Diablo II Resurrected Rune Words - Death (Hel El Vex Ort Gul)

[@mccoyrj452]

I used this back in the day in an Eth Colossus Sword with 15% ED on a WW Barb. I loved that thing as it, combined with Delirium, i could get in the thick of things without fear all the time. You were frozen, confused, or dead and it was GLORIOUS

[@loganedwards5701]

2:45 this dude being max efficient with gaming and video making. HUGE DUDE DESERVES 100k subs+

[@joey2789]

Multitasking god... gamer

[@kriswempa5171]

I had multiple Gul and Vex runes that I wanted to use on something, so I just made this in a phase blade. I am quite impressed. It's killing speed is on par with Grief and I love the bonus chilling effect.

[@IcapapalotlPopocatepepetl]

Excuse me pretty please but where in the Nine Hells did you find any "Freezes target" either on Death or on Grief? If you mean Glacial Spike proc on attack, it's chilling effect works quite sad even at Nightmare, not even talking of Hell.

[@krisreddish3066]

A day or two on countess using the cube to for crafting up. For folks wondering what it takes for Gul and Vex to be obtained quickly. You will need to farm her for keys anyway. :P A few past vex though takes luck or a long time.

[@GGMentor]

You are a madlad

[@bekitamas]

It's a good weapon for a Frenzy barb too.. in the off hand (of course if not planning to get 2 grief )

[@GGMentor]

Well it's much cheaper then Grief so there is also that.

[@TheTyphonikBeast]

Works on a zeal pally too with andariels visage, laying of hands and high lords to make up the ias, that’s how I rock my single player pally on /p 8 for trav runs

[@the86driver]

Appreciate these videos going in depth for these runewords and unique items. Never knew I would need more info on them lol

[@GGMentor]

Diablo II is deceptively complicated and I love it.

[@NGeese]

Pretty sure Death in an eth Decapitator is now BiS for DPS on a Fury Druid. I run one on mine with a Fanat A1 merc to hit max frames. From Maxroll, I'm over 120k DPS on this. Insane runeword for Fury Druid with the changes to slower weapons now.

[@GGMentor]

Nice

[@lobsterfork]

You are on point about niche gear. I am a timmy player. I don’t care if someone else can 1 shot 50 hell cows. I only care about how awesome it is for me to one shot 5 hell cows with my cool build.

[@GGMentor]

Lol I like it

[@ericmartinez527]

,78,, x is,'c8f8

[@BigBones187]

IDk i've done a lot of testing on a zeal pally with fanat and I kill bosses and most things way faster with death than grief. the crushing blow and deadly strike is super useful to get I get a ton of attack speed from other places theyr'e both good but with death being so much cheaper its my go to for pally.

[@BigBones187]

One of my fav toons I played this ladder was dual dream pally with infinity on merc, me running fanat, Death is def best wep for thsi kuz you dont have your helm to get crushing blow so crushing blow is tough to get and you have a ton of attack speed anyways using death over grief wasnt a huge difference in attack speed *there was some of course but not huge* and having 50 crushing plus 15 from boots 10 fromt hands instead of just th 15 and 10 made me kill bosses so much faster easily put me at 100 curshing and deadly and the top end dmb on it is very high with eth zerker axe I found it over all to be much better for bosses, and about the same for trash mobs

[@BigBones187]

Near 100 crushing*

[@Ironclad6661]

Wow what an amazing weapon. Someday I hope to have one. Just need to keep playing. Great video thanks.

[@Ironclad6661]

No luck finding the high runes for this but I did get the Blade of Ali Baba. So happy with that!

[@ArafuraMusic]

Just a note, weapon dmg and added dmg do not apply to kicks. Death is like Rift’s cousin, but sadly just worse for kickers due to Glacial Spike being significantly weaker. The crushing blow on it is nice, though.

[@Ashleymaul]

I feel Death is a bit underrated with people often going for BOTD or Grief, largely because of lacking attack speed. However... You pair it with 20+15% Andy and you can use it very well in melee, plus the frost aoe is really nice. Obviously it's good on some assassin builds as well.

[@zackharris5998]

It's great for a zealer I have 100% crushing blow 100 % deadly strike with death. The lack of attack speed doesnt really matter with fanaticism plus a ias jewel fixes it

[@GGMentor]

Overkill imo =¶

[@Mirroxaphene]

Absolute kick ass runeword. I would put this in an ethereal Champion Ax since It’s the fastest elite ax & use it on a Druid & absolutely rape everything with great efficiency. Really stunning & damaging runeword that I don’t think most people appreciate due to certain shortcomings that are easily overcome.

