Oh my... just... How did I not notice that when I was playing OR editing the video? 😅 I went to check on the character, and it's from the Nagelring I found from Andariel. So I guess I technically failed the challenge then! Haha, good find.
@@zarfen That's okay, I think we can forgive a measly 3 points of occasional non-scaling damage. Equiping cool ring more important than being anal about rules!
Teleport charges to get through the poison immune wall was by far the most high iq move i've seen. I would have NEVER thought of that if I was doing the same challenge run.
Idk, seems pretty average IQ to me. Anyone who played sorc a lot (basically anyone at all, sorc is good for grinding gear for other characters) knows that teleport is busted and there are few ways to even get it to non-sorc characters as well.
@@darkhorsedre on any non-sorc character, I always shop a tele staff. Shop it at Ormus at level 23, it'll be red because you need to be level 24 to equip it.
Awesome run, as someone who made a Poisonmancer the other draw besides poison nova is that the lower resist curse also reduces poison resist to deal with poison immune enemies.
A bit of a different video this time. I really enjoyed making this, so please let me know if this is something you would like to see more of. I'll go back to grinding for loot in the next video though! Have a great day and may all your drops be jaw-dropping!
Very impressive, my friend. I would not have had the patience for that. Not sure why you didn't just reload after hitting a literal wall but, maybe shopping for a teleport staff was quicker? :)
I did this in single player, where the map doesn’t reset between games unless you change to another difficulty (which I couldn’t since I was in normal)
Using that poison shrine to get the initial level was brilliant. I cant believe just how much exp you got there. A couple more kills and you would have leveled TWICE!
The character growth and story telling while fighting Diablo was more compelling then anything we have seen from most recent Hollywood movies. Well done.
I’ve seen people do that when speedrunning. Didn’t think I needed extra since I had in inventory and cube, but I will for sure next time I do a challenge 😅
Regular items (which include potions) do disappear after 10 minutes, magic items after 20 minutes, rares and better after 30. Picking them up and dropping back resets the timer.
got an lvl 88 poison necro. was able to get a anni in ladder. it took me almost 4h to kill diablo, because of his regeneration and resistances. it only worked with a jade-tan-do and a golem and and slowing curse with frost damage. i completly broke the animations, and did not get any damage by diablo. but every repair at town was like a speedrun. luckly, he has no generation while poisioned. it was a pain in the butt.
FYI, you can town portal out of Diablo's bone prison. When you portal back, you do NOT get put back in the time-out pen. Found that one out on finding Uber diablo in place of the countess 😅
Crazy challenge i wouldnt have thought possible, i probably never would have thought of poison creeper, if i somehow did i never would have thought it could be that effective, and if by some miracle i did figure that out i never ever would have figured out the poison shrine for the first level. Super awesome accomplishment
I really like that you made this video. You give a lot of base info a play with the existing game mechanic. You also show you don't have to go for the best lvl build to have fun and a challenge!
Zarfen, I love your accent, your vibe, dedication, and honesty. As a decades-long lover of D2, I feel your attunement to the loot slot machine keenly. It's a delight to still be learning about this game all these years later.
@@zarfen I found my first Jah in solo play the other day and it immediately sent me on a journey to get a Ber. Lower Kurast hasn't been generous yet, but I'll get there. Crazy how a drop can affect choices!
This was a very cool challenge, congratulations for completing it! Very clever way to level up at the beginning! If you ever decide to revisit this challenge in some way, here are a couple of ideas: - The tele staff you used to jump over the barricades in act 5.....the earliest you can get it is from Ormus on act 3, and you can use it to escape Diablo's bone prisons as well, instead of having to tank his attacks while inside the prisons. - With the amount of poison damage the Poison Creeper was dealing near the end of act 5, I don't think it is possible to kill Achmel with poison, even after breaking the immunity with a level 1 lower res wand (if breaking his immunity is even possible with such a wand). So, it was a good idea skip him. As for the Minions of Destruction, it might be possible to kill them after applying lower res to them, but I'm not sure and that may need testing, especially against Lister.
