D2R Hardcore SSF Singer Barb Playthrough - Nightmare Act 2 - 3
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did a lot of studying did a lot of studying so it's time to relax so it's time to relax so it's time to relax and play some diablo 2. maybe a little status update i've been maybe a little status update i've been cleaning up a little bit of my stash cleaning up a little bit of my stash cleaning up a little bit of my stash so i've sorted through all of my runes so i've sorted through all of my runes so i've sorted through all of my runes and i've cubed up the ones that i don't and i've cubed up the ones that i don't and i've cubed up the ones that i don't need need need and things are looking a little bit more and things are looking a little bit more and things are looking a little bit more organized now and and yeah i've i've discovered that i have yeah i've i've discovered that i have yeah i've i've discovered that i have quite a few nice socketables here quite a few nice socketables here quite a few nice socketables here i actually have enough to make another i actually have enough to make another i actually have enough to make another spirit sword spirit sword spirit sword and i have an f partisan here that i can and i have an f partisan here that i can and i have an f partisan here that i can try to socket i cleaned out all of my gems i don't i cleaned out all of my gems i don't want to make too many mules on hardcore want to make too many mules on hardcore want to make too many mules on hardcore but i did want i did make one character but i did want i did make one character but i did want i did make one character so that i could so that i could so that i could store away all of my chipped gems store away all of my chipped gems store away all of my chipped gems so those are done and now i'm thinking since i got such a and now i'm thinking since i got such a bad roll on my first spirit sword bad roll on my first spirit sword bad roll on my first spirit sword i think i might try to roll another one i think i might try to roll another one i think i might try to roll another one because i have a few extra m runes so because i have a few extra m runes so because i have a few extra m runes so maybe let's do that first stall till stall till ort m ort m ort m maybe we can get an upgrade and maybe i maybe we can get an upgrade and maybe i maybe we can get an upgrade and maybe i can even experiment with dual wielding
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can even experiment with dual wielding can even experiment with dual wielding them tall to lord m tall to lord m o to o to o to port m port m port m look at that 35 faster cast rate now that's what i 35 faster cast rate now that's what i call an update upgrade that is a really nice upgrade that is a really nice upgrade so so so definitely switching to that one definitely switching to that one definitely switching to that one and and and let's see here i have full resistances now i have full resistances now and now i have and now i have and now i have 60 fcr 60 fcr 60 fcr so if i get 10 more or like technically so if i get 10 more or like technically so if i get 10 more or like technically three more three more three more then i will then i will then i will hit the next breakpoint so i kind of like the so i kind of like the mana on this ring mana on this ring mana on this ring but do i have an fcr ring with something but do i have an fcr ring with something but do i have an fcr ring with something interesting interesting interesting fcr with fire res i have here i got a 10 fcr i got a 10 fcr 8mf amulet but i also really like the 40 mana regen but i also really like the 40 mana regen on this one on this one on this one well let's try well let's try well let's try without this amulet for now and see if
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without this amulet for now and see if without this amulet for now and see if we head into mana problems we head into mana problems we head into mana problems so now i have 70 fcr so now i have 70 fcr so now i have 70 fcr which makes which makes which makes which enables me to hit the next which enables me to hit the next which enables me to hit the next breakpoint so that's a great upgrade in terms of quests in terms of quests i have i have i have finished finished finished durial durial durial i've already killed her so i can i've already killed her so i can i've already killed her so i can actually go to act three actually go to act three actually go to act three but i'm feeling like farming beetle but i'm feeling like farming beetle but i'm feeling like farming beetle burst for a little bit more maybe burst for a little bit more maybe burst for a little bit more maybe farming up to level 50 or something like farming up to level 50 or something like farming up to level 50 or something like that before i continue to that before i continue to that before i continue to act act act act 3 act 3 act 3 and this spawn is not very good and this spawn is not very good and this spawn is not very good unfortunately i can't leap down from unfortunately i can't leap down from unfortunately i can't leap down from here so i'm just going to reset the map here so i'm just going to reset the map here so i'm just going to reset the map and see if i can get a better spawn for and see if i can get a better spawn for and see if i can get a better spawn for beetle burst so on hardcore it's always important to so on hardcore it's always important to load the whole act first never take a load the whole act first never take a load the whole act first never take a waypoint just like that first go to town waypoint just like that first go to town waypoint just like that first go to town and then take the waypoint
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and then take the waypoint and then take the waypoint because then you load the waypoint because then you load the waypoint because then you load the waypoint faster so definitely noticing the extra fcr so definitely noticing the extra fcr there there there and let's head get to players three and let's head get to players three and let's head get to players three instantly and let's see if we can find a good and let's see if we can find a good beetle burst spawn hey we found another am rune which is
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hey we found another am rune which is great maybe we can try cubing that partisan maybe we can try cubing that partisan later later later however i don't have an extra soul rune however i don't have an extra soul rune however i don't have an extra soul rune yet so yet so yet so it's not it's not it's not not a big priority so if beetle burst is here that would be so if beetle burst is here that would be a good spawn so this is a really good early game so this is a really good early game experience and item farm i'll try to keep it down genie i'll try to keep it down genie genix my neighbors are complaining too with my neighbors are complaining too with all of the shouting
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players players let's try a run with players five i'm thinking of i'm thinking of like i have full resistances now so i like i have full resistances now so i like i have full resistances now so i don't need to do any more natural don't need to do any more natural don't need to do any more natural resistance resistance resistance i'm sort of doubting whether i should up i'm sort of doubting whether i should up i'm sort of doubting whether i should up my damage or my life my damage or my life my damage or my life and i think i'm gonna go with life because we're killing pretty because we're killing pretty pretty well it's not insane killing speeds but we're it's not insane killing speeds but we're doing well so that gave us about a quarter level
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so that gave us about a quarter level with on such a short distance with on such a short distance with on such a short distance so it's a really good little farming so it's a really good little farming so it's a really good little farming area my plan is to get to my plan is to get to level 50 or so and then head on to act level 50 or so and then head on to act level 50 or so and then head on to act three okay okay next game so how is it going genics are you so how is it going genics are you playing alden ring or are you playing alden ring or are you playing alden ring or are you joining on diablo 2.
