Ask the Moogle...

[Neo]

Anything about Diablo II!

From obscure builds, skill planning, stat allocation, or whether you should use a Clay Golem or Blood Golem! I can even tell you how much a level 25 Chain Lightning can do with maxed synergies + light mastery!

I answer tons of questions while playing D2, so I figured why not make a thread were people can ask off the game?

Want to know the the base build for a Hammerdin? What about a good base Zoomancer? Or what about a Trapper/dueler?

Ill try my best to answer your questions! Nothing off the wall/retarded questions though please ;)

So... Bring em on!

-Neo

[RogueRed2]

What's the healing rate for each character class? How long does it take to heal for each class?

For example,(I'm making the numbers up) 36 hp/sec over 10 secs for a super healing potion with an Amazon.

[Neo]

What's the healing rate for each character class? How long does it take to heal for each class?

For example,(I'm making the numbers up) 36 hp/sec over 10 secs for a super healing potion with an Amazon.

Uhm. I dont know this, and I dont know why anyone would know this >_< Or WHY!

O.o;; Really wierd -.-

-Neo

[RogueRed2]

Uhm. I dont know this, and I dont know why anyone would know this >_< Or WHY!

O.o;; Really wierd -.-

-Neo

Well I was always wondering that ^_^
You know, it could save me rejuv pots if I knew the healing rate and the monsters total damage so in tight situations using a potion could be better than wasting a full rejuv pot.

OK I got another. Like for poison damage of X seconds, how does resist come into it? Will it reduce duration and/or poison damage by the given percentage resist? Also, how does poison damage stack? DOES it even stack?
Poison was always really funky to me o.o I hate it.

[Neo]

Ick Poisin.

AFAIK, Poisin damage is reduced through resistances like normal elem damage (so 75% poisin resist with 100 pdsc would end up reducing it to 25 poisin damage over 6 seconds or whatever it is)

Poisin also stacks oddly, the more charms you have the longer it lasts (so basically its not like 2 100pdsc = 200 poisin over 6 seconds, its like 200 over 8 seconds or something)

And versus monsters now its almost worthless, since they all have like a billion life replenish :(

-Neo

[peace_machine]

---NEWB---
Ok I have a few questions...

1) Is it better to invest all your skill points into a few abilities or spread them over a few?
2) What level is best to change difficulties? i.e. To move a character from normal to nm.
3) What is with that gem in chat?
4) What is the "3072 stones of jordan sold to merchants" message? is it when the music changes?
5) What is ik armour?

All I can think of at the moment, hope it keeps you busy.

---NEWB---

[Neo]

---NEWB---
Ok I have a few questions...

1) Is it better to invest all your skill points into a few abilities or spread them over a few?
It is better to build a character that is designed around a specific few skills, or ablities. Such as a Blizzard Sorceress, she would max BLizzard, Ice Blast, Glacial Spike, and Cold Mastery.

Or like a Trapper, you owuld max Light Sentry, Death Sentry, Charged Bolt Sentry, but you wouldnt spread out to max, say, blade fury, ot Wake of Inferno.

Hope that makes sense :)

2) What level is best to change difficulties? i.e. To move a character from normal to nm.
The way I usually level up is this way (which isnt always possible if you cant get help):
1-21 is on my own, usually hit 15 in Act1, then in act2 - act3 I hit 21...

21-24 I get someone with a high level character past normal to open cows and I tag along and leech while they kill stuff (you gain 1-2 levels a run!)

24-25 I get someone to rush me trhough normal to the Ancients in Act5 and get them completed (1 level)

25-40(or 50) I do normal Baal runs. I dont Kill Baal at all since I still want to see normal games...
40(50)-70(75+) After you hit level 40 or 50 in normal baal runs, you go kill him for the quest, then you get some help through Nightmare, and head for NM Baal runs...

75+ From here on out its normally Pit Runs on my own if the character can handle it, or Hell Baal runs if I can find good runs :)
3) What is with that gem in chat?
The Gem in the chat was put there, originally I believe, when the battle.net servers were just setup to handle Diablo II, and so would go down from time to time... It was something for people to click a bunch :)

It can also help traders bookmark a good deal, also if you press it enough instead of "Gem Activated" you get "Perfect Gem Activated" also sometimes (even rarer then Perfect) it will say "MOoOOooo!!!" lol

So to answer... It serves no purpose ^_^

4) What is the "3072 stones of jordan sold to merchants" message? is it when the music changes?
That is whats called "The Counter" for the "World Event"

The World Event is how the Diablo Clone (Uber Diablo) is spawned. In Hell when that counter shows up, you wait and wait and wait until the counter steadly goes up and he spawns...