Correct me if I'm wrong but Strangling Gas is Poison Damage.. you could avoid the poison shrine strat (but the shrine looks cooler hehe) do not throw them at the target but at the ground and i think you are fine with pure poison.
You never would have killed Wave 5 honestly. They have 95 poison resist and health regeneration. unless you kept them clumped in a corner unable to move, they would heal whatever damage they took from the poison creeper between each hit. That's why you were able to do damage when they had you trapped up top. You would have needed lprobably 15-20 more levels before you could just face tank them to kill them. I'm kind of surprised you didn't use poison potions though. while not great damage, it would at least allow you to do damage between the poison creepers attack cool down.
Poison actually stops regeneration, you just need to make sure the mobs are constantly poisoned. Kiting them over the "brushes" that the creeper leaves on the floor and some throwing poison potions would help that.
A laugh is the best compliment I could ask for. Thanks for the comment! That pillar had me laughing too. I sat there and just watched for much longer than shown in the video.
@@zarfen Just to think that challenge up is massive credit to ya! If you do any more, I'll be sat ready with the popcorn🤣 Plus I love Diablo2! Thanks again
Cool thing about the creeper is that everytine you cast it, it instantly attacks whatever you aim at and leaves vines behind so you can just recast it for mass early game damage. I always use poison creeper through normal shirs op
Poison damage is so bad in Hell because of lots of high resistances but it could probably be done. Note sure this would be the right poison character though. I don’t think I will do it anytime soon, but I’m taking nm/hell into consideration in future challenges and in my latest challenge I tackled all difficulties
I figured shrine whould be the answer. Poison creeper got buffed in d2r. I don't know what toueant by hard to aim though you can just recast it to put it somewhere specific
I am currently at the very beginning of the video; however, if you resummon the poison creeper it immediately can attack again--often right where it was summoned. You can use this to somewhat control where it attacks. So, I typically resummon the creeper after attacks so it can lays lots of vines down.
Those deal only poison but they require level 6 to be used. I should probably have used them but I didn’t feel the need at level 6 with the poison creeper.
Honestly impressed you soloed and shopped a teleport charge staff just to get past that wall. The follow-up usages were fair as well given your end goal. How much did you end up investing in synergy to creeper?
I was planning to and honestly thought they would be a big part of the early strategy, but once I hit level 6 to use the first poison potion the creeper dealt so much damage that I didn’t feel it was worth bothering.
Cool vid. Clever way to get started, but I thought: could you use strangling / choking gas potions to begin with? Perhaps I'm mistaken but I think they're pure poison damage? One has a min level requirement I think, or do they both? 🤔
No joke, I literally was forced to kill Diablo with nothing but poison gas potions because my werebear druid was so trash that it couldn't last even a few seconds against him. So I was forced to trap Diablo against a corner, run out to pelt him with poison gas, and everytime my potion supply was low, I'd return to town to "repair" the potion to restore my stock...also, back then you can restore throwing potion stocks by repairing them.
A year late, but one of the lore pieces is something along the lines of Khalim, of flail fame, was the only priest able to withstand Mephisto's corruption. That is why using his organs to break the seal allows you to bypass a similar corruption coming from the orb. I... admittedly dont remember why its a flail, if there even is a reason.