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definitely i can definitely use all the definitely i can definitely use all the magic find i can get so just that gave me so just that gave me almost a quarter level just that little almost a quarter level just that little almost a quarter level just that little pack there trying not to destroy my controller yeah trying not to destroy my controller yeah is it tough i've heard a few things but i've heard a few things but it really sounds pretty it really sounds pretty it really sounds pretty pretty challenging pretty challenging pretty challenging like i love challenging games but i've never actually played dark souls i've never actually played dark souls so maybe i don't know what i'm talking so maybe i don't know what i'm talking so maybe i don't know what i'm talking about so i'm starting to use fine item on all
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so i'm starting to use fine item on all the boss packs so we did quite fine even without the so we did quite fine even without the mercenary it's difficult but in a very good way it's difficult but in a very good way okay how is it if you how is it if you if you die what happens if you die do if you die what happens if you die do if you die what happens if you die do you lose gear or gold or experience or because dark souls because dark souls i heard that in dark souls you can't i heard that in dark souls you can't i heard that in dark souls you can't save so you lose a lot of progress every save so you lose a lot of progress every save so you lose a lot of progress every time you die right get my mercenary back get my mercenary back i need some help hmm
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hmm okay yeah i'll do a little bit more in life yeah i'll do a little bit more in life since we're killing so so easily at this since we're killing so so easily at this since we're killing so so easily at this at this moment at this moment at this moment actually next game i'm going to try out actually next game i'm going to try out actually next game i'm going to try out player 7. ok you can you can get back your drops ok you can you can get back your drops oh yeah yeah so you have to be very oh yeah yeah so you have to be very oh yeah yeah so you have to be very careful after you've died careful after you've died careful after you've died that's actually a that's actually a that's actually a pretty interesting system pretty interesting system pretty interesting system like it's not like it's not like it's not that ruthless you can't get it back but that ruthless you can't get it back but that ruthless you can't get it back but you have to be careful diablo hardcore death is just diablo hardcore death is just your character is gone forever your character is gone forever your character is gone forever but you know that when you begin but you know that when you begin but you know that when you begin hardcore so hardcore so hardcore so you have to be careful you have to be careful you have to be careful so let's try on player 7 now
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hey we got some rare gloves that's hey we got some rare gloves that's interesting interesting interesting are they useful 25 fire res 25 fire res but i already have fires glass with but i already have fires glass with but i already have fires glass with magic fine so unfortunately not magic fine so unfortunately not magic fine so unfortunately not i might keep them for some gold no champion backs along the way
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no champion backs along the way but beetle versus here but beetle versus here but beetle versus here he's the one we're interested in so i can definitely notice that the so i can definitely notice that the experience is now decreasing so i'm gonna i'm gonna finish this level and then we can finish this level and then we can finish this level and then we can continue to act three we're also killing him very easily now we're also killing him very easily now so that's also a great sign so when we get these big packs of
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so when we get these big packs of beetles then we're still getting really beetles then we're still getting really beetles then we're still getting really good experience we got half a level and we haven't even we got half a level and we haven't even reached beetle burst yet that can be that can be interesting where we can get a helm with interesting where we can get a helm with interesting where we can get a helm with some life leech for our mercenary nope nope some cold resistance on it though so yeah i know his current helm is much yeah i know his current helm is much better and he's not too bad on the resistances
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and he's not too bad on the resistances like he is 61 53 53. i'll increase my battle lords to 80 and i'll increase my battle lords to 80 and then i'll keep going into the damage then i'll keep going into the damage then i'll keep going into the damage again i'll change my players count to players i'll change my players count to players three just to get some extra experience three just to get some extra experience three just to get some extra experience and we're going to travel to act 3 now so as long as we don't spawn any gloms so as long as we don't spawn any gloms then we should be pretty pretty fine then we should be pretty pretty fine then we should be pretty pretty fine until the flayer jungle until the flayer jungle until the flayer jungle and in the flayer jungle i'm definitely and in the flayer jungle i'm definitely and in the flayer jungle i'm definitely going to be a little bit more careful going to be a little bit more careful going to be a little bit more careful but for now i'm curious to see how i do but for now i'm curious to see how i do but for now i'm curious to see how i do on players three difficulty and i always like to wait until the dark and i always like to wait until the dark wanderer disappears
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so i'm not particularly stopping to kill so i'm not particularly stopping to kill very much but when there are huge groups gathering but when there are huge groups gathering then i will then i will then i will stop and kill for safety's sake and here's a jade figurine which will and here's a jade figurine which will give us some extra life so let's just do that straight away now so let's just do that straight away now that we are cursed dammit i wish you people would leave me dammit i wish you people would leave me alone so we're almost up to so we're almost up to 1900 live now which is pretty great 1900 live now which is pretty great 1900 live now which is pretty great pretty great at level 50.
