Some questions i have about Monsters and Auras

  • Specifically the Zealot in Act 3, Why would they make the AI in a way that the monster runs away from you, such an annoying enemy to fight, i just ignore them. Even when i’m at a low level they run away.

  • Also did they specifically make the bone fetish the most deadly enemy in the game because people kept grinding Mephisto?

  • Also which Paladin Auras does the most damage?

Edit: i means the most damage through the passive Aura not the attack damage increase.

With their synergies the auras have.
Holy fire: Attack 1400-1900 Fire damage 234-633
Holy Shock: Attack 4-3931 Light damage 4-1310
Holy Freeze: Attack 999-1026 Cold Damage 199-410

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imagine a world where no matter how strong you are nothing feared you or cared about it’s own safety.

being a lore master myself, i’ll tell you lore-wise, Redemption is the most damaging aura.

1- who care(too easy ?)
2-…too hard this time ?(>_>)…D2 is mostly a meet needed stats to win over skills involved
3- Melee(Fana),B-Hammer SKill(Concentration), group support(Conviction)…Conviction drop enemies def to 0(ensuring melee hit rate is 95% alway) and make elemental casters does 3X more dmg…its also FoHer favorite aura(although awful skill(FoH) for pve even after the buff it received)

if you play fresh ladder you do either of these builds(
lvl 1-30 Fireball Sorc
lvl 30 speak to Akara to convert to a new build(choice depend if your solo or got a partner)
Choice 1 lvl 30-99 Blizzard Sorc(solo option)
Choice 2 lvl 30-78 Blaze Sorc(if you got a Conviction pally partner)…it will melt baal wave faster than a Blizzard build with the support of a Conviction pally(as long your not idling ever and keep piling up those fire stacks all over the floor by non-stop running)
lvl 78-(94-99) Blizzard Sorc(optimal choice for fresh ladder farming)

alternatively you can play Paladin and be the group support(still gonna need your own sorc afterward but eh…being that 1 guy supporting group making reaching hell much much faster
lvl 1-30 Holy Fire build
lvl 30-94 Hammer build with CONVICTION AURA…make sure to have 1 point wonder in Concentration if there another paladin in the group also running Conviction…that way you can power up your hammers while they power up the ele casters dmg
if you have the highter lvl conviction they should swap to conc aura however(IF they’re hammer build too with Conv)…discuss it with them(unless you or they are anti-social)
lvl 94+ respect again as a true hammer build(Concentration Aura over Conviction(ZERO point in conviction at this point))

Option 3: Barbarian(BO will make teleporting accross Great Marsh in hell easier for a sorc in the group with the huge health boost that a barb provide)…it also improve quality of baal run if the sorc can teleport without dying due to BO(gotta be a fast loader otherwise your not gonna be in time to bo the sorc)…however…Barb are a full dead weight in Hell early ladder outside the bo effect

Barb have no specific builds other than being pure support fresh ladder…but i would recommend getting lvl 6 warcry to support baal runs(stun spam wave 3 guys so they dont spawn hydra)…while you be a dead weight as a dps…at least you can speed up baal run that way…dont lvl war cry pass lvl 6 otherwise its gonna be too costy mana wise

other benefit Barb provide…easier duriel in norm due to shout spitting in duriel face(allies dont get hit as much)

Barb can become a Trav horker once they been fed gear

useless class for HELL difficulty on fresh ladder
Assa,Necro,Druid,Amazon

Necro have some alright support skills like Lower Resists and a Skeleton Army to tank dmg in norm and nm…but for Hell they drop dead…corpse explosion does alright dmg but it dont has enough range to reach further groups to chain it hard…so you gotta generate 1 corpse often

Amazon is a boss wrecker with Charged Strike but is awful for gear farming untill geared up with super expensive items

Assassin and Druid are just dead both as farmers and as support

Where do you get the lore? Are there Diablo 2 books? I never took the video game lore seriously considering it’s not as interesting as what the Bible and conspiratorial world says about the Devil.