Rabies deals physical damage equal to a normal attack when you bite enemies. Doesn’t say on the tooltip of the skill but you can see it on the character screen
8:49 - Oooh, oooh! I know this one! Many creatures in D2 have two states they can be in. One is the normal state with all the normal status effects and what not. But, the other, is partial invulnerability. Where they can't be hit by normal attacks or abilities. The first time players might see this is the birds in act 2 when they sort of fly up a bit. In a similar fashion, the druid creeper vines burrow and it's the same, exact effect just with different animations. The only way to hit creatures that are burrowed or, flying or, whatever is with universal damage... No idea what it's called but, avid D2 players will know what I'm talking about. Basically any spell that hits everything on screen within a certain radius. Not just regular aoe spells. But, like the Paladin's Holy Fire or the Sorc's Shock spell. Sorry if my explanation's a bit awkward. I don't know the literal programming of the game or anything like some people seem to. But, I've been playing D2 off and on for over 20 years so, I definitely picked up a thing or two. LoL :)
You can play poison only with Necro to. Early poison shrine + Poison Potions (sell one, buy full stack) can help you get lvl 12. Then try to spawn all poison skeleton mages. Get easy lvl 30 and Even clear all difficulties with that build.
Hehe yeah that’s a cool strategy. I also had that idea after I already posted this video. Get to level 12 and then summon - unsummon - summon in a safe area until you have an army of only poison mages. Maybe I’ll redo this challenge in the future with s necro
Well done. I get that in the end you just lost your patiens, but still.... you came soooo far. Just to leave this one mark 😂 (talking about the seconde luring)
Never get between man and his plant... or isn't that what they say? Anyway botanist taking a stroll saved sanctuary. So what about birdwatcher (Ravens)? :-D
I actually started a raven only run soon after this one, but then I switched to a new PC and haven’t transferred any files yet… we’ll see if it becomes a video but I believe they have buffed ravens some time in D2R so they were good in the early game at least.
@@zarfenSo it may not be as crazy asi it sounds :-D I admit that while I think D2R is one of the best remasters I also didn't play it that much nor I'm up to date with every patch/change. Still it would be interesting to see what a full raven build can actually do.
Antidote and thawing give 50 resis and+10 max resist, you can stack the duration of them by consuming more (ie 5~150 seconds dye to the time it takes to consume the potions) Taking lethal damage while Shapeshifted takes you to 1hp and human form instead (homage to d&d rules
I just finished watching an anime called Failure Frame where the main character levels up primarily using poison to kill things. Not sure why but this video just felt so satisfying to watch...
If you want survivability without kiting - rings and amulet of Replenish life; Shapeshift into werewolf 1 point (no need to attack - go for Lycanthropy) and invest in Oak Sage. You get a large jump to life and you don't have to attack anything. Also, skulls in the armor.
From read I was told from chat gtp is that poison is the least resistance that monsters are immune to. Nothing in Chaos is immune to poison but the main problem is getting past the maggots to get their unless you have tele or it’s charges on an item.
"I'm not a fan of the third act." Is anyone a fan of that act? Too mazelike, Shamans melt your life in seconds, Act 3 Mercenary gets shafted in Nightmare and Hell(although I heard Resurrected gave Iron Wolves some buffs so they're actually viable for the later difficulties).
It feels so bad to search every corner of the great marsh for the flayer jungle exit, only to find it on the only tiny corner you didn’t check in the spider forest 50 meters from town!
@@zarfen Oh yes and don't forget everyone's first time in the sewers. Of course I checked the sewers for the final organ! What do you mean the unique shockbat spawns a lever!? Great, now I gotta look for the place where I killed it...
the video length is about 18mins. I thought i would fast forward most content but i ended up watching every single second. It is a video of a man trying out the most frustrating skill on diablo. Well done bro!
I remember that to defeat the Ancients on hell difficulty, I had to fill the whole of Arreat Summit with poison potions because of physical resists they had.
Nice challenge to see, ehm hate to say it but what about the thorns damage 😅
Oh my... just... How did I not notice that when I was playing OR editing the video? 😅 I went to check on the character, and it's from the Nagelring I found from Andariel. So I guess I technically failed the challenge then! Haha, good find.
came here to say this.. challenge failed XD
Try again haha...
@@zarfen That's okay, I think we can forgive a measly 3 points of occasional non-scaling damage. Equiping cool ring more important than being anal about rules!
