Diablo 2, but my Stats and Skills are RANDOM

[@AngryBengry]

Thank you for making these videos. I am part of the group of 35+ year old guys who still play D2R and have been playing D2 since we were 12. Ive watched and tried all forms of the game to keep it fun and its always a pleasure to watch someone do a playthrough in a unique way. I get excited for you everytime a sigons piece drops

[@tHiNk413]

Same Generation here, completely agree! He got me to pick up on some of my old 1.10 Charakters I still had saved 😊

[@xxIONBOMBxx]

you should go check out MrLammas Pacifist Paladin playthrough. its honestly pretty nuts

[@michaelkoerner4578]

Don't come at me like this. I'm 35.

[@starbomber]

The idea of a paladin in the middle of a fight with a demon, suddenly looking at his scepter and going: "....holdon I'll be right back" opening a portal, running to town, visiting a blacksmith, and then returning to continue beating a demon to death, is very funny to me :3

[@Miraihi]

The idea of the conversion skill is also pretty damn funny.

[@joelhodoborgas]

I love these silly things about video games.

[@Toast_94]

and in the meantime the demon is just waiting there outside the portal like "is he coming back any time soon... ? "

[@grimmar80]

This reminds me of my friend's dad. He is 70+ senior and in love in D2. When we got to chat about it and he found out that I also play the game, he proceeded to proudly show me his characters. Most of them looked like Your mighty Paladin 😎

[@NightVisionPhantom]

I wonder what his favorite class is...

[@grimmar80]

@@NightVisionPhantom he had few sorcereses and two paladins amongst single's of other classes :)

[@andy02q]

It's kinda frustrating how super useful reading about mechanics and breakpoints is.

[@Preacher_.]

Your storytelling is incredible. I cant imagine how much labor went into creating this from the hours and hours of footage you had. o7

[@zarfen]

Thank you!

[@michaeleminidis6247]

This video confirmed the fact that you will finish all 3 difficulties of this game no matter what challenge you choose. Nothing can stop the loot goblin from getting through the whole game. Great video, as always. Thank you for maintaining the quality of your videos very high. P.s. Merry Christmas!!

[@zarfen]

Thank you for the kind words, and Merry Christmas!

[@JamesTrainer-m2p]

I mean… yes and no. The people doing these challenges have a very very deep understanding of the game. I’ve had toons that just couldn’t survive in hell mode more than once and every time a demon looked at me I died

[@frozen_spider]

@@JamesTrainer-m2p Also, there is no punishment for failure outside of hardcore. You can try however many times so you're bound to succeed eventually. That's what I dislike about SC.

[@albertlevins9191]

​@@frozen_spiderAbsolutely. HC 4 life. More like till death, lol.

[@johnny5731]

Boy did this not age well. You failed to consider that the madman would create a challenge where he skips right over the first 2 difficulties and only complete hell starting at level 1. Rookie mistake.

[@bawehjerox5030]

Big GG for not going "Lister spawned Immune to physical damage so there was no way we could kill him and I lured him out and skipped him to reach Baal".

[@ChandonAram-dz3gw]

This what I dislike about Mr llama. “Get a tele staff and skip every quest boss by clicking fast and leaving” basically if it’s any challenge he just avoids it.

[@thebigdork8030]

@@ChandonAram-dz3gw Lol sounds like some Fire Emblem games "here's a difficult map where you need to quickly fight your way through to the boss before you're routed by reinforcements....or warp your Jaegen to the end and bonk the boss"

[@joelhodoborgas]

@@ChandonAram-dz3gw he just like the speedrun strats, i also think its lame, but its a speedrun thing, no biggie.

[@joaosergiodearaujoneto4151]

Yes, 100%. Respect for taking on the fight.

[@ChandonAram-dz3gw]

@@joelhodoborgas yeah I get what you’re saying but he even does it on his guided playthroughs. For someone to at makes Diablo 2 his whole life it’s weird that he doesn’t fight the monsters or bosses

[@batixsz]

This is one of the few channels left on yt, where if I see a new video posted, I instantly click it and watch the whole thing in one sitting. Keep em' coming bro, great content.

