UnforgivinAngel
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this is to fix up on the gem thing I made back when we all played 1.09 (I am Gen_xxx_69: Cartalos closed already)
Yeah its long but it works.
includes:
Well here it all is. Fallow it and watch it all come in
During your course of time playing Diablo II, and as your characters get better and better, you will eventually want to get better items. There are several ways to do this. Here is a guide on how to get better items:
Trading
The problem with trading is that it is very difficult if you fit into any of these categories:
A) New to Diablo II in general
B) New to Diablo II Lord of Destruction
C) Just starting ladder
D) Just starting non-ladder
E) Just got hacked
F) Are starting “freshâ€
However if you DO fit into these categories, do not panic! There are still plenty of ways to get better items through trading! I’ll start with category “Aâ€:
Step 1: Take your old, worthless items into a trade game, preferably normal or nightmare, depending on how good your items are.
Step 2: Trade these items for items that are either
A) Of slightly better value
B) Fit your character better
Step 3: Continue step two until you find a newbie, who will trade godly or semi-godly items for your items that are either still worthless, or could have some value (in the case of continued trading, you could get semi-godly gear over the course of several hundred trades).
Step 4: Take your new godly or semi-godly gear into trade games to trade for items you need – BE CAREFUL – DO NOT GET RIPPED OFF WHILE DOING THIS!
These steps can also be repeated for Category “Bâ€.
Category C AND D
Here you can do one of several things:
Choice one
Step 1: Take your new ladder (or non-ladder in the case of “Dâ€) character and make a public game like “act1 newâ€.
Step 2: Play the game through – as you continue playing you will eventually run into some minor uniques or sets.
Step 3: Do some trading with these items until you can get better gear for yourself, then continue playing the game through while doing Baal runs to gain experience – and to get better items!
Choice two
Step 1: Take your new ladder character and make a public game like “act1 newâ€.
Step 2: Continue playing the game through, and while doing so do some Baal runs. (Baal runs are good for both experience and the occasional good item)
Step 3: Trade the items you find along the way for items of either better trade value, currency (you COULD find items worth 100 poisons, or even 290s while doing hell Baal runs), or items to compliment your character or its mercenary.
Categories E and F
Step 1: Play the game through – or have a friend rush you.
Step 2: Magic Find (more on this later) items through Pindleskin runs, Mephisto runs, Diablo runs, or Baal runs. Also you can simply do Baal runs in public games in chance of getting the items – however your chances are greatly reduced due to more people around to grab the item.
Step 3: Trade the items you get from Baal/whatever runs, for items you need, currency, etc
CURRENCY OF D2 LOD and THE FORUMS
Currency is a term often heard on the forum realm and here is a few basics that may help you out if peeps seem like they are speakin a lot of jibberish.
290 = toxic small charm of anthrax = 290 poisen dmg over 10 sec.
3 20 20 = fine small charm of vita = 3maxDmg/20 attack rating/ 20 life
these are massly duped small charms that have become somewhat of a currency...most every item and such is priced by 3 20 20's and 290's. runes are also another currency and there is a converter for them into 290's.
here is a lil help...
1x 290 = 2x 32020
and for runes the converter varies but it goes somewhat like this.
vex= 10 290s
ber= 8-9 290s
ohm= 7-9 290s
jah= 6-7 290s
zod= 5-6 290s
ist= 3-4 290s
those are pretty much the basics...most every item has a value in 290s. Sell items into 290s and then with your 290s buy something you need/want. First you will need to obtain stuff thats worth 290s as they may be hard to obtain with some of the things "new" players posess...or just take it the long way and get a lot of 3 20 20s and convert them up to 290s.
This has been a few basics on forum currency...
Magic Finding
Now, trading can take a VERY long time – escpeacily if you have nothing of any real value. Thankfully there is another way – Magic finding!
The Build
Note: You will want a sorceress for this – as she is easily the best Magic Find character in the game.
Fire Sorceress – Solo Pindleskin, and Mephisto – Party Baal
(NOTE: The majority of this build comes from other forums, personal experiences etc. Feel free to make your sorceress as you please.)
stats
Strength: 156 – 170 (170 might be a bit to high)
100 energy (The rest will be made from warmth/ items)
Enough Dexterity to have maximum block rate
Rest into vitality
skills
Firebolt
Fireball – max
Meteor – max
Inferno
Fire Mastery
Teleport, Energy shield, and one of the Frozen armors (can’t remember name)
gear
Shako (um or ist)
Skulder (ptopaz)
Rhyme or 4 Ist Monarch
Arachnid mesh belt
35-40% Chance gloves
Mara 25-30% amulet (or good rare with +2 skills 25%+mf and res)
Occy (ist) / Ali baba (ist ist, or clean or socket it with magic find jewels)
2 Perf 30% Nagels
45+ War Travs
If you cannot afford these items, any good item with magic find will work until you can. Also remember to get the best for your sorceress as she will be the one to get you better items for the rest of your characters.
