Mephisto's conviction is -125, so you need 300% Light Res to get 75% or 310 for the 85% max LR that you should be able to get up to from the Resist Lightning passive. Fade proc gives 60 all res and 15% damage reduction. You cannot up set items. So death's belt is only going to be 2 rows of potions.
@@Mozgodrobil That requires skilling towards conviction and putting points into it, which is much harder than skilling those extra points into salvation, if you need more res.
Great info in this video. I like that you showed the whole run and not just killing the boss's. Learned a lot, and tbh i had this on my 2nd screen and i'd watch each step then try it out. Worked great !
this is very nice but, although i know Smite Purists would convict me lol pun intended but in all seriousness alot of people would advise against it. I have a suggestion that i always used on my Uber Smiter I would always put one point into Zeal, and if im not mistaken iive not made it to the end of ur video but im pretty sure your using a Grief PB So With lifetap procs as well as the mobs the way you were having to dump Pots to live, if you put one point in zeal pretty much one zeal is almost guaranteed a Lifetap proc, and hitting with zeal because it hits very fast with fanta will absolutely dump the life into your smiter and clear out those dangerous mobs or another way i liked to do is a Hammersmith as i like to call the build, but its basically just a Hammerdin with Certain Pieces for Smite such as dracs and Gores, raven frost and either a GG rare ring with life and mana leech or possibly angelics but i like using Maras or highlords or my personal Fav Seraph's Hymn because it adds +4 to your defensive auras and +2 all Skills and gg amount of AR towards demons and undead as well as enhanced Damage towards undead and demons. so basically that with just zeal man you would have literally ran through them and smashed without hardly using any potions at all.
Remember, this video was recorded the first week of October (uploaded to YT a week later), so super early into D2R. I've already done a video about the hybrid hammerdin: th-cam.com/video/VyzPhmRZKDs/w-d-xo.html And a video after that showing how fast the build can do it.
I'm not doing Ubers any time soon but appreciate the play by play. Remembered some things I forgot today, like what a might aura is and why witches always get me 2 shotted. And learned that thawing/antidote potions give resistances AND can stack. Idk how many hours of d2 I played but I definitely never knew that.
I played Diablo and Diablo 2 long ago and have been playing again recently and of course loving it even more seeing new things. Well, I had no idea these stacked and I'm so glad I watched this video hahaha. Complete /facepalm for not even thinking this could possibly be the case LOL. To new things! Keep learning!
My smiter setup SSF atm is duress, grief (rolled a 40/390!), hoz with um, gface with 15 ias/28 light res jewel, perfect maras, dracs, bk, ravenfrost, gores, and a 30/15 dungos. I got 3 pcombs, a 15 all res/31 life gc, a 9/63/39 gc, and various all res/single res/and enough FHR scs to get the 86 breakpoint. Have yet to do my first offline ubers but got the key sets ready to go. Im level 80 so a bit under leveled but think I can do it still. Question is should I swap the pcombs for more res? Im sitting at 225 bonus but maxed out pre fade/conviction. Also I usually go dungos for the added life over string, and maras over highlords as I have the ias with the socketed gface/grief. Any suggestions or changes before I give it a whirl?
You're good to go. For meph you may want to swap out a pcomb with some light res. If you're getting fade from treachery, then you'll gain 60 all res which puts you at 285, but you'll want to be at 300. Here's the math: 300 - 100 (difficulty) - 125 (conviction aura) = 75. If you have light res maxed out you can get 310 for 85.
I usually run a Zealot/Smiter Hybrid to farm Bosses and Ubers. I find that Zeal is a very fast and reliable way to proc Life Tap then immediately switching to Smite when it does proc.
Guillames/Kira's, Smoke, Laying of Hands/Dracs, Black, 4 PDiamond Paladin Res shield, TGods, Gore/Goblin boots, Whatever Amulet, Ravenfrost, whatever ring, rest of inventory full of res/life charms of varying sizes and the difference between TTK on ubers is almost unnoticeable.
i was playing d2r launch with my friends, llama included, and players were asking what my build was, so i did a video for everyone (this is nearly 2 years old) :)
Awesome bro! fo sho made that look easy lol also your armour on gear is so low! is it the fact that life tap just keeps you up so you dont need high armour stuff?
Defense is like evasion% and in that calculation is your level vs monster level.. Ubers are lvl 110, so you're going to need a crazy amount of defense to make up for that level gap. It's easier to just get max block rate, res, and damage reduction% Defense does not provide any damage reduction% at all.
Finally! Someone with gear that I have a few of already!! And you even mention budget alternatives. I just need the grief, the draculs gloves and bul-kathos. Anyway, thank you sir
I don't use bul-kathos anymore. Honestly a stat ring with res is probably best here. I'm just using a dwarf star for life, and mdr, which is much cheaper :)
@@jymnasium that's why I prefer to spec my smiter with only 1pt smite and max zeal and sacrifice for crowd control, or do a hammerdin hybrid. That's why this game is so awesome! We can spec anyway we want to do whatever we want. In any case, dwarf star is still one good ring to use for uber tristram.
@1:07 I randomly hear my twitch name saying I followed you on twitch lol but I'm not following you, so I guess it was another Ghostie. But I'll follow you now :)
Yeah, you can do more damage with upped hoz. Tgodz is only useful for meph, so before you get to him, I'd suggest using something else. You want some DR for Lillith cuz she hits like a truck, so String of Ears or Dungos is preferable (if you find them of course).
im pretty confident i could do ubers then. stormshield should be a good replacement for Hoz right? mines got a p diamond. no grief yet.. still no Lo rune.. i could make a black i guess. other than that i have everything
@@jymnasium my smiter alt isnt there yet but has most of the gear, I found that using a spirit shield on a base with 40+ resist on it is amazing easy way to get lots of resist for cheap.
ya btw if you want a really really GG armor for smiter or zealer either/or get yourself an Upd Eth Shaftstop and ya you wont go wrong its very very nice, another really really good one is Eth upd Duriels Shell which no one ever thinks about using but if its eth and upd its so nasty... but that Shaftstop is awesome for that DMG reduction its 60 % dr so ya that by itself would work wonders but added with another even half way decent dr% piece would absolutely smash. i promise im not trying to give tips because i dont think you know what your talking about. I am only saying this stuff because me and one of my buds got extremely bored and he went and bought like an entire account of Keysets off jsp on Classic D2 LoD and we ran Ubers until we were blue in the face with every setup we could think of just to test out what we thought was best. after about 250 runs thats the armor i landed on for Top tier uber runs... if you find anything i said helpful at all what so ever, feel free to reach out brother id be more than happy to talk to you about any of the other gear we used for any of the uber setups i even had a Uber barb runner :D
So this gear is just what I had found in the first week of D2R with the help of my group. So as far as shaftstop goes it has 30% dr and 60 life (max dr in d2 is 50%). 250 runs is a good amount, but I've already done over 1,000 in D2R, let alone the 1000s of runs in LoD. And for duriel shell... that's an interesting budget armor piece for the CBF, if you don't have a raven..
kokomal is a pretty good replacement for hoz, but exile is boss. exile will let you use cb crafted gloves. guardian angel is a nice chest to use with a big resist sanctuary shield, especially if you want to go hybrid, use those light res points somewhere else
Those are options for sure, but this is all I had available 1 week into D2R. As far as Hybrid, I've already done a video: th-cam.com/video/VyzPhmRZKDs/w-d-xo.html
Thawing and poison potions give 50 cold and poison res respectively. Also, an addition 10 max res to each as well. Each potion lasts 30secs and the time stacks, so drinking 7 thawing potions would give you 3.5mins of that 50 cold 10 max cold res buff.
Got a max roll for my grief of 40% but i failed to pay attention to the important numbers for resist light. I have no joke failed so many times and couldn't understand why until just now. Thanks buddy!
@@jymnasium my light res is sitting at around 204 with an inventory maxed out with small charms (yet to run across better). Think i may try throwing on smoke after i proc fade after work today to see where that puts me at. Playing on xbox is rough because if your solo on bnet you can't create a password game to get your stuff back and retry it. Also as someone with a ton of game knowledge, in your opinion I'm sitting on two jah runes and highest runeword is my grief, zero skiller charms for my bliz sorc or paly and no torches/annihilus; honestly trying to figure out what to do with them, trade for charms or trade one off for a ber to get my enigma, or go for infinity? ↑i know its outside of the scope of the video but really been racking my brain on it and unsure what a good move would be/the worth.
