D2R - Top 10 Worst Unique Items (With Loathing)

[@lordgut5252]

Don’t hate too much on Kinemil…. When you need to farm chipped gems in normal difficulty this Sword is perfect! You never get touched🤣

[@apollo3604]

Exactly what i use this for. Slap this on your higher level character just sprint through Normal listening for chippies.

[@viperswhip]

Mule yourself a complete Flail and it rocks the normal game hard.

[@sursnaps]

Kinemil's would be a pretty fun versatile low lvl sword if it applied a lvl 6 holy fire aura to your char instead of +6 skill points.

[@ertavampy4622]

Or if it was one handed so actually viable for a pally.

[@xxZitroxx]

Yea then you could even dual wield as a frenzy Barb and have lvl 12 holy Fire. Early on thatd be pretty nice.

[@MrAlefloo]

Love kinemils awl, so fun just rushing trough and see everything dies up until Blessed hammer🤣

[@teodor783]

Levelling with kinemil dumping all points in holy fire and resist fire with lore, viper and magefist. You just walk around and everything dies

[@lightningandodinify]

I was looking forward to seeing you do an epic roast 😭🤣 I'm not done the video yet, but it's great that you're teaching us of the good in these items while still clarifying the severity of their bads. It's funny, informative, and kinda sad at the same time. I hope the developers see this video for ideas on how to save these items 😣

[@ak_getright9905]

LMAO the maximum stamina on templars might 🤡 🤡🤣

[@Rumblingbelly]

Made me lol xD

[@XxPhoenixHarpyexX2]

Ginger: corpse explsion is so small that it wont hit anything at all. Me: And yet.....nihlathak kills me with one corpse explosion across the screen.

[@GGMentor]

He has high level CE that has a much larger radius

[@Chiefs_fan1595]

The level of quality with the content you drop is top notch

[@ejnt00217]

This content rolled superior quality

[@GGMentor]

Subscribe or I will curse you with these items as drops from every monster forever. Also DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXiqiWaOiNR4esk

[@Hilke88]

Stamina should increase hit recovery. It would make it useful and makes sense within the lore of the fight. More stamina = faster maintaining your ground after taking a hit

[@UnrivaledPiercer]

I know I'm in a minority among purists, but there is a reason why transmogrification is popular in games. Items like Templar's Might are awesome looking when equipped, yet we never see them in normal game play because of the abysmal stats they bring. I really want a cube recipe or something for transmog options in D2R. In single player if you don't care about being 100% legit, it's easy to transfer item stats from one to another of a different design, but online you're really locked into just a few appearances per character based on your build. Green hat gang rise up!

[@robertvose7540]

Well, there's nothing stopping anyone from using an item like Templar's Might. I know one of my favorite armors, Leviathan, is one of the coolest looking in the game, and is entirely worth using. Templar's Might is also worth using. Is it the best? Hell no. Is it even "worth" using? Probably not. Can you use it and still succeed entirely, and have no problems with anything in PvM? YES. And so, really, transmog is not what you want. You can already transmog. You simply have to deal within the constraints of gear in the game. Which is entirely good game design. If you want to be awesome, then be awesome, nothing is stopping you. I look at a game like Dark Souls, often known as Fashion Souls. Why? Because you can use any armors that you want. It really doesn't matter. You can beat the game in rags. You can beat the game in the heaviest armors. And everything inbetween. The stats, while yes they technically matter on the items, the simple fact remains, you can beat the game using whatever items. It's the same in Diablo 2. Sure, it might be more challenging. You might not be the most godly of god gear god gods, or whatever. But maybe, that's part of the fun, no? Maybe challenge yourself, no? Sincerely, - Bing Sz Wang Double Swing Barb.

[@jdstark24]

Lol I also wish there was transmog in D2R, but largely because I hate the look of shako

[@andreandre2230]

Os danos por veneno deveriam se somar

[@josephpowers7155]

My original account name was : silver wings.... and I only played barbarian... imagine my exquisite joy upon discovering that the best barb helm was a triumphantly silver falcon winged arreats face- I had no clue before playing my barb named falcongms... it was fated in the stars to be so- then the devs skin swapped it for the I.K. healm... I perfered the silver... never been the same since

[@patinthechat6452]

I have a viperfork on my merc now, I can't get rid of it fast enough. Had a socketed Hone Sundan but I upgraded it out of his hands haha whoops!

