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...)

Game mechanics

• Faster Run Walk (+Vigor skill)
• Rune hunting

Get as much as item drop as possible. MF doesn't change rune drop. Only kill as much high-level monster as possible, or open as many special chests as possible (ie. chests with much more drops like those in Lower Kurast). Kill Countess (but mid runes only) because she has special drop pattern. Kill monsters that cant' drop armor or weapons (like Wraiths, Finger Mages, Vulture Demons, Willowisps, and the Swarm...)

• Special chests

Chests with special drop pattern, usually dropping much more items. These chests appear at known locations. Players run for these chests because they have a higher chances to drop runes.

category	gamepedia	diablowiki	other	comments
Items	gamepedia	diablowiki
Magic Items	gamepedia			In BLUE. Item with ONE or TWO magical attributes (prefix / suffix).
Rare Items	gamepedia			In YELLOW. Item with TWO to SIX magical attributes.
Crafted Items	gamepedia		battle.net	Items created with horadric cube.
Charms	gamepedia	diablowiki	battle.net
Runewords	gamepedia		Fandom wiki	PoD mod, Rune list
Monsters	gamepedia	diablowiki
Cube recipes	gamepedia	diablowiki	Fandom wiki
Area Level			Fandom Wiki

Best Charms Stats

Size	Dex	Str	Life	Mana	F. Res	C. Res	L. Res	P. Res	A. Res	MF
Grand	6	6	35(61) 45(91)	59	30%	30%	30%	30%	15%	12%
Large	5	5	25(42) 35(74)	34	15%	15%	15%	15%	8%	6%
Small	2	2	20(40)	17	11%	11%	11%	11%	5%	7%

• Val(Lvl), best ratio

Guides

• Rush guide

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

• Farming The Pits in Hell Act I (diablowiki)

Max area level, no much immunes, easy and fast kill, can drop best objects in game.

• Max Faster Run/Walk (FRW)

Enigma +45% (Armor RW), Circlet of speed +30% (helmet), Mavina's Belt 20%, Cat's Eye 30% (amulet), Infinity +35% (Weapon RW) or dual-wield Wind RW +40% or dual-wield Crainte Vomir +40%, various boots +40%, 40x small charms of inertia +120%, Harmony RW on act I merc (bow).

• Guide to Lower Kurast run, LK vs Travincal vs Cows

Guide to find runes in LK, by opening special chests, but not really relevant for online play because maps are always reset.

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.

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. First relic (Tier 1) is obtained from Hephasto the Armorer in Act 4 on Hell difficulty (about a 10% chance).

Miscellaneous

• 3000 super chest openings in River of Flame
• maggot lair speedrun tips (speedrun spreadsheet, llama's video).

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 and Mods

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 (I use an own variant of Simplicity, but the best is apparently Anirmls).
• Active community.

Path of Diablo
Servers (ping)	No frequent restart: Paris GS 32. Ping < 60ms: Czech Rep GS 23, Amsterdam GS 2, London GS 17, Frankfurt GS 6, Paris 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.
Stats	Build analytics (200 best on ladder) View gears
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... Filter: Simplicity (forked mine from this one) Filter: Anirml (the best for many players) Filter: Spam's filter, another good filter but with possibly some lag issue
Quests	Ancient Temple Maps Diablo Clone
Guides	Map monster info Map orientation, Pathfinding, Rush guide Complete guide to shopping (merchants) Reddit: Claw comparison calc for bladeshield
Trade	Use PoD Trade Price check: see Discord channel Rune price: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SVDNPhPT3XjZTErgRPh3PdKLZL3R-RANi5yb3S7hwbQ/htmlview#
Calculator	Pod Attack Calculator Build planner

Notes

• Enflame and Frigerate are passive spells now, and they stack. Handy to boost Merc damage.

Europe Battle

• Europe Battle

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

Runewords

Tips

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

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/370600-diablo-ii-lord-of-destruction/75122003

Name	Formula	Item	PoD mod?	Comment
Leaf	TirRal	Polearms, staves	Yes	Suggested here to fix mana issues. In fact Leaf can still be used by high-level sorc, see this guide.
Insight	RalTirTalSol	Polearms, staves	No	Suggested in this guide for Sorc, for fast mana recover.
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.
Infinity	BerMalBerIst	Polearm	Yes	Suggested on chat for lightning-only sorc build. Some also say that light sorc with infinity are the fastest to farm.
Memory	LumIoSolEth	Staves	Yes	Suggested on chat for those that level up a lightning sorc, to change some lightning surge into phys damage.
Harmony	TirIthSolKo	Missile weapons	No	Suggested on chat to get Vigor aura, to run much faster.

Horadric Cube

Crafted	Magic item	Rune (NEF-SOL)	PGem	Jewel	Comment
Hit Power items	Magic	Rune	PSapphire	jewel
Blood items	Helm	RAL	PRuby	jewel	Good for Mercenary
Caster items	Amulet Boots Belt	RAL THUL ITH	PAmethyst	jewel
Safety items	Magic item	Rune	PEmeral	jewel

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].

