Best Ladder Reset Builds | Diablo 2 LoD & Resurrected

[@paddington1670]

When I was a young man working at a hardware store, bout 20 or so years ago, my manager was a 70 something year old woman who played really basic PC games. She was such a gamer at heart and really spunky, always giving me cigarettes so she could tell me about the newest game she was playing. I told her about Diablo 2 and recommended she grab the boxed set with expansion and she came back the next day without having slept. She was elated and wouldnt stop talking about how great Diablo 2 was, it almost became annoying but i was happy that she was so happy. I doubt she's still alive today, but she was probably Diablo 2's oldest fan when she died, im almost positive she played it every day until the day she died.

[@AwoudeX]

played that game to death ^^

[@firghteningtruth7173]

Thats awesome. Glad she found something she loved and enjoyed it til the very end. We should all be so lucky.

[@greggashton5394]

We will be calling for a 50th anniversary remaster 😂

[@bryceyarbrough4629]

@@AwoudeX you foul for that 🤣🤣 but it’s 100% awesome of a story

[@hihihihihello]

Pound for pound, probably the greatest game of all time, there is a legitimate argument to make for diablo2.

[@oncebacksliden9653]

Diablo 2 is absolutely one of my favorite games of all times man. Brings me back to the good ol days of early gaming

[@benlupkin8659]

Haha Emilio was really crushing it there 🤣

[@quwarq]

Emilio... I remember that guy... Didn't do much apart from the aura, but then again, I didn't know I should give him Crushing Blow items...

[@gee2k6]

Great guide and good to know that it's not just the two builds done to death by other videos (hammerdin and cold sorc). I'm very tempted to do either the wind druid or trapsin, the latter in particular as I've barely even touched it.

[@dJe781]

I don't play anymore, and you're one of the two dudes that never fail to lure me into watching Diablo 2 content (I'm sure anybody can find out who the other dude is ;) ). I love the non-elitist approach, the cheerfulness... Keep doing what you're doing man!

[@khatack]

just out of curiosity, what is a "elitist approach"

[@NathanMc]

@@khatack Catering to players who have been a part of D2's meta for many years instead of appealing to the masses.

[@MollyRingworm84]

Imo the javazon and the hammerdin are the best starter chars. Both easy to slowly build up to elite. I personally like doing glacial runs with the javazon solo joining chaos baal runs and clearing as much as I can before the run is over. I know it its not a lvl 85 area but from my experiences it being a lvl 83 and so easy to clear with a mid built javazon it tends to lvl fast and drop well.

[@bowlock9901]

Clear and concise, the definitive starter guide for Diablo 2 ladder. This will help many when times comes. Keep it up Coooley, it will soon be you're hour. Looking slick too. Have a great week.

[@masaasahina]

I'm 100% Poison Necro. That was always my 1st main when starting a new adventure in D2. However, I did have a really strong Bear Druid...

[@quwarq]

Honestly, between Bone and Skelly Necro, I wasn't expecting it. Thanks Coooley!

[@Wulfeheim94]

one thing i would add is on the first day of ladder reset make sure to

[@aice336]

oh yea thanks i always forget about

[@Lukeoni]

I’ve played so much of this game over the years and cannot wait for d2r to be released I’m still thinking of what build to start of with so many viable options to choose from

[@stylerunner2959]

I haven't played in years and I'm excited to revisit this game.

[@Lukeoni]

@@stylerunner2959 same just thinking of grinding gets me excited

[@Lukeoni]

@Lief9 it is but I always use it as a starter

[@kahldris1228]

Last time I played was 2012 I believe, maybe 2013. I'm just going to wait for d2r at this point but am super stoked! I'm thinking druid.... though the new sorcereress skills look great. My favorite used to be necro but I should go something else right? Lol who know!

[@firghteningtruth7173]

@@Lukeoni Sorc. For sure. If nothing else, getting high level and rushing for soulstones (thru nm) can put you way ahead. Edit: the meph cheese in hell can get your entire character list half geared in no time.

