$5 vs $17,000 Diablo Item

Melee Items are EXPENSIVE in D2R. But is it possible to beat these Wallet Warriors on a BUDGET!? Let's find out.
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Diablo 2 Resurrected Trophy Room of Melee Weapons and Armor worth well over a million forum gold (FG) with some items worth over $10,000 USD.
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[@TheSerioshka91]

It's amazing how much more depth this decades old game has compared to D4. This is peak itemization.

[@SR-Jensen]

you should check out pd2

[@Calvin1911]

Dude seriously. Grew up on this and played a bunch of D2R when it first come out and all the boys were back!! But now we got kids and we can’t play like we used to so I watch a lot of Cooley and mf drops and duels. Never even knew the physical duels were so crazy. Still learning shit about D2 like 20 years later haha awesome content.

[@johnjohnson-ss4vu]

this isnt a new concept though. barb-v-barb was a thing in the olden days for the rich players in the private leagues. Obv this is zealots, buts super similar. Attack rating etc super important.

[@bohanxu6125]

"This is peak itemization" are you talking about grief? :]

[@Rosebrand_]

No... He's talking about everything else that was discussed in the video...

[@petergriffinson1907]

Didn’t even know this type of dueling exist… insane.

[@fenral]

palapk/palapk

[@stebbey6006]

Insanely boring yes

[@poppers7317]

It's all about stats.

[@johnnyraincloud7518]

Yup and their homepage is d2jsp

[@chosk80]

Huh ? We had it since 2007

[@j.sch.8266]

now that's the D2 content we deserve

[@ujaku_]

Hell yeah I was howling when you took him down at the end! Nice job in the duels!

[@Dougylol]

D2 character builds are never ending, and that's why I'll always love the game.

[@joer9675]

The best. No other game compares

[@joer9675]

And if they do compare they probably were influenced by this game

[@MrFloat777]

@@joer9675I’ll never understand the mindset. People saying “they stole that from Diablo 2 or it was influenced by Diablo 2” but science dictates the likely hood of an actual original thought existing in todays age is roughly 0%. Someone would have created this wether blizzard existed or not. Path of exile is better and it was made by the guys who made this game

[@joer9675]

@@MrFloat777 exactly it's basically d2 in a different universe

[@matthiasrooffeners790]

​@MrFloat777 path of exile is not better played the game and d2 way better 😂

[@TuffHunterTactics]

My Pain Song… “one of the saddest stories…”. oof. Still happy to have found it. Thanks for the shoutout. May the story of the Pain Song live on!

[@Nilso2]

Brother, I lost a bitcoin. Worth 60k now. Shit happens😅

[@Wooxy117]

Sorry for your loss but dang you really nailed a good one, hopefully you save the item regardless

[@Cleav3r]

I was in the group chat where this axe was auctioned haha, it was sold for Chinese Yuan ￥120,200 (~$16,720) after a lengthy battle between a few Chinese and Korean buyers. Great video by the way beating him with $100 gears but last time I checked on jsp Death is banned in melee duels though😂

[@Coooley]

Thanks man!! There's a actually a ton of different rule sets come to find out. It's a very deep community. Loving it!

[@RR-RCB]

什么群？

[@Cleav3r]

@@RR-RCBQVB拍卖群啊

[@HamptonHyundaiFortWaltonBeach]

Death was unbanned like a year ago I think.

[@alessandroflower3990]

Probably wpuld have gone higher on d2jsp

[@geoffnolan1053]

Great video and fantastic editing, kept me glued to my screen the whole time! For real

[@Coooley]

Glad you enjoyed it, man! Thank you

[@Statevector]

Came to say exactly this!

[@BH-gh6qm]

zealot dueling is definitely the worst for viewers. shit is boring

[@krudeon]

i dont even like d2, and watched the whole thing

[@thealchemist3575]

did it glued your wallet for any of the kewl items ?

[@phil-l]

Man I want more videos about those crazy trades and rares

[@Maty514]

Coooley is the best click and hold dueler known to mankind

[@xPremo_]

Confirmed

[@thecoltster1]

I like the part where he clicks and holds.

