Haha! Sorry, that was an oversight on my part. Here’s a summary from memory: Weapon: Shield: Helm: Body armor: Gloves: Belt: Boots: Amulet Ring 1: Ring 2:
Reminds me of another challenge video where the character was not allowed to attack. Gear was allowed so it was all thorns and aura damage all the way. Thanks for the video!
I’ve played since ‘06 LoD, and it was nice to see such a fun/unique twist on a playthrough. Enjoyed watching all the way through to the end, good job homie.
Really enjoying all of your videos. super entertaining and you give so much background information when it comes to runewords and loot ingenerell. keep up the good work :)
I’ve gotten the D2R itch recently and playing through single player again (sorc first and then may do a trapper or melee class) and i’ve been binge watching all of your videos while im at work and can’t play. I just have to say that polearm recipe blew my mind after i thought i’d seen just about everything after 20 years. Amazed at the depth this game has even after all this time. Thanks for the vids
It does show how D2 is balanced extremely towards skills. Items are important for melee but for casters using abilities its optional (of course it makes game easier and progress much faster but items are still only optional). I think naked cold sorc is another great example
Don't know if someone already told you but @28:12 you wanted it to have 4 sox but max sox is 3 which you got. Nice video! Looking forward to your next challenge :)
Zarfen, you're incredible. Diablo 2 is by far my favourite game of all time and watching you do these challenges just makes me love the game even more. I didn't know half of this stuff was possible, Kudos.
You got great humor (lol'ed at the start when you went the wrong way & when you decided to update the viewers with your gear setup which was just an empty page; this is the time in the video where I wrote the comment). Your speechcraft is quite impressive & somewhat interesting to listen to. My instincts tell me you'll find success. Keep it up.
Thinking back to the early 2000s, I never managed to beat the game on hell difficulty. And you managed it without any gear! Holy shit, dude! 😄 Great video. 👏
Great video! I streamed a clear of normal on Hardcore with Barbarian (leap attack/leap) and Amazon (passive tree only T_T). Your choice of Holy Bolt was pretty brilliant. Good job!
Your choices seem difficult! Respect for doing it in HC. I really want to do some kind of passive zon challenge but I haven’t figure out what to do yet
Amazing content! I'd never go for this challenge myself haha, hell is hard enough without restrictions. I just have a little note to add. When you go to Baal at the end of the video, there is a cheese to clear wave 5 without killing them. The game is programmed to only check if that specific room is cleared or not, so you can kite them out of there, and then when you go back in and they're not following you, then you can enter Baals chamber
Glad you liked it! I am familiar with the wave skip, but for the videos I try to avoid using it if I can at all help it, as it often feels like the true final boss for a lot of characters instead of Baal.
This as well as the challenge where you beat the game by only buying gear from vendors are some of the most interesting Diablo 2 videos I have watched in a very, very long time! Thanks for your content!
man i'm new to d2 and this video showed me everything i'm doing wrong, i just crash when i get to hell and i can't clear "den of evil" thanks for the help!
This is a really cool video, i like how you explain your thought process throughout the adventure. :) Btw Ogre Axe max sockets is only 3. It can't get more. The Grim scythe being 5 sockets means you could make obedience though, which is even more powerful than Insight (although no mana regen..) But you need a Fal rune
Thanks! Yeah a few comments have pointed that out now. I didn’t know that when I made the video, still learning new things in this game! I actually saved the grim schyte in the stash for that exact reason! But unfortunately I didn’t find a single fal or hel rune, might also have missed the ko but I don’t exactly remember. If I had struggled more against the ancients an option could have been to go grind the countess for those.
The healing from holy bolt made most fights winnable with enough time. Woestave could have been really interesting in the difficult fights if I didn’t have holy bolt I think. Thanks!