[@yodaballz6666]

Poison necro is vastly underrated but you give it the attention it deserves (,:

[@lumby5335]

made me want to make one

[@darkscarlet4600]

In 2000 me and my friend played not knowing anything thinking rune words were out of reach and relying on the newly created arreat summit website to drool over uniques we would prob never fine. Diablo 2 offered some of the best LAN memories. Look forward to it again and using some low level rune words

[@viesh7493]

Great refresher vid! Excellent job

[@jakecompton8733]

Good you mention frozen orb sorc. I use frozen orb on left click, and a high level static on right click. You can use static twice while orb is on cool down. Static helps your merc kill things that are cold immune. You can farm chaos easily as long as your merc has an elite quality insight to kill de seis

[@blacklabel130]

i find his way to play weird, also necro corpse explosion have max dmg level 1, just radius get larger so, why max this.... PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE... idk bone armor.... so silly -.-

[@bjornraberg5475]

@@blacklabel130 Why max bone armor when the synergies are better?

[@nicklombardo8944]

@@blacklabel130 More monsters hit is more damage. Hit 10 monsters in a small pack for 100 damage = 1000 damage. Hit 40 monsters on the whole screen for 100 = 4000 damage.

[@ousha5011]

I personally use ancient’s pledge for easy resistances, and sometimes smoke if Im using a bowzon. Great guide

[@xPremo_]

3:10 I just spit out my coffee. "You're doing great!"

[@miyagidojo9479]

Dude you have the best intros! Song is pretty catchy

[@dtbk9557]

I think it's worth mentioning something as simple as the structure of your script and the way you speak it, absolutely rocks!

[@Big-Daddy96]

Wind druid. always loved them

[@mwhighlander]

I know this video is about a year old now, but the new changes to the fire elemental druid with stuff like physical added to (nearly) all fire elemental skills, removal of next cast delays, removing hurricane as a skill prereq and massive buffs to armageddon (plus being able to cast in wear bear form!!!) and new items like flickering flame in a druid pelt makes them absolutely insane starters, imo. Compared to the Windy (tornado) druid, which in my personal experience can have some annoying issues with tornadoes actually just missing their target.

[@Voeluspa45]

When Resurrected comes out I will start with Tornado Druid. Not sure if Assassine is available but either I follow with her or a Smiter. Later an Armymancer just for the lols.

[@dreamingflurry2729]

Cold-Sorc is beast...especially if done as a hybrid (Cold/Lightning or Cold/Fire)...loved playing her over a decade ago :) Just like my Summoner/Army-Mancer, my Whirlwind-Barb (someone gave me Arkain's for it and I loved that! Just like Grandfather!) Just now I am however in love with the Javazon Lightning/Poison-Hybrid (Amazon isn't a class I played back then, because my usual party had one already...a Bowy with Windforce!)

[@mstandenberg1421]

I’ve always had a soft spot for chargeadins. It’s so easy to find high base damage weapons to rapidly increase your damage output and they’re very very fast around maps without significant speed gear. They can also stun lock troublesome baddies on the first run-through.

[@ekoms108]

My favorite is skele warrior and corpse explosion build for HC.

[@TopSecretGG]

Still kicking PD2, but CANT WAIT for D2R! nice vid Cooley! :D

[@omarg92]

Hey cooley just wanted to say your content is so entertaining and thanks for these tips definitely gonna take a re watch once i get that pc going;)

[@lordcheezus1]

Just discovered your channel today and I wanted to say, subscribed instantly and devoured videos like candy. You are awesome and I appreciate these vids and hope to enjoy more of your stuff!

[@Coooley]

Thank you so much! Glad you're enjoyin' 'em! And welcome!

[@TheGarfi]

Nice vid man! I might try to mix it up first ladder and try either the necro og assassin - never really tried those 2 builds

[@allenung6260]

GG. I like the way your present info. Keep it up! Subbed.

[@YeOldeMachina]

I busted out laughing out loud when your merc was just standing there 😂

[@GUMNUT.]

you GOTTA make a new one of these after hearing about the Dev update from MrLlama. Ice + Light Sorc? Throw barb? Fend Java? Tesladin? Poison + Wind druid? SOOO MANY OPTIONS

[@Coooley]

Love it!!!

