Diablo 2 Resurrected - Why I Never Care About Magic Find + My Lvl 99 Nova Sorc Farming Route

[@nikolaipenev8349]

It depends on what you are doing in the game, for boss farming and super uniques, a little MF helps a lot. And you don't really need to sacrifice your damage much (if at all) in some cases, especially if you stay in the 150-350 range. From my personal experience, if I am after uniques, then around 300 is the perfect spot without sacrificing killing speed at all. And the increase in unique drops is very noticable. That's for P1 farming.

[@cruelangel1516]

True. I still wouldn't care since it's not hard to trade for what I want.

[@shawmeck9323]

Some bases or runes are much more valuable than most uniques. @Cruelangel, my man you left 3 wands bases on the floor in cow level. I highly recommend you pick those up, they could be GG.

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

@@shawmeck9323 for which runes?

[@shawmeck9323]

@@nicolasbascunan4013 All high runes including Jah and Ber runes.

[@MatthewSmith-uf6tr]

@@shawmeck9323what wand bases are good? What do they use them for

[@TheVanezBlane]

My right ear is satisfied.

[@kaeptn]

How do people manage inventory with it all being charms. I usually move stuff out of my cube to an empty 8 slot, I leave free in the inventory, to be able to sell stuff to the vendor from it. Do you just put everything in the stash and then vendor with another charakter or put some of your charms into the stash temporarily to vendor stuff? Cause I think there is no way to sell to vendor straight out of the cube.

[@cruelangel1516]

I don't sell items to vendor much, unless sometimes it's circlet or wands that can sell for 35k. Just drop the cube on the ground, sell, and then pick the cube back up.

[@goshu7009]

Very good video. If you are new to Diablo 2 - this is one of the best explainations + demonstration how to play this game. I also do farm all the map and i dont make new games every few minutes, except Terrorize zone that i like a lot and i want to farm it specifically. Specially in Early and Mid Season - when youi dont have items anyway, its so much better to invest in killing speed, rather then in better chance, because more killing speed is de-facto higher better chance :P

[@cruelangel1516]

Thank you very much. I always feel that no matter how rare the items are, they just drop or not drop regardless how you setup your build, so I choose kill speed all the way.

[@wyjebundatak2265]

Agree but i think that my strategy with fast sorc per season with 400mf and spam hell mephisto 2 min per run is cool af. But i'm kinda weird and love doing routine things so its can be only me

[@beepboop205]

MF has significant diminishing returns, I reckon once over about 150 it is a waste of time, best to kill 3 times faster to get 3 times the drops, this is actually 3 times more magic find 🙂

[@cruelangel1516]

Yup, you got it.

[@leejordan001]

You have such adorable nickname. 😊

[@BlakesSpace86]

200% is the point i try to reach. If you google "d2r mf diminishing returns" you can see a graph.

[@BlakesSpace86]

You need to give the Travincal more of a chance. It takes about 500 runs to find a high rune. Today I found Jah and Ohm from Travincal in about 10 hours. It takes patience but its the best.

[@MatthewSmith-uf6tr]

@@BlakesSpace86damn that’s crazy. I bought 49 jah runes for 3.50 and it took 5 minutes.

[@slamduncan1392]

I agree people generally go a bit too far in terms of MF especially when they are just looking for runes! I personally would never get rid of a high roll gheeds in place of a life skiller but I respect your take on going your own way.

[@cruelangel1516]

I guess just 1 Gheeds GC wouldn't hurt. I personally just don't want to sacrifice any of my power for extra MF.

[@joelhodoborgas]

Yeah gheeds is just good luck. Gotta use it to please the RNG gods.

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

@@cruelangel1516 it's overkill in this chase

[@Ian-fb6er]

I’m trying this build out and just beat hell but I’m really struggling in cows. Infinity will take a while for me to get. Any tips for finding decent gear so I can farm until I get that infinity? This build seems weak on budget gear

[@cruelangel1516]

Crescent Moon + Spirit + Shako. Very viable and much easier to get.

[@robbytherob]

This build doesn’t work because it requires 100 skill points to pull off and great gear. The only time you should consider lightning is when you have crescent moon and a perfect 35% fcr spirit otherwise it will be impossible to hit the 105 break point

[@fairleemadegaming]

How would be the best way to get my first 2 ber rune for infinity?

[@cruelangel1516]

Trade. Gather p gems especially p amethyst, as well as Ral, Sol, Nef, Hel, etc... In ladder Ber is more expensive, but in non-ladder, Ber is relatively cheap these days and it's not hard to trade a Ber.

[@fairleemadegaming]

@CruelAngel電遊酷 Thank you for the response! I am following this video closely with my blizzard sorc it can do most of the areas you are solo. Players 1 will drop High rune? I haven't seen anything more than Ist, maybe Gul.

[@cruelangel1516]

No problem. I mostly farm in p1 so no one else steal my loots, so most of my drops are from p1 including a 40/15 ias jewel.

[@fairleemadegaming]

@CruelAngel電遊酷 wow, very attractive! Good information I was feeling discouraged doing p1 bnet because "more players, more HR" which is true but limits clear speed. I got 11 ist, 2 Gul, 1 Lo, 1 Sur on ladder season 3. Excitingly waiting for it to be over and make my infinity, finally! Also would sur, lo be fair for ber rune offer? Or to much? Thanks in advance, sorry for so many questions. Thank you again for responding!