😂🎉 mr. detective
Guilty but forgiven XD
That poison shrine boost to almost level 3 was oddly satisfying to watch.
wow not even physical damage to a door. respect.
That poison shrine idea for getting past level 1 was genius!!
Wouldn't poison gas throwable potion also work?
@@Miraihi they require level 6 unfortunately
How dare they limit posion potion to lvl 6!
Also, dont know if they remade it in ressurected, but i remember damage potions were quite useless in later game, they delt no damage
Backlogs used the same strategy in his poison only run, actually
I appreciate how you named him AliceCooper for a Poison run. I see you are a man of culture.
I’ve been waiting for someone to comment on it 🤝
I was looking for this comment. You guys rock 🤘
Even with the thorns damage, that still deserves a huge well done 👏
Thanks 🫡
Not pure poison. Run nullified.
@@thecaneater do it better. Comment nullified.
@@MsToshi1990 simp more
@@MsToshi1990 Incredible. Being butthurt on someone else's behalf, over a joke. Bravo. 👏
The effort and your subtle humor earned a sub. 😁
Thanks, I appreciate it!
LOL wow. That was really awesome. Using the shrine to get a free level was pretty clever. Good video man.
Thanks man! Glad you liked it.
Teleport charges to get through the poison immune wall was by far the most high iq move i've seen. I would have NEVER thought of that if I was doing the same challenge run.
Idk, seems pretty average IQ to me. Anyone who played sorc a lot (basically anyone at all, sorc is good for grinding gear for other characters) knows that teleport is busted and there are few ways to even get it to non-sorc characters as well.
@@quint3ssent1a 100% I used to know the level and vendor to get it from (act 3, level 19?) and not to mention dropping a random tele charges amu
@@darkhorsedre on any non-sorc character, I always shop a tele staff. Shop it at Ormus at level 23, it'll be red because you need to be level 24 to equip it.
I have seen someone do a similar challenge by leading one of the barbs roaming around to the door an have them "open" it
my fav class is sorc, so that was my first thought.. "just teleport bro"
Awesome run, as someone who made a Poisonmancer the other draw besides poison nova is that the lower resist curse also reduces poison resist to deal with poison immune enemies.
*A bear lets his pet worm spit on his enemies*
3 legendary Barbarians: You're a true hero!
Haha 😂
A bit of a different video this time. I really enjoyed making this, so please let me know if this is something you would like to see more of. I'll go back to grinding for loot in the next video though!
Have a great day and may all your drops be jaw-dropping!
This was a fun watch. Challenge runs are always fun and interesting to watch.
Very impressive, my friend. I would not have had the patience for that. Not sure why you didn't just reload after hitting a literal wall but, maybe shopping for a teleport staff was quicker? :)
I did this in single player, where the map doesn’t reset between games unless you change to another difficulty (which I couldn’t since I was in normal)
@@zarfen can you tell I've been playing a lot of modern Blizzard games? "Singleplayer? What's that!?". LoL :P
@tarrker haha yeah offline single player seems to be a thing of the past
Using that poison shrine to get the initial level was brilliant. I cant believe just how much exp you got there. A couple more kills and you would have leveled TWICE!
The character growth and story telling while fighting Diablo was more compelling then anything we have seen from most recent Hollywood movies. Well done.
Thank you!
14:34 But you can throw as many potions on the ground there as you like, they won't disappear ;)
I’ve seen people do that when speedrunning. Didn’t think I needed extra since I had in inventory and cube, but I will for sure next time I do a challenge 😅
Regular items (which include potions) do disappear after 10 minutes, magic items after 20 minutes, rares and better after 30.
Picking them up and dropping back resets the timer.
That is the kind of video the internet serves you in order to keep you from getting a healthy amount of sleep.
And i regret nothing. Well played, sir!
watching the werebear tank diablos spells in the bone prison was so satisfying
Amazing video, man. Original idea, great storytelling... Just so well done!
