You’re a blacksmith in a small settlement minding your own business when you see a very large gentleman walking up, wearing not much more than some rags and furs. You welcome him to the town and notice the small shield and axe that he is carrying. You compliment his blacksmith and jokingly tell him that he’ll need those if he decides to venture outside of the settlement. The man gives you a stern look and explains that these are merely to give away for good will and to establish a good rapport with the town. He then walks outside and begins brawling with the demonic creatures which had been long plaguing the town. To your surprise, the creatures didn’t stand a chance. With a puzzled smile on your face, you think to yourself: “We’re saved.”
This isn't insane at all. Everyone did this when the game first came out. It's funny watching people play the redone D2 thinking that what they do is different than what us original D2 players did lmao.
Let's goooo! You made me buy diablo 2, and it's so much better than diablo 4 it's unreal, currently about to finish up normal difficulty on a hardcore char, going for 99
It really is wild I have play d2 since I was outta kindergarten lol and I'm in my 30's ! This game just never gets old! Bought D4 and was so hype about it but only played about a month and just got to busy building a amazon on d2 lol
NPCs be like: Noble hero, I wish you strength and luck to your fight to save our world. Also NPCs: Oh, you want that sword for your noble quest? You better pay for that!
The fact Sigons dropped entirely is wild! Well done. Already looking forward to the next wild challenge like this. It makes me want to play like this to refresh the experience like you said.
A couple of points: 1. Using runes and gems technically breaks your rule, as they cannot be acquired with vendors. But I understand the challenge would be three times as hard without them 2. Larzuk always gives the max amount of sockets on every item. Non elite items are really not that great with max sockets, so you need to research how many sockets every item can have before using the quest 3. Thawing potions dude Overall, this was really fun to watch, good job!
Hey fyi Larzuk doesn't always give max sockets. Each item gets a certain number based on the item and the level of the enemy that dropped it. So for example Crystal sword will get 3 sockets if dropped by an enemy level 1-25, 4 sockets for level 26-40, and 6 for level 41+. To find either of these just google "diablo 2 sockets by ilvl" and "diablo 2 ilvl by area".
@@Mojbak. nope. White items are based on ilvl of the enemy that dropped it. Example - crystal sword gets 3 from level 1-25, 4 from 26-40, and 6 from 41+. Just Google "diablo 2 sockets by ilvl" and "ilvl by area". Cheers guys.
Yeah maybe I should have talked more about how long I had to shop for? The video is extremely edited for those parts, I spend many hours in total looking through vendors’ inventories. I did find those two shields in hell very quickly though, I remember being surprised when it happened.
This is very close to how I played this game 15 years ago, without the knowledge of rune words and whatnot. :) I've never managed to beat the hell ancients with my barb though, as I didn't know how to separate them. Thanks for this run, it brought a lot of fond memories!
Great video buddy. Really enjoyed it You are very well spoken. You kept me engaged the whole 40 minutes. Funny Sigon drops too 😀 Keep up the good work o7
Very interesting and well-made video. You reignited my will to play the game! On a side note, incredible how cool the barb looked with vendor stuff. The 2-handed swords are fire.
Great video and a nice challenge! I mostly play the modded version ( Path of Diablo ) from time to time when ladder fits my personal life etc, but i've always been a D2 fan, love your content! Keep it up, love from Sweden! :)
Oh man, everytime you drop a vid I know it's gonna be epic xD What a journey! I love how you use the itemisation with magic items with sockets, gamble rares and focus on ONLY the essentials. It does show that this game is REALLY hard to solo and is meant to be played with others to complete comfortably. Korlic fight was insane, really know how that feels though, both losing and winning that fight...I know xD
GREAT video! Can’t believe I sat through all 44:28! This challenge on Hardcore would be INSANE! (Maybe possible with a caster class??). I appreciate all of the effort you put into this!
Wow, you chose the hardest build on the hardest class for this challenge. Props to you man. That’s a crazy challenge and I’m glad you were successful. Congrats on beating it and for such a well-made and entertaining video.
@@gorba4ef two hander swords have a nice bonus - when making RWs you can Craft one weapon and you can already use it quite well while farming for the second sword.
