Can You Beat DIABLO 2 With Only Firebombs?
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
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Did you know that Diablo 2 has seven different versions of firebombs?
Follow up question : Did you know that they're all terrible?
You did?! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME EARLI-
Well, it's too late now. I guess there's only one thing for it. Time to find out if Diablo 2 can be beaten with only firebombs. And yes, that includes poison pots, and the assassin's fire trap.
Trust me, you don't want to see this run without it.
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That's probably the most enticing game ad I have seen in a long time
Will you do a covenant item only run in dark souls remastered
Alright tiny lady that can summon GOD sold me
Diablo 2 necro minion damage only?? No hirelings
Grim Dawn has an entire class devoted to the Goddess of Firebombs called Demolitionist. It has many flavors of FireBomb from Molotov Cocktails to Mortors. Might be worth giving a shot.
On top of that, Grim Dawn is just an excellent game altogether.
AND just got a new DLC
@@DocDewrill That is an update, the DLC is going to come in 2024. However, the update is huge, it added a lot of nice QOL changes, including a dodge button. I can't wait for the DLC to come out, a whole new class to toy with (including all the new possible combinations with previous classes)
I was just about to suggest this. Would be cool to see lemon play a game that gives the almighty firebomb the respect it deserves
thanks for clarification! :)@@lucho6883
equipping a dagger would speed up the throwing animation of the assassin, aswell as skilling burst of speed, since your throwing speed is scaled to your attack speed :)
The move speed provided by "burst of speed" is also quite useful and massive.
This guy Diablo 2s
Me dying inside every time he put points into energy
@RubbleRamp thisguythisguys
I was gonna say atk speed
It's amazing for a D2 veteran like me to watch how relatively new players play the game that I know inside and out. Just shows you how little the game actually tells you about itself in-game. Granted, when it was released, it was accompanied by a paperback game guide and nobody does that today, but still.
Firebombs assassin for Normal is completely doable no sweat, if you know the tricks. Farm the Countess for Stealth (Tal+Eth) armor runeword and Steel (Tir+El) sword runeword, put that into the fastest base (Scimitar or Crystal sword, the former is easier to find in A1 with 2 open sockets), because for some goddamn reason your trap laying speed is calculated from your attack speed (the game is really counterintuitive in its mechanics sometimes, okay, most of the time) to throw the bombs as fast as you can (Steel gives you a very substantial boost to attack speed and +2 to Mana after each kill) and farm for Nadir helmet (Nef+Tir) which gives you some sweet defense as well as additional +2 to Mana after each kill. Then you can make do with shields socketed with diamonds for all resistances bonus or you can farm Ral+Ort+Tal for Ancient's Pledge runeword or just wait until A5 because those three runes are exactly what Qual-Kehk rewards you with for saving the barbs. Pledge gives a huge boost to all res, more than enough to beat Normal twice over. Any other gear - use whatever you want, this is the stuff that will carry you.
Yeah, runewords completely broke the balance of itemization, I know.
Anyway, here's that five-page essay that you mentioned in the vid, hope you read this, awesome content, keep it up :D
This is kind of the stuff I hope for in challenge run videos, some explanation ways to make the gimmick usable or what synergies work well. Thank you for the quick overview of some fun mechanics and ideas!
my favorite thing about challenge run videos- people explaining their methods to the madness.
He literally said at the start he wasn't gonna read your paragraph.
This is the reason I hop into the comment section. As a casual, I find very interesting how much people can push the game mechanics to make gimmicks viable.
Wouldn't Leaf be better than Steel? Especially in Normal only where you don't really need resistance boost from Ancient's Pledge?
The excitement of seeing another firbomb only run is unmatched
I’m waiting for the “can you beat life IRL” firebomb challenge run
He'd better be dressed in a milkman outfit too.
"I am the milkman, my milk is delicious."
I totally read this as excrement. Lol
Firbomb
15:00 Dear Future Lemon, Thawing Potions do remove chill/freeze, but that's not why you use them against Duriel. It looks like a chill, but the slowdown he causes is actually from his Holy Freeze aura, which is not removed by Thawing Potions. The main benefit is the +50% Cold Resistance they give, reducing the cold damage Duriel deals to you.
