I applaud your dedication to filming reasoned discussion and description of all of the items, and upgrades for all of the items. Your “meta-analysis” of the “top” uniques and sets are also appreciated.
from 20 years of d2 experience I'm going with titan's revenge works on any zons weapon swap; it used to be a very common tactic for pvp to help with desynching your guided arrows, commonly combod with a stormshield for added survivability in fights. realistically its a must have in any zons stash.
Yes, skullders is an amazing item, the defence alone for a tp sorceress is extremely high and makes it so when tping around through dangerous packs many miss completely.
Yah its definitely an honorable mention. Hell... for an alternative chest for a mf sorc on classic, the angels set without Sword can be a reeeally good way to get a ton of MF with little effort.
In no particular order here are 16 I think could make the list but there is so many more that could at least be honorable mentions. Looking forward to see which ones make the cut and which ones I probably totally forgot about. HOZ Dracs Grasp ViperMagi War Travs Gore Riders Maras Highlords Titans Razortail COA SOJ Shako Andy's Helm Grifffons Death Web Death Fathom Honorable mentions String of Ears Homunculus skullders Vamp Gaze Bloodfist Arreats Face Ravenfrost BK Ring Steelrends
That O-skill explanation that you did the other day is really useful. I think mrLlama has mentioned it aswell but well my span of attention is as it is. Thanks! And keep on treading! :)
The funny thing is that I have or had almost all of these items (except for arachnid mesh, SoJ, Mara and Shako) some of them I still keep in my stash, and others were sold because they didn't fit my build, I have 3 raven frosts, 2 andariels visage. But I never found a single damn unique javelin for my amazon.
additionally, I would have loved to see Thundergods, Goldwrap, Sandstorm Treks, and at least Arreats' in Honorable mentions. And I think Wizardspike and/or Suicide Branch would have been good as well. But I can generally agree. A top 10 list of Uniques is really difficult, as there soo many good items
I would play griffins with lightning assasin or holy shock or FOH paladin so not that rare to use I would say... gr8 content in general! One of my favorites if I need good break down of a subject! Keep up Mr. Mentor! 😊
Aye the changes made to assassin traps that let it use Griffons changed things. This video was made before that. If I remade this video today Griffons would get added due to the changes
Thanks for making this video! This made me reconsider what I can do with Arkaine's Valor. Adding a socket with a rare jewel or a facet definitely makes it more versatile as a high end item while working towards a Runeword Chest or BiS armor.
How come I find rare rings that have plus skills to other classes, except for paladin... I feel like any ring that gives plus all skills to any class, that specific class is a sub par class like assassin or barbarian. I have 2 rings 1 to Amazon skills and 1 to assassin skills.
@@GGMentor ok so default is without socket, i playing 500 hours in ps5 still no Lo rune for second grief :/ i run hell player lvl 7 kurast no luck. Do you know where i found LO?
Lo is a rare rune, it drops pretty much anywhere in hell but extremely rarely. I got mine on my barb in single player running Sewers Level 2 Super chests in Act 3.
Really liked this one! Never thought that war traveller is good for melee caracters. Now considering to put war traveller on my fend zon. Thank you for great content 👍 Keep it up!
I'm bummed. Upon dying, in Hell difficulty, I lost my main weapon: the kuko shakaku bow. Now, I'm trying to repeatedly farm Thresh Socket, hoping that it drops again. There's conflicting opinions as to whether a unique will drop twice, in the same playthrough. I figured it out... the bow essentially accounted for about 25+ levels, due to what it added. Hell was hard enough, with it... and now, without?
If you farm the right monsters enough the item will always fall. Might take a thousand runs but it will eventually. In the meantime you will get some nice loot in the process
There's a difference in a skill granted by an item that says it procs on 'striking' , which requires a physical melee strike, and on one that says it procs 'on attack' which will activate with spells belonging to mages like the Sorc, and this is why the hellfire on a Hellfire Torch (which is on striking) doesn't work with mage spells.
Great video as always. I am surprised that Raven Frost didn't make the list or honorable mention (oops #13 my mistake). It ends up getting used by practically every non sorceress character until they get enigma. Because I play legit I almost never have Enigma and really almost never have Raven Frost. I am a huge proponent of the Rhyme shield (especially in base @45 Paladin shields). That's 70 @res (no fire res dip like Spirit), Cannot be Frozen, As much MF as you can get in a functional shield, and really good blocking stats for a low dex max block especially with Holy Shield. I really can't praise Rhyme highly enough and people sleep on it and put it down like its C tier. I say its High A tier, with Spirit and HoZ being S tier. Rhyme is a perfectly acceptable Shield for running ubers. Most easily acquired and cheap source of CBF along with all those other benefits. And allows for diversity in the ring slot. Yes please.