I have a challenge idea for you, friend. You can call it whatever you want but I call it the "inheritance challenge". The idea is simple: take a high lvl character that's beaten all 3 modes and have him run 1 area of each act through each difficulty and in this area you can keep 1 of each armor slot (helm, chest, 2 rings, ammy, weapon/shield) and your challenge character can use those for that act and to use the ones on later acts it has to get to the later acts. Rules: 1. Can only use inherited gear, any drops can be sold but not used. 2. Any mercs allowed, but gear is also inherited from you. 3.Buying pots, scrolls etc is allowed. 4. You can pick up gems and runes. You can use runewords, but only if you happen to get a socketed item inherited. 5. For the inheritance runs, reminder that you're only allowed 1 run per act so make it count.
U are completely insane! (on different levels). I really enjoy ur videos. Thank you for ur content. I wouldnt have thought singe player D2 would be so fun to watch! (and educational as well)
I got inspired by this run and did my vendor only hammerdin run. I'm in act 4 hell, act 2 is where the real challenge began. Having to run buy potions every few minutes and even running out of gold for potions at certain locations reminds me of the times when I was first playing Diablo2 original when it was released. You can say Hammerdin is easy but running without Spirit and other basic runewords made it challenging enough for me. Having to store some weak rare items for certain occasions, having to use antidote and thawing potions, having to use different auras like salvation, redemption, not just concentration makes me realise the game was intended to be played this way - we're so used to Meta that we don't see it. And it's fair - like when I'm around caster mobs, I use salvation which makes my damage lower, but they have lower health anyway so it feels really balanced. And I learned that there is a difference between mob's 95% chance to hit me and 83%. And feeling when gambling a +1 pal skills 20 all res amu was priceless. To bring more luck factor I changed a rule that vendor quest items are ok (like imbue, Anya's reward, and rings from Ormus and Akara)
Thanks for sharing! It really was a fresh experience to look for gear in other places than the countess :) What weapon are you using? I guess one could buy a scepter with both blessed hammer and concentration from grinding Drognan close to the town exit. Maybe even with FCR or +Paladin skills, but that seems extremely rare. As I was first thinking about using a Paladin for my run too, I realized that you can’t buy or gamble Paladin class specific shields, which takes away one really easy and reliable source of all resists. In hindsight I think allowing the quest rewards from NPCs makes the challenge more fun and interesting. Still keeps with the “vendor only” theme but gives a few limited opportunities to get lucky.
@@zarfen Drognan scepter +3hammer +1 concentration magic ring 10fcr rare ring 10fcr 27 cold res 25 mana Ring mail 2x Tir (+4 mana after kill), perfect Ruby Rare circlet 30% frw,+22life +40 mana +30% cold res, socketed with Tir Rare amu +1 pal +20% all res +5 energy 3 sockets shield from Fara - 2 flawless diamonds, 1 perfect ruby Rare boots 20% frw, 20% mf, fire res 26% poison res 8% Rare gloves 28% light res, 23% poison res Rare belt +5str +11 life +26 light res, + 24 fire res Godly gear I imbued 3 pala shields - then I realised that when you imbue, the all res from the base item rolls again and all the shields were trash ;)
dam! very well done! after having spent countless hours on D2 Expansion myself back in the day, I would've thought a challenge run like this would be near impossible, you did excellent, such a shame to have all Sigons be sold like that, but it made the run far more fun in the end i'm sure, great use of the runes at the end, open wounds is easily one of the best ways to deal with those treacherous hell waves, you got me wanting to buy this and replay it after losing my battle chest with the original discs themselves, it's a shame it's only on Battlenet and quite pricy at that, never even knew there was a "Resurrected" version somehow that slipped by me so I was like "what is this private stash of his a mod?" might just have to buy this and spend more of my life playing it, thanks for doing this run and reviving my interest in the game more then you did your own Merc ;)
Barbarians actually have a secret weapon when dealing with Lister and his pack. War Cry can stunlock them - though I'm not entirely sure if this would work given the strict gear limitations of the run. Usually it works best if you're playing with a partner or a Singing barbarian that has enough +Skills gear to make War Cry deal enough damage. Just some food-for-thought in future challenges. Amazing work!
Hello Mr. Zarfen, I'm a little late to the party in the comment section, but long story short you're an amazing creator and I can't put in words how much I enjoy and on repeat I watch so many of your videos. I can immediatly tell you enjoy what you do and that is reflected in your videos. As a Path of Exile Main Player your videos while doing some insane grinds are such joy. Thanks!
