I still remember the first time I faced Duriel on the original Diablo 2. I was playing as a Necromancer, and everything was just nice and not so difficult at all, until I entered the tomb where Duriel is. Man, he just squeezed me like a rat in a few seconds and I just thought "well, that was unexpected". 😂😂😂
@@atlasjukiba7639 summoner. Duriel on normal is easiest to kill by using clay golems and iron maiden curse. He's killing himself while destroying our golems. Check my video of this battle th-cam.com/video/-bnydBvaeQg/w-d-xo.html
@@shawnrichards8865 to be honest for necromancer summoner the hardest part of the game is normal mefisto and diablo. Every other boss is pretty easy, even on hell difficulty.
After hours of battling I finally beat him at 4am . Teleported to town thinking I finished the quest . Saved and went to sleep woke up thinking I can go to act 3 but oh no . I forgot to go to the tomb of tal Rasha. So now I have to go fight duriel again and it feels like he is even stronger now . Fml
Something to consider, when you meet him again: From what I remember, part of his damage is cold. So drinking a thawing potion (or more for longer duration), should reduce some of his damage. This doesn't helps agains his Aura though. Also, very important for surviving hell: when you run, your defense is zero. The trick is to walk away from the monsters, and when you are out of melee range, only then, run. Means, you need to deactivate toggle-run setting, and train your muscle memory to hold only hold the run key, when no monster is in melee range. Additional, as a melee oriented character, you might be better off using a shield with a high block rating. And stand still, looking in his direction. This way, you are able to block, and also, your defense counts fully. When you walk, your defense is reduced (to 1/3 or by 1/3, I don't remember), but not as much as running (zero defense). To maintain a high block rating, you need to increase dexterity by 2 points each level (the formula is a bit more complicated, better look that up), which you also need for attack rating. Side note, as a necromancer, summon a golem and cast iron maiden on Duriel. He should kill himself after a while. Don't panic, walk away, keep casting golem and refresh iron maiden.
oh my , i totally forgot about the walk/run diff for blocking and defense. oops. normal, lev 25, so shoudl not have been ahrd for me, but i had it set to # players =3 still as i had throughout this dungeon. i did manage to win, but i had to run back to town and replenish once. my merc died within the first 5-10 seconds of the fight. and we have stealth armor, nadir helmets
The confined space they put you in with him really makes it that much more difficult. I just ran in there with a summon necro thinking id breeze through and was stopped dead in my tracks lol.
@@jage570 thats literally what happened to me i wanted to see if this fight was as hard as it was for me as for everyone else lol. I have 5 wolfs, 3 dire wolfs, and the summon that increases health for everyone AND ONTOP OF THAT an inventory full of health and mana pots and only then could i beat him lol
Duriel is definitely the most difficult. Mephisto has devastating attacks but you can exploit the blood pool & stairs as a barrier for casters. Baal can be tough with all his freezes, clone projections, & hydra like attacks. Baal & Diablo have pretty large health pools. Duriel can be extremely frustrating though. It’s vital to have faster run/walk boosts & lots of thawing potions but Duriel is relentless. He chases you incessantly if he isn’t distracted by some of your summoned minions but even then he dispatches mercs & allies quickly. His attacks & freezes are devastating. I have been prevented from hitting my portal at times from the attacks & freezes which is so annoying. One time I kept teleporting to heal & reup only to run out of portal scrolls. I actually survived once without any portal scrolls somehow. Duriel is so frustrating that I rarely farm there.
I remember when I first played classic Diablo 2 as a Bowazon back in 2000. I was doing so well I didn't bother putting any points into Vitality, so I was a flimsy glass cannon. I ran into Duriel and had to start over in order to re-spec - they hadn't added re-speccing until later.
I couldn’t beat him with necromancy so I started completely over with Droid and I kept the same mercenary from the beginning and didn’t put any points into shape shifting and went in at a level 29 and used fissure and volcano and had 5 direwolfs and I smoked his ass in like 15 seconds my mercenary didn’t even die. So went from days of not being able to beat him, started over with a strategy and beat him in like 15 seconds
@@smitdizz420 I decided to use my brains with my new necro and maxed out Skelly and put the my points into mastery after and I gave it a shot last night and wiped him out without even moving once my smelts surrounded him it was OV really quick
Other act bosses aren't nearly as hard as Duriel, but I think the reason why his hard to beat not because of him being tough it's the closed narrow space where you fight him with no room to manover.
@@danielgeronimo5538 Not just cold but stun effect as well. I never played as assasin but the easiest time I had with him was with Bone Necro. Just trap him with Bone Prison and spam Bone Spear. It was a cake walk.
Was playing through Diablo 2 for the first time with my fiancé and we just faced Duriel today. Died multiple times and she lost like all her gold and like 80% of mine Lol. Ended up being able to tank it out as my Paladin once I read about the thawing potions and chugged those along with a lot of health potions with her sorceress doing ranger damage also.
Absolutely, happy to do so. Thank you, I've been finding all the right items with the barb. They have that natural magic find. Boost with item magic find and tons of greens and rares popping up constantly.
i had intense problems to beat this guy on Nm mode...but relax, level a bit and farm the cow level. Life leech weapons and anti freezes helps a lot. finally i´ve beaten him without bigger problems at lvl 32
im using an assassin and on my first entry he dropped me instantly. took a few tries to get back in there to grab my stuff and portal out. Then i used this method. Portal in with ally let him be bait, get a few swings in and portal out. Glad to see i wasnt the only one that had to do it this way. lol. I felt incredibly under powered compared to this boss lol.
Literally reached a brick wall with this boss. After like 8 attempts i actually ended up bringing a companion and as soon as i enter his tomb make a town portal, cast non stop spells at the boss and right before im bout to die teleport to town, heal and repeat the same thing. I beat him after teleporting 3 times his damages does not replenish with this method
@@BeastmodeZac What i noticed is you never have enough with you at anytime. Like you'd need a bigger belt to have more potions with you. The trips to Lut Gholein would then be less. Because you run out quick.