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considering i spent some points into considering i spent some points into energy even on player 3 i'm killing them pretty even on player 3 i'm killing them pretty fast and they're giving good experience too and they're giving good experience too so maybe i should just stick around and so maybe i should just stick around and so maybe i should just stick around and kill a little bit more and we found our first little area here and we found our first little area here so is this so is this so is this the spider cavern yes there it is that's the spider cavern yes there it is that's the spider cavern yes there it is that's great i really like the fact that this
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i really like the fact that this character is so safe relatively because character is so safe relatively because character is so safe relatively because what i just now did i i just blindly what i just now did i i just blindly what i just now did i i just blindly teleported into a group teleported into a group teleported into a group and started war crying which is and started war crying which is and started war crying which is something that you something that you something that you like teleporting blindly is something like teleporting blindly is something like teleporting blindly is something that you could never do on a sorceress that you could never do on a sorceress that you could never do on a sorceress in hardcore in hardcore in hardcore i can't carry anymore i can't and we got our and we got our organs so now we can walk back to the organs so now we can walk back to the organs so now we can walk back to the spider forest and keep keep going until spider forest and keep keep going until spider forest and keep keep going until we find the next area so i think we're doing we're still doing
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so i think we're doing we're still doing pretty good on the mana front like i was pretty good on the mana front like i was pretty good on the mana front like i was running out a little bit just now but running out a little bit just now but running out a little bit just now but still killing big packs of monsters and and ooh a 42 mana ring okay okay stash these rejuvenation potions so just checking if i have
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so just checking if i have actually covered the whole map here actually covered the whole map here actually covered the whole map here because sometimes you can because sometimes you can because sometimes you can miss a little bit and then you can miss a little bit and then you can miss a little bit and then you can actually miss your actually miss your actually miss your gateway to the next area gateway to the next area gateway to the next area so just to be safe i just want to double so just to be safe i just want to double so just to be safe i just want to double check over here check over here check over here no it's okay so the flare jungle in the great marsh so the flare jungle in the great marsh should be should be should be further back another broadsword this is four sockets another broadsword this is four sockets only one and here's the waypoint and the arachnid and here's the waypoint and the arachnid layer layer layer not gonna go down to the arachnid
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not gonna go down to the arachnid not gonna go down to the arachnid because i already got the organ but it's a classic mistake to go down to but it's a classic mistake to go down to the arachnid and expecting to find the the arachnid and expecting to find the the arachnid and expecting to find the organ there glad you could join me today glad you could join me today join us today glad you're glad you're was that you were waiting for another was that you were waiting for another was that you were waiting for another video so you were enjoying the series i'm also really enjoying this i'm also really enjoying this playthrough i think i'm gonna play a lot more i think i'm gonna play a lot more hardcore in the future so we've cleaned out the entire jungle so we've cleaned out the entire jungle on that side on that side on that side that's the thing with act three that's the thing with act three that's the thing with act three oh i think we got a mana burner but sometimes you just clean up the but sometimes you just clean up the whole area and then there's just one whole area and then there's just one whole area and then there's just one little corner little corner little corner on the other side where the entrance is
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on the other side where the entrance is on the other side where the entrance is but that's how act 3 was designed you told someone you told someone about a stun bar build you're making for about a stun bar build you're making for about a stun bar build you're making for better survival yeah i was also very better survival yeah i was also very better survival yeah i was also very surprised to discover it but surprised to discover it but surprised to discover it but i was experimenting with it on uh with i was experimenting with it on uh with i was experimenting with it on uh with my hero editor on single player my hero editor on single player my hero editor on single player and when i tested it out i was like well and when i tested it out i was like well and when i tested it out i was like well this is really good and i played stun barbs or warcry barbs and i played stun barbs or warcry barbs back in the day when i was quite young back in the day when i was quite young back in the day when i was quite young just because i thought it was a fun just because i thought it was a fun just because i thought it was a fun character character character but i never really thought that they but i never really thought that they but i never really thought that they would be would be would be really good actually really good actually really good actually but yeah no i'm really happy with this
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but yeah no i'm really happy with this but yeah no i'm really happy with this up until now the big disadvantage is that you don't the big disadvantage is that you don't yet you yet you yet you can't kill bosses very quickly can't kill bosses very quickly can't kill bosses very quickly like you can kill them but it's not like you can kill them but it's not like you can kill them but it's not not great so you can't really so you can't really farm mephisto or something very farm mephisto or something very farm mephisto or something very efficiently but that's what you have efficiently but that's what you have efficiently but that's what you have your sorceress for of course but i think this will be do will will do but i think this will be do will will do great in the pits and areas like that so just checking so just checking no there's no entrance to the flare no there's no entrance to the flare no there's no entrance to the flare jungle here so it looks like we'll have jungle here so it looks like we'll have jungle here so it looks like we'll have to go through the great marsh this time so zombies are never very good to kill
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so zombies are never very good to kill because they have very high physical because they have very high physical because they have very high physical resistances and i am very glad that i have max and i am very glad that i have max resistances while i come in here because resistances while i come in here because resistances while i come in here because these shames usually do a lot of damage oh my aura oh my aura flayers here gotta be careful all right there's a nice big pack over all right there's a nice big pack over here here here and we leveled up oh a rare ancient armor oh a rare ancient armor found another shield rune that's great you can use it for cubing or you can use it for cubing or something else all right so we're out of mana potion so all right so we're out of mana potion so i'll just make a nice i'll just make a nice i'll just make a nice little little little trip back to town
