Diablo 2: How to Level Efficiently in Single Player

[@JordanBiserkov]

Great video. Pro tip: Shop a lower resist wand to significantly increase your DPS using elemental builds. Note on Pindle, he has 75 fire resist in all difficulties (he's always fire enchanted) and high poison resist (70/100/100 in N/Nm/H) His minions on the other hand have 0 fire resistance even in Hell, 90 poison resist in all difficulties and are very immune to cold in Hell. In NM/H he can also be cold/lightning enchanted, increasing those resistances by 75.

[@TrickGamingTV]

All very good call outs! Appreciate it.

[@LonesomeSparrow7]

I just always play on /players8 from the very beginning when playing single player. it's still so easy in normal and nightmare

[@mikejones412]

Playing d2 classic at the moment and got the best nm duriel map, he is 2 screens from the tomb entrance. On p8 ive been getting 2-5 unique mobs and 1 champion pack on the way to duriel. Too bad he has junk drops, but the leveling has been insane.

[@TrickGamingTV]

Oh, that’s awesome! Leveling in classic can be a pain, so I’ll have to try this next time (and hope for some RNG on the map roll).

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

Benefits of playing D2 classic? Easy to farm SOJ?

[@matthewjohnson2488]

Little correction here, you still do have xp penalties for mobs 5 lvls higher than you, they just are not as punishing as the lvl 25 rule.

[@peterhunter6871]

Great video. I never knew this, so thank you.

[@TrickGamingTV]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Randomorph]

Those levelling times are no joke! I typically just play on players 8 from the start of normal all the way until about the end of Act 1 Hell. I play hardcore so I tend to clear pretty steadily and rarely fall behind on the level curve due to all the experience. That being said, there have been times I've had a vulnerable character who could use a few extra levels before jumping difficulties, and pindle runs seem a LOT safer than Baal runs, so kudos, and thanks for the video!

[@TrickGamingTV]

Glad it was helpful! And I feel the being ahead on levels. It was hard to stay a semi low level in Nm for this video lol. I would’ve been like level 65 probably if I played on a traditional player count.

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

Even bosses?

[@Randomorph]

@@nicolasbascunan4013 Yep, even bosses on p8. Other than untwinked melee characters, most characters can handle their own as they'll have way more skill points than normal if you're clearing enemies as you go. It's definitely slower progress, but safer, which is needed for HC. I do turn it down after NM though.

[@zaug1561]

Doing P8 Eldritch is probably better until you can do P8 Pindle easily.

[@TrickGamingTV]

I’ll have to test this. I’m intrigued now.

[@RPGLoony]

@@TrickGamingTV Eldritch is great for leveling. I feel like he frequently has another elite pack right on top of him too. Maybe one out of a half dozen runs from what I've experienced.

[@miam0828]

@@TrickGamingTV Which one is faster Eldritch or Pindle?

[@entarork1]

pindle can work for ranged char. for melee not so. pindle charged attack is too dangerous. I think best think is to do terror zones = best d2r change.

[@TrickGamingTV]

T zones are definitely a great option

[@kristopherleslie8343]

Barb no issue

[@Jvstm]

Bro no tips on grinding to 99?

[@TrickGamingTV]

Terror zones on the highest player count you can do lol. Nothing else comes close.

[@Jvstm]

@@TrickGamingTV I'm trying to get the level 99 hardcore achievement and it's fucking cancer. The developers are scumbags for making it.

[@00wkee]

is d2r a lot different than the classic d2?

[@TrickGamingTV]

You can actually play “classic” on D2R, which is just the pre-expansion version of the game. When you create a character, there is a pre-expansion checkbox you can check if you want to play. This video outlines some of the differences. Or if you’re just referencing D2R differences from LoD, they are very similar in gameplay, whereas D2R has some extra QoL like auto gold pick up and shared stash tabs, plus the much better graphics. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6qYiJRpa9Zmma8

[@alexanderternerot9998]

Problem for me is every loading screen in and to act 5 is like 20 sec long haha

[@mazzaj89]

try an ssd :)

[@TrickGamingTV]

Yeahhh.... That definitely cuts into the time haha

[@alexanderternerot9998]

@@mazzaj89 have one :=) i got great loadings everywhere else. just act 5 is problematic and nothing seems to fix it so i gave up oin trying to fix it haha

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

@@mazzaj89a what?

[@MegaDizzle123]

Only issue I have is pindle is kinda not worth on mosaic sin. And loading screens are long if you play on switch or a slow pc

[@TrickGamingTV]

For sure. Device performance is a large component for the total time it takes.

[@peacemaker54]

Watch kano speedruns, he does it much faster

[@TrickGamingTV]

@@peacemaker54 to be clear, this is not intended as a speed run strategy, as speed runs don’t over level like this. It’s intended for an average player.

[@peacemaker54]

@@TrickGamingTV gotcha, farming any super uniques on static map is pretty good

[@kodac4256]

A "thul" rune? Nice.

[@TrickGamingTV]

A spirit rune in normal difficulty? Pretty solid if you ask me.

[@kodac4256]

@@TrickGamingTV You would have found a more an a few of them past act 3. Just found it odd you mentioned it. Sorry, I'm sounding like a nob. All good advice brother.

[@gortauth3260]

First sentence of this video is wrong "diablo 2 " is resurrected garbage