Only runewords that range between Lum and Ist are listed. For a list of low level runewords watch this one: th-cam.com/video/APraM8BPtqg/w-d-xo.html 0:06 Smoke (Nef+Lum) 0:41 Treachery (Shael+Thul+Lem) 1:55 Stone (Shael+Um+Pul+Lum) 2:23 Obedience (Hel+Ko+Thul+Eth+Fal) Ladder only 3:05 Lionheart (Hel+Lum+Fal) 3:19 Lawbringer (Amn+Lem+Ko) Forgot to mention it in the video, but this is ladder only. 3:57 Wealth (Lem+Ko+Tir) 4:13 Duress (Shael+Um+Thul) 4:34 Crescent Moon (Shael+Um+Tir) 5:00 Sanctuary (Ko+Ko+Mal) 5:32 Delirium (Lem+Ist+Io) 5:59 Harmony (Tir+Ith+Sol+Ko) Ladder only 6:22 Splendor (Eth+Lum) 6:30 Memory (Lum+Io+Sol+Eth) 6:42 Bone (Sol+Um+Um) 6:56 Oath (Shael+Pul+Mal+Lum) Ladder only
Gloom is cool for the Dim Vision proc, but I didn't list it because I have never used Gloom. Smoke and Lionheart are very similar, even better in some cases and much cheaper. Should've mentioned it still I suppose.
Hey man, I love your videoes. I was wondering if you could do one where you gamble circlets. They can be pretty good, and I always use all my gold on it. So far I have gotten some really good ones. However Id like to see, 100 circlet gambles or something like that, on a high level charater. They always spawn with interesting stats.
Obedience is my favourite merc weapon. It's cheap, easy to make, and amazing all round, with the res and CB. Choosing between that and Insight is always difficult, because I really like Meditation, too. Merc with Obedience boosted by Fanaticism or Concentration will easily take on Hell Ball.
hey man, thanks a lot for that video! i started builidng a plugy singly player sorc (lvl 35 now) and this video is PERFECT! for me in my build planning. keep up the great work, your vid really helped me!
Gloom is interesting. Dim Vision apparently shuts down ranged attackers and even apparent prevents certain monsters from using special attacks, like blood lords frenzy. It kinda expensive though
Used a couple of those runewords on a mld smiter years back. Treachery and oath were a great combo. Get that fade proc with vamp gaze and string of ears and youre at max damage reduction which bowzons absolutely hated. Still have my collection of lvl 95+ ears on my lvl 49 smiter :)
Easy, by getting non eth tier 2 Battle Scythe or Partizan, then socket recipe from the cube. Even Grief is possible to create in Nightmare - Baal's minions can drop a Lo rune in Nightmare difficulty.
I never thought of using lionheart as a merc armor... it would be useful for meeting that tough strength requirement for a CV, however I'm not sure if you would be better off using a griswold's or not since it has the strength bonus and can be socketed with Um rune and 15 IAS jewels that rolled enhanced damage that's no higher than 34 percent or so. Still it's an interesting consideration
Nice work Indrek ! didn't notice you posted a video or i would have watch it way earlier :D I still play diablo 2 when i go time, i am also trying lots of different build, only on monoplayer, i use a program to get insane big space in chest and also share chest, so i can get all the unique weapons. also farming act 3 low kurast epic chests for runes, i got some vex runes ists easily also :)
Sanctuary looks quite nice. I have a Mossers already so I'm ok for the resistances but the recovery and the missile defence looks very handy. I may have to spunk my first Mal rune on that!
I think the damage Vipers deal is bugged and it ticks physical damage faster than it should. It only ticks when you walk through it. You're fine if you stand still. It also triggers when mercenary walks through it. You can counter the damage if you get flat or % damage reduction.
you can use a rune word that equip thorns aura like edge or bramble against that kind of foes, i used the combat act 2 merc nightmare with that aura and it worked me against dolls in act 3, it might be useful for you
I pretty much stick to Stone for my Mercs, if you need your merc to kill for you, well, you might be playing a gimpy build or fighting mobs you should skip. Why Stone? 60% FHR. If you have life leach on your merc, the only thing that can easily kill him is stun lock, also, he is not hitting if he is getting stun locked, so Fortitude doesn't do crap if he can't actually fight. Stone or Treachery? I don't tend to use Andy's, but you can also use Duress with Kira's getting them cannot be Frozen is a huge boon. The great thing about Stone is the godly defense, and I use Defiance mercs for every character except the Hammerdin (Holy Freeze) and Bowie.(Might), I do not play necros. Treachery is good when the Fade goes off, but I tend to have maxed resists without it, which means your merc is only getting 15% Reduced damage, but that's phys damage. It is a good armor, but it's not my favourite. I know you mentioned all this, but the merc breakpoint for FHR is at 60 then 86, Stone gets him to the second highest breakpoint he can get I think.
