Can You Beat DIABLO 2 With Only Firebombs?

[@TheBacklogs]

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[@PikminBak]

Honestly, this is the first sponsor I've seen in a while where I've thought "damn, this looks cool." Might actually check this one out!

[@kamikaze4172]

That's probably the most enticing game ad I have seen in a long time

[@-beelzebub]

Will you do a covenant item only run in dark souls remastered

[@AabluedragonAH]

Alright tiny lady that can summon GOD sold me

[@daemonic1317]

Diablo 2 necro minion damage only?? No hirelings

[@RebelShardAleph]

Grim Dawn has an entire class devoted to the Goddess of Firebombs called Demolitionist. It has many flavors of FireBomb from Molotov Cocktails to Mortors. Might be worth giving a shot.

[@jaimerivera2382]

On top of that, Grim Dawn is just an excellent game altogether.

[@DocDewrill]

AND just got a new DLC

[@lucho6883]

@@DocDewrill That is an update, the DLC is going to come in 2024. However, the update is huge, it added a lot of nice QOL changes, including a dodge button. I can't wait for the DLC to come out, a whole new class to toy with (including all the new possible combinations with previous classes)

[@zythesly]

I was just about to suggest this. Would be cool to see lemon play a game that gives the almighty firebomb the respect it deserves

[@DocDewrill]

thanks for clarification! :)@@lucho6883

[@popeyegaming1342]

equipping a dagger would speed up the throwing animation of the assassin, aswell as skilling burst of speed, since your throwing speed is scaled to your attack speed :)

[@grandjean2008]

The move speed provided by "burst of speed" is also quite useful and massive.

[@RubbleRamp]

This guy Diablo 2s

[@ticklord]

Me dying inside every time he put points into energy

[@dunmeroverlord]

​@RubbleRamp thisguythisguys

[@MrNone-d5s]

I was gonna say atk speed

[@sergeyten1064]

It's amazing for a D2 veteran like me to watch how relatively new players play the game that I know inside and out. Just shows you how little the game actually tells you about itself in-game. Granted, when it was released, it was accompanied by a paperback game guide and nobody does that today, but still. Firebombs assassin for Normal is completely doable no sweat, if you know the tricks. Farm the Countess for Stealth (Tal+Eth) armor runeword and Steel (Tir+El) sword runeword, put that into the fastest base (Scimitar or Crystal sword, the former is easier to find in A1 with 2 open sockets), because for some goddamn reason your trap laying speed is calculated from your attack speed (the game is really counterintuitive in its mechanics sometimes, okay, most of the time) to throw the bombs as fast as you can (Steel gives you a very substantial boost to attack speed and +2 to Mana after each kill) and farm for Nadir helmet (Nef+Tir) which gives you some sweet defense as well as additional +2 to Mana after each kill. Then you can make do with shields socketed with diamonds for all resistances bonus or you can farm Ral+Ort+Tal for Ancient's Pledge runeword or just wait until A5 because those three runes are exactly what Qual-Kehk rewards you with for saving the barbs. Pledge gives a huge boost to all res, more than enough to beat Normal twice over. Any other gear - use whatever you want, this is the stuff that will carry you. Yeah, runewords completely broke the balance of itemization, I know. Anyway, here's that five-page essay that you mentioned in the vid, hope you read this, awesome content, keep it up :D

[@whosebones]

This is kind of the stuff I hope for in challenge run videos, some explanation ways to make the gimmick usable or what synergies work well. Thank you for the quick overview of some fun mechanics and ideas!

[@DarkCT]

my favorite thing about challenge run videos- people explaining their methods to the madness.

[@rainbowGZUS7]

He literally said at the start he wasn't gonna read your paragraph.

[@DotDusk]

This is the reason I hop into the comment section. As a casual, I find very interesting how much people can push the game mechanics to make gimmicks viable.

[@InquisitorSinCross]

Wouldn't Leaf be better than Steel? Especially in Normal only where you don't really need resistance boost from Ancient's Pledge?

[@SR-yl9eb]

As someone who has played this game for 20 years, it was nostalgic to see you play it without over optimizing it. "Get lost in an ice cave for over an hour". Thank You, keep having fun.