Fire sorc thanks to teleport and +3 fire skills staff for early game. Or a fury druid

[@_DNA.]

Hey nice content,i tested a lot of builds in bnet the past few months,playing with only what i've found through the gameplay and i have to say that i found it more fast to "evolve'' with Sorceress than with any other character.I started with Fire and then switched to Cold in Hell mode and started Mausoleum/Andariel/Countess/Ancient Tunnel runs until i find a decent polearm for my merc.I found a nice thresher but instead of Insight i made a nice Obedience,and then i was able to clear Chaos Sanctuary too.

[@87539319]

sorceress is sick for solo; a lot of these builds will really shine in a reset team though where you want diversity! or if you get bored of sorceress after leveling too many

[@miquelcortega]

Nice video bro, never even considered poison necro.. but i am now. Looks fun to grind with!

[@freddyfranchise]

very helpful. thank you, sir =) Has been 20 years for me but CANNOT wait. Will be the first game since HL2 I'll upgrade my PC for. Looking forward to the insane lighting and spell effects. D2R will ruin lives, but also save some ;) Will probably go Orb or Java, but might try Nado cos I never played a Druid.

[@rdoehrman]

Awesome video again Coooley! I can't wait to get back into it! I really did like the tornado druid in the video I think I may try this to start. Do you or could you do a video going over unique drops? like what will we get from Andy - Normal , Nightmare, or Hell? and etc.. with all the bosses giving us a good insight of what we should farm for specific items? Thanks again love the videos and channel!

[@gregtyler4002]

Really great vid man. Thanks!

[@zvalera]

"You're doing great"

[@booradley6832]

Thank god you showed the deaths 2 piece on amazon. Its so good.

[@MarcelloLins]

How come don't you have more subscribers ? Damn this content is good.

[@Coooley]

Thank you! Means a lot

[@KokesmushOfficial]

One thing I wanted to note about using the stealth if you're using a spirit monarch is definitely go with a higher base. You're already using the STR for the monarch which is 156, so if you're going with a stealth, i'd use an archon or wire fleece

[@philbrooks5592]

that cool info on d2 thank you i like to try it out some time

[@bryanruncie5105]

Great video! I prefer the FB sorc upon the reset. It does such high damage norm-nightmare leveling up. I switch to blizz when I’m ready to start MFing.

[@AutobotPrelude]

i can see the effort put into the video i love it!

[@rememberDay1]

nice vids cooley. watching this i thought of act 5 quest 2, that gives you 2 of the 4 runes you need for spirit, and then also a ral which you can 3x transmute to work towards amn or thul, and if you saved all runes you found along the way you might have them all anyway or be close. can repeat farm countess too, in norm and youll get the spirit runes quickly. also, for merc, have you experimented with kelpie snare and blackhorns face? thats a bit later you’ll prolly have to be in hell. but those are 2 basically throwaway items but give your merc 95% slow, kinda funny against bosses, so long as youre not relying on the merc for dmg

[@bobcs2155]

Interesting, I had not considered making a nado dudu first thing as I would have thought the item reqs be too high for start game. Orb soso, naturally would be my selection, but I'm v interested in the nado dudu

[@JSchocker]

Cooley, just gotta say, your D2 videos are TOP NOTCH! 12 out of 10. I watch a ton of them, learn a lot, and am very entertained; Exceptional job, and Thank you!

[@Coooley]

This means a lot, man! Thank you so much

[@robertbarrows4795]

I used to play a lot when I was younger and I'm glad it's coming to consoles! I already pre ordered it. Question do those cows still exists? I remember power leveling friends on them and it was sooooooooo comical 🤣

[@Shogun1999]

There is no cow level

[@Promethuus]

Great video brother!!!