As someone who has played this game for 20 years, it was nostalgic to see you play it without over optimizing it. "Get lost in an ice cave for over an hour". Thank You, keep having fun.
I know right? I've been playing pretty continuously since 2000 and it's super refreshing. If you want a playthrough that feels kinda fresh for OGs like us I'd reccomend either going Classic because of no runes, jewels, charms, and skills pre-nerf like WW and Static/Nova. That or a build no one does but is doable SSF (at least that's how I prefer to play, especially now that there aren't RW and Ubers locked to online ladder) like the bladesin, zoo druid, or poison dagger necro ✌️
So glad you mentioned the random enemy names. They can be hilarious every once in a while
I love the firebomb episodes but it's always sad when you say a run wasn't fun.
Ngl a lot of the runs on this channel wouldn’t of been fun a lot are stupidly tedious dude is a sadist probably watch every video
I feel like Lemon's patience has slowly rotted away as time goes on.
Definitely he never used to point out the basement dwellers
What an immolation run does to a man
No Idea If you know this, and It might even get mentioned later, but running will set your armor to 0 and block chance to 1/3 of what It Is. Now, that really only applies to melee focused builds but hey, might come In play later.
did someone say integrated add? Me: ah yes the economics class of the firebomb academy.
Gotta pay for the next round of firebombs. For some reason vendors don't sell them for free to academy members. Something about a shortage of flammable liquids. I got into growing walnut trees to make Walnut Oil for my next generation of firebomb members.
@@glenmcgillivray4707 I just use willpower and Greek fire for my firebombs, willpower is surprisingly useful for the making of equipment, be it consumables or equipment like armor and weapons.
Thanks for playing some more diablo. It's always fun to see people play a game I grew up with in weird and fun ways.
If you are thinking about playing Diablo 1:
I recommend installing the DevilutionX Mod, for a vanilla experience (only qol changes like resolution, enemy healthbars or item visibility) or the Belzebub Mod for a fusion of D1 and D2.
Thanks again to Lemon : The Backlogs for creating today's video.
Fun to watch as always!
Awesome video ! You had me rollin with that muguffin line. Cant wait for the next d2 vid
My inner Diablo 2 meta-gremlin was screaming about always going to 50 Str for armour.
Good video. Glad it worked out
omg i love this game, played it growing up and now im grinding it out again, so glad you're doing another D2 video. First another bloodborne video, now this. Great stuff, always love the videos, very bingable.
For future runs, those synergy skills are really big, and make a great difference in damage, at least, they were in the original. There does come a point where the synergy % boost damage is bigger than the flat boost that levelling the skill itself is.
Plus they don't increase mana cost. Sometimes, with some skills, it's better to level up the synergies first before putting more than 1 point in the base skill, just to keep the mana cost low and let you throw the skill out more times in a period.
@@bearlytamedmodels I almost forgot about that part hah. Thinking back, that does explain my Druid build I had, the firestorm skill he starts with is so cheap but extremely powerful if you just pump the synergy skills hah.
I did a pretty much identical run in original diablo 2 lod, but with valhalla mod. That build was extremely bonkers and dealt a lot of damage, only on hell enemies started being an issue
Just a tip, if you get tired of running out of stamina, literally fill your inventory with stamina potions and just drink them all. The timer stacks so you'll be running a lot and they don't cost much. Also I know it was mentioned with the runewords BUT if you got the chance the Leaf rune word gives +3 to fire skills and mana on kill meaning +3 to your main skill and +3 to 2 skills that synergies with the skill.
I wanted to say thank you for all your videos they help alot and always keep me entertained
Yes! Another Diablo 2 run, and a firebomb run ❤! Also, speaking of firebomb only runs, Nioh 1 and 2 has an entire stat and skill tree dedicated to tools like Firebombs called Ninjutsu. They have scaling damage as far as I know, and are actually decently strong AND every element has an associated status effect too. Just thought I'd mention it in case you didn't know.
Thank you for adding the song list into your description! Loved the expired 20% off coupon, I lost mine ages ago. Ah, Cafe de Backlogs, the most sought after place on the Firebomb Academy campus.