[@zarfen]

Appreciate the kind words! Glad you like the videos.

[@sl2pl]

You still had 7 empty fingers for more Nagelrings.

[@zarfen]

😂

[@EMDakka]

it's one of the things i find a bit jarring on ARPGs, i mean, we have 10 fingers, why not at least 1 more ring per hand? (okk, going rings on all fingers would be a tad silly, not to mention impractical with how some are more ornate, but AT LEAST one more?) i remember playing an old ARPG that did allow a second ring per hand, total of 4 rings.

[@cyber_xiii3786]

⁠@@EMDakkathe easy answer is balancing reasons, but c’mon at least give a lore reason why you can’t put rings on 3-4 fingers each hand. The people in these magical worlds would HATE the idea of brass knuckles.

[@EMDakka]

@@cyber_xiii3786 There was ONE game i played but i dont remember exactly which, that had a in-universe justification as to why the 1 ring per hand restriction: It was said that having 2 rings close by would cause the magic enchantments to interfere with one another.

[@aidanc9396]

@@EMDakka It might have been one of the Elder Scrolls games? I know there are some games that rationalise "One ring per hand" with that explanation: Magic is very fickle, and putting two rings together causes the magic to go haywire.

[@allangraff795]

This is such a great highlight to why Diablo 2 is such a great game, making you really think about the challenges ahead of you and being creative with the available items and skills at hand. This randomized build had to really work at it, but could still beat the game by being clever and exploring the advantages/disadvantages of the the items and skills and stats that you were faced with. Well done! And what a fun video to watch as well, thank you Loot Goblin

[@marcelodarisbo5063]

15:40 Potion seller, I'm heading into battle, and I need your strongest potions

[@Evys]

You can't handle my strongest potions traveler, they're too strong for you.

[@joaosergiodearaujoneto4151]

When I saw you pick paladin, I was hoping it would be a conversion run. Then you kept fighting and I was thinking "is he not going to figure it out?" but then you did and I knew it was over for baal, haha. I used to love playing conversion/thorns in the early days of D2. It was never good, but I had a lot of fun. Glad to see it in the wild again. GGs.

[@sambojinbojin-sam6550]

Lore is almost never the wrong decision for you. Your merc can look after himself (or not, but not your problem). A random assassin would be cool. They've just got so many weird and wacky skills, that whatever you find might be useful (with a few +skills). Traps, kicks, multi charge explosions, summons. It'd be a kaleidoscope of pressing skills and seizure warnings.

[@c4master703]

I would disagree on both your statements. Lore is cool, but bulwark was way more important. And the assassin barely has any good skills without actually putting 20+ points into them. I bet you'd end up using blade fury/sentinel and dragon talon. If you're very lucky, you would unlock death sentry at some point, but none of the other skills would matter. Thst is, unless you get some lucky points into shadow warrior as a blocker. There is just no skill to deal damage besides kicks and blade skills, that do jig require a lot of skill points.

[@shriez]

currently level 23 and it wants me to do a Fist of Fire build, it's given me 0 points for things like Burst Of Speed or Claw Defense

[@aroundthefur1210]

Always love seeing a new video from you. What a great Christmas present!

[@Bloodlustian]

Zarfen keeping me company on Christmas morning.

[@zarfen]

Merry Christmas!

[@natezuniga-qd7pe]

It’s it Christmas

[@joelhodoborgas]

Merry Christmas!!!

[@julianjeroen]

Man, this really shows just how strong the Paladin is. It really doesn't seem to matter if you have a build or not, at least for experienced players.

[@greggen63]

I love Kuko Shakaku. Such a sleeper weapon. Great vid, it requires skill and knowledge to beat the game this way. Love your challenge videos. Merry Christmas!

[@zarfen]

Thanks, glad you like the videos. And Merry Christmas!

