Diablo 2

Links

References

• Gamepedia - Diablo Wiki
• Diablo Wiki, lot of information.

• List of available waypoints.

• Diablo Fandom
• The Arreat Summit, official information on D2 LoD (craft recipe, charms...)

Guides

• Rush guide

Guide from Path of Diablo, how to find your ways in all levels to rush run them.

Sorceress build guides

• MeteOrb — https://diablo.gamepedia.com/MeteOrb_Sorceress_by_Lethal_Weapon

The detailed guide I'm currently following. Maxing Frozen Orb then Meteor.

Some problems with Cold / Fire immune in Hell Act I already...

• HydraOrb — https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofdiablo/comments/agylxc/early_ladder_fire_cold_light_sorceress_guide_for/

Another guide suggested by players on PoD Discord, better than MeteOrb

• http://www.d2tomb.com/sor_strategy.shtml

Several builds, hints and tips. Worth reading.

• https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo2/comments/7gt317/help_with_stats_distribution/

Some tips about sorceress stats distribution. Worth reading.

• https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=48901509

More detailed guide on an hybrid sorceress. Not tried yet.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF1Jx5RV3rk

Video showing several builds, but no explanation on how to build them...

• https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofdiablo/comments/7xuabx/general_sorceress_guide_every_sorc_build_cold/

Not read yet.

Mercenary guides

• https://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Guide:Mercenary_Guide_v1.10

• Merc gets the most XP if they kill the monster themselves. To keep in mind if merc is lagging behind.
• Equip: Life Steal, to keep him alive in fight (for melee merc only).
• Equip: Increased Attack Speed. Allow merc to leech even more.
• Equip: Crushing blow, a good boss killer.
• Equip: Slow target item, nearly as good as damage reduction items.
• Equip: Mana leech *useless*.
• Merc MF stacks with player MF, but only if merc does the kill. Important when dealing with boss.
• Use Full Rejuvenation (rather than Healing), heals faster. Use cube recipes to make such potions.
• Thaw / Anti potion time stacks up. Feed your merc before a killing session.
• *...and much more information to read again later...*

Loot filters (POD)

• https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Loot_Filtration

Intro page.

• https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Loot_Filtration_Codes

Reference page will alll supported codes.

• https://github.com/narical/Simplicity

The filter I'm trying.

• https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Loot_Filters

List of filters made by community.

Rune words

• Insight (gamepedia — recommended on mercenary weapons.

Quests

Pandemonium event (patch 1.11)

• Pandemonium event (diablowiki)

This event requires first collecting keys from the Countess, the Summoner and Nihlathak (hell difficulty). Then to collect three organs by opening three portals, each requiring the three keys (so 9 keys needed in total). Then open a red portal to Uber Tristram by transmuting the organs in the cube, and fight Uber Baal, Uber Diablo and Uber Mephisto. Reward is the Hellfire torch unique large charm.

• Uber Quests v1.11, by PvtCaboose (diablowiki)
• Pandemonium event (gamepedia)

Diablo Clone

• Uber Diablo (diablowiki)

Diablo Clone drops the Annihilus unique small charm. It is triggered by selling Stone of Jordan unique rings.

• Diablo Clone (gamepedia)

Diablo Clone (Path of Diablo)

• Diablo Clone (PoD)

Can be triggered manually

Ancient Temple Maps (Path of Diablo)

• Dungeoneering (PoD)

An alternate set of maps that can be accessed from the Ancient Temple using Relics.

Acronyms

• Abbreviations and Acornyms (Diablowiki)

MF	Magic Find
TC	Treasury Class
FCR	Faster Cast Rate
HR	High-Runes (common trade unit on PoD)
IAS	Increased Attack Speed
OOC	Orb of Corruption (PoD)
OS	Open socket
POD	Path of Diablo

Battle.net servers

These servers are other realms than the official Battle.net realm, and provides alternate ods, skills, experience rate, ladder reset, etc.

Blizzard Battle.net

The official battle.net servers.

Path of Diablo (PoD)

• Light modding, but great improvement on Gameplay (widescreen support, doubled inventory and stash, improved rune drops...)
• Support for Loot filters.
• Active community.

Path of Diablo
Server list	Check for servers that are nearby, and that does not reset often (last restart). Eg. GS 32.
Rune wizard	Handy to know which runeword can be built.
Character storage	Handy to inspect inventories of mule (eg. compare a new ring, a new charm with those in mule). Also for trading.
View gears	To inspect gears / skills of another character.
Discord	Online chat. Keep open while playing to get general info and tips...
Wiki	Lot of information, including all rule changes. In particular Cube Recipes, Mercenaries, Uniques, Runewords, Sets...

Europe Battle

• Europe Battle

A bit more modding. With an item shop, so might be suspect...

Items

Diablo II items (gamepedia)

Diablo II items (diablowiki)

• Crafted Items

• magic items

Normal item with one or two magical attributes (shown as prefix/suffix).

Appear in BLUE.

• rare items

Like magic items, but higher in rarity. More magical attributes (2 to 6)

Appear in YELLOW.

• superior items

Normal/socketed/ethereal item with some bonuses (enhanced defense or damage).

CANNOT appear on magic/rare/crafted/set/unique.

Charms

Charms (gamepedia)

Charms (battle.net)

Runewords

Runewords
Fandom wiki	gamepedia	PoD mod

Tips

• So RW grants Probability of Casting (Proc) with long term effect (like Fade on Treachery RW, lasting for 288s).

