CRAZY Auradin - Diablo 2

[@RIDINGMEME]

So 3 days going through videos on D2 ... finally decided to play again after 16 years...

[@Memnoch67]

you know whats weird when i went back to play i just installed d2 at first no lod and you can tell how much better d2 is with lod like in classic you cant even equip your merc. AND if you play from 1.0 no patches i have the original disc the day it came out you couldnt buy mana.

[@guildmaster66]

Me too!

[@jollycooperator2876]

I'm doing the same lol I'm going to get a new computer this Friday since I haven't had one for a few years. I played this game on and off for probably 14 years or so.

[@eduardandreiboros603]

I am really thinking to start again but I don't really have enough time to deal with that 😕 Still love this game!

[@cameronj9180]

@@eduardandreiboros603 I hear you on that, spare time is harder to find these days! If you want to give it a shot and play single player there is a mod called Plugy that gives you a virtually endless stash that can be shared between your characters, so you can transfer gear and such. That's what I've been doing in my spare gaming time, and it's nice because B.net can't delete your characters and accounts from being inactive. Plugy also has all of the ladder rune words and drops enabled, plus it has the mechanics built in to spawn uber diablo for annies and to farm keys for opening uber tristram and the other portals. Basically you get the B.net ladder experience offline at your own pace.

[@WisdomVaulted]

You could try this build with a Crescent Moon weapon. -35% elr and %static field on striking makes which is pretty cool.

[@916kartoon]

dam you're fucking right!

[@jakekeenen5866]

" never f*** with that guy" That had me rolling

[@stevenwilson5556]

Also, never f*** with that guy, bro, like never.

[@galdersrontgorrth]

why not use crescent moon phaseblade as a viable alternative? since you don't have lightning mastery with this build, the damage will take a hit, but you got an even higher decrease in enemy light res (-35), ias, ed (better lifeleech), two funny cl and static field procs in addition to ignore target defense which enables you to hit much better (your ar didn't seem to be the best). and an um rune is much cheaper than six 5/-5 light rbf's obviously

[@galdersrontgorrth]

yeah, you're right. forgot about that. but i'd still prefer crescent moon because of the cost factor and the cl/static procs

[@brett4932]

I use Cres moon with my version and it’s phenomenal, equal if not better clear speed to this build WITH enigma. The only other items I’m considering trying are Schaefer’s and stormlash. But that -35 light res is nicccce. I also run conviction on my merc and fant on my pally for better AR vs bosses, better base damage vs immunes and faster attack speed for more life tap procs 🤷‍♂️

[@myscreen2urs]

My very first unique build was aura bowadin. Dream helm, ice bow and dragon armor. Though, I switched the ice bow with brand often because of the fire splash damage. For a melee auradin, you could use a doom zerker axe. Not as fast as a phase blade but it does have some nice mods along with a holy freeze aura.

[@minhnguyenbinh4946]

Why don't you use a Paladin shield for more resistance?

[@jakeroberts2902]

Paladin shields have to many slots for the rune word Dream.

[@minhnguyenbinh4946]

There are 3 socket Paladin shields.A Paladin shield also gives a higher chance to block, you can save some points, put them into vitality instead of dexterity.

[@jakeroberts2902]

Sacred Targe is probably the best alternate option, but I have never been able to find a 3 socket for it.

[@powerfulshammy]

I have 3 socket paladin shield with + 1 to paladin skills best for dream but I'll just keep it incase my GF makes a auradin. Im mostly a zon or sorc

[@minhnguyenbinh4946]

Jake Roberts Hope you can find one soon!

[@Titantitan001]

All the builds you make remind me of the D2PK dayz. We would do “no-meta” pvp or “item skills only” pvp. We used to make some cool stuff. Its crazy to see people are just now making some of these builds that would now be 10 years old. I love it.

[@jukeymazer1527]

Ran one of these about 11 years ago. Also made a ranger auradin with Kuko Bow.

[@balintmiklosy9138]

I tested double dream conviction pala with a few setups. As boring as it may be, for me Grief + Fortitude performed by far the best. Either way double dream pala is by far my favourite build in D2.

[@Andre-hz8zv]

maybe you can use rune word ''faith'' with act 1 mercenary to get fanaticism and maybe stacking more dmg giving points into holy shock instead salvation, i dont know it's just an idea, maybe i'm wrong PD: i'm noob in this game anyways i like this build, good :3

[@kramer911]

lmao.. its always fun in theory but if youre gonna melee.. a simple zeal pally with fanat,high defense and proper gear would tear through stuff way faster than anything (besides hdin)

[@danielhernandez2575]

In numbers zealer destroys hammerdin but AR, lack of enemy piercing and the lesser mobility of zealer makes hammerdin come out on top easy.