[@Bananling]

What Christmas present, I found your videos the other day and a binged them all xD Would you ever consider a challenge with Necro in the future? I'd love to watch that, or melee Assassin, Amazon or Sorcerer? I always loved both Ama and Ass, trying wacky builds with them, but all their melee builds seems to suck. I'd love if you gave that a crack in some of your challenges! Either way, love your stuff man, keep it up =)

[@zarfen]

Thanks, glad to hear you like the videos! I’m going to do Necro for the next video or maybe the one after that. I don’t usually plan too much ahead but the channel could use a bit more variety in classes for sure!

[@Bananling]

@@zarfen I'll be there, and I'll hold my breath for a Assassin claw-build xD

[@florian21811]

Man, You are a real D2 enthusiast! Quality video as always, thanks. also Merry Christmas! :)

[@zarfen]

Thank you, and Merry Christmas!

[@jason_thegoblin]

I've been playing D2 since I got my first computer for Christmas in 2003, and I've only ever made a Conversion-using Paladin a couple of times.. but I remember them both fondly. There's something about it that makes it a very satisfying skill to use.

[@DaGreenMarshmello]

Okay I’ve watched all your videos bro… I love your videos, especially the “Diablo 2 Challenge” videos. Excited for more uploads. ❤

[@zarfen]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@nerdvananc]

Shout out to Gabooor for the randomizer app, what a chad

[@GabooorNFSH]

Love you ❤️

[@harktischris]

i find it so hilarious how i utterly avoided conversion back when i played d2 lod casually, and never really made it far into hell, and here you are basically being carried through it with a handful of points into it.

[@bsebire]

Unique bows that fire exploding arrows don't just add Holy Fire to the arrow, but to the explosion too, which makes it pretty powerful. Same isn't true for Holy Shock or Freeze I think

[@ziljin]

Nice I found the unique fire bow that fires explosive arrows. I will have to try using it with fire bowazon, enchantress and holy fire paladin someday!

[@csquared4538]

0:15 I showed D2 to a friend in like 6th grade, and he asked me what to put his stats in. I never had any idea and I told him to just spread them all out evenly. He became obsessed with the game and started reading forums and learning how to play the game, and told me what an idiot I was lol.

[@zarfen]

Haha this reminded me of when my friend and I played d2 on LAN way back in the day and we went with shout barbarian + defiance Paladin and compared who had the most defense because that was the easiest number to get big for us. We didn’t make it far 😁

[@rainbowcrash6990]

This is a very fun idea! I like how gear takes one a whole new meaning when you’re fighting for every percent of hit chance! Can’t wait to see a high energy barb lol

[@slapfinslap3262]

I hope you do more of these with the other classes, fun stuff to watch!

[@saschap8461]

You found Hwanin's Justice at Mephisto (27:35) before that Pike/Thresher in A2 Hell, so wouldn't that have been an upgrade back then over Malice, at least for the attack speed? Also, what I found ironic is that you discarded Trang Oul's armor with the 40% frw right before saying "I got through it as fast as I could" in A4 Hell. Great content, thanks for making these.

[@danieldinu4434]

It seems to me that this paladin had a thing for fire😂 Great video, man! I always go back to D2 when I see your videos, all the best and Merry Christmas!

[@zarfen]

Thanks! And a Merry Christmas to you as well

[@malaria6171]

yo man you’re a champion keep grinding out this game i just found the channel after finally giving D2R a try thank you for the wonderful videos!

[@zarfen]

Thank you, glad you like the videos!

[@tHiNk413]

Another awesome Challenge, loooove your content, D2-guy since before LoD❤

[@zarfen]

Thanks! Glad you like it

[@CasperMrskOlesen-fz5fy]

🎉 I really hope that you will do this for all the other classes! Was fun to watch. And the other classes could be very interesting to see in this challenge

[@zarfen]

Glad you liked it. We’ll have to see about the other classes, after doing this I think they’re much harder to do.

[@NikozBG]

No vigour, no redemption, no holy shield is brutal unluck. Grats for persevering through this despite the absolute horrid skill rng!