Very nice. Another trick you couldve tried once you were relying on merc is maxing our prayer and running cleansing for the heal and curse cleanse. This would also make your holy bolt heal for more. Then stack it even further with the classix merc setup cure/inaight/prayer
After paying attention to your play through, you failed to use sacrifice or zeal lol while you were doing melee, so you lost some AR/DMG haha and speed. Glad you still played through. Would have loved to see you try to play through with rainbow (cold, fire, lightning). I would have put 1 point into prayer for the buff to your healing and spare points there. Alternatively you could have done one of the many variant/hybrids. Holy Aura (which ever you like + synergies ) + FOH + Holy Bolt or FOH + Holy Bolt + Blessed Hammers /w Synergies. [This would have been preferred] The wild card lol use conversion with you main skills as a way to give you some form of crowd control.
I did put a skill point in zeal early on but I then realized it only gets 2 hits at level 1 and costs a lot of mana (for a gearless pals with not belt for mana pots 😅). So I figured points were better spent in Holy Fire. If I would have stayed with HF longer(which I maybe should have) I think it would have been a good move! Didn’t even consider sacrifice but that might have been useful. There’s a lot of ways I could have gone with the build. I honestly didn’t plan it out too much in advance, and I’m hindsight I wish I had gone heavier on FoH, including putting points into its synergies, to make killing non-undead, no-demons faster. Any enemy holy bolt could damage was no problem, so I should have put more towards making the others easier. I put some points into fanaticism to help the mercenary out , but I’m not sure how much of a difference that really made. Thanks for the comment, many points to think about.
@@zarfen yea if you make the “Angel” build which is really a hybrid of FoH / Holy Bolt and Hammers it pretty much can kill everything but Ubers since you have an equipment constraint. Obviously if you have a shield at least then you can smite
@@zarfen alternatively I had planned to do an extreme build like this in December but lost track of time. Currently I’m doing the same build but with equipment. No points in anything but vitality. Gear is capped heavily. At end I’ll grant myself enigma :)
@@zarfen Don't know if you had the runes, but 5 a socket polearm (the grim scythe at 28:03) would have been a great base for obedience, which is a relatively affordable RW and packs a lot of punch for the price :) (Hel, Ko, Thul, Eth, Fal)
@pitecusH yeah I actually saved the polearm in the stash in case I found runes for obedience, but it wasn’t even close (no Fal, Ko or even Hel if I remember correctly) I could have gone at farmed the countess maybe for it if I had gotten stuck at ancients.
I have listened to this run a couple of times while coding or doing chores. This time I finally caught the "I wondered how long that satisfaction would remain.... well" and actually cackled at my monitor
Dude, what a miserable experience, lol. It reminded me of my first playthroughs in the early 2000s, no idea how to play or what to wear, progress came in a similar fashion, slowly and with a lot of fleeing and dying.
This is the pinnacle of creating a build. No OP, no requirement for uber uniques, no rush for unholy amounts of damage, just plain skills. I bow my head
I'm going to be real with you: me and my buddy were rooting * against * you the whole time 😂 Good job proving us wrong! Baal was a huge let down across all difficulties!
Oh yeah. Now that I recall, the more obvious skill and stat-up boxes didn't come till later patches. Was in a silly spot at the bottom. I can totally see someone not paying attention, and missing the boxes for the skill/Stat increases
I just reached 2:51 when he made a crucial question: "Are Charms gear?" The answer is: YES, Charms are gear. Charms aren't equipment because we don't equip them on your character, but they are gear. Since the challenge is beating Diablo 2 without gear, Charms shouldn't be acceptable. Now, moving on with the video =)
You know what… fair point. When making the decision I was thinking gear = equipment, but I could perhaps agree to charms being gear but not equipment… darn it
Ive never played with holy fire before either and am so surprised how good it is. Especially in the jungle against those pesky little flayers. They're the bane of my melee existence.