I always check your channel before I will sell a unique item. Because Iam not aware of many stuff in this game. Thank you so much. There was a lot of new informations that helped me. I sold sooo many good uniques just because I thought they are pretty useless for my specific character. Thanks. Iam still hunting for Mara amulet.
I always find mine in a very weird place, so far I found three Maras since resurrected launched. One from a pot in Stony tomb one from a dead body in cow level and one from a random trash mob in halls of the pain
Great video, can't say I disagree too much with anything. It's telling that no melee weapons made it on here; Grief and the other OP runewords have disrupted the game so much. It would be nice to see things evened up a bit in a future patch.
do u ever try pure holy shock paladin not with dream. just put6 facet pb, 4 socket armor with facets, diadem with facet, and shield with 4 facets or better shield with ofensive auras and facets. u have a lot enemy resistence and around 50-60k dmg on zeal and 5k dmg per holy shock aura, with new sunder charm and off skillers all die mutch more faster, not even neeed conv aura and u slay all more fast than dreamdin
I don't know much about d2 unique gear. So question does Diablo 2 have any funny jokes weapons and gear? In d3 for example you can get a hamburger 🍔 dagger 🗡️ called the Horadric Hamburger.
My item pack has every single unique item in the game, as well as every single runeword, base item, misc items, and even items that don't or shouldn't exist
More of an event item but yes they are of course very good. I consider it an event item because you always get it from x source no matter what, same with the torch. Both very good items but they don't need to be on lists like this.
At the start when it says "stay awake, I mean. Stay awhile and listen" you wasn't kidding. I don't think Ive ever made it through a full video you've made.
@@GGMentor im slowly starting to understand why the loot system is fun compare to diablo 3 or future 4, stats grow huge and you really feel the synergies in deep stats working together. I just had a long hard fight against diablo and went onto act 5
I think now with the changes made since he made this video I have to put Griffons Eye in the top 10. 3 of the most played and S tier builds use it…trapsin, lightning based javazon, and lightning/nova sorc. Yes the Druid, Barb and Necro don’t have use for it but come on. It s a top 10 item.
This was made before sunders pretty sure and since sunders it has become more universal. If I was to make a listing today yes griffons would make the cut now.
Thanks for the vid. Very useful. I realize this is an older vid, but I just wanted to help. Public speaking is greatly dependent on minimizing distractions. So, you may want to slow down on the use of the word "amazing". Also, (and tons of folks do this), it's not "eKKspecially"-it is "eSSpecially". Seriously though, I like your work. Liked/subbed.
Ya know I think I'm the only D2 player ever to hate the runewords. So many of the most incredible unique and set items were easily replaced by runewords and rune drops just don't make my heart flutter like unique farming does
Before LoD uniques were more powerful, and even during LoD before all the ridiculous runewords were added some of the uniques were still bis. It was a fun time
The one item i would push back on is Griffons. Its not like DWeb thats god tier for just one build, its literally BiS for at least 3 of the strongest PvE builds in the game and a very, very strong option on some others as well. It may not offer the general usefulness of a Shako or Gores, but it makes up for that in sheer quality.
Dream paladin can't use it, bis for lightning sorc, lightning zon doesn't need it but it's nice. When I made this video trapsin couldn't use it, this has changed. Martial arts sin also was bad lol. FoH is more about Holy bolt damage than lightning, bad choice. It is BiS for a native use holy shock paladin but no one does that because of dreams. In general it's far less useful and more specific to a small handful of builds. But recent patches have changed things, MA sin changes and Trapsin changes would seem it to rise. But MA sin doesn't need to, I did a full season without never cared for negative resistance on that character. She is already so strong and so multi elemental she doesn't need to focus like that.
