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What is an any % speed run in Diablo 2?
While I haven't played Diablo 2, I can tell you any% speedruns are speedruns with the goal of finishing the game as fast as possible, while allowing the player to ignore side content. The percent ...
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Ancients don't give a full level?
It's not 1 level of experience, it's "a lot of experience up to 1 level".
From quest info on Diablo 2 wiki:
Reward: Bonus to your Experience. Normal: 1.4 million, Clvl 20 required. Nightmare: 20 ...
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What is an any % speed run in Diablo 2?
You can see the rules and descriptions specifically for diablo 2 here https://www.speedrun.com/d2lod (press 'view rules' button)
Any% in d2 means that the timer starts on character creation of a lvl 1 ...
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Who's the Spanish voice actor for Hratli?
Hratli is voiced in Spanish by Enrique Santarén (his IMDB entry doesn't mention Diablo).
Here is the list of all Spanish voice actors of Diablo II along with their English counterparts.
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What is the fastest way to level past 95 in Diablo II?
TLDR; Baal runs for weeks. Don't do it.
It's a slog, but Baal runs are the best way to level after patch 1.10. It used to be Hell Cow Level (if it even exists) pre 1.10. Some people do Chaos runs ...
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What does "LF runes" mean?
"LF" usually means "looking for". It sounds like that person is looking for runes and has 9 keys of destruction to trade.
I've seen "LFG" also used in games, which means ...
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Is there any reason to hoard gems/runes?
As for runes, you should focus on runewords useful for your class - see Runewords list. You can upgrade low level runes into higher level ones. Some high level runes are useful even without runewords -...
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What is an any % speed run in Diablo 2?
Generally, as @PausePause has said, Any% (without any qualifiers) involves using "any means necessary" to "complete the game" as quickly as possible - the quotations are there ...
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How to do swap casting in Diablo 2?
There are plenty of YouTube videos that explain this; how to do it and how it works.
Basically, following the video:
Choose the spell that has the animation you ...
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Can I use the Khalim's Will flail after completing the Khalim's Will quest?
Yes, but not with the character that completed the quest.
The following is based on in-game experience and direct testing:
Prior to smashing the Compelling orb, you can transfer one or more flails ...
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Diablo 2 Andariel in 30 seconds
There is no trick to it. On single player (non-battle.net play) the map is consistent. He simply reads the map and teleports to the icons on the map.
If you leave the game and start a new one on the ...
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Diablo 2 - Does Dracul's Grasp cast life tap on Javazon?
Yes throwing a javelin counts as "striking". These gloves are just poorly worded. Basically it means using any "attack" and not a "spell".
Sorce spells like Nova are NOT attacks, Assassin traps are ...
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How to maximize the drop odds of the Essences in Diablo II?
MF only affects the quality (normal/magic/rare/set/unique) of an item. There is no evidence to support that MF or increase of player characters has anything to do with essence drop rates.
I'll put ...
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How to craft blood and hitpower gloves efficiently in Diablo II?
Ok the solution took longer than I expected. You can read the solution for the results only or the explanation that comes after that.
Conclusion:
There are two good possiblities for using specific ...
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Why I encountered Diablo in The Forgotten Tower in Diablo II?
All of the information about Uber Diablo can be found here
The PlugY mod has a built in function to spawn Uber Diablo at random intervals. Usually Uber Diablo only spawns on multiplayer battle.net ...
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TIR in helm doesn't give +2 mana after kill
According to Arreat Summit:
Traps function as golems and summons
Also, from this page:
"Points of Mana After Each Kill" (prefixes Triumphant, Victorious) provides a small amount of mana every ...
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How do you switch skills quickly without changing your weapon in hand? (Diablo II)
The fastest way to switch skills in Diablo 2 is to use the mouse wheel or direction function key. In order to do this, you have to assign skills to your F keys and then you'll be able to switch to ...
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Is it possible to get 100% fire resistance?
There is a maximum for Max Resistance at 95%:
A character's default maximum resistance value is 75%, although certain Unique Items and the Paladin's Resistance Aura synergies can raise that number as ...
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Is there any reason to hoard gems/runes?
Starting with gems, as you can probably guess from the lvl requirement, even perfect only requires 18. They are not for end game equips, keep enough to upgrade your runes and you are okay, ...
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How do affixes work in Diablo 2?
All items can have the affixes you want provided that their ilvl is high enough to hold that affix.
In your specific example, the Spearmaiden's affix (a +2 to javelin and spear skills prefix) can ...
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If someone kills you in Diablo 2 can they take all your items?
No, no one can loot your body for items in Diablo 2 PvP. When you die, you drop an item called an "ear" that is just proof that someone has killed you, and you drop all of your gold that is currently ...
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Pickup horadric staff after dropping it in different difficulty
No, you screwed yourself.
You have to go back to Hell difficulty and make the staff again.
This is also true for everything quest related. Mephi's soulstone, Forge hammer, Charsi's hammer...etc.
If ...
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What is the point of having two weapons as a whirlwind barbarian?
Does this mean that a ww-barb with 1 grief phaseblade does as much
damage as one with 2-grief phaseblades?
Yes - the damage comes from one weapon at a time. Since you are using the same base weapon ...
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How to level my merc quickly?
Thanks to @FoxMcCloud for the hint. Apparently there is really no point in leveling your merc, because it will have the same stats as the one you will purchase at a high level. I thought that if you ...
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How to close settings in Path of Diablo
Right click on the settings window to close it. You have to right click on the top part of the window, even on the "SETTINGS" part itself would work.
You can also drag the window around, it doesn't ...
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Elemental damage and skill damage diablo 2
This is specific to the Weapon only.
The attribute "adds (x-y) Fire damage" only applies to the attacks made with the weapon specifically, and does not apply to any other spell(s) you might have.
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Is there any legit way to play Diablo 2 on Battle.net with a higher resolution?
Here's a blue post regarding the resolution:
As of right now we're focusing on compatibility and bug fixing for Diablo II. While a higher resolution would be awesome and on our radar, as of right ...
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How can I protect myself against unraveler Unholy bolt spell damage?
The Unholy Bolt is much like the Paladin's Holy Bolt, but the living/undead part is reversed. It does untyped magic damage, meaning that elemental resistances don't help.
To reduce the damage, you ...
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Max buying price at vendors
I don't know if prices even have top bound, but looks like +X Skills items are the most expensive. For example, in this thread I've found item for 12 millions:
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How to level my merc quickly?
Don't try to level up the mercenary, he will level up in time. Just play the game, sorceress doesn't need a mercenary anyway. Stay away from your foes and keep showering them with the frozen orb, fire ...
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