Yeah, I was thinking mainly about the flat fire damage added to my punches, so I was quite surprised when it started 1-shorting things with the aura damage
The first character I played was a physical Bowazon on single player. It was really challenging, but with a lot of trial and error I finally got through the game and beat Baal on Hell difficulty. So as a bit of a reward I decided to give my first non-mule paladin character a bunch of gambling money and farmed a Rixot's keen short sword (I found one at some point but it was ethereal). After that I went out and did a holy fire build and SSF with the start of this video inspiring me. Since things were so easy, I ramped up the difficulty to p7 or p8 most of the way through, aside from some bosses (and countess to get more runes). The side effect was that I was leveling like crazy, and thus getting stronger holy fire, then resist fire for its synergy. When I turned it down to players one on ancients thinking they'd be tougher, the aura effect alone had nearly killed the third one by the time I got to attacking him with the sword. So far in Nightmare, it's not quite as effective, and Bishiboshi was the first immune, but with crushing blow on the Rixot's and some crafted blood gloves that was ok too... This paladin still seems like he's leveling by accident a lot of times just from being unable to find the waypoint or exit right away. I'm going to see how far I can take Holy Fire, perhaps until all the synergies are used up. I have a feeling that Hell would be hellish though. Anyway, thank you Zarfen for giving me the idea to do that, it's been pretty darn fun the last 2-3 days. I don't think I'll try this no-gear idea though. Love your videos and humor :)
Hey thanks for the comment! Well done for going bowazon first and seeing it all the way through! It’s a challenging build when playing SSF. I am sure the fire Paladin felt over-powered following that! Hell has many fire immunes, but you should have skill points over to make a built to deal with them. I think a popular one is to respec and go main holy shock with holy freeze as back-up for lightning immunes, but lots of viable options. Glad to hear you’re having fun with the game, and of course enjoying the videos :)
@@zarfen oh yes, he makes it feel like a different game so far. I appreciate your suggestion for the Hell build too! Watching your videos about D2R are fun, and often way more enjoyable than playing the Bowazon. I was going to kill the countess many times with her for a chance of good runes but got very frustrated with physical immune packs of ghosts down there. It seemed like they were near a floor entry point almost every time. After not long I had to go back to Nightmare with my tail between my legs. A few levels later they were still tough, but I'd found a Kuko Shakaku bow (from Nightmare countess, ironically) to use on them and it worked well! Otherwise, I ended up using Insight. My Valkyrie from Peace armor and Merc did some very heavy lifting. I could not imagine doing this in a Hardcore situation. I wish you good luck on the Unique Items only challenge you're doing :)
DIablo 2 is a great game. Played it like 2 decades ago all the time. I only played in Hardcore mode once it was introduced (if you die, you lose your character, items, everything). Had level 99's of all characters, including expansion characters. Still pick it up ever few years to play though, of course still on Hardcore mode. No way you can make it through that without gear.
I really appreciate you showing what Unique items you got on the run even though you couldn't technically use them. The Loot-goblin brain in me needs to know this information lol Edit: well, most of them :P.
I actually think this character is better against CS without gear. Diablo destroys weak summons sooo fast. Might be better in general though, lots of meat shield and decrepify curse seems very safe
I wish you had hovered over each gear slot so I could see the details of the items during the gear check
Haha! Sorry, that was an oversight on my part. Here’s a summary from memory:
Weapon:
Shield:
Helm:
Body armor:
Gloves:
Belt:
Boots:
Amulet
Ring 1:
Ring 2:
@@zarfen Thank you. I will try this build out.
I can't believe you got the rng needed to complete your build so early
@@zarfenAre you sure about the Ring 1? There was cursor so we didn't see properly. You may have cheated :(
@@zarfentoo rich for my blood! Maybe if I find an hr early next season!
Alternative Title: Holy Naked man and hired friend defeat the Devil and his Nefarious minions with nothing but their fists, and their imaginations.
not once but three times
Naked man and friend fisting? Nah, I dunno 😂
And gifts from faith
They also have the power of God and friendship on their side.