Bugged for me, straight after the loading screen im dead, i cant even move or anything, tried it about 20 times, loading, death. Offline char so i cant even get help. The only good thing is that after all that i just quit out and the damn game didnt save my whole 3h session.
:( dang Venum sorry to hear. Lmk if you need a boost run later and I'll get you some gear to help you get through. I'm always game to start a fresh character with ppl too.
@@BeastmodeZac At least i didnt save at this point of no return so i can play it again till that. Problem is also that i used the staff the whole time, yep the staff which i need to open it, maybe no good choice but the drop rate for good magic stuff is so damn low, in D3 i didnt have such probs in 5 years. And why does the boss always spawn at the same point like me, dont have any chance to even get out of his way. Meh, i'll levl up a lil bit more and try it again with a save state, for any case. Thanks for your answer, sub.
Jesus it's so refreshing to hear that it wasn't just me - I've been trying solo online and my pad was vibrating/ taking hits and I could hear the attacks but my screen was black until it showed that I was dead! I tried about 8 or 9 times til I gave up and backed out of session. Thankfully I got my body back but I lost most of the gold I gained and my dignity haha I don't remember it being this hard I swear 😂😂
@@AshtenHaywood At least you're a incredibly good sport about it brotha! Are you runeword stealthing your armour my friend? This could help a lot. I have plenty to spare if you need. Tal ETh on two socket chest piece 75 to 100ish defense one at that level.
This boss looks like he should be really easy with a "blaze" sorcerer. Another sorcerer tactic i heard of is to use the "frozen armor" to freeze him, and use the "static field" to lower his HP before starting fighting him normal.
Thanks my friend, so many style of armours and you can access some really good ones by act 2. The best way is to log in multiple times and talk to blacksmith lady. Look for high defense armour and two sockets. Then Tal-eth Runes make it Stealth runeword this is key for surviving longer and standing a chance with this boss especially. Your journey starts at Countess runs in black marsh the tower level 5. She drops many runes. It could take 1-7 tries to get the ones needed, tal eth inthat order only works on proper sockets 2 for 2 -3 for 3 runeword conversions etc.
Sorry to break this for you both, but your defence is zero when you run. That's why he hurts so much when you run away. To run away might make sense with a sorceress, who has low defense on default and the difference to 0 defense is neglectible, but you should feel the difference with your barbarian. You can check this for yourself. Open your character window (c), stand, walk, and then run, you will see that your defense drops down to zero when you run.
The has to be item sets for bosses with percentage damage. One has to farm before taking chapter bosses . Chapter one drops a lot of basic greens. You need dps for mobs and deadly strike for final bosses. The game is designed for long gameplay rather than flash runs. Ungeared , u will struggle. Note, that it's multiplayer game as well. Most of us ran it more than 20 years ago, but we need to see guides for different things. Act is not done, unless you haven't farmed all browns and greens along with the level cap
only problem i had he would 1 hit my golem as i play necro ... and i dont have too much time to cast damage skills ... what lvl are you supposed to be when you get to duriel?
I would say lvls 24-27 is a safe bet. The issue with a lot of people lately has been the load time into dungeons and on duriel especially considering his power making a frustrating experience for some. I've seen this on PS4 first hand testing against my PS5 the hard drives speed seems to be the issue with load times. To get through duriel on my Necro I'm planning on stacking on bone spear in hopes it will do significant damage. I will say Necro has been the toughest play experience upon testing/progressing with all other characters aside from Amazon this far . Feel like I went wrong so far by not using more summoning skills selected but was worried of duriel slaying them all mercilessly and draining my mana.
@@BeastmodeZac I luckily defeated duriel with my lvl 23 bonemancer.... what a fucking pain in the ass. I can confirm the screenloading is an absolute killer here on PS4. Fortunatly his HP doesn't regenerate that's a +. I died instantly when I first reached duriel because I didnt know what I had incoming and lost my main gear, died another 5 times trying to get my gear back (unsuccessful)and slowly but tediously I managed to slay him with lots of pots and bone spear and my clay golem.
I did this (Barbarian). He hits like a brick this boss...I went in, set a town portal straigt away, hit him a few times, potion, come out, breath (lol), heal...go back. Died twice at first.
I can't remember the specifics but back in the day I had a pally where every slot had a holy freeze boost and it was up to some ridiculous level. Everything just exploded when I ran by it
@@BeastmodeZac I had a different one with jacked up sanctuary and none of my friends could progress in hell unless I was there, we'd still get our asses handed to us but without sanctuary everybody just died instantly
I want that hotbar on PC so much... When I'm reading comments I realize how many people underestimate Act II merc... He tanks so good that you don't have to bother that much running away.
Thawing potions really helped. I went in with half freese and all types of resistance, but all i needed was some thawin lol. Good vid. Whatever works right? If the mf didn't cheapshot you right off the back i would have had him the first time. He regretted seeing me again. Lol
I remebrr spamming jump skill took me alot pf minutes to kill him really enjoyed it how difficult he was lol i put all my points in extra hp and dmg when i killed him i saw strategys of thawing potions lol
Absolutely, they really kept the game nearly exact of the original. I remember playing on PC in 2000 I had to get my assassin up to like lvl 28+ grinding for many hours trying to find good enough loot to be a match for Duriel.
I would say do some lower level grind with gold find and magic find items. Save up maybe find better gear. Then try to go back at it when you feel you are stocked and ready. Ive had to buy the ally back at 3k plus many times on many characters. Pick up those plates, staffs wands, spec helms. Etc.