[@adamhero459]

I actually like atmas. But it is more of a jack of all trades, so it really is only something to help fill a few things you are lacking until you find something better or level up a bit more to build up your stats a bit more to no longer need it.

[@choupetto85]

You have 100% more chance to drop a 30+ all res pally shield 0-4 sockets before dropping Alma Negra

[@nunyabeezwax6758]

I do currently have a brand new d2r offline char where +3 to might is literally awesome though on a scepter to the point of beating out otherwise MUCH more powerful items from a base attack/weapon type perspective. :( Stupid yellows are pretty difficult to get to drop, dropped so many 2 handers... I use smite, FML.

[@flamerollerx01]

Of all the things that should be changed, nearly all charged uniques should just have O skills instead. Then they would actually be really good. Charges should only be a cheap thing you get on magic and rare crap you find (with a few exceptions). I think Kinemil's could be much better if it straight up gave holy fire when equipped, so you could stack it with other auras, or use it on another class. It would be a fun build. Shame it sucks so bad. Also, poisons need to be normalized (same duration) and they need to stack. Also what if Alma Negra had +6 so smite, the amount of damage you talked about, but maybe no attack rating at all, since it would be built for smite and smite never misses. I wonder if Templar's might were an Ancient armor instead if that would be enough to make it useful? Might need a slight nerf to it's enhanced defense though.

[@g4lb4n59]

Jajaja... can't stop thinking that I got excited when I got a Viperfork!!! Very entertaining video Ginger and, as always, very nice explanations

[@muhammadzinc5228]

honestly devs need to re-work and buff a lot of uniques in order to compete with Runewords

[@RiotforPeacePlz]

Yah it's like oh I got this lvl 40 sword that cast a lvl 3 firebolt ohhh wow that monster is going to fear that lol

[@edwardanthony8929]

This was a very valuable video. The game drowns you with choices, so having a knife to cut out nonsense is great.

[@choupetto85]

Im curious how much damage Moonfall meteor charges do with Fire Mastery cause the Hellfire torch Hydra goes up to 1.3k if youre a sorceress

[@off-meta-michael]

Loved the silent, disappointed look on your face as you dropped the Alma Negra shield on the ground. Says it all. Man and templar's might is such nonsense for how rare it is. It should be +2 to all skills with -50% requirements and something cool like a level 100 teeth when struck. I dunno just something.

[@GGMentor]

I think my disappointment with alma negra is that it has a niche as a high damage shield. But the problem is it doesn't even fulfill it's own niche very well. Aside from a few very specific PVP scenarios it's not better than any other shield choice even in it's own chosen Niche which is dps output.

[@nononononononononono2045]

love to see you working hard with those videos(and livestreams of course) - keep it up. All the best!

[@ericwycoff1399]

"I wouldn't even use this to make an iron golem!" LOOOOL!

[@liquidformat]

To be fair to Skull Splitter it was designed back in ye olden times when uniques had no level requirement so you could use it on a barb around level 6 so it wasn't horrible. Most of the normal uniques suffer from the same issue, just look at the unique normal bows some of them were great when they first came out since they had no level requirements but they gave them all unreasonable level requirements turning them into hot garbage. I really wish they would go back and look at the normal uniques and set items and scale back the level requirements or just remove them. I miss having bonesnap at level 5

[@jesseroberts1041]

That would instantly increase their value for sure

[@ZeroF557]

Is it possible that the devs may have put bad items in the game intentionally, probing the player to carefully think about their choices in which items they equip? Reminds me of what Cain says in Act 1"You may recover some mysterious things from the demons you kill. Some of great use to you... some of great peril".

[@BH-vh3iu]

Just 'cause I watched this I got a Moonfall from Diablo, eeck

[@GGMentor]

oh no lol

[@VulcanP90]

I made a CTA in a military pick for the style points.

[@GGMentor]

All right Brad Pitt calm down

[@digidressdress2363]

How many of those items are from the original diablo2 game, not including any patches or lod

[@GGMentor]

2, I believe

[@illwillsquared]

alot of these uniques were tweaked in PD2, love it.

[@HLl564]

In their defence some of the items was designed even before lod and runewords

[@GGMentor]

I think a lot of the poison items fall into this category as they were designed before the great poison nerf, and subsequently fell into disrepair after the great poison nerf. As they were never properly rebalanced.