You sir have my respect, as someone who really never got crazy into d2/r I have only beaten normal with each character and only ver beaten he'll once. It was one of those things I only cared to do once however despite that I just sat through an entire 45 minute video that I had come into expecting to skip most of it.
Great video, i would love to see a whole series like that but with all of the characters. Also you could put at the end how much time did it take u to beat this challenge. You really are a true D2R enjoyer
Yo man, I've seen your post and was awaiting the video. Appreciate your effort very much in advance, definitely will watch the video after work. You're doing great job! Hello from Ukraine, by the way 👋
This to me is extremly legendary....he should be at 1 million sub for this attempt alone...instead of all of those other youtuber...he literally know every affix purpose
Azsheara: "Finally! Someone comes to hire the Iron Wolves! BOYS! We can eat tonight!" That Lord de Seis spawn, *shudders* Yikes, that hell ancients spawn was really unlucky, 2 of them spawned with Stone Skin, and one with Mana Burn, HUGE props to you for getting through it though.
Great content, just finished binging all your recent content. Keep going with stuff like this and I suggest you expand into other games. You make good content and good challenge videos. I'd love to see some d2 runs with things like Martial Arts assassin, or to see how far you can push summons only necromancer, since all d2 players know that without corpse explosion summons become depressing in late hell. Other runs I'd suggest: Enchant Sorc (it makes a fun mechanic to push to its maximum extent, and would probably make good content just exploring the mechanic), Melee Zon (i'd be interested in the new changes to the mechanics more than anything, i never bothered to test it after the first season of d2r) and the almighty fire aura pally. You could have ran that shit to early hell with zero issues if you had the right levelling items. If you've never done it before I suggest you do it just for shits n' giggles, get all the best + to fire skill items and you can run a stupid high level aura that 1 hits everything in nightmare, see how far you can push it with a full inventory of charms too and the new sundering charms. I've pushed it to early hell with using nothing but the passive damage and zeal (ended up turning it into a framerate glitched zeal with 7 aps before break points were fixed). Eitherway, great fun and I reckon it'd be good content. Whether you take my suggestions or ignore me completely, looking forward to more runs!
Thank you, I'm glad you like the videos! My list of video ideas is already long, but who knows! A melee zon would be fun, don't remember ever doing one.
Cool challenge. My idea for another one would be "Beat D2 with only selffound loot but you MUST equip everything you find from enemies and treasure chests". Apart from that, looking forward to the next run :)
Maybe I underestimate poison damage on weapons but that damage is dealt over 7 seconds and it doesn’t stack with itself. It also doesn’t get amplified by berserk
I used to play on my own many years ago and I had no clue about good or bad items, so basically I used the items with highest atack damage or defense. So my gear was more or less like yours in this gameplay
im 11 seconds in and something tells me youre gonna get a really busted Unique/Rare drop in hell or late nightmare that you just??? cant use??? im so excited i love these kinds of videos.
My favorite challenge I've done was unique/set items only, which makes the early game such a slog lol I could never do it as a barb though, you're a beast
Thanks! Hmm good question. Depends on what level of challenge you’re looking for. Playing characters with some of the weaker skills without further restrictions is a lot of fun. ‘Pacifist’ where you can’t deal any direct damage at all and only rely on thorns damage, chance to cast nova when struck, etc. is a popular one but very grindy. One I’m looking forward to do in the future is set and uniques only. Will probably be very grindy and take a long time to get going. If you want to soften the rules a little you could allow to wear gear with only MF and nothing else until you find a set or unique for that slot.
Just discovered this channel. Played the original version a lot and had fun with special builds like zeal sorc. Really amazing to see what options you have to play this game in other modes. :D Maybe give a skill tree update every 10 lvl?
This is awesome. Here recently i have been playing D2R with no runewords allowed and it has honestly made the game much more fun at least for the time being. Gambling and crafting items is way more interesting.
I’ve kind of been sleeping on crafted items but they’re so interesting. Blood crafts especially have some really strong recipes! Definitely want to do some kind of challenge that allows me to really explore crafts sometime
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Zarfen the No Loot Goblin
Haha love it!
Had a very shiny nose..
@@gubbishAnd if you ever bought it
You'd say it's a waste of gold
hope you can gamble runes.
The "Why would I use the gear of a dead man? It failed him!" Run.