• 1 RAL + 1 AMN + 1 PAmethyst + Non-magic Weapon = Socketed Weapon of same type.

Useful to get a socketed Broad sword / Long Sword / Crystal Sword for SPIRIT (note that Crystal Sword may have up to 6 sockets so may require more retries).

• 1 TAL + 1 AMN + 1 PRuby + Non-magic Shield = Socketed Shield of same type

Useful to get a 4os Monarch for SPIRIT.

• Recipe to upgrade quality (normal to exceptional to elite) of unique weapons/armor.
• Recipe to upgrade quality (normal to exceptional to elite) of rare weapons/armor.
• Recipe to repair/recharge armor.

Tips

• Don't use heavy armors, they have speed and stamina penalties. See for instance Crow Caw Armor vs Twitch.
• Don't pick anything when recovering dead body, or that can lead to losing items (which occurs when having more than one non-empty body. Consider command /nopickup [2].
• To reset traded items at merchants, exit the town, wait for the music to change or for mercenary aura to trigger (only a few secs), then get back in.

• Sometimes it is helpful to create a new map so that merchant is closer to the exit (e.g. Drognan in Lut Gholein).

• Interesting items to shop

• Wand with Lower Resist charges (Wand of Lower Resistance), to break monster immunities. Easily bought by Drognan (make sure he's close to town exit).
• Wand of Life Tap, to get 50% life leech, which is very useful against strong monsters.

• To Refill Portal Tome, just sell and buy it back. It works even with merchant that does not sell any scroll of town portal!

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)

Stats

Best charm stats

From gamepedia, only listing the best values in each category (but we excluded the affix with double values).

Stalwart       +60-100 to Defense                                    Grand Charms prefix
Bloody         +3 to Minimum Damage                                  Grand Charms prefix
Serrated       +3 to Maximum Damage                                  Grand Charms prefix
Rugged         +37-50 Maximum Stamina                                Grand Charms prefix
Steel          +118-132 to Attack Rating                             Grand Charms prefix
Lucky          +8-12% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items           Grand Charms prefix
Serpent's      +53-59 to Mana                                        Grand Charms prefix
Shimmering     All Resistances +13-15%                               Grand Charms prefix
Sapphire       Cold Resist +26-30%                                   Grand Charms prefix
Ruby           Fire Resist +26-30%                                   Grand Charms prefix
Amber          Lightning Resist +26-30%                              Grand Charms prefix
Emerald        Poison Resist +26-30%                                 Grand Charms prefix
Fletcher's     +1 to Bow & Crossbow Skills (Amazon Only)             Grand Charms prefix
Acrobat's      +1 to Passive Skills (Amazon Only)                    Grand Charms prefix
Harpoonist's   +1 to Javelin & Spear Skills (Amazon Only)            Grand Charms prefix
Burning        +1 to Fire Skills (Sorceress Only)                    Grand Charms prefix
Sparking       +1 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)               Grand Charms prefix
Chilling       +1 to Cold Skills (Sorceress Only)                    Grand Charms prefix
Hexing         +1 to Curses (Necromancer Only)                       Grand Charms prefix
Fungal         +1 to Poison & Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)         Grand Charms prefix
Graverobber's  +1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)             Grand Charms prefix
Lion Branded   +1 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only)                    Grand Charms prefix
Captain's      +1 to Offensive Auras (Paladin Only)                  Grand Charms prefix
Preserver's    +1 to Defensive Auras (Paladin Only)                  Grand Charms prefix
Expert's       +1 to Combat Skills (Barbarian Only)                  Grand Charms prefix
Fanatic        +1 to Combat Masteries (Barbarian Only)               Grand Charms prefix
Sounding       +1 to Warcries (Barbarian Only)                       Grand Charms prefix
Trainer's      +1 to Summoning Skills (Druid Only)                   Grand Charms prefix
Spiritual      +1 to Shapeshifting Skills (Druid Only)               Grand Charms prefix
Natural        +1 to Elemental Skills (Druid Only)                   Grand Charms prefix
Entrapping     +1 to Traps (Assassin Only)                           Grand Charms prefix
Mentalist's    +1 to Shadow Disciplines (Assassin Only)              Grand Charms prefix
Shogukusha's   +1 to Martial Arts (Assassin Only)                    Grand Charms prefix
Pestilent      +100 Poison Damage over 6 seconds                     Grand Charms prefix
Hibernal       Adds (8-13)-(16-25) Cold Damage (1 second Duration)   Grand Charms prefix
Flaming        Adds (8-18)-(20-36) Fire Damage                       Grand Charms prefix
Shocking       Adds 1-(45-79) Lightning Damage                       Grand Charms prefix