I wonder how I’ll get past him on my offline character. He seems bad enough with his massive damage, but he also slows me. My partner has pretty good damage but of course she can’t heal herself. We’re both level 21 Amazons. Amazon has been easy mode up to this point, but my spear is no longer ideal with his massive damage and my bow is a bit weaker than I need. I may need to swap my spear for a weaker javelin so I can have both the poison throw and the freeze arrow. Or I can maybe just go with my spear and just flood his room with corpses until he dies. Side note, I just today realized that gray items are better than white items and tend to be ethereal or socketed. I had always ignored them because in Titan Quest, the gray items are broken / trash versions of items. I’ve probably missed out on a lot of good opportunities.
@@henrytownshed5304 because the game spawns you when your still loading its stupid he can be hitting you when your on loading screen so i spam teleport while loading and it helped me finally kill him on nightmare but still that needs to be fixed
@@hockeysniper3783 I just don't care honestly. I bought a really shity game that plays worse than when it came when it was initially released. I'll go play a good game like The Witcher 3 or Mass Effect Trilogy I don't need this. It's a waste of time. Why waste your life playing games that just frustrate you. It's not worth it. I don't know who works at blizzard but you would think they would at least put some effort into making a game. everything they touch lately reeks of incompetence
@@henrytownshed5304 This entire rant proves that you're either not a fan of Diablo and Blizzard in general or can't get good and having to be handheld by things like "checkpoints" or "autosave". Since at least 65% of this tirade is bullshit....
I swear when i fought him he was damn near running at me the entire time, two hit me the first 4 times i tried to fight him and insta killed my mercs like they were ants, i had to look it up and use the thawing pots trick to last long enough to kill him, lost like 80k dying to him over and over, man i was pissed 😂
Try using tal-eth (stealth) rune word on two socket chest piece with high defense. 100+ and get as much defense and resistance(cold especially) Use your hired ally, load him up with good socketed gear. U may have to respec build for your Necro, I had to do that with a druid before. It took 7 or 8 portals back and fourth and buying the ally back for 3k each time 😱 If you need assistance lmk send friend request - Dragon_BallZac . Socket a two or three slot weapon with Ral runes helps bring dmg up greatly.
Same here. My Paladin stats were waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay higher when I met Duriel solo in normal for the first time, but I can't even remember how many times I died.
Create these for yourself: Nadir: - buy helmet with two sockets from Fara - add runes Nef and Tir, in that order Stealth: - buy or find breast plate with two sockets - add runes Tal and Eth, in that order Get Prayer mercenary in Act 2 if you haven't already. Create Malice for your merc: - buy 3 socket spetum from Fara (you might need to save&exit and load back in quite a few times before she has one) - add runes Ith, El and Eth, in that order Buy 15-16 thawing potions. Give your merc 7 or 8 and drink the rest. This should give you plenty of time (3,5+ minutes) to beat Duriel even though you don't need a lot of time because now you can witness once mighty, unbeatable Duriel reduced to useless. He can still kill your summons easily though. Just make sure your merc survives entire fight because his weapon is the key to this. Remember you can stash all of these for your other characters to use later.
So I just died twice and now I’m back in town with no gear. I know I can get it if I exit game and come back, but I’m level 21 Paladin and I feel that I’m way too weak.
he killed me during the loading time in the area to him..... First time i was not prepared, the second time i thought, i can with the right bottle, the slow effect eliminate, but wrong, i stay slow, second dead,...., now i have no armor and not change to reach my corpse, with the weapon and money.......
@Zilvertron is that a new feature they've added?I noticed the other day my daughter died on her sorcererus and we started new game and her corpse was there in town at her feet. Don't remember that in original game.
Yeah I’m stuck here on Xbox one, I’m level 24 barbarian and loading screen kills me everytime… I’ve been trying level up I guess.. dunno what else to do
Or this platform only allows gifs I believe so if you can't with that format. If you would just mention what stat allocation and skill tree points. Do you have stealth on a high defense chest piece aswell?
@@BeastmodeZac strength:69 dex: 61 vit: 60 energy:23.. got one point each on howl , shout, find potion ..mastery. Sword:2, axe: 6, iron skin:2..combat skills… bash:5, leap:2, leap attack:1, stun and concentrate: both 1, double swing:2
Hes a Demon king from hell bro thats why, we can defeat him together if youd like lmk. If you do solo you really want to stack certain skill traits that become very powerful and use decent gear. I use runewords in my gear. i have extra stuff i can give you jf you need also.
Also using your merc with it geared up helps i should have in this video. I wanted to see if i could do without though. And half freeze enchantment on something, along with rejuv pots
@@BeastmodeZac I finally beat him just now!I had to use the rune word(leaf) in a 2 Socket staff wit -33% cold reduction,3 dire wolves a mercenary and a bunch of town portals and potions,thanks to this video. I had to cheese the whole fight like I did in the game Sekiro😅
Screw this boss, I was op in the game till he came and then every time I get passed the load screen I'm already dead. It's a lag.. why can't this be fixed? It makes no sense. I'm getting hit during the loading screen like wtf??
The boss itself is not hard. The problem is the ridiculous amount of damage it deals. Its like fighting a lvl 50 boss while you're at level 19. Poor game designing
I had forgotten how broken parts of this game are. This encounter was total BS. I think the various beetle/scarabs were also total BS and cheap programming.
The spacing and time when you say Dragon_BallZac is essential. You got the humour in it right away and I appreciate that. Don't be sleeping on da Dragon_BallZac folks, It's time to awaken.
I swear my game is bugged I die within 2 hits and my life and strength is double yours infact every elemental attack wipes me out in a few hits i just dont get it, this boss has always been bullshit should have fixed it.
@@coreaccount4376 1 level later and Took 4 thaw potions and filled inventory with charms, took in a merc ,stood there and beat the hell out of him only using 3 health potions, :)
I love have bosses just come out of nowhere, and I died while the game was loading, oh by this is a trash remaster, and since I'm playing a necromancer offline enemies don't respawn so I'm literally unable to do anything.
I just purchased this from the PlayStation network and honestly I’m going to have to ask for my money back, I purchase the whole game not just the first two acts, I died and now I can’t get my shit back he instantly kills me.