[@cruelangel1516]

I think it's fair enough. It really depends on the other player trading with you. On traderie, Ber is like around 11-12 Ist ATM in non-ladder. I don't play ladder but I assume Ber is much more expensive there.

[@reedfrost6971]

Using hero editor I found that magic find tapers off tremendously after 150%. I didn’t notice a significant change in drops until I broke 450%

[@cruelangel1516]

The higher MF goes, the more diminishing return it gets.

[@charlesowen4208]

Try 366% mf

[@thebigfellar7178]

Been playing this stupid game since day #1. Every patch ""they"" change the mf. First patch was 405, 2nd was 361, this new patch it's 250. Also contrary to popular belief sorcs and pally's are ""not"" the best mfer. The best is and has always been the barbarian. You can make him a gold finder and mfer . Find item gives you #2 chances to find versus #1 for every other char. People call it popping . But you raise the dead and usually find other items . My son has one and he is always giving stuff away to new players. Peace. P.s. you can't use a phoenix shield or weapon on him lol.

[@SWENWAR]

@@thebigfellar7178 It might be true, but I hate the playstyle of the hork barb. I prefer "slower" farming, but having fun in the same time.

[@stevensv4864]

So the perfect mf is?

[@DonCheezle]

Do you like to farm solo on Players 1 or in public games to increase the player count? How does this affect the low mf build style?

[@cruelangel1516]

Mostly on p1. Not that I don't want or farm on higher player game, but usually public games are more laggy and most people do short runs.

[@Agon1stt]

As someone who once thought MF is everything, after tens of thousands of MF runs i made a nova sorc and with just 30%mf from the self wielding infinity, to my surprise stuff was still dropping: i found a perfect kira's guardian, nightwing's veil, multiple facets, unique rings/amulets. I've tinkered with anywhere from 300-800 MF and to folks out there who are still taking their journeys do not stack more than 300 because if the game REALLY doesn't want to drop that unique for you, it won't

[@robbytherob]

250 is the sweet spot for me. I ran a ton of ancient tunnels and pit with 200 and nothing was dropping. As soon as I upped it to 250 stuff started dropping

[@tuvsanaabatmunkh]

In d2 lod can i do this run? Ofc it means without sundercharm. Also can some1 help me to get torchlight. Which built is more easy to defeat last 3 bosses? Help me. I never had it. Asking in d2 lod pls

[@barryschalkwijk9388]

smiter with grief and lifetap

[@tpola3648]

20 year vet here and YES mf barely matters particularly online

[@cruelangel1516]

Ya, RNG will always be RNG. Just saw a guy found a perfect Dweb with only 6%mf on reddit.

[@3in24]

In all my years of playing, the best MF is the amount of hours you play per day.

[@cruelangel1516]

You got it

[@hedduyou]

More like amount of hours played x MF amount haha

[@WhereAreTheSquarePants]

Have you considered Emilio with Cure and Insight? I mean you already have Infinity self wielding.

[@cruelangel1516]

Already got the base and runes ready to roll. Just have to wait for whenever it can be make in non-ladder. I will also make a CoH in eth armor base to pair with Cure.

[@tragikk03]

is that trident personalized or is there a "poseidon's trident" base? looks better than scythe

[@cruelangel1516]

personalized

[@HostageDK]

do you have a vid on full character build, merc setup etc? Would love to see it better as you went way to fast

[@cruelangel1516]

Yes, I didn't go over them in here because that's not the topic of the video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHWWk3x8aZatbrc

[@drexrexx]

I plan on making nova on ladder reset. My question is do you max mana shiled and then telekinesis or the other way around to start of ladder?

[@cruelangel1516]

Max telekinesis is must

[@drexrexx]

@@cruelangel1516 so max it before mana shield?

[@cruelangel1516]

yes

[@NonnyStrikes]

Those boots are BALLER btw. The chance to cast FrostNova when hit is a nice little touch

[@cruelangel1516]

Thanks. It is quite nice.

[@nikolajkristensen1803]

Hello, this might be a very noobish question, but what would you do with the Pul and Lem and other mid runes? cube them up or use them in a different manner?

[@cruelangel1516]

Right now I trade them in bulk now for higher runes

[@nikolajkristensen1803]

@@cruelangel1516 That makes perfect sense, thank you for taking the time to reply to my kind of silly question. Much appreciated.

[@robertococomazzi3543]

I cannot decide if go for nova sorc or hammerdin, what will you suggest?

[@cruelangel1516]

I personally never enjoy Hammerdin, so I'm gonna say Nova Sorc. It's very viable even with budget gears like Crescent Moon, Shako, and Spirit before you get Infinity and Griffon.

[@ineedcoffee2575]

Hammerdins are slow, they were only popular because they were A) easy to script bots with tele stomp aim, B) faced little immunities. Now that sunders are around there's better options imo for kill speed, esp if youre online doing just doing p1 games.

[@dawidtrela7150]

Fully agreed. Every ladder the items that give me most weath are items like magic charms and blue jewels, not uniques.

[@alexandrbatora9674]

I like your thinking, and I like your style of videos, very calm and nicely done! I still think that I'd use Gheed's Fortune, it's kinda strong, otoh I got loads and loads of useless uniques and rares on several mules that just rot there, I pretty much rather drop runes.

[@cruelangel1516]

Thank you. One Gheed wouldn't hurt.

[@kinglexo9825]

Dope content!