I love this but why not make a top 16 for items of each tier one for tier 1 one for tier 2 (including any tier 1 upgrades) and one for the tier 3 (including all possible upgrades)
I played d2o and I love vids like this, I’m over leveling to have a better time than I did as a kid. My biggest thing is why are all these vids about endgame? Im also trying to find what to do on a normal run after 13 years of not playing lol
i havent found one shako yet i honestly can't believe it i have a level 95 sorc 89 barb and 88 pal and have done shit loads of farming with my sorc. Had most items on here apart from shako. so weird and as for Mara's funny thing.. i was looking for that little f.cker for so long and then thought im never gonna get one. and the other day it popped out of a freakin chest in LK couldn't believe it
another weird thing. have never got a gull dagger. and wanted one so bad, no check this weird one out... i got two bald of ali baba's on the same drop off meph!?! this game has the weirdest RNG for me i swear
I started play D2R since release - all seasons in, including current one, about 7-8 characters 85-93lvl, dont get a single Shako H.Crest yet.😅 But today got a Windhammer with pretty good roll - 221%(180-230 range). First one since release. Runes drops also pretty poor for me - 1 Mal, 2 UM, 1 Pul, 4-5 Lems,and lower ones. No Ist, no Gul, no Vex, no Ohm in current season.
It doesn't make a lot of sense to exclude items that are only good for a few classes or builds. When i pick items for a character I don't care if those items are also good for other characters. I care about what is best for the character that is using it.
I talked about griffons at the beginning, it's a great piece but extremely niche. Only two builds in the entire game use it. Where as multiple builds over multiple characters use razor tail. The other thing which I explained at the start is extremely niche items were left out of the rankings. This ranking is about an items overall usefulness.
is that a CHINCHILLA on your avatar's shoulder? oh and btw it's "stay awhile" since "awhile" means "for a while" Edit: lol i just read the 2.6 patch notes and even Blizzard got "stay awhile" wrong
I would shade out Mara's and put Harlequin in no 1 instead. It says a lot that nearly all of my endgame characters wear a shako. Res all on mara is important but becomes less important the richer you get (charms and such). The problem with mara is only two important attributes. It is great but not no 1 imho.
Basically none of my end game characters wear a shako. As I explained in the video Shako is Basically never best in slot for any build. There is always a better helmet that you could be wearing. Griffons, Nightwings Veil, Crown of Ages, ect. It's a nice hat but it's completely outclassed by other options, and the only thing it really has going for it is Magic Find which can be gotten easier elsewhere.
@@GGMentor Maybe i am biased because i try to give as much MF to every character as i can. They are bis for MF builds. They also have the advantage over rare helms in that they boost CTA shouts.
@@Parasmunt you realistically don't need more than 200% magic find on any character. Diminishing returns set in very fast and it's been agreed pretty much universally that anything over 200% is mostly a waste unless it's free(no diminished kill capacity or defensive stats) In HC I can understand why you would choose shako, but then again I feel there are better options defensively. Also and I can't stress this enough HC has different rules, and this entire list would be different if I was doing a HC list.
I like Arkaines Valor but honestly no one wears it over enigma or chains of honor. i would have picked griphons in this list over arkaines any day. makes no sense.
I see Arkaines used in plenty of builds since sunder charms. Getting one extra Facet is important. Arkaines is the only armor that lets you have another facet and keep +2 skills. I stand by this choice 100%. Chains is great, I love it but when I am trying to eek out a bit of extra damage from an elemental build it doesn't allow me to do that. Enigma is a choice to deliberately go with a weaker armor for the sake of speed. As for Griffons Eye Diadem It was less universal when I made this video. It didn't work with traps, and it was only BiS for a few builds. Then they fixed the issues preventing it from working with traps and other stuff like mosaic sin, Which opened it up a lot more, and it became a more widely used unique. If I remade this list today it would definitely have a spot.
Death's fathom is not good, the Lightning Skill Damage, and Fire Skill Damage are basically useless due to how they interact with Fire Mastery, and Lightning Mastery. Other than That Death's Fathom is inferior to a lot of other items you can put in that same slot. Conversely Mage Fists are the only gloves with +1 fire skills with no competition. They are also one of only 2 gloves with Faster cast rate. So yes Magefists one of the best. Death's Fathom Sucks balls.
Top 16 unique list without charms? Why? You really should have mentioned that you purposely excluded them. Facetts too. Also if you include magefists (which is absolute legit) you should also have included nagelring and frostburns. Imho would have been a better fit than WTs, Tomb reaver, CoA and Arcaine´s.
@@GGMentor yeah I get that I just felt like Dracs needed a disclaimer when it came to whirlwind. I only found out last week after raising a barb to 76.
As great as Stormshield is, it is more often than not replaced by a shield that has + skills. Exile, spirit, Dream, Phoenix, Jmod Shield, Headhunters glory triple faceted. The fact of the matter is people more often than not choose another shield over Stormshield almost every single time. As for Verdungo's, the same thing really, people use razor tail, tgods vigor, string of ears, snowclash, Goldwrap, deaths sash, trangs belt, and many other choices including crafted caster belts. It's a damn good belt it just didn't make top 16. Both Verdungo's and SS suffer from the same issue as well, they are entirely defensive items. With exception to hardcore, people tend to prefer offensive items.