[@datube5913]

My question is, if you put one hard point into Holy Shock, would it be beneficial? Considering you have all that +skill and +holy shock??

[@makessenseright]

One of my most favourite builds, though I never had one since the highest rune I got was OHM :D

[@shinnshinn4061]

For palladin, i prefer using Zealot with Head Striker Sword for deadly strike, gore rider boots for crushing blow and Vampire Gaze Helm for life leech dan mana leech... Belt legendary demonhide sash for damage reduce.. Laying of Hands for glove give 300% damage to demon (because all boss is demon)... for chest i use Guardian Angel for increase my max resistance and for shield i usualy use any all high resist shield.. Ring = raven frost (anti frozen) and wisp projector ring, Amulet : highlord / atma (for immune physcal mobs)

[@capple7022]

Can't wait to make my own paladin just like this, amazing video just like always!

[@danielmatakiewicz9847]

Can you tell me where the single player editor is for the most recent patch so I can use it as well?

[@bbeenncchhoo]

Once again, cool build but mercenaries do not receive bonuses from elemental % such as Nightwing or Infinity stats such as the -50% enemy light resist.

[@Djuntas]

Hm interesting, another spin on it. My dream paladin is also...prolly, my favourite melee build, and best paladin build for me.

[@letsbensch]

Had a similar build online. Dual Dream but instead of the rainbow weapon and armor i used grief and forti. And gore riders for cb. Pala was more or less easily able to solo Uber Tristram. Building up a new Pala in singleplayer / Plugy right now. Still missing the second Jah rune and another Lo rune though. Farming takes like forever :D Edit: attack rating charms help a lot. Since you have lots of space in your inventory left, you could fit a few 130+ ar max-dmg gcs in.

[@Cripj-mf7ld]

i found a pvp charge version using hand of justice and dragon armor so you can have holy fire and holy shock so get conv to 150- then max the resist lightning and resist fire and salvation then the rest into holy shield and charge

[@galdersrontgorrth]

switch out charge for zeal and you got the classical auradin

[@Kultyras]

Do the auras stack from the helmet and the shield? I mean do they sum up to lvl 30 holy shock aura?

[@andricoprimawijaya698]

Is holy shock from shield and helm stack when using at the same time?so you get lvl 30 aura shock?

[@ud0204]

yes

[@inkantuj]

This build is 15 years old (2005) and yet you're wondering if Resist Light works with Dream... and ppl watch you.

[@ApastronRetro]

said "messing with this build a long time" like a lot of times.

[@K3NP4CHl]

i do a 3x fire aura build also with Hoj PB, 2x dragons.. get couple nice ravens/ grid ammy or angelics. stack inventory with ar life gcs and scs and its a beast pvp build. with chage zeal. your zeal dmg is insane..

[@John_Conner_]

Better to use dual dream ( hat shield ) rock the holy shock skill and get an infinity merc with dream and eth coh for LL, I rock that currently on ladder and seem to do WAY more damage than your doing ( 170 - 30k zeal )

[@YouAreWitnesses]

whats the build you use? equipment and skills

[@Ineyer]

Biggest flaw of this build that’s often overlooked is attack rating. Having only 5900 attack rating is sooooo terrible. Your hit chance on he’ll bosses is like 20%. Does nice damage tho

[@ivankra9091]

You can use Hand of Justice as your weapon and Dragon as your armor

[@John_Conner_]

Ivan Kra it's crap since they patched out stacked auras, this guys build is lame too tbh, I use 6soc cs with x6 5-5 light dies 4soc jewlers archon plate of the whale with x4 5-5 light die dual dreams , maxed lightning aura and act 2 merc with infinity, can walk in any direction and everything goes splat, also offence life gcs ect, flip redemption on every so often for sustain and I never have to melee shit just go for a stroll lol

[@danielhernandez2575]

cyb3r k1lla sure kid.

[@ksmoove12able]

Sick shit Xtimus!!!!

[@Vermillionns]

What happens if you use a lvl 20 holy shock in addition of your 2 dreams instead of using conviction, and you give infinity to your mercenary so you still have the conviction aura?

[@Xtimus]

it would be a low conviction aura. = less damage

[@Vermillionns]

Xtimus but wouldn't the holy shock stack together, dealing more damage?