Shaftstop > Stone. Shaft should be easier to find than runes required by Stone. And Shaft gives 30% dr. 30% dr looks better to me than defense. Obedience don't have %life stolen per hit and crushing blow doesn't do much. It's fun to make Obedience, but it's not that useful. It can be harder to find good base for Obedience than Reaper's Toll, and i don't think that merc even with perfect Obedience in perfect base can output same damage as merc with the worst possible Reaper's Toll. Bone. Is it really better than Vipermagi?
He said better than smoke or lionheart. Vmagi is probably better unless you really need the bone armor proc. Im considering trying this on my fury druid tho
Hey man, I love your videos and I was wondering if you're planning on playing on HC EU for ladder? I'd love to team up with you if I get the chance :-) Been playing HC SP for a long while now myself, so it'd be the same style I'd bring into b.net for ladder. anyway, hope to see more from you man :-)
Lionheart is much much better for fury druid than smoke. Fury druid doesn't get IAS from gloves or chest, only weapon. Also the 50 life then is more than 100 in werewolf form. Obviously lionheart isn't better for everyone in every situation.
What do you think about bone armor? Im trying to put together a fury druid and rn im just running treachery for fade resists. Otherwise im big negative res.
@@unsubme2157 bone armor seems like it has nothing for a druid besides the resistances. Also the 2 um runes seems expensive. If you were really in a bind use a yellow armor, add a socket from the shenk quest and toss an um rune in that. +Life is big for shape shifters with the lyncanthropy multiplying life. I have a few hardcore fury druids. I stack resistances, life, and damage reduction in that order.
For normal difficulty fastest way to clear is Wake of Fire. Build Stealth and Leaf runeword while leveling. You get to respec once from Akara in each difficulty so you can respec out of Wake of Fire to lightning traps after completing normal and doing some normal Baal runs.
Ethreal means 50% increased base stats. For weapons thats damage, for armor its armor rating. You cannot repair eth items so the only time they are used is a) with a zod rune or a runeword involving zod, b) on a merc because they do not use durability, or c) on caster weapons. They dont use durability unless you swing, and sometimes you just find an eth base before you find a non eth base.
Only runewords that range between Lum and Ist are listed. For a list of low level runewords watch this one: th-cam.com/video/APraM8BPtqg/w-d-xo.html
0:06 Smoke (Nef+Lum)
0:41 Treachery (Shael+Thul+Lem)
1:55 Stone (Shael+Um+Pul+Lum)
2:23 Obedience (Hel+Ko+Thul+Eth+Fal) Ladder only
3:05 Lionheart (Hel+Lum+Fal)
3:19 Lawbringer (Amn+Lem+Ko) Forgot to mention it in the video, but this is ladder only.
3:57 Wealth (Lem+Ko+Tir)
4:13 Duress (Shael+Um+Thul)
4:34 Crescent Moon (Shael+Um+Tir)
5:00 Sanctuary (Ko+Ko+Mal)
5:32 Delirium (Lem+Ist+Io)
5:59 Harmony (Tir+Ith+Sol+Ko) Ladder only
6:22 Splendor (Eth+Lum)
6:30 Memory (Lum+Io+Sol+Eth)
6:42 Bone (Sol+Um+Um)
6:56 Oath (Shael+Pul+Mal+Lum) Ladder only
Gloom is cool for the Dim Vision proc, but I didn't list it because I have never used Gloom. Smoke and Lionheart are very similar, even better in some cases and much cheaper. Should've mentioned it still I suppose.
Hey man, I love your videoes. I was wondering if you could do one where you gamble circlets. They can be pretty good, and I always use all my gold on it. So far I have gotten some really good ones. However Id like to see, 100 circlet gambles or something like that, on a high level charater. They always spawn with interesting stats.
where did you farm 5 socket weapon?