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and definitely picking up this ancient and definitely picking up this ancient armor and checking that out still nothing still nothing like it has a lot more defense though like it has a lot more defense though like it has a lot more defense though for my mercenary and a little bit of life so i'm and a little bit of life so i'm wondering if wondering if wondering if it's better than this one now this one gives more resistances so now this one gives more resistances so i'm i'm going to keep this one on my i'm i'm going to keep this one on my i'm i'm going to keep this one on my mercenary and this rare horned helm is not very and this rare horned helm is not very useful either stash the shale rune and stash the shale rune and do the skills and then we can continue so now i'm gonna do so now i'm gonna do and focus a little bit more on damage and focus a little bit more on damage and focus a little bit more on damage so try to max out war cry first and let's keep looking for the flare
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and let's keep looking for the flare jungle and it's great that we had a zombie and it's great that we had a zombie spawn and not a gloam spawn because spawn and not a gloam spawn because spawn and not a gloam spawn because those gloams or burning souls they do so those gloams or burning souls they do so those gloams or burning souls they do so much damage much damage much damage then at that point i would have just then at that point i would have just then at that point i would have just reset the map or the game because that's something you just don't want to that's something you just don't want to be dealing with a lot of zombies
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a lot of zombies but i'm not killing them because they but i'm not killing them because they but i'm not killing them because they have some have some have some such high physical resistances getting good old-fashioned huge maps getting good old-fashioned huge maps as expected in act three oh we found the player jungle which is oh we found the player jungle which is great and there's a huge welcome committee and there's a huge welcome committee waiting for me waiting for me waiting for me ready to surround me so i'm killing them so fast i'm actually so i'm killing them so fast i'm actually gonna gonna gonna no no let's just stay on players three no no let's just stay on players three no no let's just stay on players three but i'm really tempted to up it a little but i'm really tempted to up it a little but i'm really tempted to up it a little bit and see if how i if i can get some bit and see if how i if i can get some bit and see if how i if i can get some more experience yeah you know what let's just try it out
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yeah you know what let's just try it out put it on players five so this is a great place for experience so this is a great place for experience because you have such a high monster because you have such a high monster because you have such a high monster density there's so many of them density there's so many of them density there's so many of them and and and now that i'm stunning everything it's now that i'm stunning everything it's now that i'm stunning everything it's actually not as dangerous actually not as dangerous actually not as dangerous like back in normal when i was believing like back in normal when i was believing like back in normal when i was believing them then them then them then it was actually pretty dangerous place it was actually pretty dangerous place it was actually pretty dangerous place but now i just stun everything right but now i just stun everything right but now i just stun everything right into place and they can't do anything so later when i go down into the dungeon so later when i go down into the dungeon and into the sewers then i will decrease and into the sewers then i will decrease and into the sewers then i will decrease the players count reason being that out here you don't get reason being that out here you don't get the dolls the dolls the dolls which do this crazy exploding damage
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which do this crazy exploding damage which do this crazy exploding damage but down into the sewers and the flare but down into the sewers and the flare but down into the sewers and the flare dungeon you do get them oh look a oh look a rare long battle though i said rare but i meant set i said rare but i meant set set quality running out of mana potions so i might running out of mana potions so i might have to go back do a quick do a quick run to town
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picking up a nice collection of picking up a nice collection of rejuvenation potions and without an extra ethereum and without an extra ethereum and ordroom okay so we found the entrance to the okay so we found the entrance to the lower crust now but we have to go back and see if we can but we have to go back and see if we can find the flare jungle so this big pack of monsters actually so this big pack of monsters actually burned through all of our mana and they killed my mercenary but i and they killed my mercenary but i leveled and i got a rare ring
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what does the green give me one maximum what does the green give me one maximum 62 attack rating 62 attack rating 62 attack rating three mana stolen per hit and four three mana stolen per hit and four three mana stolen per hit and four strength strength strength like this would have been a pretty sweet like this would have been a pretty sweet like this would have been a pretty sweet ring to have if we were a melee ring to have if we were a melee ring to have if we were a melee character hello there you must be a great hello there you must be a great adventurer hey a polex i can't carry anymore hey a polex i can't carry anymore maybe it's four socket impossible because that staff will give me because that staff will give me some nice extra gold thirty thousand it was thirty thousand it was nice three socketed non-f three socketed non-f useless but useless but useless but worth worth worth a shot
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let's keep looking for the flare let's keep looking for the flare dungeon found another roon sword one socketed found another roon sword one socketed but this grand charm i want to check out but this grand charm i want to check out but this grand charm i want to check out 36 extra gold 36 extra gold 36 extra gold yeah no i'm gonna leave it oh we found the oh we found the git bin git bin git bin so that means we get another shot at a so that means we get another shot at a so that means we get another shot at a rare ring from ormus right right yeah yeah yeah you have to just kill the you have to just kill the you have to just kill the flesh wolf unique flesh wolf unique flesh wolf unique monster monster monster unfortunately stone skin and here's the flare dungeon
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and here's the flare dungeon okay so let's switch back to players one okay so let's switch back to players one okay so let's switch back to players one because i want to be careful here i have died many times here on softcore i have died many times here on softcore and of course then you play very and of course then you play very and of course then you play very differently but this is definitely one differently but this is definitely one differently but this is definitely one of the of the of the points in the story where i points in the story where i points in the story where i remember a lot of deaths happening remember a lot of deaths happening remember a lot of deaths happening and i've and i've and i've i've played sorceress a lot so i'm used i've played sorceress a lot so i'm used i've played sorceress a lot so i'm used to playing pretty to playing pretty to playing pretty weak characters weak characters weak characters glass cannon characters so so playing a barbarian just by itself playing a barbarian just by itself playing a barbarian just by itself already is a big change but playing a war cry barbarians but playing a war cry barbarians definitely seems to be a good option definitely seems to be a good option definitely seems to be a good option in this case in this case in this case i can't carry anymore so we got a i can't carry anymore so we got a i can't carry anymore so we got a rare battle belt that's something to rare battle belt that's something to rare battle belt that's something to check out 20 light res on that belt 20 light res on that belt and three strength 10 fhr 10 fhr i'm gonna keep that one in the stash
