Even though I was a great Diablo fan, I cant pur the skill in relative terms. But what made this run wasnt only the chainmail, it was the commentary. It was actaully wonderuful to listen to, as the run went along.
I think you are all right. Making runs like this requires it all, great planning with map awareness and all, knowledge of what drops or skills and stuff worth your while, and certain amount of split-second decisions in picking gear or terminate a dead run, as well as some great muscle memory. Most of all it requires a copious amount of time and patience put into it.
That's one of the reasons I love these games. Don't get me wrong, it's cool to see the insane ways people find to skip 90% of a game. But honestly, it's more of a speedrun when you run through the entire game as fast as possible.
Are you being sarcastic? Like the guys on the couch commentary, because the guy playing didn't ever stop talking? Or that the guy playing was just doing really well explaining his play through?
They immediately become obsolete if you play online, though... which is my excuse for not knowing that :P And that Telekinesis claims waypoints and gets you through portals?!
+MindLessWiz lol ya I didn't know that... telekinesis was just a standard useless filler skill to me that a sorceress would have. still kinda is, but that is interesting!
Not even for speed runs, just sometimes you get lazy and there is telekinesis, in the original design proposal's terms: give the sorceress's arms and legs a break!
This speedrun actually made me install Diablo 2 again. It's been a long time since I've played the original. We would empty all our inventory and sell any loot available just to get some meager gold lol
i know im late to the party but hey.. i miss the time when i was 12 and got my first laptop.. playing whole nights of diablo 2 god damn i miss that time haha.
Watching this again has made me download get on Diablo 2 again.. and I'm gonna try this run. I've never played as a sorceress before. Anyone got any good build suggestions.
A few other things I should add: - D2 also had MAJOR changes done to it in v1.10 vs. v1.09 which affected levelling up drastically such that the Cow Level was no longer the place to run ladders. That being said, I imagine that one of you guys may have run v1.09 at one point or another and could count it as a separate "mod" like category. Even I had to use a mule character back then to make the cow level since in most public cow runs, the cow king usually gets killed unless they're running lightning elemental builds like a Trap Sin (lightning/CB sentry), Javazon (lightning fury and the such), or a Chain/Lightning/Charged Bolt Sorcie like you guys are running now. - Thus, a v1.09 D2 run is definitely a potentially faster speed-run, and since it affects gameplay so much, D2 runs can easily be split into two versions: v1.09/earlier and v1.10/later. - There are plenty of exploits in the earlier versions of the game that you guys might try within the game to run it fast, or use Hero Editor to make a "New Game +" category where you already have legit equipment in your stash (but cannot use it until you meet the level/stat requirement(s) which can be very steep). - v1.09/earlier you can also roll a bunch of cruel colossus blades with chipped gems that I remember being very powerful blue weapons, but getting the mod took a long time, so people would always use chipped gems for currency back then instead of Runes, especially on non-LoD (Yes, classic D2 without the expansion is still playable!). - There's also an "Ubers" exploit in v1.11a or so that got patched which allows you to get instant access to a red portal which leads to Uber Duriel and then Act 5, and it even worked on Classic Diablo 2 characters who had LoD installed so we had Baal runs in Classic D2 back in 2006 or so. - Anyone nowadays can run their own PvPGN Diablo 2 realm and mod server, so this actually gives AGDQ an opportunity to host its own private realm where speed runners can co-op or play against each other, although this would NEVER happen because Blizzard owns the copyright to D2 and would sue you guys, but at least I mentioned it because the D2 community nowadays is dead on the Realms, which are full of Ad Bots and Baal Bots.
Watching this after Activision destroyed Blizz a long time ago. A very long time ago. It may have been the big money in WoW sub fees really, then Activision smelled blood in the water.
@@DecibelAlex Blizzard's integrity was compromised soon after the easy WoW sub fee money came rolling in back in the early 2000s. Soon after this, Acti came knocking and totally corrupted what used to be a talented game dev team.
That brute named "Treehead Woodfist". I always loved how those names kinda work in english but sound absolutely ridiculous in spanish. "Puño de madera de la copa del árbol". I remember that one very well. Another hillarious one was a generic one called "Bailarín de la desgracia, el vómito".