He will spawn over the next super-unique monster you come across (BishiBosh for example) and the Diablo Clone is the only thing that drops the Annhilus Charm.

5) What is ik armour?
It is a Set Item "Immortal King's" and is the armor from that set. In the past it used to be really rare and valuable (but now it isnt so much)

Immortal King Set (http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/sets/sets5.shtml#immortalking)
All I can think of at the moment, hope it keeps you busy.

---NEWB---

Hope I answered all of your questions good enough :)

-Neo

[RogueRed2]

Thanks Neo for the answer ^^


That is whats called "The Counter" for the "World Event"

The World Event is how the Diablo Clone (Uber Diablo) is spawned. In Hell when that counter shows up, you wait and wait and wait until the counter steadly goes up and he spawns...

He will spawn over the next super-unique monster you come across (BishiBosh for example) and the Diablo Clone is the only thing that drops the Annhilus Charm.



-Neo

Well I just wanted to add something.
I remember that the first two numbers are the server numbers, and the last two are the amount of Soj's being sold on that server. Now, there really aren't 3k rings being sold, it's more like 50 or so depending on the last two numbers.

So...*thinks of a question*

Are druids effective melee fighters? And how exactly is attack speed judged with werebear or werewolf?

[Neo]

Thanks Neo for the answer ^^



Well I just wanted to add something.
I remember that the first two numbers are the server numbers, and the last two are the amount of Soj's being sold on that server. Now, there really aren't 3k rings being sold, it's more like 50 or so depending on the last two numbers.

So...*thinks of a question*

Are druids effective melee fighters? And how exactly is attack speed judged with werebear or werewolf?

Uhm, no. The soj counter is the actually count. It keeps track of all sojs sold, I believe, since the beginning of the world event.

The "server number" is found bye using "netstat -n" in the command window of Windows or whatever.

Attack speed for Wearwolves for Fury are effect ONLY bye the IAS on the weapon (level 20 werewolf gets you 68% more IAS also) so thats why its easy to get a 4fps attack on a druid (IE: with a Buriza or a Ribcracker)

Another note: Werewolves and Werebears can use ranged weapons (IE: bows) as melee weapons when they wereform :) Its pretty funky. You even need to have bolts/arrows in your shield slot, lol

-Neo

[Geno]

I could ask you anytime, but this thread's feeling lonely, so I'll ask it here...

What do you concider the best dueler class? I mean, sure, Sorc is really big, because of 'port, but have you ever thought which class would be THE best? FoH Pally? Summon Necro? I mean, I pwned in a 32 person tournament levels 10-40, as a level 38 summoner. I lost a total of 3 skellies, and only came close to losing 1 time, against a FoH pally, but I hid in my minions, so he couldn't get a clear shot. Very evil. What is your stance on that? Also, another question...

FoH? Good move for a solo'er? Sure, no CC at all, but really, if you beef the mana, and add in a huge defense, do you think it's worth that trade off?

Lastly,

How long should it take an AVERAGE player with about 2 hours a day to level up to level 75? I concider that a decent level, so about how many days would it take?

~Larry "Geno" Meyers

[peace_machine]

Thanks for the enlightenment amd now for some more questions.

1) What is the best stat point spread for a necromancer (rather waht you recomend)i.e. 35% to strenght, 30% to dexterity...

2) It is impossible to hack on ladder right?

3) How do I play normal D2 (non expansion) with friends without uninstalling D2?

[Geno]

Oh Oh Oh! I know the answer to #2! Yes... You actually can hack on Ladder now. My friend does it. His friend does it. My other friend... She does it. Apparently it's the cool thing to do. I only know of three people off the top of my head who don't for sure. Me, Neo, and my friend, Brett. I wish I did, but I'm not that crazy to ruin my own fun. Dungeon crawling is the whole point of the game, to me at least, so I don't want to ruin it with hacks... Anyways, that's your answer for that one...

~Larry "Geno" Meyers

[Neo]

I could ask you anytime, but this thread's feeling lonely, so I'll ask it here...

What do you concider the best dueler class? I mean, sure, Sorc is really big, because of 'port, but have you ever thought which class would be THE best? FoH Pally? Summon Necro? I mean, I pwned in a 32 person tournament levels 10-40, as a level 38 summoner. I lost a total of 3 skellies, and only came close to losing 1 time, against a FoH pally, but I hid in my minions, so he couldn't get a clear shot. Very evil. What is your stance on that? Also, another question...

FoH? Good move for a solo'er? Sure, no CC at all, but really, if you beef the mana, and add in a huge defense, do you think it's worth that trade off?

Lastly,

How long should it take an AVERAGE player with about 2 hours a day to level up to level 75? I concider that a decent level, so about how many days would it take?

