Strategy Category: All Classes

Excalibur examines how exactly Piercing works in Diablo 2. Is it necessary to aim for 100% pierce and what are the benefits of it?

Are Breakpoints still a mystery? Excalibur’s new guide breaks down breakpoints, how they work, how they are calculated, and more.

Some monsters carry high Resistances able to withstand lots of damage greatly reducing your killing speed. Excalibur explains how to maximize your effectiveness and most importantly how to break immunities.

A guide to what Diablo 2 Resurrected items to keep. Detailing what items specifically should be kept for use or to sell.

The Diablo 2 Resurrected trading guide explaining the dos and don’ts, how to trade, what to trade, and item values.

The Diablo 2 Countess guide on how to run the countess as well as the calculated chances for her to drop commonly sought runes in hell.

Overcoming Diablo 2 Monster Immunities Diablo 2 monster immunities become more prevalent as you progress through the game. There are six primary damage types: physical, cold, fire, lightning, magic, and poison. In normal difficulty, and in early nightmare difficulty, various enemies are somewhat resistant to one or more of these. By the time you get … Read more

This Diablo 2 Quests Guide offers a brief sequence of quests and quest items, with notes about areas associated with quests, and some interesting details about those areas.

How is Diablo 2 different from other APRGs such as Diablo 2 and POE. We explain the main differences.

This massively comprehensive Magic Find guide covers every aspect of magic find gameplay in Diablo 2 Resurrected.

1.07 has long been known as a source of great items: ethereal items, +damage charms, and select Uniques from 1.07 are commonly sought after for their superior qualities. Less well known is the AWESOME potential of 1.07 crafted items, MUCH greater than in later patches. While they may not be able to match certain runewords … Read more

Detailed information on calculating poison damage in Diablo 2.

A Diablo 2 Guide: Defense 101 by Alecz.

A Diablo 2 guide to Uber quests by PvtCaboose.

A guide for building wealth in Diablo 2.

Charms in v1.10+ Charms are something a lot of players underestimate the worth of. There is at times a good deal of confusion as to what constitutes a good, great or fantastic charm, and how to go about getting them. Most new players disregard charms entirely, focusing on accumulating their hoard of sets/uniques, and can … Read more

When I first read there was no limit to the number of Hellfire Torches one could hold in their inventory, I first thought how quickly they’d be farmed and abused. It’s going to take a devoted group of experienced players to do so. Uber Tristram here we come.

Diablo 2 Guide to Crafting Cubing and Socketing by Uzziah.

This Diablo 2 level up guide shows in which area/difficulty level characters of every level will gain the maximum experience,

The following figures represent how many Baal runs are required for each level up, and the total journey, from level 90 to 99.

This guide is mainly for the people who are starting out, or for the younger players out there (despite the M rating) and because there is no muling guide in the Strategy Compendium

Well, this is basically just my 0.02$ on running the Worldstone Keep with a Necromancer. I’ve spent quite a bit of time there and got a fair share of gold and green out of that.

How to build a PvP character in Diablo 2 for all classes in Diablo 2 and Diablo 2 Resurrected.

After conversations in with the community, I’ve decided to put into action a thought I’ve had for a while and write an addenda/errata sheet for the excellent 1.07 guide. Those of us that play 1.07 all know and love that guide, but are sadly aware that there are things in there that could do with … Read more

The following Diablo 2 guide/FAQ is the much updated, corrected and improved version of the previous v1.07 guides.