Diablo 2 - DRUID GUIDED PLAYTHROUGH - Part Normal

[@trebilicious]

Random timestamps for myself: 16:06 Levels 2-5: +Firestorm (1-5), +Vitality 18:34 Look for nonmagic staves with exactly 2 sockets (grey item) for Level 19 Leaf (Tir Ral). It’s a Sorc staff but +fire damage and +fire skills works for Druids and Assassins. Also keep an eye out for grey 2 socket armor for Level 17 Stealth and 2 socket helms 25:01 Level 6: +Molten Boulder (1), +Vitality 29:14 Level 7: +Vitality, and the second and final point put into +Molten Boulder (2) before going back to upgrading Firestorm (5) until Level 12 Fissure 30:39 Level 8: +Firestorm (6) after Molten Boulder (2) 31:29 Farm Countess for Tal Eth (Level 17 Stealth armor) and Tir Ral (Level 19 Leaf staff) 34:40 Bosses that have auras will have minions NOT labeled as Minions 36:00 Reasons for farming Countess: For the Tal, Eth, Tir, Ral, and good XP. No XP drop-offs up to around Level 13, and from there using /players3 can continue to provide good XP gains while farming for the runes before proceeding to Cloisters 37:15 /players explained 41:10 Level 12: +Fissure (1), Firestorm (9), Molten Boulder (2), +Vitality (no points in other stats so far) 41:44 Explanation for why you want /players1 for Countess drops (fewer item drops than higher /players count but more runes at /players1) 43:39 +Strength at around Level 11 and 12 to bump up Strength from 15 to 25 to wear Act 2 belt later (more potion capacity). Upgrade this whenever before Act 2 46:00 Level 14: Continue to +Fissure, +Vitality after 25 Strength 47:20 Inputting /players 10 times with the up arrow/enter will bug the game so that when you recreate a new game, up arrow will remember /players from previous game session. Saves time so that you don’t have to manually type /players every time a new game is created

[@zaxlor]

Legend

[@BurleyShan]

You're awesome

[@christmasjoe.]

Thank you!

[@3jfisher]

outstanding

[@KnightFall81]

Thank you

[@skinnysnorlax1876]

Glad I stumbled upon this series. Not surprised that an excellent speedrunner is well informed on the game, but this was also all so clearly explained, and fascinating. The info and the gameplay both make each other more interesting. Well done, gotta say.

[@Jaryism]

One interesting factoid of Shockwave on Werebear that nobody really knows: If you have “prevent monster heal” it’ll apply it to all monsters hit, this is incredibly helpful in Hell vs all Baal minions and packs to do this first to stunt healing then aoe

[@Grobuzz]

This was my first guided playthrough and I got a whole new respect for your knowledge and skill in this game! I was running a twinked druid with maphack and I still couldn't keep up with you. Thanks for the awesome guided playthrough! I will be using all of the other ones in the future to level all my characters.

[@rodge4411]

2:15:52 that is a great idea. I loved the farming on the barbarian playthrough!

[@disgruntledtoons]

The best part of the druid is the sheer coolness of a werewolf druid with a pack of dire wolves backing him up. There is nothing more fun than tearing bosses apart while your troops take care of the boss's flunkies.

[@KamilXIV]

"But hey Mr Layma, are you stupid?!" I love how he talks to himself while explaining the strats :D

[@cryofwill1416]

I can't wait to the Poison Dagger Necromancer 😍😍😍😍😍

[@MrLlamaSC]

me too -.-

[@tellah8037]

MrLlamaSC I know what I’ll be voting for..>:D

[@Osiris4181]

Cant wait for Resurrected

[@eddieim5006]

September is my fucking month, i cant wait anymore brou

[@donaldrowden3273]

Hahaha you re gonna be disappointed

[@Wolf21973]

Same. The beta was a lot of fun. Aside from a few issues I had it looked and ran great FOR ME. Most of the issues were also in classic so it is what it is. Just nice to have an updated version to enjoy because I haven't played since 2011

[@human9314]

@@donaldrowden3273 L

[@kylel8605]

FFW 9 months and we still want D2R to work right. Actiblizzard needs to be bombed

[@darksouls8667]

WHAT'S UP KZbin MR LAMASC HERE, love the energy on the intro as always xD

[@bebnofca]

Dark Souls me too, always make me smile 😁

[@woni77]

It's beautiful

[@nickj7332]

Yeah, it is his KZbin voice.