Thank you, Coooley! Really appreciate it.
got an lvl 88 poison necro. was able to get a anni in ladder. it took me almost 4h to kill diablo, because of his regeneration and resistances. it only worked with a jade-tan-do and a golem and and slowing curse with frost damage. i completly broke the animations, and did not get any damage by diablo. but every repair at town was like a speedrun. luckly, he has no generation while poisioned. it was a pain in the butt.
FYI, you can town portal out of Diablo's bone prison. When you portal back, you do NOT get put back in the time-out pen. Found that one out on finding Uber diablo in place of the countess 😅
Good tip, thanks!
On Normal difficulty, Poison Creeper kicks butt. If you keep pumping points into it, it can easily carry you through early Nightmare.
Crazy challenge i wouldnt have thought possible, i probably never would have thought of poison creeper, if i somehow did i never would have thought it could be that effective, and if by some miracle i did figure that out i never ever would have figured out the poison shrine for the first level. Super awesome accomplishment
Thanks! 🙂
I never maxed it before either and it surprised me. It’s a shame it falls off so quickly in later difficulties.
@@zarfen poison necro does not fall off late game
@@WuPlaysgames who asked?
I really like that you made this video. You give a lot of base info a play with the existing game mechanic. You also show you don't have to go for the best lvl build to have fun and a challenge!
Thank you! 🙂
Zarfen, I love your accent, your vibe, dedication, and honesty. As a decades-long lover of D2, I feel your attunement to the loot slot machine keenly. It's a delight to still be learning about this game all these years later.
Thank you!
@@zarfen I found my first Jah in solo play the other day and it immediately sent me on a journey to get a Ber. Lower Kurast hasn't been generous yet, but I'll get there. Crazy how a drop can affect choices!
I had a very similar situation! In the end I got lucky with the amount of runs required for the ber in LK but it was still a grind! Good luck!
Lower resist RULEZ. How about party-playing together with Necromancer in further difficulty?
Well done man! Great narrative and even greater dedication to the mission!
This was a very cool challenge, congratulations for completing it! Very clever way to level up at the beginning!
If you ever decide to revisit this challenge in some way, here are a couple of ideas:
- The tele staff you used to jump over the barricades in act 5.....the earliest you can get it is from Ormus on act 3, and you can use it to escape Diablo's bone prisons as well, instead of having to tank his attacks while inside the prisons.
- With the amount of poison damage the Poison Creeper was dealing near the end of act 5, I don't think it is possible to kill Achmel with poison, even after breaking the immunity with a level 1 lower res wand (if breaking his immunity is even possible with such a wand). So, it was a good idea skip him. As for the Minions of Destruction, it might be possible to kill them after applying lower res to them, but I'm not sure and that may need testing, especially against Lister.
Amazing concept for a run. Hope to see more silliness. But yeah... I had a "?" when you equipped the Nagelring. Easy oversight, I suppose.
I loved the creative challenge. Well done.
that was amazing. i learned a lot in that video. thanks for taking the time to make it. Raven
"I feel like I maybe missed some lore by ignoring the npc dialogue over the past 20 years" HAHAHAHAHAH At 07:03
Correct me if I'm wrong but Strangling Gas is Poison Damage.. you could avoid the poison shrine strat (but the shrine looks cooler hehe) do not throw them at the target but at the ground and i think you are fine with pure poison.
They do deal only poison damage, but they require lvl 6 to be used.
@@zarfen lol lvl6 thats too much.
This is what keeps d2 alive after 20 years. :). Well done!
They sure did something right with this game!
Thanks :)
You never would have killed Wave 5 honestly. They have 95 poison resist and health regeneration. unless you kept them clumped in a corner unable to move, they would heal whatever damage they took from the poison creeper between each hit.
That's why you were able to do damage when they had you trapped up top. You would have needed lprobably 15-20 more levels before you could just face tank them to kill them.