@@blacklight1104 Any DM would willfully and passionately disagree. The hate for paladins is real! I KNOW BECAUSE I (jokingly) DO TOO!!
It's been 25 years, and Paladin is still op.
Incredible video, man. Pleasure to watch all the way through. Love the original idea and story telling. Keep 'em coming!
Thank you so much, man! Really appreciate it.
“Not for damage… but for humiliation” 😂😂😂😂😂
I laughed a little bit out loud when he said that
Reminds me of another challenge video where the character was not allowed to attack. Gear was allowed so it was all thorns and aura damage all the way. Thanks for the video!
yes, the pacifist built.
Yes the Backlogs. He makes incredible Videos. By far my favorite youtuber.
Hahaha amazing timing on that zoom out at 0:52 right as you said "well". Got an audible chuckle out of me.
I immediately paused and started scrolling through the comments to see who else appreciated that 😂
Meanwhile I can't beat hell ancients in 30 minutes with a power leveled sorc wearing the best gear I could find up to that point.
Hah, I don't remember that i'm defeat a game on hell difficulty even once...
Static is your friend 😉
Its impossible with 60-70 percent of affix combinations
I always cheese tf out of the ancients lmao. Personally the boss fight I struggle with the most
You casting holy bolts to the merc honestly looks like your cheering him on and healing him through positive vibes :)
Haha now that you said it I totally see it with they way the Paladin pumps his fist in the air!
You got me with the “well.” instantly subbed
U should try this challenge with all the characters. Ur dialogues and documentary are awesome to listen to.
Thanks a lot! I would have never considered making this a series… but maybe, I’ll consider it!
after all these years I didn't think I'd learn something new about this game. handy crafting recipe, kudos
I’ve played since ‘06 LoD, and it was nice to see such a fun/unique twist on a playthrough.
Enjoyed watching all the way through to the end, good job homie.
Really enjoying all of your videos.
super entertaining and you give so much background information when it comes to runewords and loot ingenerell.
keep up the good work :)
Thanks, I appreciate it!
I’ve gotten the D2R itch recently and playing through single player again (sorc first and then may do a trapper or melee class) and i’ve been binge watching all of your videos while im at work and can’t play. I just have to say that polearm recipe blew my mind after i thought i’d seen just about everything after 20 years. Amazed at the depth this game has even after all this time. Thanks for the vids
Creative concept and a big challenge. I enjoyed watching this completely, and I commend you on great content! THANK YOU! Very well done!
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it.
@zarfen Also, loved the cube recipe you shared for polearms! I used that this ladder season!
That’s awesome! @natasreficul6666
It does show how D2 is balanced extremely towards skills. Items are important for melee but for casters using abilities its optional (of course it makes game easier and progress much faster but items are still only optional). I think naked cold sorc is another great example
Don't know if someone already told you but @28:12 you wanted it to have 4 sox but max sox is 3 which you got. Nice video! Looking forward to your next challenge :)
Yeah a few comments have pointed this out, but I had no idea while making the video! Thanks :)
I havent played d2 since the early 2010's but its very enjoyable to watch you. Nicely edited and great naration!
Emilio definatly diserves a raise
Thanks!
Haha yeah, I hope he gets a cut on all the gold I paid to resurrect him.
Insane lol. Well done man. That must have been very painful at times.
It was a grind for sure, but holy bolt + sanctuary helped A LOT.
You are one heck of a player doing this. Massive respect man.Might be one of the best Diablo 2 player out there.
Always a banger when you upload bro ❤
Thanks man!
Zarfen, you're incredible.
Diablo 2 is by far my favourite game of all time and watching you do these challenges just makes me love the game even more. I didn't know half of this stuff was possible, Kudos.
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoy the videos!
You got great humor (lol'ed at the start when you went the wrong way & when you decided to update the viewers with your gear setup which was just an empty page; this is the time in the video where I wrote the comment). Your speechcraft is quite impressive & somewhat interesting to listen to. My instincts tell me you'll find success. Keep it up.