[@zarfen]

I feel like holy shield especially would have made such a difference. And I did miss vigor once I started running past enemies at the end too

[@miasma82]

I enjoy the video. I'm halfway through and it was a really fun idea for a d2 video i think ☺️

[@zarfen]

Thanks, glad you liked the video!

[@dogsoupblues]

Random skills and stats? Sounds like my first 50 playthroughs way back when 😂 Thanks for the upload! Always a good day when I get visited by a loot goblin! 🙂

[@zarfen]

Haha I can relate 😂 to be fair you had try to every skill! Thanks for the kind words!

[@j3chtx10]

I would love to see you tey this with each of the other classes as well!

[@kurisu8183]

I love your videos. They are well thought out from start to finish. You keep a kind of atmosphere in them that makes you want to keep watching. I admire you. I myself would like to start making videos of this type, but I have a huge problem with recording voice commentary. In the video I'm currently working on, the 40-second intro took me almost an hour, and the video is supposed to be 30 minutes long. Can you help me by telling how you plan your videos that they come out so naturally?

[@zarfen]

Thanks, I'm glad you like the videos. I'm sorry to tell you that I have no secrets for doing it faster. Recording the commentary takes a long time for me as well. I'm faster now compared to when I started, but it's all just thanks to practice of doing it a bunch of times. Something that has helped me is to type out exactly what I want to say in a script and then just read it back when recording, so I don't have to think about what to say at the same time as I'm speaking. It takes extra time since you have to write a full script for 30+ minutes of talking, but then at least I can control the "story" and the commentary so it flows nicely and covers what I wanted to talk about. For reference, I can record around 5 minutes of commentary in an hour if I have a prepared script that I can just read from. As for how I plan my videos - for the challenge videos the "story" just happens naturally. I take notes of interesting things that happen as I'm playing and write the script as I go through the challenge. The nice thing about doing challenges is that you can lean heavily on progression through the challenge for the structure of the video.

[@novocainDaimon]

Okay at this point I have mad respect for you and your masochism - 10 Minutes for Lister, man, thats something else...

[@roachor4555]

Turning the way I built characters at 10 years old into a challenge run, good choice!

[@PoohOnYourShoe]

WAHEEEEEEEEEED! I was like 8 when d2 came out, and a kid in my class told me he also played d2. Alex, who became my best friend for years after that, would ALWAYS choose waheed. And he would always shout his name. Didn’t matter if it was 2 am, we would be on a cordless phone talking to eachother and his merc would die. NOOOO WAHEEEEEED! Then his father would come downstairs and yell at him and our night run was ruined. Man I miss this game so much, and honestly, I miss Alex. So many memories from this game. This was my life. From the year it was released until 2007 when i graduated high school. I played for years after too, but Alex and I lost our friendship 😢

[@MMA-mh9uv]

Awesome video. Looking forward to more randomizer vids!

[@Mongraincobhc666]

Happy Xmas mr. loot goblin, thanks for the video!

[@zarfen]

Thank you, and same to you!

[@DanielTomilson]

Great Video, maybe later try the other 6 classes. I am learning a lot about the game from you and you make it look very fun & rewarding.

[@ruancomitre]

The pul rune at the end could be used for wisdow, which is ith eld pul in a helm, to get that extra Pierce and cannot be frozen. I salute u for the courage to try this insane challenge, great video !

[@ptr_kos]

I love your videos. Diablo camping at the town portal made me lol

[@zarfen]

I’m glad you like them! That was a funny moment, had a chuckle when narrating that part 😁

[@SilentSabre]

Just wanted to say Zarfen, been loving your channel. I wish I was as good at this game as you are!

[@zarfen]

Thanks, I’m glad you like the videos!

[@CJOmega93]

I wish I had anywhere near your luck when I play lol, merry Christmas and thank you for the video

[@zarfen]

This was a lucky run for sure when it comes to drops! Merry Christmas

[@Moralozki]

this is probbaly the first time in my life playing diablo 2, for more than 20 years, that i see a palading using conversion not as a joke skill, but like an actual, useful skill

[@AtrociousNightmare]

That was crazy! Merry Christmas!