[@ploga159]

The Dream skills will stack together from your helm and shield, however will not stack with that hardpoint skill. itll take higher level aura and use that instead of the other, making your 20 skill shock overridden

[@Vermillionns]

Wingmanfire oh ok, too bad :/ thanks for the explanation!

[@mrib4135]

It stacks with the hardpoint skill. McBride is wrong and Vermillionns's suggestion is the best way to do this build.

[@basevegeta9424]

Is the cap for aura dmg still, 8388608?

[@Thug-qi4sh]

Why ravenfrosts? Cause the can’t be frozen?

[@daniels7364]

You're right, mana burn is an absolute bitch in D2. It is bugged so instead of burning 4xdamage it burns 256xdamage, essentially always draining all of your mana in 1 hit.

[@Tony211289]

Xtimus, how do you use hero editor on Plugy?

[@lemonke8132]

Have you ever tried eastern sun? It's like diablo 2 with new skills and systems, you could make some super dope builds

[@lemonke8132]

(It's a diablo 2 mod)

[@SaintAnthonny]

I would have used a chains of honor instead of fortitude because of the need for leech on your merc. Also dream in paladin shield, unless you want to use it on other than paladin imo. Other than that, good work and i always like your videos @Xtimus. I hope to see you do more path of diablo mod.

[@KokesmushOfficial]

Thats an awesome build for sure! But why not use an HOJ (Hand of Justice) for a weapon? Do you think holy shock is as effective as splitting between holy shock and holy fire? HOJ+Dragon

[@myscreen2urs]

HOJ pales in comparison to a doom zerker IMHO. I mean, if he had invested into holy freeze as well.

[@kyliegriffith6467]

you should check out a bowsin using 20 pts in burst of speed for a ton of ias and a widow maker for guided or faith with fanta

[@Christopher81820]

Hey I know I'm pretty late to this video, but I've always been wondering how much auras you could have on at once. Like pally used conviction while having holy shock helm, holy freeze plate and holy fire shield. Will this work?

[@bobdole1977]

And holy freeze or fire weapon as well. Then get an act 3 merc and gear him the same for extra aura damage going

[@Zamolxes77]

I wonder if the SP items are edited in or you got them legit from drops ?

[@giorgosf.7066]

edited ofc... they are all perfect rolls even the runewords rolled perfect

[@Fabian_A86]

I was asking myself the same. Edited stuff...

[@JadenMitchell13]

I remember when you could stack, I'd stack about 5 or 10 times and I could do hell diablo runs with out even touching a minion. Most die in 1 or 3 Schocks even with a full party

[@John-wk5pi]

how do you charge without targeting a monster?

[@Zamolxes77]

shift + charge button

[@jislas12]

if charge is in your left skil press shift and move, but if charge is in the right side press right click and move xd

[@Odinoian]

Yeah this Facet stack build is old.. Personally I go for making builds to be used in GM duels, so no Dracul's, which actually will put the other elements in a build to the test if you wanna take Diablo/Baal runs etc

[@chrisg6782]

More dmg from maxing sacrifice than zeal

[@daniels7364]

Go blessed aim merc rather than hold freeze because the frozen orb will be freezing monsters anyway.

[@Saint_Trump]

This is Tesladin. Best melee build in D2. But you didn’t get ur gears and Merc right.

[@pacioacl]

hi Xtimus, love your video and now i wanna replay D2 and maybe reach hell for the first time, i'm curious about "lightning jewels are expensive" what mean expensive as the jewel are not to sell by merchants. Thanks.

[@usssmartdoofus516]

Maxing zeal does little to improve dmg. Max sacrifice

[@at9aka179]

* if had enough attack rating

[@SpunkyTheNutcase]

Mana burn is indeed annoying, especially on a WW barb, WW into a pack and all mana gone instantly with every hit you take, frustrating to say the least.

[@apophisvi8533]

Hey bud, I love your' videos. They are very helpful and interesting. Hope I see you on there brother!

[@anonymousanonymous7752]

How do you get a dream shield does it just drop randomly in the game or do you have to buy it online?

[@eternallord7644]

You make it.. runeword

[@andersbonielsen9104]

Only thing different on this build is the Merc setup

[@cansokullu]

this is not auradin build lol to make auradin u need Exile on your shield Dream on your helm Last wish on your weapon Dragon on your armor and infinty on your merc U go full fanaticism

[@Cyberwings101]

I love to build an auradin but it's so hard to get good runes

[@CelticAlphabet]

I Invented The Auradin. And My Auradin Was The Strongest PvP And PvA Character To Ever Hit Battle.Net. No Cap. Nice Build....I Used A Faith Bow Merc Tho So I Could Always Have Max Ias Even With That Stupid Fucking Decrypify Curse...& Another Bonus Is Iron Maiden Curse Doesn't Affect Act 1 Bow Merces

[@SirDuckyTTV]

You could wear dragon armor for even more dog right

[@RareSalmon93]

Just curious, why use dream for both your shield and helm?