[@howievenus9458]

@@bebnofca8766777 H8877778868 the most BEST-SELLING 88777UU788777777888768777z787u7776787777z 6th century 78877777Uu87776hu

[@08mayleen]

It's been a running theme for you Llama that you get the best items for speed runs whenever you doing these guided playthroughs XD

[@biobeckerrr]

Thank you for your tutorials, MrLlama! I don't remember finishing the game when I first played it, and Andariel/Duriel literally brought me to tears more times than I like to remember...

[@habberdashin1309]

Man I have so much ptsd of duel lobbies and grinding from 2004/2005 every time I see your videos so glad you hit the algorithm 😂

[@cdbninja]

Who else is watching this playing resurrected beta? Thanks Llama you're awesome!

[@HendoGaming90]

I actually started playing D2 again because of you sir. Your Pluggy install guide got me so fired up to play again. I ran a Fissure Dudu until nightmare Act 3, but I can’t find a good Tornado pelt to reset into a Wind Druid. 😭

[@DriftingShade]

Trying out this build on Resurrected and so far it's going amazingly! The Countess seems to want to hold on tight to those Ral and Eth runes though. Hopefully I can get her to drop them soon.

[@chiefvercingetorix3662]

Just started this build tonight on d2r as well. Good luck with your play through.

[@MrBaumgratz]

Not sure what’s more interesting, the Gillette scheme or the playthrough xD. Love your content!

[@somalamoot]

Exactly 50% watching the vid 50% watching the Gillette bit fiasco at the time 🤣

[@AzeriathGaming]

Thank you for sparking my interest in Diablo 2 again and also my interest in speedrunning

[@dariasraven]

Excellent and still relevant! D2R coming soon so I started playing d2 again, tyvm for the guide.

[@azraelbatosi]

I would put forward about the marketing deal between Gillette and Twitch that because Bits have no monetary value until they’re given(as far as I understand), a person buying Gillette products would have to both redeem those Bits(assuming they have an account) and give them to a streamer for Twitch to pay anything out. I don’t know Twitch very well, but if that currency is also used to buy things within the Twitch service itself, then Twitch doesn’t necessarily lose money there either. It benefits both companies by marketing Gillette to a younger audience and giving Twitch more legitimacy and exposure by being attached to an established, major brand. I’d say between the fact that many of those Bits won’t ever be “spent” and the marketing goals of both companies that it was probably beneficial to both. Edit: also, to address the idea that there’s a loss of revenue by giving those Bits away, I would say that since it was either Gillette trying to appeal to younger people, in which case they paid Twitch an amount exceeding their expected loss, or Twitch wanted to use Gillette’s market primacy to reach new users themselves, in which case those Bits would not have been purchased in the first place and instead serve as an incentive to create a Twitch account. Purchases by current users would be a calculated loss(probably mitigated by a payment from Gillette in this case as well). I also suspect that the 50$ with 100 Bits could only be done once(or at most a small # of times), because anything else just doesn’t make sense. Again, between the advertising exposure and draw for new users/consumers, the books either balance, or much more likely, favor Twitch and/or Gillette. Edit 2: reading up on it after the fact, seems like both companies are doing rather well from the myriad promotions associated with the brand deal.

[@oORLYo]

MrLlama "this is why you drop your buckler" SC

[@kalistothenes]

the framez :d

[@pabloescobar406]

Mr Lama, do more videos like this, its so good to sleep, when your videos on my screen😄

[@NavyPharmD]

@1:09:45 It would be easier to just explain that Magic Find has diminishing returns for any rarity after blue. "Asymptotic" means a curve that approaches a line with coordinates to infinity without ever touching. Not quite the word you're looking for. Great content! Fissure is OP.

[@MrModestsamurai]

i bricked an insight by putting the runes into a 4OS spear but didnt realize it was a "polearms" only runeword.

[@Slao123]

Me: Doing werewolf run while watching this.

[@kevinnitta1301]

I never used a shield and even finished Hell without one. I simply found high levl mauls in conjunction with the werebear and Grizzly more than enough especially with Oak Sag and the Carrion Vine. Th original mercenary the archer was perfect as a support character. She helped negate my lack of ranged weapons and I gave her some epic bows.

[@stjoshua1976]

Lol. My humps my humps. Great vid. Funny and informative. Doin a druid now with ur guidence.

[@racer927]

As a person who mainly played single player in a casual manner, I *love* the druid ever since I saw him in my Mom's copy of the game as a little kid.