@@zeusdarkgod7727 Enigma. Best runeword in the game, and is best in slot for so many classes. If you struggle with getting enough light res you can use salvation vs meph, which will take a little longer, but you'll still survive. Also, you still want raven, but can trade out the other ring for a high light res ring (30 is max).
@@jymnasium great advice! I never even thought about that to up light res 😅 Thanks yet again buddy, going to miss the responses when your channel eventually blows up.
Whats the ideal total crushing blow % to have? Im currenty at 48% but not sure if I should use Guillaume's to bump that up or stick with Kiras for the res boost as I dont have chains of honor.
CoH isn't necessary. Treachery's fade proc will give you 60 all res and 15% dr. If you don't have cannot be frozen on a raven, then kiras is going to be a better option. For shields 4os 4 P diamond is completely fine if you don't have HoZ. 100% CB is ideal. If you have Grief then it'll be alot harder to get that.
I used an upgraded guardian with um, had 90 all resist (95 light). Never bothered with fade. Upgraded the HoZ as well. Rings were raven and I think a manald. For the most part the ubers was easier than I expected, but being my first time I went all leeory jenkins in tristram. Fight all 3 at the same time is NOT a good idea. Not just due to the damage but all the enemies they spawn, it was impossible to move or target anything.
The visual of a passerbyer stumbling across the lords of hell returning and seeing a man smack them with his shield back to hell has always brought a chuckle out of me. It’s like why bother with weapons the barb should be whirlwinding 2 tower shields
Quick question about running Ubers like you do: - It seems like the only weakness of the Smite Paladin is the mobs until you get to the Minibosses within the 3 portals (except Duriel who is right there) -> Therefore, would it be wise and efficient, if you have another high lvl char like a Sorc, to start a Passworded game, open the portals, find the Minibosses, clear the mobs, position them as you like, then Log out and Log in with your Paladin to finish them off? - Does the game allow for this? will you just lose your portals? What happens?
You can do that. Just remember, if you're going fast that there's the 1min delay between games. Llama and I used to do this where he was the sorc and I the pally.. here's 1 of his YT videos where we did exactly what you're talking about: th-cam.com/video/fViG0e6GtX0/w-d-xo.html
@@jymnasium Saw that video, looked promising. But can you do it with just your single account? Meaning not using 2 people to pull this off, just your single account, where you have 2 good characteres (Sorc + SmitePally)? Probably with a delay, but is it safe to assume that the game doesn't get deleted by the servers just because it has 0 players on it for like 1 minute? -> Of course I will personally test this at nauseum by leaving a potion on the ground and switching chars, but I wondered if you knew if this was "safe". Thanks!
@@kasperrasch1018 Yeah, Barb can BO and leap the mobs away, but gotta get to the bosses :) Or.. turn your hammerdin into a hybrid like mine is now: th-cam.com/video/VyzPhmRZKDs/w-d-xo.html
I loved back in the day with my smiter. Ran Ubers like nothing. Would run into the middle with salvation take meph then switch to Diablo and Baal. Cta definitely helps
@@jymnasium you are not wrong but when you are focusing on just bosses you should be able to lifetap consistently I used lw and dracs with shitty pally spirit and 5/6/1 cta on off hands. I actually started rebuilding him on resurrected but since it's a whole new fresh start jah is expensive. I still am in need of LW and a Chains of Honor, upping the Hoz I have, getting a COA with 2 bers, and getting a dungoes and a couple 11 res scs. Also upgrading to like 15str dracs and upping most the gear. Already have gore's but needs upgrade, and an Anni. Long way to go but just got him to 80. The lowest level I have accomplished Ubers was 68 and that's from the pulling method and stacked resist charms with a stormlash and reg Hoz umd. But its even possible with a 4 diamond 45 base high pally shield
Taking the fire damage “striking” me for treachery’s fade proc and taking off hoz was because I thought shields would block the “striking” but it doesn’t. Thawing potions give 50 cold res and 10 max cold res for 30 secs and each time you drink 1 you get 30 more secs
@@jymnasium wow, ok, i forgot about treachery and had ABSOLUTELY no idea thawing stacks... guess it's becouse it's a new game and we all learn something new everyday. Thanks so much for explaining!
I’m more inclined now to leveling a pally from all the things I’m seeing! When leveling a pally I’m following different maxroll guides one has me going zeal and holy fire for the first 20 levels and then switching to blessed hammer and concentration or something until 75. What would you recommend? I would love a boss destroyer for sure. Main a blizz sorc and she’s a lot of fun, but it’d be nice to have a champion I can switch to
Yeah, that's solid for the leveling process.. You can get as high in levels as you want, but the highest lvl piece of gear in this build is the gloves: dracul's grasp L76. Smiter is not good at clearing out tons of monsters, but yeah he does a really good job at single target.
@@jymnasium hey! Thank you for responding and putting effort into your response! It means a lot when a youtuber is active and responds like that. Thank you! Okay cool, I’ll follow the guide and look out for Dracul’s grasp while MF on my sorc. I have everything besides the gloves and high rune word gear so far. I have one Lo rune so I could make something one of the pieces with or trade it off. Thank you again! 🙏
@@mikespidle3360 Grief is EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY luxury for a smiter. You absolutely do not need it, and you will not notice any real change in your TTK.
I do 50% DR with another -14 to damage: shaftstop, string of ears, almost all 40+ fire lightning cold res rock stopper, but every other item is the same. My only difference is I do lightning resistance aura when I face mephisto on top of that. Not a big deal since you pull him to the side and deal with him solo. I also have more life charms. All res are 80%+ except poison which I just substitute antidote potions before I face off against lilith. I don't have CTA and don't use a life tap wand I just chance it with 2 full slots of full rejuvs until it procs. No big deal since I take so little damage. Although I do have the life tap wand just in case I do need it some day with level 5 life tap charges of 99. Also I don't need torch. So I don't wear it so I can just pick it up conveniently at the end.
That is why the Smiter is so fun to me, there's so many items out there you can use on him for doing this. Your build sounds fine, although I'd wager that the 3 skills from torch give you the damage to make up for that time loss, especially now that I have an Enigma ;)
This is 100% the build I do with ubers. Sure you can do exile but thats way more expensive and the hoz has a nice smite base damage which makes LoH not even really needed
I need some help here, im using griswold set for my smitter. I cant decide what runes should i use for my 4 open socket redemption. Should i put x4 shael? Or x4 eth the weapon damage is verry low but i like the max resisist and boost to my deff using the set plus the cool aura glow. Im just a new guy to the game. Tia
For smiters, weapon damage doesn't matter, but the attack speed, and crushing blow do. Since smiters do not miss - lowering defense doesn't matter either (so shael is better). The problem with gris set is that you have very little crushing blow options: crafted gloves with 5-10% CB and goblin toe (25%) or gore rider (15%). There is 20% crushing blow from ber rune in a weapon, but that would be a huge waste. Crushing blow does most of your damage to these bosses: on players 1 it does 1/8 of the bosses' current health. These bosses have up to 660,000 hp.. I do not recommend using griswold's set for ubers.
@@godrick84 well apparently ias isn't working the exact same in d2r as d2lod, so you can get crazy high attack speeds.. but you can put an Um runes in for open wounds.
Like the straight forward build. It’s kinda like my smiler for ubers. I use the same gear almost except I use dungos with wisp/raven and gobble toes. Duress as well I have a massive 75% cb. Could use tgods but I like the dr and vita and wisp gives me the lightsorb
Defiance is not important at all. Zeal is fine, I just don't care for it. I like doing the hybrid hammerdin, like I've done in my more recent videos: th-cam.com/video/VyzPhmRZKDs/w-d-xo.html
Great video man! Love how you broke down other gear options and possibilities! You mentioned upgrading death’s guard… but how do you do that? Idk the recipe for set upgrade? Thank you ahead of time!
"You cannot up set items. So death's belt is only going to be 2 rows of potions." - I put this in my comment on the video cuz when doing this live on stream I remember death's belt and gloves combo and forgot about there not being an upgrade for sets, my bad.
@@jymnasium fade procs faster if you take more damage per hit? I did not know that, also seems weird to me since it should just be a flat% chance per time you get hit, no? Are you certain it works like that or am i missing something?
@@TheLaubum I don't remember saying anything about taking more damage? It's just a 5% (1/20) chance of it proc'ing. So more hits and less damage is better. As far as taking the shield off: I'm not sure about D2R, but I think the shield can block the fire striking your character.