Fun Fact: There WAS a cow level for Diablo: Hellfire, an "expansion" of the original Diablo, but made by Sierra Games. It included new classes, Monk and Barbarian, a few new quests, including the Cow Level, which awarded you the Cow King's Armor, which turned out to be his skin. All in all, I still say that is where Blizzard got the idea for D2's cow level, as well as the legendary drop of the Cow King's set piece(s).
The cow level thing is an old meme. There were rumors that there was a secret area in vanilla Diablo one that you could access by interacting with the cows. And much trolling was done. The Hellfire fight was actually a refrence to the previous trolling.
Holy fuck did Duriel go down quick. He was my bane when I was playing Diablo 2 regularly - I would just constantly die and have to keep popping through a TP to get one more hit on him. I am just flabbergasted how quickly you destroyed him.
Ahhh memories of vanilla version! Nowadays I'm just playing on Median XL and soon to be MXL: Sigma!! Would love to watch speed runs of MXL if it hasn't been done already.
+Brett Pierce you'll probably need to visit the median-xl forums and track the Sigma section there. There's a thread with lots of info about what Sigma will bring. There's also a screenshot thread and everything. I can tell you right off the bat that Sigma aims to go past Diablo 2 engine limitations, probably even more so than Median. Increased screen size included :)
Jake 1776 i had a lvl 94 trap assassin. She was my baby. My merc also had that runed weapon where it takes away their lightning resist and i had that jah ith ber armor. Omg those were fun times.
I'm not sure if his analysis on the EXP growth is 100% accurate. I recall that there is a huge exp penalty for being between level 20 - 25. Once you're level 25, you can grow super fast from Hell monsters later in the game.
I'm personally an Adept of The Fifth Way--just before reaching the Summoner I'll get distracted by something (i.e.: the water is boiling/the cat is on fire/someone enters the room/ the cat is on fire AGAIN), port back to the waypoint, and move along another part of this damned labyrinth, only to find out that I missed the deranged mage when I finish the fourth part without ever seeing his silly hat.
I still remember I play this game with 2 vmware and one for my character and one for banker. What I do is I collect gems and i put in the banker, once it full, quit banker, make a backup copy, reload drop everything, copy backup to the banker, loading the game, drop everything, keep repeating to get all the gem max out.
Jame Gumb I only ever went for Spark and teleport in the lightning path, in lower difficulties, less enemies are resistant to Ice than they are to Lightning
Pointless fact... Game isn't generated by tile, it's generated by room. Diablo 1 was generated by tile though. I learned this from the Diablo Post Mortem talk by David Brevik.
"People who've played this game are going like, 'Ugh, I hate Act 2.'" Not me. I love Act 2. It's probably my favorite part of the game. You know what act I don't like so much? Act 5. Not because it's bad, far from it. It's just because the imp enemies that teleport all over the place and take pot shots at you all the time are basically the worst thing ever, especially for a melee character.
Looking back at this video, it's amazing how much strategies have shifted for the Norm Sorceress Any% run. Hope everyone enjoyed the run!
You've shaved off over half an hour since then!
This was really good run. This game looks like it would be a lot of fun casual.
You should do a full commentary of the new route/strats :D great content, thanks. and grats on your sorc any% PB the other day.
Man, I learned more about Diablo2 mechanics with this video than with my ten years playing the game by myself!
Thanks!
1:47? more like sub 50... You're my hero, Llama
Fantastic commentary on this one, especially considering how it takes more thought than muscle memory compared to most.
Yes! Very enjoyable
+Trenton Streator Probably not even the actual owner of the account botters love to use existing accounts to spam.
+MrTouchFish I know this is late but he makes tons of diablo 2 runs. A lot of 8 hour speedruns where he go through from normal to hell. Kinda cool.
Google Dream of Harrogath Diablo 2 Server and join :D
I honestly just listen to the commentary in the background while I do other things. It's very enjoyable.
Loved this game so much! The cinematics were just amazing. and the story so well written. A 20/20 game imo
I could fall asleep listening to him play and narrate Diablo 2 he has such a nice voice
Even though I was a great Diablo fan, I cant pur the skill in relative terms. But what made this run wasnt only the chainmail, it was the commentary. It was actaully wonderuful to listen to, as the run went along.
i think it just takes a great knowledge base and a small amount of skill..
