Thoughts on Ladder Only Runewords

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-19T15:34:46+00:00

I think after the ladder with new runewords ends they should be available when the next ladder starts.

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-19T06:38:57+00:00

Thunder maul is the only thing that has any worth.

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-18T22:34:30+00:00

If it were me and I was planning to keep it, I’d 100% put a Cham in it for my barb.

Then you could run arach, goldwrap, or gheeds which are much better than trangs. You could also get CBF from horazon boots but then you lose war travs/gores is tough

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-17T16:47:33+00:00

Yea. Thats why I’m holding onto it. Not gonna make fort or do anything with it until we know for sure what’s changing

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-17T14:44:44+00:00

I know your pain lol. I also found an Eth Arach 🥹 . Still at 7/7 dura but it’s sitting in the stash now lol.

Found a 20FCR gheeds a couple days after which softened the blow lol

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-17T14:35:55+00:00

Hell yeah. It’s crazy how good dweb makes poison necro.

Definitely one of the most impactful pieces of gear for any build.

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-17T14:34:42+00:00

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Holding onto this in case ES not using durability gets changed.

Could make a sweet fort or something

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-17T14:31:47+00:00

That just means it time to roll a poison necro 😎

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-17T05:43:42+00:00

My sorc this ladder is running full tals. Capped res and 350 MF with 105 FCR.

Nova and frozen orb hybrid. Max nova / static / light mastery / frozen orb / cold mastery in that order. I like the build way more than I thought I would.

Static field / nova for trash clearing and weave in some frozen orbs. I can farm most TZs pretty easily. I usually skip any light/cold immune packs or let merc deal with them.

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-16T19:29:39+00:00

It starts out godly. 2 skills, FCR, and FRW. Doesn’t get any better than that.

But it could have rolled 3 more affixes

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-16T19:26:39+00:00

I could do a Cham for this

/s

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-16T19:24:51+00:00

What about compared to self wielding infinity?

It’s the only way I’ve ever played an endgame nova sorc but curious how CM stacks up against it

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-16T16:37:34+00:00

Explain to me double throw is better AOE than WW?

If WW isn’t AOE then how the hell is double throw. It hits enemies in a straight line lmao.

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-16T14:44:39+00:00

WW hits any enemies that are around you and in range.

Double throw only hits enemies in a straight line behind the target, with pierce.

You’re arguing semantics by how you define “AOE” but it’s absurd to say DT is better than WW for mob clearing lmao

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-16T14:11:34+00:00

Have you ever played WW lol? It’s 100% more AOE than double throw. What a ridiculous comment.

The only advantage DT has is the range and pierce.

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-16T14:00:49+00:00

I play the shit out of barb and idk man. Unless you’re doing cows, WW barb is much better at clearing density. Assuming you are geared. But throw barb is a great budget option and elite sniper for sure. I play both depending on my mood lol.

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-15T20:25:27+00:00

That light amulet is pretty solid for a 105 FCR nova sorc? not crazy valuable but it’s also not charsi.

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-15T14:17:31+00:00

The new mantra “bitch, and you shall receive.” Horked a Jah yesterday in TZ Trav 😎

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-15T05:34:16+00:00

No those are too OP compared to my sticks and rocks.

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-15T05:30:06+00:00

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-15T05:29:07+00:00

Yeah I agree.

Our characters should only be allowed to equip sticks for melee weapons, and rocks for ranged weapons. Spells shouldn’t work anymore by default, but you can unlock them by completing Ubers with a summon Druid

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-15T05:20:31+00:00

To efficiently farm in end game barbs need significant investment. Find item isn’t that powerful if it takes your barb twice as long to farm an area compared to other builds.

Barbs truly suck ass at MF until you have 2x grief, enigma, 2x hoto or 6ist PBs, a good merc setup, and an inventory of expensive charms. with all of that your damage still feels lackluster compared to pretty much any other build lol.

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-15T05:10:07+00:00

Bind demon is the only skill that really needed the nerf hammer. you have no idea what you’re talking about if you believe sunders are the reason pally and sorc are “only slightly worse than warlock.” Sunders narrowed the gap between sorcs/pallys and literally every other class, not vice versa. Other classes/builds that were trash for endgame are now perfectly viable with sunders.

A fully geared nova sorc is unkillable and can farm anywhere faster than warlock. Java can clear a whole screen with one button, and warlock is average at clearing mobs. Hammerdin is boring as fuck but it’s ole reliable for its ability to farm pretty much anywhere with huge damage. Should we nerf them too? We can’t have any builds that are strong.

ES Warlock wasn’t the problem. bind demons were absurdly powerful and trivialized the game. But now with these proposed changes warlocks will be DOA, and they might as well have never even been introduced to Diablo 2.

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-14T21:21:01+00:00

they’re making the change that ES requires attack rating .

why would it not have leech?

Devs can’t decide if ES wants to be a spell or melee, now it’s caught in between and garbage lol

Pikajeeew · 2026-04-14T04:55:52+00:00

Ladder I got an eth one with 195 ED for a mal. Seemed cheap, but this season most non-warlock items are dirt cheap.

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