[@derekhettinger451]

he didnt often click but when he did, he held

[@kevinlambert3896]

Pretty sure you still tap and not hold

[@CapeSkill]

@@kevinlambert3896 pretty sure you hold

[@smilingbear7430]

How can anyone not like cooley, his humor and editing are top notch. Anyone who dislikes this man doesnt realize that that just shows how good of an actor he is

[@phyaH828]

D2 melee is king, come around more often!

[@xPremo_]

Respect 🤜🤛

[@zarfen]

Absolutely LOVED this video. Melee duelling is completely unknown territory for me (or should I say foreign), but I love that there is a place where insane rare and crafted items have a home.

[@steffenk1371]

The infamous goblin!

[@BrianCheng24]

This is honestly one of the best video youve made. Fantastic job!

[@EzekielGoldbergII]

Damn that was so much fun to watch. Really cool to see this weird duelling meta and how you broke it against these titans.

[@raijinmeister]

P2W aside, can we appreciate how this old game is better than 99% of the similar games released nowadays? Truly a masterpiece.

[@mrkiky]

Because even though it was updated a lot recently, it's based on the original which was made when studios were trying to make games, not monetization models. And even in that golden era, this is a game that stood out. And despite updates, Blizzard has miraculously let this game off the hook without infecting it with monetization, probably thinking something along the lines of "we will leave this game pure so that it keeps our reputation somewhat intact". Today's gaming industry can't even hope to recreate such a masterpiece.

[@ocelotkillalot4632]

I guess with the 1 percent you mean Poe ?

[@DaveDahBrave]

Realized how often I watch your videos and legit felt bad for not already being subscribed lol nice editing, nice build!

[@nativisions]

Love the Vinnie Paz - good video as always Coooley.

[@wozar7461]

Great video and sweet editing man. Love to see there's still so much depth to this old game.

[@andrews5544]

Cooooolay! I just wanted to thank you for all your exciting PvP coverage and awesome D2R content.

[@Coooley]

Wow! Thank YOU for this super chat. I appreciate that, man. ❤️

[@VicJang]

This video is so well made 😂 Great job Coooley! Congrats on the wins!

[@LeonRHarvey]

fun fact: in Korean the word for the Paladin class is 성기사, which means Holy Knight. 성기 unfortunately is also a homonym for genitalia. The Korean player you fought called himself "dick knight". Furthermore, the word "dick" "고추" in Korean is also the same word for chili peppers.

[@GuestUser-jf8uj]

Your editing skill is insane man. Bravo sir. Excellent as always.

[@junkequation]

This is the one d2 channel I enjoy watching even when I'm not actively playing d2. Just by far the best stuff consistently.

[@Coooley]

@@junkequation Thanks, man! That means a lot!

[@johnyrental9407]

Thank you so much for this video. Educational, entertaining, captivating! Amazing presentation and editing skills! Keep up the good work!

[@thetrexgorawr]

The thing is the reason why grief is banned in melee duels is because of the venom. . . Melee duels take a minute of swining. So if someone's poisoned and rng doesn't end it, the unpoisoned person has a massive advantage. It has nothing to do with it being 2 good.

[@thetrexgorawr]

Specifically, it was implemented for BvB whirlwind fights, and it became standard across all melee duels over time.

[@schism3472]

Also vamps are considered bm. This build wouldn't fly in the actual ladder.

[@CryHavocTV]

Your FG to $$ conversion rate is about 2 years out of date, and the source for that axe being worth 17k is.... the owner.

[@shaman2384]

Back in Uni, I botted 24/7 with 10 x D2 accounts over a year and had some decent pvp chars. Only to gear up myself. Still could have had better gears, so this game can get quite long if you are perfectionist.

[@CW-gj6cs]

This video really got me hyped for D2R. Amazing content, dude.

[@L14MH]

the octopath music just makes this vid so much better! ty

[@khmer5o3]

lol that was amazing to see you own that korean dude at the end. he was steamin mad bro lol.