~Larry "Geno" Meyers
Leveling up depends on how you play. If you can get rushed and do baal runs constantly and find good ones then 75 is easy to hit in NM Baal runs.

There is no "best dueler" -- There never will be. Good duelers are Wind Druid (perfect for fighting sorcs), Hammerdins (for shear defense, damage, etc...), FoH Pally if youve got a billion + skills is good, but its relatively to stack light resistance against an FoH pally. Hell id just Ort/Ort/Ort a Headhunters or something.

Each character can be a good dueler -- Zoomancers can actually be good with Enigma, but most good duels dont allow summons unless you can cast them in town.

Barbs can still be good duelers, hell any physical damager with open wounds + poisin can own.

-Neo

[peace_machine]

Oh Oh Oh! I know the answer to #2! Yes... You actually can hack on Ladder now. My friend does it. His friend does it. My other friend... She does it. Apparently it's the cool thing to do. I only know of three people off the top of my head who don't for sure. Me, Neo, and my friend, Brett. I wish I did, but I'm not that crazy to ruin my own fun. Dungeon crawling is the whole point of the game, to me at least, so I don't want to ruin it with hacks... Anyways, that's your answer for that one...

~Larry "Geno" Meyers

You mean there was a time when you couldn't hack and now you can? I knew I should have bought D2 a few years ago. Are we just talking map hacks or can the game be manipulated in other ways?

I can be sure that some of my friends don't hack for the simple reason that we spend 30mins-1hour trying to complete a quest. Then there are those who somehow manage to find all the right paths instantly...


It is a Set Item "Immortal King's" and is the armor from that set. In the past it used to be really rare and valuable (but now it isnt so much)

How does an item become un-rare?

3) How do I play normal D2 (non expansion) with friends without uninstalling D2?

[Neo]

You mean there was a time when you couldn't hack and now you can? I knew I should have bought D2 a few years ago. Are we just talking map hacks or can the game be manipulated in other ways?

I can be sure that some of my friends don't hack for the simple reason that we spend 30mins-1hour trying to complete a quest. Then there are those who somehow manage to find all the right paths instantly...




How does an item become un-rare?

TO be fair, Geno is only talking about Maphacks, which some people claim is the only way to play now that is fun (bleh whatever)

Mousepads Maphack at least protects against the new drops hacks (still) while blizzard doesnt...

I meant in general, in 1.09 IK Armor was extremely rare and "worth" quite a bit...

But in 1.10 its not as rare (mostly becuase there are so many "botters")

1) What is the best stat point spread for a necromancer (rather waht you recomend)i.e. 35% to strenght, 30% to dexterity...

You dont spread points %-wise, and I cant tell you specifically for a Necro... I mean there are 3 major builds you can go for a Necro, Poisin, Bone or Zoomancer(summoning/curses)...

For a Summoner you just get enough str to wear your items (usually 90-100 is good to aim for) and no dex (or enough to keep 75% block -- but that takes like 200 dex or more once you level up) and about 75-100 energy and the rest into vitality...

2) It is impossible to hack on ladder right?
There are no "dupe" hacks in the way that items are duped and such and floating around, but many people do use Maphack which shows them the maps to dungeons, allow them tot see others equipment, show monsters on the minimap, etc...

There are still drop hacks which disconnect the other player...

3) How do I play normal D2 (non expansion) with friends without uninstalling D2?
YOu create a Non-Expansion character (and non-ladder if they are non-ladder) and join a game.

-Neo

[T-Dawg]

its spelled poison!

[Neo]

its spelled poison!
Whatever! Nice contribution ^_~

*Adds: Aiming with a Hammerdin is UBER EVIL. And hard when your lagging :(

-Neo

[peace_machine]

I meant in general, in 1.09 IK Armor was extremely rare and "worth" quite a bit...

But in 1.10 its not as rare (mostly becuase there are so many "botters")
Explain botters?

YOu create a Non-Expansion character (and non-ladder if they are non-ladder) and join a game.
I coulda swarn i did that. Meh.

Q) Damn I had something that was bothering me.....

Your a big help KupaNeo!

[Neo]

Explain botters?


I coulda swarn i did that. Meh.

Q) Damn I had something that was bothering me.....

Your a big help KupaNeo!

Dont worry about "botters" its people who use third party programs to automate the killing and picking up of items (in this fashion people can get insane amounts of rare and valuable items)

And feel free to call me "Neo" I dont like my username here since at blizzforums I was and am "Neo" but here I had to choose a different one...

No worries though, I intend to change it soon... Heh.

-Neo

[peace_machine]

1) What does mf mean? mf armour, mf this, mf meh.

