The History of Tristram Speed Runs

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Diablo 2 LoD started it all. And now, in D2R, players are setting World Records rapidly running Uber Tristram Speedruns. You're not going to believe how many times this record has changed hands this week!
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[@Skulm]

Hey Coooley, thanks for mentioning my run in such a beautifully created video. Great work and much appreciated!

[@Mcbuggler]

Hey Skulm, you got me into running some uber speedruns on my summon necro. I came so close to beating you on my first ever try, and didn't come close after lol.

[@LuckyLuciano6]

This video is incredible, learned some history I hadn't even known! The friendly competition has been some of the most fun I've had in D2. Here's to breaking more barriers!

[@Krowlofk]

It pained me to see that smiter in Uber trist without fucking life tapping once.

[@Coooley]

Yeah. That smiter was a NOOB

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Rewatching this video = 3 high runes incoming

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Like = 1% mf grand charm drop

[@off-meta-michael]

I would lose my mind if the standard of heroes became an item for some new content

[@akindel6590]

This comment gave me a physical reaction. I would laugh so god damn hard

[@PixelPerspectives222]

As long as you activate the soul killer A5 dance glitch first - you go to act one and drop a wirts leg, and 9 ears from fallen foes into the cube it’ll open up Secret Uber Cow level… not many knew about that though….

[@BH-gh6qm]

@@PixelPerspectives222 full of shit

[@Royy]

@@PixelPerspectives222 the uber cows end up resurrecting diablo, baal and mephisto again

[@trialnsuffering9731]

Standard of heroes and the perfect gem activated will always haunt the community.

[@SebastianBohn]

Tales of Sanctuary at its best. Thanks a lot for this history lecture, Deckard Coooley.

[@Coooley]

Just tryna protect 'em from being lost forever :P

[@goatunnheim]

Love this video! 4:50 Correction: Monster levels are 83-86, but the bosses are all 110!

[@Coooley]

Even in patch 1.11? Pretty sure they USED to be 110 (Ghost fix with the exp nerf)

[@goatunnheim]

@@Coooley Not sure (haven't played 1.11 myself). If minions have level 110 (and give xp), then running Tristram is faster than TZs!

[@Coooley]

@@goatunnheim It was by FAR the best way to level in the game's history. Sucked going back to CBaals after that

[@aleksandarcvetkovic5436]

I am playing 1.14d. Can I run Tristram event in single player?

[@goatunnheim]

@@aleksandarcvetkovic5436 (Edit: see below)

[@tapoemt3995]

I wanna know what the first guy through the Cow Portal thought when he saw all those cows on hind legs coming towards him..

[@brightsidetattooshop4260]

there is no cow level

[@lordzhangfei7534]

I love Ubers and still think I'm the only one to ever beat it with no attacks, AFK. Never got into speed running but also think I hold the lowest life (121 hp) run all time. There are endless ways to beat it now!

[@Coooley]

That's insane!

[@jameshaulenbeek5931]

That was an absolutely sick run!

[@lordzhangfei7534]

​@jameshaulenbeek5931 hell yeah man, pre sunders too. Maybe another pacifist run will happen with the introduction of sunders using only one character. That would be crazy

[@redeyez444]

Yea ok keyboard warrior

[@lordzhangfei7534]

@@redeyez444 lol, huh?

[@Krowlofk]

The good ol days. The thousands of key runs. Such a great patch. Back when blizzard was good.

[@joestewart4444]

If only Mrllama could make content like this........ Cooley is criminally underrated

[@TheTuttle99]

Mwah! *puke*

[@KH-zo8zm]

Llama has made it pretty clear he doesn't really care about the KZbin game, he's just a twitch streamer. You can just enjoy both for what they provide lol

[@4acrehome168]

Probably because he doesn’t take sponsors who buy game keys from stolen credit cards

[@user-xe8vi8ud4n]

because that's not his goal. he speed runs...

[@owlpierce5171]

I remember back in early days, people ran public uber level games all over the place, i reached 99 on so many characters so fast, this was also a really efficient way to get perfect torches since you had 7 other players there and it dropped torches for all of them. Torches during those times were just a typical thing that even low levels would have and people would have multiple accounts with countless mules that just had torches. Good times and I really miss those days.

[@davisranick2853]

I can remember thinking u could only spawn 1 portal and it was random. First torch took me a bit needless to say.

[@Coooley]

People used to try to trade the organs, you remember that!? Back before they figured it out.