That was refreshing. And I respect you for appreciating the journey instead focusing solely on destination.Surprising percentage of D2 players have very little experience with the actual game, they just look for guides, have their characters rushed to the endgame by better players, they never finish the game on their own, they don't know anything about the lore or story. They spread myths they heard (for example, about Duriel's non-existen charge move), instead of veryfing them through their own experience. In shoty, I appreciate someone relatively new actually want to experience the game in their own way.
aside from story being mostly sidelined to the vids. i have seen enough to know ill proably get well at the game. plus its in a era of worthy games.
For the arreat summit fight against the 3 barbarians, you can put down a portal, it doesnt let you take them out 1 at a time but it makes retrying the fight if you die much faster, just place the portal inside the cave right next to the exit to the summit
Novice initiates at the Firebomb Academy: B-B-But poison bombs aren’t Firebombs, that’s not allowed!
Expert Scholars: Elemental Explosives are Firebombs of Different names (and flavors)
The Grand Alumni: It is not “what is a Firebomb” that should be asked, but “What ISN’T a firebomb!” The answer is nothing, if you think about it cleverly enough.
Well done! Awesome that you stick to your guns and reminding other people about the point of playing a game :D
Loving the Diablo 2 videos so far, and the attitude too. Keep it up
Cool video ^^
Another one in the blast radius of the Firebomb!
Would love to see you make another DS3 run, but I think expanding your game catalogue (if that's what you want to call it) is equally good :)
Literally the only RUclipsr I’ll watch the sponsor skits They are actually good, entertaining and funny
Firebombs are just, y’know, the bomb.
I‘m sooo happy to see you doing another diablo 2 change run again please consider doing it more often
Love you lemon♥️
as a d2 veteran the only thing i did was internal screaming
but its very nice to see where we all startet and did the same mistakes
ah good old Duriel the beginners bane
still love this run good luck and have fun with your next run^^
I absolutely love this game! I extremely enjoy the fact that you can find new and interesting ways to beat it
Anytime I hear the tunes near the end I am taken back to Gunstar Heros. Can't help but wonder if he ever would do a flamethrower/ explosion on run in that game, granted its a sega game back in the 90's.
Fun fact: assassin can open closed chests without a key. When you are running, your armor = 0, so sometimes better walk than run
Seriously, diablo 2 really has a problem with not explaining virtually any of its mechanics to players. You just have to rely on 50 years of hardcore players parsing out every single permutation of everything ever. And hope the info is still viable after the latest patch.
@@chrishubbard64 in D2R you can see, that your armor is 0. Open your stats tab and look on defense while running. In original there are no indicators to that
I always am amazed at and enjoy your unbelievable tenacity and follow through, and your writing makes me laugh.
But today I'm commenting to let you know how much I appreciate the fact that you actually care about only running ads for quality products. I'm excited to try Phantom Blades!
Thanks for the great content, I wish i could do more to support it!
Love this. Hope a Poison Dagger run is in our future. Extremely unique way to play. A lot of normally useless affixes becomes super important on daggers like repairs durability, hit causes monsters to flee, knockback so 1. you can keep using the dagger and 2. give yourself space while you're waiting for the poison to kill things. Did you know daggers could have plus to necro skills? I didn't know until I tried it.
Oh my god, spotted this just when I wanted to go sleep. Perfect. Then I can watch it a few times because I doze off halfway through. The most calming stuff on the internet. (Along with press continue, when he doesn't do the chaotic outros 😂)
For those wanting to do their own run, the runes Tir and Ral in a two open sockets staff makes a really good runeword for all fire-based builds!
I'm hopefully not the only one that would love to see what kind of challenge runs you can cook up for Diablo 1
Uh, the challange runs from D2R are soooooo great :D As someone, who tried so many challenge runs as a teenager, i love to see some love to his game :D
The guy is too powerful, he is becoming unstoppable.
The Firebomb Goddess demands Hell be cleansed!
Watching anything Diablo 2 again hits me in the face with the nostalgia brick, great run as always!