[@cruelangel1516]

thank you

[@shadow9779]

Just picked up D2R on sale, going to start playing soon. I was looking to start sorc (as usual), would nova be a good way to start even with the high mana costs?

[@cruelangel1516]

I think Cold is still the best to start with because of Cold Mastery, but Nova is good too once you got Crescent Moon and Lightning Sunder.

[@broadbandtogod]

You just got me so hyped for this! Will def try this one on!! ❤

[@cruelangel1516]

Have fun

[@broadbandtogod]

@@cruelangel1516 I finally got infinity! VERY generous people on d2 community, still, after all these years! Thank you for such a fast reply! Q: Why don't you use a sunder charm? Is it overkill? Or is it draining the light res too much? Or an oversight/don't have one yet? Thank you!

[@cruelangel1516]

@@broadbandtogod I'm using Sunder

[@broadbandtogod]

@@cruelangel1516 Oh you are? I didn't see it in the video, but I'm known to be half blind! Man, I'm telling you, this build _is speed_ Still feel a little squishy but have some upgrades left to do Awesome, haven't had this much fun in ages!!

[@cruelangel1516]

@@broadbandtogod It's pretty tanky for most situations if you build it right

[@pkimrey]

This video changed how I look at the game.

[@cruelangel1516]

Just sharing my experience :)

[@lopezetienne5108]

This guy is wrong If you play pvm just use mf

[@davidc2897]

Nice video! What does your skills tree look like?

[@cruelangel1516]

Thanks. Max Nova, Static Field, Telekinesis, Energy Shield, and Lightning Mastery, 1 point to Thunderstorm and Frozen Armor, the rest of the points to Warmth.

[@davidc2897]

@@cruelangel1516 Thank you!

[@Theswazzer]

@@cruelangel1516what’s the reasoning for thunderstorm. Curious?

[@cruelangel1516]

@@Theswazzer Just a bit of extra dmg

[@792m]

Hey man i love your build. Made me come back to diablo! What is the skill tree like? Cheers mate!

[@cruelangel1516]

You can see the build here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqHYhYhvh810msk

[@792m]

I found it already but thanks bro! You have awesome builds. Thanks

[@timd9813]

rune drops are not affected by MF. i havent looked but im sure its been said 137 times below

[@cruelangel1516]

I know. Just stating all the reasons why I never care about MF.

[@JoshuaLeggans]

Damn dropping everything like flies there's nothing surviving your magick! I remember the original D2 on PC watching a friend play it and over a decade I played the original on my old PC.

[@leodalkey651]

My nova sorc has zero mf and a couple of days ago i found a 964 eth shadow plate.

[@justinsavedra7633]

Found me a perfect griffons last night. Then like 38 minutes later i found a 5/5 lightning facet. Now i just need the rest of my gear

[@cruelangel1516]

congrats

[@DaviD-SHP]

I know you don't play ladder, but if you did, would you start off with a javazon or a nova sorc? And if you did start off with a nova sorc, how would you level her? Would you use something like a Blizzard build until you find high end nova gear?

[@cruelangel1516]

Sorceress is probably the best choice since she has teleport by default while other characters need Enigma which required a Jah and a Ber. Either pure Cold Sorc or Orb Fireball Hybrid Sorc should be fine. When D2R first launch, Nova Sorc wasn't really viable, at least not as good as now, so I didn't even think about start off with a Nova Sorc that time. Right now, I don't know, I guess it's totally fine to start off. Crescent Moon only requires an UM, and Spirit + Shako are not that hard to get. This setup is very viable before you get Infinity + Griffon.

[@DaviD-SHP]

@@cruelangel1516 Thanks! And I can't believe a Sorc can dish out more damage with a bow than a Zon can. I've learned a lot more about Diablo II from you. Thank you!

[@cruelangel1516]

No problem. I was not the first one to figure out the build.

[@DaviD-SHP]

@@cruelangel1516 Do you have any tips fighting Baal with decent gear (crescent moon and shako)? Or should I just be ready to pop Full Rejuvs?

[@cruelangel1516]

​@@DaviD-SHP Use Static Field to bring his HP to halve first, then just keep spamming Nova. Unfortunately he can cast Blood Mana Curse on you and can use that one spell to make your mana pool empty. Try to get your HP over 900, and just drink mana pots and full rejuvs if needed. Nova is not a boss killer skill, and this is the one boss fight she kinda struggle a bit.

[@XxAverageJoexX]

Runes are not dependent on magic find. Magic find definitely helps, but it’s not “needed” just have to do more runs.

[@cruelangel1516]

I know. Just want to mention everything I've found.

[@구독자500명되면이같은]

How many players difficulty?

[@cruelangel1516]

This is an online character, and I farm mostly on p1. Not that I don't want or farm on higher player game, but usually public games are more laggy and most people do short runs.

[@jaykarfumos]

wow great content man!

[@cruelangel1516]

Appreciate it!

[@lanceomeara7433]

Hi, great video. Have you played this character in hardcore? I presume this is softcore? Does this character ever die in runs? Cheers

[@cruelangel1516]

She rarely dies before when she was 1 point ES build. After I respec her to max ES she hadn't die once. Still have to be careful with the souls. If you play hardcore, maybe you want to put on a Tgod.

[@Tirant657]

Amp damage cows with fanaticism or dolls will wreck your shit, it's inevitable. If you're playing hc you'll need gerkes or ss or a decent source of dr, but some mobs will rip away 2-3k mana in a hit

[@wizrom3046]

Nice to see an expert player doing his farming! 👍 I agree its best to farm areas where you can kill a lot of monsters quickly.