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i can't carry anymore i can't carry anymore i am overburdened let my mercenary do the heavy lifting let my mercenary do the heavy lifting here because i don't want to be standing here because i don't want to be standing here because i don't want to be standing in the middle of a pack of dolls in the middle of a pack of dolls in the middle of a pack of dolls oh and there's so many retreat a little bit and get rid of this retreat a little bit and get rid of this curse so let's give back the git bin to ormus so let's give back the git bin to ormus and and and see what ring we get see what ring we get see what ring we get this magic 15 to mana 15 to mana 16 fire rest 16 fire rest 16 fire rest one to mana after each kill now that's not all bad actually
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now that's not all bad actually the mana after each kill is pretty nice carefully making our way into the carefully making our way into the doll area the thing with these dolls is that when the thing with these dolls is that when they die they explode so and then they they die they explode so and then they they die they explode so and then they do i believe they do a physical and fire do i believe they do a physical and fire do i believe they do a physical and fire damage damage damage and if you have three of them exploding and if you have three of them exploding and if you have three of them exploding on you it's actually a huge amount of on you it's actually a huge amount of on you it's actually a huge amount of damage you can get so in softcore bale runs many deaths so in softcore bale runs many deaths happen because of those dolls so working our way through the maze and
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so working our way through the maze and seeing if we can find and having a teleport staff really helps and having a teleport staff really helps just getting around these corners no useful drops for us but some extra no useful drops for us but some extra gold gold gold and we found the brain as well and we found the brain as well and we found the brain as well so i'll just get rid of this curse and so i'll just get rid of this curse and so i'll just get rid of this curse and then we walk back to the surface level and we continue it the surface level and we continue it down into the lower crust which we down into the lower crust which we down into the lower crust which we already found
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so i'm don't think i'm gonna so i'm don't think i'm gonna kill very much along the way kill very much along the way kill very much along the way just make my way through the next area but the occasional champion pack here is but the occasional champion pack here is good to kill we seem to be quite safe here on players we seem to be quite safe here on players one difficulty it's cool this area is sort of dark and it's cool this area is sort of dark and a little bit more quiet than a little bit more quiet than a little bit more quiet than compared to what what is coming up compared to what what is coming up compared to what what is coming up sort of a quiet sort of a quiet sort of a quiet suburban area because things get more busy now in the because things get more busy now in the bazaar
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you can just check out the disused fan you can just check out the disused fan and kill some champions here and then we'll look for the ruined and then we'll look for the ruined temple temple temple see how battle made serena is doing that was definitely nice and nice bit of that was definitely nice and nice bit of extra experience ruined temple ruined temple it is going to be some nice experience it is going to be some nice experience it is going to be some nice experience hopefully hopefully hopefully and also an area we can farm afterwards
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if we feel we want some more levels if we feel we want some more levels before before before heading into travenkolf heading into travenkolf heading into travenkolf but i think we're doing pretty good but i think we're doing pretty good but i think we're doing pretty good actually we got full resistances so we're we got full resistances so we're stunning everything so in travancol if i just managed to in travancol if i just managed to lure a few away lure a few away lure a few away and get them to get to walk to me split them up a bit then i think we make split them up a bit then i think we make a good chance found an ancient armor for some extra found an ancient armor for some extra gold and i have to remember to pick up the and i have to remember to pick up the tome get some extra stats from mr alcor get some extra stats from mr alcor so let's just do that straight away may this book lift the shadow from
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may this book lift the shadow from caressed may it lift the shadow so we're level 52 now so we're level 52 now getting closer and closer to 60. and i'm just gonna and i'm just gonna look for the look for the look for the waypoint here and then waypoint here and then waypoint here and then see where the entrance of the to the see where the entrance of the to the see where the entrance of the to the sewers are so here's the sewers and so here's the sewers and this might be no it's not the waypoint this might be no it's not the waypoint this might be no it's not the waypoint this is uh this is uh this is uh an area for human sacrifice an area for human sacrifice an area for human sacrifice it's so cool with the it's so cool with the it's so cool with the the amount of detail that they put into the amount of detail that they put into the amount of detail that they put into this with the blood on the stairs and this with the blood on the stairs and this with the blood on the stairs and then the bodies you can see how the then the bodies you can see how the then the bodies you can see how the bodies were dragged here bodies were dragged here bodies were dragged here it's a pretty cool reference to the it's a pretty cool reference to the it's a pretty cool reference to the aztec human sacrifices aztec human sacrifices aztec human sacrifices or mayas or whichever tribe the
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or mayas or whichever tribe the or mayas or whichever tribe the they were they were they were i think it was the mayas i think it was the mayas i think it was the mayas who were keen on the secret human who were keen on the secret human who were keen on the secret human sacrifice imagine a civilization where they imagine a civilization where they actually sacrificed human beings to actually sacrificed human beings to actually sacrificed human beings to their gods this is hard to their gods this is hard to their gods this is hard to hard to hard to hard to fathom in these days and here we found the waypoint so now we and here we found the waypoint so now we can can can walk down to the sewers not liking this curse though not liking this curse though so since we can't find dolls i'm just so since we can't find dolls i'm just so since we can't find dolls i'm just gonna quickly heal and get rid of this gonna quickly heal and get rid of this gonna quickly heal and get rid of this curse so mena burn is definitely dangerous for
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so mena burn is definitely dangerous for this character this character this character because if you can't because if you can't because if you can't cast watercr war cry you can't stun and cast watercr war cry you can't stun and cast watercr war cry you can't stun and then this is free-for-all for the then this is free-for-all for the then this is free-for-all for the monsters we found the organ and then we can