[@Coooley]

Thanks, Dook!! Appreciate you, man

[@danielcury9111]

Poor barb :( RiP

[@KBizze-ue3lz]

enjoying your channel. Keep it up

[@adel_mann7084]

hahahahahha the thing where you talk to your merc and he answers back made me laugh soo hard great video as always regards from germany

[@jpVari]

Gonna be playing hardcore so I think I'm leaning towards hammerdin or wind druid to start. I want survivability, and I'd go with poison necro but I think single target farming will be important for my first character. Perhaps necro will be second. Thanks for the guide!

[@timbonnell2182]

Great video only new one I can find for the reset. Ur awesome

[@abrasivepartyc5416]

So pumped for d2r. I’m building an orb sorc to start.

[@Infamous159]

most people are. its still gonna be the best. but i hope they have rebalanced the game to shake things up a bit for a FOREVER ago release.

[@AXLee27]

Hey, Coooley. When laying traps for sin against most monsters, do you go 5 death sentries...or 4 lightning sentries & 1 death sentry?

[@MrBiohumanomineralny]

Wind Dudu definitely. Or assa but assa ca be tricky with no infinity to deal with immunes

[@whoknows8223]

You can throw firebombs if enemies are lightning immune. And you still have your merc for enemies with both immunities. Plus corpse explosion from the traps which helps also with immunes.

[@igorjeslenikov585]

Which char is better hammerdin - poison necro or summon necro?

[@spenceringame960]

I'm leaning towards 2 characters to cover all my basis.. Trap sin for the lightning/ fire / physical damage, and then the frozen orb sorc. I'm thinking the sorc will be stacking MF for andy/meph/AT. and my trapper can farm WSK, chaos, cows etc. for runes/ white items/ key farming... hopefully I can get lucky with an early infinity and just go full light sorc. May RNGsus be with us all.

[@keldon_champion]

I have always been a javazon fan she may not have the fastest clear speeds and she has the same early weakness of the light sorc, but there is something about making the whole screen explode with lightning fury, I might go trap sin this time though. I agree with you too the javazon gets a bad rep for "needing" titan's but it really dosen't need titan's it is just indisputably best in slot, I have cleared all the way through hell no problem without it, if you don't have it though try to get a rare with (in this order of priority) replenish quantity (constantly having to TP for repairs gets old quick), +skills, and increased stack size if you have that you will have no problems with anything but lightning immunes. Honestly most of what makes titan's so good is that it is +2 to jav skills, +2 all skills, and has 1 per 3 seconds replenish quanitity the rest is just icing on the cake.

[@miks301]

With top gear she actually has the fastest clear speed of any build on players 8.

[@keldon_champion]

@@miks301 for some things yes but when I said she is not the fastest I was referring to as a starter character after a ladder reset

[@miks301]

@@keldon_champion true, if trade is not a factor shes pretty slow to gear. If trade is a factor, farming hell cows with zero magic find for eth elite polearms and other socketables is fairly lucrative as everyone else is busy farming mephisto for uniques.

[@keldon_champion]

@@miks301 that's a fair point because even with crap gear she can obliterate hell cows and everyone is going to need good RW bases

[@marcaca32]

starting with fire sorc, make leaf runeword as first item due the massive mana regen early on. switch to mf orb with blizzard support when reaching hell. then stick with it until farm all the gear to start a tele smitter :) great content mate!

[@Alk3fan22]

Another awesome video!! Thanks for the recap on early ladder builds!!! Keep up the great work!

[@stoqnterziev2790]

Great video! I'm thinking about max leap + item find Barb to just scavenge behind the bots. Here is my gear: Helm - doesn't matter Weapon - doesn't matter + fcr Rings - don't really matter Armor - Whatever I'm bringing myself from normal like Quilted Armor / 2 soc -> 2x chipped ruby

[@JayHC9001]

😂 such rare armor to find. Gl. Gear rly doesn't matter for this build lol.

[@hyen4309]

Summon Necro fanboy since early 2000. Its pain in the arse till gain access to +skill. Yet it is the most fun build for me

[@Rycology]

Should also mention... He can run EVERY LEVEL!! Thanks to Amp dmg, decrep, and clay golem... No monster immunities and bosses get brought to a screeching halt. ( iron maiden for early duriel battles ).

