my god this video just resparked my interest in D2 again. i was super disappointed blizz gave up on D2r already, but now i have a new excitement for ladder start! so many fun unique builds to try!
i first tried d2 in 2010 and then i chose asassin and wanted to play like 2 claws ninja with maxing both passives.then i found a friend who was guru of d2 and explained me that i need highend gear for it to work. last year i finally started to play d2r seriously and chose ww-sin guide on icy veins as only build that maxes claw passives. + for wwsin. i also try to play other characters as physical-carry style. i finally have farmed all that gear that i needed in 2010
hey is the ww ass worth it? I was thinking about it.. What else do you use besides chaos claw? 1 mosaic ? also what kind of base do you want for the claws---thx
i play offline. i made chaos in runic talons but should in suwayyah. will later remake chaos. i also have shadowkiller for left hand and will try to find Jah and make Fury in suwayyah for left hand.@@BH-gh6qm
currently i am using shadowkiller but want to find Jah and make Fury. i used runic talons for Chaos but should Suwayyah. i will later remake Chaos in suwayyah. i play offline. @@BH-gh6qm
Something worth mentioning is that you can build any character in the game just about and still clear the entire game on players 1-3. Even poison dagger necro will work... if you're lookin for a challenge
Played WW sin on single player for quite a while. I used the whole Natalya set and a chaos Suwayyah. Most of the WW damage came from Venom buff (i used Trang gloves). You basically place two death sentries, ww into a group, kill one or two, and the CE do the rest. Very fun and ninja like playstyle. I would advise using a normal (not superior) claw without skills to minimize repair costs, if that is a problem fro you.
I'm so glad you made this video! I was trying to decide between these "S tier" meta builds on maxroll, and I was starting to get a little bored with the game after playing so much the past couple months. But some of these builds are fascinating! D2 is amazing.
Im only a few minutes into the video but I want to say I have used your electron, spicy arrows, and fist of the north star builds as a basis for my current characters. They are top notch and I love the detail you go into, more weird builds please!
My wolf barbarian has a beast ogre maul, big 2h damge and bonus points to lycanthropy can also transform into a bear barbarian for something different, and don't forget about the Fanaticism aura
I made a Wolfhowl barb on NL piecing together gear that I already had. It’s similar to a Frenzy barb in that you get insane run speed, and you can run so fast you don’t even need to teleport. The character feels almost invincible since you can beef up all of your passives and war cries, and easily get 5k health max res iron skin. I also used Stormshield, just because I had it. It’s a nice change of pace if you play fragile sorcs all the time. It’s really is a testament to how powerful the barbs passives are, because you are only using a level 4-6 rage as your main attack, and it’s fine. Your crescent moon idea is interesting, becuase like every other melee barb, it lacks crowd control
About the crossbow sorc or paladin, maybe I'm wrong, but I think the enchant is more effective on the sorc since the fire dmg on hit is also boosted by the fire mastery, while the enchanted paladin will get the exact number shown on the enchant skill. I still think the paladin with the base enchant and the holy fire can out dmg the sorc like you said.
Agree about Enchant being more effective on the sorc due to double dipping of fire mastery. However, I don't think the paladin can achieve 20k+ fire damage arrows like the sorc can. The highest level enchant with skill shrine only gives ~6300 fire damage to a paladin without facets. It gives up to 25k to the sorc.
Hey so in my offline I made a "thor barb" a couple of things I've done which are different from you, firstly my merc, I gave him Lawbringer and Voice of reason (very cheap weaopns really) an arreasts face and a shaftstop, he doesn't die and murders things with me, secondly I used dream in my helment for the holy shock which is just insane with this build and I highly recommend trying it, my final piece I've not got yet is I want chains of honor as I'm currently using lionheart.
I really liked these ideas! I've been thinking about build an ench sorc bow for a while, and the idea of using holy fire paladin really caught my attention! The bowmancer, too. Another build I've been considering is doing something around the runeword passion... at first I thought about a barb or maybe an ench sorc, why not. Would there be any suggestions on this?
i had a ww sin back in the day, pre D2R. can’t remember which ladder. was so fun. but i wasn’t very good at it so it never felt too strong to me, but i’ve seen some people shred with it
One of my fav builds i made back in the day that was really good for PVP AND pvm is max fcr charged bolt sorc that dealt 1.1k-1.2k light dmg per bolt and it was godly and so fun to play
Dude, I love you, however, why not wait and get your gear together for the characters BEFORE doing the video… or editing it and go find the gear and put it together and show us what they can do. Been wanting to vent and say this forever but don’t want to hurt your feelings or make you think I don’t love you and your content (besides your lackadaisical preparedness). :-)
I been trying to do immortal mosaic assassin for hardcore , My setup: Kira's guardian Ormus robes Cats eye Tri res boots 2 mosaic Tgods Dwarfstar Ravenffrost 20fade (maybe bad idea, ) 28 Damage reduction , 67 all res,87% curse reduction 20 phoenix strike 20 lightning sinergy 20 cold sinergy And since I very slow while using fade, and I need to run for the next victim before de aura vanish, I hired a act1 merc with the bow that gives Vigor What do you think? Could you do your version? Remember I'm trying to do immortal assassin Any other immortal character besides sorc?