@@jymnasium You indeed did not say anything of the sort, i just assumed taking the shield off had to do with increasing damage taken. Stupid assumption of me. So the issue is that it may or may not be possible to actually block a fire hit. I've been standing in that fire for many games to proc fade and I never noticed a hit being blocked by the shield. If it were true then wouldn't you be blocking 75% of the fire hits and it would be extremely noticeable, no?
@@TheLaubum Yeah, my reasoning was that because something is "striking" you to proc the fade that the shield would be blocking, but I don't think that's the case. (For taking off the shield): Also, the defense stat is basically evasion % For example if you have high defense, then the monsters have a lower chance to hit you, but a big part of that formula includes your level vs the monster's level. So, defense is a bad defensive stat in D2 ;)
Great video! :) just starting to play again after playing as a child and I didn't even know ubers existed before. Btw, why don't you identify the torch? Just curious
I don't remember this one specifically, but I usually do an uber service for 4x3 keysets (or 3keysets and an ist rune). So that may be why. I have upgraded this smiter since then and I do ID the torch in that vid: th-cam.com/video/t8nVHXYzdyQ/w-d-xo.html
Great question. So it depends.. If you are doing tons of ubers cuz you have friends farming keys for you all the time, then Grief is better cuz you'll be able to down them faster.. but if you're farming keys on your own, then Engima. It's too powerful of an item in so many ways.
My gear: Heaven's Light + 2 shael rune, guili face + um, HOZ + per diamon, Mara amulet, Trearchy armor, Ears string belt + thundergod, dracul grasp, gore rider, 2 rings + life and light + fire res, staff + life tap, gc and sc + life. Salvation aura. I am confident go to uber :D
Great video! I’m surprised you don’t just proc Fade and switch to another armor like Duress or Duriel’s shell though. Good option for budget if you don’t mind proccing Fade ore often.
I'm using guardian angel chest piece i rolled 825 def on it plus 15 to all resist +1 all pala skills 30 block rate 20 percent chance to block 200 percent enhanced defense +4 to light radius and +185 to att rating against demons is this worth keeping and using ????????
You can if you want. Smiter has multiple options for items, just be careful about your light res when coming up against meph.. You really do want 300+ light res in total (-100 for hell and -125 for meph's conviction leaves you with 75).
Yeah, not used to doing YT vids, let alone doing them while streaming live.. but that's what I did in the next vid where i've upgraded my smiter to be safer for HC players: th-cam.com/video/t8nVHXYzdyQ/w-d-xo.html
vex mal um for ohm? I'd understand if you already had your cta and were looking for a value trade but when you literally need the item, might as well offer something decent lol.
You're right. It was a bad offer. At that time, Vex and Ohm were closer in value cuz it was early on enough people still wanted HOTO (this was streamed live back in early October - week 2 of D2R). Didn't get around to uploading it to YT till several days later on the 11th.
It’s weird to me people make a dedicated smiter for Ubers. Just slap a grief and a dracs onto a hammerdin, with a single point in fanat. Ezpz and you rarely if ever have to even touch a potion. Plus you can clear minions fast with hammers, and tele fast
You could always just lvl a new char specifically for uber farming. You alrdy have the hammer gear so you can just use that stuff to lvl up faster and respec when you've done hell. You open up larzuk quests for later use too.
Smiter strategy is cool and all but it's just so commonly used, there's got to be another more efficient method of slaying ubers. Zealdin with a Enchanter?
It's the most common because you can do it with the least amount of gear, so there's tons of options of gear to use. Also you don't need attack rating for smite (it always hits, zeal does not). Most of your damage comes from crushing blow: (on players 1) it does 1/8 of the boss' current hp.
can buy a lower level one significantly earlier than that, all the skill level does is increase the duration, id honestly suggest buying the lowest one possible so you spend the least on recharges, none of the bosses should require a second cast
No, you have to get to level 21 conviction to override meph's. If you get lightning resist you get a passive 10 (85) max res and if you use it, then you get 20 (95), which means he only does 5% damage compared to if you use conviction and have 75 max res, then he'll do 25% (that's 5x as much).
For every1 except Duriel since Holy freeze has a slow effect. That way you can stay at max (or a high) attack speed. I don't think it's necessary unless you need the OW and/or all res though.
guaridan angel instead of what you wear and you nn to drink pots. lvl 21 conviction against meph and you nn to stack res and waste time on fade. Later on you can use enigma with spirit/wizz spike on switch for organs and back to Gangel for ubers. Also since Grief has an ITD mod, u can put one point zeal and have much easier time against normal mobs.
Fade Proc doesn‘t take long Then I always switch armors to whatever best option I have atm But Ubers are doable with very budget gear anyways So who cares
It doesn't matter, if you created the game and remembered name/password, you can go back in if you disconnect, even if there is nobody in the game for a few moments.
@@bryanlee6065 Yeah, but with how long queues can be right now... it's probably best to have a friend around.. hopefully it won't be like this for long.
I use my hammerdin for ubers. With Grief and level 9 fana i get max ias with 15% jewel in helm. Enigma armor for fast travel with CTA + spirit on swap. Goblin Toe over Gores + UMed random Zaka. Also dumped Treachery because i dont like gear swapping and prefer to use Salvation over trying to proc fade for Meph he dies super quick cause Grief is OP. Teleport is super good for Ubers cause i was getting headaches in Matron's Den because of Witches
well i dont get it why the heck u are wearing a Highlords when Maras would be far better ( +1 more skills and 30 All Res) or instead of the String of Ears Thundergods for Lightning absorb (and i know yeah they are fucking high stat prio but far better in my opinion)and Res .... and the Helmet was in my Time a fucking Andariels Visage Sry for the little rant :)
I use Zeal to apply life tap faster and I use salvation aura for Uber Mephisto, it's cheaper than using a bunch of res items that are just going to clutter all the space.
Yeah, I wish I had mentioned salvation. Definitely an option for meph. The lifetap wand is required if you don't have dracs. But zeal is a neat idea.. I just go ahead and use a full juv if lifetap doesn't proc ;)
@@jymnasium Yeah having a lifetap wand is a neat idea, but at some point I will have a CTA equiped at swap and I'll forego the use of a lifetap wand and rely on Drac's & Zeal.
I commented on this video earlier: "You cannot up set items. So death's belt is only going to be 2 rows of potions." Sorry, I did this video live while streaming, and had just remembered death's belt.. so decided to mention it as a budget item.
Grief is the most powerful weapon by far. Black is the easiest and is very good vs bosses too, but CB (on players 1) does 1/8 of the bosses current HP, so as they get low on hp it takes a lot longer to finish off. Stormlash isn't that common.. b/c you could find Horizon's Tornado instead (both are Unique Scourges). But it's a very powerful weapon too.. I haven't found one, so I haven't been able to showcase it :(
@@jymnasium I found 1 a couple years ago and used it and it was really good until I got my grief but a couple days ago traded for one, but I also have black. I've never used black so was seeing if anyone that's used both had any opinions.
Not just fire res, there's a 5% chance to cast fade when struck on my chest (treachery). Level 15 Fade proc gives 60 all res and 15% damage reduction. So the fire "strikes" your character, which gives that 5% a chance to cast.
are you aware that your armor and block chance drops when you have run active? the only reason why you need potions at all is because you never toggle walk ...
@@jymnasium yep not about when you are smiting the boss tho I mean during the clear of the Den / Lilith area ... if you just walk and teleport the enemies are literally unable to hit you ever with 75block and ~80-90% chance to miss from your high armor as Paladin :p
Well, my hp is really low. So this is a pretty rough build for HC. I did do a video on a more viable HC smiter a couple of days after this video. Here's the link: th-cam.com/video/t8nVHXYzdyQ/w-d-xo.html
It's unnecessary, and expensive. Vex, Ohm, Ist and Dol.. with those first 3 you could basically make yourself a CTA or buy a nice one (amn ral mal ist ohm) :)
This is completely fine. I'll go over a HC version (on this same smiter, but have a few more items for safety), then upload that video later tonight :)
@@jymnasium I'm dead sure you already realize this, but for newer players reading this: A Hardcore version is in reality just a perfect guide for a budget Uber run and/or first time on a torch run. There are super budget guides on the web with crazy cheap items like 6 Shael'd Phase Blade, Iratha's Coil socketed with Ort Rune, Treachery + swap to Smoke, 4 P Diamond Pally Shield, etc etc. Knowing tricks like using 1pt Salvation against Mephisto rather than Fanatacism, only means that the fight takes slightly longer and is WAY safer. This is much like the argument over a full Smiter build vs a 1pt Smiter, or Grief vs tons of other weapon options. Crushing Blow is doing the majority of the kill speed, and if one actually times each kill you will realize, all you are shaving off timewise could be counted in seconds. Great video man, just wanted to pipe in with a pov from someone that has never found a Lo rune in all the years playing D2 going back as far as 1.08 days (I know there weren't Lo runes in 1.08, just fondly reminiscing all the many yrs), but have done many torches while also farming my own keys with Zealer/1pt Smiter. Some of the best advice isn't just for HC, it is also way less heartbreak for a newer player's first time trying Ubers.