@mattlawson714 use merc with good gear on. I don't have my ps account or if ld give you some stuff to get u through. Check out D2jsp you can get all types of awesome items cheap 5fg-10fg each forum gold isnt bad in price and I've never been scammed there. If anything ppl over gift when u buy from them. To do transactions you click their profile and it says send forum gold. Took me a second to figure out very few scammers. The second someone scams for fg they are out of the community. Trust me it will make your gameplay alot easier getting a early set and weapon level reduction with socket
@@BeastmodeZac thanks my man! So I got super lucky I was able to grab him by corpse and spawn a portal before dying again. I finally just beat him actually, but I probably travel back-and-forth to town about 20 times in order to do it. I need to do some Andariel farming for some better stuff so this doesn’t happen again. I think my build is decently strong, as strong as it can be for level 21
@@mattlawson714 I formated my PS4 to sell it recently or I would have just given you a bunch of stuff. I'll see if any of the data was stored and link my account back up just to see if any of my items are in there.
DONT PLAY ON Solo, you're never get past him. Soon as the loadscreen is finished loading, your dead. This is bullshit. I made all characters, got them to act 2 and now I can't go further because this fucking boss doesn't know when it's time to fight he just goes at you giving you no time to movr
I still remember the first time I faced Duriel on the original Diablo 2. I was playing as a Necromancer, and everything was just nice and not so difficult at all, until I entered the tomb where Duriel is. Man, he just squeezed me like a rat in a few seconds and I just thought "well, that was unexpected". 😂😂😂
Duriel is actually pretty easy when you play as Necromancer.
@@RezorShorts what build did you use for your necromancer
@@atlasjukiba7639 summoner. Duriel on normal is easiest to kill by using clay golems and iron maiden curse. He's killing himself while destroying our golems. Check my video of this battle th-cam.com/video/-bnydBvaeQg/w-d-xo.html
Great strategy for duriel I’m on nightmare for Diablo 2 resurrected now
@@shawnrichards8865 to be honest for necromancer summoner the hardest part of the game is normal mefisto and diablo. Every other boss is pretty easy, even on hell difficulty.
After hours of battling I finally beat him at 4am . Teleported to town thinking I finished the quest . Saved and went to sleep woke up thinking I can go to act 3 but oh no . I forgot to go to the tomb of tal Rasha. So now I have to go fight duriel again and it feels like he is even stronger now . Fml
Wow dude thats sad haha but you can come on👌
@@hectiito not gon lie I haven’t played it again since then haha
I dis it to Mephisto in Hell.
You probably forgot to run into the center and free tyrael...
Well, maybe he'll drop something nice for you like a sigon set of something 😅
Something to consider, when you meet him again:
From what I remember, part of his damage is cold. So drinking a thawing potion (or more for longer duration), should reduce some of his damage.
This doesn't helps agains his Aura though.
Also, very important for surviving hell: when you run, your defense is zero. The trick is to walk away from the monsters, and when you are out of melee range, only then, run. Means, you need to deactivate toggle-run setting, and train your muscle memory to hold only hold the run key, when no monster is in melee range.
Additional, as a melee oriented character, you might be better off using a shield with a high block rating. And stand still, looking in his direction. This way, you are able to block, and also, your defense counts fully. When you walk, your defense is reduced (to 1/3 or by 1/3, I don't remember), but not as much as running (zero defense).
To maintain a high block rating, you need to increase dexterity by 2 points each level (the formula is a bit more complicated, better look that up), which you also need for attack rating.
Side note, as a necromancer, summon a golem and cast iron maiden on Duriel. He should kill himself after a while. Don't panic, walk away, keep casting golem and refresh iron maiden.
oh my , i totally forgot about the walk/run diff for blocking and defense. oops. normal, lev 25, so shoudl not have been ahrd for me, but i had it set to # players =3 still as i had throughout this dungeon. i did manage to win, but i had to run back to town and replenish once. my merc died within the first 5-10 seconds of the fight. and we have stealth armor, nadir helmets
Thanks for the useful tip ❤ first time playing love it so far, using the barbarian class
Duriel is a beast, most difficult imho. Such a hard boss for only act 2
The confined space they put you in with him really makes it that much more difficult. I just ran in there with a summon necro thinking id breeze through and was stopped dead in my tracks lol.
@@jage570 thats literally what happened to me i wanted to see if this fight was as hard as it was for me as for everyone else lol.
I have 5 wolfs, 3 dire wolfs, and the summon that increases health for everyone AND ONTOP OF THAT an inventory full of health and mana pots and only then could i beat him lol
Honestly it's such a middle finger from the developers.
Lol I remember this when I played the original game. Beating Duriel is harder than beating Diablo!
Haha so true. I remembered a bunch from the original also, but had to give my self a recap on runewords.
Not if you're undergeared
Duriel is definitely the most difficult. Mephisto has devastating attacks but you can exploit the blood pool & stairs as a barrier for casters. Baal can be tough with all his freezes, clone projections, & hydra like attacks. Baal & Diablo have pretty large health pools. Duriel can be extremely frustrating though. It’s vital to have faster run/walk boosts & lots of thawing potions but Duriel is relentless. He chases you incessantly if he isn’t distracted by some of your summoned minions but even then he dispatches mercs & allies quickly. His attacks & freezes are devastating. I have been prevented from hitting my portal at times from the attacks & freezes which is so annoying. One time I kept teleporting to heal & reup only to run out of portal scrolls. I actually survived once without any portal scrolls somehow. Duriel is so frustrating that I rarely farm there.
@@KenjiMapes but in original diablo with necromancer duriel was easy for me....but diablo was hard as hell!!!
@@KenjiMapes nothing to farm on duriel, the loot is poor there
I remember when I first played classic Diablo 2 as a Bowazon back in 2000. I was doing so well I didn't bother putting any points into Vitality, so I was a flimsy glass cannon. I ran into Duriel and had to start over in order to re-spec - they hadn't added re-speccing until later.