When using wolf howl with dual crescent, is the second weapon useless? i thought it only takes the main weapon into account? or is the -res added? I got the dual crescent moons rn but my build feels really bad in hell
The negative res from the second weapon is still added just like in the Thor build. You also need the small charms with added lightning damage. This is a big part of it.
I always wondered about Brand runeword, does the mob eating the arrow take the spear damage also? I guess (and hope) so or it would be pretty disappointing but I think its worthy to ask
whirlwind assassin is so bad its actually broken, the chaos runeword durability breaks so quickly and it costs literally 1,000,000 gold to repair the claw
its still just not very good to use when u doing like leveling up and stuff, try doing some baal runs for xp with whirlwind assassin u will see its like ... not good cuz u gotta repair alot@@GGMentor
Double swing requires less increased attack speed to hit the maximum break point. Which in turn means less ias equipment required. Also double swing starts at its full speed whereas frenzy has to build up to its full speed. And if that's not enough, the double swing has no mana cost
All builds are useless in P8. The slider you see him showing is for OFFLINE play only. It doesnt affect online play. Else you would be able to create p16 games which isnt possible. The only build that works in this video is the WW assassin. But it is not a fun meme build. Its a high investment build because you need specific stats like IAS Fhr and such to hit certain breakpoints. And it can be expensive. Enchant sorc is cheap and is easy to make from ladder start, but is useless from nightmare and up unless you got a conviction aura paladin in your party.
Enchant sorc is useless in NM and up? I completely disagree with you there. And once you hit endgame with infinity she can easily cleap P8. As for the other builds, yeah most meme builds aren't built for P8, but most people just play P1 so it doesn't really matter.
Enchant Sorc, Strider Paladin, Thor Barb, WW Assassin, 2h Veng All Tested and work fine in P8. not really sure what you guys are on about. And that 2H Veng Paladin one shots everything including himself.
my god this video just resparked my interest in D2 again. i was super disappointed blizz gave up on D2r already, but now i have a new excitement for ladder start! so many fun unique builds to try!
i first tried d2 in 2010 and then i chose asassin and wanted to play like 2 claws ninja with maxing both passives.then i found a friend who was guru of d2 and explained me that i need highend gear for it to work. last year i finally started to play d2r seriously and chose ww-sin guide on icy veins as only build that maxes claw passives. + for wwsin. i also try to play other characters as physical-carry style. i finally have farmed all that gear that i needed in 2010
hey is the ww ass worth it? I was thinking about it.. What else do you use besides chaos claw? 1 mosaic ? also what kind of base do you want for the claws---thx
i play offline. i made chaos in runic talons but should in suwayyah. will later remake chaos. i also have shadowkiller for left hand and will try to find Jah and make Fury in suwayyah for left hand.@@BH-gh6qm
currently i am using shadowkiller but want to find Jah and make Fury. i used runic talons for Chaos but should Suwayyah. i will later remake Chaos in suwayyah. i play offline. @@BH-gh6qm
Something worth mentioning is that you can build any character in the game just about and still clear the entire game on players 1-3. Even poison dagger necro will work... if you're lookin for a challenge
man i would of loved to play poison dagger necro. but i hate how you have to click on each enemy.
What are your criteria for "this build actually works"?
When in barb werewolf form your merc was doing more damage than the barb...
Played WW sin on single player for quite a while. I used the whole Natalya set and a chaos Suwayyah. Most of the WW damage came from Venom buff (i used Trang gloves). You basically place two death sentries, ww into a group, kill one or two, and the CE do the rest. Very fun and ninja like playstyle. I would advise using a normal (not superior) claw without skills to minimize repair costs, if that is a problem fro you.
Actually sound kinda fun using the death sentries, it's also 100% viable even without any traps but you need goated af gear ngl.
Yeah your WW skill isn't very high and claws don't have that high damage. But it's good enough to start the CE chain.@@gefehede7783
I'm so glad you made this video! I was trying to decide between these "S tier" meta builds on maxroll, and I was starting to get a little bored with the game after playing so much the past couple months. But some of these builds are fascinating! D2 is amazing.
Im only a few minutes into the video but I want to say I have used your electron, spicy arrows, and fist of the north star builds as a basis for my current characters. They are top notch and I love the detail you go into, more weird builds please!
This is a great video that i have watched multiple times. You Poor Unfortunate Souuul!