[@mikehawk8984]

I know right? I've been playing pretty continuously since 2000 and it's super refreshing. If you want a playthrough that feels kinda fresh for OGs like us I'd reccomend either going Classic because of no runes, jewels, charms, and skills pre-nerf like WW and Static/Nova. That or a build no one does but is doable SSF (at least that's how I prefer to play, especially now that there aren't RW and Ubers locked to online ladder) like the bladesin, zoo druid, or poison dagger necro ✌️

[@mirailemon9905]

The excitement of seeing another firbomb only run is unmatched

[@benknightbus1729]

I’m waiting for the “can you beat life IRL” firebomb challenge run

[@DanteTorn]

He'd better be dressed in a milkman outfit too. "I am the milkman, my milk is delicious."

[@camwyn256]

I totally read this as excrement. Lol

[@dr.johnbillstevenson4044]

Firbomb

[@Titanium_Bucket]

I applied to the firebomb academy, I’m waiting for a letter

[@Garryl367]

15:00 Dear Future Lemon, Thawing Potions do remove chill/freeze, but that's not why you use them against Duriel. It looks like a chill, but the slowdown he causes is actually from his Holy Freeze aura, which is not removed by Thawing Potions. The main benefit is the +50% Cold Resistance they give, reducing the cold damage Duriel deals to you.

[@RubbleRamp]

So glad you mentioned the random enemy names. They can be hilarious every once in a while

[@pervysage5465]

That was refreshing. And I respect you for appreciating the journey instead focusing solely on destination.Surprising percentage of D2 players have very little experience with the actual game, they just look for guides, have their characters rushed to the endgame by better players, they never finish the game on their own, they don't know anything about the lore or story. They spread myths they heard (for example, about Duriel's non-existen charge move), instead of veryfing them through their own experience. In shoty, I appreciate someone relatively new actually want to experience the game in their own way.

[@lechking941]

aside from story being mostly sidelined to the vids. i have seen enough to know ill proably get well at the game. plus its in a era of worthy games.

[@gaymohammed3137]

i like the callout to us veterans, i was screeching internally alot in this video of all the things how you couldve made it easier but maybe the fun came from that haha

[@MattersChris]

Thanks again to Lemon : The Backlogs for creating today's video. Fun to watch as always!

[@axewishox]

I love the firebomb episodes but it's always sad when you say a run wasn't fun.

[@joshuawilliams4314]

Ngl a lot of the runs on this channel wouldn’t of been fun a lot are stupidly tedious dude is a sadist probably watch every video

[@Enigamis]

Thanks for playing some more diablo. It's always fun to see people play a game I grew up with in weird and fun ways.

[@purplehaze2358]

I feel like Lemon's patience has slowly rotted away as time goes on.

[@joshuawilliams4314]

Definitely he never used to point out the basement dwellers

[@reecemcdermott]

What an immolation run does to a man

[@ethanshumard9768]

No Idea If you know this, and It might even get mentioned later, but running will set your armor to 0 and block chance to 1/3 of what It Is. Now, that really only applies to melee focused builds but hey, might come In play later.

[@celestialcthulhu773]

Thank you for adding the song list into your description! Loved the expired 20% off coupon, I lost mine ages ago. Ah, Cafe de Backlogs, the most sought after place on the Firebomb Academy campus.

[@TheFelmaster]

22:20 Wait what?! A Diablo 1 challenge run?! Yes please!

[@lich-king2298]

omg i love this game, played it growing up and now im grinding it out again, so glad you're doing another D2 video. First another bloodborne video, now this. Great stuff, always love the videos, very bingable.

[@krishnansubramoni7801]

Yes! Another Diablo 2 run, and a firebomb run ❤! Also, speaking of firebomb only runs, Nioh 1 and 2 has an entire stat and skill tree dedicated to tools like Firebombs called Ninjutsu. They have scaling damage as far as I know, and are actually decently strong AND every element has an associated status effect too. Just thought I'd mention it in case you didn't know.