@@erickknutz5599 I didn't say this was budget.. These are just items I've acquired while playing. As far as shopping gear goes, there's tons of items you can vendor easily for budget uber gear. As far as budget builds go, there's 100s of videos about that. I could copy paste 1 of those, but instead I just recommend items that are cheap and can replace the more expensive items I have. I get asked on stream about the gear I have when I help Llama, so I decided to make a YT vid about it :)
@@jymnasium Sorry if there was confusion, I wasn't implying your video was supposed to be about budget, I was directly referencing your comment towards the end about making a separate HC guide, which is why I mentioned "a hardcore version" in my reply to you. That was why I posted at all, because I am quite sure a Hardcore version of your video/guide might still possibly be 99% the same gear/methods you always use, which is very fair because you run torches a lot for Uber Service and speed is a much higher priority for you compared to others that might be trying first time or completely solo and self-found. I just shed a slight tear at the admittedly smaller percentage of players that will see a guide using Grief (and often CtA and Enigma/Mara's,Exile, etc etc) and immediately give up on Ubers forever. As for your main purpose for making this, once again great video... it answers your livestream viewer's questions, and you are hella efficient on your organ/torch runs ;-)
Get a duel leech ring and use zeal for running portals and smite for duriel. Lifetap only needed for Lilith. Meph dies so fast with grief u only need two rejuvs
Mephisto's conviction is -125, so you need 300% Light Res to get 75% or 310 for the 85% max LR that you should be able to get up to from the Resist Lightning passive.
Fade proc gives 60 all res and 15% damage reduction.
You cannot up set items. So death's belt is only going to be 2 rows of potions.
Why not just use Conviction of lvl 21 or higher?
@@Mozgodrobil That's the "easy" way if you don't have enough res to cap through conv, but if you do, it's better to stick with fanat.
@@Mozgodrobil That requires skilling towards conviction and putting points into it, which is much harder than skilling those extra points into salvation, if you need more res.
Still need ohm?
@@Markosmirel32 Nah, I'm good. Thanks for the offer.
First ubers on hc of my life today, sorc torch 19/16. Thanks a lot for this guide Sirs, deeply grateful!
This is a very old video, but I'm glad it helped, gg torch!
Grief: "It's pretty cheap"
Me: *cries*
It's cheap for how broken the item is. It is hard to get a Lo rune. I could've been more clear, sorry about that.
@@jymnasium you clarified what you mean in the video anyway :) I still cried :D
*sad mr krabs violin song*
@@trovarion They are cheap comparing to end game runewords like infinity and enigma. Thats why the community says its cheap.
@@joelhodoborgas you should compare it to weapon runewords like Botd and Last Wish which are crazy expensive
Great info in this video. I like that you showed the whole run and not just killing the boss's. Learned a lot, and tbh i had this on my 2nd screen and i'd watch each step then try it out. Worked great !
Nice, glad it worked for you! Hope you didn't have as bad of a Matron's Den ;)
Yeah this was a perfect example of how to pull each boss. In hardcore I usually kill all the trash just to be safe.
@@JGComments I just did a video on hardcore too: th-cam.com/video/N8gRTo4iXSc/w-d-xo.html
this is very nice but, although i know Smite Purists would convict me lol pun intended but in all seriousness alot of people would advise against it. I have a suggestion that i always used on my Uber Smiter I would always put one point into Zeal, and if im not mistaken iive not made it to the end of ur video but im pretty sure your using a Grief PB So With lifetap procs as well as the mobs the way you were having to dump Pots to live, if you put one point in zeal pretty much one zeal is almost guaranteed a Lifetap proc, and hitting with zeal because it hits very fast with fanta will absolutely dump the life into your smiter and clear out those dangerous mobs or another way i liked to do is a Hammersmith as i like to call the build, but its basically just a Hammerdin with Certain Pieces for Smite such as dracs and Gores, raven frost and either a GG rare ring with life and mana leech or possibly angelics but i like using Maras or highlords or my personal Fav Seraph's Hymn because it adds +4 to your defensive auras and +2 all Skills and gg amount of AR towards demons and undead as well as enhanced Damage towards undead and demons. so basically that with just zeal man you would have literally ran through them and smashed without hardly using any potions at all.
Remember, this video was recorded the first week of October (uploaded to YT a week later), so super early into D2R. I've already done a video about the hybrid hammerdin: th-cam.com/video/VyzPhmRZKDs/w-d-xo.html
And a video after that showing how fast the build can do it.
Looks like you WILL be able to up set items in the upcoming 2.4 patch! :D
I'm not doing Ubers any time soon but appreciate the play by play. Remembered some things I forgot today, like what a might aura is and why witches always get me 2 shotted. And learned that thawing/antidote potions give resistances AND can stack. Idk how many hours of d2 I played but I definitely never knew that.
Remember: the duration stacks, not the resistance.
I definitely knew this at some point and then subsequently forgot it, now I know it again :D
@@mrkiky lol
I played Diablo and Diablo 2 long ago and have been playing again recently and of course loving it even more seeing new things. Well, I had no idea these stacked and I'm so glad I watched this video hahaha. Complete /facepalm for not even thinking this could possibly be the case LOL. To new things! Keep learning!
My smiter setup SSF atm is duress, grief (rolled a 40/390!), hoz with um, gface with 15 ias/28 light res jewel, perfect maras, dracs, bk, ravenfrost, gores, and a 30/15 dungos. I got 3 pcombs, a 15 all res/31 life gc, a 9/63/39 gc, and various all res/single res/and enough FHR scs to get the 86 breakpoint. Have yet to do my first offline ubers but got the key sets ready to go. Im level 80 so a bit under leveled but think I can do it still. Question is should I swap the pcombs for more res? Im sitting at 225 bonus but maxed out pre fade/conviction. Also I usually go dungos for the added life over string, and maras over highlords as I have the ias with the socketed gface/grief. Any suggestions or changes before I give it a whirl?
You're good to go. For meph you may want to swap out a pcomb with some light res. If you're getting fade from treachery, then you'll gain 60 all res which puts you at 285, but you'll want to be at 300.
Here's the math: 300 - 100 (difficulty) - 125 (conviction aura) = 75.
If you have light res maxed out you can get 310 for 85.
I got a wisp and tgods for the meph fight, plus treachery 4 prebuff. Ill have to do the math to see if I'm at 300 but if not, pretty close.@@jymnasium
how is the song called starting on 5:40 ? Its antagonist from alex & tokyo rose
I'm not 100% sure, but I put Dance with the Dead into Spotify and let it run all stream long :)
I usually run a Zealot/Smiter Hybrid to farm Bosses and Ubers.
I find that Zeal is a very fast and reliable way to proc Life Tap then immediately switching to Smite when it does proc.
Sounds solid.
I usually use foh/smiter to farm ubers... No problems agains tonns mobs and bosses. And I swap trech after buff to duress.
Guillames/Kira's, Smoke, Laying of Hands/Dracs, Black, 4 PDiamond Paladin Res shield, TGods, Gore/Goblin boots, Whatever Amulet, Ravenfrost, whatever ring, rest of inventory full of res/life charms of varying sizes and the difference between TTK on ubers is almost unnoticeable.
Yeah, those are good options.
what do you mean when you say "that does MrLlamaSC's Ubers"?
i was playing d2r launch with my friends, llama included, and players were asking what my build was, so i did a video for everyone (this is nearly 2 years old) :)
Awesome bro! fo sho made that look easy lol also your armour on gear is so low! is it the fact that life tap just keeps you up so you dont need high armour stuff?
Defense is like evasion% and in that calculation is your level vs monster level.. Ubers are lvl 110, so you're going to need a crazy amount of defense to make up for that level gap. It's easier to just get max block rate, res, and damage reduction% Defense does not provide any damage reduction% at all.