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@@GGMentor Thank you!
I applaud your dedication to filming reasoned discussion and description of all of the items, and upgrades for all of the items. Your “meta-analysis” of the “top” uniques and sets are also appreciated.
Just got back into D2 after 15 years away thanks to the remaster. Loving your content mate, keep it up.
Omg I’ve never thought of the + all skills & CTA stack effect vs generic class skills. Thx ggm!
from 20 years of d2 experience I'm going with titan's revenge works on any zons weapon swap; it used to be a very common tactic for pvp to help with desynching your guided arrows, commonly combod with a stormshield for added survivability in fights. realistically its a must have in any zons stash.
i have to say I miss Skullder's Ire on the list. Its amazing how good this armor is on a mf sorc when you are not rich enough for enigma.
Ginger dude may we consider Skullder's as 17th top uniqe item?
@@romekkko I could a done top 100 my dude there are so many good ones
Yes, skullders is an amazing item, the defence alone for a tp sorceress is extremely high and makes it so when tping around through dangerous packs many miss completely.
Ntm if happen to of found eth, this is when actually hesitate to go-to 3 piece tal
Yah its definitely an honorable mention. Hell... for an alternative chest for a mf sorc on classic, the angels set without Sword can be a reeeally good way to get a ton of MF with little effort.
That was amazing look at mara's and Shako, I think you nailed the idea of of usefulness and not just a niche builds.
Great job.
In no particular order here are 16 I think could make the list but there is so many more that could at least be honorable mentions. Looking forward to see which ones make the cut and which ones I probably totally forgot about.
HOZ
Dracs Grasp
ViperMagi
War Travs
Gore Riders
Maras
Highlords
Titans
Razortail
COA
SOJ
Shako
Andy's Helm
Grifffons
Death Web
Death Fathom
Honorable mentions
String of Ears
Homunculus
skullders
Vamp Gaze
Bloodfist
Arreats Face
Ravenfrost
BK Ring
Steelrends
dang, forgot about arachnids mesh
Nice list we shall see how it matches up with mine
Also Reaper's Toll!
I appreciate your content, this is very helpful guide for the items I can aim for my Paladin build. I started playing again after 13 years. cheers!
Nice, well if you ever have any questions I have tons of videos, and I usually reply to comments
Great video man, keep it up. Love your voice, it's very soothing.
Still falling asleep to this in 2024
Lol, nice
I play at hardcore Bnet, so I wanna add that schedule for HC : Guardian Andel and Stormshield for any classes !
Both very good items to be sure
That O-skill explanation that you did the other day is really useful. I think mrLlama has mentioned it aswell but well my span of attention is as it is. Thanks! And keep on treading! :)
Where can i find this?
@@dannyk1289 ruclips.net/video/PEihYVaGvo8/видео.html&ab_channel=GingerGamingMentor posted on 28 july :)
I got so much use out of vampire gaze and string of ears across chars
Both excellent items, and very close to making the list tbh
I don’t think I’ve ever played a game that demanded (or rewarded!) so much research and homework. Thanks for helping me with my Diablo 2 thesis
Oh also I’ve never found a single one of these
@@WeeWeeJumbo lol what😂 a Diablo thesis ? For college
get magic find over 100 and do andariel and mephisto runs, youll find these. or even farm hell cows@@WeeWeeJumbo
The funny thing is that I have or had almost all of these items (except for arachnid mesh, SoJ, Mara and Shako) some of them I still keep in my stash, and others were sold because they didn't fit my build, I have 3 raven frosts, 2 andariels visage. But I never found a single damn unique javelin for my amazon.
Dude I was watching this when you referenced "G face" around 28:00 and I picked up a G face just at the same time. Within 1 second. Uncanny.
@@TwoKnowingRavens nice!
List probably needs to be updated. Griffon's eye is now usable for FoH Paladins, Trap Assasins and Martial Art Assasins as well
additionally, I would have loved to see Thundergods, Goldwrap, Sandstorm Treks, and at least Arreats' in Honorable mentions. And I think Wizardspike and/or Suicide Branch would have been good as well.
But I can generally agree. A top 10 list of Uniques is really difficult, as there soo many good items
I would play griffins with lightning assasin or holy shock or FOH paladin so not that rare to use I would say... gr8 content in general! One of my favorites if I need good break down of a subject! Keep up Mr. Mentor! 😊
Aye the changes made to assassin traps that let it use Griffons changed things. This video was made before that.