Name	Formula	Item	PoD mod?	Comment
Smoke (gamepedia)	NefLum	?	No	Suggested in this guide. Seems a better alternative than Stealth proposed in the same guide.
Enigma	JahIthBer	Armor	Yes	Offer +1 Teleport/Warp (2sec cooldown), and +2 Skills. But no resistance.
Ancient Pledge	RalOrtTal	Armor	No	Suggested in early ladder PoD guide, as early ladder gear, for the early resists.
Spirit	TalThulOrtAmn	Shield	No	Suggested in early ladder PoD guide. For the 35% FCR and 55% FHR. Also gives +2 all skills and lot of resistance.
Lore	OrtSol	Helm	No	Suggested in early ladder PoD guide, for the +1 skills, Mana Per Kill and Lightning Resist.
Treachery	ShaelThulLem	Armor	No	Suggested in early ladder PoD guide, for the Merc, for massive IAS and Fade Proc (Probability Casting). Better done on an Ethereal Elite armor.

Horadric Cube

Cube recipes
Fandom wiki	Diablo wiki	gamepedia

See also:

• Crafted items

• Normal item + jewel + perfect gem + 1 rune (NEF, ETH, ITH, TAL, RAL, ORT, THUL, AMN, SOL)
• Hit Power items (Rune + Perfect Sapphire)
• Blood items (Rune + Perfect Ruby)
• Caster items (Rune + Perfect Amethyst)
• Safety items (Rune + Perfect Emerald)

Frequently-used recipes:

• 3 magic rings = 1 random magic amulet.
• 3 magic amulets = 1 random magic ring.
• 3 small rejuvenation = 1 full rejuvenation.
• 3 gems of same type = 1 better gem of same type
• Wirt's Leg + A Tome of Town Portal = Secret Cow Level.

Recipes to use someday:

• 3 gems of same type = 1 better gem of same type
• 3 perfect skulls + 1 Rare item + Stone of jordan = add 1 socket to rare item.
• 1 Perfect Skull + 1 Rare Item + Stone of Jordan = 1 High Quality New Rare Item of the same type.
• 3 Perfect Gems (of any type) + 1 Magic Item = 1 New Random Magic Item of the Same Type

This produces an item with same ilvl. Very interesting to produce +2 skill amulets [1].

Tips

• Don't use heavy armors, they have speed and stamina penalties. See for instance Crow Caw Armor vs Twitch.

Guides

PoD: Early Ladder Sorceress

See Early Ladder Fire / Cold / Light Sorceress Guide for Path of Diablo guide on Reddit for details (also linked from PoD site)

Gears (Vitality build only)

Purpose is to reach 37% FCR, followed by 63% and 105% breakpoints.

Item	Early Ladder	Mid-tier ladder	Magic-find	Optimized
Helmet	Lore (RW)	Tal Rasha's Horadric Crest	Harlequin Crest Shako	Harlequin Crest Shako Griffon's Eye Diadem
Chests	Stealth (RW) Smoke (RW) Skin of the Vipermagi	Tal Rasha's Guardianship	Tal Rasha's Guardianship	Enigma
Shields	Ancients Pledge (RW) Spirit (RW)	Spirit (RW)	Spirit (RW)	Spirit (RW)
Weapon	Spirit (RW)	Tal Rasha's Lidless Eye	Heart of the Oak (RW) The Oculus	Heart of the Oak (RW) The Oculus Eschuta's Temper
Belts	Caster (crafted)	Tal Rasha's Fire-Spun Cloth	Tal Rasha's Fire-Spun Cloth	Arachnid's Mesh
Boots	Faster Run Walk Caster (crafted)	Aldurs Advance Battle Boots War Travelers Sandstorm Treks Waterwalk Caster (crafted)	Aldurs Advance Battle Boots War Travelers Sandstorm Treks Waterwalk Caster (crafted) Rare with Resists/FRW	Aldurs Advance Battle Boots War Travelers Sandstorm Treks Waterwalk Caster (crafted) Rare with Resists/FRW
Gloves	Magefist Trang Oul's Claws	FrostBurns Magefist Trang Oul's Claws	FrostBurns Magefist Trang Oul's Claws	FrostBurns Magefist Trang Oul's Claws
Amulet	Life/Resist/+Skills Caster (crafted)	Tal Rasha's Adjudication Caster (crafted)	Tal Rasha's Adjudication Caster (crafted)	Tal Rasha's Adjudication Caster (crafted)
Rings	Life/Resist/FCR	Bul Kathos Wedding Band 10% FCR +Life/Stats/Resists	2x Bul Kathos Wedding Band	2x Bul Kathos Wedding Band
2ndary		Wall to Arms (RW) Medusa's Gaze	Wall to Arms (RW) Medusa's Gaze	Wall to Arms (RW) Medusa's Gaze

Act 2 Combat Mercenary Setup

• Goal: reach 75% IAS
• Weapon: Ethereal Trescher or Giant Trescher.

Item	Early Ladder	Optimized
Helmet	Blood helmet	Steelshade Vampire Gaze
Weapon	Insight (RW)	Insight (RW) Infinity (RW)
Chest	Treachery (RW) Duriel's Shell	Shaftstop Gladiator's Bane Treachery (RW) Fortitude (RW)