@@jymnasium ah ok I get ya thanks 😊
Finally! Someone with gear that I have a few of already!! And you even mention budget alternatives. I just need the grief, the draculs gloves and bul-kathos. Anyway, thank you sir
I don't use bul-kathos anymore. Honestly a stat ring with res is probably best here. I'm just using a dwarf star for life, and mdr, which is much cheaper :)
Dwarf star or wisp projector are way better for a smiter than bk ring.
Tgod belt is also super strong for the lightning absorb.
@@Alex-fo1rx Yeah, that's true, but if you do have 85 light res (instead of 75) vs meph, then his lightning will do 40% less.
@@jymnasium that's why I prefer to spec my smiter with only 1pt smite and max zeal and sacrifice for crowd control, or do a hammerdin hybrid. That's why this game is so awesome! We can spec anyway we want to do whatever we want. In any case, dwarf star is still one good ring to use for uber tristram.
@@Alex-fo1rx this game never gets old 💪 loving it more than ever
@1:07 I randomly hear my twitch name saying I followed you on twitch lol but I'm not following you, so I guess it was another Ghostie. But I'll follow you now :)
I said welcome guys, but yeah, I was also predicting you would come, so I choked on my words to make it sound like you! jk :P
Oh actually it's @1:03 lol
@@xTheTamingx Thanks Ghostie for the follow :)
Very similar set up on my budget Smiter. Upped my HoZ and put a PDiam in it. I use Tgod's for the belt.
Yeah, you can do more damage with upped hoz. Tgodz is only useful for meph, so before you get to him, I'd suggest using something else. You want some DR for Lillith cuz she hits like a truck, so String of Ears or Dungos is preferable (if you find them of course).
This was really helpful
Glad I could help!
What's the song that's playing bwhen you are doing the den?
Not sure on the exact song name, but I put Dance with the Dead into Spotify.
I appreciate the play by play because there is a lot going on and much easier to follow. Sub’d
Thanks! That's my playstyle - to teach as I do it.
Great video and thanks for taking us through the steps
Thanks for the kind words :)
good video! very informative thanks man
Glad I could help, thanks for the compliment :)
im pretty confident i could do ubers then. stormshield should be a good replacement for Hoz right? mines got a p diamond. no grief yet.. still no Lo rune.. i could make a black i guess. other than that i have everything
Make sure you have plenty of light res for meph. Without Hoz or an all res shield, you might be lacking some resists, and GL!
@@jymnasium my smiter alt isnt there yet but has most of the gear, I found that using a spirit shield on a base with 40+ resist on it is amazing easy way to get lots of resist for cheap.
@@thezod2307 Yeah, Spirit or 4 Pdiamonds is good too
ya btw if you want a really really GG armor for smiter or zealer either/or get yourself an Upd Eth Shaftstop and ya you wont go wrong its very very nice, another really really good one is Eth upd Duriels Shell which no one ever thinks about using but if its eth and upd its so nasty... but that Shaftstop is awesome for that DMG reduction its 60 % dr so ya that by itself would work wonders but added with another even half way decent dr% piece would absolutely smash. i promise im not trying to give tips because i dont think you know what your talking about. I am only saying this stuff because me and one of my buds got extremely bored and he went and bought like an entire account of Keysets off jsp on Classic D2 LoD and we ran Ubers until we were blue in the face with every setup we could think of just to test out what we thought was best. after about 250 runs thats the armor i landed on for Top tier uber runs... if you find anything i said helpful at all what so ever, feel free to reach out brother id be more than happy to talk to you about any of the other gear we used for any of the uber setups i even had a Uber barb runner :D
So this gear is just what I had found in the first week of D2R with the help of my group. So as far as shaftstop goes it has 30% dr and 60 life (max dr in d2 is 50%). 250 runs is a good amount, but I've already done over 1,000 in D2R, let alone the 1000s of runs in LoD. And for duriel shell... that's an interesting budget armor piece for the CBF, if you don't have a raven..
Nice guide - and your laugh is hilarious. GG.
Thanks Jordan! Hope my laugh is hilarious in a good way :)
kokomal is a pretty good replacement for hoz, but exile is boss. exile will let you use cb crafted gloves. guardian angel is a nice chest to use with a big resist sanctuary shield, especially if you want to go hybrid, use those light res points somewhere else
Those are options for sure, but this is all I had available 1 week into D2R. As far as Hybrid, I've already done a video: th-cam.com/video/VyzPhmRZKDs/w-d-xo.html
Why do u use trawing and antidote potion? Į dont get it. 3.5 minutės? Wtf? Plz eksplain thanks.
Thawing and poison potions give 50 cold and poison res respectively. Also, an addition 10 max res to each as well. Each potion lasts 30secs and the time stacks, so drinking 7 thawing potions would give you 3.5mins of that 50 cold 10 max cold res buff.
Wow wow wow. And wow. Again. Thabks man for. Atetion and time. Good luck with Soj drop.
I've always been a fan of using zeal alongside smite for those nasty Den areas
Yeah, using zeal is an option, but I'm not a fan of the skill. I do a hybrid hammerdin nowadays in my latest: th-cam.com/video/VyzPhmRZKDs/w-d-xo.html
Got a max roll for my grief of 40% but i failed to pay attention to the important numbers for resist light. I have no joke failed so many times and couldn't understand why until just now.
Thanks buddy!
Yeah man, I've done so many now that I've seen Meph chunk me for over 2k hp if i have 50 light res. So 75 will cut that number in half (down to 1k).
@@jymnasium my light res is sitting at around 204 with an inventory maxed out with small charms (yet to run across better). Think i may try throwing on smoke after i proc fade after work today to see where that puts me at.
Playing on xbox is rough because if your solo on bnet you can't create a password game to get your stuff back and retry it.
Also as someone with a ton of game knowledge, in your opinion I'm sitting on two jah runes and highest runeword is my grief, zero skiller charms for my bliz sorc or paly and no torches/annihilus; honestly trying to figure out what to do with them, trade for charms or trade one off for a ber to get my enigma, or go for infinity?
↑i know its outside of the scope of the video but really been racking my brain on it and unsure what a good move would be/the worth.
@@jymnasium also thanks yet again for the advice buddy, helped me not screw up building my grief in a non phase blade a few weeks back.
@@zeusdarkgod7727 Enigma. Best runeword in the game, and is best in slot for so many classes. If you struggle with getting enough light res you can use salvation vs meph, which will take a little longer, but you'll still survive. Also, you still want raven, but can trade out the other ring for a high light res ring (30 is max).
@@jymnasium great advice! I never even thought about that to up light res 😅
Thanks yet again buddy, going to miss the responses when your channel eventually blows up.
Whats the ideal total crushing blow % to have? Im currenty at 48% but not sure if I should use Guillaume's to bump that up or stick with Kiras for the res boost as I dont have chains of honor.
CoH isn't necessary. Treachery's fade proc will give you 60 all res and 15% dr. If you don't have cannot be frozen on a raven, then kiras is going to be a better option. For shields 4os 4 P diamond is completely fine if you don't have HoZ. 100% CB is ideal. If you have Grief then it'll be alot harder to get that.
@@jymnasium No worries, thanks for the quick reply
I made cto in a 5 socket war scepter… I don’t think it matters on a smiter Back bar just for buffs right?
Correct. You could potentially get a 3 holy shield CTA just for fun :P
I used an upgraded guardian with um, had 90 all resist (95 light). Never bothered with fade. Upgraded the HoZ as well. Rings were raven and I think a manald.
For the most part the ubers was easier than I expected, but being my first time I went all leeory jenkins in tristram. Fight all 3 at the same time is NOT a good idea. Not just due to the damage but all the enemies they spawn, it was impossible to move or target anything.
Yeah, ubers are pretty easy when you understand how they work, but the summons are a pain, hence why pulling them around is important.
How do you continue attacking without clicking?
Name lock. So once I left click on the boss and don't let go, I can mouse over w/e I want. But if I hit the alt key, that'll break the name lock.
Would love to know the names of the songs playing in the background around 3:16 , 6:15, 8:50 and 18:50. Subbed!