That's a coincidence kilroy, cause I was just starting my bowazon last night hc ladder and I got everything in dex and str ATM at lvl 12 so far.
set your tp's up on your alt skill bar. its much faster.and thawing pots work wonders with him
long time never played diablo 2. i just walked in and dead without even able to move. ended up using henchman and town portal method
What’s the henchman method
@@smitdizz420 where you get mercenaries to take him long enough to get a few hits in
Happened to me with my hardcore necro once I was gettin hit during the loading screen and once loaded in one hit and died. Just sat there like 😮😮😮😮😮
I couldn’t beat him with necromancy so I started completely over with Droid and I kept the same mercenary from the beginning and didn’t put any points into shape shifting and went in at a level 29 and used fissure and volcano and had 5 direwolfs and I smoked his ass in like 15 seconds my mercenary didn’t even die. So went from days of not being able to beat him, started over with a strategy and beat him in like 15 seconds
@@smitdizz420 I decided to use my brains with my new necro and maxed out Skelly and put the my points into mastery after and I gave it a shot last night and wiped him out without even moving once my smelts surrounded him it was OV really quick
Other act bosses aren't nearly as hard as Duriel, but I think the reason why his hard to beat not because of him being tough it's the closed narrow space where you fight him with no room to manover.
You can go marathon around him for days as an assassin, question is actually killing him, his cold damage is such a bitch
@@danielgeronimo5538 Not just cold but stun effect as well. I never played as assasin but the easiest time I had with him was with Bone Necro. Just trap him with Bone Prison and spam Bone Spear. It was a cake walk.
His cold dmg and knock back are killer unless you're chugging thawing potions for max cold res
Idk why I'm here, it feels nostalgic.. I remember playing this when I was a kid
Glad you stopped by for the nostalgic trip.
In the old diablo 2 there used to be a tunnel that you could hide in. If you have a range character it would be very easy
Was playing through Diablo 2 for the first time with my fiancé and we just faced Duriel today. Died multiple times and she lost like all her gold and like 80% of mine Lol. Ended up being able to tank it out as my Paladin once I read about the thawing potions and chugged those along with a lot of health potions with her sorceress doing ranger damage also.
This boss is insane, great kill, and thanks for the tip.
Absolutely, happy to do so. Thank you, I've been finding all the right items with the barb. They have that natural magic find. Boost with item magic find and tons of greens and rares popping up constantly.
This Boss is easy for melee chars instead of casters like sorceress or necro
i had intense problems to beat this guy on Nm mode...but relax, level a bit and farm the cow level. Life leech weapons and anti freezes helps a lot. finally i´ve beaten him without bigger problems at lvl 32
im using an assassin and on my first entry he dropped me instantly. took a few tries to get back in there to grab my stuff and portal out. Then i used this method. Portal in with ally let him be bait, get a few swings in and portal out. Glad to see i wasnt the only one that had to do it this way. lol. I felt incredibly under powered compared to this boss lol.
Exactly brotha he's very Beastly compared to our other Diablo 2 bosses. Glad you made it through!
Yes dude I'm assassin too. It's soooooo freaking hard! I still haven't beat. Died like 10 times already
I'll be jumping on this evening eastern time 630 pm. (Dragon_BallZac) name to add I wouldn't mind helping run it with you.
@@BeastmodeZac damn thank you man! I actually kept trying last night and finally beat him! Appreciate the offer though!
Nice job my friend, Persistence equals success.
Literally reached a brick wall with this boss. After like 8 attempts i actually ended up bringing a companion and as soon as i enter his tomb make a town portal, cast non stop spells at the boss and right before im bout to die teleport to town, heal and repeat the same thing. I beat him after teleporting 3 times his damages does not replenish with this method
Beat Duriel using that method of yours. Feels more like an L, but on to Act III now. Let's gooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! ✌😁
That's an ancient method my friend. Since the dawn of Diablo time, Duriel has always been too beastly for his own good 😅
@@BeastmodeZac What i noticed is you never have enough with you at anytime. Like you'd need a bigger belt to have more potions with you. The trips to Lut Gholein would then be less. Because you run out quick.
Bugged for me, straight after the loading screen im dead, i cant even move or anything, tried it about 20 times, loading, death. Offline char so i cant even get help. The only good thing is that after all that i just quit out and the damn game didnt save my whole 3h session.
:( dang Venum sorry to hear. Lmk if you need a boost run later and I'll get you some gear to help you get through. I'm always game to start a fresh character with ppl too.
@@BeastmodeZac At least i didnt save at this point of no return so i can play it again till that. Problem is also that i used the staff the whole time, yep the staff which i need to open it, maybe no good choice but the drop rate for good magic stuff is so damn low, in D3 i didnt have such probs in 5 years. And why does the boss always spawn at the same point like me, dont have any chance to even get out of his way. Meh, i'll levl up a lil bit more and try it again with a save state, for any case. Thanks for your answer, sub.
I’m in the same boat everytime I go to fight one hit kill. Can’t get past him.
Jesus it's so refreshing to hear that it wasn't just me - I've been trying solo online and my pad was vibrating/ taking hits and I could hear the attacks but my screen was black until it showed that I was dead! I tried about 8 or 9 times til I gave up and backed out of session. Thankfully I got my body back but I lost most of the gold I gained and my dignity haha I don't remember it being this hard I swear 😂😂
@@AshtenHaywood At least you're a incredibly good sport about it brotha! Are you runeword stealthing your armour my friend? This could help a lot. I have plenty to spare if you need. Tal ETh on two socket chest piece 75 to 100ish defense one at that level.
This boss looks like he should be really easy with a "blaze" sorcerer. Another sorcerer tactic i heard of is to use the "frozen armor" to freeze him, and use the "static field" to lower his HP before starting fighting him normal.