Great video! Wonder if you would ever do a lords of the fallen firebomb run? Seems like a perfect game for you to do that in. Has a lot of different throwables
Don't know this game so much, but I know tou and your legendary skills at throwing firebombs, so let's enjoy once more. Don't stop please
Before watching this, I am already certain that Diablo, literal actual Satan, ruler of hell, does not stand a chance against one blessed by the firebomb goddess
So many memories with this game. Mostly of soloing, but setting players to 8. Super nice for my clepto, take everything and sell it nature with these games
Awesome run haha also that game in the sponsor actually looks pretty cool ima check it out
Leaving a comment for the algorithm and to say loved the blurb about runewords. Wasn’t screaming it more “wonder if he’s gonna make a stealth chest to help with mana issues”. You answered it so I’m a happy camper lol
I always love your videos they give me my daily dose of serotonin
duriel: i'll stunlock you, you little...
Lemon: DORMAMMU!
I've never played a Diablo game for more than an hour (and that was Diablo 3 in coop) or anything like it, but it was still surprisingly easy to follow along. The explosions also look really nice, I'm kinda surprised.
Well this is the remaster. OG game is very much so pixel sprites
You have great content brother. I root for the up and coming every day guys trynna break free from the 9-5 through any means. I hope you get millions amd millions of views man. Best wishes.
It always comes back to paladins for you Sir Lemon 😂 that and being mauled by Sir Melon the Malicious
i was hoping you would use barbarian for this run. his throw weapon passive works on the comsumable bombs.
I get that, but the assassin has fire bombs that run on mana instead of an unsold consumable.
Running one of the Earth Defence Force games with only explosives could be a fun run.
There is always the classic "beat with only one type of spell" challenges.
Wonderful idea and wonderful content. Dark Souls and Diablo are amazing stuff for your channel!
please oh please do more d2 challenges. i love this game and my mom got me started on this series when i was a kid so id love to see this kind of stuff happen. and dont worry despite playing d2 alot i still dont know alot.
I would be interested in seeing a version of this done in Path of Exile as well. In there you have access to both a poison flask ability and an explosive one. Plus other stuff like a spell that lights you on fire to burn the enemies around you to death!
Bro im so happy to see someone playing Diablo 2, one of my favorite games of all time
That ad read was GREAT! My new metric for whether microtransactions is "can you beat the game naked in a reasonable amount of time?"
The Burst of Speed skill would have probably helped you quite a bit with Duriel and it would have only cost 2 skill points.
Didn't see what level you were, but Fade might have also helped.
I always get those at least at lvl 1 when playing an assassin.
i like the callout to us veterans, i was screeching internally alot in this video of all the things how you couldve made it easier but maybe the fun came from that haha
@TheBacklogs I know you probably won't see this comment. But Lemon, thank you for doing challenge runs on my favorite game of all time and giving me new ways to play it! My daughter (first child) will be born in January and I can't wait to introduce her to this game I've been playing since it originally came out when i was 10! 34 now and the nostalgia is strong. Thank you again Lemon!
Nothing like getting home from work and watching the new The Backlogs video
I am not fully through the video but by GOD what was the unique ring drop from Duriel ? XD
HOW DARE YOU NOT TELLING US!
amazing video though im looking forward to every upload :)
only channel i have actually hit the bell on XD
Love the content dude keep it up
how about grim dawn demolitionist bomber? (has molotovs and canister bombs)
thanks for the entertaining rerun of D2
I honestly forgot these items existed in Diablo 2.
But then, it's been ages since I played that game so I've probably forgotten a lot of things about it.
Found a couple of "no healing-no farming-hardcore" runs a while ago. Wanted to give that a shot. Suddenly thaw potions are important and every item counts :)
Fireblast is an incredible skill. works with Ias and has a bunch of synergies.
Why not try Telekinesis run.
Edit: I feel "The screaming" bit was directed at me. :O
+1 for the Gunstar Heroes Ost, think we wouldn't notice?
theres a few certain things in this world- taxes, the sun rising and setting...
and that lemon will try to beat any game that has firebombs in them with only firebombs
I don’t know anything about Diablo but these challenge runs you make are hella addictive
Mass Effect 1 is unique in the trilogy in that you get grenades in that game. Very...bizarrely functioning grenades that you toss like a frisbee and have to manually detonate, but grenades nonetheless. I also know it's possible to increase their damage and how many you can carry, but no idea if you can beat the game with just them or not. Could be worth checking out though.
You can also "repair" your throwable potions to refill your quantity.
Thanks for trying these cool experiments! Keep it up!
I am really excited about Diablo 1 challenge runs!