[@alexmagor7538]

For players 1 I think swapping 1 skiller for a gheeds and a few mfsc’s wouldn’t hurt clear time and at least have 100mf

[@cruelangel1516]

True. I still wouldn't care :)

[@alexmagor7538]

@@cruelangel1516 and rngesus doesnt care if you care

[@cruelangel1516]

Exactly

[@AlvJef]

thanks for the tips

[@cruelangel1516]

No problem

[@hamhamham2809]

why are you using infinty and not your merc???

[@cruelangel1516]

So I also have the -45to-55 enemy lightning res, which is huge. And my merc can use insight since Nova is a very mana hungry build.

[@shamangamingkz]

​@@cruelangel1516 any thoughts on why lg/cl sorc is not meta as it used to be? I had lg/cl sorc season 3. Griffon, cresent moon on me and infinity on merc, that sorc melts everything except Light enchanted

[@cruelangel1516]

@@shamangamingkz Because Nova is better, or at least easier to build. You can have max ES without sacrificing Nova damage. Self-wield Infinity is perfect for Nova which is closed range, but not for Lightning/Chain Lightning. If you put Infinity instead of Insight on Merc then you have to constantly drink mana pots. Nova build just have everything works together perfectly.

[@ronnyworen709]

I found only rares, whites, magic with 0-200 mf, as i started to nerf damage to switch out griffons with shako i got 270mf and 3600 dmg on nova, i started to see unique items all the time. I want both unique and Runes, not only Runes so i had to do this. Using cresent moon on pl1 is enough for me cause i only running solo mf. Things die fast enough and I telestomping everything too. So i find zod, ber, sur, Lo with mf gear too.

[@cruelangel1516]

It's just RNG being RNG.

[@goshu7009]

Sure, but the problem is that 90% of that uniques and greens are useless. Thats why, when you find most needed ones, you just switch back to DMG and only seek for Runes and high bases (Sockets) +)

[@SWENWAR]

It's RNG. I played a lot with my 400%++ mf blizz sorc, but I wasn't seeing uniques all the time. It's RNG. I've found my perfect griffon with exactly 0% mf. I prefer killing speed, instead of tons of MF. For me fast killing on higher players settings if more fun. I try to balance, 150-200% mf with high damage output.

[@cruelangel1516]

@@SWENWAR Congratz on finding the perfect Griffon with no MF. That's exactly what I'm talking about :)

[@BlakesSpace86]

200% mf has the most minimal diminishing returns. I try to get 150-200% mf. The returns diminish so much that 1000%mf is not even twice as good as 200% mf. With 200%mf uniques are about 105% more likely to drop. With 1000mf uniques are about 200% more likely to drop. Google "d2r mf graph" and check out that picture. When my novasorc isnt facing poison I put on 50% war travelers and 40% gheeds.

[@xoxtank]

so you ever find a soj?

[@cruelangel1516]

Quite a few times. I even got one from gamble before.

[@xoxtank]

@@cruelangel1516 thanks, I had the orginal d2 for the first 2 year and never got a soj (i stop playing due to life). it was from trad or gifts. never found 1 myself. i brought d2r and found my firt soj from that quest unique monster, Blade of the old religion

[@DerekMusic13]

MF doesn't find you specific high roll jewels, dude. When an item drops, it picks the weapon type, let's say diadem, then it rolls for magic, rare, set, unique. The more MF you have, the more of the top end percentages will get weighted. Around 200MF would do you wonders

[@cruelangel1516]

I know, just want to mention all the good stuffs I've found.

[@nikidubert8870]

Mf does only matter in the early beginning of ladder to get the 'basic' items like harlequin, viper and so on.. After that u can go for non-mf cuz good rolled bases have much more value than most of the uniques/sets u would get with high mf... The kill speed is the most important as you mentioned. :) Good example for this!

[@cruelangel1516]

Yup. Kill speed all the way.

[@xijinpig7978]

JSP is the most important in ladder because my bots are selling you guys good stuff at steep discounts!

[@NonnyStrikes]

@@xijinpig7978 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Squatch_11]

Kill speed is obviously the most important thing on a density-killing character like a nova sorc. But this guy's character is so overgeared for players 1 content that he is gimping himself by not at least equipping some 7mf small charms instead of those life/mana ones he has in his inventory. He isn't going to die....And he's also max level. He could even switch out some gear pieces with more MF gear and not notice any difference in clear speed on players 1.

[@cruelangel1516]

Which shows exactly why I never care about MF :)

[@nadpodcast4488]

why you keep a lot of annihilus? how long have you played the game, did you play the original version in 2000 also? this build can reach lvl 99 by solo I think from my one year exp. and I'm gonna build one. maybe ladder or non

[@NonnyStrikes]

"While there is no cap on Magic Find there is a diminishing return formula (that is not available) that becomes active over 10% Magic Find for Rare, Set, and Unique Items (But Not Regular Violet (Blue) Magic Items)" Directly from a Developer and participant in creation of diablo 2. Let it sink in. You'll find WAY more items worth value if you have 10-30% mf than you would having 400% simply due to clear speed. Nova sorc/Javazon are OP for farming.

[@NonnyStrikes]

Great video my man!

[@cruelangel1516]

thanks

[@thafutureonline619]

magic find has NOTHING to do with rune drops...