Ahh server issues again :/ showing my online characters are gone atm. You guys having this issue?
This boss is crazy hard, thanks for the vid. How did you get up to 104 on your armor?
Thanks my friend, so many style of armours and you can access some really good ones by act 2. The best way is to log in multiple times and talk to blacksmith lady. Look for high defense armour and two sockets. Then Tal-eth Runes make it Stealth runeword this is key for surviving longer and standing a chance with this boss especially. Your journey starts at Countess runs in black marsh the tower level 5. She drops many runes. It could take 1-7 tries to get the ones needed, tal eth inthat order only works on proper sockets 2 for 2 -3 for 3 runeword conversions etc.
I got that armour on act 3 from blacksmith there with my sorcererus then stashed it. Had to take a second look at the chest piece.
Sorry to break this for you both, but your defence is zero when you run. That's why he hurts so much when you run away. To run away might make sense with a sorceress, who has low defense on default and the difference to 0 defense is neglectible, but you should feel the difference with your barbarian.
You can check this for yourself. Open your character window (c), stand, walk, and then run, you will see that your defense drops down to zero when you run.
I used sorceress health low 130 get 1 hit KO... x_x
I can't believe freaking monster no effect blizzard freeze....
On normal he is 50% immune to cold damage.
The has to be item sets for bosses with percentage damage. One has to farm before taking chapter bosses .
Chapter one drops a lot of basic greens.
You need dps for mobs and deadly strike for final bosses.
The game is designed for long gameplay rather than flash runs.
Ungeared , u will struggle.
Note, that it's multiplayer game as well.
Most of us ran it more than 20 years ago, but we need to see guides for different things.
Act is not done, unless you haven't farmed all browns and greens along with the level cap
only problem i had he would 1 hit my golem as i play necro ... and i dont have too much time to cast damage skills ... what lvl are you supposed to be when you get to duriel?
I would say lvls 24-27 is a safe bet. The issue with a lot of people lately has been the load time into dungeons and on duriel especially considering his power making a frustrating experience for some. I've seen this on PS4 first hand testing against my PS5 the hard drives speed seems to be the issue with load times. To get through duriel on my Necro I'm planning on stacking on bone spear in hopes it will do significant damage. I will say Necro has been the toughest play experience upon testing/progressing with all other characters aside from Amazon this far . Feel like I went wrong so far by not using more summoning skills selected but was worried of duriel slaying them all mercilessly and draining my mana.
Ooo guess I need to grind. Wondering why I'm getting 2 hit killed, but I'm lvl 19 asn lol
@@zechsblack5891 IM WRECKING DURIEL ATM .. got all my leveling runewords :D lvl 40 something ! act 2 nightmare :D
I fight in 24 with my Necro, 1 point to Amplify damage and the 1 to clay golem the rest in 5 or 6 Skells and the rest in skeleton Mastery
@@BeastmodeZac I luckily defeated duriel with my lvl 23 bonemancer.... what a fucking pain in the ass. I can confirm the screenloading is an absolute killer here on PS4. Fortunatly his HP doesn't regenerate that's a +. I died instantly when I first reached duriel because I didnt know what I had incoming and lost my main gear, died another 5 times trying to get my gear back (unsuccessful)and slowly but tediously I managed to slay him with lots of pots and bone spear and my clay golem.
I did this (Barbarian). He hits like a brick this boss...I went in, set a town portal straigt away, hit him a few times, potion, come out, breath (lol), heal...go back. Died twice at first.
I can't remember the specifics but back in the day I had a pally where every slot had a holy freeze boost and it was up to some ridiculous level. Everything just exploded when I ran by it
For sure Pally are awesome. I believe that skill offensive aura unlocks at 30
@@BeastmodeZac I had a different one with jacked up sanctuary and none of my friends could progress in hell unless I was there, we'd still get our asses handed to us but without sanctuary everybody just died instantly
I want that hotbar on PC so much...
When I'm reading comments I realize how many people underestimate Act II merc... He tanks so good that you don't have to bother that much running away.
I was more or less testing my characters ability and strength. I normally do load a Merc up with stealth and decent socketed helm and weps.
why not bind teleport scroll with R2+L2?
Thawing potions really helped. I went in with half freese and all types of resistance, but all i needed was some thawin lol. Good vid. Whatever works right? If the mf didn't cheapshot you right off the back i would have had him the first time. He regretted seeing me again. Lol
Beat Him just two Days Ago. Man he was Tough. Killed me a Few times Too. So Strong.
my method die and keep dying 1000 times till he falls.
I got Duriel to half a life with Necromancer. Tough bastard 😂
Memories when I was 12 years old playing this game like crazy
Same here brotha, the nostalgia is legit.
I remebrr spamming jump skill took me alot pf minutes to kill him really enjoyed it how difficult he was lol i put all my points in extra hp and dmg when i killed him i saw strategys of thawing potions lol
For a Normal game Sorc, this is tough!! Lvl 21 trying to beqt this thing. 5he difficulty spike is unreal.
Absolutely, they really kept the game nearly exact of the original. I remember playing on PC in 2000 I had to get my assassin up to like lvl 28+ grinding for many hours trying to find good enough loot to be a match for Duriel.
you're a true wanderer
I think the barb can kill duriel on all difficulty levels without aby problem, instead of light sorc, during walktrough the game.
I brought all my money just to died on first try.. Now I'm broke and confused what to do next.
I would say do some lower level grind with gold find and magic find items. Save up maybe find better gear. Then try to go back at it when you feel you are stocked and ready. Ive had to buy the ally back at 3k plus many times on many characters. Pick up those plates, staffs wands, spec helms. Etc.
In a bind, grind.
Imagine if it refills HP when you leave.
He does so you have to be quick
I wonder how I’ll get past him on my offline character. He seems bad enough with his massive damage, but he also slows me. My partner has pretty good damage but of course she can’t heal herself. We’re both level 21 Amazons.