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we found the organ and then we can go back to town take the waypoint and go back to town take the waypoint and go back to town take the waypoint and just continue down to tribal just continue down to tribal just continue down to tribal you have found you have found you have found i'm feeling pretty confident i think we make a good good shot at i think we make a good good shot at travinco technically you don't have to kill them technically you don't have to kill them you can also just make the flail and you can also just make the flail and you can also just make the flail and rush in rush in rush in and then and then and then destroy the orb and you need to kill a destroy the orb and you need to kill a destroy the orb and you need to kill a few of them to get the flail few of them to get the flail few of them to get the flail but you don't have to kill all of them but you don't have to kill all of them but you don't have to kill all of them but i want to do it i wonder how i wonder how how how how slow or slow or slow or how slow killing mephisto is going to be
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because nightmare mephisto would be a because nightmare mephisto would be a great place to farm for a while great place to farm for a while great place to farm for a while so i wonder if it's going to be viable so i wonder if it's going to be viable so i wonder if it's going to be viable to do that and i'm gonna and i'm gonna clean things up a bit here get the clean things up a bit here get the clean things up a bit here get the waypoint waypoint waypoint and see if we can slowly and see if we can slowly and see if we can slowly start drawing out a few council members i want to kill these damn
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i want to kill these damn creepers creepers creepers which do so much poison damage okay let's get rid of this poison damage okay let's get rid of this poison damage and then and then and then see if we can kill the first couple see if we can kill the first couple see if we can kill the first couple council members let's do it let's do it mercenaries probably gonna die all right that's the worst all right that's the worst first one all right so he managed to lure out a all right so he managed to lure out a couple of them so he's dual enchanted so i'm just going
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so he's dual enchanted so i'm just going to let my mercenary kill him get the flame under the cube get the flame under the cube let's just get rid of this curse before let's just get rid of this curse before let's just get rid of this curse before we try to lure in the next oh we found a saigon shield that's oh we found a saigon shield that's interesting that's plus one to skills that's plus one to skills but yeah we can we're probably better but yeah we can we're probably better but yeah we can we're probably better off wearing dual spirits he is fire and cold enchanted so i'm he is fire and cold enchanted so i'm gonna keep my distance all right that's the all right that's the travel done that went a lot smoother
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travel done that went a lot smoother travel done that went a lot smoother than i had thought and i just worked an extra shell room and i just worked an extra shell room which is great i'm really curious how this is going to i'm really curious how this is going to go because if we can roll a nice map because if we can roll a nice map which with a short distance to mephisto which with a short distance to mephisto which with a short distance to mephisto like if he's okay to kill like if he's okay to kill like if he's okay to kill like i'm not experienced expecting like i'm not experienced expecting like i'm not experienced expecting a very quick kill a very quick kill a very quick kill but if it's doable then i might actually but if it's doable then i might actually but if it's doable then i might actually farm him for a while because he can drop farm him for a while because he can drop farm him for a while because he can drop so many good things so many good things so many good things like here i can like here i can like here i can have a shot at my viper magi i can have have a shot at my viper magi i can have have a shot at my viper magi i can have a shot at a shot at a shot at not shaco i think but not shaco i think but not shaco i think but so many good of the so many of the lower so many good of the so many of the lower so many good of the so many of the lower level uniques
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viper magic would be amazing for this viper magic would be amazing for this barbarian would be nice if we get a would be nice if we get a short distance map short distance map short distance map even without resetting i'm not gonna bother with any of these
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i'm not gonna bother with any of these zombies or blunderboars or zombies or blunderboars or zombies or blunderboars or huge health monsters huge health monsters huge health monsters they will just take too long to kill so we'll kill the council first and so we'll kill the council first and clean things up a bit and then we can clean things up a bit and then we can clean things up a bit and then we can prepare for the big fight with mephisto like this undead extra strong stone skin like this undead extra strong stone skin is taking a while to kill is taking a while to kill is taking a while to kill so already we're we can see we are running into enemies which are proving running into enemies which are proving to be very difficult and then i also see that when i run out and then i also see that when i run out of mana then i of mana then i of mana then i it's very difficult to keep casting it's very difficult to keep casting it's very difficult to keep casting and sustain the cast that's also because i'm getting a higher that's also because i'm getting a higher level of war cry so it's the mana cost level of war cry so it's the mana cost level of war cry so it's the mana cost is increasing a bit so let's kill a few council members and so let's kill a few council members and go back to town like there my health went down pretty
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like there my health went down pretty fast so let's get some potions and some so let's get some potions and some antidote potions mephisto does this mephisto does this nasty poison cloud and he does cold nasty poison cloud and he does cold nasty poison cloud and he does cold damage as well so some thawing potions damage as well so some thawing potions damage as well so some thawing potions can also be in order you can stash this saigon shield for now you can stash this saigon shield for now i don't need to identify it even because i don't need to identify it even because i don't need to identify it even because i know it's saigons so there were a few council members left so there were a few council members left so i'm just going to clean those up so i'm just going to clean those up so i'm just going to clean those up first
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so i'll so i'll pick my pick my pick my black flail from the stash black flail from the stash black flail from the stash which has 40 percent crushing blow which which has 40 percent crushing blow which which has 40 percent crushing blow which will make my life a lot easier and i'm switching by cannot be frozen to and i'm switching by cannot be frozen to that side as well that side as well that side as well and it has some increased magic find as and it has some increased magic find as and it has some increased magic find as well then i'll go back to act 2 and get some then i'll go back to act 2 and get some thawing and antidote potions just to increase the resistances of just to increase the resistances of myself and the mercenary there we go there we go and the mercenary is probably gonna die thanks thanks thanks i haven't yet figured out how i thanks i haven't yet figured out how i thanks i haven't yet figured out how i can make bosses target me can make bosses target me can make bosses target me because taunt won't work because taunt won't work because taunt won't work as far as i know all right we're all prepared