[@cruelangel1516]

indeed

[@to.214]

Was this online solo?

[@cruelangel1516]

yes

[@to.214]

@@cruelangel1516 thank you for your reply.

[@TheLoFiLounge24]

I need to make a list of this route :D thank you for it but i think i need to gear up more before its 100% possible for me but good inspiration :D

[@cruelangel1516]

No problem. May the RNGoddess smiles upon you.

[@MitchKaschi]

in arpgs is the only move that matters: killspeed. nothing else. i absolutly aggreeeeee with you my friend.

[@cruelangel1516]

Indeed

[@TheFitDragon]

I-league start with javazon because they kill the fastest usually not much magic find it's all about how fast you killing this game, this is why I only played 2 or 3 builds the rest are too slow if I get bored of those three builds I play different game.

[@cruelangel1516]

Ya, Javazon is a good start. Endgame wise, nothing match the clear speed of Nova Sorc.

[@Sink_Bodymodification]

Started off nova with gg gear ended up java with gg gear. Playstyle feels much better the only bummer is the tele with zon other than that I feel like I clear much faster with java.

[@BlakesSpace86]

I watched your video about a week ago and created a lvl 1 sorc. She is now my first ever lvl 99 char(forced terrorized baal runs). She is my favorite build now. I can't believe I didnt know about this build. While rushing this character I rolled a 6bo cta and -53% light res infinity in a scythe. I still have RNG goosebumps. Those 2 rolls were more exciting than finding a ber rune lol. However you need to reevaluate Travincal. I found Jah and Ohm there today alone(infinity weilding nova sorc is my new favorite trav runner). It can take a thousand runs or more to find a HR but you might find 3 in 500 runs. Ive done like 50,000 runs in my life lol. Trav runs all day long probably averages 2 HRs like i found today. You gotta be a real dedicated loser like me though 😂

[@cruelangel1516]

Nova sorc is just too good. I just have a hard time to enjoy running the same zone non-stop over and over for thousands of times. I've trade and found more than enough HR elsewhere that I don't think I want to do that ever.

[@BlakesSpace86]

@@cruelangel1516Yeah I understand. I like the mind numbing runs for hours because I can watch TV at the same time. If i try farming everywhere I lose rythm and speed.

[@cruelangel1516]

I can do that once in a while but not often.

[@BlakesSpace86]

@@cruelangel1516 Interesting fact for you...anytime a rune drops from a monster in an area that can roll up to cham or zod there is about a 1 in 151 chance that the rune will be a HR(vex or higher). This is true for cows, trav, arcane etc. Not for super chests. So when evaluating rune farming i just go by how often I see runes drop. I just figured this out recently and had to share it with someone lol.

[@BlakesSpace86]

@@cruelangel1516 One last thing I wanted to share is that I experimented with the merc gear for this build trying to find the best survivability for the merc. Ultimately what is working best for me is COH on my merc. The extra +2 skills boosts the prayer aura enough to make a very noticeable difference when poisoned. It can be the difference between your life staying the same or going down when poisoned. The extra 8% life leech gives more survivabikity. The 8% physical damage reduction of course helps with survivabikity. But then we come to the +65 all res and you might think "why would I need that?" and this is why....that extra res means you don't need a Ral rune in your andys visage. Instead use a 15%ias jewel. A colossus voulge and cryptic axe both land perfectly on the attack speed breakpoint with an Andys socketed with 15% ias for a total of 35% ias from Andys(calculating jab attack speed from a merc with an ias calculator). My mercs survivability and my own increased a lot when I replaced fortitude with coh. I tried delirium and cure and other things. Ultimately coh with andys socketed with 15ias rocks best from my experience. It works everywhere so no need to switch gear.

[@JGComments]

Yah it’s kill speed x magic find that matters. Chances are if you have over 250 MF you aren’t killing very fast.

[@MatthewSmith-uf6tr]

EnigmA, Hoto, shako, spirit, war travs, arachnids, soj, nagel, Mara’s. What would really make that even more damage? I clear shit insanely fast with lighting

[@JGComments]

@@MatthewSmith-uf6tr infinity and an inventory full of skillers, torch, anni

[@MatthewSmith-uf6tr]

@@JGComments I have infinity on my merc, skillers, anni, torch as well. Is his gear just budget gear?

[@JGComments]

@@MatthewSmith-uf6tr no, your gear is great. You might try griffons though

[@steliyandimitrov1078]

Is the Scythe Infinity the best option ? I am considering to Respec from cold to nova. I was thinking of Crescent Moon , spirit and Infinity Merc . Will I sacrifice a ton of DMG that way or is it not much of a difference ? Thanks. Awesome video , btw. Very detailed and fun. Good job.

[@cruelangel1516]

Any base with low Str/Dex requirements is fine. Crescent Moon , spirit and Infinity on Merc setup will not sacrifice too much damage output compare to self-wield Infinty setup, but you will lose the Meditation from Insight, and Nova is a mana hungry build. So if you don't mind drinking mana pots all the time, go for it.

[@justinsavedra7633]

So you can have more damage with crecent moon spirit shield and infinity on merc. The only issue with that is you lose the insight. Mana is the issue at that point.

[@Squatch_11]

I use Crescent Moon + Spirit + Insight on merc on my single player sorc. I farm players 4 everything without much issue. Some bosses will take a bit longer to kill though with that set up. Places like Pits are fine though. I personally don't like having my merc wield an Infinity because that means I'll have to be chugging mana potions constantly. It's annoying.