[@dylan-z8w4t]

Cooley you should consider a build guide series for dueling builds since a lot has changed since LoD and there isn’t that many current guides out there

[@jymnasium]

Yeah, this shows how awesome D2's itemization truly is! :) Oh, and the hit chance calculation.. level matters a lot less the higher in level you get, so for this end game dueling it doesn't matter much, but for the majority of players it's the reason they don't land their attacks

[@ryyse-8966]

is there a spreadsheet somewhere that shows what gg items to be looking for?

[@7PHILIPP_]

Best D2 content! Ty Cooley

[@jffaust]

An underground D2 fight club? Amazing! Really cool vid and congrats on the duel wins 💪

[@xPremo_]

6:58 " Cartier weaponry, chain gang recipe, Punch you in your face after we exchange pleasantries.... " THE Vinnie Paz A.O.T.P Coool vid, Mr "Foreigner, Alien"

[@Coooley]

I knew you'd like that part :P

[@KlausMingo]

Is there a guide somewhere on what to look for in gambled or found items that make them so valuable?

[@kurzackd]

Coooley got too unnecessarily annoyed at the *"Foreigner ! Alien !"* comment... Well... Not to be *THAT guy* , but... Well... *you ARE **_technically_* exactly *THAT* to _THESE_ people... :P .

[@kevinlauterbach8356]

So... Palapk is still around? I had a character of that level back in the day. Shits so addictive. I spent soooooo much $

[@kAzinGaming]

D2's itemization remains unmatched. Been playing Last Epoch and it's absolutely amazing, but D2's depth is unmatched.

[@stealingclay]

you gotta give POE a try then

[@JakeGittes84]

Last Epoch gets old pretty fast, imo

[@davidedlund2141]

I'd never thought I would see a Diablo2 vid featuring VINNIE PAZ. Man, you are the goat now

[@Jaryism]

THis is hilarious... it looks like some medieval old English templar dueling society. WTf this actually exists?

[@DuyDepTraiPhoBaTrieu]

I love melee duel, the OG ppl on D2 LOD Classic server would've joined our game "Elite Zeal Duel" back in the days 2002-2005ish hehehehe. Conc barb can join too.

[@prang11]

How I miss D2 in the early 2000s. What a great time to be a young gamer.

[@nonehc]

Thanks for showing the rar items - I really appreciate and opened my mind after 20 years of casual and season leaderboard pushes!

[@LotusPaintball]

I remember (trying) to build a melee dueler back in 1.10, and man it was expensive. I gave that up and shifted to normal duelers pretty quickly.

[@nyastclair8174]

I used to build zealots for the zeal duel games in the 2000s. Coming across this video is kind of crazy.

[@GoatedGang]

truly goated D2 content

[@Coooley]

Thanks, man!!

[@xHEROURx]

What Forum/Forumgold are you talking about? 🙂

[@universalsoldier4697]

Real monney but where ?

[@tuckercarlsonbot]

Melee duels are my favorite just because of the sheer level of gear most of these players rock. I'd love more content on this subject from you!

[@VicJang]

The choice of music (Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past - The Dark World) is just amazing 😂 With that choice along you get my upvote and comment. I’ll start watching the video now.

[@ericshum8796]

this is the gear in D2 not the rune words, gold, blue or orange

[@ferdia78]

great showcase, also your looking very well here Cooley!

[@danieltosh9710]

Surprised to see some of my items in the videos haha. What a random treat.

[@kimberleydaria226]

Noob question: why do they use Phoenix shield for pvp?

[@HamptonHyundaiFortWaltonBeach]

465% increased damage

[@maximechevalier2300]

I've been in the CNH and Pn/1 community for a while in vanilla d2. Edeath has always been Bm/Banned along Grief. I wonder what makes it Okay in D2R.

[@batmon26]

kinda miss the old days of rolling chipped gems and a weapon to get a cruel for mid level budgeting. curious if you could have use a ettin axe with crushing blow

[@Nitrix77]

How are you calculating the FG into Dollars cost? To buy 10,000fg is over $300.