Richard A. Knaak

  • For Zealots, looking into it, it seems that, putting aside them running when low on HP like some other monsters do, it is specifically coded that they will run away from you if you have completed the quest “The Blackened Temple” (the one that asks you to kill the council members).
    I guess you could see that as a little easter egg, although I agree it’s impractical to have to get them stuck in a corner to kill them.
  • It’s simply based on monster HP, which scales faster than player HP, hence the excessive damage in hell. That being said, they also give a good amount of XP, and don’t hit very hard with their regular attacks, so you can usually choose between ignoring them and taking the risk of killing them for XP (or accidentally kill them and yourself at the same time).
  • If you are speaking literally, I think, when properly synergized, Holy Fire deals the more damage, though without synergies Holy Shock does more damage. That being said, if you are looking for the most efficient skill for your build, it depends :
    Holy Fire is its own build.
    Fanaticism is commonly used for melee builds.
    Conviction can be efficient for Vengeance builds, though I don’t know how it fares when compared to Fanaticism.
    I guess Concentration is the most offensive for Blessed Hammer builds, since it’s the only aura that somehow helps its output.

Do you have any good books or resources that teaches about the devil that won’t corrupt my mind?

I’m interested in learning how to make lore like Diablo.

Usually zealots do chase after you until you defeat defeat council…

Compared to vanilla d2, pre lod, dolls have gottn harder over the many patches… there’s no particular reason why their explosion deals so much damage, I assume trade off for being easy to kill. Just let your a2/a5 merc handle them, otherwise most other classes either have ranged options or some minions to be a meat shield.

Not sure what you mean by most damage…flat out damage from aura then holy shock no doubt but damage bonus to attack would either be fanact/concen depending on your attack…

i mean if you believe the bible and that the devil is an evil entity your mind is already corrupt. :wink:

I’ve heard if you delve too deep into reading into satanic stuff, like that Alistar Crowley s***, it can mess with your mind.

I think the writers of D1/D2 read about that stuff which is how they built such a good lore for D1/D2.

Look up the books written by Fritz Springmeier and Michael Heiser.

If you practice magick you can do more than just corrupt your mind, you can bring harmful entities to influence you into self destruction. Steven Bancarz says that just reading occult books can effect you spiritually, he has a yt video on it called " [Occult Objects In Your House Give Demons Legal Ground])"

Quite the opposite, the Bible will bring you out of Sin/self-destruction.

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Thank you sir.

I think Diablo 1 Hellfire is about that. The sorcerer that wrote the tomes inside the dungeon was corrupted and overtaken by the Nukral demon.

is that what happens when the priest ra**s you?

You’re welcome.

Humanity choosing evil proves the Bible correct, everyone is capable of evil and that is why we need God, but God won’t live your life for you, he will respect your freewill and let you do evil and destroy yourself, because evil is the price of freewill.

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religion is messed up alright, be good to people, end of story, but religion is ACTUALLY toxic. believe it all you want but that just means you’ve been successfully brain washed by people who want you to believe them.

god is in each of us, there is no entity that is god, that is the jist of the story. if you don’t understand how that works well i’m not here to explain it to you. but you’re on your own path. enjoy it.

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I disagree, i think small forms of close nit Christian Bible groups is is good, even if Worldly Christian organizations fail to be good (which the bible says is impossible) and don’t follow the Bible. I know that organized Religion is part of the Satanic world and is controlled (the Bible also talks about Devil worshippers in the Church) but God is more powerful than any conspiratorial group in the world. and the Gates of hell will not prevail against the Church.

The idea that Humans can be god or be little gods is a Satanic idea. Or if you’re talking about oneness and everything is God then that is Satanic new age belief.

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no that’s not what i mean. good luck figuring it out. but you seem pretty lost already.

I’m curious, what should i do to not be lost?

get off that religion high horse for one… you can be a good person without religion. the WAY you believe in god, (if you are to believe religion the way i think you do), he is not an entity in the sky that created the world. none of that is true. alright? so first off you have to disregard that “information” you were given as a child.

time to live in reality. that would be a start.

I’ve heard the satanic elite believe us :sheep: are dumb for not believing in anything. They want us to be morally corrupt (which seems to be going according to plan) so we deserve what’s coming to us.

What are your thoughts on the satanic elite?