[@BIaZeDaSHeLL]

use mang songs

[@witheringhs7766]

you should do a remake of this video, gear out the typical "Magic find sorc" and then show the difference between the two characters side by side... for example emphasize how killing 1 monster in 30 seconds is not equal to killing 15 of that same monster in 30 seconds, etc... im exaggerating but you could do show something like how many trav runs you can do compared to a 600% MF sorc, side by side. edit: actually you might as well just showcase chaos runs because it will really shine and prove the point.

[@cruelangel1516]

It doesn't matter. RNG will always be RNG.

[@Derzull2468]

@@cruelangel1516 So you're telling me wearing a seatbelt is useless because sometimes it doesn't save you? RNG will always be RNG?

[@claudiahelmer4706]

@@Derzull2468 No, this means that from a value of about 100-200% Magic find, the number of uniques and set items that drop doesn't really get much higher!

[@Derzull2468]

@@claudiahelmer4706 There's a significant difference between 100 and 200 mf. The threshold of "enough" is highly subjective.

[@joelhodoborgas]

MF is for early ladder, also the rule since early 2000s is stack MF without losing any clearspeed. But yes thanks for presenting the info in a nice video.

[@cruelangel1516]

Yes, you are right.

[@VileVampyre]

uhh I've never seen that trident type.

[@cruelangel1516]

It's a regular Trident personalized with the name Poseidon :)

[@VileVampyre]

@@cruelangel1516 ah

[@B______L]

Nice vid. You should go over your gear and skills though, with some brief thought on why you use it. You moused over everything super fast but but with no explanation and didn't even show merc at all. It may seem basic, like everyone should know the cookie cutter nova sorc build by now, but it's still worth going over for the viewers IMO.

[@cruelangel1516]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHWWk3x8aZatbrc Sorry for that. I made 2 videos on that before this video, so I figure not to spend too much time on it in here.

[@thesum3312]

20 years ago having 150 magic find was great. Nowadays people sacrifice the use of amazing items, just for greater MF. You can find anything with 150 magic find. Damage charms are the way to go! The game has changed a lot, mainly blizzard copied some mods, and the preferences of bored players, because the game was really boring. What I still don't see is a stash that sorts out items, so stash doesn't have tabs for runes, gems, jewels, and there's no sharing the stash with all characters, right? Blizzard still sucks.

[@cruelangel1516]

I will never sacrifice power for more MF. Ya, it would be nice if they add a currency tab.

[@roberthansson8222]

I still like to stay around 100-200% mf.

[@symijohn]

First runes have nothing to do with mf but the higher number of player in games the best chances you might drop a hr. Secondly looking at your gear you dont need mf at this point cause you already have the best gear possible and its funny how you mention you only have enigma on your amazon wich has mf but you dont care about the rest. Howd you find all this gg gear in the first place anyway?

[@cruelangel1516]

I also said I've found every item in the game except Tyreal's Might with little to no MF. You can absolutely find some GG item that worth many HRs with little to no MF. It ultimately depends on your luck no matter how much MF you have. I just keep farming and keep trading. It's not that hard to get the gears.

[@Epyxoid]

More info about this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHO2cpeCbsmKrs0

[@RedmayneDeadmayne]

I had no idea you could telekenisis your stash lmao

[@cruelangel1516]

No shame. Many of us beaten many games without knowing everything.

[@ahhyepable]

I see you are very dedicated to the grind and are a very good grinder. You could use SOJ + 3lightning/10fcr ammy for more power. You can also use MF in boot slot, if you roll perfect infinity and griff you can also use IST rune in chest or helm if you want. you can also use small charm with mf and not lose power. 2 soj will give more mana as well. also, you only need poison res with energy shield. you can have the same survivability, more dmg, and more mf with these gear change

[@cruelangel1516]

I know I don't need all res max, but I still like to max them anyway. ES is not an affix on an item and can drop. Just want to expect the unexpected. As for MF, I really don't care about it at all.

[@BlakesSpace86]

Ive been gambling amulets trying to get a +3lightning, 10% fcr. I want that extra bit of power.

[@thekoven666]

I've been playing d2 for years and always been obsessed with mf... I hope this video can get me over it lol

[@cruelangel1516]

Try this way :)

[@wgemini4422]

Played this for years, always prioritized magic find gears over everything else. Best I ever got was a IST. Lol

[@cruelangel1516]

Try it this way, go full power and completely ignore MF.

[@redeyez8288]

Then you didn't play that long

[@wgemini4422]

@@redeyez8288 I played for fun, not to farm. I played offline mostly using plugy, so I could get anything I wanted from an editor. Just for the fun of it, I mostly played with the gears I found and my end game gears were usually just normal gears.

[@christophermanabat1934]

Some people like MF because they enjoy the thrill of the drops. Kill speed farmers farm consumable stuff like this vid. Also runeword bases.

[@stevenmyrick5924]

Legit video.