[@josiahb.2117]

Items like this are almost never sold on jsp. Theyre sold via paypal/discord.

[@Nitrix77]

Okay but that does not explain the conversion ratio.@@josiahb.2117

[@skillo6399]

​@@josiahb.2117correct. No one is stupid enough to buy fg "legit" these days. In my third world economy, we sell 1000 fg for $5 :)

[@Boozewa]

Watching this brings back memories and makes me want to play again... But I'm still pissed at myself for not selling my LoD items when I had the chance. 3x fully kitted characters with 451s and 32020s. 5x hybrid runewords and a ton of GG rare and crafted PvP gear. I'm not investing that all over from nothing, especially when I had the opportunity for a headstart by selling. Love ya Cooley. I'm gonna hop on this weekend just to see where I left off

[@euklesio]

Death runeword is also banned in most gm melee leagues. Alongside the Doom (Holy Freeze aura), Eternity (slow by 33% + cb 20% [Ber]), Grief obviously.

[@yagel1239]

in all class melee leagues, yes. but today in zeal vs zeal it is unbanned in D2R

[@maximechevalier2300]

I came to say this. I wonder what makes it Okay in D2R. It was Bm in Pn/1 for as long as I can remember

[@TheGamingWarehouseOriginal]

This is probably my favorite video you've done.

[@PhonePhone-sf8te]

coooley is the only d2 youtuber that can consistently make me laugh.

[@mgtow346]

2:53 is the name of the armor canon or did you edit it in?

[@AI_Ghostwriter]

Hey from a guy who hasn't played D2 this was enthralling.

[@JudsonParker]

pvp and the hunt for the ultimate rares kept Lord of Destruction going for decades. Good to see it’s still thriving on D2R.

[@einfachiggi]

i still have my Eth selfrep small Crescent for lvl49 MLD Char, it outDmg perf Oath, sad its only 1sox tho :(

[@EmC213]

This is your best video yet bro good job

[@geminii.german]

Where were such items traded? I only know strange sites

[@orangerightgold7512]

is this the new version of the good old barb duels?

[@parkasat]

im so confused someone plz explain the $3,500 pricetag on the ring shown at 01:45

[@jfurniss93]

Being crafter, perf 120ar roll 20+ str perf dex roll and 55/60 life for a melee pk ring this is as close to perfect as most see. Back in the og d2 days there was one I had called eagle coil, 120ar 25str 15dex 55life. Along with many others. But they were imports not found

[@Demortixx]

So how is it worth 3500$?

[@jfurniss93]

@@Demortixx supply and demand. The chances of rolling an item like that are like 1 in a million. So hence the price if there's only 1 on the realm the owner can name their price, and melee pk has always been the most expensive form of pk. Shy if pre patch items on og d2

[@tombarnes6311]

Someone please elaborate on the dollar values that are being thrown around in this video. When he shows items with the 'Sold' sign and it says for example $2.000.00, are we talking about actual dollars here and someone gave someone actual two thousand dollars for an item in D2?

[@nonsexysecretary]

He gives the dollar equivalent values. I believe that the actual transactions were made in either Chinese yuan or South Korean won.

[@tombarnes6311]

@@nonsexysecretary Same difference, so people are paying real money, not in-game currency to trade and obtain these items in D2?

[@HamptonHyundaiFortWaltonBeach]

@@tombarnes6311 Uh yes? D2 has always been one of the biggest p2w games ever made lol. Every person in the melee community dual wields credit cards. Like if you can't afford the inventory, which is like $2,000 by itself, don't bother getting into melee pvp.

[@hellhuckerhenry6950]

Is the Act 3 Alchemy mechanic from Alkor still in the game? It allows you to craft these "random-uniques" with orange names I remember doing it on a Paladin scepter and getting an insane damage roll in addition to the suffix "Ignore Target's Defense" Such an item would also be worth a shitton in such scenarios I bet

[@monsterxc2670]

Love the spotlight on this "underground" scene. Melee is the most fun I've had online with D2 before going full SP.