Amazon has been easy mode up to this point, but my spear is no longer ideal with his massive damage and my bow is a bit weaker than I need. I may need to swap my spear for a weaker javelin so I can have both the poison throw and the freeze arrow. Or I can maybe just go with my spear and just flood his room with corpses until he dies.
Side note, I just today realized that gray items are better than white items and tend to be ethereal or socketed. I had always ignored them because in Titan Quest, the gray items are broken / trash versions of items. I’ve probably missed out on a lot of good opportunities.
step 1 stop calling it your partner, its your merc
this boss is the hardest in the game im on nightmare and i cant kill him hes so hard i remember in normal he was 10 times harder then baal
Dude I can't beat him on normal. I Zone in and by the time it loads I'm already dead. GG Quality Assurance
@@henrytownshed5304 because the game spawns you when your still loading its stupid he can be hitting you when your on loading screen so i spam teleport while loading and it helped me finally kill him on nightmare but still that needs to be fixed
@@hockeysniper3783 I just don't care honestly. I bought a really shity game that plays worse than when it came when it was initially released. I'll go play a good game like The Witcher 3 or Mass Effect Trilogy I don't need this. It's a waste of time. Why waste your life playing games that just frustrate you. It's not worth it.
I don't know who works at blizzard but you would think they would at least put some effort into making a game. everything they touch lately reeks of incompetence
@@henrytownshed5304 ya i agree bro i went back to playing monster hunter
@@henrytownshed5304 This entire rant proves that you're either not a fan of Diablo and Blizzard in general or can't get good and having to be handheld by things like "checkpoints" or "autosave". Since at least 65% of this tirade is bullshit....
Just did this on pc the other day amd thought I was a god lol. Thawing potions came in handy
I swear when i fought him he was damn near running at me the entire time, two hit me the first 4 times i tried to fight him and insta killed my mercs like they were ants, i had to look it up and use the thawing pots trick to last long enough to kill him, lost like 80k dying to him over and over, man i was pissed 😂
If I’m correct there was like some orange or yellow potion that will cure a lot of hp
You can hotkey the portal so you don't have to click on it every time.
I remember playing this on a shitty PC. Walking in the room and fps drops to be 5
Same, the absolute worst. Especially if you like HC like me haha
I’m having trouble doing this as a Necro.
Try using tal-eth (stealth) rune word on two socket chest piece with high defense. 100+ and get as much defense and resistance(cold especially) Use your hired ally, load him up with good socketed gear. U may have to respec build for your Necro, I had to do that with a druid before. It took 7 or 8 portals back and fourth and buying the ally back for 3k each time 😱 If you need assistance lmk send friend request - Dragon_BallZac . Socket a two or three slot weapon with Ral runes helps bring dmg up greatly.
Go out of town and summon all of your dudes. Teleport in, and spam a debuff curse. Teleport out once all your dudes die, rinse and repeat
Same here. My Paladin stats were waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay higher when I met Duriel solo in normal for the first time, but I can't even remember how many times I died.
Create these for yourself:
Nadir:
- buy helmet with two sockets from Fara
- add runes Nef and Tir, in that order
Stealth:
- buy or find breast plate with two sockets
- add runes Tal and Eth, in that order
Get Prayer mercenary in Act 2 if you haven't already.
Create Malice for your merc:
- buy 3 socket spetum from Fara (you might need to save&exit and load back in quite a few times before she has one)
- add runes Ith, El and Eth, in that order
Buy 15-16 thawing potions. Give your merc 7 or 8 and drink the rest. This should give you plenty of time (3,5+ minutes) to beat Duriel even though you don't need a lot of time because now you can witness once mighty, unbeatable Duriel reduced to useless. He can still kill your summons easily though. Just make sure your merc survives entire fight because his weapon is the key to this.
Remember you can stash all of these for your other characters to use later.
@@UltraCasualPenguin Sweet ! Thnx ! Will do !
So I just died twice and now I’m back in town with no gear. I know I can get it if I exit game and come back, but I’m level 21 Paladin and I feel that I’m way too weak.
and i thought the act 1 boss was difficult this one is nigh impossible to beat
he killed me during the loading time in the area to him.....
First time i was not prepared, the second time i thought, i can with the right bottle, the slow effect eliminate, but wrong, i stay slow, second dead,...., now i have no armor and not change to reach my corpse, with the weapon and money.......
money is lost, but the corpse will be at your feet when you start the game again
@Zilvertron is that a new feature they've added?I noticed the other day my daughter died on her sorcererus and we started new game and her corpse was there in town at her feet. Don't remember that in original game.
@@BeastmodeZac nope, it was always like that as far as I know.
U forgot to drink few Coolant Potions, that helps a lot... maybe 4 or 5 of it
Yes Thawing potions def makes life easier with this boss, as well as a hired merc.
Bro... i killed him today it was the hardest fight with a boss i have ever had
What level were you?
Yeah I’m stuck here on Xbox one, I’m level 24 barbarian and loading screen kills me everytime… I’ve been trying level up I guess.. dunno what else to do
Send me a pic of your skill tree and stat tree if you could.
@@BeastmodeZac how do I send pics lol
Or this platform only allows gifs I believe so if you can't with that format. If you would just mention what stat allocation and skill tree points. Do you have stealth on a high defense chest piece aswell?
@@BeastmodeZac strength:69 dex: 61 vit: 60 energy:23.. got one point each on howl , shout, find potion ..mastery. Sword:2, axe: 6, iron skin:2..combat skills… bash:5, leap:2, leap attack:1, stun and concentrate: both 1, double swing:2
@@BeastmodeZac main problem is getting into the room lol
Are there no rejuvenation potions in Diablo II: Resurrected?
I collected them through the first 2 acts just for this bossfight.
yes there is, think 1 of the potion guys sells it. If not you can teleport to act 1 camp and buy from there
@@zilvertron Is that new? In the original, they could only be found. And you had to put 3 small potions in the cube to make a big one.