You’re a blacksmith in a small settlement minding your own business when you see a very large gentleman walking up, wearing not much more than some rags and furs. You welcome him to the town and notice the small shield and axe that he is carrying. You compliment his blacksmith and jokingly tell him that he’ll need those if he decides to venture outside of the settlement. The man gives you a stern look and explains that these are merely to give away for good will and to establish a good rapport with the town. He then walks outside and begins brawling with the demonic creatures which had been long plaguing the town. To your surprise, the creatures didn’t stand a chance. With a puzzled smile on your face, you think to yourself: “We’re saved.”
One of the most insane challenges I have seen. Huge respect for completing this run.
there is Mrlamasc "punch barb" too, this game is too easy with mercenarie^^ We are waiting for "no merc" and "few equipment" run challenge !! hihi
This isn't insane at all. Everyone did this when the game first came out. It's funny watching people play the redone D2 thinking that what they do is different than what us original D2 players did lmao.
that Korlic fight was epic lmao
I did the Ancients last night on Nightmare with a badly geared throw Barbarian and I was kiting them for 30 minutes. 🤣
@zeus136988 it feels like the ancients are either a cake walk or a 20-30 minute grind, nothing in between!
Let's goooo! You made me buy diablo 2, and it's so much better than diablo 4 it's unreal, currently about to finish up normal difficulty on a hardcore char, going for 99
That’s awesome! Good luck on the grind, never done a 99 char myself actually… maybe it’s about time!
@@zarfen it's a trophy on ps, so I gotta do it. It has been stressful af since I barely know the mechanics lmao
It really is wild
I have play d2 since I was outta kindergarten lol and I'm in my 30's ! This game just never gets old! Bought D4 and was so hype about it but only played about a month and just got to busy building a amazon on d2 lol
Get ready for a grindddddddd the last 5 levels will take a long time
@SlapDashR so far, nothing scares me more than the thought of maggot cave on higher difficulties
NPCs be like: Noble hero, I wish you strength and luck to your fight to save our world.
Also NPCs: Oh, you want that sword for your noble quest? You better pay for that!
So great to see "Beat Diablo 2" title and watch and actual beating of all difficulties and not just normal. Great run and problems solving!
The fact Sigons dropped entirely is wild! Well done. Already looking forward to the next wild challenge like this. It makes me want to play like this to refresh the experience like you said.
I never saw the Shield drop. Did I miss that?
Wow I didn't think I would watch through a 45mins video but this was epic. The ancient fight was truly legendary!
Glad you liked it!
Now this is playing Diablo 2 like a boss. That's an epic challenge " well done and congrats"
When hell Mephisto dropped green plate and helm i almost screamed NO WAY at the monitor, haha
Insane run, really enjoyed it, thank you!
42 minutes on Baal, I'm upset if it takes 42 seconds... Hats off to you!
Hell yeah dude! This was my suggestion in your recent poll :) Thanks for your dedication, I enjoyed it very much.
Thanks for the suggestion. It was a lot of fun (but frustrating!)
Congrats on completing the challenge! Very cool and beautifully edited video. Highly entertaining :) this is the sort of content we need more of
Thanks, buddy! :)
The absolute balls to go for Barbarian instead of Paladin with this kind of challenge, respect sir great video!
Man, that was a huge challenge, huge work put into it, amazing video, really enjoyed it!
Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
A couple of points:
1. Using runes and gems technically breaks your rule, as they cannot be acquired with vendors. But I understand the challenge would be three times as hard without them
2. Larzuk always gives the max amount of sockets on every item. Non elite items are really not that great with max sockets, so you need to research how many sockets every item can have before using the quest
3. Thawing potions dude
Overall, this was really fun to watch, good job!
Hey fyi Larzuk doesn't always give max sockets. Each item gets a certain number based on the item and the level of the enemy that dropped it.
So for example Crystal sword will get 3 sockets if dropped by an enemy level 1-25, 4 sockets for level 26-40, and 6 for level 41+. To find either of these just google "diablo 2 sockets by ilvl" and "diablo 2 ilvl by area".
This isn’t how socketing works. He only gives max sockets on normal or superior quality items, not magic items, magic items or can roll between 1 or 2
Larzuk gives max sockets on white items. 1-2 on blue (magic) items. and 1 on yellow (rare) items.
@@Mojbak. nope. White items are based on ilvl of the enemy that dropped it.
Example - crystal sword gets 3 from level 1-25, 4 from 26-40, and 6 from 41+. Just Google "diablo 2 sockets by ilvl" and "ilvl by area". Cheers guys.