[@Kane3036]

Gives you a level 30 holy shock aura thats always active 15 from Helm, and 15 from Shield

[@RareSalmon93]

I considered that, but I was under the impression that it no longer stacked with the 1.13 update diablo.gamepedia.com/Dream_(Diablo_II_Rune_Word)

[@Kane3036]

Idk, I just checked my Auradin and and if i remove ether Dream item my damage is 11K, it's 22K with both Dreams equipped

[@Kane3036]

just did a re-spec to check some stuff, Level 15 Holy Shock Aura no Synergies Radius: 13.3 Yards Lightning Damage 1-648 to your attack Lightning Damage 1-108 Level 30 Holy Shock Aura 20 no Synergies Radius: 23.3 Yards Lightning Damage 1-1668 to your attack Lightning Damage 1-278 Level 15 Holy Shock Aura 20 Resist Lightning and 20 Salvation Radius: 13.3 Yards Lightning Damage 1-2721 to your attack Lightning Damage 1-453 Level 30 Holy Shock Aura 20 Resist Lightning and 20 Salvation Radius: 23.3 Yards Lightning Damage 1-7005 to your attack Lightning Damage 1-1167 This is Base numbers, no equipment, only +1 Offensive Aura Grand Charms used to boost Holy Shock to level 30.

[@RoadtoOlympics]

Why not use a lightning merc from act 3 and put the same gear on him 😂👌

[@General-Gauder]

why did u max zeal? If u put the points into Sacrifice u get more DMG

[@daniels7364]

more AR probably. If you can't hit then damage means nothing.

[@General-Gauder]

u have a lvl. 20-25 Conviction Aura so u don't need AR, it decreases the enemy Armor by 90%+

[@daniels7364]

Santa tralala Oh yeah that's true

[@co2tel873]

damn Bro you made Dream in that shield so you could wear it with other chars i presume....

[@REDMAGEV00]

A zon with that much currency investment could have instacleared that wave on p8 haha.

[@kenanshiva4047]

How do you manage to have Ladder runewords in Single Player? I use Hero Editor, but i don't know how to solve this...

[@ekoms108]

Kenan Shiva PLUGY MOD. I think it's at 1.12 though

[@kenanshiva4047]

will check it, thanks!

[@aaronaustin9814]

Open bnet

[@NinjaTips]

Just fucking dudes up, nice build indeed

[@thatoneguyffs]

I have seen auradins just stand there and everything just dies on first tick of aura dmg.

[@bryanlutter4921]

Trevor Ouellette that was when you could ‘stack’ auras. They nerfed it though

[@alexpiccioni1907]

U shld go with a blessed aim merc to get ur ar up even tho ur conviction takes away enemy defense... might isnt that important either is deadly strike since ur physical dmg is low to begin with

[@jeremyknapp892]

Where the heck do light facets drop????

[@teapots4103]

He builds them with an editor or buys them...that's my problem with his builds - everything looks cool, but they are hardly made with just normal game play.

[@madgearsx]

Reminds me of the dream melee sorc

[@IJuliordsI]

how can you get all the auras active?

[@lolser5747]

Light sorc with talrasha without torch and anyh can do the same

[@shizzler7176]

This shit is badass man

[@georgecatalinnicuta8559]

Use 3 x Holy fire and 3 x faceted helmet .

[@vvav]

I'm pretty sure it's impossible to make this build on b.net unless you bot like crazy.

[@jislas12]

make a build focused in normal and magic damage reduction :v

[@squidgopromegamatt98]

Change your merc. This build is missing accuracy. Use act 2 merc with the blessed aim instead of might. See how well that works

[@PetersTW]

You have never played Auradin b4 right? Monster is coverd by high lvl Convit so no need to worry about accuracy man.

[@Dogquack]

anyone here know a good 1.14d auradin pvp guide? the strategy on jsp are over 10 years ago

[@kirasternenfeuer6198]

hmmmm unfortunately thats no Auradin its a Dreamer Pala

[@etriscritti]

Hey Xtimus, I love your videos. Could you do a video explaining ethereal items. I still dont understand them or why they are so good.

[@CelticAlphabet]

My Auradin was the best of all time.