Hankshaw It's more about planning and know how than skill and muscle memory.
MRLlamaSC is a great guy. Check out his youtube channel. He has a ton of Diablo 2 content.
I think you are all right. Making runs like this requires it all, great planning with map awareness and all, knowledge of what drops or skills and stuff worth your while, and certain amount of split-second decisions in picking gear or terminate a dead run, as well as some great muscle memory. Most of all it requires a copious amount of time and patience put into it.
same here. briliant commentary it's like music for diablo fans.
MrLlamaSC was doing some great commentary - hope to see him in future GDQ events
Yeah... He was talking for about 2 fucking hours to make his run more entertaining. I have learnt many things. Great job.
He's running again this saturday on SGDQ!
this is what AGDQ is all about a youtuber talkin about his favorite game as he breaks it speaking with knowledge and passion
That's one of the reasons I love these games. Don't get me wrong, it's cool to see the insane ways people find to skip 90% of a game. But honestly, it's more of a speedrun when you run through the entire game as fast as possible.
Watching these to get ready for D2R!
It makes want to play it again, 15 years later.
Wow the nostalgia! I played this game for over 7 years off and on before DIII came out.
best Diablo game ever
@B0K0R 😃
nice to know that 500k people still are involved with Diablo 2
The Loginscreen from Diablo II is raw epicness 🙏🏼
2:56
Excellent commentary. Very informative.
I can't help but crack up at the names resulting from RNG like the classic "Ghostly Ghost" at 31:35
dmbelafan Morgar the thresher!
*Morgar is an imp*
Oooooh, cast rate not castrate. Took me a little while to hear it properly. Certainly colored the game in a way I hadn't expected...
Well d2 was known for being a darker game
The commentary is flawless.
Are you being sarcastic? Like the guys on the couch commentary, because the guy playing didn't ever stop talking? Or that the guy playing was just doing really well explaining his play through?
@@peacetrout809 I meant its like listening to a really good teacher explain something youre interested in.
@@richardgagne3255 Oh. I totally agree. he was good
Watching this is making me really want to play through this again.
Holy sheet, I finally played it again! Only took me a year.
so much nostalgia! act 4 was always a huge difficulty spike. always had to back track and farm for gear.
In recent patches, they removed iron maiden from the hell knights in act 4, so now Barbarians and Paladins can crush it. :D
took me about 20 mins to realize he said "Cast Rate" not "Castrate".... and here I was thinking this speedrun was brutal.
There isn't a 100% chance to get a rune from Countess.
Finally uploaded, thanks for the memories gdq
take a shot for everytime he says " Boss-Group " xD love you LIamaSC!
С самого выхода игры играю и не надоедает, одна из лучших игр.
I love the music in this game series
All these years, and TIL stamina potions stack.
They immediately become obsolete if you play online, though... which is my excuse for not knowing that :P
And that Telekinesis claims waypoints and gets you through portals?!
+MindLessWiz lol ya I didn't know that... telekinesis was just a standard useless filler skill to me that a sorceress would have. still kinda is, but that is interesting!
telek makes life that little bit faster in speed runs and some times can even make a speed run if you dont miss
telekinesis just makes things easier. When you clear a map 100 times, you just don't want to walk that 5 meters to the portal.
Not even for speed runs, just sometimes you get lazy and there is telekinesis, in the original design proposal's terms: give the sorceress's arms and legs a break!
For some reason I never thought of the similarities between Andariel and Kerrigan but now I can't unsee it.
This speedrun actually made me install Diablo 2 again. It's been a long time since I've played the original. We would empty all our inventory and sell any loot available just to get some meager gold lol
I forgot how much better D2 is than D3 even by today's standards.
Literally the only thing D3 has up on D2 is graphics.
"My merc is very useful against Mephisto"
(Dies in 5 Seconds)
I have played so many hours of this game throughout my life. God damnit I fucking love Diablo 2
i know im late to the party but hey.. i miss the time when i was 12 and got my first laptop.. playing whole nights of diablo 2 god damn i miss that time haha.