[@KrisM189]

This video made me laugh alot:) The contempt is hilarious. I think they should overhaul many of the old unique items to increase variety and playstyles. Hell, they could start by making them fun vs godly ;) gg video man.

[@mvargasmoran]

Could you imagine Stormspike with Zeal? and better procs skills, I think we could leave the charged bolts as is, just to be a sparkling meme melee Sorc.

[@demiserofd]

Don't forgot good old IRONSTONE! With stats worse than common rare weapons! Ironstone War Hammer +100-150% Damage +100-150 AR 1-10 Lightning Damage +10 Strength Level 27

[@manowartank8784]

Up to 47-72 for one hander is not bad at lvl 27 - i could see a Fanaticism Zealot using it to finish Normal, then using it to farm NM Countess for Sol to upgrade it further to Battle hammer - 87-145 weapon would be decent for rest of the NM. You would do some 500 average Zeal hit in A4 NM with it, so it's 3-4 hits to kill Oblivion knight. Still not that bad - considering you don't find anything else by that point. Far from being useless as other pieces in the list.

[@buybuck]

Could U make a Video about the worst sets diablo 2? The completely useless ones. 'coz I keep them all but fell that some of them I've never used & will never be able to use

[@sherizaahd]

Isn't the problem with most unique items that they released Runewords without rebalancing the other items? Though, I'm sure a lot of unique items were always poor compared to other rare or unique items.

[@halwakka504]

A lot of these items are crap now because the game has been patched and changed so many times over the years without adjusting the stats on these items. Pre-synergy D2 was an entirely different animal.

[@game_jinx]

thx ggm. overall poison could use some tender loving care. the stack and over ride is a real issue online with uncontrolled player procs

[@MrShadowhearth]

I am really late to the party( I played D2 in eastern eu internet cafe ), and your vidoes are so helpful for me to get back in to D2R as old fecker and learn about items and their values. You are one sexy ginger beard fecker!

[@GGMentor]

Lol glad I can help

[@andrewlanglois6362]

19:34 Alma Negra has no all res, like any ordinary Paladin shield, no features for increased limit res, no cap to attack speeds, no reduction auras/no attack auras, not self-repair capabilities

[@finalcam1740]

Paladin shields can have either all res or damage/AR. alma negra is a damage/AR variant.

[@GGMentor]

Yes and if you made say Spirit Runeword in a Perfect Damage/AR Variant paladin shield it would be better imo than Alma Negra and still provide the increased damage.

[@njdutoit]

I used Alma Negra on my first Zealot to complete Hell Difficulty. I like it. The Magic Reduction is slso decent.

[@WooliteMammoth]

kinemil's awl with a holy fire paladin through normal...you will ZIP by. Great to get a new pally through the game fast. The aura alone will destory enemies. It's still not a good weapon but it was that one use lol

[@drppnts4food]

As with many others. Disagree with Kinemils awl. Playing self found hardcore ladder and this item is absolutely carrying me. You don't need to attack with it, you're just using the aura. And the level req is low. If you are leveling up with holy fire through normal and early nm with holy fire, then what is better? This item has many case uses.

[@GGMentor]

Honestly a +3 holy fire random scepter, and a +1 shield of any type is better. Like sigons, steelclash, ect.

[@jerrypeterson5011]

This has to be one of the more informative D2R videos out there and still managed to be entertaining to me. Seeing you just throw away uniques and slapping your hand made laugh. Besides saying thank you for the information, I am curious did you really end up throwing away those items in your game files?

[@GGMentor]

Lol, they are still in the item pack who knows maybe one day they will be updated and be useful

[@sebgal8544]

Alma Negra was used back in the day in Melee duels, you could max resistances without using a shield on a Paladin pretty easy so the no resistance wasn't a big deal (they also used to host PvP games in Nightmare mode instead of Hell also), and also resistance wasn't needed when you were Zeal vs Zeal, Zeal vs Barb, Zeal vs Bowzon (minus Poison of course), Zeal vs Fury Druid etc. ALSO, runewords were banned in certain circles, so it was primarily Uniques/Rares.

[@pokemonfan2630]

Yeah its still a beast for zeal vs zeal, beats out hoz for sure.

[@ext93]

Ah yes. I remember looking for games named "NM DUEL NOW" or "NM DUELZIN"

[@bluebarrymore5442]

do you think they should update items in diablo? like so many things are just basically unusable.