[@Theswazzer]

I have the runes need the ax lol

[@emerald3666]

Death is awesome for a fana zealer. You can use treachery armor or an ias socketed gris shield to accelerate it. Death is on par with Grief. Well, at least if you're not on p8. The glacial spike is really cool too. ;)

[@GGMentor]

Yes glacial spike spam is great cc

[@ДокторЯдо]

Sadly, it won't reach perfect attack speed with all the other BiS items, even with 15% IAS jewel.

[@jaredbills72]

I have this on a paladin that is a 1 point smiter. I found COA with two sockets. Put 2 15% IAS jewels in it and had laying of hands on. So that's 50% IAS. It works very well on a zeal paladin. Ettin axe as well.

[@avfriedman9802]

2 handed eth death decapitator axe is arguably best in slot for fury Druid. 400-over 1k max damage.

[@GGMentor]

Yup only if you hit the IAS breakpoint

[@whitekony1006]

My favorite weapon in all of d2- edeath decap on my tigersin, charger and leaper,ettin axe on my blade fury sin and others. Its absolutely brutal,not alot of showboat procs or funny properties but pure ds, CB and ed. Yummy.

[@BearX681]

Team Death 💀💀 My favorite rune word.

[@kartoffelsalat0]

I just had to have a death frenzy barbarian so I rock 2 of them on him. Its just fun. Are there better combos? Sure are but at that point your just splitting hairs

[@jaredkish992]

I love Oath main hand 50ias and very close dog and death in offhand on my frenzy. Can do ubers and everything lol

[@allysinlombard]

Does it make sense to boost Dex to maximize striking? Or is Dex just a defensive (max block) stat?

[@josephbondoc2561]

Great video! Quick question: does this runeword work for online, softcore, non-ladder players? (I’m on PSN)

[@GGMentor]

Yes

[@Mirroxaphene]

Does crushing blow perform the 1/4 monsters health OR weapon’s damage; whichever is greater?

[@GGMentor]

Both

[@RavenKitten]

i was just thinking of a silly question. can you make runewords with a necromancer wand? they all have stats and there is no way of finding one that doesnt have stats. Raven

[@GGMentor]

@@RavenKitten yes, the White Runeword

[@RavenKitten]

@@GGMentor is it possible to do a base upgrade for mosaic claws? oh yeah i was able to get another one. i even have a spart now. Raven

[@GGMentor]

@@RavenKitten no you cannot upgrade the base of runewords

[@DeeGKay]

I can tell that this weapon is very good on a melee sorc, and the golem is very nice for a melee sorc aswell to have. Try it out yourself with a full energy shield build it's a GG build

[@fathersondiecast6521]

I wanted this for Smiting and didnt have a suitable axe base so I rolled it in a PB not caring about the ED roll. I got 384 ED =/ And yes I know the DS is not affecting Smite, the CB and Glacial Spike are great on their own. Duration on the Glacial Spike is not an issue IMHO, they dont need to be frozen for long, with maxed Fanat.

[@GGMentor]

but death is indestructible ={ why put it in a non ethereal base?

[@ManchmalGaming]

I just found a Vex while farming Andy on my ssf Zealot. Tempting to make this but at P1, RWs like these are a bit too strong IMO. Like "Gz, you won the game!"

[@fiable262626]

Going to make a nice charge paladin weapon.

[@michaellui5108]

A double death act 5 Merc would be interesting- good for specific circumstances

[@Scroapy]

Since we have new PTR changes now... The Eth Death Decapitator/Glorious Axe is now insane on furry wolf or hybrid furry/summon wolf :)

[@GGMentor]

Aye the changes to SS Ias calculationsn have really flipped everything on end

[@Mirroxaphene]

I always used “Death” in a Champion axe since it’s the fastest of the two handed axes.

[@GGMentor]

@@Mirroxaphene plus druids get a nice attack speed bonus

[@ggtt2547]

At the start you are saying that there are runewords which are much better than it. Are they much better for roughly the same cost? Death is a relative cheap runeword and i'm nowhere close to rich in D2! Also, that sweet 50% crushing blow is the main selling point for me. It's one of the two swords (the other one being Kingslayer on a PB with the sweet 50% open wounds) i made specifically to beat Ubers. Wondering what else i could have made after your comment...

[@Theswazzer]

Ilovemf says this is a really good weapon for fury Druid.