What a great watch this was, you structure your videos in a way thats glueing me to what you are presenting
Thanks!
Loving this challenge series, this was fun to watch!
Excellent job with this challenge. It was fun to watch :)
Thanks! Glad you liked it
Dude, I just discovered your channel. This is amazing to watch. You have a real knack for making a story.
Thank you! Glad you liked it
Thinking back to the early 2000s, I never managed to beat the game on hell difficulty. And you managed it without any gear! Holy shit, dude! 😄
Great video. 👏
Well to be fair I also played back then but never stopped so I’ve had a few practice runs 😅
Thanks a lot!
Great video! I streamed a clear of normal on Hardcore with Barbarian (leap attack/leap) and Amazon (passive tree only T_T). Your choice of Holy Bolt was pretty brilliant. Good job!
Your choices seem difficult! Respect for doing it in HC.
I really want to do some kind of passive zon challenge but I haven’t figure out what to do yet
Good video sir. In a world where I find myself sticking to my comfort zone, it felt good to hear a new voice having fun with the game. Subscribed.
Nice job . Seriously thanks for the video. I never would have thought holy bolt would have been able to carry you so well. Bravo man
Thank you for your kind comment!
In the old diablo2 it wouldnt have cuz it was undead only
Always looking forward your next videos. They are very good. Keep it up :)
Hey, I stopped at 28:12 to tell you that Ogre Axe cannot have 4 sockets :P Either way, nice video and good job man!
Thanks! Yeah a few other comments also pointed that out. Still learning new things in this game!
Great video, Zarfen! Just a quick note, Prevent monster heal does only work if a player is applying it, won't work for mercs.
Amazing content! I'd never go for this challenge myself haha, hell is hard enough without restrictions.
I just have a little note to add. When you go to Baal at the end of the video, there is a cheese to clear wave 5 without killing them. The game is programmed to only check if that specific room is cleared or not, so you can kite them out of there, and then when you go back in and they're not following you, then you can enter Baals chamber
Glad you liked it!
I am familiar with the wave skip, but for the videos I try to avoid using it if I can at all help it, as it often feels like the true final boss for a lot of characters instead of Baal.
Just got this video recommended and blitzed the channel I think ill go try D2R with mods this time
Thank you for this amazing content ❤
This as well as the challenge where you beat the game by only buying gear from vendors are some of the most interesting Diablo 2 videos I have watched in a very, very long time! Thanks for your content!
Thank you! I’m glad you liked them
I really loved this challenge. Great work friend!
Thanks, I’m glad you liked it!
Does this emilio guy also have a youtube channel? you should put his channel in the discription you help you out big time, the real MVP.
Haha he could maybe have a vlog style channel where he rants about having to save me all the time
"Let's do a gear check" absolutely dropped me 😂
man i'm new to d2 and this video showed me everything i'm doing wrong, i just crash when i get to hell and i can't clear "den of evil" thanks for the help!
There’s a lot of little “tricks” that make a big difference like certain runewords, but that the game doesn’t really tell you about! 😅
@@zarfen exactly, man i learned a lot from your video thx!
You humble me, bro. Your devotion to this is admirable, well done.
Great challenge vid. I'm very surprised you managed to beat Hell this way. GG!
Great video! Dedication at its finest. Watched the whole thing! ❤❤
Thank you!
This is crazy bro, great job!
Top tier D2R content 10/10
Thanks! Glad you liked it
this video perfectly shows how op the pal is
That was really really fun lol. Great challenge and great video.
Thank you!
Man i really enjoyed the journey, good job
This is a really cool video, i like how you explain your thought process throughout the adventure. :)
Btw Ogre Axe max sockets is only 3. It can't get more. The Grim scythe being 5 sockets means you could make obedience though, which is even more powerful than Insight (although no mana regen..) But you need a Fal rune
Thanks!