@@Mojbak. you're right about magic getting 1-2 and rare/set/unique only getting 1. Not sure about crafted, but I'd assume 1?
Some of the blue socketed stuff you found was really good for how long you seemed to be looking! Loved the video, cant wait for the next one!
Yeah maybe I should have talked more about how long I had to shop for? The video is extremely edited for those parts, I spend many hours in total looking through vendors’ inventories.
I did find those two shields in hell very quickly though, I remember being surprised when it happened.
Item editor
Your editing is really awesome, you always show what you are talking about and have some cool transitions.
Thanks! I appreciate it
Well done mate! A huge grind and great to see something different. Also, respect for doing it with a Barb!
I've been waiting so patiently for the next upload and we have been blessed!
Awesome video man, always looking forward to your challenges.
This is very close to how I played this game 15 years ago, without the knowledge of rune words and whatnot. :)
I've never managed to beat the hell ancients with my barb though, as I didn't know how to separate them.
Thanks for this run, it brought a lot of fond memories!
Great video buddy. Really enjoyed it
You are very well spoken.
You kept me engaged the whole 40 minutes.
Funny Sigon drops too 😀
Keep up the good work o7
Thanks! The speaking part is the hardest thing for me when making these so I really appreciate that :)
Very interesting and well-made video. You reignited my will to play the game! On a side note, incredible how cool the barb looked with vendor stuff. The 2-handed swords are fire.
Thank you! :)
I agree, this is how I imagine the barb should look like!
Great video and a nice challenge! I mostly play the modded version ( Path of Diablo ) from time to time when ladder fits my personal life etc, but i've always been a D2 fan, love your content! Keep it up, love from Sweden! :)
42 minutes to beat world stone chamber, 44 minute video. Thankfully I was able to watch this video over a few hours. Solid video.
Yesss best thing to get to work in the morning to is a new zarfen vid
I work third shift, too.
Oh man, everytime you drop a vid I know it's gonna be epic xD What a journey! I love how you use the itemisation with magic items with sockets, gamble rares and focus on ONLY the essentials. It does show that this game is REALLY hard to solo and is meant to be played with others to complete comfortably. Korlic fight was insane, really know how that feels though, both losing and winning that fight...I know xD
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it :)
That was fantastic!
Good job bro 👍
And this is content.
People say they have 'bitten' D2 with x, just playing normal.
That's good content
GREAT video! Can’t believe I sat through all 44:28! This challenge on Hardcore would be INSANE! (Maybe possible with a caster class??).
I appreciate all of the effort you put into this!
Thanks you! Glad you enjoyed it. I'm sure a more skilled player could make it happen in HC. The barb is pretty tanky once Battle Orders gets going!
Wow, you chose the hardest build on the hardest class for this challenge. Props to you man. That’s a crazy challenge and I’m glad you were successful. Congrats on beating it and for such a well-made and entertaining video.
Thanks, glad you liked it!
Two handed sword just look so good. Too bad that don't add some buff to them, like double strength modifier or something
Double strength modifier would be really interesting!
@@gorba4ef two hander swords have a nice bonus - when making RWs you can Craft one weapon and you can already use it quite well while farming for the second sword.
You have great videos and I can listen to you talk about Diablo for hours. Great work!
Thank you! Glad you like the videos
Fantastic! Watching your videos inspires me a lot when creating mine😀
Thanks man, I really liked your “hammerdin” video.
I have a challenge idea for you, friend. You can call it whatever you want but I call it the "inheritance challenge".
The idea is simple: take a high lvl character that's beaten all 3 modes and have him run 1 area of each act through each difficulty and in this area you can keep 1 of each armor slot (helm, chest, 2 rings, ammy, weapon/shield) and your challenge character can use those for that act and to use the ones on later acts it has to get to the later acts.
Rules:
1. Can only use inherited gear, any drops can be sold but not used.
2. Any mercs allowed, but gear is also inherited from you.
3.Buying pots, scrolls etc is allowed.
4. You can pick up gems and runes. You can use runewords, but only if you happen to get a socketed item inherited.
5. For the inheritance runs, reminder that you're only allowed 1 run per act so make it count.
Man, a full Sigon? ;_;
I *never* find matching greens.
Also that buckler you found, what an amazing little thing. Lovely.
U are completely insane! (on different levels).