[@Baal07]

For anyone getting into D2 ahead of (or in preparation for) the remaster the base stat and frames advice at the start of the video is not applicable for shapeshifting druids. Were forms have effective base life on par with Paladin or Barbarian by virtue of Lycanthropy (or just the first point of Werebear if you choose that form). Werewolf has the fastest base hit frames in the game, and better (though still bad) block frames. Though you won't be using any Elemental spells if you choose to level shapeshifter (though you can have a very tanky summoner).

[@retrotechgames-diyrepair4691]

Gillette, the best a Ma'am can get.

[@ukaszkocioek7719]

To taka ładna grafika, pograłbym. Super się ogląda sam gameplay. Nostalgia.

[@obsoletetortoise4785]

Man watching this while playing the new version of the game makes me realize how much a graphical overhaul was needed haha.

[@RAMPAGE47]

Legend has it the spirit of Jym is in that tele staff. RIP

[@ericshun3331]

“Give yourself the clap”

[@andrewsercer9538]

Rare drops in this run: (unique's and set items only, with a drop rate of 1-in-5000 or less) Axe of Fechmar dropped by a normal Decayed in Halls of the Dead lvl 1 (1:145677) Cathan's Sigil dropped by a normal Specter in the Arcane Sanctuary (1:132339) Given how in this build you do a lot of area kills and just keep running, there could have been any number of drops that did not show up on screen. Not that it's likely ... but certainly the Axe of Fechmar drop and the Cathan's Sigil drop were far from likely, but they still dropped. I know it's not really that important for this guide for you to have any great items, so it's just like whatever ... I'm just noting this for the record.

[@mortemerb8839]

Endorsements for two competing cereals: Special K AND Cheerios!! 😲 I can’t decide what to eat while I watch.

[@MrLlamaSC]

the decisions!

[@peteedberg4217]

I know it's probably not as fun for you, but would be interested in seeing a summon or shapeshifting druid guided playthrough. If I recall you did a summon druid man vs stream, but i'd love to see it played "for fun".

[@repentless1534]

created my first ever druid and going very well as doing same strategy with you. thx man and good days. 👍

[@lanceedwards3544]

Talking about bear form, I used to be the target for uber runs with my mates, I'd just spam shockwaves to the point that I'd have so many skelys on me no more would summon yet I'd take no damage cos they'd all be stunned. My bastard mate would then just trap Mephy killing him last just to be a prick

[@ogolthorp]

I really like grabbing poison creeper with my first point before going into firestorm, it one shots most early enemies and prevents you from chugging tons of mana pots

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

I hate how sound levels fluctuate so much on youtube. Last video I could barely hear the guy... this one.. I woke up the whole house.

[@J1Warrior84]

How long did it take you to understand all this stuff. I'm on my first playthrough in d2r druid fire then respc to wind. But I have a lot to learn. Thanks for the vid!!

[@Sataaa]

Stream ideas for a different build playthrough: create a MF dedicated character and another that is optimized to build an enigma (gathering runes tips, and maybe other cool OP rune words)!

[@billclark4559]

how much dose it cost to have plugy set up on my lap top by someone

[@ToViMiAu]

Really like these guide videos. Great job with that youtube voice ! :kappa:

[@JoblessBuhdda]

Is there anyway of making a hell fire/ hell freeze Paladin build?

[@Amalasian]

i love this content. and teaching is the point. now i know i can changew p[layer count. spent to much time in ladder that i dint know i could even do it

[@chicagonavyguy]

petty I know, dogs say "woof" Wool-f is closer explanation of pronunciation of Wolf

[@knightaaron7]

when u see imperius , WELCOME TO THE DRUID, i must of known deep inside that he was a shapeshifting angel bear!!!

[@brdl6192]

I’d say it’s more of a logarithmic scale... love the content :)

[@ustalofficial]

Hey mate any tips how to get tp staff on single players

[@Rubyrubits]

Check the shops, farm mephisto

[@MrLlamaSC]

Shopping for it is the way to go! Anywhere from A3 normal to Act 5 hell can sell it. I prefer Act 2 drognan nightmare

[@Sacrum_Profanum]

Good Golly, Miss Molly what a play 🤩

[@raoulduke2924]

Just yeets a rare crystal sword from the flippin Countess. I didn't even know they could drop that early.