[@cruelangel1516]

thanks🙂

[@alca7538]

I dont see how it would hurt u in any way swapping mage vs chance to gain 40% mf and get all sc 7mf+17mana combined with skiller + life gc. Same can go for wt vs any boots u use and a fcr amu with mana and mf. U wont sacrifice any killing speed but suddenly u can find more stuff as well due to more mf. must be more fun all in all even if it isnt ur priority. The fcr amu also let u run 2 soj = more dmg + tankyness (mana)

[@Dunkelelf3]

magic find has NO effect on rune drops mate. it only affects well.. magic items (and rare, set, unique). when you kill something the game rolls for what item will drop. runes, gems, charms, etc. drop if and when the game wants them to drop. mf has no effect on those. just like the game doesn't care for mf when it rolls to drop you a scroll of id or tp. it just does. magic find only applies when the game rolls to drop an item like armor, sword, etc. THEN it has a higher chance to roll magic and above depending on the mf. so mf really only indirectly affects rune drops if you sacrifice damage and clear speed in favor of overstacking mf. cause the more stuff you kill the higher the chance for runes and charms to drop. but most chars can fairly easily stack 250-350 without sacrificing much clearspeed. and then it also depends what you are farming for. if i need bases i intentionally run 0mf and go to cows. if i run for exp i run absolute max damage.

[@cruelangel1516]

I know, just want to point out all the things I've found.

[@Wiktorino1984]

damn i could make infinity in hand but i make for merc and using esuta or crescent moon. I find Hrs by killing mana drainers like ghousts and in my experience kill more kill faster then anybode else = better best in p8 if possible. I used all sorceress and diffrent chars. Ofc you play same one of best farming char in game special in late game but still diffrent chars are good for diffrent areas. My friend play fire sorc and definitly that build shines now special you can go fireball + hydras and got sick dps. I try also elemental druid "fire" and i can easy recomend him he is even better then hammer in many areas.

[@cruelangel1516]

Infinity on Merc while use Crescent Moon is not bad in term of damage output, but Nova is a mana hungry build, so you have to drink mana pots constantly. Self wield Infinity and Insight on Merc is the best setup.

[@Wiktorino1984]

@@cruelangel1516 I use items to maximise mana like frostburn, silk boots, 2 jordans and arach. When you got 4k mana still you got regeneration from warmth. Its almost like mana tank.

[@tylandry1995]

I did laugh out loud after he was done explaining how he doesn't need Magic Find because with out it he still found Ber and Jah. 🤭 someone tell him ...😂

[@cruelangel1516]

I know mf doesn't affect runes. Just want to mention everything I've found.

[@SaiGetaSama]

speed damage is main but do check your drops. i was doin pub chaos with my pally a light sorc came and hijacked me with lightning speeds and after went to join cows in act1. i went around and found a Lo rune on the floor lol gg

[@cruelangel1516]

I also once found an Ohm in Chaos when I backtracked.

[@SaiGetaSama]

@@cruelangel1516 lol nice i think also because too many items drop cant see the runes. need item filter and filter the potions

[@jgbrandi]

May be you kill so fast than you even see the drop.

[@cruelangel1516]

Maybe yes, maybe no.

[@idowork8742]

Man this video makes me want to keep playing nova but I have been loving my fireball meteor sorc more. And I agree about magic find to me it is a urban legend.

[@cruelangel1516]

That's how I always feel about MF. I do have a Hydra/Fireball/Meteor Fire Sorc and I'll show her build next.

[@idowork8742]

@@cruelangel1516 nice! I haven't seen too many of them but I play nova last season alot so I wanted to try something different so fire it was.

[@cruelangel1516]

I think right now most people will play the Enchant Bow Sorc with Demon Machine if they want to make a Fire Sorc.

[@ScalpingTrends]

why the hell do you have all those soulstones? Is that for rushing or something? wtf lol

[@cruelangel1516]

Those are Annihilus small charms

[@leejordan001]

I have incredibly bad luck. I farm with a nova sorc with insane speed and the highest rune i found is an ohm. I never fimd a mal infact! Never a shako, reapers toll, arachnid, tundergod... Nothing. I want so badly a vex rune for flickering flame but I vant find... Lol!

[@cruelangel1516]

You can easily sell p gems or Ral/Sol/Nef for a Vex from your runs with your insane kill speed

[@leejordan001]

@@cruelangel1516 thanks for the response. I cant stash my low runes and pgems i have so many. But no one want to buy them. Eberybody wants mid runes for exchange. Maybe i have no time to find the correct trade partner...

[@cruelangel1516]

Are you serious? It's so easy to sell those. Especially P Amethyst and Ral.

[@leejordan001]

@@cruelangel1516 yes. I once could sell 40 pame for ist. Nothing from that day. I make trade rooms and no one buy my ametists.

[@cruelangel1516]

It's very hard to trade by just making room in game. Try Traderie and Discord. You got ripped off, 40-45 p amethyst is easily a Vex or 3 Ist.

[@suwucidal5837]

200 mf is all you ever needed, anything above 300 ruins kill speed and ruins chances of items with how slow you will go. and you dont even need MF for runes, so yea...

[@cruelangel1516]

Yup, as long as it doesn't sacrifice kill speed.

[@leo874life]

You have just gotten lucky my friend and play a lot more then the average person

[@cruelangel1516]

Maybe. Luck is the most important factor.

[@Squatch_11]

He has a level 99 character. Of course it's easy for him to say "magic find doesn't matter" when he plays the game more than 99.9% of all players.

[@cruelangel1516]

I think the only time I put on MF gears/charms is when D2R first launch, but at that time I don't have anything else to put on anyway. Every time I can make my kill speed faster with better gears, I put them on without a second thought of how much MF I have.

[@GorcStew]

I guess you don't see the benefit of upgrading vipermagi? I was told by another elitist that it is necessary for P8 but am a lil irritated that I listened now :/ lol

[@cruelangel1516]

If you're gonna have more than 84 strength for you build anyway, go for it. Otherwise, it's better to leave it for the lower strength requirement.