I'm kind of surprised you didn't use poison potions though. while not great damage, it would at least allow you to do damage between the poison creepers attack cool down.
Poison actually stops regeneration, you just need to make sure the mobs are constantly poisoned. Kiting them over the "brushes" that the creeper leaves on the floor and some throwing poison potions would help that.
Saw this video pop up on RUclips front page without being logged on. Youre moving up there Zarfen. Keep it up.
That’s cool! Thanks for letting me know :)
I would never attempt any of these challenges myself but not only are they entertaining to watch I always learn a ton of stuff about the game!
That was such a fun story! I kind of want to play a Poison Creeper druid now...
The Necro can do this easily, even untwinked
Brilliant mate!! This had me laughing right to the end, especially the ancient fight with the piller obscuring line of sight😅
A laugh is the best compliment I could ask for. Thanks for the comment!
That pillar had me laughing too. I sat there and just watched for much longer than shown in the video.
@@zarfen
Just to think that challenge up is massive credit to ya! If you do any more, I'll be sat ready with the popcorn🤣
Plus I love Diablo2! Thanks again
Ive played through d2 to hell using just poison dagger into poison nova. so yes, but it was painful.
Cool thing about the creeper is that everytine you cast it, it instantly attacks whatever you aim at and leaves vines behind so you can just recast it for mass early game damage. I always use poison creeper through normal shirs op
I think the title should be "finish diablo 2 with only POISON CREEPER" thats actually impresive haha well done
Thoughts on tackling nightmare or hell difficulties?
Poison damage is so bad in Hell because of lots of high resistances but it could probably be done. Note sure this would be the right poison character though.
I don’t think I will do it anytime soon, but I’m taking nm/hell into consideration in future challenges and in my latest challenge I tackled all difficulties
I figured shrine whould be the answer.
Poison creeper got buffed in d2r.
I don't know what toueant by hard to aim though you can just recast it to put it somewhere specific
I am currently at the very beginning of the video; however, if you resummon the poison creeper it immediately can attack again--often right where it was summoned. You can use this to somewhat control where it attacks. So, I typically resummon the creeper after attacks so it can lays lots of vines down.
What about using choking gas potions that you can throw isnt that also only poison damage or is that physical with poison
Those deal only poison but they require level 6 to be used. I should probably have used them but I didn’t feel the need at level 6 with the poison creeper.
What a crazy way to play! I learned so much about the game just watching this video!
Wow. Good job! I like that you didn't quit when you encountered obstacles but thought your way through. Well done!
Thanks! The obstacles made it a really fun challenge to do.
Honestly impressed you soloed and shopped a teleport charge staff just to get past that wall. The follow-up usages were fair as well given your end goal.
How much did you end up investing in synergy to creeper?
16:17 Are you using thorns?
Great challenge run! Some really creative setups.
Thanks!
Too bad we're no longer on version 1.09 :-) The Tao of Poison exploit was epic.
Red lightning hose does lightning and physical damage always.
When doing the video I thought it was lightning and fire for some reason, but that explains why it still hurt a lot with max fire res.
It's only me? or some else things he lost the challange at 4:21? he starts doing thorn damage from the Nagelring
Yes, video absolutely ruined, not worth watching, let's all go home
9:45 are you allowed to use town portals while in the bone prison, or are you stunned/silenced ?
Poison is definitely the hardest mathematical form of dmg in the game. People confuse more poison dmg as more dmg.
You should use poisonous throwing potions, pure poison damage
Je n'ai pas encore regardé la fin, je laisse déjà un commentaire, je suis fan de tes vidéos !
Good video, nice challenge. But why did you not chuck poison potions? Or am I missing something?
I was planning to and honestly thought they would be a big part of the early strategy, but once I hit level 6 to use the first poison potion the creeper dealt so much damage that I didn’t feel it was worth bothering.
ok thanks for the info @@zarfen
I was wondering the same, I forgot that you can't throw a poison potion before level 6!!!
really well done.. never give up!