[@dJe781]

I see you forgot to mention how easy it is to go through Maggot Lair with it. **cough**

[@joshuanoble5895]

@@dJe781 lol but after that's over it's smooooooth sailing cough cough . 1 maggot at a time till CE

[@Rycology]

@@dJe781 TP reset. Like a poor man's tele stomp.

[@stephenolan5539]

Build up gold early and find a white wand to imbue. If it no good then sell it. Keep check Akara(?) for wands. You can get plus skills early.

[@akurenda1985]

Bro, both the classes I play in D3 are pet based classes and their AI is on the same level. Emilio has lived on. That little scene made me laugh way too hard.

[@leveweld]

Hmm.. I was planning to make a blizz sorc for my first char to mass MF everything, but that poison necro looks good. Which one would you make first?

[@buxeyotl]

Paladine Thorns kicks strong players ass in PvP 🤟🔥💯 but maby not particulary nevesary at early game... O did Zeal with auras of damage, that went good with Healer Hits, building up defense AND Dext

[@VexEffectz]

Great vid for sum1 like myself who hasn’t played D2 in 10 yrs keep u the great work 👍🏻 roll on D2R

[@fredveefrqc4072]

I might go with a blizz sorc or hdin this will be so fun !

[@tylerharris9674]

Sell that Smoke to Charsi and make that Merc a Treachery!

[@87539319]

lum is a good bit easier to get than lem!!

[@instigmata1953]

Great vid as always Coooley, I was thinking hammerdin and spam farm trav/chaos but trapsin looks dope too

[@neiska25]

I always loved Summoner Necros, Wolf Druids, and Trapsins best.

[@Sevrmark]

Titan's Revenge can drop from normal Baal. They're a lot easier to find than Death's Sash in my experience.

[@drewhollingsworth1107]

Legit ass video! Good work man!

[@tlee_gg9415]

Going back to my roots, javazon and smitadin

[@jerometruitt2731]

So did you order these best to worst?

[@maitlandbezzina2842]

Blizz Sorc to set up gear for my Zealer for them Uber Tristram Torches.

[@josephgrima4193]

remaster will be fun , looking forward to it! i like to play nec barb pally, usually my mains. wolf druid, sorc here n there and melee sin lol but sin tough for me.

[@f.ramirez2476]

Dumb question but do you do any leveling tutorials? I wanna do an assassin with traps but not really sure how to go about it .

[@paddington1670]

yay tornado druid! my favourite!

[@Amaloon101]

I always went with Barb, but want to try something completely different like Amazon, suggestions?

[@WissenstattGlauben]

My fav starter were always FB Sorc ( you literally need no real gear to farm good gear), Hammerdin ( use najs staff for cs runs until enigma ,2 x Spirit and he is already totally op), Nec Summoner ( little bit slow, but very safe and absolut best HC starter ) if you are bored you can play completly naked and do utrist naked. Every of this builds works godlike with cheap Spirit swords and or shield.

[@Coooley]

Tough to choose, but I'm really leaning towards a Trap Sin for Reset and Diablo 2 Resurrected! What about you?!

[@Moment2Forever]

Firewall sorc

[@Scott-ly3ch]

Trapsin or blizz sorc! Glacial spike is pretty broken while building gear, especially in hc.

[@Surely_Serious]

Now you've got ME wanting to run a psn necro for reset.

[@jameshaulenbeek5931]

War Cry barb! Joking... that would be painful to start with 🤣

[@BeNiceJac]

How assa ds work with rly low gear?

[@landqq4874]

My personal meta: as 3 man group you take paladin/sorc/amazon. Blizz sorc/java/suppor pally For support pally max conv, holly shield, smite. You are tank of party. Facetanking all content with conv aura, while java+blizz sorc shreds trough all content like hot knife trough butter. After you defeat baal on hell, respec pally to hammer. Then 3 man split farm. Soso - mef, mausoleum, tunnels, andy, summoner. Pally - chaos, countess, pit, worldstone keep all levels. Java - cows, eldritch, overseer, nihla,. Depending on clear speed, you can take some areas from each other. All meet up for baal at the end, and...next game;) can pull it of with literally 0 gear, just get max rez on pally. If you're lacking level, as ammy and soso are really dependant on levels, feel free too farm hell baal before reseting the pally.