Nice! Thanks for quality entertainment, Lemon! It was a blast! )
I am hyped for a Diablo 1 challenge run.
Oh I just realize there is one game where you would thrive doing this: Dragon's Dogma.
You can even get a pupil who will learn to throw firebombs with you
Lol thank you for addressing my screen-yelling. 😆 I’m screaming, yes, but it’s all in fun. Thanks for the video!
They should have made that “bomb” skills of the assassin had a boost from the different firebomb types
Man I love this channel. Comedy gold
Something that I had a very hard time to get my head around with early D2 runs:
"Thou shall not level energy." At least not more than once or twice. Early game.
You're going to have to chuck anyway. And if it's not mana, it's health pots.
The biggest difference is is how comfortable you can be while chugging vs. how often you have to refill your belt/inventory. Gold really isn't part of this equation since around as early as old Tristram anything you find should sell for more than what you spend on TPs and pots.
Now yes, with less energy you will have to return more often to town/fiddle with your inventory more. But every death you avoid due to better health is a massive time win, and even the time lost for trips can be negated a bit by the ability to stand smack dab in the middle of trash mobs spamming away.
Late game you have enough energy/+mana/+mana gain on gear and just passive +max mana from levels that all these points into energy do you little good. But this also is only true if you're going Hell Baal kill.
That NBA Jam reference warmed my heart. You might even say it's "... ON FIRE!"
Definitely want to see you do a challenge run for each class now, maybe redo your paladin which a different challenge too.
1st time viewer and a long time D2 player.
This is refreshing to watch.
Counter-intuitively, the amount of armor you have increases your chance to not get hit in Diablo 2. Makes perfect sense really. If you're wearing the heaviest, most immobilizing suit of armor you can find turns you into an absolute ninja and things struggle to hit you. I think Dexterity does give a small amount of armor rating, but otherwise it just influences your chance to block, which caps out at 75%, which is also influenced by your character level. (Higher level means you need more dexterity to have the same block chance as a lower level character) This information is TECHNICALLY in game as you can see the tooltip information change in your stat screen if you're paying attention. (May have to mouse over specific stat measurements in the stat screen itself)
I provide this information only because I dunno what else to comment and it's apparently good for the algorithm
My "cheat code" for Duriel and basically every other boss is to collect as many Rejuvenation potions as you can find in act one and stash them until you get the Horadric cube and then turn them all into full rejuvenations, fill up your belt with them and just watch your health orb and chug one when your almost dead while continuously beating on the boss just make sure you keep a bank of full juvies in your stash and youre golden.
Wait wait
The Gem Shrines upgrade a random gem in your inventory to the next tier? I legitimately thought it just gave you a random gem at a random tier. Shit, you learn something new every day
Loved the vid! D2's a very special game to me so was great watching a challenge run like this.
This was great. Can't wait for what's next
The only thing I'll say about the runes is I typically don't even use them for challenge runs. I think the only runes I use is Ral runes because they are just rubys on meth. They really help with damage due to being +30 fire damage or fire res in armor pieces. So if you ever need quick damage to try and overcome something or tell act 4s bosses to sod off, just kill her a few times to try and get a few. Honestly, runewords are only worth it if you are planning to rush.
Runewords were only added in the lord of destruction expansion, and they only teach you that runewords were a thing and giving you the runes for ancients pledge, but if you don't know the order, it feels like the order they were given in a random order. So if you didnt RalOrtTal in a 3 socket shield and ONLY 3 sockets, you won't get the resistance bonus. They REALLY didn't go too deep without the Prima strategy guide, another outside source.
I think you did great without leaf, stealth, lore, and other low level runewords (low being subjective, most low words people use are almost 30, and that can be high if you're speeding through only normal).
Thanks for all the videos you make! I enjoy watching especially fire bomb videos from you, just feels.... right, ya know?
Nice videos, as always, but I have a question (sorry for that) there will be a video summarizing the one shot challenge?
Eventually!
in dark souls poison is a pyromancy, therefor poisonbomb is firebomb.
You could do a Bow-Barian run, Passive-zon, Melee Sorceress, Dagger Barb, or even a Merc-Only run where only your Merc fights and you stand back and "support" them.
Yes! More Diablo Backlogs!