If I remade this video today Griffons would get added due to the changes
Addendum for the griffon's: Now great for mosaic sin since seas9n 3 and lihhtning trapsin since season 4 patch.
Yes, recent patches have changed the usefulness of certain items.
Another fantastic video
Thanks for making this video! This made me reconsider what I can do with Arkaine's Valor. Adding a socket with a rare jewel or a facet definitely makes it more versatile as a high end item while working towards a Runeword Chest or BiS armor.
=} plus it's a much cheaper alternative, that is very effective while you wait.
AND! it looks super sexy 🤣
@@GGMentor and not just super sexy, it’s walking in slow motion while explosions are going off behind you super sexy! 😂
I like to up skin of the vipermagi, too sometimes. great video
I love Diablo 2 Resurrected PS5 and Diablo 3 Eternal collection. Such fun games. I rock Druid shape-shifting on PS5.
How come I find rare rings that have plus skills to other classes, except for paladin...
I feel like any ring that gives plus all skills to any class, that specific class is a sub par class like assassin or barbarian.
I have 2 rings 1 to Amazon skills and 1 to assassin skills.
Hello u have harlequin crest sako with 1 slot??? That is default orr you add a slot? Because i found that without a slot :(
Larzuk socket quest adds one socket
@@GGMentor ok so default is without socket, i playing 500 hours in ps5 still no Lo rune for second grief :/ i run hell player lvl 7 kurast no luck. Do you know where i found LO?
Lo is a rare rune, it drops pretty much anywhere in hell but extremely rarely.
I got mine on my barb in single player running Sewers Level 2 Super chests in Act 3.
Really liked this one! Never thought that war traveller is good for melee caracters. Now considering to put war traveller on my fend zon. Thank you for great content 👍 Keep it up!
I currently have 2 out of these 16 (viper magi and magefist)... Need to do more farming...
I'm bummed. Upon dying, in Hell difficulty, I lost my main weapon: the kuko shakaku bow. Now, I'm trying to repeatedly farm Thresh Socket, hoping that it drops again. There's conflicting opinions as to whether a unique will drop twice, in the same playthrough. I figured it out... the bow essentially accounted for about 25+ levels, due to what it added. Hell was hard enough, with it... and now, without?
If you farm the right monsters enough the item will always fall. Might take a thousand runs but it will eventually.
In the meantime you will get some nice loot in the process
@@GGMentor I've already ended up with some good stuff, indeed.
Manald Ring wants to know your location 😂
Vipermagi is amazing for how common it is
viper for lower levels being that you can equip at 29 til you get better. I know thats what i did.
There's a difference in a skill granted by an item that says it procs on 'striking' , which requires a physical melee strike, and on one that says it procs 'on attack' which will activate with spells belonging to mages like the Sorc, and this is why the hellfire on a Hellfire Torch (which is on striking) doesn't work with mage spells.
Keep going mate with nice work. 👍
Some of my personal Faves, gotta be ribcracker, Shaftstop, hone sundan, atmas, twitchtroe, lavagout, and magefists.
what headset is that? the mic is so damn good
Cruiser p2310, but it's a combination of obs mic noise filters, and a ground loop isolator that do the trick
@@GGMentor TY MAN! LOVE THE CONTENT KEEP IT UP!
Great video as always. I am surprised that Raven Frost didn't make the list or honorable mention (oops #13 my mistake). It ends up getting used by practically every non sorceress character until they get enigma. Because I play legit I almost never have Enigma and really almost never have Raven Frost. I am a huge proponent of the Rhyme shield (especially in base @45 Paladin shields). That's 70 @res (no fire res dip like Spirit), Cannot be Frozen, As much MF as you can get in a functional shield, and really good blocking stats for a low dex max block especially with Holy Shield. I really can't praise Rhyme highly enough and people sleep on it and put it down like its C tier. I say its High A tier, with Spirit and HoZ being S tier. Rhyme is a perfectly acceptable Shield for running ubers. Most easily acquired and cheap source of CBF along with all those other benefits. And allows for diversity in the ring slot. Yes please.
how can you transfer it to other character types?
I always check your channel before I will sell a unique item. Because Iam not aware of many stuff in this game.
Thank you so much. There was a lot of new informations that helped me. I sold sooo many good uniques just
because I thought they are pretty useless for my specific character. Thanks. Iam still hunting for Mara amulet.
I always find mine in a very weird place, so far I found three Maras since resurrected launched. One from a pot in Stony tomb one from a dead body in cow level and one from a random trash mob in halls of the pain
@@GGMentor What?! 3 of them... omg! You are so lucky :) Congratulations.