[@SourBogBubble]

D2. Brutal Ethereal of Repair with 4 sockets, not bought but found, were my best items with 40/15s. I could trade these for anything. I even had 2 Occulus rings at one point. Yes those were Bugged SOJs with the Mage weapon Occulus imprinted onto the item. This was on Bnet, not the open realm games.

[@sarchmaster5779]

How would a melee zon with max dodge/block do in this?

[@faycal799]

She will do very good . Shes no joke

[@elgarrdobbi3700]

These videos I really enjoy as it reminds me to always pick up certain items and check as you might find that once in a lifetime item.

[@skaarm3170]

Im currently working on a throw barb with this format… I have 2 spears and a barb belt so far…

[@CoolspotDSO]

Hello mate i miss D3 RMAH badly sinse than stopped playing Diablo but sinse D2R i started to play at least for fun...now i see in your video there is actually you can sell your findings in D2R for $ can you please tell me sites i can list and sell gear for $ not only buy(so far i found sites that i can buy not sell but im searching).Big thanks.

[@Coooley]

There's a Chinese auction discord. There's also D2CT, but you gotta be verified and in good terms on jsp to get in.

[@mantasg6447]

im curious since diablo is seasonal game doesnt these items get deleted after season? i never played it

[@drewskiwest5284]

as a melee paladin specced for nothing but dueling i.e. zealot, charlots, certain hdin/charge glitch (idk if it still works - it would make hammers invisible while teleporting around/charge glitching) same with auradins where you'd go to a3 and charge to stack aura to where you'd go back to a1, run outside and charge around killing all other 7 players regardless of their gear. but with d2r SO MUCH is different now... i'm still trying to get used to pve, and since grush/gubers is gone... i still haven't made a proper hdin yet. nor a smiter for ubers to farm those for torches/annis (i forgot where annis even drop.. isn't it where diablo spawns on map? after someone sells a soj?) i've forgotten so much. back in the day over 15+ years, i had a group (super small group) where we made ALL our fg, or rather mainly me... i'd Grush 7 players or just 6. find a bumper randomly or have someone in our group find them whilei was rushing the group and the ONLY TIME a maphacker could beat me in speed from lvl1 act1, quest 1 all the way to hell and collect what you need to open the GUbers portal; you'd have your friend block entrance in act5 just below socket quest giver, so no one could come in and snipe it. then 2 hdins would set up game to where you trap meph, have the smiter come in while the hdins cleared up the infinite spawns and the smiter killed diablo and baal i think? - then you'd invite the leveling group who paid for the grush. it was typically 1-90 for groups. we'd charge normally about 175-250fg per person for normal-hell providing own bumpers and getting it set up to trap meph and have the infinite skelly spawns while everyone else could safely stand behind the rock and soak the exp to lvl90. and naturally there's a number issue (if you noticed we would have to do 2 runs, so we would keep 2 players out that were replaced with the 2nd hdin and smiter protecting portal; so they could be the bumpers [lowering THEIR cost in the overall runs[) and since i had memorized ALL the map layouts back then, and never finished explaining the speed without maphacking the ONLY time a maphacker could beat me in terms of speed was that ONE spot => ARCANE SANCTUM WP 25% chance of getting it right vs maphacker getting it right 100% the certain they zoned in. i had about a 92% win rate vs mh'ers. cuz this was ALL i did outside of doing MF'ing during the day while they worked their jobs (i was unemployed and out of school) so at night time, i could focus entirely on making FG via rushing ppl. i'd occasionally GRush ppl and solo level them doing Chaos+Baal farms and that would just be MUCH cheaper group if my team wasn't online to do gUbers. meaning they'd pay X FG per run and all items that dropped i got to look at first. and most of the time i'd give t to whoever needed it first and go down the list. no one would get an item back to back like that. anyways. i miss gUbers since you can still technically gRush ppl w/ bumper. i wish i knew why they removed gUbers... it broke my heart when i found out literally JUST as I BOUGHT d2r.... almost made me refund but i said f it, let's try it out since there's new runewords and new builds that were NEVER used before and i've YET to finish one character. i'm still working on my sorc. which started as a blizz/orb sorc. then i swapped to lightning courtesy of friends helping. but i'm still missing a perf anni/perf torch, GC skillers with +40life, a perf cta, which is fine.