I really enjoy ur videos. Thank you for ur content. I wouldnt have thought singe player D2 would be so fun to watch!
(and educational as well)
Thanks! Glad to hear that (the second part, not the insane part… though I’m not able to prove otherwise 😁)
loved the challenge. CANNOT BELEIVE you found all of sigon's :O
Me neither! But to be fair I did a LOT of extra farming on this guy for being a “beat the game” challenge.
I got inspired by this run and did my vendor only hammerdin run. I'm in act 4 hell, act 2 is where the real challenge began. Having to run buy potions every few minutes and even running out of gold for potions at certain locations reminds me of the times when I was first playing Diablo2 original when it was released. You can say Hammerdin is easy but running without Spirit and other basic runewords made it challenging enough for me. Having to store some weak rare items for certain occasions, having to use antidote and thawing potions, having to use different auras like salvation, redemption, not just concentration makes me realise the game was intended to be played this way - we're so used to Meta that we don't see it. And it's fair - like when I'm around caster mobs, I use salvation which makes my damage lower, but they have lower health anyway so it feels really balanced. And I learned that there is a difference between mob's 95% chance to hit me and 83%.
And feeling when gambling a +1 pal skills 20 all res amu was priceless.
To bring more luck factor I changed a rule that vendor quest items are ok (like imbue, Anya's reward, and rings from Ormus and Akara)
Thanks for sharing!
It really was a fresh experience to look for gear in other places than the countess :)
What weapon are you using? I guess one could buy a scepter with both blessed hammer and concentration from grinding Drognan close to the town exit. Maybe even with FCR or +Paladin skills, but that seems extremely rare.
As I was first thinking about using a Paladin for my run too, I realized that you can’t buy or gamble Paladin class specific shields, which takes away one really easy and reliable source of all resists.
In hindsight I think allowing the quest rewards from NPCs makes the challenge more fun and interesting. Still keeps with the “vendor only” theme but gives a few limited opportunities to get lucky.
@@zarfen Drognan scepter +3hammer +1 concentration
magic ring 10fcr
rare ring 10fcr 27 cold res 25 mana
Ring mail 2x Tir (+4 mana after kill), perfect Ruby
Rare circlet 30% frw,+22life +40 mana +30% cold res, socketed with Tir
Rare amu +1 pal +20% all res +5 energy
3 sockets shield from Fara - 2 flawless diamonds, 1 perfect ruby
Rare boots 20% frw, 20% mf, fire res 26% poison res 8%
Rare gloves 28% light res, 23% poison res
Rare belt +5str +11 life +26 light res, + 24 fire res
Godly gear
I imbued 3 pala shields - then I realised that when you imbue, the all res from the base item rolls again and all the shields were trash ;)
@sebastianosuch273 the amu and belt are really nice!
It’s kind of crazy how much gear you need to dedicate to resists if you play like this haha
Nerves of steel achievement unlocked !!! GG buddy 🎉
dam! very well done! after having spent countless hours on D2 Expansion myself back in the day, I would've thought a challenge run like this would be near impossible, you did excellent, such a shame to have all Sigons be sold like that, but it made the run far more fun in the end i'm sure, great use of the runes at the end, open wounds is easily one of the best ways to deal with those treacherous hell waves, you got me wanting to buy this and replay it after losing my battle chest with the original discs themselves, it's a shame it's only on Battlenet and quite pricy at that, never even knew there was a "Resurrected" version somehow that slipped by me so I was like "what is this private stash of his a mod?" might just have to buy this and spend more of my life playing it, thanks for doing this run and reviving my interest in the game more then you did your own Merc ;)
Thanks for you comment!
I agree that modern “online only” philosophy is a shame but other than that I think this is an amazing remaster.
Barbarians actually have a secret weapon when dealing with Lister and his pack. War Cry can stunlock them - though I'm not entirely sure if this would work given the strict gear limitations of the run. Usually it works best if you're playing with a partner or a Singing barbarian that has enough +Skills gear to make War Cry deal enough damage. Just some food-for-thought in future challenges. Amazing work!
Bro the korlic fight was crazy... you gained a subscriber. Gg video. He'll of a challenge literally
Glad you liked it!