[@jmcrapo32]

MF doesn’t effect rune drops.

[@cruelangel1516]

Exactly

[@francoispelissier1547]

MF doesnt affect rune drop.

[@cruelangel1516]

I know, just want to point out all the things I've found.

[@sinceramenteo.3055]

Joguei aqui no Brasil 2002 muito bom esse jogo

[@claudiahelmer4706]

He's right, magic find is overrated, you don't need magic find. Also, self-carrying infinity on player one is not overkill, who says such nonsense. On the contrary, with the infinity you carry yourself, you could replace some skillers with 7% magic find small charms and have the fastest and best magic find character in the whole game! And even without magic find it's not overkill, it would be overkill if you killed monsters with a single spell because you do too much damage, but that's not the case. And even without magic find he is the best and fastest mf character in the game. Farmspeed is everything because perfect gems and low to mid runes are worth a lot if you do sell them in quantity.

[@cruelangel1516]

> Exactly.

[@ilyabrookwell780]

If you want a holy grail, it sure does matter. I run 450-800 mf on all my characters.

[@cruelangel1516]

I guess so. The only item I haven't found is Tyreal's Might tho.

[@alundra89]

Did you just really said, you sell your token for high runes? sure.. facepalm. if you are lucky you get 1 Ist for token.

[@cruelangel1516]

Just sold 12 for a Ber

[@shamangamingkz]

Thats how i got my infi last season. 6 tokens vex or ohm. Around 12-16 for 1 ber

[@loveappleboy]

I don't have much of MF 'cause I buy what I need

[@melvinatkins998]

Haven’t played in forever! But if the game is still basically the same? Speed in runs > MF! Wash, rinse, repeat! 🤷🏼

[@cruelangel1516]

Pretty much. The game is in mainteance mode already.

[@Liza.Wharton]

thought this was gonna be some new, interesting discussion about mf but it was just one man's anecdotal experience and flat-out denial about mathematics and how RNG works lmao

[@powerfulnoun2608]

yeah but if you put on magic find you'll find shit 300x faster, runes aren't calculated on mf so obviously people will find them. Magic find makes gearing your character up and generating currency to do the build you actually want to do way faster. Not everyone has 12 hours a day to farm on non ladder collecting shit, we just wanna gear up and start doing what we actually want to do in the game. You CAN play like this if you want but it's inefficient as fuck 😂

[@cruelangel1516]

From my experience, it really doesn't matter. RNG will always be RNG. Things will drop or not drop regardless. I choose kill speed all the way.

[@powerfulnoun2608]

@@cruelangel1516 The math has been done for nearly 2 decades, people have tested this shit for 20 years, it does matter 😂

[@cruelangel1516]

Unless you want to solo self found everything, it's faster to trade for high runes and use the runes to trade for a Griffon than actually pump up your MF and try to find one yourself. I enjoy playing this way a lot more, and I don't see it anywhere closed to being inefficient.

[@parv3y092]

U do 2000 runs vs my 200 runs with 500 mf and will see who finds what yes u can find anything with no mf but it takes way to long its not an argument I'm not going to force someone to pick up a 100 dollar bill on the sidewalk ill pick it up if u don't not to be rude but I'm not mfing 2000 games with no mf ill mf 500 games 500 is more then plenty. crazy no mf at 500 mf clear speed on baal is 8 seconds 8 players vs no mf your ruining urself

[@voidxvoid]

40ED 15IAS JEWELRY IS EASILY GET WHEN LOW MF

[@robbytherob]

Perfect gems for high runes? Must be non ladder lol

[@Hagelnot]

Quite an unpopular opinion, but an interesting one. Been finding myself a few times saying "if only that wouldn't be magic", of course I do have non-mf chars too, but thats mostly not the sorcs^^ Maybe I should give it a try :)

[@cruelangel1516]

Sometimes maybe, but MF is still just better chance, not guarantee. Character power is something always there.

[@Derzull2468]

Mf has barely any influence on if you're going to get a 15/40 jewel or not. You have less chance to get a rainbow facet but that's a stretch to blame mf for not finding 15/40...

[@cruelangel1516]

The point I'm trying make is you can absolutely find GG items that worth ALOT without any MF

[@Derzull2468]

@@cruelangel1516 If you want bases, yes. If you want uniques/sets, no, you're just shooting yourself in the foot. If that's how you like to play, more power to you but saying that mf is barely useful is nonsense.

[@tomaspoljansky833]

D2 are moore about LUCK and endurace..... I have better drops with lower Mf....Nice video

[@cruelangel1516]

Thanks. Yup, all you need is luck and kill speed.

[@DNGR369]

The reason you don't care about cows that much is because it's bare like that run had literally nothing- and that's because you have no mf. A rune can drop all the same but if it doesn't- you absolutely won't see anything else drop with no mf. You'd farm cows more if it was more lucrative but your setup can't do it.

[@cruelangel1516]

For most people it's because it doesn't give them much XP. Cow is a well known place to farm RW bases, so it's actually better to farm it with little or no MF.

[@ITulkasI]

#Magicfindisalie

[@Leafgreen1976]

Have fun doing chaos and baal with that sorc on p8.Never happen.

[@cruelangel1516]

It's actually not bad at all. Plus it's an online character so I rarely solo in an 8 player game.