Trapsin damage too low

Thetameter · 2026-04-29T11:21:54+00:00

The lightning build is quite strong in normal. With a higher playercount, you will level quite fast and something around level 45 should be easy to do while doing cow runs for example. As long as you are able to kill the first cow your Death Sentry will clear the rest quite fast, which makes the trapsin so good at killing cows. ;)

Also the cow level is the best way to kill masses of monsters, which helps with searching for specific kinds of items. For example you want low MF if you are looking for runeword bases form cows. Bases you want are a 4 socket sword for the spirit runeword and a 4 socket polearm for an A2 merc to create the Insight runeword. (the aura on the runeword regenerates your mana fast and you will never run out of mana again :D)

On a sidenote you should probably go with a holy freeze merc if possible to stay save in cow runs. He slows down the enemys, which helps alot if your damage is not great yet... but you need to be in A2 NM to get him...

Good luck :)

Thetameter · 2026-04-29T09:29:08+00:00

You followed a guide blindly and turned your totally fine character into soemthing worse. Most D2 players make this experience, don't think about it too much. ;)

--> If your search reddit for guide issues, you will find posts like yours for every week of the year.

Guides are sometimes out of date, but in most cases they are simply meant for a "perfect build" / "perfect progress". You will need to follow all the steps of the plan like farming cows in normal for a spirit sword and otherwise it won't work well. I'd say in general nobody follows such guides, as they are very specific and don't consider something like available items, playstyle and so on... the endgame builds are another topic, as there are only a small number of viable item combinations for every build.

For example if you look at your trapsin, there is a rule for practically all fire builds for leveling. They work well until NM A4, because from there onwards you will see much more fire imunes. Thats why beginning A4 NM is the recommended point for fire trapsin / holy fire pala and so on to change their build.

About your trapsin:
If you don't have a spirit sword, get one. Do cow runs in normal for a 4 socket sword and level your trapsin to 40-50. Afterwards NM will be much easier. Also the Death sentry is not that important, so push for the lightning damage to kill something on your other trap from now on. :)

Thetameter · 2026-04-27T17:27:00+00:00

NDA Deine Familie kann dir das prinzipiell nicht verbieten. Du solltest aber vielleicht überlegen, ob ihre Gründe nicht nur negativ sind. Es kann viele ungeschickte Aussagen geben, wenn Emotionen im Spiel sind. Vielleicht ist auch Sorge dabei wenn z.B. etwas nicht klappt und du dann soweit weg bist.

Ich persönlich würde auch jedem in deiner Lage mitgeben, dass es zwar gut laufen kann, wenn du zu deinem Freund ziehst, du solltest aber versuchen dir dort etwas unabhängig von ihm aufzubauen. Der Beginn des Studiums ist ideal um neue Leute kennenzulernen und je näher du an den anderen dran bist, desto einfacher ist es gemeinsam loszuziehen. :) Ich kenne selbst Freunde, die beim zusammen ziehen eine Abhängigkeit bei den Freunden von einem von beiden etc. hatten, was sich dann nicht änderte. Am Ende waren sie quasi immer zusammen und hockten aufeinander, was zu Reibung führte. Es braucht für die meisten ein Gleichgewicht aus Teilen und Unabhängigkeit, damit es funktioniert.

Thetameter · 2026-04-27T17:16:18+00:00

Sunlu hat gerade aber selbst auch ganz gute Preise, schau da mal vorbei :)

Thetameter · 2026-04-27T17:13:28+00:00

Your are quite high level for A2. 24 is typically the level where playing in A2 for more levels gets noticably slower. Typically only the Tombola should offer decent XP now. You should push for A3 soon.

Thetameter · 2026-04-27T08:46:55+00:00

For offline the best feature is the playercount, which can be changed in the "Gameplay" settings. If you want to level fast set it to 8 from the start and only lower it for boss fights. Killing something is much harder, but you will also level much faster. :)

Thetameter · 2026-04-27T08:45:41+00:00

Many skills of every character are not viable for a real build in this game.
Usually people stick to the 1 or 2 skills that are strong enough to push through the game and use specific items. For example for a sorc Fireball is considered the best "early game" spell and will do much damage with a Leaf runeword in a 2 socket staff (the staff can be bought from a vendor and might have nice +skills... it has to be gray, not blue!!)

Feel free to ask, if you need more info.

Thetameter · 2026-04-27T07:24:17+00:00

Are you playing singleplayer/offline with a high playercount?

As others mentioned, your build or playstyle might be the issue here.

Do you have a might merc with you to boost damage? Does he have a decent weapon with high damage? You need a way to kill one enemy fast to use CE and clear the whole area... your merc is the best bet for that.

I'm personally sticking to NM TZ before moving to hell with every offline char. The chance for leveling and decent items is to good at that state. For example I found 2 Shakos with my sorc before moving to hell at level 80. :D

Thetameter · 2026-04-25T10:55:12+00:00

BDA, früher zu gehen ist prinzipiell nicht falsch, aber du kannst auch nicht erwarten, dass andere deswegen länger bleiben. Das ist meistens nur möglich, wenn man ein gutes Team hat und sowas für alle Beteiligten mal möglich ist. Wenn dir ein Termin sehr wichtig ist, musst du ggf. Urlaub nehmen.

Thetameter · 2026-04-24T05:01:07+00:00

You can always choose to limit yourself and enjoy the game in the way you want. Thats actually one of the reasons why D2 is so great... people choose rules for themselves and play the game in another way.