2) What is hellforge? Is that just reffering to the gems that come out or somehting?

3) These bots that join public games and spam (are they bots?), is there any way to stop them/block them?

4) When playing multiplayer, the enemies are stronger, are they worth more experiance when killed?

[Neo]

1) What does mf mean? mf armour, mf this, mf meh.

2) What is hellforge? Is that just reffering to the gems that come out or somehting?

3) These bots that join public games and spam (are they bots?), is there any way to stop them/block them?

4) When playing multiplayer, the enemies are stronger, are they worth more experiance when killed?

1) MF refers to "Magic Find" some items have a "% better chance at finding Magic Items" Usually you will find such equipment on Sorceresses...

2) Hellforge is refering to the Quest in Act4 where you smash mephisto's soulstone... Gems and 1 rune pop out, some people Rush people through different difficulties for forges.

3) No, you can try to squelch them via the Party Screen as soon as they join...

4) If more people join a game Monsters will increase in Life and give more experience when killed. The same can be accomplished off-multiplayer with the "/players x" command, where x = 1 - 8.

-Neo

[GrassDragon]

Ok here's something I've been searching for for my enchantress, but have found mixed results:

What are the IAS breakpoints for a sorceress when using Zeal from a Passion runeworded Phase Blade? (or any weapon for that matter)

[Neo]

Ok here's something I've been searching for for my enchantress, but have found mixed results:

What are the IAS breakpoints for a sorceress when using Zeal from a Passion runeworded Phase Blade? (or any weapon for that matter)

Let me see if its on the IAS Calc...

Nope. Actually this is interesting... I am going to go look this up.

I am at a loss, I have tried most everywhere I can think of and havent found a thing... Truly sorry. I will see if I can find a calc for this sorta thing, I know there is one for Werebear characters and stuff...

-Neo

[peace_machine]

IAS Calc? IAS?

[GrassDragon]

IAS Calc? IAS?

IAS means Increased Attack Speed. You can get this off of items, jewels, and the Shael rune. Diablo calculates speed in frames (25 fps), so you have to reach a certain amount of IAS to acheive the "breakpoint" and lower your attack speed by one frame. The breakpoints are different for every character and skill, and the base weapon speed affects it too. The IAS calculator calculates everything together for you, you just input your character class, base weapon, any IAS, and any special skills.

Sorry if I'm stepping on your toes Neo, I just knew the answer to that one.

As to the IAS for Passion question, I found a (seemingly) accurate table here:

http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/forums/index.php?showtopic=38317&view=findpost&p=411446

[Neo]

Ahh, crappers. I forgot theamazonbasin, shoulda went there first. certainly wouldve known about all the funky builds...

-Neo

[Moser]

Here's a question, How exactly is ladder different from multiplayer, and single player--What new features are in it?

[Geno]

Ladder is different, because it offers more items and such. Also, it includes more cube combinations. Lastly, you are ranked among people that play on B.net, so if you think you're the best at raising a character to level 99, show it off on the ladder!

~Larry "Geno" Meyers

P.S. Neo, if I missed something, and I know I did, throw it in here x.x

[Neo]

Ladder play started about 6 months ago, and included what we call a "clean" realm, that is, everyone started off on the same foot.

On top of this ladder monsters are given more hp and faster acceleration, cuasing them t be harder. Ladder people are also able to transmute runes up to zod, and we are also allowed the chance to find ladder only items (Andy's Visage, Tyreal's Might, etc...)

Basically... its just a new realm with more things to do :)

-Neo

[XTERMIN8OR1]

Oh Oh Oh! I know the answer to #2! Yes... You actually can hack on Ladder now. My friend does it. His friend does it. My other friend... She does it. Apparently it's the cool thing to do.
~Larry "Geno" MeyersI've got a friend who hacked Diablo2. He played it about 3 days without his hacking skills, and then put his character to the best and highest skills and finished it...

[tRiX]

can you give me a free tals armor on useast closed ladder?
that was a question... :P

o_O wtf you're mod here too

[Neo]

Phear my powers.

Actually no i cannot give you anything ATM. I have been lagging for a month and have just reoutfitted my blizzard sorc so I can at least run pindle :(

-Neo

[Geno]

Phear my powers.

Actually no i cannot give you anything ATM. I have been lagging for a month and have just reoutfitted my blizzard sorc so I can at least run pindle :(

-Neo

Alrighty, crazy question, but I hope to get a crazy, but straight, answer...

I have a level 19 sorc at the moment. I'm building her up for Blizzard, and then synnergize it up for Pindle runs, once she's higher level.

The problem. I need to know what's GOOD equip to use for it?