I made a frozen orb/hydra sorceress and a bowazon. Now those aren't weird but I never used them before. I really enjoy them.
trying out all the builds is great, definitely something people should do.
Vengeance 2 hander? Ooof 🔥 love these weird build ideas from content creators! Gg stuff 💜
How else are you gonna one shot yourself =)
My wolf barbarian has a beast ogre maul, big 2h damge and bonus points to lycanthropy can also transform into a bear barbarian for something different, and don't forget about the Fanaticism aura
I love weird builds! 😃
I made a Wolfhowl barb on NL piecing together gear that I already had. It’s similar to a Frenzy barb in that you get insane run speed, and you can run so fast you don’t even need to teleport.
The character feels almost invincible since you can beef up all of your passives and war cries, and easily get 5k health max res iron skin. I also used Stormshield, just because I had it. It’s a nice change of pace if you play fragile sorcs all the time.
It’s really is a testament to how powerful the barbs passives are, because you are only using a level 4-6 rage as your main attack, and it’s fine.
Your crescent moon idea is interesting, becuase like every other melee barb, it lacks crowd control
About the crossbow sorc or paladin, maybe I'm wrong, but I think the enchant is more effective on the sorc since the fire dmg on hit is also boosted by the fire mastery, while the enchanted paladin will get the exact number shown on the enchant skill. I still think the paladin with the base enchant and the holy fire can out dmg the sorc like you said.
Agree about Enchant being more effective on the sorc due to double dipping of fire mastery. However, I don't think the paladin can achieve 20k+ fire damage arrows like the sorc can. The highest level enchant with skill shrine only gives ~6300 fire damage to a paladin without facets. It gives up to 25k to the sorc.
@@SrdjanBoskovic you are probably right, I never actually tested it myself.
That's hurricane wolf build is badass I'm going to use that!
I think I'll try the Demon Machine Sorc. That looks fun. Reminds me of the Immolation Arrow Amazon.
12:20 ... LoL. Knows the Bug Wants to do it on Purpose xD.
You knew exactly what I needed!! Thanks bro just started watching you recently
You make great videos GGM. I got d2 when it came out and played a melee bone spirit necro 😂 yet to see that work
To keep things fresh, I'm doing classic this season. Never tried it before, since I didn't start playing until LoD had been released!
Would love to see your Thor/Wolf barb build guide!
Could hero editor modify Jalal’s Mane to make it wearable by Barbs?
Hey so in my offline I made a "thor barb" a couple of things I've done which are different from you, firstly my merc, I gave him Lawbringer and Voice of reason (very cheap weaopns really) an arreasts face and a shaftstop, he doesn't die and murders things with me, secondly I used dream in my helment for the holy shock which is just insane with this build and I highly recommend trying it, my final piece I've not got yet is I want chains of honor as I'm currently using lionheart.
26:24 Back in LOD days, I used to play around with a ww assassin. They can be fun, I used chaos and plague as my claws if I remember right.
I move to annoint season 6 the Weird Season. Perfect for Weird builds (granted, I’ve played “weird builds” during other seasons, too).
I really liked these ideas! I've been thinking about build an ench sorc bow for a while, and the idea of using holy fire paladin really caught my attention! The bowmancer, too.
Another build I've been considering is doing something around the runeword passion... at first I thought about a barb or maybe an ench sorc, why not. Would there be any suggestions on this?
GL with the season!
Fun vid, thanks for sharing. Trying to finish up my season in d4 before hopping into this ladder.
Love the Thor build 💪🔥
i had a ww sin back in the day, pre D2R. can’t remember which ladder. was so fun. but i wasn’t very good at it so it never felt too strong to me, but i’ve seen some people shred with it
I love this channel
Can we sometime get a top 10 hardcore builds? Thanks
12:27 😂😂😂😂😂
One of my fav builds i made back in the day that was really good for PVP AND pvm is max fcr charged bolt sorc that dealt 1.1k-1.2k light dmg per bolt and it was godly and so fun to play
I’m a little upset I’m not the first one to invent the 2h converter conviction build. Though I never thought to use thorns to kill myself in one shot.
hehe
Any advice on proc %?
Is 100% too much?
How would you customize proc %s?
Dude, I love you, however, why not wait and get your gear together for the characters BEFORE doing the video… or editing it and go find the gear and put it together and show us what they can do. Been wanting to vent and say this forever but don’t want to hurt your feelings or make you think I don’t love you and your content (besides your lackadaisical preparedness). :-)
lol you aint wrong
I’m glad you ain’t sore about it Wally. Reconfirms you’re a good person and you’re cool! Thanks!
That the GGM way. Turn on computer, turn on camera... What happens next is anyone's guess 😂. Editing is overrated.
I give him a lot of my Diablo 2 R credit and knowledge… Because of him I’m using that enchant demon machine sorceress, and she slays!