Yeah a few comments have pointed that out now. I didn’t know that when I made the video, still learning new things in this game!
I actually saved the grim schyte in the stash for that exact reason! But unfortunately I didn’t find a single fal or hel rune, might also have missed the ko but I don’t exactly remember. If I had struggled more against the ancients an option could have been to go grind the countess for those.
Man this was a great video. Really enjoyed it. Subbed
Thanks, glad you liked it!
That is straight up insane.. good for you!
😁
Woestave is pretty interesting overall. Nice find. Sure there are better options, but your merc hinders whatever it touches. Great vid.
The healing from holy bolt made most fights winnable with enough time. Woestave could have been really interesting in the difficult fights if I didn’t have holy bolt I think. Thanks!
great video! enjoyed every second of it.
Thank you, glad you liked it!
Resist fire is massive for holy fire. Gotta use it!
Congratulations! it was very enjoyable.
wtf, I haven't even beat act 1 hell mode, and here this dude just .. walks through everything naked
Well he plays a caster character and thus equipment is in fact unimportant (as you can see).
wow you read my mind. I was thinking if you can beat this game without items.. and today i see this video.!
Amazing video, loved every moment of it!
Thanks! Glad you liked it
I would love to see this challenge with other classes, it's a great video, and nicely done.
Thanks! I’ll definitely consider it, the response to this video has been great.
Stop bro, the zoom out on the well 😂 subtle yet goated edit
Very nice.
Another trick you couldve tried once you were relying on merc is maxing our prayer and running cleansing for the heal and curse cleanse. This would also make your holy bolt heal for more.
Then stack it even further with the classix merc setup cure/inaight/prayer
After paying attention to your play through, you failed to use sacrifice or zeal lol while you were doing melee, so you lost some AR/DMG haha and speed. Glad you still played through. Would have loved to see you try to play through with rainbow (cold, fire, lightning). I would have put 1 point into prayer for the buff to your healing and spare points there.
Alternatively you could have done one of the many variant/hybrids.
Holy Aura (which ever you like + synergies ) + FOH + Holy Bolt
or
FOH + Holy Bolt + Blessed Hammers /w Synergies. [This would have been preferred]
The wild card lol use conversion with you main skills as a way to give you some form of crowd control.
I did put a skill point in zeal early on but I then realized it only gets 2 hits at level 1 and costs a lot of mana (for a gearless pals with not belt for mana pots 😅). So I figured points were better spent in Holy Fire. If I would have stayed with HF longer(which I maybe should have) I think it would have been a good move! Didn’t even consider sacrifice but that might have been useful.
There’s a lot of ways I could have gone with the build. I honestly didn’t plan it out too much in advance, and I’m hindsight I wish I had gone heavier on FoH, including putting points into its synergies, to make killing non-undead, no-demons faster. Any enemy holy bolt could damage was no problem, so I should have put more towards making the others easier. I put some points into fanaticism to help the mercenary out , but I’m not sure how much of a difference that really made.
Thanks for the comment, many points to think about.
@@zarfen yea mana becomes an issue then :)
@@zarfen yea if you make the “Angel” build which is really a hybrid of FoH / Holy Bolt and Hammers it pretty much can kill everything but Ubers since you have an equipment constraint. Obviously if you have a shield at least then you can smite
@@zarfen alternatively I had planned to do an extreme build like this in December but lost track of time.
Currently I’m doing the same build but with equipment. No points in anything but vitality. Gear is capped heavily. At end I’ll grant myself enigma :)
What do you skip from the hammer build to make the hybrid? Blessed hammer synergies or concentration? Not sure I’ve ever heard of that build
Great video as always! FYI, 3 sockets is the max for an ogre axe.