Have to agree, excellent commentary on this speed run.
I want moar D2 speedruns at Games Done Quick! Moar Llama!!
LucaTurilli89 The first step in speedrunning a barb through hell, is to make a sorc to find gear for him :D
D2 is the best game in the series.
HAASSSSS! Pls tell me what youtuber girl do you have in your profile pic?
watching you leave all the treasures was excruciating
MrLlama is so great!
OMG THE NOSTALGIA!!! IS KILLING ME!!!!!
Crazy to think this game came out in my birth year!
this is so nerdy!! LOVE IT!!
Lol are you kidding?
Are you wearing a chain mail while playing?=)
Yes he is :D
Yes he was lol, he doesn't do it on his stream anymore thou :D
Safety is number one priority.
WeirdGuy4928 why was it called "mail" though?
Middle English (also denoting the individual metal elements composing mail armor): from Old French maille, from Latin macula ‘spot or mesh.’
Is the runner wearing a chainmail?
+Anthony Turner Yes.
that guy on the couch was really milking those cow puns
Watching this again has made me download get on Diablo 2 again.. and I'm gonna try this run. I've never played as a sorceress before. Anyone got any good build suggestions.
I played this game many years after it came out out and I loved it. (and took me two weeks not two hours)
Amazing commentary on this one 👍🏻
What a classic, love the Diablo series hope there is a fourth instalment.
A few other things I should add:
- D2 also had MAJOR changes done to it in v1.10 vs. v1.09 which affected levelling up drastically such that the Cow Level was no longer the place to run ladders. That being said, I imagine that one of you guys may have run v1.09 at one point or another and could count it as a separate "mod" like category. Even I had to use a mule character back then to make the cow level since in most public cow runs, the cow king usually gets killed unless they're running lightning elemental builds like a Trap Sin (lightning/CB sentry), Javazon (lightning fury and the such), or a Chain/Lightning/Charged Bolt Sorcie like you guys are running now.
- Thus, a v1.09 D2 run is definitely a potentially faster speed-run, and since it affects gameplay so much, D2 runs can easily be split into two versions: v1.09/earlier and v1.10/later.
- There are plenty of exploits in the earlier versions of the game that you guys might try within the game to run it fast, or use Hero Editor to make a "New Game +" category where you already have legit equipment in your stash (but cannot use it until you meet the level/stat requirement(s) which can be very steep).
- v1.09/earlier you can also roll a bunch of cruel colossus blades with chipped gems that I remember being very powerful blue weapons, but getting the mod took a long time, so people would always use chipped gems for currency back then instead of Runes, especially on non-LoD (Yes, classic D2 without the expansion is still playable!).
- There's also an "Ubers" exploit in v1.11a or so that got patched which allows you to get instant access to a red portal which leads to Uber Duriel and then Act 5, and it even worked on Classic Diablo 2 characters who had LoD installed so we had Baal runs in Classic D2 back in 2006 or so.
- Anyone nowadays can run their own PvPGN Diablo 2 realm and mod server, so this actually gives AGDQ an opportunity to host its own private realm where speed runners can co-op or play against each other, although this would NEVER happen because Blizzard owns the copyright to D2 and would sue you guys, but at least I mentioned it because the D2 community nowadays is dead on the Realms, which are full of Ad Bots and Baal Bots.
this game is so complex and so mang different enemies and places
I call bullshit at 54:00. My act 3 always took like a fucking week.
RNG, i beat the game few hundreds of time on normal and act 2 and 3 can be either REAL short, or stupidly long...
Besides Mephisto, fuck act 3 lol!
Watching this before immortal ruins the franchise
cry
Watching this after Activision destroyed Blizz a long time ago. A very long time ago. It may have been the big money in WoW sub fees really, then Activision smelled blood in the water.
Yeah. Diablo Immortal. The game fans never asked for.
it was ruined already with diablo 3
@@DecibelAlex Blizzard's integrity was compromised soon after the easy WoW sub fee money came rolling in back in the early 2000s.
Soon after this, Acti came knocking and totally corrupted what used to be a talented game dev team.