19:08
My guy Warriv is freaking out
Great vid! Long live D2 ❤
is there not a ginzu paladin anymore?
I'm drunk and my favorite item is Klondike Bar Ice Cream Treat it fits great in any slot
But the real question is what would you do for a Klondike bar
@@GGMentor 10 bear runes
Does magefist worok for fire o skills like dragonscale
Yes
I found an eth Andys Visage pretty early after release of D2R... Im kicking myself for being too greedy to trade it away, I should've taken money 😂
Great video, can't say I disagree too much with anything.
It's telling that no melee weapons made it on here; Grief and the other OP runewords have disrupted the game so much. It would be nice to see things evened up a bit in a future patch.
The reapers toll was on the list...
do u ever try pure holy shock paladin not with dream. just put6 facet pb, 4 socket armor with facets, diadem with facet, and shield with 4 facets or better shield with ofensive auras and facets. u have a lot enemy resistence and around 50-60k dmg on zeal and 5k dmg per holy shock aura, with new sunder charm and off skillers all die mutch more faster, not even neeed conv aura and u slay all more fast than dreamdin
I don't know much about d2 unique gear. So question does Diablo 2 have any funny jokes weapons and gear? In d3 for example you can get a hamburger 🍔 dagger 🗡️ called the Horadric Hamburger.
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As a Hardcore Player i miss honestly Stormshield here cause its by far the best Shield for any Class besides Paladins or Necros
Otherwise nice List
Aye this is not a HC list or Stormshield would have been pretty high
You are the man. Thanks for this content. We appreciate your brain. 💪
Good stuff as always. :)
Thanks your videos are very informative and enjoyable, anyone who appreciates Iratha's Set gets +1 in my book
What are O skills?
I have a whole video on that best to look it up
how did you get perfect eth titans?
My item pack has every single unique item in the game, as well as every single runeword, base item, misc items, and even items that don't or shouldn't exist
Personally, I would consider Annihilus in the top list.....but that's just me. :P
More of an event item but yes they are of course very good.
I consider it an event item because you always get it from x source no matter what, same with the torch.
Both very good items but they don't need to be on lists like this.
At the start when it says "stay awake, I mean. Stay awhile and listen" you wasn't kidding. I don't think Ive ever made it through a full video you've made.
Lol I am long winded I know it, but hey if you found videos to fall asleep too all the better. Put em in before bed time and profit.
very cool im new player of diablo 2, fun to learn about all this stuff
Welcome to he party, 🥳🎉 I have a ton of videos for new comers =}
@@GGMentor im slowly starting to understand why the loot system is fun compare to diablo 3 or future 4, stats grow huge and you really feel the synergies in deep stats working together.
I just had a long hard fight against diablo and went onto act 5
@@votpavel grats, now to kill Baal!
I think now with the changes made since he made this video I have to put Griffons Eye in the top 10. 3 of the most played and S tier builds use it…trapsin, lightning based javazon, and lightning/nova sorc. Yes the Druid, Barb and Necro don’t have use for it but come on. It s a top 10 item.
This was made before sunders pretty sure and since sunders it has become more universal.
If I was to make a listing today yes griffons would make the cut now.
Really cool video
Thanks for the vid. Very useful. I realize this is an older vid, but I just wanted to help. Public speaking is greatly dependent on minimizing distractions. So, you may want to slow down on the use of the word "amazing". Also, (and tons of folks do this), it's not "eKKspecially"-it is "eSSpecially".
Seriously though, I like your work. Liked/subbed.
Ya know I think I'm the only D2 player ever to hate the runewords. So many of the most incredible unique and set items were easily replaced by runewords and rune drops just don't make my heart flutter like unique farming does
Before LoD uniques were more powerful, and even during LoD before all the ridiculous runewords were added some of the uniques were still bis.
It was a fun time
The one item i would push back on is Griffons. Its not like DWeb thats god tier for just one build, its literally BiS for at least 3 of the strongest PvE builds in the game and a very, very strong option on some others as well. It may not offer the general usefulness of a Shako or Gores, but it makes up for that in sheer quality.
Dream paladin can't use it, bis for lightning sorc, lightning zon doesn't need it but it's nice. When I made this video trapsin couldn't use it, this has changed. Martial arts sin also was bad lol. FoH is more about Holy bolt damage than lightning, bad choice. It is BiS for a native use holy shock paladin but no one does that because of dreams.
In general it's far less useful and more specific to a small handful of builds.