Charms: 6 or 7 percent magic find small charms are perfect for right here – as are +1 to fire skills charms.
mfing
Pindleskin
1) Go to Harrogarth
2) Take the red portal by Anya (Must rescue her to get the portal open)
3) Quickly Teleport to the front of the building thing
4) Lay down a meteor not to far ahead of you when they come they will get burned
5) Fire Fireball until Pindleskin and all minions near him are dead
6) Pick up any good set or unique items on the ground
7) Leave game and make a new one
8) Repeat steps 1-8
Mephisto
1) Go to Durance of Hate level 2
2) Teleport to level 3
3) Go down to level 3, and teleport past all his minions
4) Set up a town portal (incase you die when hes down to one health)
5) Static him down to 50% and then shoot fireball after fireball at him until he dies
6) Pick up items, leave game, make new one, repeat steps 1-6
Baa;
For this just do a normal Baal run, after minions are dead, go into worldstone chamber, static Baal to 50%, and fireball him to death.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF PINDLESKIN OR MEPHISTO IS FIRE IMMUNE LEAVE THE GAME AND START A NEW ONE
Bliz Sorc
max blizzard and all the synergies, my synergies arent even all the way maxed and i do about 5k damage with it and it kills meph very quickly.
fireball is a good spell, but u mite want to use blizzard because it will slow meph down, and on pindle, the minions' charge will greatly b slowed down, so u can have more time to teleport around them, or wutever u do to dodge their charge, blizzard will usually b enough damage for them tho
an isted ss will also b ok for an mf shield, due to the cold resist (mephs orb) and it has better block rate, faster block rate, and the same amount of mf as ryhme.
this was just my input, 7smurfs i dont know if u will like this, but this is the strategy i use while mfing with my sorc.
also put like 1-2 points in shivering armor, put 4-5 in warmth, and put 1 in teleport and 1 in energy shield,
remember this is just my opinion, im not saying this is the best way, im just adding some feedback to this thread.
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Yeah its long but it works.
includes:
- a fire soc and a cold sorc build.
- good way to trade
- curancy list
- Tight budget build for MFing
Well here it all is. Fallow it and watch it all come in
During your course of time playing Diablo II, and as your characters get better and better, you will eventually want to get better items. There are several ways to do this. Here is a guide on how to get better items:
Trading
The problem with trading is that it is very difficult if you fit into any of these categories:
A) New to Diablo II in general
B) New to Diablo II Lord of Destruction
C) Just starting ladder
D) Just starting non-ladder
E) Just got hacked
F) Are starting “freshâ€
However if you DO fit into these categories, do not panic! There are still plenty of ways to get better items through trading! I’ll start with category “Aâ€:
Step 1: Take your old, worthless items into a trade game, preferably normal or nightmare, depending on how good your items are.
Step 2: Trade these items for items that are either
A) Of slightly better value
B) Fit your character better
Step 3: Continue step two until you find a newbie, who will trade godly or semi-godly items for your items that are either still worthless, or could have some value (in the case of continued trading, you could get semi-godly gear over the course of several hundred trades).
Step 4: Take your new godly or semi-godly gear into trade games to trade for items you need – BE CAREFUL – DO NOT GET RIPPED OFF WHILE DOING THIS!
These steps can also be repeated for Category “Bâ€.
Category C AND D
Here you can do one of several things:
Choice one
Step 1: Take your new ladder (or non-ladder in the case of “Dâ€) character and make a public game like “act1 newâ€.
Step 2: Play the game through – as you continue playing you will eventually run into some minor uniques or sets.
Step 3: Do some trading with these items until you can get better gear for yourself, then continue playing the game through while doing Baal runs to gain experience – and to get better items!
Choice two
Step 1: Take your new ladder character and make a public game like “act1 newâ€.
Step 2: Continue playing the game through, and while doing so do some Baal runs. (Baal runs are good for both experience and the occasional good item)
Step 3: Trade the items you find along the way for items of either better trade value, currency (you COULD find items worth 100 poisons, or even 290s while doing hell Baal runs), or items to compliment your character or its mercenary.
Categories E and F
Step 1: Play the game through – or have a friend rush you.
Step 2: Magic Find (more on this later) items through Pindleskin runs, Mephisto runs, Diablo runs, or Baal runs. Also you can simply do Baal runs in public games in chance of getting the items – however your chances are greatly reduced due to more people around to grab the item.