[@tobyslycord4990]

I think reason why was cause if it said minion the aura glitches to only let them have the aura or doesn't let them have the aura I remember them saying something about it when it was brought up in lod back in the day cant remember which it was

[@gakiyarou]

so how would you recommend playing a wind druid in the early levels WITHOUT plugy-- asking because the soon to drop D2R won't have infinite respec like plugy-- would you say fissure until you get to nightmare then Akara reset?

[@kvrt619]

how is he transferring his items from inv to stash quickly and vice versa? is there a keyboard key you have to press for it?

[@drobostoko5714]

Also u didnt say stratefy on finding the amulet of vuper fast and finding duriel fast in the tomb

[@spyrojoe4721]

I'd love some more Guided Playthroughs now that Resurrected is out! :D

[@yazeedal-yahya2383]

I love these guided play through's

[@markindustriez]

How are you getting these good drops? I just installed D2 LoD and I don’t get anything like what you’re getting.

[@Joenzinator]

About Gillette, their marketing probably considers a person buying their product as an "acquired customer", with customer acquisition cost of $25-$100. This is probably within their range for acquiring a new customer. The issue is how many of these people are going to be recurring customers, vs the number just taking advantage for the bits?

[@JeanPaulBaranz]

Hi MrLlama, could I ask for three guided playthrough where you teach us a build for each of the underutilized mercenaries. thanks

[@MrLlamaSC]

Could be a fun video in general!

[@fliminggo]

does mechanics appear on any item for example buckler/helmet/chestpiece? really hoping for a reply on this one thanks

[@andrewsercer9538]

any item that can get sockets, yes (so no mechanic's for gloves, boots, or belts)

[@squrielman]

Would be really funny if the strange pathing of tornado,charged bolt and firestorm are built on Fibonacci sequence.

[@jonathancain8142]

Hello. I tried to find these character sheets that you show in your Guided videos but was unable to find them. Where can I see them so I can save a screenshot of each class? ALSO IMPORTANT: I've been meaning to ask this: Lets say I have a wand with +1 to bone armor and I buff myself then switch to my main weapon, does the +1 effect continue or does it drop? Also, do +1 to All Skill Lvls work on Mercs?

[@andrewsercer9538]

off the top of my head, I'm not sure about the character sheets or the bone armor question, but I know Llama has confirmed that + to all skills items work on Mercs (but not + to all combat skills, for example ... only items that are "all skills") but for the bone armor question, I'm not sure but I'd think the buff stays. I say that because I know you can cast Battle Orders with runewords on non-barbarian characters, then swap weapons to anything else that doesn't have + to battle orders, and the spell will still be there. So, in the same way, I'd say that bone armor will stay with however much protection it offers from when you cast the spell.

[@TLCsounds]

Would you consider using your Holy Grail Sorc to make a tutorial vid on high level gear? Just good items to look for in a multitude of builds/classes. I find it ends up getting harder to choose between certain gear in late game.

[@MrLlamaSC]

Ya Ithink that could be fun

[@RekijanGaming]

Hehe its fun looking at these videos talking about D2:r because it wasn't a thing then, but I am watching them now because they are a thing and I saw llama on choftly's vid :D

[@darkhorsedre]

"Gather some dudes.... and kill them" - MrLama, son of sam

[@HowlingFad03]

Can I still inflate the player count to boost exp on resurrected on console with a controller?

[@michaelpotter8477]

Hey Mr llama 20th anniversary is great I want to get back into my old saves I had is there anything I need to do this?? Any specific specs on the laptop or PC??

[@manuelh1959]

Just wow. Great video sir.

[@markamadeojohnson]

If possible I want to vote for a Vengeance Paladin guide. Are they viable? Want to run one and tried searching your channel for a speedrun to use a a guide, but I only pulled up a HC 8man stream that died at diablo.

[@MrLlamaSC]

Haven't done much with vengeance not gonna lie. could be worth exploring

[@markamadeojohnson]

@@MrLlamaSC Decided to try one out for myself and see how far I can get. My strategy ATM is to put most of my points into Resist Fire and use a Holy Fire +2 Scepter until I reach Vengeance. Then I'll try to get the highest damaging weapon I can find/craft and maxing Vengeance.

[@thewal1ofsleep]

Can anyone tell me if this elemental druid build is good for casual play through normal and maybe Nightmare? I have no intention of going into Hell or min maxing and hunting end game gear, so want to re-experience D2 again and this character build looks fun.