I honestly don't know the names.. I just put Dance with the Dead into spotify and let it roll :)
@@jymnasium thank you for the answer anyway, hope I can find them with the info you provided :)
The visual of a passerbyer stumbling across the lords of hell returning and seeing a man smack them with his shield back to hell has always brought a chuckle out of me. It’s like why bother with weapons the barb should be whirlwinding 2 tower shields
Pretty sure the lords of hell check their closets and under their beds for zakarum shields
Thanks for the video! I learned a lot
Thanks, that's the goal, so that makes me happy :)
Quick question about running Ubers like you do:
- It seems like the only weakness of the Smite Paladin is the mobs until you get to the Minibosses within the 3 portals (except Duriel who is right there)
-> Therefore, would it be wise and efficient, if you have another high lvl char like a Sorc, to start a Passworded game, open the portals, find the Minibosses, clear the mobs, position them as you like, then Log out and Log in with your Paladin to finish them off?
- Does the game allow for this? will you just lose your portals? What happens?
You can do that. Just remember, if you're going fast that there's the 1min delay between games. Llama and I used to do this where he was the sorc and I the pally.. here's 1 of his YT videos where we did exactly what you're talking about: th-cam.com/video/fViG0e6GtX0/w-d-xo.html
@@jymnasium Saw that video, looked promising. But can you do it with just your single account?
Meaning not using 2 people to pull this off, just your single account, where you have 2 good characteres (Sorc + SmitePally)?
Probably with a delay, but is it safe to assume that the game doesn't get deleted by the servers just because it has 0 players on it for like 1 minute?
-> Of course I will personally test this at nauseum by leaving a potion on the ground and switching chars, but I wondered if you knew if this was "safe".
Thanks!
@@ToastedSynapseGaming So far it seems safe enough to do that solo, yes.
My brother and i Did Hammerdin and Smiter. Also works just fine like that. Hammer for mobs and smiter for boss
@@kasperrasch1018 Yeah, Barb can BO and leap the mobs away, but gotta get to the bosses :)
Or.. turn your hammerdin into a hybrid like mine is now: th-cam.com/video/VyzPhmRZKDs/w-d-xo.html
Heavens Light is another great weapon that is one step above Black.
Yeah, but finding 1 in the first week of D2R release was not something that I managed to do.
@@jymnasium lol - I didn't mean for you specifically. Nice Fleshripper HC pickup though!
@@JGComments Yeah, lucky to get a HoZ too :)
I loved back in the day with my smiter. Ran Ubers like nothing. Would run into the middle with salvation take meph then switch to Diablo and Baal. Cta definitely helps
Yeah, the problem with running into the middle is the cluster of adds that build up.. But using Salvation vs Meph is still a thing.
@@jymnasium you are not wrong but when you are focusing on just bosses you should be able to lifetap consistently I used lw and dracs with shitty pally spirit and 5/6/1 cta on off hands. I actually started rebuilding him on resurrected but since it's a whole new fresh start jah is expensive. I still am in need of LW and a Chains of Honor, upping the Hoz I have, getting a COA with 2 bers, and getting a dungoes and a couple 11 res scs. Also upgrading to like 15str dracs and upping most the gear. Already have gore's but needs upgrade, and an Anni. Long way to go but just got him to 80. The lowest level I have accomplished Ubers was 68 and that's from the pulling method and stacked resist charms with a stormlash and reg Hoz umd. But its even possible with a 4 diamond 45 base high pally shield
@@chadhull2167 Now that I've gotten better gear, my new video has what I do now: th-cam.com/video/VyzPhmRZKDs/w-d-xo.html
Can someone explain what he is doing in 3:45 (with HoZ taken of and taking fire dmg?) and later on stacking thawing pots? What is this magic?
Taking the fire damage “striking” me for treachery’s fade proc and taking off hoz was because I thought shields would block the “striking” but it doesn’t. Thawing potions give 50 cold res and 10 max cold res for 30 secs and each time you drink 1 you get 30 more secs
@@jymnasium wow, ok, i forgot about treachery and had ABSOLUTELY no idea thawing stacks... guess it's becouse it's a new game and we all learn something new everyday. Thanks so much for explaining!
so do people still level up their low levels using mephistos summons? or is that not a thing anymore?
Wow, that's a throwback! I used to do this all the time, even on HC.. lol.. Nah they patched it out back in like 2008ish.. lol
Ut lvling wasreally nice 😂
I’m more inclined now to leveling a pally from all the things I’m seeing!
When leveling a pally I’m following different maxroll guides one has me going zeal and holy fire for the first 20 levels and then switching to blessed hammer and concentration or something until 75.
What would you recommend? I would love a boss destroyer for sure.
Main a blizz sorc and she’s a lot of fun, but it’d be nice to have a champion I can switch to
Yeah, that's solid for the leveling process.. You can get as high in levels as you want, but the highest lvl piece of gear in this build is the gloves: dracul's grasp L76. Smiter is not good at clearing out tons of monsters, but yeah he does a really good job at single target.
@@jymnasium hey! Thank you for responding and putting effort into your response! It means a lot when a youtuber is active and responds like that. Thank you!
Okay cool, I’ll follow the guide and look out for Dracul’s grasp while MF on my sorc. I have everything besides the gloves and high rune word gear so far. I have one Lo rune so I could make something one of the pieces with or trade it off.
Thank you again! 🙏
@@mikespidle3360 Keep the Lo rune. Grief requires that and it's super powerful. Thanks for the compliment :)
@@mikespidle3360 Grief is EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY luxury for a smiter. You absolutely do not need it, and you will not notice any real change in your TTK.
I do 50% DR with another -14 to damage: shaftstop, string of ears, almost all 40+ fire lightning cold res rock stopper, but every other item is the same. My only difference is I do lightning resistance aura when I face mephisto on top of that. Not a big deal since you pull him to the side and deal with him solo. I also have more life charms. All res are 80%+ except poison which I just substitute antidote potions before I face off against lilith. I don't have CTA and don't use a life tap wand I just chance it with 2 full slots of full rejuvs until it procs. No big deal since I take so little damage. Although I do have the life tap wand just in case I do need it some day with level 5 life tap charges of 99. Also I don't need torch. So I don't wear it so I can just pick it up conveniently at the end.
That is why the Smiter is so fun to me, there's so many items out there you can use on him for doing this. Your build sounds fine, although I'd wager that the 3 skills from torch give you the damage to make up for that time loss, especially now that I have an Enigma ;)
This is 100% the build I do with ubers. Sure you can do exile but thats way more expensive and the hoz has a nice smite base damage which makes LoH not even really needed
I need some help here, im using griswold set for my smitter. I cant decide what runes should i use for my 4 open socket redemption. Should i put x4 shael? Or x4 eth the weapon damage is verry low but i like the max resisist and boost to my deff using the set plus the cool aura glow. Im just a new guy to the game. Tia
For smiters, weapon damage doesn't matter, but the attack speed, and crushing blow do. Since smiters do not miss - lowering defense doesn't matter either (so shael is better). The problem with gris set is that you have very little crushing blow options: crafted gloves with 5-10% CB and goblin toe (25%) or gore rider (15%). There is 20% crushing blow from ber rune in a weapon, but that would be a huge waste. Crushing blow does most of your damage to these bosses: on players 1 it does 1/8 of the bosses' current health. These bosses have up to 660,000 hp.. I do not recommend using griswold's set for ubers.
@@jymnasium ok thanks for the info still i love my gris set looks strong lol... im gona uused it for now til i get the higher runes for my gears
@@jymnasium last question 😭. Decided to go for zealer build what runes you recomend for the weapon. Putting 4x is overkill ias.
@@godrick84 well apparently ias isn't working the exact same in d2r as d2lod, so you can get crazy high attack speeds.. but you can put an Um runes in for open wounds.
really appreciate this. subscribed
Thanks dude
Like the straight forward build. It’s kinda like my smiler for ubers. I use the same gear almost except I use dungos with wisp/raven and gobble toes. Duress as well I have a massive 75% cb. Could use tgods but I like the dr and vita and wisp gives me the lightsorb
Yep, there's plenty of options for smiters, it's great.
I don’t understand why ppl don’t just put points into zeal for clearing the mobs, like defiance isn’t that important is it?
Defiance is not important at all. Zeal is fine, I just don't care for it. I like doing the hybrid hammerdin, like I've done in my more recent videos: th-cam.com/video/VyzPhmRZKDs/w-d-xo.html
is the knock back on black ever a problem?