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all right we're all prepared let's see if we can kill mephisto so just that one hit so just that one hit really took away a lot of health already so he's hitting me and he seems to be so he's hitting me and he seems to be tanking tanking tanking i seem to be tanking him quite well to do this to farm him to do this to farm him is it going to be optimal no is it going to be optimal no is it going to be optimal no but is it doable definitely maybe i can even do it on players three maybe i can even do it on players three or something get some better drops yeah yeah i think that went pretty well i think that went pretty well i think that went pretty well maybe now
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i think it's definitely viable to farm i think it's definitely viable to farm him for a while him for a while him for a while given the fact that he can drop so many given the fact that he can drop so many given the fact that he can drop so many good things good things good things so many useful things for us at this so many useful things for us at this so many useful things for us at this level level level like imagine finding some water walks like imagine finding some water walks like imagine finding some water walks and some better jewelry in all fairness we are pretty good on in all fairness we are pretty good on gear but our our armor definitely needs gear but our our armor definitely needs gear but our our armor definitely needs an upgrade triangles gloves would be amazing as triangles gloves would be amazing as well with mage fists well with mage fists well with mage fists get some more fcr hello amma w88 hello amma w88 yes you caught the meth kill it was for yes you caught the meth kill it was for yes you caught the meth kill it was for the quest the quest the quest i found the temple i think it went really well i think it went really well like like like i didn't run into any i didn't run into any i didn't run into any problems no near-death experiences problems no near-death experiences problems no near-death experiences so i think that i think i'm pretty so i think that i think i'm pretty so i think that i think i'm pretty confident to just keep going into act confident to just keep going into act confident to just keep going into act four hell forge would be great to check out hell forge would be great to check out which room we get and also which room we get and also which room we get and also to save easy wall in order to get our
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to save easy wall in order to get our to save easy wall in order to get our two extra skill points two extra skill points two extra skill points which also means a lot at this level which also means a lot at this level which also means a lot at this level so i'll just keep pushing for a while definitely getting good experience now definitely getting good experience now oh oh oh damn there's a lightning enchanted with damn there's a lightning enchanted with damn there's a lightning enchanted with conviction so so i am going to i am going to i am going to get the get the get the f out of here let's hope we don't get a burning soul
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let's hope we don't get a burning soul spawn in which case i'll just reset in which case i'll just reset there's no need to take any risks which is such a cool name for an area which is such a cool name for an area planes of despair but yeah nightmare mephisto vampire gays but yeah nightmare mephisto vampire gays could drop viper magi viper magi water walks i don't think you can find war travelers i don't think you can find war travelers but some sweet other boots could drop some sweet other boots could drop triangles gloves magefists so definitely considering to farm so definitely considering to farm mephista for a while after this
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when we push actually we're thinking when we push actually we're thinking about it when we push through to act about it when we push through to act about it when we push through to act five then we can do some eldritch five then we can do some eldritch five then we can do some eldritch farming farming farming that's some great experience and items i think it's with mephisto i probably i think it's with mephisto i probably wouldn't get so much experience anymore one of the best skills in the game just one of the best skills in the game just to get a shot at an extra drop
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where are you isabel let me where are you isabel let me save you impossible impossible impossible i want my two extra skill points here we
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i want my two extra skill points here we go just clean up all the monsters around us just clean up all the monsters around us first doing okay doing okay mercenary is staying alive no problem whatsoever no problem whatsoever got ourselves a small charm got ourselves a small charm got ourselves a small charm whoa look at that small charm whoa look at that small charm whoa look at that small charm five faster hit recovery 11 cold res hell yeah i'll take that any day hell yeah i'll take that any day that's a really nice small charm and we got a seven light for a small and we got a seven light for a small charm on to boot our inventory is slowly turning starting
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our inventory is slowly turning starting to take shape so that's so that's our two extra skill points our two extra skill points our two extra skill points which i think i will which i think i will which i think i will spend on war cry spend on war cry spend on war cry oh and we have max work right now oh and we have max work right now oh and we have max work right now actually doing 300 to 318 damage doing 300 to 318 damage nice my damage seems to be take slowing down my damage seems to be take slowing down a little bit so i think i'm going to a little bit so i think i'm going to a little bit so i think i'm going to focus on damage a little bit more focus on damage a little bit more focus on damage a little bit more and keep pumping battlecry so i'm just going to keep going until i so i'm just going to keep going until i find the next waypoint find the next waypoint find the next waypoint the city of the damned i have not been very thorough and i i have not been very thorough and i didn't check all the edges for the for the exit i was too focused on for the exit i was too focused on finding israel because these stairs can just hide
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because these stairs can just hide anywhere here we go here are the stairs here we go here are the stairs trying to find the city of the damned so these are monsters i'm not very keen so these are monsters i'm not very keen on killing on killing on killing these big tainted with their big these big tainted with their big these big tainted with their big lightning damage lightning damage lightning damage fortunately i have full resistances so fortunately i have full resistances so fortunately i have full resistances so it's going quite okay looking for the next waypoint looking for the next waypoint and the entry to the and the entry to the and the entry to the river of flame