Damn, still learning new things in this game! 😅
@@zarfen Don't know if you had the runes, but 5 a socket polearm (the grim scythe at 28:03) would have been a great base for obedience, which is a relatively affordable RW and packs a lot of punch for the price :) (Hel, Ko, Thul, Eth, Fal)
@pitecusH yeah I actually saved the polearm in the stash in case I found runes for obedience, but it wasn’t even close (no Fal, Ko or even Hel if I remember correctly)
I could have gone at farmed the countess maybe for it if I had gotten stuck at ancients.
How am I still learning new things about this game after 24 years ..
I have listened to this run a couple of times while coding or doing chores. This time I finally caught the "I wondered how long that satisfaction would remain.... well" and actually cackled at my monitor
*sees d2 challenge video*
Subbed. Love you, and love your love of the game I've played the most over the last 20 or so years 😂💜✌️
Thanks man, D2 is something special
Really nice to Watch! Thx for the video
Damn dude that Diablo circlet wasn’t bad! Visionary and FRW! Almost good enough for LLD!!
Dude, what a miserable experience, lol. It reminded me of my first playthroughs in the early 2000s, no idea how to play or what to wear, progress came in a similar fashion, slowly and with a lot of fleeing and dying.
It's rough when a playthrough goes like that. Doesn't happen to me as often as it did back in the day, but sometimes the grind becomes all too real.
Look up Mr.Llamasc. Before D2R came out he took a Punch Barb to Hell, using gear, but no merc or weapon. And he did a Pacifist Paladin a few times.
A Pacidin
This is the pinnacle of creating a build. No OP, no requirement for uber uniques, no rush for unholy amounts of damage, just plain skills. I bow my head
I'm going to be real with you: me and my buddy were rooting * against * you the whole time 😂
Good job proving us wrong! Baal was a huge let down across all difficulties!
Quite impressive feat :) gj there
Good job, mate 👍
Love your challenge runs ❤
Thank you!
I have a lot of fun making them so there will definitely be more in the future
very relaxing. i appreciate the lack of yelling or mercenary bullying.
nice diablo 2 content
Your channel is awesome,
binging it all :)
Thanks! Glad you like it
My father beated first act without leveling up, he simply didn't know, that you can level up in this game
Oh yeah. Now that I recall, the more obvious skill and stat-up boxes didn't come till later patches.
Was in a silly spot at the bottom. I can totally see someone not paying attention, and missing the boxes for the skill/Stat increases
I’ve watched this video several times and the gear check still gets me every time 😂
Naked whirlwind fist barb would of been funny to see
0:51 "Well" - that got me lol :D
honestly, I have never played Paladin cause I thought it's a bad class...but after this video, I tried making your build, and boy it's fun.... LOL
Its often been considered the strongest class
@@procow2274 okay tbf, I really suck at Diablo 2 XD
That was nothing short of amazing, wow. You should try pandemonium with no gear next
This episode: Dedicated to Emilio!
That 'well' gag caught me off guard, well played sir.
I just reached 2:51 when he made a crucial question: "Are Charms gear?" The answer is: YES, Charms are gear. Charms aren't equipment because we don't equip them on your character, but they are gear. Since the challenge is beating Diablo 2 without gear, Charms shouldn't be acceptable. Now, moving on with the video =)
You know what… fair point. When making the decision I was thinking gear = equipment, but I could perhaps agree to charms being gear but not equipment… darn it
@@zarfen Thinking along these lines, one can also consider potions and scrolls/books to be gear as well.
Ive never played with holy fire before either and am so surprised how good it is. Especially in the jungle against those pesky little flayers. They're the bane of my melee existence.
Yeah, I was thinking mainly about the flat fire damage added to my punches, so I was quite surprised when it started 1-shorting things with the aura damage
Its always been decent ( mostly ) but i believe it got buffed even more in D2R
Wow, amazing 👏👏👏 outstanding job
The first character I played was a physical Bowazon on single player. It was really challenging, but with a lot of trial and error I finally got through the game and beat Baal on Hell difficulty.
