a father of two and being like 12 years old playing and enjoying d2 way back when, really explaining this shit in detail and making guides with absolute garbage low-low gear is awesome and welcome. Listen I haven't even beaten the game yet since I have so little time to Play, I'm only at act4 hell haha. So yeah just thanks for taking us slow poke plebs into consideration. Awesome video.
Sanders and the wyrmhyde uniques for honorable mention on super budget or noob gear, great movement speed and the wyrmhyde have the fire res max too.
Just for nostalgia marrowwalks were pretty sweet back when uber wave leveling was a thing.
Great video Phil, for current patch I 100% agree with this list. For 2.4 i think Inferno Strides deserve an honorable mention, with the run/walk % added to blaze, it is funny to see how fast u can get going when they proc.
Inferno Strides are good even now. It's the easiest way to get 85% fire resist on a caster. Fire projectiles are the most annoying ones, especially hydras in Travincal and 3rd Baal wave or megademons from CS with their fire attacks.
I found triple res MF boots in an 8 player cow game and dropped them to free up space. I forgot how sought after they were in the original d2.
Why are you making us feel bad?
i really dig shadow dancers personally. 30fhr and 30frw, 20-25 dex, high defense and low str requirement. no resists, but very good for hitting some breakpoints
You brought back the metal opener he'll yeah! Arms filling out nicely keep it up dude.
Nice topic. Please do other unique top 5's as well. Appreciate it 👍
Before I even watch the video (in no particular order, different builds require different choices): Travs, Treks, Gores, Waterwalks, Shadow Dancers. Runner Up: Goblin Toes (upped for certain builds), Infernostrides (prefer over hotspur). 🥳 Now, let's see if Phil agrees! *Dang, I didn't even think about Silkweaves! I never use them! 😅 Also, I agree that Aldur's are amazing, I actually feel they are better than most unique boots, but because this was specifically about *unique boots, I discluded them. Also, I see you've been pumping out content lately dude. Keep it up! 😄
Hot spurs are probably only better than infernostrides for chaos when you're on a hardcore paladin or pushing 99 on softcore so you don't randomly get ganked by infector with conviction. Why shadow dancers on the list? Cause rarity?
mana after kill on javazon is huge, never stop throwing, tstrokes and tstrokes on switch and razortail = cow grounder
Even if they hating on your video they’re still watching 😉
Your editing kills me. That censorship used had me dying.
Nats boots are also good for dual res. Solid list tho, SP!
Great vid, good insight and funny as well
Dude I love the part where people leave comments situation that you said at the beginning of the video you had me dying 🤣
Phil love the creativity intro lol
Hi Phil you forgot to mention the 15-25 added damage on Wartrav, that alone actually makes it the best damaging boots for ranged physical characters like bowazon as CB has halved effectiveness for ranged attack and DS don't stack perfectly with CS(amazon passive).
Nice video like always brother.
I use Last wish and Highlords.. crushing blows is not tha thing imm looking for (I got plenty) I go either gore riders (cause more of others than crushing blow) the bleeding is nice.. if not then war travelers yes is a go to to any characters yes
1. Waterwalk
2. Shadow Dancers
3. War Travelers
4. Gore Rider
5. Sandstorm Trek
Great video! No marrowwalk though?!
5:44 iirc the Open Wound STOPS the monster generation for 8(?!) secs, not combat the monster regeration ?
Anyway great video man, keep slayinggg!
silks are probably used more often on high mana archers and callers than most casters...
Nice! I like this video. Boots are so underrated! I shall slay tonight!!
Hotsput are best boots. Rare Boots can have up to 25% MF + 4x up to 40% resist . That save 8 SCH with 5% all resist (8x 7% MF = +56%MF ) .
Intro was hilarious lol
That's why I often gamble for boots
Gores and GToe are the only boots which are really unique. IMO the other unique boots can be substituted for rare boots and don't have many 'unique' stats to offer
Ever heard of Shadow Dancers or Marrowwalks? Those are actually the "really unique" boots.
Great vid
Lol that reminds me why I subbed! 🤪
Hotspur is sleeper OP. Max 90% fire res.
Can you do a video on builds that can slay uber diablo / uber trist in 2.4? Now with Uber diablo spawning regionwide it would be nice to play a char that can kill him if someone spawns him for you
I would like not to play zealadin for my first char :)
First time Diablo 2 player here: when an item says something like “+5 mana after each kill”, and I’m playing a summoner necro, does a kill made by my skeletons/golems count as a kill that’ll give me that +5? Or does this only count towards melee attacks and more direct spells like Teeth?
No unfortunately any kill by your minions will not count. You have to kill them personally.
Hotspur are awesome too
War travs no doubt is the best but, waterwalks seems quite useless for me
Depends. They are great on hardcore and some builds. These do great on barbs to boost that BO life
@@rammpeth yea you're right i never think about it because last time i played hardcore was D3 , we have to squeeze out every bit of life and vit improvement for better survive.
Did he miss Natalyas and Aldurs? Also Hsarus are awesome for early levels.
Its a list about Uniques, not set items.
@@Patatetbk I agree on that but unique boots are a bit lackluster and set items are in most of cases useless and boots are the major exception with hsarus being an awesome set of low level boots, Sanders a great mid level set and Natalyas and Aldurs a great end game set. And you normally don't wear those along with the rest of their respective set items. They are all great stand alone.
agree with top 3. sandstorm trek are one of most overrated items imo. i think hotspur is top 5 and would be top 3 if it gave faster run/walk
I think you can get better on a crafted boot, but not the 65 life
Forgot to mention Hotspur
No love for Hotspurs :(
Not the most godly but I found a rare pair of chain boots 30% fr/w 21% Ed 35% light resist and 38% poison resist repairs 1/20sec best of all 69% GF wish it was MF
shadow dancers are better than most of these imo
where is HOTSPUR
What are those!!??
What is what??
@@DV8N1 you haven’t seen that meme before about shoes?
@FrankieFresh No. I honestly don't pay much attention to memes though either.
War Traveler and Gore Rider. End of list 😂
Hotspur in hardcore mode.
@@Proximity94 why not just use Aldurs? Then again I don’t do HC…if I want to max out ALL Res beyond 75 I just run a GA armor.
@@amfitness5598 I believe because hotspur don’t compromise many important stats nearly as much as GA would.
@@Proximity94 fair enough. I have no HC experience in end game BIS gear choices I would agree…Add Hotspur to my list 😎 honestly in soft core give me a nicely rolled tri res FRW MF boots any day and I’m good. I think I gambled away so much gold until I got a pair!
@@amfitness5598 sure thing tri or quad res boots are the way to go for me as well but yea they are naturally less affordable for your average joe
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Algo
I DISAGREE... I AM USING RARE BOOTS WITH 30%FRW + 5 DEX + 39% COLD RES + 20% LIGHTNING RES + 36% FIRE RES + 20% MF and I think these are better than most if not all unique boots. Yeah some boots are better for certain characters but overall, high tri-res boots w/ 30%FRW are great. They could even be better if they had 10% FHR
I would almost always use the boots you mentioned too. I don't think I said anywhere in here that these uniques are better than GG rare boots.
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hah ! just found a 49% set of war travelers from Hell Andy yesterday!