Smite knocks monsters back too, so I use it to my advantage.. pushing monsters out of my way or out of the doorway ;)
Nicely done
Thanks Rob
@@jymnasium np
Restart your game, sit in queue for 2 hours, repeat.
yeah, this was before queues were this bad..
yeah and crash when you get in, right? xD
Great video man! Love how you broke down other gear options and possibilities! You mentioned upgrading death’s guard… but how do you do that? Idk the recipe for set upgrade? Thank you ahead of time!
"You cannot up set items. So death's belt is only going to be 2 rows of potions." - I put this in my comment on the video cuz when doing this live on stream I remember death's belt and gloves combo and forgot about there not being an upgrade for sets, my bad.
@@jymnasium appreciate the reply!
@@danielduvall7872 I get around.. "get around, get around, I get around!.." ok old song :P
I get so many disconnects... holding that shield up whilst producing fade gives me anxiety 😵
It will still be on your left click if you leave game.
@@jymnasium fade procs faster if you take more damage per hit? I did not know that, also seems weird to me since it should just be a flat% chance per time you get hit, no? Are you certain it works like that or am i missing something?
@@TheLaubum I don't remember saying anything about taking more damage? It's just a 5% (1/20) chance of it proc'ing. So more hits and less damage is better. As far as taking the shield off: I'm not sure about D2R, but I think the shield can block the fire striking your character.
@@jymnasium You indeed did not say anything of the sort, i just assumed taking the shield off had to do with increasing damage taken. Stupid assumption of me. So the issue is that it may or may not be possible to actually block a fire hit. I've been standing in that fire for many games to proc fade and I never noticed a hit being blocked by the shield. If it were true then wouldn't you be blocking 75% of the fire hits and it would be extremely noticeable, no?
@@TheLaubum Yeah, my reasoning was that because something is "striking" you to proc the fade that the shield would be blocking, but I don't think that's the case. (For taking off the shield): Also, the defense stat is basically evasion % For example if you have high defense, then the monsters have a lower chance to hit you, but a big part of that formula includes your level vs the monster's level. So, defense is a bad defensive stat in D2 ;)
very cool man i played with you before cant forget that name cool i randomly found your channel and subbed.
Thanks man :)
Can use TGODS belt instead of string of ears??
Yes, only for meph specifically.
Great video! :) just starting to play again after playing as a child and I didn't even know ubers existed before. Btw, why don't you identify the torch? Just curious
I don't remember this one specifically, but I usually do an uber service for 4x3 keysets (or 3keysets and an ist rune). So that may be why. I have upgraded this smiter since then and I do ID the torch in that vid: th-cam.com/video/t8nVHXYzdyQ/w-d-xo.html
They don't ID right away cuz u can't hold 2 at a time
cool guy, love your playstyle and everything
subbed
thanks
Hold ctrl + left click to quick move items
Yeah, Playing D2LoD for so long, I wasn't used to that at the time of this recording (2nd week of D2R). I got it down now :)
Would you Say get Enigma first or that grief ? Because i Have a Lo rune and i want to try Über runs solo too 🤔
Great question. So it depends.. If you are doing tons of ubers cuz you have friends farming keys for you all the time, then Grief is better cuz you'll be able to down them faster.. but if you're farming keys on your own, then Engima. It's too powerful of an item in so many ways.
How does Uber service work? I just give you an Ist and you give me a unid torch?
Uber service is where you bring your 3 keysets to open ubers and pay with either a 4th keyset or ist (it's down to a mal rune now)
I'm waiting for the Torch to ID'ed. Lol
my bad :P
I smashed the like button it was very informative thanks
Are you throwing shade at LlamaSC?
He's my friend. I did his ubers for the first few weeks of D2R, people asked me what gear I had, so I went over it on stream, and uploaded it to YT :)
My gear: Heaven's Light + 2 shael rune, guili face + um, HOZ + per diamon, Mara amulet, Trearchy armor, Ears string belt + thundergod, dracul grasp, gore rider, 2 rings + life and light + fire res, staff + life tap, gc and sc + life. Salvation aura. I am confident go to uber :D
Where's your CBF (Cannot Be Frozen)? Typically players use Ravenfrost.
@@jymnasium yeah, i mistaken, 2 ring: 1 ravenfrost and 1 life + light and fire resistance
what is the site we can search to see what items are selling for?
I use traderie. It's item for item trading and there's no RMT (real money transactions). I'm a fan of no p2w, and it's not against ToS.
@@jymnasium thanks, always on the look out for more resources to make in game trades
Great video! I’m surprised you don’t just proc Fade and switch to another armor like Duress or Duriel’s shell though. Good option for budget if you don’t mind proccing Fade ore often.
I'm using guardian angel chest piece i rolled 825 def on it plus 15 to all resist +1 all pala skills 30 block rate 20 percent chance to block 200 percent enhanced defense +4 to light radius and +185 to att rating against demons is this worth keeping and using ????????
You can if you want. Smiter has multiple options for items, just be careful about your light res when coming up against meph.. You really do want 300+ light res in total (-100 for hell and -125 for meph's conviction leaves you with 75).
Suggestion: Put the gear section at the beginning of the vid my man
Yeah, not used to doing YT vids, let alone doing them while streaming live.. but that's what I did in the next vid where i've upgraded my smiter to be safer for HC players: th-cam.com/video/t8nVHXYzdyQ/w-d-xo.html
vex mal um for ohm? I'd understand if you already had your cta and were looking for a value trade but when you literally need the item, might as well offer something decent lol.
You're right. It was a bad offer. At that time, Vex and Ohm were closer in value cuz it was early on enough people still wanted HOTO (this was streamed live back in early October - week 2 of D2R). Didn't get around to uploading it to YT till several days later on the 11th.
It’s weird to me people make a dedicated smiter for Ubers.
Just slap a grief and a dracs onto a hammerdin, with a single point in fanat.
Ezpz and you rarely if ever have to even touch a potion. Plus you can clear minions fast with hammers, and tele fast
I dont want to respec my hammerdin only for killing ubers. Is 1 Point in smite, holy shield and fana enough to do the Job in some way ?
Yes, it is.
You could always just lvl a new char specifically for uber farming. You alrdy have the hammer gear so you can just use that stuff to lvl up faster and respec when you've done hell. You open up larzuk quests for later use too.
i'm a Zeal Paladin and do ubers with 1 point Smite, so yeah. You'd only need to switch the gear
Smiter strategy is cool and all but it's just so commonly used, there's got to be another more efficient method of slaying ubers. Zealdin with a Enchanter?
It's the most common because you can do it with the least amount of gear, so there's tons of options of gear to use. Also you don't need attack rating for smite (it always hits, zeal does not). Most of your damage comes from crushing blow: (on players 1) it does 1/8 of the boss' current hp.
Hello what is the music in the video ?
Not entirely sure, but I put Dance with the Dead into Spotify
First step is always *DONT crash*
Yes! Do not use the quick play button for ubers! Always use a game name and pass.
T-Gods helps a lot with Mephisto
Yes it does, but not for Lilith, so best to use dungos until then.
one can buy for a lvl 6 lifetap 105 charges wand at lvl 91.
can buy a lower level one significantly earlier than that, all the skill level does is increase the duration, id honestly suggest buying the lowest one possible so you spend the least on recharges, none of the bosses should require a second cast
why dont u switch from smiter to zeal to clear out mobs? I find zeal does such a better job at clearing mobs even if you only invest 1 point into it.
That's an option for sure. I just don't like it nor FoH.
@@jymnasium 100% smiter is the way to go or over priced frenzy barb or kick sin
isnt it good to spec conviction auro for mephisto and have fanatacism for everything else?
No, you have to get to level 21 conviction to override meph's. If you get lightning resist you get a passive 10 (85) max res and if you use it, then you get 20 (95), which means he only does 5% damage compared to if you use conviction and have 75 max res, then he'll do 25% (that's 5x as much).
@@jymnasium ok thx
No chains if honor ? Though is was good
CoH requires a Ber rune. It's better to save that for making Enigma. Like I did in this video: th-cam.com/video/VyzPhmRZKDs/w-d-xo.html
why do you max light res aura when you never use it? I only see fanaticism/vigor/and smite used?
every 2 skills in light res i think it is, raises max light res by 1
@@ghosthunterfallout hmm lama in his smiter guide sais 2...
Would it be better to proc fade with treachery then switch to Duress?