@@schwarzerritter5724 nope, was in OG too
@@zilvertron you can’t buy rejuvenation potions from any vendor. They can only be found from monster drops
@@marioflores3275 3 rows of potion and 1 of mana is more than enough against Duriel
and the same as before, I stopped on this boss, just like I did on PC, now on PS5, it's a pity I can't return the game
Wow I thought my armor effects were bugged and not working. Turns out, surviving 8 seconds before dying are those effects at work. Yall died in 1 hit.
I’m stuck on this guy!Why is he so hard to beat
Hes a Demon king from hell bro thats why, we can defeat him together if youd like lmk. If you do solo you really want to stack certain skill traits that become very powerful and use decent gear. I use runewords in my gear. i have extra stuff i can give you jf you need also.
Also using your merc with it geared up helps i should have in this video. I wanted to see if i could do without though. And half freeze enchantment on something, along with rejuv pots
@@BeastmodeZac I finally beat him just now!I had to use the rune word(leaf) in a 2 Socket staff wit -33% cold reduction,3 dire wolves a mercenary and a bunch of town portals and potions,thanks to this video. I had to cheese the whole fight like I did in the game Sekiro😅
@@BeastmodeZac this game makes Diablo 3 feel like a game for kids.Diablo 2 is the real deal.
Przeszedłem dzisiaj Duriela solo Nekromantą, zajęło pół dnia. Poziom 24
Normal Duriel is the hardest boss in the game! 😂
for me keep leveling is always the best option
Now try as a sorceress
I killed him in hardcore mode with my Javazon without fleeing to town. Even my mercenary almost made it out alive.
An act2 Mercenary would help bide time
Screw this boss, I was op in the game till he came and then every time I get passed the load screen I'm already dead. It's a lag.. why can't this be fixed? It makes no sense. I'm getting hit during the loading screen like wtf??
The boss itself is not hard. The problem is the ridiculous amount of damage it deals. Its like fighting a lvl 50 boss while you're at level 19. Poor game designing
I had forgotten how broken parts of this game are. This encounter was total BS. I think the various beetle/scarabs were also total BS and cheap programming.
Today is tried to kill duriel with a lvl 20 sorc... no way... He smack the shit out of me!
Ahh dang man. Try to beef up your merc first. What type of Sorceress are you?
@@BeastmodeZac do you rly want to know?
I Play with an ice sorc 🤣
Im stuck on this boss. He kills me in the loading screen
A lot of ppl have that issue with d2 resurrected on HDD vs SSD. I tested to see on ps4 vs ps5 and its significantly faster load speed on ps5 with ssd.
If you have an online character id be happy to help get u past him. lmk, PSN ID, Dragon_BallZac
is it possible to beat them without cheesing?
Ya with a merc suited up
i have garbage equipment and he's impossible to fight for me. i am considering doing the false temples for xp?
What level are you Geo?
Is it really a method if everyone does it?
I have 2 of my corpses laying in his cave with great gear right now. I'm fucked
That is the worst. I feel for ya, one corpse should pop back up in town when you log out and log back in.
tank damage and use potions...got it
How do I do this
Why is noone talking about his ign dragon ballzac?🤣
The spacing and time when you say Dragon_BallZac is essential. You got the humour in it right away and I appreciate that. Don't be sleeping on da Dragon_BallZac folks, It's time to awaken.
I swear my game is bugged I die within 2 hits and my life and strength is double yours infact every elemental attack wipes me out in a few hits i just dont get it, this boss has always been bullshit should have fixed it.
one things for sure i wouldn't have made an online character if i knew i would be 44 in a que to play it. unforgivable blizzard
2 hit death from Duriel is pretty standard.
@@coreaccount4376 1 level later and Took 4 thaw potions and filled inventory with charms, took in a merc ,stood there and beat the hell out of him only using 3 health potions, :)
I still cant believe this boss was released in such a shittily designed state
I love have bosses just come out of nowhere, and I died while the game was loading, oh by this is a trash remaster, and since I'm playing a necromancer offline enemies don't respawn so I'm literally unable to do anything.
I just purchased this from the PlayStation network and honestly I’m going to have to ask for my money back, I purchase the whole game not just the first two acts, I died and now I can’t get my shit back he instantly kills me.
Just build up to like lvl 25 on a barb
@mattlawson714 use merc with good gear on. I don't have my ps account or if ld give you some stuff to get u through. Check out D2jsp you can get all types of awesome items cheap 5fg-10fg each forum gold isnt bad in price and I've never been scammed there. If anything ppl over gift when u buy from them. To do transactions you click their profile and it says send forum gold. Took me a second to figure out very few scammers. The second someone scams for fg they are out of the community. Trust me it will make your gameplay alot easier getting a early set and weapon level reduction with socket
@@BeastmodeZac thanks my man! So I got super lucky I was able to grab him by corpse and spawn a portal before dying again. I finally just beat him actually, but I probably travel back-and-forth to town about 20 times in order to do it. I need to do some Andariel farming for some better stuff so this doesn’t happen again. I think my build is decently strong, as strong as it can be for level 21
@@BeastmodeZac yeah I really want to beef up my guy before doing anything in act 3.
@@mattlawson714 I formated my PS4 to sell it recently or I would have just given you a bunch of stuff. I'll see if any of the data was stored and link my account back up just to see if any of my items are in there.
Lol wtf is this? Just stand near a wall and he cant charge you and you wont take big dmg spikes.
DONT PLAY ON Solo, you're never get past him. Soon as the loadscreen is finished loading, your dead. This is bullshit. I made all characters, got them to act 2 and now I can't go further because this fucking boss doesn't know when it's time to fight he just goes at you giving you no time to movr
Yah I noticed this on my daughter's PS4 earlier vs my PS5 it has something to do with the HD vs new style SSD is my thought.
Shit man ur vitality mad low