[@th.mvrickst3955]

Fun fact: assassin can open closed chests without a key. When you are running, your armor = 0, so sometimes better walk than run

[@chrishubbard64]

Seriously, diablo 2 really has a problem with not explaining virtually any of its mechanics to players. You just have to rely on 50 years of hardcore players parsing out every single permutation of everything ever. And hope the info is still viable after the latest patch.

[@th.mvrickst3955]

@@chrishubbard64 in D2R you can see, that your armor is 0. Open your stats tab and look on defense while running. In original there are no indicators to that

[@johnpizzamigliojr6159]

Awesome video ! You had me rollin with that muguffin line. Cant wait for the next d2 vid

[@Vaerlayn]

For future runs, those synergy skills are really big, and make a great difference in damage, at least, they were in the original. There does come a point where the synergy % boost damage is bigger than the flat boost that levelling the skill itself is.

[@hypotheticalaxolotl]

Plus they don't increase mana cost. Sometimes, with some skills, it's better to level up the synergies first before putting more than 1 point in the base skill, just to keep the mana cost low and let you throw the skill out more times in a period.

[@Vaerlayn]

@@hypotheticalaxolotl I almost forgot about that part hah. Thinking back, that does explain my Druid build I had, the firestorm skill he starts with is so cheap but extremely powerful if you just pump the synergy skills hah.

[@lordsusano7667]

If you are thinking about playing Diablo 1: I recommend installing the DevilutionX Mod, for a vanilla experience (only qol changes like resolution, enemy healthbars or item visibility) or the Belzebub Mod for a fusion of D1 and D2.

[@doktoracula7017]

I did a pretty much identical run in original diablo 2 lod, but with valhalla mod. That build was extremely bonkers and dealt a lot of damage, only on hell enemies started being an issue

[@dididi3368]

did someone say integrated add? Me: ah yes the economics class of the firebomb academy.

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

Gotta pay for the next round of firebombs. For some reason vendors don't sell them for free to academy members. Something about a shortage of flammable liquids. I got into growing walnut trees to make Walnut Oil for my next generation of firebomb members.

[@fr3y438]

@@glenmcgillivray4707 I just use willpower and Greek fire for my firebombs, willpower is surprisingly useful for the making of equipment, be it consumables or equipment like armor and weapons.

[@Dysjong]

Well done! Awesome that you stick to your guns and reminding other people about the point of playing a game :D

[@austinclements8010]

theres a few certain things in this world- taxes, the sun rising and setting... and that lemon will try to beat any game that has firebombs in them with only firebombs

[@doriannelh3687]

Don't know this game so much, but I know tou and your legendary skills at throwing firebombs, so let's enjoy once more. Don't stop please

[@lukebarone9022]

You can also "repair" your throwable potions to refill your quantity. Thanks for trying these cool experiments! Keep it up!

[@jaketate7257]

@TheBacklogs I know you probably won't see this comment. But Lemon, thank you for doing challenge runs on my favorite game of all time and giving me new ways to play it! My daughter (first child) will be born in January and I can't wait to introduce her to this game I've been playing since it originally came out when i was 10! 34 now and the nostalgia is strong. Thank you again Lemon!

[@KalaamNozalys]

Oh I just realize there is one game where you would thrive doing this: Dragon's Dogma. You can even get a pupil who will learn to throw firebombs with you

[@GhostyShogun]

I wanted to say thank you for all your videos they help alot and always keep me entertained

[@brightenblack207]

Love this. Hope a Poison Dagger run is in our future. Extremely unique way to play. A lot of normally useless affixes becomes super important on daggers like repairs durability, hit causes monsters to flee, knockback so 1. you can keep using the dagger and 2. give yourself space while you're waiting for the poison to kill things. Did you know daggers could have plus to necro skills? I didn't know until I tried it.

[@SwankiestPants]

For the arreat summit fight against the 3 barbarians, you can put down a portal, it doesnt let you take them out 1 at a time but it makes retrying the fight if you die much faster, just place the portal inside the cave right next to the exit to the summit

[@solarus2120]

My inner Diablo 2 meta-gremlin was screaming about always going to 50 Str for armour. Good video. Glad it worked out

[@emilitiascarlet6490]

please oh please do more d2 challenges. i love this game and my mom got me started on this series when i was a kid so id love to see this kind of stuff happen. and dont worry despite playing d2 alot i still dont know alot.