Balance        12% Faster Hit Recovery                               Grand Charms suffix
Winter         Adds (4-6) to (8-11) Cold Damage - 1 sec Duration     Grand Charms suffix
Incineration   Adds (4-7) to (8-14) Fire Damage                      Grand Charms suffix
Storms         Adds 1 to (22-33) Lightning Damage                    Grand Charms suffix
Anthrax        Adds 50 Poison Damage Over 6 Seconds                  Grand Charms(21) suffix
Maiming        +3-4 to Maximum Damage                                Grand Charms suffix
Inertia        7% Faster Run/Walk                                    Grand Charms suffix
Greed          31-40% Extra Gold From Monsters                       Grand Charms suffix
Dexterity      +5-6 to Dexterity                                     Grand Charms suffix
Vita           +41-45 to Life                                        Grand Charms suffix
Strength       +5-6 to Strength                                      Grand Charms suffix

Stalwart       +45-60 to Defense                                     Large Charms prefix
Sanguinary     +2 to Minimum Damage                                  Large Charms prefix
Forked         +2 to Maximum Damage                                  Large Charms prefix
Rugged         +26-32 Maximum Stamina                                Large Charms prefix
Steel          +65-77 to Attack Rating                               Large Charms prefix
Lucky          4-6% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items             Large Charms prefix
Serpent's      +30-34 to Mana                                        Large Charms prefix
Shimmering     All Resistances +6-8%                                 Large Charms prefix
Sapphire       Cold Resist +13-15%                                   Large Charms prefix
Ruby           Fire Resist +13-15%                                   Large Charms prefix
Amber          Lightning Resist +13-15%                              Large Charms prefix
Emerald        Poison Resist +13-15%                                 Large Charms prefix
Pestilent      +175 Poison Damage over 6 seconds                     Large Charms prefix
Hibernal       Adds (11-15)-(21-30) Cold Damage (1 sec Duration)     Large Charms prefix
Flaming        Adds (10-27)-(28-43) Fire Damage                      Large Charms prefix
Shocking       Adds 1-(59-90) Lightning Damage                       Large Charms prefix

Balance        8% Faster Hit Recovery                                Large Charms suffix
Winter         Adds (4-6) to (9-12) Cold Damage - 1 sec Duration     Large Charms suffix
Incineration   Adds (6-10) to (12-17) Fire Damage                    Large Charms suffix
Storms         Adds 1 to (26-38) Lightning Damage                    Large Charms suffix
Pestilence     Adds 25 Poison Damage Over 5 Seconds                  Large Charms suffix
Quality        +2 to Maximum Damage                                  Large Charms suffix
Inertia        5% Faster Run/Walk                                    Large Charms suffix
Greed          11-22% Extra Gold From Monsters                       Large Charms suffix
Dexterity      +4-5 to Dexterity                                     Large Charms suffix
Vita           +31-35 to Life                                        Large Charms suffix
Strength       +4-5 to Strength                                      Large Charms suffix

Stalwart       +20-30 to Defense                                     Small Charms prefix
Red            +1 to Minimum Damage                                  Small Charms prefix
Jagged         +1 to Maximum Damage                                  Small Charms prefix
Rugged         +9-16 Max Stamina                                     Small Charms prefix
Steel          +25-36 to Attack Rating                               Small Charms prefix
Serpent's      +13-17 to Mana                                        Small Charms prefix
Shimmering     All Resistances +3-5%                                 Small Charms prefix
Sapphire       Cold Resist +10-11%                                   Small Charms prefix
Ruby           Fire Resist +10-11%                                   Small Charms prefix
Amber          Lightning Resist +10-11%                              Small Charms prefix
Emerald        Poison Resist +10-11%                                 Small Charms prefix
Hibernal       Adds (8-10)-(15-20) Cold Damage (1 sec Duration)      Small Charms prefix
Flaming        Adds (10-19)-(20-29) Fire Damage                      Small Charms prefix
Shocking       Adds 1-(44-71) Lightning Damage                       Small Charms prefix
Pestilent      +175 Poison Damage over 6 seconds                     Small Charms prefix

Balance        5% Faster Hit Recovery                                Small Charms suffix
Winter         Adds (4-5) to (7-9) Cold Damage - 1 sec Duration      Small Charms suffix
Incineration   Adds (5-7) to (9-13) Fire Damage                      Small Charms suffix
Storms         Adds 1 to (19-28) Lightning Damage                    Small Charms suffix
Anthrax        Adds 50 Poison Damage Over 6 Seconds                  Small Charms suffix
Craftsmanship  +1 to Maximum Damage                                  Small Charms suffix
Inertia        3% Faster Run/Walk                                    Small Charms suffix
Greed          5-10% Extra Gold From Monsters                        Small Charms suffix
Good Luck      6-7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items             Small Charms suffix
Dexterity      +2 to Dexterity                                       Small Charms suffix
Vita           +16-20 to Life                                        Small Charms suffix
Strength       +2 to Strength                                        Small Charms suffix