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would be amazing would be amazing oh here's the waypoint we found that oh here's the waypoint we found that oh here's the waypoint we found that pretty quickly so let's just keep going and and then i will do the hell forge and find then i will do the hell forge and find then i will do the hell forge and find the river of flame waypoint and then i the river of flame waypoint and then i the river of flame waypoint and then i will think i will call it a day so the hell forge with so the hell forge with an um rune would be amazing because that an um rune would be amazing because that an um rune would be amazing because that gives me so much options one option would be to make one option would be to make lion heart no wait lionheart is foul roon no wait lionheart is foul roon but lionheart would be good that will be but lionheart would be good that will be but lionheart would be good that will be in a rune world with 30 resistances which is amazing because it has static which is amazing because it has static field field field so that's definitely something i would so that's definitely something i would so that's definitely something i would like to have it has like a seven percent like to have it has like a seven percent like to have it has like a seven percent chance chance chance of casting static field of casting static field of casting static field which will be amazing when we start which will be amazing when we start which will be amazing when we start killing bosses so that's one bosses so that's one definitely one on the wish list in um
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unfortunately we're out of mana potions unfortunately we're out of mana potions but i'll check a couple of regios i can't carry anymore i can't carry i can't carry anymore i can't carry anymore thirty thousand for the thirty thousand for the orb okay okay did we get the soul stone yes we have it did we get the soul stone yes we have it did we get the soul stone yes we have it then let's pick up the hammer and let's then let's pick up the hammer and let's then let's pick up the hammer and let's see what we got for the hellforge guys hoping for that um rune which i think hoping for that um rune which i think can drop in nightmare forge alright let's alright let's do it do it do it chop chop chop pull rune pull rune well well well well well well well well well that's not bad at all
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pole is half an um rune so i'm really pole is half an um rune so i'm really i'm happy with that i cannot i'm happy with that i cannot i'm happy with that i cannot uh think of any think of any like direct rune words with paul like direct rune words with paul like direct rune words with paul at this moment at this moment at this moment but for crescent moon i would think i but for crescent moon i would think i but for crescent moon i would think i need a pole need a pole need a pole so definitely a nice find yeah no zod rune yeah no zod rune but the paul rune is definitely gg i'm but the paul rune is definitely gg i'm but the paul rune is definitely gg i'm happy with that one i'll have to look into rune words a i'll have to look into rune words a little bit offline and see what we can make see what we can make and we got some nice gems as well so i will so i will continue down the river of flame until i continue down the river of flame until i continue down the river of flame until i find the waypoint find the waypoint find the waypoint and then i'm going to then i'm going to retreat for the day retreat for the day retreat for the day do some reading and relax do some reading and relax do some reading and relax before bedtime
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but this has been a great session again but this has been a great session again we are still alive we are still alive we are still alive we are killing stuff we are killing stuff we are killing stuff the killing speed is starting to slow the killing speed is starting to slow the killing speed is starting to slow down that is definitely something to down that is definitely something to down that is definitely something to note note note but we are still but we are still but we are still safe safe safe even though it's a little bit slower now and as we level up i'm still going to and as we level up i'm still going to pump the synergy so we'll keep pump the synergy so we'll keep pump the synergy so we'll keep increasing our damage and i'm going to level to at least level and i'm going to level to at least level 70 70 70 maybe 75 until i even start thinking maybe 75 until i even start thinking maybe 75 until i even start thinking about hell i will need a lot of resistances before i will need a lot of resistances before i head into darien to head into hell oh another rare circus oh another rare circus will this be some life leech for the will this be some life leech for the will this be some life leech for the mercenary no but it is 21 magic find no but it is 21 magic find with two poison bone skills for with two poison bone skills for with two poison bone skills for necromancer i could even just consider switching to i could even just consider switching to that helm before making a mephisto kill that helm before making a mephisto kill that helm before making a mephisto kill for example for example for example like at this point
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like at this point like at this point all the little bits of mf are going to all the little bits of mf are going to all the little bits of mf are going to be helpful if it helps me to go from 60 to 80 if it helps me to go from 60 to 80 percent so so do a little check do a little check do a little check check in we are now level 54. check in we are now level 54. check in we are now level 54. still got full resistances and we're still got full resistances and we're still got full resistances and we're doing about 340 doing about 340 doing about 340 to 50 damage to 50 damage to 50 damage we're still killing pretty well we're still killing pretty well we're still killing pretty well starting to slow down a little bit but starting to slow down a little bit but starting to slow down a little bit but at least we're feeling safe at least we're feeling safe at least we're feeling safe and and and we didn't get much changes in gear this we didn't get much changes in gear this we didn't get much changes in gear this run run run just progressing through the story and just progressing through the story and just progressing through the story and getting experience getting experience getting experience but i'm very happy with that paul rune but i'm very happy with that paul rune but i'm very happy with that paul rune so i'm going to so i'm going to so i'm going to do a little bit of investigation see do a little bit of investigation see do a little bit of investigation see what i can do with that
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what i can do with that what i can do with that and and and then i will continue sometime later this then i will continue sometime later this then i will continue sometime later this week and we can week and we can week and we can start with killing diablo and then i start with killing diablo and then i start with killing diablo and then i think i'll do some either mephisto runs think i'll do some either mephisto runs think i'll do some either mephisto runs or eldritch runs or eldritch runs or eldritch runs so it was nice to see you guys again so it was nice to see you guys again so it was nice to see you guys again i seem to be getting about five six i seem to be getting about five six i seem to be getting about five six viewers every time who are sort of viewers every time who are sort of viewers every time who are sort of consistently following along the journey consistently following along the journey consistently following along the journey which is really nice which is really nice which is really nice nice to do this together nice to do this together nice to do this together so thank you so much for watching guys so thank you so much for watching guys so thank you so much for watching guys and i hope you have a great evening see and i hope you have a great evening see and i hope you have a great evening see you next time
Summary
The main theme is player progression and optimization in Diablo 2, focusing on item crafting and stat enhancement. Key references include the "Spirit sword" runeword, fast cast rate (FCR) breakpoints, and specific runes like "M". The practical takeaway is that focused item crafting and stat management, particularly FCR, are crucial for efficient gameplay and reaching progression milestones like Act 3, while also emphasizing safety protocols like avoiding waypoints in Hardcore.