[@GGMentor]

I think some items need some adjustments, but They said they would not be touching uniques in diablo 2 so it's a moot point.

[@mikemurray4788]

Found a viperfork recently. Glad I searched your channel. Straight in the trash.

[@GGMentor]

glad I could assist with taking out the garbage

[@andycasler9056]

On the viperfork, I'd put some sockets in it, throw in some perfect emeralds and see if I could stack poison damage boost from Trang-Oul's Claws on top of that... just for shits 'n' giggles. Or maybe make an iron golem out of it.

[@damyonsim4552]

Man, your content is top shelf...thank you !

[@PedroJPedro]

Do you think they can program poison damage to be independent of one another? Kind of how like they changed the next hit delay? Or is that impossible.

[@GGMentor]

Open Wounds is separate from poison but functions just like poison and works right along side poison lol. So using that as a base for understanding I am sure they could figure it out if they wanted.

[@OneWayTraffic]

Kinemil's Awl is fine for cruising through Normal up to Level 45 or so. Then time to respec from Holy Fire.

[@GGMentor]

eh, better off with a +3 holy fire weapon you can by from akara, and a decent shield.

[@PedroJPedro]

Honestly alma negra could just use all res and a large flat AR bonus like a +450 and it won’t be horrible.

[@GGMentor]

It certainly does need something to differentiate it from other shields. The problem with the damage bonus is it's really low when you compare that you can innately get that on any shield base. It is obviously meant to be a offensive shield, so why not just lean into that more? Give it 15-30% IAS or increase the AR and Damage to a more significant degree, or give it Crushing Blow, open wounds, or deadly strike. Something to make it stand out over other choices as an interesting option for a offensive focused melee. And most importantly something to make losing the resistances on my shield worth it.

[@amfitness5598]

These are great videos for theory crafting bc u go into details of why the items are not useful especially for their level. The Alma Negra is an item that has always puzzled me, and I happen to find often in game always to look and charsi it. I mean if the designers plan was to make it offensive shield only and make u sacrifice defensive stats that usually come with a Pally shield 🛡 then the trade off must really be worth it. Higher ED and AR numbers would help. I argue that putting stats like % chance to CB would also be nice…maybe 20-30% range CB? Lastly I was thinking how when u build a Holy Fire or Holy Shock characters there are double rune words to provide u with the auras…but when it comes to Holy Freeze there is only doom with the lvl 12 on it…how cool would it be if Alma Negra as it’s “defensive bonus” instead of giving All Res like all shields instead gives like a lvl 10 Holy Freeze aura when equipped that stacks with Doom? I just think that would be super cool. And yea Pally is my favorite character I have a lot of builds😎

[@dmagick914]

War Spike can actually be a good base for Doom because it has better speed than a Berserker Axe and Doom can’t be made in a phaseblade.

[@catnium]

you will notice that barbarian armors dont have resistances because barbs have natural resistances

[@bangomatic4623]

Just leveling my barb, reaching NM LK. Suddenly a unique jagged star drops at 32:48 of your video.

[@GGMentor]

Hah

[@SaulGoodman-w2x]

One of the worst feelings in D2R - finding a super rare unique item that is utterly terrible.

[@TheAdditionalPylons]

Templars Might should grant might as a 0-skill instead of +2 offensive auras (paladin only). There, made it super interesting, hardly changed a thing.

[@ismirdochegal4804]

Why did you add a socket to every item shown in your videos? Oh, I see [42:30] it is single player and some mod in which you remodeled "Wisdom".

[@GGMentor]

Yes there are mock runewords in the pack for d2 and D2LoD users that want to try out the new runewords in the old version of the game without a modification

[@johnny05x]

Makes me wonder what useless uniques are good for iron golem

[@vjspectron]