[@gogodanmark]

Loving the Diablo 2 videos so far, and the attitude too. Keep it up

[@onnivinpelzel6368]

I always am amazed at and enjoy your unbelievable tenacity and follow through, and your writing makes me laugh. But today I'm commenting to let you know how much I appreciate the fact that you actually care about only running ads for quality products. I'm excited to try Phantom Blades! Thanks for the great content, I wish i could do more to support it!

[@jazzem5263]

Watching anything Diablo 2 again hits me in the face with the nostalgia brick, great run as always!

[@SalKorosin]

I'm hopefully not the only one that would love to see what kind of challenge runs you can cook up for Diablo 1

[@conan2096]

in dark souls poison is a pyromancy, therefor poisonbomb is firebomb.

[@zornbjorn-7181]

Cool video ^^ Another one in the blast radius of the Firebomb! Would love to see you make another DS3 run, but I think expanding your game catalogue (if that's what you want to call it) is equally good :)

[@billycoughlin4644]

Lemon. I gotta tell ya. I recently went through a rough breakup and have been very depressed since but your videos I have on repeat almost. They help me sleep and all your jokes and stuff put a smile on my face. You’re on of my fav KZbinrs and just wanna tell you that you help me through my days. I look forward to your next video!

[@lightsonitzekioro3918]

Wait wait The Gem Shrines upgrade a random gem in your inventory to the next tier? I legitimately thought it just gave you a random gem at a random tier. Shit, you learn something new every day Loved the vid! D2's a very special game to me so was great watching a challenge run like this.

[@lukasspielmann108]

Before watching this, I am already certain that Diablo, literal actual Satan, ruler of hell, does not stand a chance against one blessed by the firebomb goddess

[@alexanderbusch8014]

Uh, the challange runs from D2R are soooooo great :D As someone, who tried so many challenge runs as a teenager, i love to see some love to his game :D

[@Svedskog]

For those wanting to do their own run, the runes Tir and Ral in a two open sockets staff makes a really good runeword for all fire-based builds!

[@lordcoggswaffle4444]

Leaving a comment for the algorithm and to say loved the blurb about runewords. Wasn’t screaming it more “wonder if he’s gonna make a stealth chest to help with mana issues”. You answered it so I’m a happy camper lol

[@thomasgreen5929]

Awesome run haha also that game in the sponsor actually looks pretty cool ima check it out

[@AurallWow]

Oh my god, spotted this just when I wanted to go sleep. Perfect. Then I can watch it a few times because I doze off halfway through. The most calming stuff on the internet. (Along with press continue, when he doesn't do the chaotic outros 😂)

[@Alee_mHs098]

I‘m sooo happy to see you doing another diablo 2 change run again please consider doing it more often Love you lemon♥️

[@maybevoldemort8995]

Firebombs are just, y’know, the bomb.

[@raggedy_lad]

duriel: i'll stunlock you, you little... Lemon: DORMAMMU!

[@pillagius]

Nice! Thanks for quality entertainment, Lemon! It was a blast! )

[@TheDocksideGamer]

I absolutely love this game! I extremely enjoy the fact that you can find new and interesting ways to beat it

[@divineorb0656]

Bro im so happy to see someone playing Diablo 2, one of my favorite games of all time

[@jamesdavis2359]

Man I love this channel. Comedy gold

[@aoy20002]

I don’t know anything about Diablo but these challenge runs you make are hella addictive

[@fpsrussia408]

The firebomb goddess would smile upon thee in Xcom 2 War of the Chosen

[@Mr.SpookMan]

The guy is too powerful, he is becoming unstoppable.

[@Never_heart]

The Firebomb Goddess demands Hell be cleansed!

[@PsDnK]

Wonderful idea and wonderful content. Dark Souls and Diablo are amazing stuff for your channel!

[@matteigtch1625]

You have great content brother. I root for the up and coming every day guys trynna break free from the 9-5 through any means. I hope you get millions amd millions of views man. Best wishes.

[@devcrom3]

That ad read was GREAT! My new metric for whether microtransactions is "can you beat the game naked in a reasonable amount of time?"