The next part of the problem... I've been saving skill points. Good idea, or bad? I could spend them all now, and get synergy points, but I could wait, and up the damage on Blizz... Should I, or not?

~Larry "Geno" Meyers

[Neo]

You can only spend 1 point into blizzard per level after you get blizzard anyways, so go ahead and blow those points.

You might get teleport and static, and 1 into warmth... That way you can focus into the cold tree specifically.

Iceblast is agood choice, so is Glacial. Save Ice Bolt for later.

-Neo

[peace_machine]

A few mor Qs

1) What is the heal rate for potions?

2) Will multiple poison hits deal damage imediatley or add on to the time of other atecks? (could I have worded that better?)

3) What is the effect/s of spectral hit?

4) I had something else I was curious about...

thx in advance.

[Neo]

A few mor Qs

1) What is the heal rate for potions?

2) Will multiple poison hits deal damage imediatley or add on to the time of other atecks? (could I have worded that better?)

3) What is the effect/s of spectral hit?

4) I had something else I was curious about...

thx in advance.

1) Not sure. Healing potions are like reverse poisin, somewhat slower then they used to, Rejuvination Potions are instant.

2) Poisin works over time. If you hit something before the time is up for the poisin to wear off then it simply resets and starts damaging again (it does not stack, you can hit something with 100 poisin damage over 7 seconds and then have them lose life 1000 life in 70 seconds)

3) Spectral hit simply emans the monster has a change to deal a random element of damage to you (such as cold, fire, light or poisin damage)

-Neo

[tRiX]

You can only spend 1 point into blizzard per level after you get blizzard anyways, so go ahead and blow those points.

You might get teleport and static, and 1 into warmth... That way you can focus into the cold tree specifically.

Iceblast is agood choice, so is Glacial. Save Ice Bolt for later.

-Neo
well, if you want to go all cold and do meph and pindle runs, i'd suggest maxing ice bolt, ice blast, blizzard, and frozen orb. you get they synergy of orb, and 2 for blizzard. on my sorc, i have ~450 dmg on orb, and 3.8k dmg on blizz. i'm putting the rest of my points in glacial spike to increase my blizz dmg. the dmg isn't high enough to pk or anything, but its fine for pindle and meph running

[GrassDragon]

2) Poisin works over time. If you hit something before the time is up for the poisin to wear off then it simply resets and starts damaging again (it does not stack, you can hit something with 100 poisin damage over 7 seconds and then have them lose life 1000 life in 70 seconds)

Question: if your hit with 100 over 7 and after a few seconds get hit with: 1) 200 over 7 or 2) 100 over 3, what happens?

well, if you want to go all cold and do meph and pindle runs, i'd suggest maxing ice bolt, ice blast, blizzard, and frozen orb. you get they synergy of orb, and 2 for blizzard. on my sorc, i have ~450 dmg on orb, and 3.8k dmg on blizz. i'm putting the rest of my points in glacial spike to increase my blizz dmg. the dmg isn't high enough to pk or anything, but its fine for pindle and meph running

The only problem with that that I can see is both Blizzard and Frozen Orb are timered spells, so you can't have both going at the same time. Do you use them situationally? It seems to me that maxing FO is a waste, when you could use those points in Glacial Spike to synergize Blizz.

Sorry for the hijack, but you'll understand GD ^_^. For the mIRC Scavenger Hunt:
http://fdsource.zapto.org/Competition/ScavHunt/6.gif
-Radish

[Neo]

Getting FO on a blizz sorc is useless.

Oh, and I am not entirely sure how poisin works. I have always found it retarded... You know like no point?

If you are suffering a 100 damage over 7 seconds and you get hit, the time is reset and you will then take whatever damage it is currently over however many seconds the new poisin damage is.

When you mix Psn charms the duration increases, so you are doing 200 over 7 seconds with 2 100 psn damage small charms... Whatever :/

Poisin Damage is worthless unless your a poisinmancer :P

-Neo

[tRiX]

or you can cast blizzard and keep spamming ice blast until you can cast again

[Whiteknight]

Woo! I just got d2! I have a few questions:

1. What does "Hardcore" mean, and how do you get it?
2. What is the best way to level up a lvl 16 paladin? Like, how to get the most xp, and where to put all of my stats and abilities if I am trying to make a hammer paladin.

[Geno]

Woo! I just got d2! I have a few questions:

1. What does "Hardcore" mean, and how do you get it?
2. What is the best way to level up a lvl 16 paladin? Like, how to get the most xp, and where to put all of my stats and abilities if I am trying to make a hammer paladin.

