Strategy Category: Diablo 2

Magic Find Guide v1.11

Guide by: Hrus -
PvE
Diablo 2 Resurrected Magic Find Guide

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

A Guide to Runewords and Your Bow v1.2

Guide by: Wmeredith -
PvE
Diablo 2 Amazon

…On Runewords and Your Bow​ There are many fine bows in this game, but nothing is quite as cool as the rush of holding your own self-made cannon in your hands. Or, actually, watching the little sprite that represents you on your computer screen hold it’s own self-made cannon in it’s hands. Either way, there are a ton of rune words in this game that can be stuck in a bow. So, without any further ado……

WoRG’s 1.07 Diablo 2 Crafting miniguide v1.0

Guide by: WoRG -
PvE

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 or uniques, 1.07 crafts can be among the most powerful items possible in the game, and grant mucho style points…

Diablo 2 Guide: Calculating Poison Damage v1.10

Guide by: onderduiker -
PvP/PvP

Some (if not all) of what follows may already be known, but to the best of my knowledge it hasn’t all been collected in one place on this site. Bkelly’s The Tao of Poison was an excellent source of information about poison damage for v1.09, but there are a number of changes in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction v1.10+ and the Tao hasn’t been updated. Introduction While damage is displayed in points and length in…

Diablo 2 Guide: Fire Claws Bear v1.10

Guide by: ComeBackZinc -
PvE

Mandatory Literary Introduction As when a Beare hath seiz’d her cruell clawes Vppon the carkasse of some beast too weake, Proudly stands ouer, and a while doth pause, To heare the piteous beast pleading her plaintiffe cause. Things you’ll need for this build: A reasonably fast weapon. Some kind of Life Leech. Some kind of Mana Leech or an Insight Merc. Things you’ll want for this build: A source of Crushing Blow 54% Faster Hit…

Diablo 2 Guide: Budget PvM Assassin v1.10

Guide by: WeaselBoy Tyler -
PvE

This guide describes a build for an effective PvM Assassin, using inexpensive equipment. Why this Guide? This guide describes an Assassin build that is designed to be at least minimally playable in 8-player (or /players 8 solo games) Hell games, using only equipment that you can be sure of finding along the way, or can easily beg from your friends. There are stronger builds out there, but so many guides talk about characters that wear…

Diablo 2 Guide: The Pit strategy v1.10

Guide by: Shadow 247 -
PvE

This guide covers item finding in the Pit, a high level dungeon area level found below the Tamoe Highlands in Act One

Diablo 2 Guide: Diablo Clone Hunting v1.10

Guide by: Camintoi -
PvE

The Diablo Clone is a special, realm-only bonus monster added in the v1.10 patch. He is the only source of the Unique Annihilus Charm.

Diablo 2 Guide: Defense 101

Guide by: Alecz -
PvP/PvP

Introduction There’s much discussion about defense and its uses. Some players believe it is completely useless while others believe defense can be very helpful. From my online experience, I’ve found out that many people like to have high defense, but don’t really know what defense does. I do not claim to know a lot of things about the game, and I’m pretty sure for many of you here, this guide will not provide much new…

Diablo 2 Guide: Uber Quests v1.11

Guide by: PvtCaboose -
PvE

Uber Tips When attempting to uber you will have some inital steps: 1. PERM YOUR GAME FOR 5-10 MINUTES! To perm you just idle the game for 5-10 minutes. The reason you perm the game is to give you a little bit of time if the game does get a connection intturuption or if you die to get back into the game and get your torch. 2. All character must be in act5 hell diff…