Ps: Offline PS4.
@@aji3sales777it can help the Channel grow.
Hmm... I, too, would like to enhance my beefliness.
Ahh a connoisseur of beefliness I see
the flat added lightning charms dont apply to spells i believe just ur melee hit
correct, just the melee hit.
I been trying to do immortal mosaic assassin for hardcore ,
My setup:
Kira's guardian
Ormus robes
Cats eye
Tri res boots
2 mosaic
Tgods
Dwarfstar
Ravenffrost
20fade (maybe bad idea, )
28 Damage reduction , 67 all res,87% curse reduction
20 phoenix strike
20 lightning sinergy
20 cold sinergy
And since I very slow while using fade, and I need to run for the next victim before de aura vanish, I hired a act1 merc with the bow that gives Vigor
What do you think?
Could you do your version?
Remember I'm trying to do immortal assassin
Any other immortal character besides sorc?
I built a destruction wolf, like the hurricane one but synergising destruction runeword
You're so close to top notch. Editing videos is a thing you can do to get there.
LEVEL 50+ ENCHANT STICK SORC BABY!!!
When using wolf howl with dual crescent, is the second weapon useless? i thought it only takes the main weapon into account? or is the -res added? I got the dual crescent moons rn but my build feels really bad in hell
The negative res from the second weapon is still added just like in the Thor build.
You also need the small charms with added lightning damage. This is a big part of it.
I always wondered about Brand runeword, does the mob eating the arrow take the spear damage also? I guess (and hope) so or it would be pretty disappointing but I think its worthy to ask
yes
@@GGMentor nice! thank you
I did your holy bolt smiter last season. It was pretty fun.
I’m going spearzon this ladder highly underrated build in my opinion clears all game at p8 when fully geared at a decent clear speed actually
I bet you loaded up a character and was like "oh yeah there's that item I was looking for." after you just found/made another one.
yes
whirlwind assassin is so bad its actually broken, the chaos runeword durability breaks so quickly and it costs literally 1,000,000 gold to repair the claw
only if you make a superior base, don't use superior bases for items that break constantly
its still just not very good to use when u doing like leveling up and stuff, try doing some baal runs for xp with whirlwind assassin u will see its like ... not good cuz u gotta repair alot@@GGMentor
still waiting for a runeword that adds doubleswing or frenzy to claws. played a frenzy assassin in a mod once and i miss it dearly
Just realized you got godzilla in the pic lol
was mfing in window mode watching this, and found a demon machine. shame ladder resets tommorow
First time long time, what was that bear sorc build i remember from way back in the day? Is that just a worse enchant build?
5:16 made my head hurt. JUST PUT THE ITEMS IN THE AVAILABLE 2x3 AND 2x2 SLOTS....OR...take 4 lefts to go right...
when is the new season start? have not been playing in a while intereseted in starting a new season.
Feb 22nd
What build do you think is the best to clear all content?
Hammerdin with holy bolt is generally pretty easy
why use double swing over frenzy? for the thor barb. I have seen similar builds in LOD using frenzy
Double swing requires less increased attack speed to hit the maximum break point.
Which in turn means less ias equipment required.
Also double swing starts at its full speed whereas frenzy has to build up to its full speed.
And if that's not enough, the double swing has no mana cost
DualSting!
There is nothing new in this game. GGM, "hold my beer"
Lol, gotta keep that energy =}
What if you wore dream helm?
Build a BRAND runeword in a crossbow for your Enchant Sorc build - you will thank me later.
How does one sign up for the kinship?
Discord -> Rules -> Kinship Charter -> Contact a captain on discord for manual admission
sadly most fun builds are uber trash except for hybrid & tribrid amas and palas and bow/psn barb
You know we need patch notes when people are out here recommending a Windhammer build.
Forget D2R. Last Epoch releases tomorrow!
First.
u should shave bro...wtf
but my red beard =(
All builds are useless in P8. The slider you see him showing is for OFFLINE play only. It doesnt affect online play. Else you would be able to create p16 games which isnt possible. The only build that works in this video is the WW assassin. But it is not a fun meme build. Its a high investment build because you need specific stats like IAS Fhr and such to hit certain breakpoints. And it can be expensive. Enchant sorc is cheap and is easy to make from ladder start, but is useless from nightmare and up unless you got a conviction aura paladin in your party.
Enchant sorc is useless in NM and up? I completely disagree with you there. And once you hit endgame with infinity she can easily cleap P8. As for the other builds, yeah most meme builds aren't built for P8, but most people just play P1 so it doesn't really matter.
Enchant Sorc, Strider Paladin, Thor Barb, WW Assassin, 2h Veng All Tested and work fine in P8.
not really sure what you guys are on about.
And that 2H Veng Paladin one shots everything including himself.