Hammerdin... Ah... The pwnage class... Good first choice, as you will do insane damage. I could give you an idea of how your points will be later on, which would be maxing Blessed Hammer, Blessed Aim, and it's final syn (It escapes me at the moment..), but that's beside the point... Point is, level 16... I believe I would run the sewers and A3 a little (I get good exp till about level 18 in sewers for some reason... Then A3 gives DAMN good exp... Expecially if you have a crowd controlling class, such as a multishot Amazon...), but once you get to 20, Arcane run until level 24. Do ancients, then Baal minion run until you're ready for nm, which is around level 40 or so. But if you don't want a rush, just kill. Simple as that. o.O

~Larry "Geno" Meyers

P.S. Neo, your thread. You explain. I keep posting, and not realizing this is 'Ask the moogle,' not 'Ask everyone' or anything :p

[Neo]

I dont mind... :)

Hard core is a seperate way of playing, you can unlock it bye defeating baal.

Hard core is a mode that does not allow you to die and retrieve your body (you die once, your dead for good) as opposed to softcore (normal play) which you can die as many times as you want.

Hammerdin =

Max hammers, Vigor, Blessed Aim, Conc

I would max Hammers, then 5 or so into Concentration aura, then max out vigor, then put points into Concetration and Blessed Aim alternatively till youve maxed them.

Act2 is great for low levels, 20-24 is good in arcane, 24+ is great from tombs to act3...

-Neo

[Whiteknight]

Bah, I've realized that I started wanting to be a hammer too late in D2. So, basically, I'm just going to go with whatever and create a hammer later, as I cannot max out hammer and them.

EDIT: Bah, I've started over again and am saving all my skills until I am able to get hammer and all that stuff. Hammer pal, here I come!

[tRiX]

Woo! I just got d2! I have a few questions:

1. What does "Hardcore" mean, and how do you get it?
2. What is the best way to level up a lvl 16 paladin? Like, how to get the most xp, and where to put all of my stats and abilities if I am trying to make a hammer paladin.
i wouldn't recommend making a hammerdin as a first character. hammerdins require good gear to get good damage. without 10 gcs, enigma, shako,hoto,maras,sojs,hoz, your damage doesn't get high enough to kill that fast.
i'd probably make a blizz sorc as they can easily run hell pindle naked, or with cheap gear

[Whiteknight]

I'm lvl 32 and I'm not starting over, I want to do hammerdin and I can get a lot of equipment from friends and from finds.

I have a question again:

How should my stats be divided up for a hammerdin? Like, percentage for each, or something like that.

[Neo]

i wouldn't recommend making a hammerdin as a first character. hammerdins require good gear to get good damage. without 10 gcs, enigma, shako,hoto,maras,sojs,hoz, your damage doesn't get high enough to kill that fast.
i'd probably make a blizz sorc as they can easily run hell pindle naked, or with cheap gear

oh trix thats so much crap, I was soloing hell @ 5k hammers. Now im upto 9k without any charms past an anny.

-Neo

[Neo]

i wouldn't recommend making a hammerdin as a first character. hammerdins require good gear to get good damage. without 10 gcs, enigma, shako,hoto,maras,sojs,hoz, your damage doesn't get high enough to kill that fast.
i'd probably make a blizz sorc as they can easily run hell pindle naked, or with cheap gear

oh trix thats so much crap, I was soloing hell @ 5k hammers. Now im upto 9k without any charms past an anny.

-Neo

PS: Stats; Str for gear, Dex for block (only need 100 or so for a pally, get Holy Shield AT LEAST at level one), rest into vit. Dont put points into mana, use Meditation between battles, or Redemption once youve hit level 30. That or just chug mana pots.

[tRiX]

double post spammer

without enigma, you can't mf with a hammerdin.
make a sorc that can easily do hell pindle runs to find good gear first. then make a good paladin

[Neo]

Hammerdin makes an ok mfer... Like for diablo runs and such.

-Neo

[rugzif]

Any ideas of a good barb build??

[Neo]

The basic build for a barb is usually a Sword and Shield, or whatever weapon you wish to use.

Skills are pretty simple:

20 into the mastery of the weapon you intend to use at the end of your barbs leveling (Sword is common, but so is Mace, Axe, etc...)

20 into WhirlWind
20 into Battle Orders
1-20 into Concentrate
5~ into Natural Resis
1 into Iron Skin/Increased Stamina/Faster run/walk speed
1 into Battle Command (level 30 war cry -- raises skill levels I THINK its Battle command)

I think thats about basic. Leap Attack diserves a point, etc... up to you really.

Enough or alot of str for your gear
Enough dex to keep 75% blocking if you use a shield, otherwise none to 50+
Rest into Vita
None into Energy.