That brute named "Treehead Woodfist". I always loved how those names kinda work in english but sound absolutely ridiculous in spanish. "Puño de madera de la copa del árbol". I remember that one very well. Another hillarious one was a generic one called "Bailarín de la desgracia, el vómito".
Fun Fact: There WAS a cow level for Diablo: Hellfire, an "expansion" of the original Diablo, but made by Sierra Games. It included new classes, Monk and Barbarian, a few new quests, including the Cow Level, which awarded you the Cow King's Armor, which turned out to be his skin.
All in all, I still say that is where Blizzard got the idea for D2's cow level, as well as the legendary drop of the Cow King's set piece(s).
The cow level thing is an old meme. There were rumors that there was a secret area in vanilla Diablo one that you could access by interacting with the cows. And much trolling was done.
The Hellfire fight was actually a refrence to the previous trolling.
Holy fuck did Duriel go down quick. He was my bane when I was playing Diablo 2 regularly - I would just constantly die and have to keep popping through a TP to get one more hit on him. I am just flabbergasted how quickly you destroyed him.
Really great watch, makes me feel very inferior that I gave up so early because I kept dying
was browsing in another window and totally misheard "Faster Cast-Rate" being discussed, LOL!
Nice run on cool game! Good explaining also!
Great commentary, nice run.
Sometimes, trying to do things the fast way, i.e. stubbornly not going to town to refill your health, mana and belt, costs you extra.
I have like 50 hours together with 3 friends and it´s still a challenge to end this game it´s amazing xD
Amazing game, could play up to 8 players co-op.
man diablo 2, so many memory
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who heard faster castrate...
i start my 1st character when i was 10 years old and i finished the first run after 16 :) but this man run it in 2 hour :)))
Is homeboy wearing fkn chainmail?
yep, he does that from time to time, lucky chainmail
rng didnt deem it lucky chainmail
Hear the intro music. Nostalgia shifts into 12th gear.
Star Light Zone music at the start of the stream :)
The Great Cornholio need any tp for your bunghole?
Ahhh memories of vanilla version! Nowadays I'm just playing on Median XL and soon to be MXL: Sigma!! Would love to watch speed runs of MXL if it hasn't been done already.
When does Sigma release, approximately?
+Brett Pierce so far, no info on that yet. But an alpha or beta test is probably likely. My guess is around mid summer next year or a bit later
I haven't even tried out the original Median but I plan to soon and have been somewhat following it. What are they adding in Sigma, any info?
+Brett Pierce you'll probably need to visit the median-xl forums and track the Sigma section there. There's a thread with lots of info about what Sigma will bring. There's also a screenshot thread and everything. I can tell you right off the bat that Sigma aims to go past Diablo 2 engine limitations, probably even more so than Median.
Increased screen size included :)
+Alkaiser sweet I'll check it out, thanks!
Gotta love d2 online, some many hours, had a lvl 98 hammerdin, 94 barb 89 sorceress, and 87 assassin before I quit when d3 came out
Jake 1776 i had a lvl 94 trap assassin. She was my baby. My merc also had that runed weapon where it takes away their lightning resist and i had that jah ith ber armor. Omg those were fun times.
Man those ghostly ghosts at around 30:00 in were pretty spoopy haha.
Love how he named his character chris wilson
How dare you Act II is absolutely sick
i found a BOTD zerker axe off BAAL back in the day, was great!
no
jim laheys car - uh yes... not the traditional way, but still, yes i did
oh ok i didnt know runewords dropped
jim laheys car - they do when u do BAAL runs and some excited noob drops his BOTD on the floor :) lol
silly noobs
When looking for a 2OS shield why he doesn't pop in and out of town to respawn armour at charsi I do not know..
