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Diablo II is a dark fantasy/horror-themed hack and slash, with elements of the role playing game and dungeon crawl genres. It was released for Windows and Mac OS in 2000 by Blizzard Entertainment, and was developed by Blizzard North. It is a direct sequel to the 1996 hit PC game, Diablo.

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Mercenary Attack Rating

I've read online that mercs in D2 have an AR, even though we can't see it. My question is: Can I put diamonds into their armor and helm to raise it, or can it not be changed?
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What are the highest possible drops from Hell Mephisto and Pindleskin?

I picked up D2R again after playing for a while on release, and now that I have a good setup to magic find, I'm torn between two spots, Pindle and Mephisto, but not because of difficulty, rather due ...
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Does Tomb Reaver work with Wirlwind?

Does the "10% Reanimate As: Returned" of "Tomb Reaver" work together with Wirlwind. I know that "On Attack", "On Striking" or "When You Kill an Enemy" ...
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How much does it cost to repair an Enigma armor?

I would like to know the repair costs of an Enigma rune word in the following armors: Mage Plate Dusk Shroud Archon Plate Update I did some tests with less expensive rune words. Exceptional Dusk ...
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Is it possible to put the Uber organs into the shared stash?

I would like to know, if it is possible to collect the Uber organs (horn, eye and brain) with character-1 (Necro) in order to do Uber-Tristram with character-2 (Pala).
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Why is Double Swing better than Frenzy?

I try to understand the difference between the Barbarian skills Double Swing and Frenzy with the Diablo 2 Character Planner. The items in my example are: Death Colossus Sword(Equipped)385% ed eth ...
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What bonus does Energy Shield receive from Telekinesis?

The games tells me that energy shield receives a bonus from telekinesis. But it does not say anything about the bonus. What bonus does energy shield get from telekinesis? When I play with the ...
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Diablo II Rune Words - Can you make Call to Arms using a Five Socketed Bow

I am now playing Diablo II Resurrected. I found a five socketed diamond bow, and I note that Call to Arms is a five socketed rune word that can be put into 5 socketed weapons. But, I can't remember ...
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Is it possible to get 100% fire resistance?

I recently saw Hotspur, which makes it possible to get 90% fire resistence. Is it possible to enhance this further to 100%? Or is there a "maximum" of the maximum fire resistence? And if so ...
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What does "LF runes" mean?

I have read the term "LF runes". What does it mean?
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Does a Hammerdin profit from the elemental damage of Tiamats shield?

Will the elmemental damage of Tiamat's Rebuke be added to the Paladin attack Blessed Hammer?
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Diablo 2 resurrected: can you turn off subtitles?

I was playing Diablo 2 Resurrected and there are subtitles turned on by default in the game for the cinematics. I prefer to have the subtitles turned off. Can you turn off subtitles, and if so, how?
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Javazon Hell Mode stuck in the jungle

I'm playing javazon and i'm stuck in act 3 spider forest and flayer jungle with hundreds of lightning immunes little monsters. I tried buying teleport staff but it is still hard, is there any other ...
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How do you switch skills quickly without changing your weapon in hand? (Diablo II)

I'm a Paladin in Diablo II, and I want to know how it's possible to switch skills really quick. I'm using Blessed Hammer in my second set of gear, and that's for attack. The first set is for defending ...
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What is an any % speed run in Diablo 2?

I know what speed runs are, but what does 'any %' mean when speedrunning Diablo 2?
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Advanced Dual Wielding [duplicate]

I am playing a frenzy Barb and trying to figure out which weapon to put into my mainhand. First weapon is slow but hits hard, second is fast but hits not as hard as the first one. This ias calculator ...
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Big Inventory Space for Diablo 2 Plugy

I'm playing Diablo 2 with Plugy Mod. I want to have a bigger inventory as it has been seen in "Project Diablo" or "Path of Diablo". Anyone knows how to keep Diablo 2 Plugy vanila ...
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Can the Cow King's Set only drop in the Secret Cow Level?

I'm looking to find my first Cow King's Set Item yet. According to Silospen Drop Calculator the set pieces can drop pretty much anywhere. I have already dropped super rare items like f.e. 'Griffon's ...
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In Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, do "Ladder Only" items drop in LAN games?

Reading stuff online, I have largely confirmed that Ladder Only items do in fact drop in Single Player. However, I am unclear as to whether "Single Player" refers to the actual Single Player mode (...
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Where to gear up as an elemental (windy) druid?

I used to search articles on Internet where items that will suit me should drop, but it looks I do something wrong, or maybe I should increase my MF first.... idk. So basically I'm 71 lvl windy druid,...
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Diablo 2 Andariel in 30 seconds

I found this Diablo 2 video ("Andariel 1000 runs"). In the first seconds of the video, there is a sort of multiple steps teleport to reach and beat Andariel in about 30 seconds. In the rest of the ...
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Can other players kill me and loot my items?

I played softcore and was invited into a public game to do Baal speed runs, but worried that someone might try to kill me and loot my items. Is it possible?
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Elemental damage and skill damage diablo 2

I am starting Diablo 2: LoD and I notice that some of the weapons have the bonus like +2 fire damage. What does that mean? Does that mean all my fire skills damage increase by 2?
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Does Diablo II Plugy work on Linux?

I recently switched to Linux and would like to play some Diablo II Lod with Plugy. I checked out wine and I'm pretty confident, that it will work on Linux. My problem is that I play in single player ...
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How to close settings in Path of Diablo

I installed the Path of Diablo mod on Diablo 2 + LoD and it works, except for one problem. Whenever I start the game the Path of Diablo settings are in the top left of the play area, taking about 1/4 ...
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Is it worth to check the corpses in Lower Kurast (Diablo II)?