Cool vid. Clever way to get started, but I thought: could you use strangling / choking gas potions to begin with? Perhaps I'm mistaken but I think they're pure poison damage? One has a min level requirement I think, or do they both? 🤔
Thanks!
The poison throwing potions both have level requirements. The lowest one has req. lvl 6. The other I don’t know, but it’s higher :)
Just discovered your channel, gives me good memories and your humour is excellent, thanx!
that smug look at the door before moving on!😂 VICTORY!
Awesome! You have so much patience it is unreal!
You absolute madman! That was epic. Long live Vine! The Alice Cooper reference gave me a good chuckle too xD
No joke, I literally was forced to kill Diablo with nothing but poison gas potions because my werebear druid was so trash that it couldn't last even a few seconds against him. So I was forced to trap Diablo against a corner, run out to pelt him with poison gas, and everytime my potion supply was low, I'd return to town to "repair" the potion to restore my stock...also, back then you can restore throwing potion stocks by repairing them.
A year late, but one of the lore pieces is something along the lines of Khalim, of flail fame, was the only priest able to withstand Mephisto's corruption. That is why using his organs to break the seal allows you to bypass a similar corruption coming from the orb. I... admittedly dont remember why its a flail, if there even is a reason.
Different type of video, but I really enjoyed it! Would definitely watch some other challenge videos!
Thanks for the feedback. I really enjoyed making it and it seems well received, so I’m planning on doing more!
Nice challenge, I love video like that 😉
Nagel is not a problem, change nothing to the end 😁
Gratz!
Thanks! Hehe I did not even look at the stats. Nagel is just a magic find boost, right? 😜
Why did you never switch to Rabies? It's a really good build and surely would have sped up the whole playthrough.
Rabies deals physical damage equal to a normal attack when you bite enemies. Doesn’t say on the tooltip of the skill but you can see it on the character screen
8:49 - Oooh, oooh! I know this one! Many creatures in D2 have two states they can be in. One is the normal state with all the normal status effects and what not. But, the other, is partial invulnerability. Where they can't be hit by normal attacks or abilities. The first time players might see this is the birds in act 2 when they sort of fly up a bit. In a similar fashion, the druid creeper vines burrow and it's the same, exact effect just with different animations.
The only way to hit creatures that are burrowed or, flying or, whatever is with universal damage... No idea what it's called but, avid D2 players will know what I'm talking about. Basically any spell that hits everything on screen within a certain radius. Not just regular aoe spells. But, like the Paladin's Holy Fire or the Sorc's Shock spell.
Sorry if my explanation's a bit awkward. I don't know the literal programming of the game or anything like some people seem to. But, I've been playing D2 off and on for over 20 years so, I definitely picked up a thing or two. LoL :)
Very enjoyable video. I can tell you have a passion of the game. Very entertaining as well and knowledgable. That lvl 1 boost was brilliant.
Thanks, glad you liked the video!
@zarfen liked it? I loved it!! Keep them coming
Beautiful video, I feel like a watched a narrated story. Fun watch!
Thanks! I’m very happy that it was well received, because I really liked making this style of video.
Dude... Alice Cooper... You made me laugh hard 😂🤣 Perfect 👌🏼
Your Diablo videos are so good. I haven’t looked but if you haven’t done a D1 video yet I would recommend that.
Sometimes I think I really like Diablo 2, but then I see people commit to 1000 runs, builds, or challenges like this and it makes me realize I’m mid
Same. I go back it thinking it would be the same fun, but it turns out like "god this is slow, and old"
Put the tele staff on weapon swap. With a quick short key you can tele anywhere you want with minimal drawbacks
You can play poison only with Necro to. Early poison shrine + Poison Potions (sell one, buy full stack) can help you get lvl 12. Then try to spawn all poison skeleton mages. Get easy lvl 30 and Even clear all difficulties with that build.