So as a bit of a reward I decided to give my first non-mule paladin character a bunch of gambling money and farmed a Rixot's keen short sword (I found one at some point but it was ethereal). After that I went out and did a holy fire build and SSF with the start of this video inspiring me. Since things were so easy, I ramped up the difficulty to p7 or p8 most of the way through, aside from some bosses (and countess to get more runes). The side effect was that I was leveling like crazy, and thus getting stronger holy fire, then resist fire for its synergy. When I turned it down to players one on ancients thinking they'd be tougher, the aura effect alone had nearly killed the third one by the time I got to attacking him with the sword.
So far in Nightmare, it's not quite as effective, and Bishiboshi was the first immune, but with crushing blow on the Rixot's and some crafted blood gloves that was ok too... This paladin still seems like he's leveling by accident a lot of times just from being unable to find the waypoint or exit right away. I'm going to see how far I can take Holy Fire, perhaps until all the synergies are used up. I have a feeling that Hell would be hellish though.
Anyway, thank you Zarfen for giving me the idea to do that, it's been pretty darn fun the last 2-3 days. I don't think I'll try this no-gear idea though. Love your videos and humor :)
Hey thanks for the comment!
Well done for going bowazon first and seeing it all the way through! It’s a challenging build when playing SSF.
I am sure the fire Paladin felt over-powered following that!
Hell has many fire immunes, but you should have skill points over to make a built to deal with them. I think a popular one is to respec and go main holy shock with holy freeze as back-up for lightning immunes, but lots of viable options.
Glad to hear you’re having fun with the game, and of course enjoying the videos :)
@@zarfen oh yes, he makes it feel like a different game so far. I appreciate your suggestion for the Hell build too!
Watching your videos about D2R are fun, and often way more enjoyable than playing the Bowazon. I was going to kill the countess many times with her for a chance of good runes but got very frustrated with physical immune packs of ghosts down there. It seemed like they were near a floor entry point almost every time. After not long I had to go back to Nightmare with my tail between my legs. A few levels later they were still tough, but I'd found a Kuko Shakaku bow (from Nightmare countess, ironically) to use on them and it worked well! Otherwise, I ended up using Insight. My Valkyrie from Peace armor and Merc did some very heavy lifting. I could not imagine doing this in a Hardcore situation.
I wish you good luck on the Unique Items only challenge you're doing :)
DIablo 2 is a great game. Played it like 2 decades ago all the time. I only played in Hardcore mode once it was introduced (if you die, you lose your character, items, everything). Had level 99's of all characters, including expansion characters. Still pick it up ever few years to play though, of course still on Hardcore mode. No way you can make it through that without gear.
You can shift+right click pots to instantly give them to your merc. No drag and drop required
Fishy summoner with revives probably also a good choice
Now you've started a series, we wanna see it get done in all different classes. Who's next?
I didn’t plan to do it but it is kind of intriguing… I guess maybe one of the summoner classes? Definitely not Barbarian or Amazon 😅
Cool! Great play!
I really appreciate you showing what Unique items you got on the run even though you couldn't technically use them. The Loot-goblin brain in me needs to know this information lol
Edit: well, most of them :P.
"Power of Friendship" Emilio is a keeper.
The summon necro can do chaos naked, try with him as your character
I actually think this character is better against CS without gear. Diablo destroys weak summons sooo fast. Might be better in general though, lots of meat shield and decrepify curse seems very safe
if u decrep diablo he barely moves... almost impossible to kill skellies@@zarfen
@@zarfen Or just Iron Maiden + Clay Golem and let the bosses kill themselves... works 100%
@Stompy1984 clever! I’ve read about people using that but never tried myself.
That's impressive man, got my sub! Thanks for the entertaining video! How long did it take you total without editing?
Thanks, glad you liked it!
I didn’t keep track and playing was spread out over a few weeks but I’m guessing around 40 hours total 😅