Hey, thanks for making these videos. Diablo 2 (and old school Counter-Strike) were my high school addictions back in the day and I remember spending countless hours on the Arreat Summit website looking through all the items in the game that I'd probably never find. Really enjoying learning about many of the lesser-discussed items as well creative use cases that aren't so obvious just from looking at the stats. Keep up the great work!
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Lol I was in a clan back in counter strike days. Good old {TKO} aka Total Knock Out. Spent years playing counterstrike, halflife, team fortress, and Diablo 2
@darbian2 жыл бұрын
@@GGMentor those were the days. No youtube, twitter or facebook. Just hanging out on IRC and gauging the popularity of a clan based on how many “idlers” they had. A taste of what the internet would become.
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
@@darbian lol IRC days wow that brings me back
@Fingolfin34232 жыл бұрын
Look at Darbian making an appearance here. Cool!
@willimace2 жыл бұрын
Really like your vids, I love that you're taking time to go over everything! Very soothing too
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir
@Commandos122 жыл бұрын
it is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that anything with a 50% dmg to undead falls under the barb's mace mastery so this will work on barbs :D PS: now that i think about they should probably change the skill name to "blunt weapon mastery" XD
@nightowl83632 жыл бұрын
I havent even seen a Cadeceus base yet in D2R.... Great drop though
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
I see them now and then in chaos sanctuary.
@chichodormi47322 жыл бұрын
Generous pindle dropped one for me recently. Great item, no problem doing p8 baal runs with my zealot with it.
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Very powerful item for sure.
@jonpeterson57492 жыл бұрын
Great video thanks. ?????? How does it stack up against the Black weapon???? For Ubers. Ty
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Way better then black in my opinion but certainly not cheaper. Early game when you are building a budget smiter black is the go to option but it has serious drawbacks. It breaks really fast, and in general lacks other good stats to make it an endgame weapon. Astreon's Iron Ward goes toe to toe with Grief and wins, and Grief is certainly better than Black.
@JustaSimplefact2 жыл бұрын
I thought the entire point of smiting Ubers is that smite ignores attack rating and always hits
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Yes but smiters will often zeal as well, for various reasons low HP faster kill mana steal, or just a change of pace
@JustaSimplefact2 жыл бұрын
Ah ok, yeah my smiter is boring af, could use a change of pace
@amfitness55982 жыл бұрын
This is one of those items I've never found in game ever. It's too bad that the most rare "top tier" Pally weapon still gets super seeded by things like GRIEF etc.
@rammpeth2 жыл бұрын
Rng is rng. I found 2 in a week. None with +4 cs tho
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you missed the part of the video where this is better then grief for an Uber smiter
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
It does suck finally finding one and it has bad stats
@amfitness55982 жыл бұрын
@@GGMentor no I didn’t miss that part. It’s just not right that such a prized item (potentially) could be super ceded by something as simple as a Lo rune.
@gojiracz955 Жыл бұрын
@@GGMentor That is a straigh up lie.
@DAILYBANTERR2 жыл бұрын
This looks gg never knew it existed
@GCT19902 жыл бұрын
I have six of these damn things because for some reason bosses keep dropping the same items over and over again. I don't know if this is typical but I have 6 level 1characters I use for their inventory and single character slot in the stash for items which I have multiple items of. I have heaven's light, 3 to paladin skills w/two sockets. Pretty sure the states are better ill have to check
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Lol 6 astreon's Iron wards sounds super duper crazy for one person to find.
@TrustworthyFella2 жыл бұрын
Probably a noob question, but could you for instance use this Ward, and a Passion blade as dual wield with a Barb, and then have the +4 apply to the +1 Zeal and Berserk? And if yes - are there more items with Paladin skills that could be used this way by other classes? Would be interesting :)
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
I have tried this with similar items and the answer is no. Only all skills works with things like zeal given by an item on a non paladin.
@TrustworthyFella2 жыл бұрын
@@GGMentor Ok, saves me from trying it out :) Maybe that is one of the things that will be changed in the future..
@robantico24902 жыл бұрын
The grind is real
@TheGhjgjgjgjgjg2 жыл бұрын
Rock that D2 single player and find that GG with the true grind
@jaredbills72 Жыл бұрын
What is the lore on this weapon? Who was Astreon? Wish there was more behind it. Never found this weapon but been wanting to try it. I was thinking there could be some do it all zeal 1pt smite and either FOH or Hammer paladin build which has a mix of very good physical damage from attacks and some use of the casted combat skills.
@CommanderReplay9 ай бұрын
I zeal/smite and let me tell you what that 200% AR gets me real hot and bothered for my zeal.
@edwarren70222 жыл бұрын
I have a off topic question, any idea where you find the nature's peace ring.
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Probably hell mephisto it's a qlvl 77 item which puts it firmly in hell and probably only some of the higher level zones.
@edwarren70222 жыл бұрын
@@GGMentor thanks 👍
@holysaintknight3432 жыл бұрын
Nice one
@pssa3215 Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure a perfect one can match grief for a zealer. You guys need to add the 85 bonus dmg to the base dmg of the weapon itself.
@dannyk1289 Жыл бұрын
Wondering what rune or jewel to put in mine, I got a pretty good roll running treachery highlords gface with ias jewl and dracs
@GGMentor Жыл бұрын
Lots of fun things you can put in it. Ber for more Crushing blow, zod to make it indestructible, Um Rune for Open wounds Shael for IAS
@sebastienbeaulieu40702 жыл бұрын
I just got one from Pindle with +3 to combat skills and +82 damage. I'm a blizz sorc and wanted to make a smiter but I'm mfing first to obtain items for other characters. Considering how rare it is, what can I hope to get for it if I want to improve my sorc?