My thoughts on these for anyone who wants to see them: -Viperfork - 50% IAS on a pretty-fast base spear and not-bad damage. Decent! If they do the right thing and give Poison Explosion a physical aspect this could be a hit someday. Iron Golem rating: 7/10 -Radament's Sphere - Okay this one is pretty crappy, doesn't even reduce poison duration. Iron Golem rating: 2/10 -Kinemil's Awl - Too clunky and big and not really good for anyone. Rares at this level spawn better stats. IG rating: 1/10 -Alma Negra - No resistances(!), they tried to make an offense-based Pally shield and it gets stomped by any unique Spiked-type Shield. IG rating: 1/10 -Templar's Might - A sick end-game joke. This is missing its centerpiece, it would need an oskill or aura, something focal to give it value commensurate to its scarcity. It gives Vitality so mercs don't even get health. Heavy AF. IMO this is the worst item on your list. IG rating: 2/10 -Moonfall - It's mediocre but I wouldn't say top-10 worthy. An oddball fire build or even enchantress might like its added fire damage and a 1/20 chance to drop a small meteor on your enemies...if it didn't have a Level 42 requirement! IG rating: 4/10 -Stormspire - Put a zero behind each CtC stat and make it a spear and suddenly it isn't worthless. Still not great, but at least it would be an option for Zons. IG rating: 7/10 -Stormspike - pretty useless, who asked for a lightning-themed dagger? It's weak but at least it gives heavy lightning resist. IG rating: 3/10 -Atma's Wail - HOLY SHNIT it's better than Templar's, and it still sucks. 30% FCR and MF, a little dex, and it helps you recover a bit of health and mana automatically. Subpar but not outright offensive. IG rating: 3/10 -Skull Splitter - This drops all the time, it's like a tiny runeword in its effects. Not too bad for level 20! IG rating: 5/10 OTHER WORST ITEMS: Steel Shade - Holy moly this is awful. It's a mistake! At its level and requirements it's gotta be unfinished. THE worst unique in the game IMO. IG rating: 3/10 Heart Carver - Better in D2R since they gave barbs daggers under Blade mastery, but meh. Deadly Strike is the least useful of the big damage mods for its target audience, and it loses to an Ali Baba or any MF item every time I wanna hork. Where's the MF, Heart Carver?? IG rating: 3/10 Wraith Flight - I wanna love it, but the devs did what they always do to the "infinite ethereal" uniques: the enhanced damage is underpowered. And it's sloooow. It's like they were scared to make giant monster-damage ethereal items so they skimmed the damage for "balance". If this had 200%+ enhanced damage it would be the only way it'd be a viable (but clunky) option for a ranged playstyle. IG rating: 4/10 Stormstrike - Required level 25 for 9 - 20 damage: something hurts about that, and it's not anything you're shooting! Actually all the lower Unique bows have insane level requirements for the measly damage they do. I picked on this one because it seemed the most useless aside from some pierce which is nice, I guess. The Battlebranch - Offers nothing a good rare can't improve upon. IG rating: 3/10 Gravepalm - If you're a physical attacker, you usually want to make sure your gloves have IAS and some AR or dex boost, maybe leech or a class-specific ability for zons and assassins. This, uhh...helps you fight skeletons. The hardest enemies to hit/damage in the game are demons, so items focused around hitting the undead are pretty niche. Too niche. Thanks for making this video! It's a fun point of discussion and maybe we'll see some of these fixed someday.

[@Saren-yc1rk]

Skull Splitter is worse than some rare axes\scepters from Act 1 normal. With a level requirement of 21.

[@GGMentor]

Lol yes

[@zmk5374]

Doesn't Holy Fire proc independent of attack speed? You can just be standing around and it procs on its own.

[@GGMentor]

Yes, for the pulse damage which isn't really that great. But Holy Fire Consists of two elements, the Pulse Damage, and the On Hit Physical Damage which is the primary output. The on hit physical Fire Damage does depend on Attack Speed. If you wait for the pulse damage to kill everything your gonna be waiting a while. Unless you just ridiculously over leveled for the zone.

[@condorkon7928]

I have never even came close to 5000 defense for hell lol.

[@killertrex]

They would be better if runewords did not exist

[@dannykoorevaar1574]

Templars might, alma negra, vamp gaze, azurewrath. That was my old zealer gehehe

[@ricardohernandezvega8588]

Good list. I hope they tackle the challenge of balancing most uniques so that they are more viable and upgradeable when transmuting, not to make them all super powerful but in service of the fantasy that each of them is supposed to have been created for. These choices illustrate very well how their intent when creating them, though they could sound interesting, can be very disappointing in practice for lack of proper fine-tuning.

[@nickwheeler9768]

I wish they would make more gear and builds viable

[@jessebishop5239]

This list is great entertainment. I think you could easily make another 10 worst uniques items list. There is a decent amount of them out there…Dragon Chang anyone?