[@imasspeons]

I must have missed it earlier, but what was the purpose of /players 5? I only ask because you normally don't bother altering player count

[@deeta000]

Short answer is that you get more item drops and experience with 3+ players.

[@imasspeons]

@@deeta000 I know that, but he just never does it on the channel so I'm curious why this particular run. I've been playing hardcore D2 since release on bnet, well aware of what player count changes.

[@deeta000]

@@imasspeons Didn’t mean to offend you. A lot of newbies are getting interested in the game recently so I figured you were asking a simple question, my bad.

[@imasspeons]

@@deeta000 not offended, though I can see now that my tone might have seemed pretty stand-offish. My bad.

[@soupesoupe]

How do you shop a tele staff? I missed that part.

[@dumbdickler670]

Act 2 drognan or act 3 ormus I think. Look for teleport charges and not + to teleport (sorceress only)

[@anotherluckydad]

tip: act 1 blood moore,check the bed in the building before opening the chest. The chest will drop triple the items if you check the bed first. I have gotten chip gems and even small charm there. first run only it seems.

[@MrLlamaSC]

I don't think the order matters but the bed is good to check still!

[@onbored9627]

Cleansing and meditation get healing from soft points in prayer. =)

[@vladimirtchuiev2218]

Kinda hoped a Rabbies build reminiscent of the Corona Virus xD

[@operator8181]

What I love about the Twitch community is how funny and ridiculous things can get during the playthrough but anytime he gets serious and breaks things down chat just comes to an abrupt halt.

[@MasterBakkes]

The fire druid can players 7 through normal on everything but bosses pretty much and even then... it's wild loving it on d2r!

[@ShadowViewsOnly]

Oh man, I really wanted to see a pet build with this... I want to see how you rock it, and how awful am I compared to u with it :P. But, apparently, not today... :)

[@drobostoko5714]

Whats the range of runes the countess drops?

[@MrLlamaSC]

el-ral in normal

[@travisschreiber2080]

Anyone know if you can have more than one offline character on d2r switch?

[@meikamo]

What an amazing video. Sorry to hear about the leprosy tho

[@Gilaffa137]

what are the runes i need from the countess sorry im big noob?

[@supergreenproduction2847]

does it work on beta?

[@samuelthurmond1463]

I remember my werewolf druid it was really good

[@abnerrenaud6768]

In my opnion, Diablo 2 is the best hack and Slash Rpg of all time! What a game! Gotta try this again!

[@shoeshank112]

As far as the gilette thing goes, I'd bet that they are not paying anywhere close to how much those bits actually cost. They likely have a deal with twitch so that they are spending 1/4 or less on the bits

[@MrLlamaSC]

Then we get to scam twitch. Either way someone is losing money here and it ain't the buyers lol

[@dustinsimpson9188]

I guess I need to start over. I am a level 24 Druid with a WW path but I can't for the life of me beat Duriel. I guess I will have to roll with fissure until I get to a certain level then have Akara reset everything

[@abe_ismain]

What do you do with normal wolf helmet?

[@MrLlamaSC]

You can more lore or something nice in it if it has 2os

[@RatsoMan20]

If they do changes to d2r balancing all I want is conviction and lower resistance curse to break any immunity even if it's just breaking it but the ability to be a fire druid in hell and not have half the mobs immune to you no matter what you do sucks

[@SweetJP.]

"wow so many people bought our items, we earned 150 million dollars" "Great stuff, and how much did we spend on these virtual bits for the people?" "uuuuuuhm.... 450 million"

[@oscarlam041792]

I’m playing fire druid in single player.It is really tough to kill the fire immunity in the hell level.I need merc and bear to solve the problem.

[@kalistothenes]

my eyes shined when you said "zealot maye" :)

[@KylesArk]

"Leprosy! Yup, that's the one." - MrLlamaSC :D

[@Alientcp]

I was doing the countess at players 7...... It was dropping just 1 rune all the time, thought blizzard added an anti farm mechanic or something. Duh.

[@scottmadsen9964]

MrLlama could you possibly do a fury druid build? I know you get plenty of requests but I really feel that the fury druid doesn't get enough love

[@JakeJohanson12]

Am I the only one who plays on "/players 8" difficulty? I'm like level 6 by the end of the Den.

[@gb0825]

The first hour must be slow and a breeze afterwards.

[@justinwalley2569]

Question about Andy bug for anyone. I haven't played this game in years, but I remember Andy ALWAYS drops a full gem on first kill. Why doesn't bugged ANDY always drop a full gem?