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Ist probably without +4 it doesn't have the magic but it's still good for a smiter.
@gheorghevasile14122 жыл бұрын
This one droped in chaos sanctuary and i vendor it..i didn't know how good it is..
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
I can't help but just laugh at the sillyness of finding one of the rarest items in the game and just selling it to vendor without even doing a bit of research first.
@punkistiinuemorti2 жыл бұрын
Heaven's light is actually better for ubers because of 2 sock with 2 shael hitting highest IAS. Don't think Astreon can do that.
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Astreon's can hit the max ias bp. Main thing about astreon's is the +85 damage which function the same as griefs + damage
@propaganjata2 жыл бұрын
@@GGMentor Ive came across with the Redeemer and also has the +dmg good for starter smiter weapon
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
@@propaganjata yes I do remember that one, used it on my conviction paladin last ladder
@propaganjata2 жыл бұрын
@@GGMentor stopped playing at 1.09 so had to keep up after D2R came up
@DNGR369Ай бұрын
Yeah as mentioned by GG a Caduceus has a faster base speed than a Mighty Scepter so it needs less IAS on paper to reach that BP
@Kristalya2 жыл бұрын
*Blade Fury Kicksin has entered the chat*
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@spindoggytheexplorer29152 жыл бұрын
Hey I’ve got one of these with a 137-159 one hand dmg, +3, 10%ias, +272%ed +61Damage. 196% bonus attk rating, 80-240magic, 33% crushing, damage reduced by 7. What’s it worth? I’m struggling to find a dweb atm and I’m wondering if I could trade this for one? Or maybe this plus a low hoto for a +2dweb?
@spindoggytheexplorer29152 жыл бұрын
A low but still +2 dweb for that matter don’t expect to get a perfect
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Probably not, it's not +4 combat skills, and astreon's Iron Ward is outclassed vs grief in pvp so it's trade value tends to be on the lower side as I said during the video
@spindoggytheexplorer29152 жыл бұрын
@@GGMentor thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Would it still be better than a grief if I rolled an Uber smiter?
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it would work fine on a smiter. The race with grief is always a close one, so also depends on griefs rolls.
@Oldschoolsoundz2 жыл бұрын
anyone know how IAS u need with astreons and smite?
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
d2.lc/IAS/ Use that to plug in your varibles
@fu6817 Жыл бұрын
Found +3 eth one in non-ladder and of course i already had grief for my smiter :(
@dragoscolumbeanu13577 ай бұрын
can i use it on a vengeance paladin?
@RevengerBG2 жыл бұрын
show with a video how you make the items
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZXaeZ2uar2Cqbc
@Thrilla604 Жыл бұрын
just found a +4, 84dmg one. never found before, but ladder and d2r is dead in general already :(
@GGMentor Жыл бұрын
Very nice find you should make my Northstar smiter!
@Ashleymaul2 жыл бұрын
ah yes the item that nobody finds
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
It's funny how sometimes these extremely rare uniques can sometimes be harder to get then a last wish lol
@АндрейЯрлыков-и8п2 жыл бұрын
Was dropped on pit yesterday) 4skills 48dmg 246ed 163ar not perfect but now I want make smite 😊
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
@@АндрейЯрлыков-и8п nice not horrible rolls tbh. Would still work pretty good
@adamboyd5190 Жыл бұрын
Why?
@Rootword72 жыл бұрын
Cuh-doo-see-us
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Thanks I hate it
@Cornholers2 жыл бұрын
There's a reason this weapons banned in any gg pvp game 🤣
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Banned? Why is that exactly? Because it doesn't compete with grief pvp penalty bypass?
@Cornholers2 жыл бұрын
Nah it has slow on it mainly and that's 🚫
@GGMentor2 жыл бұрын
Slows are not allowed in pvp? Why? Lol dude I would be stacking the highest slows target by possible
@Cornholers2 жыл бұрын
All I know since I do jsp tournaments all the time is there is a list of good game items and a list of bad mannered items and this is one of them. If u wanna cheese someone in pvp get a really good one of these
@Cornholers2 жыл бұрын
@@GGMentor no doubt. It's cheap on a Amazon ya know
@Devilish6942010 ай бұрын
Found an almost perfect one with 46% mf
@gojiracz955 Жыл бұрын
Astreon's is in no world better than grief for smiting nor zeal. I don't know where you're getting this nonsense.
@GGMentor Жыл бұрын
You're wrong it's been parsed. For pure smiting, astreon's beats grief by a small margin. Because it also has the grief mechanic, as well as +4 skills that goes directly to holy shield and smite. Contributing massively to the damage output. Holy shield also adds direct damage like grief does directly to the shield damage. Also The Crushing Blow on Astreon's allows you to be more flexible with Crushing Blow on other equipment. Which in turn allows you to use more damage gear as opposed to CB gear. Astreon's is also an extremely fast weapon, not as fast as a phase blade but fast enough to still easily hit the max ias breakpoint for smite. I have tested it side by side against a grief smiter. What the grief smiter lacks severely is any other form of damage. I have come up with builds revolving around Astreon's that allow you to have the full killing capacity of a smiter, with the full killing capacity of a FoH paladin. With over lvl 50 holy shield and FoH. Something the grief setup really can't do. As the lack of CB or plus to skills makes it more difficult to setup