But recent patches have changed things, MA sin changes and Trapsin changes would seem it to rise.
But MA sin doesn't need to, I did a full season without never cared for negative resistance on that character. She is already so strong and so multi elemental she doesn't need to focus like that.
as someone fairly new to D2R , I didnt know Trapsin couldnt always use it, thanks for clarifying@@GGMentor
I have all of them. Still missing song... seems to evade me.
Did the thumbnail change?
Lol yes I have been doing thumbnail updates for a lot of my older videos trying to get more clicks =}
Looks Sharp, I noticed the video my recommendation even though I seen it like twice maybe, LOL
This top 16 uniques list shows how much blizz loves sorc lol
their company is named after a sorc skill after all
Omfg, the way you pronounce shako and visage grinds my gears...
Lol ok peter griffon
So many mispronunciations in not just this video but this whole channel.
Jang Bong War Staff was my favorite sorc item pre xpac
My loyalty to Tal Rasha's set on my cold Sorc. really screws me out of this list. Merc with Infiniti and G face does too. 😂
I love this but why not make a top 16 for items of each tier one for tier 1 one for tier 2 (including any tier 1 upgrades) and one for the tier 3 (including all possible upgrades)
Lol I have a ton more ideas actually stay tuned
@@GGMentor yeah cuz theres far too many uniques for a list like this lol
Thank you very much Master
Thank you still watching 2023
I see your 23 and raise you to 24 my guy!
What does Jordan and Kobe have to do with this my guy?@@commandershepard7728
2024 still watching
And still 😁
Totally agree with ur list n order
I played d2o and I love vids like this, I’m over leveling to have a better time than I did as a kid. My biggest thing is why are all these vids about endgame? Im also trying to find what to do on a normal run after 13 years of not playing lol
Sounds like fun, Normal is pretty easy you can have fun with it
Not Shocko.
Eth titans is top tier javs in game lol, kinda confused unless u use op rare ones
Yes they are and I never said they weren't.
i havent found one shako yet i honestly can't believe it i have a level 95 sorc 89 barb and 88 pal and have done shit loads of farming with my sorc. Had most items on here apart from shako. so weird and as for Mara's funny thing.. i was looking for that little f.cker for so long and then thought im never gonna get one. and the other day it popped out of a freakin chest in LK couldn't believe it
another weird thing. have never got a gull dagger. and wanted one so bad, no check this weird one out... i got two bald of ali baba's on the same drop off meph!?! this game has the weirdest RNG for me i swear
I started play D2R since release - all seasons in, including current one, about 7-8 characters 85-93lvl, dont get a single Shako H.Crest yet.😅
But today got a Windhammer with pretty good roll - 221%(180-230 range).
First one since release.
Runes drops also pretty poor for me - 1 Mal, 2 UM, 1 Pul, 4-5 Lems,and lower ones.
No Ist, no Gul, no Vex, no Ohm in current season.
I have the skin of viper magi on my bonemancer. Good stuff.
Valor and razortail, no. Vampire gaze, string of ears are both more useful imho. Also, no stormshield?
Vamp gaze, string of ears, and Stormshield are all very nice items, they just didn't make it into the top 16.
I got a magefist to drop from one of the baal waves.
Bro do you play on PS5 ?
Watching near the end of 2024 just got d2r cheers.
Always a good time for some d2r
I miss bugged tal Rasha armor.. anyone remember that bad boy?
It doesn't make a lot of sense to exclude items that are only good for a few classes or builds. When i pick items for a character I don't care if those items are also good for other characters. I care about what is best for the character that is using it.
The tomb reaver is great for a cold sorc most of the cold imm are undead.. I have never used an infinity because I run cold all the time
And haven’t found another tomb reaver in😅 my colds merc using a reaper non e but he wipes the ones I need him too
Razor tail and Valor over griffs ? Idk about that one
I talked about griffons at the beginning, it's a great piece but extremely niche.
Only two builds in the entire game use it.
Where as multiple builds over multiple characters use razor tail.
The other thing which I explained at the start is extremely niche items were left out of the rankings.
This ranking is about an items overall usefulness.
My crown rolled 1 socket 😞. Back to farming haha
Why isn't the snakecord light belt not on the list?😉
I tried it broke the ranking system and went to S rank
@@GGMentor lol
is that a CHINCHILLA on your avatar's shoulder? oh and btw it's "stay awhile" since "awhile" means "for a while"
Edit: lol i just read the 2.6 patch notes and even Blizzard got "stay awhile" wrong
Yes my chinchilla is often on my shoulders in the videos too
Love that
I would shade out Mara's and put Harlequin in no 1 instead. It says a lot that nearly all of my endgame characters wear a shako. Res all on mara is important but becomes less important the richer you get (charms and such). The problem with mara is only two important attributes. It is great but not no 1 imho.
