The best use of runes
All runes have their uses, even the really low ones that most of the community ignores when they drop. Below is a collection of my thoughts and then my final evaluation on what to do with all runes once they are obtained.
- 1 Single Uses of Runes
- 2 Cube Recipes
- 3 Crafting
- 4 Cubing
- 5 Trading
- 6 Rune List and what to do with them
Oftentimes, there are situations where there are runes that you can just use once and be guaranteed a useful effect for the rest of the game (as long as you don't die and lose them). They are:
1. Making runewords. Early useful runewords include Stealth (Tal+Eth), Steel (Tir+El), Lore (Ort+Sol), and Spirit (Tal+Thul+Ort+Amn)
2. Putting runes in socketed items for their individual effects. A good early game example of this is putting a…
Ladder Reset Hardcore Journal
It's only been four days, and I've already had 3 die at level 6 (lol), level 24 (unfortunate), and level 70 (ouch).
- 1 Playthrough tips
- 2 Observations on progression
- 3 Gear
- 4 Merc
- 5 Grinding Mosaic Base
- 6 Staying Alive
- 7 Farming
In the early game, by far the worst limitation is stamina. Grab some money from shared stash, buy a belt, and then buying 4-8 stamina potions every trip home vastly increases the leveling efficiency of characters in Act I. After dumping enough points into vitality, stamina becomes basically a non-issue.
The next limitation is mana. Always have at least 8 mana potions in inventory whenever you leave town, and reserve at least 2 columns in the belt for them. At level 14, you can wear items with tir runes, which greatly helps with man…
Theorycrafting Mosaic Assassin
Now that the season's about to be over, I have made my two mosaics. Compiling personal thoughts and various sources here.
I've seen one or two people call it "Discosin", but for clarity's sake I'm just calling it by the runeword it needs.
- 1 Stats
- 2 Skills
- 2.1 Note on FoF, CS, and PS
- 2.2 Why not Weapon Block or Claw Mastery?
- 3 Gear
- 4 Gameplay
- 5 Best Areas
- 6 Thoughts
- Str: Enough for gear. The lowest possible, if not using Spirit, is greater claws with 76 str requirement.
- Dex: Ditto for strength; 76 dex requirement needed for greater claws, more if using higher level claws.
- Energy: None.
- Vitality: Rest.
There are two sub-builds, one that uses enigma and one that doesn't. Enigma fundamentally changes the character: teleport makes F/RW less useful. If not using Enig…
Crafted Javelins thoughts
I somehow never knew this for decades, but you CAN craft Amazon javelins. Are they good? Do they have the potential to be as good as Thunderstroke/Titan's Revenge? This post aims to find out.
In addition to their native guaranteed mods, crafted items can gain up to 4 affixes, for a total of 7. Sadly, the guaranteed mods are negligible:
- Reduced Damage 1-4
- Reduced Magic Damage 1-2
- +5-10% Defense
But the rest could potentially be amazing. The four random affixes have to be the same as rares, not magical (so they're not as good), but we still have some strong contenders here. Unfortunately, what affixes can and cannot overlap is unclear, and some websites are plain wrong, so I'm putting down everything here I can find for now and curate later.
- Singl…
FoH Paladin D2R
For leveling:
- 1 Point to Might
- 1 Point to Sacrifice
- 3 Points to Resist Fire until Level 6
- 6 Points to Holy Fire from Levels 6-11
- 1 Point to Zeal at Level 12
- All remaining Points to Holy Fire and Resist Fire until Level 30
- Respec to Fist of the Heavens at Level 30-35
After respec:
At level 30 with Nightmare Den completed, will have 34 points.
- 1 in all pre-reqs to Conviction, Fist of the Heavens, Holy Shield (13 points)
- 1 in Holy Shield
- Max FoH
- Enough in Conviction for level 25. With +skills items, might only need 10 points here for endgame.
- Max Holy Bolt (this takes priority because playing with a javazon who will have plenty of lightning damage).
- Max Holy Shock.
Total 94 skillpoints, will therefore max out damage potential at level 82.
Icy Veins re…