Its mind boggling that the current wr is like 36 minutes for sorc norm
[Duriel drop]
Sell Value: 13342
Brimstone Cloak Breast Plate
Defense: 91
Durability: 118 of 150
Required Strength: 30
Required Level: 6
+32% Enhanced Defense
+4 to Mana
Lightning Resist +10%
Damage Reduced by 1
Attacker takes damage of 1
Repairs 1 durability in 33 seconds
[Diablo drop]
Sell Value: 20000
Brimstone Call War Scepter
One hand damage: 18 to 44
Required Strength: 55
Required Level: 25
Mace Class - Fast Attack Speed
+10% Increased attack speed
+84% Enhanced damage
+13 to Maximum damage
+154 to Attack rating
Adds 1-3 Cold damage
+2 to Sanctuary [Palladin only]
+50% Damage to Undead
[Baal Drop]
Sell Value: 6668
Havoc Brand Maul
Two-Hand damage: 52 to 74
Durability: 38 of 60
Required Strength:69
Required Level: 39
Mace Class - Fast Attack speed
+10% Increased attack speed
+74% Enhanced damage
+203 to Attack Rating
+6 Poison damage over 6 seconds
+50% Damage to Undead
Thank me later :P
The man the legend MrLamaSC!!!!
also , shout out to Chris Wilson , funny how he knows the name before he asks what name won!
I'm not sure if his analysis on the EXP growth is 100% accurate. I recall that there is a huge exp penalty for being between level 20 - 25. Once you're level 25, you can grow super fast from Hell monsters later in the game.
Who else is playing D2 in 2018!?
ladder reset todayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
This game is still fucking going???
Playing single player right now!
Modern games are awful, playing D1 here.
@@gabrielnascimento9478 which sever are you playing on GABRIEL?
I'm personally an Adept of The Fifth Way--just before reaching the Summoner I'll get distracted by something (i.e.: the water is boiling/the cat is on fire/someone enters the room/ the cat is on fire AGAIN), port back to the waypoint, and move along another part of this damned labyrinth, only to find out that I missed the deranged mage when I finish the fourth part without ever seeing his silly hat.
East=Right.
West=Left.
Am I confused?
*TheBeesKnees drinks an unknown potion*
*TheBeesKnees is confused*
TheBeesKnees Never Eat Shredded Wheat (Clockwise)
Tobias Davies My mnemonic differs...
He meant of that order of the entrance of the level you just entered where its facing determines mostly what direct to take for the next floor
1:16:30 does someone say DiabloIII? This really looks like Diablo II for us I think
1:21:09 = DURIEL
chris wilson? from ggg?
Incentive name... I wonder if that's it
timestamp?
2:24
"Have you seen ChrisWilsons bewbz?!"
"Dude..."
With cowruns, what you did was having an opener, which left the game after he opened and rejoined with an other character in order to join the party.
48 min into the run, i realized hes wearing chainmail
no static field on boss???
llamasc has a run around 1:15 mark recently posted
Everybody in the party of the person that kills the Cow King can't open a portal on that character anymore. That's how I remember it being anyhow.
I was today years old when I learned about selling tomes to auto-fill them. 23:34
Diablo 2, possibly the best game I ever played.
Dude looks like the crestfallen warrior at Firelink Shrine. Is he gonna go hollow? DON'T GO HOLLOW!
I've noticed how all the npcs need you to save their lives, but don't hesitate to charge you for their services.
Capitalistic principles
I still remember I play this game with 2 vmware and one for my character and one for banker.
What I do is I collect gems and i put in the banker, once it full, quit banker, make a backup copy, reload drop everything, copy backup to the banker, loading the game, drop everything, keep repeating to get all the gem max out.
I'll admit, I almost always spec as an Ice Sorceress.
Blizz or orb?
Zonx
Orb usually.
Jame Gumb
I only ever went for Spark and teleport in the lightning path, in lower difficulties, less enemies are resistant to Ice than they are to Lightning
All he really needed was someone to carry him.
Pointless fact... Game isn't generated by tile, it's generated by room. Diablo 1 was generated by tile though. I learned this from the Diablo Post Mortem talk by David Brevik.
Kudos to Path of Exile mentioning.
I just wanna play D2 now!!!!!!!
lol, is that ChrisWilson, from Grinding Gear Games, aka, Path of Exile? :P
"People who've played this game are going like, 'Ugh, I hate Act 2.'"
Not me. I love Act 2. It's probably my favorite part of the game. You know what act I don't like so much? Act 5. Not because it's bad, far from it. It's just because the imp enemies that teleport all over the place and take pot shots at you all the time are basically the worst thing ever, especially for a melee character.