You could do a challenge: "Only use gear that dropped from final act bosses"
Hello Mr. Zarfen,
I'm a little late to the party in the comment section, but long story short you're an amazing creator and I can't put in words how much I enjoy and on repeat I watch so many of your videos. I can immediatly tell you enjoy what you do and that is reflected in your videos. As a Path of Exile Main Player your videos while doing some insane grinds are such joy. Thanks!
Hey,
Thank you for the kind words, your comment made my day!
28:05 I don't think anyone would give you flak for that lol this was an awesome run
You're the jrose of diablo imo, love these nicely narrated challenges
Glad you like them!
I sometimes have a Jrose gen 1 pokemon playthrough on another monitor while grinding through my own challenges :)
Great video, amazing challenge and fun to watch! D2 is so so so so good it's unreal. This game has infinite replayability
Thank you!
It really is. Kind of crazy when you think about it.
Dude it's so crazy challenge in start of video I can't believe it's possible for barbarian strike build, you are legend)
You sir have my respect, as someone who really never got crazy into d2/r I have only beaten normal with each character and only ver beaten he'll once. It was one of those things I only cared to do once however despite that I just sat through an entire 45 minute video that I had come into expecting to skip most of it.
I still remember the white wand i made from a gheed wand. Man can give you good stuff so I'm real excited to see a gambling addiction run.
Amazing project! It's just more fun to watch, than OP-geared chars, finding items! Keep up the great work! 🔥
Thanks!
The issue is I've never been able to buy gems from a vendor. So, technically he used loot. Enjoy the content keep it up!!
More awesome content from you, this is great! I hope this was a lot of fun for you, as it's a lot of fun for us to watch your journey! Thank you!
Thank you! Apart from being a bit grindy towards the end, it was a lot of fun from start to finish :)
Yooo finally another video! Great work my brother!
You just made diablo 2 exciting again! I'm going to try this challenge for sure!
Great editing and commenting. Super fun to watch.
Good job homie!
That’s awesome!
Thanks for the kind words
Great video, i would love to see a whole series like that but with all of the characters. Also you could put at the end how much time did it take u to beat this challenge. You really are a true D2R enjoyer
two handed berserker looked brutal! props to you sir!
I like how this is borderline impossible yet you still make it harder than it needs to be haha real champion spirit 🔥🔥
Haha thanks! If I had known beforehand how things would be in Hell I would not have added all those rules.
Thanks. This was actually a lot of fun to watch.
Great job with this series, love watching keep it up also why no whirlwind
Thanks!
I didn’t think WW would be good with mediocre gear but tbh I didn’t give it a try so maybe I was missing out?
Yo man, I've seen your post and was awaiting the video. Appreciate your effort very much in advance, definitely will watch the video after work.
You're doing great job!
Hello from Ukraine, by the way 👋
Thanks, I appreciate it!
I wish you a nice and safe weekend.
I cant get enough D2 content. Love your stuff Zarfen!
Thank you!
Sick video brother!!! Been playing d2 since launch. This was refreshing to watch! Ty.
Glad you liked it!
what a salvation that Um in the sword must have been! congrats on another great video! subscribed.
It really was!
Thanks!
This to me is extremly legendary....he should be at 1 million sub for this attempt alone...instead of all of those other youtuber...he literally know every affix purpose
Amazing job once again! I could never grind through the game like this - but enjoy watching you suffer happily xD
Thanks!
nice to see the diablo 1 cursed gear type runs still aren't dead 25 years later.
Azsheara: "Finally! Someone comes to hire the Iron Wolves! BOYS! We can eat tonight!"
That Lord de Seis spawn, *shudders*
Yikes, that hell ancients spawn was really unlucky, 2 of them spawned with Stone Skin, and one with Mana Burn, HUGE props to you for getting through it though.
love these vids my friend and the commentary is fantastic! Keep it up!
What i find most exciting about this is the Jah you found at countess, how did you do that?
Good job, really interesting to watch. Great editing too 👍🏼
D2 is just endless fun!
Thanks! Glad you liked it
Great content, just finished binging all your recent content. Keep going with stuff like this and I suggest you expand into other games. You make good content and good challenge videos.
I'd love to see some d2 runs with things like Martial Arts assassin, or to see how far you can push summons only necromancer, since all d2 players know that without corpse explosion summons become depressing in late hell.