[@zarfen]

Merry Christmas!

[@phucnguyen0110]

I want to see a second/third/fourth ... episode of this using a different class! Especially Sorceress lol

[@legion8585]

Always a happy moment when you see a new Zarfen video.

[@zarfen]

Appreciate the kind words!

[@flyingsteaks]

very nice video! btw I think you shouldve went for speedrun death strats for Lister!

[@informatiker8137]

Awesome video!! 😀 I think it would be amazing if you do this challange with Necro, because every random skill level up can be somewhat useful. As a Paladin most skills are wasted.

[@thenuclearrabbit]

Sweet! I should try the randomizer sometime

[@zarfen]

Let me know if you do!

[@jakereacher7958]

Found your video by accident and they are great! Subbed!

[@zarfen]

Glad you like them!

[@jacobwynne8767]

bro got more uniques in 1 norm run than ive seen in my passed 100. i love d2

[@fistingendakenny8781]

Merry Christmas zafren, may santa bring you 2 soj's

[@zarfen]

Merry Christmas! SoJ was the first item on my letter to Santa

[@Terminarch]

Aw, I was hoping this was ALL skills across ALL classes. That would truly be madness lol

[@zarfen]

I would LOVE to do a run like that, but I don’t know how to mod the game to allow that in a good way

[@DIREWOLFx75]

"conversion" If you want to see the true greatness of such a build, try a Necro that uses Confuse as a primary skill. It's not super effective, but it's definetly a useful skill. "holy fire+kuko shakaku" Possibly THE best combination to level up with a paladin for quite a while.

[@zarfen]

When I found out how useful conversion is, one of my first reactions was that I have to give confuse another chance! My opinions of skills are still largely based on end game farming scenarios but some skills really shine in (low power) SSF play throughs.

[@DIREWOLFx75]

@@zarfen There's also Mind blast for the assassin. Though that seems slightly more "accepted" for some reason.

[@RemoteEars]

Ah, new D2 content. I will never tire of it

[@medigoomnis]

Holding a sword and swinging a shield with wild speed is the most hilariously stupid thing in this game...possibly.

[@ShinzouMahi]

The random website needs an option where every equipment item you pick up, you choose either 1) wear, 2) Charsi

[@PerhapsOOTMM]

The switch to the bow is such a cool decision.

[@SunbroTreadway]

The first time I ever played D2 it was the box edition and I was like 9 or 10 lol. the biggest memory I have from it though is the very end of act 5 I beat Baal, got hyped, went into nightmare and the quills kept one shotting my druid through all of my armor abilities and I really don't remember playing much after that.

[@stoic521]

Very cool. Since you went mainly with conversion you could have used thorns merc for the real old school leveling method, as well.

[@anemone5870]

This is basically my build when I was 10 years old on d2 when I had no idea what the heck im doing.

[@ziljin]

Pretty cool how far you can get with random stats and skills.

[@TheHonoredOne-cd7po]

The fact I can play through normal and almost never find a unique without grinding a little, and you got 3 in act 1 is wild to me

[@tastethepilkay5534]

Something tells me this guy loves D2

[@jwest88]

Very cool challenge and some fun twists and smart choices to get through it.

[@zarfen]

Glad you liked it!

[@PSXMicha]

picking skills randomly is how I played D2 when it first came out..

[@Dezkoi]

bit of a heads up, other then potion management and skill tree methodology, poe2 plays heavily like d2. Things like difficulty swapping and boss farming are easily seen, but character management for becoming more powerful definitely shares the same flow as d2....almost as much as the first area being plague lands, second being a desert, 3rd act being a damned jungle XD. Hope to see your channel stay in the algorithm, you got good flow in your video's. sub+

[@zarfen]

Thanks! I’ve played the first act of poe2 and I definitely see the similarities.

[@Dezkoi]

@@zarfen It gets worse, in the sense of when you get to act 3 yours asking if its a faithful d2 sequel the dev wished they could of made lmao.