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@@Coooley "O Orgset N xx"

[@xBDE]

Some of your best content yet Cooley, I love the "Summoning Salt" style videos! Consider doing some longer History Of Diablo 2 Speedruns style ones next!

[@daniellassander]

My first character that league was a light sorc because i really wanted to try out infy. I am good at trading and finding things that are worth something to other players so i also got rich very very fast that league. My second character was my first attempt into uber trist, a double swing barb because i have always hated paladins in all its forms due to how boring they are to play. Now i had no clue what i was really facing but everyone said "no spellcaster" so a barb it is, and since its bosses double swing is a lot better then whirlwind. On my first attempt i got three portals up, but lillith was really fucking rough killing my merc in like 2-3 hit and me in like 2-4, that was when i realized that res was very important, so i stocked up on psn immunity potions for lillith and the battle was easily won. My first attempt in uber tristram ended in disaster, i ran into meph first (when they had random spawn points) the conviction aura just killed me and with no other resources to go for at the time it was a failure. But i also knew what was actually killing me, the convition aura, so the next day i sold some stuff and changed the enigma on my barb to a Chains of Honor and swapped the rare jewel out of my arreats for an um rune. Second attempt was straight forward and easy, all in all maybe 10 minutes but i never cared about how fast i could do it. My choice of weapons were also suboptimal, i was playing with botd ba and beast ba. Even though a lot of players said that grief was better then botd. By then a metric ton of smiters where offering uber trist services on the condition that if it was a pala torch it went to them. Personally i never bothered about it just setting an easy price of 2 ists for a guaranteed torch if they had the keys. So all of a sudden i had a long cue of people wanting me to do uber tristram leaving all the paladins in the dust. Now it wasnt the fastest, my only source of cb was gore riders, and with the still random spawns of the uber bosses and finding the organ holders my average time was roughly 5-7 minutes. But getting on average 20 ists an hour and a cue to last me for weeks, it made me from very rich to insanely rich. First order of the day were changing my 2 +3 bo spears to 2 cta 3 because lillith hits like she has been working out every day with a very very hefty dose of growth hormones, and mephisto were still dealing a lot of damage. Second order of business lowering the time, so the first thing was changing gore riders for goblin toe and arreats for the set item helm with cb. Swapped botd for a good 39x grief, swapped coh for the assassin runeword armor that could proc fade. Still doing the organ bosses with enigma of course and i got the time down to like 3-5 minutes. But never any lower then that.

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Coooley: *uses Punch Out music* Summoning Salt: "Am I a joke to you?"

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Salt = Legend of Suspenseful Story Telling

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This video was a cinematic masterpiece... I was always on the edge of my seat and it took my breath away. Keep it up Coooley!

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Incredible video man! And so epic. Man those days were something else

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Thanks for these old school videos. I recently went down a rabbit hole and looked at each old patch starting from D2 to LOD and quite the interesting patch notes.

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Straight up, that was great man. Content is killer bro, keep it up

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I love old D2 lore videos. I binge watch them. They bring me back to happy times

[@KevinCarlino]

This was a great video Coooley! The legacy to D2R graphics transition was sick. Could also do one on the progression of low-level fights against Diablo Clone, 🙂.

[@Coooley]

Thanks, man! Glad you saw that and enjoyed it! I was actually thinking about that the other day... Seeing just how low we could go with levels vs DClone. The history of THAT challenge might not have much to it... yet.

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@@Coooley maybe time to do some more theorycrafting 😎

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I love what Summoning Salt did for the whole "speedrun history" subgenre of videos. And no, I love Llama too, but Cooley has a better narrative voice. Keep it up.

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I remember when d2r launched i was so bummed there was no guber leveling

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Great Vid! Historical Vids are always the best.

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Been a while since we dropped a "History" vid! Felt good.

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I love this type of video. So glad it was documented so well.

[@SlimFarmer2023]

Tristrun-01, some of the best games of my fucking life.

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I love these kinds of videos.

[@lefter700]

Thanks for the video! Even though I occasionally play this game nowadays, It's nice to check in with the community I lived my childhood with. Cheers!

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Awesome video Cooley. Your content is great bro. Keep up the good work!