[@justsomejojo]

I've never played a Diablo game for more than an hour (and that was Diablo 3 in coop) or anything like it, but it was still surprisingly easy to follow along. The explosions also look really nice, I'm kinda surprised.

[@everythingsalright1121]

Well this is the remaster. OG game is very much so pixel sprites

[@camwyn256]

So many memories with this game. Mostly of soloing, but setting players to 8. Super nice for my clepto, take everything and sell it nature with these games

[@peterdavis7695]

I honestly forgot these items existed in Diablo 2. But then, it's been ages since I played that game so I've probably forgotten a lot of things about it.

[@dagroth123]

oh man, it wasnt till the 18th minute did i realize he doesn't have burst of speed active. to be fair, the game never really tells you that trap tree skills use attack speed, nor did i guess it back in the day. remastered is not the word i would use to describe this... port... of D2. Rabies is a very fun run.... until you run into undead.

[@MasterGibz]

Coffee incoming. Another fun morning!

[@TheBacklogs]

Aw, thank you, Gibz! Always appreciated :)

[@omgwtflmaololrotfl2368]

1st time viewer and a long time D2 player. This is refreshing to watch.

[@jeffreybarker357]

Lol thank you for addressing my screen-yelling. 😆 I’m screaming, yes, but it’s all in fun. Thanks for the video!

[@amandacngem3649]

Nothing like getting home from work and watching the new The Backlogs video

[@sarloth6392]

I always love your videos they give me my daily dose of serotonin

[@IceHachiwara]

Anytime I hear the tunes near the end I am taken back to Gunstar Heros. Can't help but wonder if he ever would do a flamethrower/ explosion on run in that game, granted its a sega game back in the 90's.

[@classifiedveteran9879]

7:30 *Poison pots ≠ firebombs!*

[@fuzzyface4515]

Counter-intuitively, the amount of armor you have increases your chance to not get hit in Diablo 2. Makes perfect sense really. If you're wearing the heaviest, most immobilizing suit of armor you can find turns you into an absolute ninja and things struggle to hit you. I think Dexterity does give a small amount of armor rating, but otherwise it just influences your chance to block, which caps out at 75%, which is also influenced by your character level. (Higher level means you need more dexterity to have the same block chance as a lower level character) This information is TECHNICALLY in game as you can see the tooltip information change in your stat screen if you're paying attention. (May have to mouse over specific stat measurements in the stat screen itself) I provide this information only because I dunno what else to comment and it's apparently good for the algorithm

[@michaelabbamondi8892]

I like the way you played this better than the sweaty way i would've. You could've trivialized this using all the runewords and farming certain things. Much more entertaining this way, too lol.

[@TheBronf]

i was hoping you would use barbarian for this run. his throw weapon passive works on the comsumable bombs.

[@nobody3622]

I get that, but the assassin has fire bombs that run on mana instead of an unsold consumable.

[@JinFreeks]

Something that I had a very hard time to get my head around with early D2 runs: "Thou shall not level energy." At least not more than once or twice. Early game. You're going to have to chuck anyway. And if it's not mana, it's health pots. The biggest difference is is how comfortable you can be while chugging vs. how often you have to refill your belt/inventory. Gold really isn't part of this equation since around as early as old Tristram anything you find should sell for more than what you spend on TPs and pots. Now yes, with less energy you will have to return more often to town/fiddle with your inventory more. But every death you avoid due to better health is a massive time win, and even the time lost for trips can be negated a bit by the ability to stand smack dab in the middle of trash mobs spamming away. Late game you have enough energy/+mana/+mana gain on gear and just passive +max mana from levels that all these points into energy do you little good. But this also is only true if you're going Hell Baal kill.

[@ForeverLaxx]

Oh boy, another lecture from "Plays Games Poorly and Gets Mad When Called Out." I love those.

[@wooly9976]

Great video! Wonder if you would ever do a lords of the fallen firebomb run? Seems like a perfect game for you to do that in. Has a lot of different throwables

[@Ironica82]

There is always the classic "beat with only one type of spell" challenges.