For every1 except Duriel since Holy freeze has a slow effect. That way you can stay at max (or a high) attack speed. I don't think it's necessary unless you need the OW and/or all res though.
you are the uber slayer holy crap gg, great strategy and fuck awesome performance! 5 stars buddy ! :D ! (I learned something too :P)
guaridan angel instead of what you wear and you nn to drink pots. lvl 21 conviction against meph and you nn to stack res and waste time on fade. Later on you can use enigma with spirit/wizz spike on switch for organs and back to Gangel for ubers.
Also since Grief has an ITD mod, u can put one point zeal and have much easier time against normal mobs.
Fade Proc doesn‘t take long
Then I always switch armors to whatever best option I have atm
But Ubers are doable with very budget gear anyways So who cares
I’m so paranoid about disconnecting that I always have a friend do ubers with me
Make sure to have your friend leave, then you spawn the bosses on players 1 to make it easier, then have your friend join :)
It doesn't matter, if you created the game and remembered name/password, you can go back in if you disconnect, even if there is nobody in the game for a few moments.
@@bryanlee6065 Yeah, but with how long queues can be right now... it's probably best to have a friend around.. hopefully it won't be like this for long.
I use my hammerdin for ubers. With Grief and level 9 fana i get max ias with 15% jewel in helm. Enigma armor for fast travel with CTA + spirit on swap. Goblin Toe over Gores + UMed random Zaka. Also dumped Treachery because i dont like gear swapping and prefer to use Salvation over trying to proc fade for Meph he dies super quick cause Grief is OP. Teleport is super good for Ubers cause i was getting headaches in Matron's Den because of Witches
I'll be doing the hybrid hammerdin/smiter soon TM
should I be maxing out Lightning resist aura even though I already have 75% resist (85% with tgods)?
you can get up to 95% if you max it
The name made me laugh. It was smart tho. I gotchu on the likes and comments fam.
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well i dont get it why the heck u are wearing a Highlords when Maras would be far better ( +1 more skills and 30 All Res) or instead of the String of Ears Thundergods for Lightning absorb (and i know yeah they are fucking high stat prio but far better in my opinion)and Res .... and the Helmet was in my Time a fucking Andariels Visage Sry for the little rant :)
crushing blow is your damage, so that's why g face > andys. and for highlords > maras cuz attack speed ;)
I use Zeal to apply life tap faster and I use salvation aura for Uber Mephisto, it's cheaper than using a bunch of res items that are just going to clutter all the space.
Yeah, I wish I had mentioned salvation. Definitely an option for meph. The lifetap wand is required if you don't have dracs. But zeal is a neat idea.. I just go ahead and use a full juv if lifetap doesn't proc ;)
@@jymnasium Yeah having a lifetap wand is a neat idea, but at some point I will have a CTA equiped at swap and I'll forego the use of a lifetap wand and rely on Drac's & Zeal.
@@macmartin86 True, I just recently got my CTA and sometimes just kill bosses w/o proc'ing lifetap from dracs, lol
Any idea what a 4os eth royal shield w/ 45 all res is worth right now?
I'm not sure. I haven't looked into making an exile cuz I'm not interested in it.
are you sure you can up set items?
I commented on this video earlier: "You cannot up set items. So death's belt is only going to be 2 rows of potions." Sorry, I did this video live while streaming, and had just remembered death's belt.. so decided to mention it as a budget item.
@@jymnasium made me question myself lol
What's better before Grief, Stormlash or Black?
black for ubers for sure
i like malice if you dont have a good source of open wounds
Grief is the most powerful weapon by far. Black is the easiest and is very good vs bosses too, but CB (on players 1) does 1/8 of the bosses current HP, so as they get low on hp it takes a lot longer to finish off. Stormlash isn't that common.. b/c you could find Horizon's Tornado instead (both are Unique Scourges). But it's a very powerful weapon too.. I haven't found one, so I haven't been able to showcase it :(
@@jymnasium I found 1 a couple years ago and used it and it was really good until I got my grief but a couple days ago traded for one, but I also have black. I've never used black so was seeing if anyone that's used both had any opinions.
Do you Get fire res from standing in fire?
Not just fire res, there's a 5% chance to cast fade when struck on my chest (treachery). Level 15 Fade proc gives 60 all res and 15% damage reduction. So the fire "strikes" your character, which gives that 5% a chance to cast.
Bro great tips just on the res hacks, I love it
Thanks man, if you're still struggling with res you can always use salvation vs meph instead, but it'll be slower :(
Carrying the llama
He paid me back :)
are you aware that your armor and block chance drops when you have run active? the only reason why you need potions at all is because you never toggle walk ...
Yes, it's a good tip for HC players, but on SC you just go fast. Only matters when running. So, it doesn't matter once you're smiting the boss.
@@jymnasium yep not about when you are smiting the boss tho I mean during the clear of the Den / Lilith area ... if you just walk and teleport the enemies are literally unable to hit you ever with 75block and ~80-90% chance to miss from your high armor as Paladin :p
@@StrikerDeluxe Or you can man mode it once you get tanky enough like I did in the next video: th-cam.com/video/t8nVHXYzdyQ/w-d-xo.html
Why ppl dont do those things on hardcore??? All pf that is fear of lose everything?
Well, my hp is really low. So this is a pretty rough build for HC. I did do a video on a more viable HC smiter a couple of days after this video. Here's the link: th-cam.com/video/t8nVHXYzdyQ/w-d-xo.html
@@jymnasium ill check, thx mate.
Is Exile good?
It's unnecessary, and expensive. Vex, Ohm, Ist and Dol.. with those first 3 you could basically make yourself a CTA or buy a nice one (amn ral mal ist ohm) :)
I did meph (on hc) with prebuff fade + salvation aura. A bit slower but worked great.
This is completely fine. I'll go over a HC version (on this same smiter, but have a few more items for safety), then upload that video later tonight :)
@@jymnasium I'm dead sure you already realize this, but for newer players reading this: A Hardcore version is in reality just a perfect guide for a budget Uber run and/or first time on a torch run. There are super budget guides on the web with crazy cheap items like 6 Shael'd Phase Blade, Iratha's Coil socketed with Ort Rune, Treachery + swap to Smoke, 4 P Diamond Pally Shield, etc etc. Knowing tricks like using 1pt Salvation against Mephisto rather than Fanatacism, only means that the fight takes slightly longer and is WAY safer.
This is much like the argument over a full Smiter build vs a 1pt Smiter, or Grief vs tons of other weapon options. Crushing Blow is doing the majority of the kill speed, and if one actually times each kill you will realize, all you are shaving off timewise could be counted in seconds. Great video man, just wanted to pipe in with a pov from someone that has never found a Lo rune in all the years playing D2 going back as far as 1.08 days (I know there weren't Lo runes in 1.08, just fondly reminiscing all the many yrs), but have done many torches while also farming my own keys with Zealer/1pt Smiter. Some of the best advice isn't just for HC, it is also way less heartbreak for a newer player's first time trying Ubers.
@@erickknutz5599 I didn't say this was budget.. These are just items I've acquired while playing. As far as shopping gear goes, there's tons of items you can vendor easily for budget uber gear. As far as budget builds go, there's 100s of videos about that. I could copy paste 1 of those, but instead I just recommend items that are cheap and can replace the more expensive items I have. I get asked on stream about the gear I have when I help Llama, so I decided to make a YT vid about it :)
@@jymnasium Sorry if there was confusion, I wasn't implying your video was supposed to be about budget, I was directly referencing your comment towards the end about making a separate HC guide, which is why I mentioned "a hardcore version" in my reply to you.
That was why I posted at all, because I am quite sure a Hardcore version of your video/guide might still possibly be 99% the same gear/methods you always use, which is very fair because you run torches a lot for Uber Service and speed is a much higher priority for you compared to others that might be trying first time or completely solo and self-found. I just shed a slight tear at the admittedly smaller percentage of players that will see a guide using Grief (and often CtA and Enigma/Mara's,Exile, etc etc) and immediately give up on Ubers forever.
As for your main purpose for making this, once again great video... it answers your livestream viewer's questions, and you are hella efficient on your organ/torch runs ;-)
Get a duel leech ring and use zeal for running portals and smite for duriel. Lifetap only needed for Lilith. Meph dies so fast with grief u only need two rejuvs
Smite > Zeal. It doesn't miss. Also you need more gear for zeal cuz you need attack rating.
@@jymnasium what gear? Fenatisism is enough. Smite is impossible to use in portals since you can only hit one target.
@@justinjones5281 I'm not into building zealers.. it's not as enjoyable to me.
what about frenzy barb? straight murderer
Yeah, but he requires a lot more gear.