Sorry thats really basic ^^

-Neo

[tRiX]

why no dex?
you need dex for blocking/hitting reliably.
i'd say about 120 since ik gloves adds 20 dex and so does some other stuff

[Dragon_War192]

Any good wolf barb build?


Or hammerdin?:D

[GrassDragon]

I'm building a hammerdin myself for MFing. They're pretty much cookiecutter:

20 Blessed Hammer
20 Blessed Aim
20 Concentration
20 Vigor
The rest in Holy Shield
7 prereqs

That seems to be the build. BA and Vigor synergize BH, and you use Conc as your active arua most of the time because it'll boost your hammer damage. 1 in Meditation wouldn't be a bad idea. It'll help keep your mana high if you need it, and with your +skills it should be high enough to actually matter; works well when your teleporting I'm told.

[Neo]

Redemption is a good idea, I mentioned block tRix, thats why I said enough to keep max block or none if you dont use a shield.

-Neo

[Moser]

You could always do a support barb:

20 into Battle Orders
20 into Battle Cry
20 into Battle Command
20 into Warcy

Something to that sort, that will help out a multiplayer party. But if you are going to solo the whole game, then this really isn't reccommended. If thats the case then go with Neo's wonderful build.

[DeJaZvU]

You could always do a support barb:

20 into Battle Orders
20 into Battle Cry
20 into Battle Command
20 into Warcy

Something to that sort, that will help out a multiplayer party. But if you are going to solo the whole game, then this really isn't reccommended. If thats the case then go with Neo's wonderful build.
Why would you ever max battle command?

Its not really a support barb ur talking about... if ur rich and skilled enuff to make a good wc singer barb they are ownage in PvP but that requires seXor gear =)

A good barb would be a dual axe Barb

20 Axe Mastry
20 WW
20 BO
20 Shout
1 Iron Skin
1 Increased Spede

Weapons:
eBoTd AxE
beAsT AxE

EbOtD AxE at 380+ed will give you around 4k WW depending on ur charms... with fanatism from the beast ull get round 6-7k WW and if u got seXor charms and stuff ull be killin eaSily

~DeJaZvU~

[The_Pawn]

I'm new here, could'nt get an answer on battle.net site, so here's my question: I am raising a bowazon. She's like, level 75 champion, I have a bow that gives "ignore target defense", and my freezing arrow is like, really powerfull. It's level like, 25, and i maxed out my cold arrow too. It does like 1700 damage (or something close to that) and everything, but whenever i try to kill an enemy in nightmare or hell, it takes several shots to kill an enemy, a bit suspiciously too many for the "ignore target defense with 1500+ damage coming their way" if you get my drift. Is this freezing arrow somehow not carry over with the "ignore target defence" or something? It just seems kinda odd, because I switch to my lycander bow on the other weapon set, and it does very little damage less, than my eaglehorn crusader bow. Any ideas?

After you answer that, I was wondering if you could tell me something else: the "knockback" effect does'nt always seem to work, why is that? I have socketed many things with a NEF rune, and have a couple naturaly knockback items, but does'nt knock an enemy back every time i hit them. why is that?

[GrassDragon]

Yes, all of the damage carries over on the ignores target defence. But in nightmare and hell, almost everyone has at least some resistance to everything, and some have a lot of resistance. For example, the simple Fallen guys (bright red with clubs and sometimes shields in act 1) have 100 fire resist and 40 cold resist in hell. It cuts down a lot.

Also, ignores target defence does not mean you will always hit. It simply sets their defence to 0 for your attacks. Level differences will still affect your chance to hit, and no matter what you can't have greater than a 95% chance to hit.

That would explain your "not always knocking back" thing; sometimes it just doesn't hit.

[The_Pawn]

How many damage modifiers do the monsters get in hell? i hear they get like plus 1/3 to all elements at least, all physical damage is halved, is there anything else? I am having enough trouble killing off guys in act 1 hell, letalone whenever i get to the later acts. Any good tips for hell mode in general? (besides info like "dont die")

[Moser]

Tip: Carry as many Full Rejuvinations as you possible can. :P

[The_Pawn]

Question: I need a bloodletter gladius. What should I be expecting to trade for one, so i dont get ripped off, or, on the other end, laughed at?

[Sal1981]

Question: I need a bloodletter gladius. What should I be expecting to trade for one, so i dont get ripped off, or, on the other end, laughed at? Bloodletter gladius is not that a great sword, but I take it it's for NM, so I think 5Pgems should be enough from a higher level char. Also, if you're thinking about using WW then I recommend having some mana steal to go with it.

One thing I've learned is that people always are on the lookout for Pgems and runes, but any runes lower than Thul you can forget about trading (although sometimes there are requests for low runes, I got 5 Pgems for a Ral rune once, lol).