Other runs I'd suggest: Enchant Sorc (it makes a fun mechanic to push to its maximum extent, and would probably make good content just exploring the mechanic), Melee Zon (i'd be interested in the new changes to the mechanics more than anything, i never bothered to test it after the first season of d2r) and the almighty fire aura pally. You could have ran that shit to early hell with zero issues if you had the right levelling items. If you've never done it before I suggest you do it just for shits n' giggles, get all the best + to fire skill items and you can run a stupid high level aura that 1 hits everything in nightmare, see how far you can push it with a full inventory of charms too and the new sundering charms.
I've pushed it to early hell with using nothing but the passive damage and zeal (ended up turning it into a framerate glitched zeal with 7 aps before break points were fixed). Eitherway, great fun and I reckon it'd be good content.
Whether you take my suggestions or ignore me completely, looking forward to more runs!
Thank you, I'm glad you like the videos!
My list of video ideas is already long, but who knows! A melee zon would be fun, don't remember ever doing one.
Actually interesting and entertaining d2r content + a very pleasant bonus that you are funny.
Thank you very much! :)
Awesome challenge, this was very fun to watch!
Glad you liked it!!
Great D2 content right here, keep the videos goin 👍
Great and interresting content! Keep it up 😎👍
Thank you!
8:05 amulet / vidala's snare
12:05 plated belt / sigons
13:43 skull cap / ????
14:25 gauntlets / sigons
20:07 greaves / sigons
22:03 grand sceptre / ????
Cool challenge. My idea for another one would be "Beat D2 with only selffound loot but you MUST equip everything you find from enemies and treasure chests". Apart from that, looking forward to the next run :)
Interesting idea, but it would be a LOT of gear swapping!
jesus christ, good job on the video... feels like I was there
Thanks!
Great vid! Very glad it was you not me attempting this challenge 🤣
Haha happy to do it 😂 and thanks!
watching you pass up that sword with like 157 poison dmg at 17:29 made me scream. that is a MASSIVE dps upgrade my guy.
Maybe I underestimate poison damage on weapons but that damage is dealt over 7 seconds and it doesn’t stack with itself.
It also doesn’t get amplified by berserk
This was really impressive, awesome video!
Thanks, glad you liked it!
Definitely earned my sub.
*_To your continued success!_*
Can you do a run where you can only equip set pieces please that would be awesome to see
I used to play on my own many years ago and I had no clue about good or bad items, so basically I used the items with highest atack damage or defense. So my gear was more or less like yours in this gameplay
im 11 seconds in and something tells me youre gonna get a really busted Unique/Rare drop in hell or late nightmare that you just??? cant use??? im so excited i love these kinds of videos.
2:48 💀
My favorite challenge I've done was unique/set items only, which makes the early game such a slog lol
I could never do it as a barb though, you're a beast
I recently did uniques only while streaming. Did it with a Druid but even with fire spells I totally agree with you - early game was a slog!
Great video to fall asleep to! Videos like this just put my brain into relax mode.
Thanks… I think? Haha 😄
Amazing video :) I want to do a diablo 2 Challenge run myself. What would you recommend ?
Thanks!
Hmm good question. Depends on what level of challenge you’re looking for.
Playing characters with some of the weaker skills without further restrictions is a lot of fun.
‘Pacifist’ where you can’t deal any direct damage at all and only rely on thorns damage, chance to cast nova when struck, etc. is a popular one but very grindy.
One I’m looking forward to do in the future is set and uniques only. Will probably be very grindy and take a long time to get going. If you want to soften the rules a little you could allow to wear gear with only MF and nothing else until you find a set or unique for that slot.
So cool, Hope you are happy you did the challenge!
@26:15 You should have Larzuk’d with less potions in belt or Merc on/off for seed/RNG?
Awesome stuff, hats off to you - no way could I be arsed to do all that :)
I know I'm late, but this video really surprised me. Def subbed now❤
10:52 - I didn't know your character can look at flying critters in D2R, very nice extra detail they added!
Just discovered this channel. Played the original version a lot and had fun with special builds like zeal sorc. Really amazing to see what options you have to play this game in other modes. :D Maybe give a skill tree update every 10 lvl?
This is awesome. Here recently i have been playing D2R with no runewords allowed and it has honestly made the game much more fun at least for the time being. Gambling and crafting items is way more interesting.
I’ve kind of been sleeping on crafted items but they’re so interesting. Blood crafts especially have some really strong recipes! Definitely want to do some kind of challenge that allows me to really explore crafts sometime
@@zarfen the blood axe recipe has come in handy doing ssf throw barb several times!