The fastest way to get high runes in Diablo II Single Player is considered to be Lower Kurast running. You reroll your map until you get a map with 6 Superchests close to your Lower Kurast Waypoint. ...
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How to level my merc quickly?

I am doing baal runs with my level 60 Sorceress in Nightmare. My merc is only level 50 and he gets way less experience per run than my main char. To get any levels in nightmare baal runs you need to ...
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Who's the Spanish voice actor for Hratli?

This is Hratli, great NPC: This is Hratli in the Spanish (Spain) translation: Call me weirdo, but I think this actor's voice is ...
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How to craft blood and hitpower gloves efficiently in Diablo II?

I want to craft Hit Power Gloves and Blood Gloves. I know for Hit Power Gloves that you don't want the Affixlevel of the Gloves too high and I suppose the same thing applies to Blood Gloves. The ...
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How to maximize the drop odds of the Essences in Diablo II?

How to maximize drop odds of Twisted Essence of Suffering, Charged Essence of Hatred, Burning Essence of Terror and Festering Essence of Destruction? Do you want to increase or decrease the /players ...
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Why can't Mephisto drop super rare unique items?

I want to find very rare unique items like "Griffon's Eye", "Death Fathom", "Crown Of Ages", "Immortal King's Soul Cage", etc. As far as I understand the drop algorithm in Diablo 2, it basically just ...
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What is the fastest way to level past 95 in Diablo II?

My sorc is level 95 right now and I calculated that I need around 200 baal runs on players 8 to get to level 96. That takes quite a long time. Anyone else has experience with leveling high level ...
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Does shock web damage stack?

The assasin in Diablo II has the shock web ability. You can throw it down and the lighting lasts for a while. So it is possible to throw multiple shockwebs on a single spot. Visually it kinda looks ...
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How to tell how many affixes an item can have?

I've read on diablo wiki that a rare item can have between 2-6 affixes with a maximum amount of each 3 suffixes and prefixes. I know from experience that a magic item can have 1-2 affixes and pools ...
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What is the point of having two weapons as a whirlwind barbarian?

I play as a Whirlwind-Barb. I'm currently using Grief (Phaseblade - WeaponSpeed: -30) on my main hand and Oath (Highland Blade - WeaponSpeed: 5) on my offhand. I am thinking to create another Grief in ...
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Ancients don't give a full level?

I saved my hell ancients quest until I was level 89 with my barb and decided to use it to get to level 90. As soon as I was done, I only recieved 33% of a level at most. Is there an xp cap? I'm ...
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Why does the fire enchant explosion do no damage?

I was playing Diablo 2 and got to NM Hephaisto. His fire explosion from fire enchanted nearly did 80% dmg of my life pool. I underestimate that because it doesnt do anything most of the time. Even in ...
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How does the player setting affect the elemental damage of mobs?

If you change the player setting in Diablo II, monsters get more HP more damage and give more xp. The same happens when players join in online games. How does that affect elemental damage? Do monsters ...
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How do affixes work in Diablo 2?

When you are looking for Magic or Rare items. What are the things you need to consider? What affixes can an item get? On what things does it depend? Character level, item level, quality of the item, .....
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How to do swap casting in Diablo 2?

There is a bug where you can use a skill with the casting animation of another skill. For example you can cast chain lightining with the animation of a frost bolt or a fire ball. With paladin you can ...
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How to install and setup an item filter for Diablo 2 Single Player Plugy?

I have installed Diablo II 1.12 and then D2SE, which allows me to play my single player game with Plugy (I play on version 1.13c). Now I want to add an item filter. I've found this reddit post https://...
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Max buying price at vendors

How much can items sold at vendors cost at most? I recently sold an armor that would cost me more than 3.6 million gold to buy back (which exceeds my total max gold). I know I can lower prices and ...
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Why I encountered Diablo in The Forgotten Tower in Diablo II?

I was playing Diablo II LoD recently with sorceress on Hell difficulty. Unexpectedly, when I got to The Forgotten Tower, instead of The Countess I encountered Diablo boss. Was not prepared for that ...
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Can I disable the Steam Community notification in Big Picture Mode with PS4 controller playing Diablo 2

I decided to try Steam because it has a nice controller mapping feature to Big Picture Mode. So what I did: Mapped the keys to PS4 controller for Diablo II config Enabled Steam Overlay (in both the ...
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Diablo 2 - Does Dracul's Grasp cast life tap on Javazon?

Dracul's Grasp has a 5% chance to cast life tap on striking. Does throwing a Javelin count as striking? Also, I'm curious if the Open Wounds mod applies too. It seems there are a lot of exceptions ...
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Accessing durance of hate without killing SuperUnique council members

Will the quest "The Blackened Temple" be completed by killing the 6 ordinary council members, and then enter the Durance of Hate without killing all 3 superunique Council members? I am asking because ...
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If someone kills you in Diablo 2 can they take all your items?

Like, can they just repeatedly kill you over and over again to the point where you can't get your items, or can they just take the items themselves?
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TIR in helm doesn't give +2 mana after kill

I put a TIR rune into a double socketed cap and equipped the cap on my assassin. When I use wake of fire, I get no mana back for kills. Is there any reason for this? Does each kill have to be done ...
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Is there any reason to hoard gems/runes?

I'm playing Diablo II Lord of Destruction, single-player, for some nostalgia. I have my character saved from many years ago, a level 40 Amazon. I'm not currently using any mods or "cheat-like" ...
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Pickup horadric staff after dropping it in different difficulty

I picked up the horadric staff parts and created the staff in hell. Afterwards I created a game in nighmare difficulty and dropped the staff to pick an item up I wanted to quickly sell. After selling ...
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