[@Shiningforceking]

Fireblast is an incredible skill. works with Ias and has a bunch of synergies. Why not try Telekinesis run. Edit: I feel "The screaming" bit was directed at me. :O +1 for the Gunstar Heroes Ost, think we wouldn't notice?

[@Hazmatguy117]

Thanks for not caring about the meta game, i wish people would just play and explore instead of ruining my experience with their spreadsheets.

[@Tactical_Turtwig]

It always comes back to paladins for you Sir Lemon 😂 that and being mauled by Sir Melon the Malicious

[@purplehaze2358]

How come when Lemon beats a game with firebombs, it's okay; but when I beat real life with fire bombs, I get put on the FBI's most wanted list?

[@Tafah_0]

Running one of the Earth Defence Force games with only explosives could be a fun run.

[@miltonwhatever]

I am really excited about Diablo 1 challenge runs!

[@Sumcrab]

Found a couple of "no healing-no farming-hardcore" runs a while ago. Wanted to give that a shot. Suddenly thaw potions are important and every item counts :)

[@drewsbwgaming3362]

This was great. Can't wait for what's next

[@azurrayne4140]

Runewords were only added in the lord of destruction expansion, and they only teach you that runewords were a thing and giving you the runes for ancients pledge, but if you don't know the order, it feels like the order they were given in a random order. So if you didnt RalOrtTal in a 3 socket shield and ONLY 3 sockets, you won't get the resistance bonus. They REALLY didn't go too deep without the Prima strategy guide, another outside source. I think you did great without leaf, stealth, lore, and other low level runewords (low being subjective, most low words people use are almost 30, and that can be high if you're speeding through only normal). Thanks for all the videos you make! I enjoy watching especially fire bomb videos from you, just feels.... right, ya know?

[@MisterZealot]

Yey! Bombas! Also.. all stats except vitality are virtually useless in D2. You just stack the bare minimum for gear and dump the rest in VIT. Except if you are doing a full block/evade build

[@AxonZshow]

I would be interested in seeing a version of this done in Path of Exile as well. In there you have access to both a poison flask ability and an explosive one. Plus other stuff like a spell that lights you on fire to burn the enemies around you to death!

[@TheWarriorXander]

Hey Lemon, no idea if you read many comments, but this video got me thinking - have you played Grim Dawn? Similar type of game, and would be a good home for students of the Firebomb Academy. Demolitionist Blackwater Cocktail is a firebomb but it's a spell, there's also Grenado (though that does physical damage) Canister Bomb and Thermite Mine. It's a fun ARPG in the same vein as D2, and you can beat it in a few hours if you just rush the story, or sink hundreds of hours into it if you choose to. Just my suggestion. Love the content, keep it up, hopefully one day KZbin/Twitch/Patreon will bring in enough money for you to not have to work so much.

[@ZOROARK4523]

Love the content dude keep it up

[@Zorgdub]

I am hyped for a Diablo 1 challenge run.

[@deusexvesania1702]

This channel genuinely managed to change the way I look at throwable consumables. Or rather, made me take a closer look at them to begin with.

[@Timopeo]

They should have made that “bomb” skills of the assassin had a boost from the different firebomb types

[@BlaiseArath]

Wait, its the Scroll of Inifuss? I've always thought it was the scroll of infuse. Man. Also you know what the loot goblin in me wants to see in these videos? It looked like you got a Legendary Ring form Duriel and I wanted to know what it was ;;

[@StrangerForever85]

Not a toxic comment about Diablo II (never played it, sorry), but I do have a suggestion for a challenge run. Can you beat God of War (the original PS2 game or any ports/remakes) without using red orbs? For those of you unfamiliar with the Greek God of War games, red orbs are effectively your experience points. You use them to upgrade your weapons and magic spells. Rules: 1) At no point can you use red orbs to level up the Blades of Chaos or any upgrades the gods give you as you progress. 2) You are allowed to pick up Gorgon Eyes and Phoenix Feathers. 3) Costumes are banned. 4) Any difficulty may be attempted (though I would NOT recommend doing it on God Mode difficulty). 5) No cheating or exploits. I don’t know if this run holds any interest to you, Lemon, but it seems up your alley. There’s one room I’m almost certain will be a run-killer, but I wish you the best of luck.