Step 3: Trade the items you get from Baal/whatever runs, for items you need, currency, etc
CURRENCY OF D2 LOD and THE FORUMS
Currency is a term often heard on the forum realm and here is a few basics that may help you out if peeps seem like they are speakin a lot of jibberish.
290 = toxic small charm of anthrax = 290 poisen dmg over 10 sec.
3 20 20 = fine small charm of vita = 3maxDmg/20 attack rating/ 20 life
these are massly duped small charms that have become somewhat of a currency...most every item and such is priced by 3 20 20's and 290's. runes are also another currency and there is a converter for them into 290's.
here is a lil help...
1x 290 = 2x 32020
and for runes the converter varies but it goes somewhat like this.
vex= 10 290s
ber= 8-9 290s
ohm= 7-9 290s
jah= 6-7 290s
zod= 5-6 290s
ist= 3-4 290s
those are pretty much the basics...most every item has a value in 290s. Sell items into 290s and then with your 290s buy something you need/want. First you will need to obtain stuff thats worth 290s as they may be hard to obtain with some of the things "new" players posess...or just take it the long way and get a lot of 3 20 20s and convert them up to 290s.
This has been a few basics on forum currency...
Magic Finding
Now, trading can take a VERY long time – escpeacily if you have nothing of any real value. Thankfully there is another way – Magic finding!
The Build
Note: You will want a sorceress for this – as she is easily the best Magic Find character in the game.
Fire Sorceress – Solo Pindleskin, and Mephisto – Party Baal
(NOTE: The majority of this build comes from other forums, personal experiences etc. Feel free to make your sorceress as you please.)
stats
Strength: 156 – 170 (170 might be a bit to high)
100 energy (The rest will be made from warmth/ items)
Enough Dexterity to have maximum block rate
Rest into vitality
skills
Firebolt
Fireball – max
Meteor – max
Inferno
Fire Mastery
Teleport, Energy shield, and one of the Frozen armors (can’t remember name)
gear
Shako (um or ist)
Skulder (ptopaz)
Rhyme or 4 Ist Monarch
Arachnid mesh belt
35-40% Chance gloves
Mara 25-30% amulet (or good rare with +2 skills 25%+mf and res)
Occy (ist) / Ali baba (ist ist, or clean or socket it with magic find jewels)
2 Perf 30% Nagels
45+ War Travs
If you cannot afford these items, any good item with magic find will work until you can. Also remember to get the best for your sorceress as she will be the one to get you better items for the rest of your characters.
Charms: 6 or 7 percent magic find small charms are perfect for right here – as are +1 to fire skills charms.
mfing
Pindleskin
1) Go to Harrogarth
2) Take the red portal by Anya (Must rescue her to get the portal open)
3) Quickly Teleport to the front of the building thing
4) Lay down a meteor not to far ahead of you when they come they will get burned
5) Fire Fireball until Pindleskin and all minions near him are dead
6) Pick up any good set or unique items on the ground
7) Leave game and make a new one
8) Repeat steps 1-8
Mephisto
1) Go to Durance of Hate level 2
2) Teleport to level 3
3) Go down to level 3, and teleport past all his minions
4) Set up a town portal (incase you die when hes down to one health)
5) Static him down to 50% and then shoot fireball after fireball at him until he dies
6) Pick up items, leave game, make new one, repeat steps 1-6
Baa;
For this just do a normal Baal run, after minions are dead, go into worldstone chamber, static Baal to 50%, and fireball him to death.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF PINDLESKIN OR MEPHISTO IS FIRE IMMUNE LEAVE THE GAME AND START A NEW ONE
Bliz Sorc
max blizzard and all the synergies, my synergies arent even all the way maxed and i do about 5k damage with it and it kills meph very quickly.
fireball is a good spell, but u mite want to use blizzard because it will slow meph down, and on pindle, the minions' charge will greatly b slowed down, so u can have more time to teleport around them, or wutever u do to dodge their charge, blizzard will usually b enough damage for them tho
an isted ss will also b ok for an mf shield, due to the cold resist (mephs orb) and it has better block rate, faster block rate, and the same amount of mf as ryhme.
this was just my input, 7smurfs i dont know if u will like this, but this is the strategy i use while mfing with my sorc.
also put like 1-2 points in shivering armor, put 4-5 in warmth, and put 1 in teleport and 1 in energy shield,
remember this is just my opinion, im not saying this is the best way, im just adding some feedback to this thread.
PAGE 2 COMIN TO CONTINUE GUIDE
and team mf with hammerdin (gotta be ur friend or he'll steal all) is like 2 times faster than solo mf!
