Links
References
Guides
- Guide from Path of Diablo, how to find your ways in all levels to rush run them.
Sorceress build guides
- The detailed guide I'm currently following. Maxing Frozen Orb then Meteor.
- Some problems with Cold / Fire immune in Hell Act I already...
- Another guide suggested by players on PoD Discord, better than MeteOrb
- Several builds, hints and tips. Worth reading.
- Some tips about sorceress stats distribution. Worth reading.
- More detailed guide on an hybrid sorceress. Not tried yet.
- Video showing several builds, but no explanation on how to build them...
- Not read yet.
Mercenary guides
- 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)
- Intro page.
- Reference page will alll supported codes.
- The filter I'm trying.
- List of filters made by community.
Quests
- Pandemonium event (patch 1.11)
- 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.
- Diablo Clone
- Diablo Clone drops the Annihilus unique small charm. It is triggered by selling Stone of Jordan unique rings.
- Diablo Clone (Path of Diablo)
- Can be triggered manually
- Ancient Temple Maps (Path of Diablo)
- 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).
Acronyms
| MF |
Magic Find
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| TC |
Treasury Class
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| FCR |
Faster Cast Rate
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| HR |
High-Runes (common trade unit on PoD)
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| IAS |
Increased Attack Speed
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| OOC |
Orb of Corruption (PoD)
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| OS |
Open socket
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| POD |
Path of Diablo
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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.
- Active community.
- Notes
- Enflame and Frigerate are passive spells now, and they stack. Handy to boost Merc damage.
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
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Formula
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Item
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PoD mod?
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Comment
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| Leaf
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TirRal
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Polearms, staves
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No
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Suggested here to fix mana issues. In fact Leaf can still be used by high-level sorc, see this guide.
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| Insight
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RalTirTalSol
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Polearms, staves
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No
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Suggested in this guide for Sorc, for fast mana recover.
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| Smoke (gamepedia)
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NefLum
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?
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No
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Suggested in this guide. Seems a better alternative than Stealth proposed in the same guide.
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| Enigma
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JahIthBer
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Armor
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Yes
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Offer +1 Teleport/Warp (2sec cooldown), and +2 Skills. But no resistance.
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| Ancient Pledge
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RalOrtTal
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Armor
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No
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Suggested in early ladder PoD guide, as early ladder gear, for the early resists.
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| Spirit
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TalThulOrtAmn
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Shield
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No
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Suggested in early ladder PoD guide. For the 35% FCR and 55% FHR. Also gives +2 all skills and lot of resistance.
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| Lore
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OrtSol
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Helm
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No
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Suggested in early ladder PoD guide, for the +1 skills, Mana Per Kill and Lightning Resist.
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| Treachery
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ShaelThulLem
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Armor
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No
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Suggested in early ladder PoD guide, for the Merc, for massive IAS and Fade Proc (Probability Casting). Better done on an Ethereal Elite armor.
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| Infinity
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BerMalBerIst
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Polearm
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No
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Suggested on chat for lightning-only sorc build.
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Horadric Cube
- 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.
- Recipe to upgrade quality (normal to exceptional to elite) of rare weapons.
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].
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.
- Act 2 Combat Mercenary Setup
- Goal: reach 75% IAS
- Weapon: Ethereal Trescher or Giant Trescher.