[@AlbertCloete]

Would a Fireball Sorc be good for ladder reset to farm in Act 1 lvl 85 areas? I'm waiting for Diablo II Resurrected.

[@AngeloC1988]

“...and Noob items” - and I took that personally

[@Coooley]

hahaha! Only "noob" in the sense of how easy they are to get. Otherwise, I think these items are amazing lol

[@AngeloC1988]

;)

[@alexanderdrechsel6858]

@@AngeloC1988 well with ladder reset and no access to high end gear, you play a "new" character, from which "noob" comes from. nothing wrong with it in the right context :)

[@xlxd2]

100% running trapsin day 1. Java might be good for shenk though.

[@killmeorudie1]

I always loved running hell cows with trapsin

[@arcadianmystic]

cooley~ best ladder reset gear.....'shows spirit sword/shield (Which requires levle 27 just to use runes, then lvl 40 or so to use monarch.) what about getting to level 27 you make a vid like this you gonna have to tell others (cause i use my own plan, i.e. crafted or cubed items)but for newer players or players returning after years upon years of not playing to say new ladder chars you immediately just jump to level 27+ gear? for us more knowledgeable players yes level 27 is only what one or two hours most of grinding levels?

[@chum2671]

Love this video keep it up

[@Coooley]

Thanks, man!!

[@albertcollazo3548]

Great video thank you 🙏

[@DadsOP]

Great video covers all the good builds for farming. Ill go paladin first for sure cause op AF

[@teacherlion]

What build are you starting with?

[@erictmtl]

when its the ladder reset ? I got info its June 4 and some June 15

[@th13teen23]

its been announced as 11th june us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d3/t/diablo-ii-ladder-reset-june-11/35096

[@guillem1985]

cooley u are a CRACK. is javazon a real threat in pvp or is better to go bowa? (trying to enter into pvp and dont know wich character to use.

[@Coooley]

haha! In my experience, Hybrids are the best. But a straight javazon can be very vicious, you just have to catch your opponent.

[@freedomfighter8883]

Who do you typically farm for deaths sash/gloves? I'm thinking norm Andy?

[@Coooley]

Andariel works for sure, but also unique monsters in act 2 in normal play

[@freedomfighter8883]

@@Coooley silospen seems to think normal cow King and rakanishu have the best odds on p7 difficulty

[@Rayjockey]

Necro with teeth +syn. Easy to get 3+ teeth wand at Akara.. (and sockets if lucky).. Then tir-rune you up (teeth-spread) in every socket slots u got! Even better if you find a necro shield with teeth skill added too🤘

[@SilentWrath123]

My first char is always a summoner/corpse explosion necro. You can complete the game in all difficulties with ease with really bad gear, only need to watch out for resistances(normal act bosses are actually the most difficult part). After that, just do diablo/baal runs (begin run by picking up free skeletons in the pindleskin area, kill shenk and eldrich, then clear diablo and baal. Baal is going to be slow to kill at first but very easy with decrepify aura. As your merc gets more crushing blow it will also become somewhat efficient. As I get some better gear I level up a blizzard sorceress for some quick mephisto runs and later on with really good gear the sorc can do quick and easy baalruns with the merc killing the cold immune mobs.

[@BananaJoe9217]

So many opportunities...fuck haha nice vid as always!

[@zachsmith8967]

I always wondered this; does your MF on your Merc add to your MF? Or is it its own MF like if your Merc kills Diablo is the MF applied the mercs yours or its own?

[@NickBB360]

If your merc does the kill, the MF is his + yours. If you do the kill, merc mf is ignored

[@zachsmith8967]

@@NickBB360 thanks man appreciate you helping me

[@Reavix1]

So how does one become Emilio? Because that seems the best choice on this list.