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BTW. I have a char that I'm building around the already aquired IK set:

1 Howl (prereq)
20 Shout
20 Battle Orders
1 Battle Command

20 Mace Mastery
1 Increased stamina
1 Increased speed (just to get that extra run, hehe)
19 Iron Skin
1 Natural resis (I'll get enough from IK and whatever amus, charms and rings I'll be wearing)

1 Bash (prereq)
1 Stun (prereq)
1 Concentrate (prereq)
1 Leap (prereq)
1 Leap Attack (prereq)
20 WhirlWind
1 Beserk (just to get around in Chaos Sanctuary and anywhere else Oblivion Knight might pop up)

I'll of course use the prerequisite skills. In case you're wondering the total amount of skill points possible to get is 110 points, where 12 come from quests.

P.S. I have an etheral IK maul ....:D

[The_Pawn]

Bloodletter gladius is not that a great sword, but I take it it's for NM, so I think 5Pgems should be enough from a higher level char. Also, if you're thinking about using WW then I recommend having some mana steal to go with it.

One thing I've learned is that people always are on the lookout for Pgems and runes, but any runes lower than Thul you can forget about trading (although sometimes there are requests for low runes, I got 5 Pgems for a Ral rune once, lol).

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BTW. I have a char that I'm building around the already aquired IK set:

1 Howl (prereq)
20 Shout
20 Battle Orders
1 Battle Command

20 Mace Mastery
1 Increased stamina
1 Increased speed (just to get that extra run, hehe)
19 Iron Skin
1 Natural resis (I'll get enough from IK and whatever amus, charms and rings I'll be wearing)

1 Bash (prereq)
1 Stun (prereq)
1 Concentrate (prereq)
1 Leap (prereq)
1 Leap Attack (prereq)
20 WhirlWind
1 Beserk (just to get around in Chaos Sanctuary and anywhere else Oblivion Knight might pop up)

I'll of course use the prerequisite skills. In case you're wondering the total amount of skill points possible to get is 110 points, where 12 come from quests.

P.S. I have an etheral IK maul ....:D
Well, While I appreciate your help, This was posted a month after I asked, in that time i have obtained the gladius, and have decided that I don't like the charicter too much anyways, So I have decided to delete him and make something else. Thanks for posting anyways though, but late is not always better then never.

[AJ]

He's a new memeber.. you can't blame him for offering help. :p

[The_Pawn]

He's a new memeber.. you can't blame him for offering help. :p Sure I can! ^-^ People will think i'm an asshole, but I can still do it! I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANTS! MWA HA HA HA HA HA! *this user's ass has been pwn3d by the staff due to his idiocy and spaminess*

by the way, i'm a newer member than he is, so that looks pretty bad :\

adn by the way, i wanted the second blood letter gladius so as soon as i got to level 30, i could have at least 7 points into WW right off the bat, not including all my other + all skill adders

[ChaoRayne]

ok i'm making a shapeshifter/elementalist druid and i cant figure out if i should focus more on lycanthropy and werewolf or more on the elemental side, because in a melee duel a werewolf with good skills would help alot, but against a sorc or summoning nec hurricane wouldnt be that bad either. could u tell me what i should lvl up? cause im not that great when it comes to knowing what to lvl....=P

[GrassDragon]

You're going to have to choose one or the other. When in Werewolf/bear form you can't case any of the elemental spells except Armageddon. It would be a major waste to put points into that tree if you want to shapeshift. A better idea might be to go summoning/shifting. Pick one of the major three summons (spirit wolf, dire wolf, or grizzly; they all have strengths and weaknesses, make sure you look through each of them first), and put a few points into that summon. I'd recommend a grizzly for this build because of its damage output and lots of health, and the stun/knockback is always a plus too. The next choice is your spirit. Oak Sage will give you high health, and Heart of Wolverine can give you crazy high damage. Max one of those (definitely not both though :P). Remember, summoning skills should come after your shape shifting skills; make sure you keep your priorities straight here. Yeah, it'd be cool to have a slvl20 grizzly that does a ton of damage and never dies, but not at the expense of yourself!

Here's an excellent guide to a Werewolf if you don't mind reading guides:
The Dragoon's Werewolf Guide (http://students.washington.edu/akrinke/werewolf/index.html)

[ChaoRayne]

alright ill give that a try thanks, but im still not clear on the shapeshifting spells like lycanthropy, i dont know whether that should be maxed or not.... ill check the tutorial again...

[GrassDragon]

Yeah the guide will help you with that kind of stuff, but I'd definitely max Lycanthropy, Werewolf (duh :P), Fury, and Feral Rage (max it last).