Love Obedience :) And glad you took so much time on treachery, its truly at first glance not seemingly as good as it is, but its just sooo strong.
Love your videos. You should make them more often if you have the time. You are the best D2 TH-camr, in my opinion.
So true Strongly agree
Sorry but Mr Llama would like to have a word with you
Obedience is my favourite merc weapon. It's cheap, easy to make, and amazing all round, with the res and CB. Choosing between that and Insight is always difficult, because I really like Meditation, too. Merc with Obedience boosted by Fanaticism or Concentration will easily take on Hell Ball.
hey man,
thanks a lot for that video!
i started builidng a plugy singly player sorc (lvl 35 now) and this video is PERFECT! for me in my build planning.
keep up the great work, your vid really helped me!
Great videos! I’m brushing up on my d2 knowledge in anticipation of D2 Resurrected! Only ever play hardcore myself as well :)
"You have to use an act 5 mercenary, but that's ok, Barbarian is cooler anyway" True that
It's a shame you don't put up more videos. They're good. You should keep doing it :)
Gloom is interesting. Dim Vision apparently shuts down ranged attackers and even apparent prevents certain monsters from using special attacks, like blood lords frenzy. It kinda expensive though
Used a couple of those runewords on a mld smiter years back. Treachery and oath were a great combo. Get that fade proc with vamp gaze and string of ears and youre at max damage reduction which bowzons absolutely hated. Still have my collection of lvl 95+ ears on my lvl 49 smiter :)
Thanks for the video Indrek.. a very big help indeed
5:11 We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow. That's where we want to go. Way down in KoKoMal.
Indrek your videos is so helpful thank you! :)
already loved the low lovel rune words video. thanks for this one too mate
Thanks indrek. Thindrek.
Look around you.
Very nice runeword list, buddy. I am always lucky with Obedience and Lawbringer runewods to have created them on Nightmare difficulty. :)
Easy, by getting non eth tier 2 Battle Scythe or Partizan, then socket recipe from the cube. Even Grief is possible to create in Nightmare - Baal's minions can drop a Lo rune in Nightmare difficulty.
Everything is personal preference where to farm. :)
Indeed. :)
I never thought of using lionheart as a merc armor... it would be useful for meeting that tough strength requirement for a CV, however I'm not sure if you would be better off using a griswold's or not since it has the strength bonus and can be socketed with Um rune and 15 IAS jewels that rolled enhanced damage that's no higher than 34 percent or so. Still it's an interesting consideration
Griz is great, huck some amethysts in it and cv away at lvl 70
Nice work Indrek ! didn't notice you posted a video or i would have watch it way earlier :D I still play diablo 2 when i go time, i am also trying lots of different build, only on monoplayer, i use a program to get insane big space in chest and also share chest, so i can get all the unique weapons. also farming act 3 low kurast epic chests for runes, i got some vex runes ists easily also :)
friend and I had a harmony rogue merc and insight spear merc, loads of fun in tandem.
Sanctuary looks quite nice. I have a Mossers already so I'm ok for the resistances but the recovery and the missile defence looks very handy. I may have to spunk my first Mal rune on that!
Thinkin the same thing, im still using ancients pledge at lv 82 grinding wsk and meph
Been waiting so long for another video 🙄
Nice video, Indrek.
Much love from Canada, your videos are the best D2 content on TH-cam. Please put more mf runs out
Quick question about d2. Why do the pit viper in halls of vaught nearly always instakill you? Been trying to grind keys but their such a huge pain
I think the damage Vipers deal is bugged and it ticks physical damage faster than it should. It only ticks when you walk through it. You're fine if you stand still. It also triggers when mercenary walks through it. You can counter the damage if you get flat or % damage reduction.
Indrek Thanks man, helps a lot!
you can use a rune word that equip thorns aura like edge or bramble against that kind of foes, i used the combat act 2 merc nightmare with that aura and it worked me against dolls in act 3, it might be useful for you
I saw that you uploaded a recent video and I immediately clicked.
Spirit sword ofc
Those are low level runes.