[@derekbrown1745]

As a legend of d2 lod and having literally done and I’m not exaggerating over 100,000 Tristram runs…. Never having botted… I was the key runner. I did all the keys. And I mean all of them. For like 5 different botters. We’re talking I had 3-4 chars full of each key. And I know it had some issues but I feel the barbarians time may be coming. He was insane good at killing Lilith duri and Izzy and he could absolutly solo the Ubers. And having dabbled in pvp before I stopped playing and having competed in a tournament and winning the melee side of it I know how strong the Barb can be there too… it makes sense that sooner or later a new configuration will come up and I won’t be surprised to see the Barb take over. Let’s be honest… you have historically needed three things for Ubers. Now. Some builds don’t use this but for the most part you need Life tap Crushing blow Prevent monster heal/ poison All the builds mentioned more less use those three things. The javazon pending on how it was being used might not so much but… But yeah the Barb is fore sure one of the top melee chars so those three things are pretty easy to get on him… the problem is AR… same with the kicksin… so we demon limb up and get AR life charms and were pretty good. I’d add also it would be cool to see world record made on players 8. I remember many mannnnny times trying to help some people complete their Ubers and I’d join a game and it was nearly full and I’d have to go and run their Ubers and the difference in difficulty was pretty steep. Also feel like exp farming for non botters in the Uber areas is still a great thing… not as good as it once was sure but… Also… in the million or so Ubers I’ve done what always blew my mind was in fact the javazon. I’d have my greif ebotd Barb and a buddy would have a smiter and once in awhile we would be joined by a friend… and when they opted to go javazon it was hilarious. Like… I’ve watched enough Uber runs to tell when something was up. I’ve never seen the Uber melt so damn fast as when we had that damn javazon… And those pre buffs may sound annoying… but my god when it was found out about the magic find glitch ghosts…. I’d be sitting there prebuffing with those idiots for an hour…. Still in my mind the coolest thing found in d2 to date… once we find out what the standard dose or the chat gem I’m say that is the coolest d2 thing of recent times.

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And the gavel…. I knew that thing was pimp before it became pimp….

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You got the best video editing and cinematic edge of your seat d2r videos. They get me pumped af to play again. And again. Kick ass dude.

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Your videos are top notch, Coooley! I don't play D2R nearly as much as I did back when it came out, but I still tune into your videos.

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Great support for the whole community!

[@Mynmeisjeff]

The way you integrate that 80's music into your videos hits another level. So good man.

[@rmt6933]

You should have included how people were power leveling in Uber Tristam...frick that was awesome!

[@plebbsquad5102]

he did

[@imalvl10paladin]

Amazing video as always!

[@Coooley]

Thanks, man!

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If I could like a video a million times, this gave me goosebumps! Your videos are amazing from the content to the narration music everything you are a beast💪

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Your commentary is always so well wrote Coolie. Nicely done, as per usual.

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As a long time d2 player, love these little history videos you do. Brings back some great memories. Its like you said, stuff like this is one of the reasons that d2 is the best in the franchise. Almost regardless of what they do to d4, i don't know if it will ever truly compare.

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its incredibly sad that they don't bring new content to the game. D2 has to be my all time favorite game. I know it's just an issue of monetization, but they aren't even interested in trying to figure it out to make it worth their company time.

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Hey thanks for the shout out!!! I’d love to talk about old school stuff with you for your channel sometime 🤗

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Amazing video. More D2 lore like this would be awesome.

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Great history piece :)

[@VicJang]

Thank you. I’ve been playing D4 but every time I hear that iconic Tristram theme it brings back countless unbeatable memories from earlier days. Diablo 1/2 will always be my favorite Diablo game.

[@D2MMA]

This was. Good video, these speed runs are crazy

[@TheSilv3r]

Nice video!

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The mystery of everyone figuring it out was awesome. I wish they would do something like this again

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Your video's and editing with suspense is just next level. Always love seeing your new uploads.

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I actually played D2R after retiring from D2 in 2011 after my son was born just to try Mosaic when it came out. That shit was so fun

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I do not know how you KEEP doing it. Another amazing video!!!!!!

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really enjoyable video my man❤ keep it up

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I haven't played d2 in a while and still consistently enjoy watching your vids. Really good job on this stuff.

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Excellent video, Cool. You are fantastic commentator and you shine right here. This is very high quality content! I hope creators like Summoning Salt etc see this and perhaps share it. That would be awesome. Keep up the good work!

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Could you imagine if players had you back in LOD days giving them all the godly info without trial and error. D2 will always be glorified nostalgia for me and i still rock my d2r sp chars to date, never ending learning with this game with countless hours designated. 🤙

[@Chrisnado91]

Incredible video! Brought me back to my hammer times

[@rucciato]

This video is so got damn well made, gj Cooley. Feels like some million dollar studio made this 10/10

[@Micloren]

Is the "Standard of Heros" verifiably useless? Or is it actually still an unsolved mystery?