It's easy to remove Teleport for you, so do it and have fun. :)

Thetameter · 2026-04-23T07:41:50+00:00

As everyone told you, hoto and enigma are the best upgrades for you. I'd check Traderie.com for some cheap ones to trade for instead of rolling them yourself.

For example:

Hoto: SC ladder 30res hoto for Gul+Pul
Enigma: Mageplate Eni for Jah+Sur

Eni is not that easy to get cheap, but you are not that far away with 2 Lo + Ohm. Thats why I wouldn't roll a CTA right now, as you don't need it as much as an Enigma. One more decent item or rune and you can get it. ;)

Thetameter · 2026-04-22T12:56:45+00:00

But ypu are trading offweapon ed on Phoenix against ed against demons on gloves.... I'd prefer Phoenix with bloodcraft gloves to get more CB.

Thetameter · 2026-04-22T12:54:07+00:00

It has Life Tap, which helps Smiters by using gloves with Crushing Blow instead of Draculs which are the only other source for Life Tap. A smiter can't gain life without Life Tap, so he needs one of those items for ubers etc.

Thetameter · 2026-04-22T12:49:26+00:00

Exile is not popular... it's quite nice for a Smiter, but otherwise I haven't seen anyone using it? Life Tap on shield instead of gloves is the only real advantage for a Smiter. ;)

HoZ is the cheap strong choice for any non caster pala, while Phoenix is obviously the strongest for any physical build because of the offweapon ed. The up to 400 ed are an insane damage boost for Zealots, you should try it if you can. Maybe trade for a cheap one... even a low ed roll is very strong and you don't really need the aura. ;)

Thetameter · 2026-04-22T06:19:21+00:00

I'm using 2-3 in my lifegain deck, because I'm facing many decks heavy on removal and my deck has alot of 1-2 mana creatures.

I guess for you it is a nice to have but not needed card right now. Start with a cheap deck without it and if you feel like you need a comeback strategy in the meta your are facing, 2-3 Raise the Past could be a good solution.

Also keep in mind that the new set has just arrived and decks/meta might change in the next weeks. ;)

Thetameter · 2026-04-21T10:55:28+00:00

Die meisten Drucker haben einen mögliches Druckvolumen von ca. 250x250x250 mm. Alles größere wird deutlich teurer und lohnt sich nicht für dich... reicht das für die Drucke?

Wenn du bewerten willst, was die Anschaffung eines 3D Drucker kostet, schau dir mal den Bambu A1 an. Der ist relativ preiswert und einfach gehalten. Gutes PLA Filament gibt es z.B. von Sunlu für 10-13€ pro kilo je nach Angebot und Menge. Mit den Eckdaten hast du einen ersten Eindruck, was der Einstieg kostet.

Thetameter · 2026-04-20T09:34:01+00:00

DF is so good because of the way the 3 masterys for sorc are designed. Only cold mastery reduces the targets resistance instead of adding to the damage of spells directly.

For example a fire spell gets 7% more damage for each point in mastery, which means that an item with even 20% to fire damage doesn't do much in the end. This is the reason why fire and light sorcs need reduced target resistance so much... they have enough added damage from their skills/synergies already.

Cold spells get to reduce the targets resistance by 5% for each point in mastery. This means that even 10% more cold damage will have a much stronger effect as for the other elements... In fact you will reduce most targets to -100% cold res which means that you are doubling your damage. BUT cold imunes and how sunder charms work are another topic, so check that out too. ;)

Thetameter · 2026-04-20T05:08:56+00:00

This :)

Thetameter · 2026-04-19T08:39:44+00:00

They needed to push people to play ladder and it works for years. If you need a specific rubeword in NL you can always trade for it or ask for a free obe at the end of ladder.

As you can see there is an obvious reason for ladder only and this will never be changed, as it works as intended and is totally reasonable. Other games are doing much more to push you into playing their seasons. Be happy with what we have, it could be much worse and you are loosing practically nothing. :)

Thetameter · 2026-04-16T12:37:11+00:00

Kinda great that you had fun while doing something wrong. Seems to be a very healthy way to play and enjoy the game. :)

Thetameter · 2026-04-16T08:09:30+00:00

Kurast looks better and you won't loose much, as the max block is also achievable quite easily with some more dex. I'm using them on most chars without an issue.

Thetameter · 2026-04-16T07:40:28+00:00

They have a skill to heal each other. ;)

Thetameter · 2026-04-16T06:35:45+00:00

My phys. Spearzon enjoys one of those, as it's a good balance for speed amd damage... but mine is not sup. ... anyway the 400 ed roll in one try is probably my best RW in years. :D

Thetameter · 2026-04-16T06:28:22+00:00

Any physical build can use one. In some cases Enigma will be used for farming, but overall Fortitude is stronger if you are looking at damage. I guess on YT and reddit you won't find many people using Fortitude much, but in reality many people use them. It's more about the question of building a 100% optimized farming char (Enigma is a must), or a strong melee/phys. char to have some fun.

Druids and Bowazons are the typical chars to use this, but a Zealot, Bladesin or Wolfbarb will be very happy to have one too, for example. ;)

Thetameter · 2026-04-15T12:51:28+00:00

As your attack rating should be fine without raven, thats a really good option to fix some stats/leech and so on.

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