[@GGMentor]

Best one if you can overcome the attack speed problems. Eth Death Decapitator

[@Theswazzer]

I have a non eth lol of course

[@GGMentor]

never make death in a non eth base silly

[@hossman7432]

Is this good for a WW Barb? I can't find a LO rune for grief

[@GGMentor]

It could do well yes, keep in mind it is slower and you need more ias to offset it. Death is a very good budget item

[@hossman7432]

@@GGMentor Nice, thanks, my only other current option is a Call to Arms bc I have the OHM rune, but i guess its not very popular, I am trying to stick with Axes for my Barb instead of Swords bc in my head a Barbarian should have an Axe not a Sword lol

[@jgbrandi]

For Frenzy Barb to make Ubers works this weapon ?

[@GGMentor]

The massive 50% crushing blow would certainly be useful on Ubers. You also need some form of open wounds though

[@flemmingstein]

What about using 2 of them on a barbarian Merc? Would that be working 100% chrushing and 1% critical strike per level of the barbarian.

[@GGMentor]

Window wielding it only applies to each weapon if it's on the weapon. So two weapons with 50% each are still only 50% per swing because they're only applying to their own swing. However if you have an amulet that has deadly strike on it it will apply to both weapons.

[@Omar_listenin]

Looking to make a frenzy barb with grief and death...is that a bad idea due to the 0 IAS from death? To me the crushing blow/deadly strike makes up for the lack of IAS especially when coupled with Highlords wraith. I'm having some trouble finding a Lo rune for grief though so maybe this will never happen

[@allysinlombard]

Are Hephasto runs like Countess runs (guaranteed rune drops)?

[@Kristalya]

Yay another lesson in the School of Ginger! 🤩 I wonder what is your name? Of course I understand if you don't wish to share it. 😊

[@GGMentor]

Don't get fought by My Girlfriend Krista lol, My Real Name is Daniel But Honestly I prefer GGM

[@JAFTW]

Will this work with ww barb?

[@GGMentor]

I suppose you could use it on a WW barb with decent effect. I feel like BOTD or Grief would be better choices but This weapon is easier to obtain. I would also make it in a Eth Berserkers axe if you planned on a WW barb as it would be a bit faster. Berserkers Axes also have a much larger range which is important to Whirlwind.

[@JAFTW]

@@GGMentor ty for the info. Love the vids.

[@yasaiasazuke]

Blood Golem dmg increased in hell, so he should be at 83~225 dmg

[@abrakadabra2396]

i have a grief and i m thinking to build this runeword , worth to put it together with grief on barb if i put attack speed gloves ? (i m using swords only)

[@chasemauney9654]

It's goes amazing as a off hand with grief

[@rohanlomas4323]

Hi GGM, I have a WW Barb and currently rocking 2 eth Oath in balrog blades, looking for some dmg increase... considering this or BotD. This seems appealing as it doesn't cost much compared to the BotD, but is it any good for WW Barb? Also considering going Frenzy Barb for doing Ubers as well so I could use Death for this too. Interested to hear your thoughts. Cheers

[@GGMentor]

It's a decent budget weapon yeah.

[@davidsquier4474]

On attack helps with blade shield

[@PeSaHazard]

Deadly strike have a diminishing returns applied to items, more you stack less it gives, the math there is a bit more complicated. Also critical strike or weapon mastery mess it up a bit.

[@seraphimipx2611]

hmm… isn’t it either crushing OR deadly? they can’t proc both as far as i know. so if it’s 100% crushing deadly would be worthless cause it won’t ever proc.

[@scottmichael7178]

i think you you got a little confused on your math there, You said you were 16% shy of the cap when you were 19 %

[@GGMentor]

I always do when it comes to simple math 🤣

[@Phnxkon]

I leave things like clegaw gloves on the ground because they're far too common to trade and if I really wanted them I'd find them pretty quick.

[@GGMentor]

Lol and then when I needed them I couldn't find them 🤣 I literally search ally mules didn't find a single pair, then proceeded to play the entire game from lvl 1 all the way to lvl 81 and never found a single set of the gloves

[@richardhaw9757]

it's grief's cheap cousin

[@amfitness5598]

Two H Sword zeal death pally for P8 Trav….

[@barryschalkwijk9388]

but a gul is half a vex...

[@GGMentor]

I explained myself pretty well on this Vex doesn't drop from Forge, but Gul does. This makes gul much easier to come by then Vex, however since you would have to get two guls to make a Vex and the chances of that from forge are minimal at best I consider Vex to be much more rare. As well to make this recipe you would need to get Three Guls from Forge not just two.

[@barryschalkwijk9388]

@@GGMentor Vex is more rare definitively, but it came across a bit as if guls grow on trees next to orts :-)

[@GGMentor]

@@barryschalkwijk9388 Orts sound like some sorta delicious fruit... Your making me hungry

[@LosDoyerss]

Eth death decapitator for shape shift druid.

[@albertobernal2537]

test

[@GGMentor]

what are we testing