Hehe yeah that’s a cool strategy. I also had that idea after I already posted this video. Get to level 12 and then summon - unsummon - summon in a safe area until you have an army of only poison mages.
Maybe I’ll redo this challenge in the future with s necro
Well done. I get that in the end you just lost your patiens, but still.... you came soooo far. Just to leave this one mark 😂 (talking about the seconde luring)
that poison shrine start is absolutely genius
Never get between man and his plant... or isn't that what they say?
Anyway botanist taking a stroll saved sanctuary. So what about birdwatcher (Ravens)? :-D
I actually started a raven only run soon after this one, but then I switched to a new PC and haven’t transferred any files yet… we’ll see if it becomes a video but I believe they have buffed ravens some time in D2R so they were good in the early game at least.
@@zarfenSo it may not be as crazy asi it sounds :-D
I admit that while I think D2R is one of the best remasters I also didn't play it that much nor I'm up to date with every patch/change.
Still it would be interesting to see what a full raven build can actually do.
Thanks for showing all the challenges and how you overcame them. Ggwp
Did you tried to forge a poison weapon with the horadric cube? like making a socketed blade with emeralds?
Antidote and thawing give 50 resis and+10 max resist, you can stack the duration of them by consuming more (ie 5~150 seconds dye to the time it takes to consume the potions)
Taking lethal damage while Shapeshifted takes you to 1hp and human form instead (homage to d&d rules
I just finished watching an anime called Failure Frame where the main character levels up primarily using poison to kill things. Not sure why but this video just felt so satisfying to watch...
Alice cooper LOL fuck ya!! Amazing watch! Ty for the video, appreciated the dedication and the name 😂
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If you want survivability without kiting - rings and amulet of Replenish life; Shapeshift into werewolf 1 point (no need to attack - go for Lycanthropy) and invest in Oak Sage. You get a large jump to life and you don't have to attack anything. Also, skulls in the armor.
The best playthrough I've seen 💪✌️
Thanks! 🙏
From read I was told from chat gtp is that poison is the least resistance that monsters are immune to. Nothing in Chaos is immune to poison but the main problem is getting past the maggots to get their unless you have tele or it’s charges on an item.
I can listen to you talk for ages. Thnak you for the great video!
Thanks! Glad you liked it
I really enjoyed this video! Great job man! You earned my sub today lol
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it
So sick to see content like this for a nostalgic game
"I'm not a fan of the third act."
Is anyone a fan of that act? Too mazelike, Shamans melt your life in seconds, Act 3 Mercenary gets shafted in Nightmare and Hell(although I heard Resurrected gave Iron Wolves some buffs so they're actually viable for the later difficulties).
It feels so bad to search every corner of the great marsh for the flayer jungle exit, only to find it on the only
tiny corner you didn’t check in the spider forest 50 meters from town!
@@zarfen Oh yes and don't forget everyone's first time in the sewers.
Of course I checked the sewers for the final organ! What do you mean the unique shockbat spawns a lever!? Great, now I gotta look for the place where I killed it...
Interesting video lol. Like seeing weird challenges like this. Good vid brotha
Thanks, glad you liked it!
What about choking poison throwing at the start?
They require level 6 to use unfortunately.
I thought one of the evils would be immune to poison damage. GG
I did not think you could; but glad you proved me wrong.
the video length is about 18mins. I thought i would fast forward most content but i ended up watching every single second. It is a video of a man trying out the most frustrating skill on diablo. Well done bro!
The poison creeper actually kind of impressed me with its damage against trash mobs but it was extremely frustrating against bosses for sure!
@@zarfen i also didn't know that the most efficient way to use a poison shrine is rounding mobs up with so much patience
I remember that to defeat the Ancients on hell difficulty, I had to fill the whole of Arreat Summit with poison potions because of physical resists they had.
Was almost Poison damage only until you put on the Nagelring, but the video was fantastic
The story of how one man's pet worm saved the world.
Alternative title for the video! 😁