[@Hmongboi228]

As usual, great editing and commentary. 🤝👍👌 Your videos NEVER disappoint even though I'm a D2 Classic (non remastered) player..

[@kevonn5622]

thank you for this video Coooley! I quit during 1.10 and came back for D2R so I had no idea about the story

[@kristopherleslie8343]

Excellent video ❤

[@DustinFette]

I spent so much time in Uber tristram when it first came out. I lived there. I remember falling asleep one night and when I woke up my friends were still going at it.

[@psychotic4560]

You make top tier videos when you try, Coooley. I wish you produced more, brother. You're a natural story teller.

[@tragikk03]

I remember like it was yesterday. I was 15 when 1.11(a) dropped. I started LoD in 1.09 when I was in middle school. My friend from Korea got me into it. Parents getting a phone call during ubers was hell - we had AOL back then lol

[@itsthesteve]

I never knew the history of Ubers, this was great!

[@uleiosu4582]

awesome vid Cooley

[@drewg2403]

Uber lvling, can confirm. We used to jam a nickel between CTRL and SHIFT and spin away.

[@yazzze]

Intresting, Ubers came out after i stop playing so was fun to come back to see in d2r

[@ryanbeattie9508]

awesome video, loved the lore.

[@zwaantje78666]

You are the only diablo content creator i find entertaining enough to keep watching even tho i dont play diablo anymore . So thank you !

[@toumoua6596]

What was the song at the end?

[@d4mephisto]

This video is badass. The nostalgia for me is off the charts. Shout out to Coooley

[@kristopherleslie8343]

Now I’m gonna go bug goat 😂❤

[@Coooley]

I LOL'd hard at this

[@goatunnheim]

That's the video you were talking about 😎

[@kristopherleslie8343]

@@goatunnheim absolutely

[@FoolingAroundMyPlace]

4:10 showing the updated version of the torch... the old ones had 25% chance to cast lvl 10 firestorm

[@videozoom12]

Anything Uber content related is amazing! Keep the Uber content coming! I do wish the standard of heroes thing did something or was useful in ANY way

[@TruthGatherer2013]

D2 Lod literally took over 10 years of my life. That's a lot. I wish I would have been born earlier to play D2R instead.

[@michaellui5108]

Great video 🎉

[@VicJang]

Great video Coooley.

[@cyberbeefpv2810]

Love this! Ty!

[@barial1]

Damn, the summoning salt homage thumbnail was dope

[@WeAcceptEBT]

I ran overnight Uber service back then. 2 hammerdins + 1 necro bot to spawn endlessly. I could run the same cdkeys on USWest and East simultaneously. Never made more fg.

[@mikeyflaherty4616]

Another great upload !

[@ChaosFonja]

i love these vids. learnig about the orgins of the shit i never figured out as a kid is so cool

[@Garrett8817]

uber t added 19 years ago.. crazy. feels like yesterday we were trying to figure out where the keys dropped. trading them for godly items

[@Jhauteclocque]

I used to do these uber runs solo with a hammerdin all the time to powerlevel characters up to 95+ back in the day. Good times. IIrc players didn't use the Necromancer bone wall method at first when they did uber Tristram leveling. We would "trap" mephisto in one of the houses, then he could only target the Hdin with the Skelly summons. The rock shown at 5:41 was out of range for Meph once he was trapped inside a house hence why all the xp leechers were told to stand by that rock specifically.

[@diamondhanddan5929]

I enjoy watching your badass content and story telling!

[@Purriah]

can't believe its been 19 years. i first opened the portal to uber trist about an hour after the patch came out, and cleared it about 3 more hours after that (we opened it on p3 and were bad and dumb) lol

[@nitemarebear1037]

Standard of Heroes in your inventory prevents you from losing experience on death. You're welcome.

[@rah-rah]

Great video, good memories from back in the day and got quite rich selling keys, torches were such a hustle to sell. You should make a video about that :D How ppl would cheat in every way with torch dropping trading in public games. GL HF!

[@DeuceOnFace]

i cried watching this video, thank you cooley.... thank you

[@Coooley]

Me too, man. Me too.

[@phucnguyen0110]

Thank you for the history lesson!

[@anwsommer]

Yall, TAKE ME BACK. ENDLESS NIGHTS RIGHT OUT OF HIGHSCHOOL AND COLLEGE SPENT

[@CaptEvidence]

The new record is something is almost 20 seconds faster than 46seconds

[@AmorCorona5]

Fucking blast of nostalgia holy shit