[@jefryson1257]

Best stupidity of yours 😂😂😂 ppl trying to explains his build no one fucking care about your auradin

[@anupregmi6400]

Your videos are cool for helping new d2 players out or others who don’t know much about d2. Man you really should not use plugy while posting videos because it exposes item level which yours are 99. It looks like equipments created with editor. Anyways love your videos.

[@esourteric412]

I had a max charge 96 smiter was a pvp monster

[@esourteric412]

2xcoa oh yeaaa

[@flavb679]

Auradin with 2 auras? Wtf?

[@Pluke89]

cool vid,but i wanna ask u something. u do allot of lod vids but what about some classic? there isnt allot of choices ,since its classic & not allot of items besides rare & some uniqs but i wanna see some vids playing classic :) i play only classic these day's im so bored at lod.. classic is just fun imo. ive got all chars beside ama :/ because ama on classic is so useless & no strong gear :/ so u wanna go classic for 1time? :) thanks in advance

[@ghhg228]

how you grew up your character so fast ??

[@bradfordmartin9837]

GH RN hero editor

[@TheBATISTA77]

Dream RW working on single player .... ??

[@hallofshames911]

Nice vid :P

[@johnhowardz9524]

Okay can anyone tell me if he is playing single player, from where does he find all of these jewels lmao, like I don't think it's that easy to find 6 exact jewels from the same type lol

[@Graskian]

He literally explained that in the beginning of the video. Yes, it is SP with plugy

[@johnhowardz9524]

Mathias I literally said that I know he is playing single player but from trying to sound smart you skipped my question which was how does he find all of these exact same items which are rare

[@Graskian]

@@johnhowardz9524 yea I can see now that it can both be read in a way where you are as well as are not realizing it - sorry about that man :)

[@johnhowardz9524]

Mathias So do you have an answer to my question? :D

[@Graskian]

​@@johnhowardz9524 Nah no clue, but I am sure he didn't actually farm all ten jewels that all happened to be perfect and having the same visual. He may have found one or a few perfect ones and then simply copied them e.g. with GoMule. Again it seems I am not able to tell you anything you don't already know xD

[@nickh7040]

i remember my auradin. i didnt even have to melee, all i did was charge around and everything would die. pvp was so easy hahaha. man i miss d2. they ruined their game with d3.

[@bobdole1977]

Wonder if anyone ever tried that build with 4 auras going then getting an act 3 merc geared the same so the merc would have 4 auras pulsing too.

[@justinhui384]

the build kinda sucks, make a dream pally shield 45 resistance. lol

[@peterszendrei]

I think with hoj and dragon much better the auradin build. This holy shock build is overpriced and weak. I mean under the weak: low resist, u cant do anything againts the full immun mobs with only light and phys dmg. :S

[@General-Gauder]

The Dream Paladin is the strongest Malee Char in the game there is no Monster in Diablo 2 who is complete immune to the Dream Paladin. I never had a problem with it.

[@J4Y84]

Yeah! Neverending! Have to collect all Items: Sets Uniques, & Rares .. How many Rare(yellow)s are there?? Ontop of that got to Match the Set Items to Each Character e.g I Have a Immortal King's Will Helmet , w/ my Paladin, & Cathan's Staff w/ Assassin, Necromancer has Druid's Aldur's Helm etc.. but I think Rares are Hardest to get, cuz there are no List of them!?? Like uniques or Set Items or Runes/Runewords !😜

[@ScissorFeet]

I made a viable pvp auradin.. build is sort of secret though, the only thing i lose to is bvb and smiters.

[@powerfulshammy]

Build that i hate auradin too expensive to build more expensive than a fire enchantress sword sorcerer which has only 1 end weapon i63.tinypic.com/2s9ws9c.jpg

[@ParadiiseFarms]

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[@duduLocatelliTV]

that build sucks bro, sorry

[@josephphillips3985]

Eduardo Locatelli it's not really being pushed as a speed kill build or anything... it's just a creative build that lost people wouldn't think to use anymore. It can be fun to have variety in viable builds like this, elite or not.

[@rene.s.s]

I love your builds but I think in this video it would be easier to count the words that you pronounced properly instead of counting the mispronounced words lol

[@attackhelicopter5644]

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[@ufox1260]

Nice

[@Scarecrooo]

Everybody can be strong with a d2 editor....sigh....wasted my time.

[@jacksonyee7168]

Need help.. anyone playing single player / LAN 1.13 version? How do i make the ladder runewords on single player / LAN 1.13? please help..

[@LaddRusso91]

jackson yee kind of a late response but did you try installing plugy?

[@giorgosf.7066]

this guy has no idea about this build... really sad to watch...