I pretty much stick to Stone for my Mercs, if you need your merc to kill for you, well, you might be playing a gimpy build or fighting mobs you should skip. Why Stone? 60% FHR. If you have life leach on your merc, the only thing that can easily kill him is stun lock, also, he is not hitting if he is getting stun locked, so Fortitude doesn't do crap if he can't actually fight.
Stone or Treachery? I don't tend to use Andy's, but you can also use Duress with Kira's getting them cannot be Frozen is a huge boon. The great thing about Stone is the godly defense, and I use Defiance mercs for every character except the Hammerdin (Holy Freeze) and Bowie.(Might), I do not play necros.
Treachery is good when the Fade goes off, but I tend to have maxed resists without it, which means your merc is only getting 15% Reduced damage, but that's phys damage. It is a good armor, but it's not my favourite.
I know you mentioned all this, but the merc breakpoint for FHR is at 60 then 86, Stone gets him to the second highest breakpoint he can get I think.
Love the videos!
You should have that robot application talk for you. Because I can't understand a word
It's on Ladder only..
Shaftstop > Stone. Shaft should be easier to find than runes required by Stone. And Shaft gives 30% dr. 30% dr looks better to me than defense.
Obedience don't have %life stolen per hit and crushing blow doesn't do much. It's fun to make Obedience, but it's not that useful. It can be harder to find good base for Obedience than Reaper's Toll, and i don't think that merc even with perfect Obedience in perfect base can output same damage as merc with the worst possible Reaper's Toll.
Bone. Is it really better than Vipermagi?
He said better than smoke or lionheart. Vmagi is probably better unless you really need the bone armor proc. Im considering trying this on my fury druid tho
Great video
I know I'm kinda late to the party, but can you please tell me if the item I want to put runeword on has to be grey (normal) or can be blue (magic) ?
Hey! It has to be grey
@@IndrekLeede okay! thanks for help :)
Duress
Obedience
Splendor
🔝
Treachery
Totally overestimated
D2 is a game of haste, simply w8 for it to proc is not haste, it’s waste (of time)
New video woooo!
Hey man, I love your videos and I was wondering if you're planning on playing on HC EU for ladder? I'd love to team up with you if I get the chance :-) Been playing HC SP for a long while now myself, so it'd be the same style I'd bring into b.net for ladder.
anyway, hope to see more from you man :-)
Sorry, I'm not going to play this ladder.
No problem :)
Lionheart is much much better for fury druid than smoke. Fury druid doesn't get IAS from gloves or chest, only weapon. Also the 50 life then is more than 100 in werewolf form. Obviously lionheart isn't better for everyone in every situation.
What do you think about bone armor? Im trying to put together a fury druid and rn im just running treachery for fade resists. Otherwise im big negative res.
@@unsubme2157 bone armor seems like it has nothing for a druid besides the resistances. Also the 2 um runes seems expensive. If you were really in a bind use a yellow armor, add a socket from the shenk quest and toss an um rune in that. +Life is big for shape shifters with the lyncanthropy multiplying life.
I have a few hardcore fury druids. I stack resistances, life, and damage reduction in that order.
Hey Indrek, just started an Assassin, I'm at around level 9 or 10, could really use some help on getting a good build up and running.
For normal difficulty fastest way to clear is Wake of Fire. Build Stealth and Leaf runeword while leveling. You get to respec once from Akara in each difficulty so you can respec out of Wake of Fire to lightning traps after completing normal and doing some normal Baal runs.
Where do you play Indrek??
Single player mostly. I play ladder in hardcore a bit every time it resets (europe realm).
Cool. Do the bots bother you?
Yes, that's why I mostly play single player.
woodman?
What the fuck. Seriously. This guy decided to make a list of strongest runewords and he doesn't even include Enigma.
Why do you want to build last one in eth base
What are the benefits and drawbacks of eth items
Oath is indestructible and ethereal weapons have more damage.
Ethreal means 50% increased base stats. For weapons thats damage, for armor its armor rating. You cannot repair eth items so the only time they are used is a) with a zod rune or a runeword involving zod, b) on a merc because they do not use durability, or c) on caster weapons. They dont use durability unless you swing, and sometimes you just find an eth base before you find a non eth base.
where is SPIRIT ?!
th-cam.com/video/APraM8BPtqg/w-d-xo.html
The low level section
Completely forgot about wealth and made a 4 perf topaz armor for 96 mf : ) me wants a skullders :)
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