[@wax99]

This is how we all played D2 when it came out...and we didn't have synergies which really sucked.

[@nickcolavecchio8075]

buying a wand with lifetap charges would have done wonders with this build

[@lcrperfect]

Those were an unusual number of uniques in the first acts.

[@孙林可]

Another idea: play an assassin with equipments from locked chests only.

[@QuangHuyDoan]

When i was a kid, in 3rd world country. I swear the god, 3 words of English i knew were yes, no, okay. I did randomly add stats points, skill points like the video. But still beat up the game. Druid summons Wolf, Bear, Worm and Spirit ( Cracked version ) 😆

[@zl8307]

Next time, let’s find a mod that randomizes ALL skills, from every class.

[@selensewar]

Ah, the "2002 1.0 version" build, can't wait to watch through it!

[@jevogroni4829]

this is very good. having to deal creatively with unusual skills and stats.

[@Ladon359]

"Solo self found" in diablo :D is if there was a true trade league to play :P

[@daffgy]

This challenge in hardcore would be interesting!

[@killerbern666]

mercenary dont need attack rating, they always hit! great video!

[@rammpeth]

Love the concept of your videos

[@zarfen]

Glad to hear it!

[@Ironeagle21]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

[@zarfen]

And the same to you!

[@gunsmokey2040]

uploaded 41 seconds ago and already on my recommended 🙌🙌

[@zarfen]

The KZbin algorithm is working over the holidays! 😁

[@gunsmokey2040]

@@zarfen they do say the best month to upload is in December, happy holidays!

[@zarfen]

Thanks, same to you!

[@rightwingofthenuthouse]

Just finished watching the video! Great content to see, Zafren, and I'm so glad I've been able to catch the streams! Keep up the great work, buddy!

[@michuuu84]

I have a cool challenge for you - reach level 95 while wearing every sunder charm you find on your journey :D

[@sarcafacis]

I don’t know if you have done this already but , try to play without using the store or your storage . Only using your inventory , ground is allowed .

[@Konarcoffee]

Early unique always feels so good, edit: uniques plural even with the ring very nice haha!

[@zarfen]

Yeah! Very lucky start with drops for this character

[@federicomedinauy]

That run was insane. Kudos to you for making it work! How many hours total did you have yo put into it?!

[@zarfen]

Thanks! Didn’t track that unfortunately. More than I originally planned that’s for sure 😁

[@vladimirtchuiev2218]

Do this with a Barb for extra masochism

[@dextervepps8794]

Man, this challenge/mod with a barbarian would be so difficult. Whole bunch of wasted skills in masteries. I wanna try it

[@zarfen]

Yeah barb seems very tough! Level-up: here’s a point in mace mastery Level-up again: now here’s one in spear mastery Again: now how about some double throw?

[@zickityz6549]

Wow I’ve played d2 for almost 25 years and I’ve never seen that magic weapon horadric cube recipe with the gems. Then again I don’t think I would have ever needed to use it lol.

[@zarfen]

There’s just a few like that and they’re not great because they have a fixed (low-ish) item level, but they’re very neat imo and I wish there were more recipes like that

[@ImOnATripBaby]

I'm subscribing because I just recently started playing, and I am trying to find the best starting builds for each character. Right now I am just spamming Holy Fire and Charge because it is working so far.

[@crabbypangeahead]

The lord of patience returns.

[@zarfen]

🫡

[@jgmweston]

Happy holidays everyone. 🎅

[@mathoesify]

So many uniques in early game is awesome

[@zarfen]

Lucky start for sure! Nagel from the countess was probably my favorite and the biggest surprise

[@vasponger]

Suggestion, what if you have to equip any item that drops and replace what you already have

[@babblingalong7689]

Fun, random stats! I'd like to try it too.

[@einfachiggi]

well yeah, it also shows how OP paladin is imo :D even 1point smite is a nice boss killer with swap Hard u dont got any charge/Holy Shield