[@AdamKellar]

How did I miss this video??! Melee dueling is the whole point of D2 for me. So glad you got into it. I loved it back in the day, and still do these days. I won the Season 2 PD2 melee dueling tournament. (yes, there's a melee dueling community on PD2 also) I've got a zealot on NL D2R if you wanna go.

[@dizietz]

I just checked and they don't list wolfbarbs as viable duelers. Sigh. I remember back in the day (circa 2005) having really great success in melee duels on my gris caddy 4x shael wolfbarb.

[@davesalerno596]

Why is the diadem at 1:47 so valuable?

[@akindel6590]

2 skills, visionary mod (the AR% per level), 2 open socket, 20str, 15 dex is near perfect for a zeal paladin. You need as much +skills for everything, +ar to hit stuff, open sockets help you tech for breakpoints, and then str and dex help you put more char points into VIT.

[@AlexandreBackes]

awesome video Coooley! this video provides so much information! I wish everyone that ever tried Diablo 2 out knew about all this, they'd probly understand how much of a depth D2 can have

[@olahnzaft2311]

Diablo 2's End Game Items are Crafted Gloves, Amulets, Rare Weapons. Magic Armor (Jeweler's Whale + Godly) are great too but you need 40/15s

[@Hmongboi228]

Your editing skills👏👏👏 have improved significantly. Although I don't play the game anymore, it was some damn interesting content into a niche world that I never knew existed. Especially interesting considering that this game is 20+ years old. Keep up the good work.. 🤝

[@DigitalAnimeDancers]

Where can I buy these items I need a build like this, I have a ton of cash to spent

[@ismaeldeleija8165]

dudeee i dont even play Diablo 2 anymore but this got me back to the game for sure, thank you for the good time!

[@MatthewEngelson-k8k]

Keep making the videos man, these always make my day better. Cheers!

[@admiralbosch2851]

9:14 ethereal death rune word is the top weapon in the game unless you have potentially ethereal face blade. That's what I use since it was first released. it beats literally almost everything. especially the original back when it was able to hit 400% ED

[@zornmediagroup43]

Way way back in the long ago times I use to do stuff like this. Many things in this video are true. EDC is trash, always has been. Death runeword is a very good weapon but it drops you down to a lower breakpoint, as suggested in this video. Whatever RW went into the vortex shields were also bad. Phoenix was good. I remember doing the math and you needed to get like a 3soc visionary (120/45) for EDZ to reach the final BP. Still not sure if that's possible to this day, but I always remember 2soc visionaries being possible. This was also generally my experience though. There were very few things that beat the EDZ setup.

[@kenthenricksen7667]

honestly big d2 fan i been playing since i was 11 im now 32, the momentum it still has 23 years later since release is crazy, 200k views on this video alone in 2024 is awesome

[@rainiervalai1129]

great video man. i was never a melee guy but it looks like "car people" meets gambling lol, i can definitely see the appeal

[@ajbwmn]

UsWest 2005-2012 i played ZvZ and BvB alot. So much fun and such a great community of people. The d2jsp guilds and all the trading. Peak of my video game memories

[@sirdook2761]

Used to do legit zeal duels back in the day. Great video makes me wanna buy D2R and get back into it.

[@FunkbusterG]

I can respect the thought that goes into these builds, but damn those duels look silly.

[@xBrandinOx]

ahh this brings back that magical feel that I had in 2010-2012. the grind in guild Melee and the absolute insane amount of money in our gear... gosh I miss the old days..

[@MrStensnask]

Now, imagine the magic of playing back when D2 came out. THAT was fucking epic

[@Aryzuo]

Brings me back to the days when I was a teenager and we had the barbarian "dueling club", it was like a completely different world from the standard meta builds.

[@Foxx488]

I can always count on these videos to be entertaining, and to make me suddenly crave D2.