Basically none of my end game characters wear a shako. As I explained in the video Shako is Basically never best in slot for any build. There is always a better helmet that you could be wearing. Griffons, Nightwings Veil, Crown of Ages, ect.
It's a nice hat but it's completely outclassed by other options, and the only thing it really has going for it is Magic Find which can be gotten easier elsewhere.
@@GGMentor Maybe i am biased because i try to give as much MF to every character as i can. They are bis for MF builds. They also have the advantage over rare helms in that they boost CTA shouts.
I would also say they have the edge over Griffin or Flickering in hardcore builds (another bias of mine as i only play hc).
@@Parasmunt you realistically don't need more than 200% magic find on any character. Diminishing returns set in very fast and it's been agreed pretty much universally that anything over 200% is mostly a waste unless it's free(no diminished kill capacity or defensive stats)
In HC I can understand why you would choose shako, but then again I feel there are better options defensively.
Also and I can't stress this enough HC has different rules, and this entire list would be different if I was doing a HC list.
Perfect !💯💯💯
I use to use death wand for my necro I think for bone spear
Very good.
I like Arkaines Valor but honestly no one wears it over enigma or chains of honor. i would have picked griphons in this list over arkaines any day. makes no sense.
I see Arkaines used in plenty of builds since sunder charms. Getting one extra Facet is important. Arkaines is the only armor that lets you have another facet and keep +2 skills. I stand by this choice 100%.
Chains is great, I love it but when I am trying to eek out a bit of extra damage from an elemental build it doesn't allow me to do that.
Enigma is a choice to deliberately go with a weaker armor for the sake of speed.
As for Griffons Eye Diadem
It was less universal when I made this video. It didn't work with traps, and it was only BiS for a few builds.
Then they fixed the issues preventing it from working with traps and other stuff like mosaic sin, Which opened it up a lot more, and it became a more widely used unique.
If I remade this list today it would definitely have a spot.
Griffons is now the number 1 helm for the mosaic assassin
Meh, I still think it's uneeded with how well she can do multiple damage types.
I prefer Gface personally
someone help me find gore riders omg
Death fathom : +3 all sor skill +20 faster cast
Ginger : Not good
Magefist : +1 sor fire skill +20 faster cast
Ginger : one of the best
Death's fathom is not good, the Lightning Skill Damage, and Fire Skill Damage are basically useless due to how they interact with Fire Mastery, and Lightning Mastery.
Other than That Death's Fathom is inferior to a lot of other items you can put in that same slot.
Conversely Mage Fists are the only gloves with +1 fire skills with no competition. They are also one of only 2 gloves with Faster cast rate.
So yes Magefists one of the best.
Death's Fathom Sucks balls.
SoE Belt?
Was this on ptr, every one of your items had perfect rolls
No I was using my hero editor item pack I made. You can find it on my channel GGM's item pack
@@GGMentor oh good to know, thanks
Top 16 unique list without charms? Why? You really should have mentioned that you purposely excluded them. Facetts too.
Also if you include magefists (which is absolute legit) you should also have included nagelring and frostburns. Imho would have been a better fit than WTs, Tomb reaver, CoA and Arcaine´s.
But what about torch/anni lol
Honestly I don't really consider them uniques, they are event items in my eyes.
Of course every character uses them because you'd be a fool not to
Ya I guess they're kind of a given
At least from my experience in LOD you cannot proc life tap with whirlwind so not useful for ALL barb builds.
not all barb builds strictly use whirlwind
@@GGMentor yeah I get that I just felt like Dracs needed a disclaimer when it came to whirlwind. I only found out last week after raising a barb to 76.
Verdungo''s and Stormshield are must in this list
As great as Stormshield is, it is more often than not replaced by a shield that has + skills.
Exile, spirit, Dream, Phoenix, Jmod Shield, Headhunters glory triple faceted.
The fact of the matter is people more often than not choose another shield over Stormshield almost every single time.
As for Verdungo's, the same thing really, people use razor tail, tgods vigor, string of ears, snowclash, Goldwrap, deaths sash, trangs belt, and many other choices including crafted caster belts.
It's a damn good belt it just didn't make top 16.
Both Verdungo's and SS suffer from the same issue as well, they are entirely defensive items. With exception to hardcore, people tend to prefer offensive items.