[@deeks86]

I was gonna use a kinamils awl for a low level paladin playthrough. I tried it around level 23 in act3 normal and it does pretty well. I'm killing screens in no time with all that aoe fire damage. And with zeal hits he does fairly well. That's the only use for that sword imo.

[@GGMentor]

Holy fire does that fine without the sword 😂 that's like saying the nuclear bomb had an amazing blast radius because you added a sticker on the outside before you launched it. Not even to mention you'd get more mileage out of a +3 HF war scepter, and a decent shield

[@thewizard7099]

Just got a survey for your video from KZbin. I selected biggest smiley face and checked all boxes. Hope that help the channel:). Best detailed d2 and d2r guides on KZbin IMO

[@GGMentor]

wow a video survey huh never seen one of those. =)

[@thewizard7099]

@@GGMentor it shows up time to time under videos. Asks how enjoyable the content was with a rating from sad face - to huge smile. after has several boxes to check that says check all that apply (relaxing) (enjoyable) (informative) ect.

[@zzzzz329]

Just beat the game for the first time with the awl funnily enough, it helped me break 30 holy fire which was really nice for a low level first timer lol. I really think it's a decent weapon for normal difficulty

[@greggen63]

Surprised not to see Howltusk great helm in the video or the comments. Every time I look at it I'm baffled by how much of a letdown it is. I got sick of looking at it on my mules eventually and sold it.

[@GGMentor]

It has niche uses, especially for ranged characters, and ranged mercs.

[@RazziusMephisto]

I am like huh I will do Holy fire cuz I found this +6 holy fire sword... few days later I see this lol xD

[@GGMentor]

You can still do holy fire, just use a steelclash and a hell plauge much easier to get and work better.

[@RazziusMephisto]

@@GGMentor I will check them out, thank you.

[@CommanderReplay]

I just found a Steel Shade. It probably should have made the list.

[@MrandMrsQuack]

I wish we had these videos ten years ago. 15 year old me could've used them lol

[@GGMentor]

there are 15 year olds getting into diablo II right now as we type. =) so at least they will have the benefit

[@MrandMrsQuack]

@@GGMentor that's amazing love to see new players come to this amazing game

[@Dawnarow]

Alma negra and templar's might shouldn't be in there, but the rest seems accurate/reasonable rants. Its also fine to have subpar uniques. The reason why these two shouldn't be there is because they are top tier for GM melee pvp. I do agree that the +stamina could have been something like... +10 damage reduction or something negligible, but not as trolly xD. There are a couple of "endgames" in d2r and Pvm is there to Get to those endgame... sadly, bots will always go against anyone's will tobother all that much about pvm. I'm a lover of rares and their reaaaally intricate values, but yea.. all that being said, some uniques could use a little tweak. Imo, if Tyrael's might had +1 to all skills or 1-2 (RnG) to a class or one of their tree, that item would make you wonder which builds don't need teleport and would compete with the other armors :P However, I'd want to avoid messing with everything so +1 to all skills could be good enough along with, maybe, some additional uniques that allow cool builds to be 1/2 the hdin's pace... and well... I always thought that hdins could take the 1/2 nerf in damage ;) [despite owning a "+5" to all skills rare scepter: 2/3/3]. Feel free to msg me on discord : discord_gg/9j5PuYUgca just replace the underscore with a dot.

[@GGMentor]

Extremely Niche PvP only uses that don't even cover the entirety of pvp but only Sub Niche Categories is not reason enough to keep them off the list. Also Alma Negra Made it onto the list for another very important reason, It has to be perfect to even be considered for those Niche uses. Alma Negra has some extremely bad rolls and is more often than not sub par whenever found. The very rare chance you ever encounter a perfect Eth Alma Negra is so rare It's not even something I considered when adding it to the list.

[@kaheldeitz592]

Very informative as usual! Really appreciate your videos!

[@danielj436]

Kinemil's Awl is op at the start at level 23. you run around and everything falls over. you don't need to block or anything, all you do is run past and watch stuff fall over. it's higher damage holy fire than dual spirit. Past normal it loses strength, but I used it until Nightmare act 4 where the damage falls off, and it was a blast until then, and then I just respected into Hammer. Was probably the best leveling experience due to the aura 1-2 hitting everything on the screen. Very relaxed play. Didn't even need to physically attack anything as it was often dead before I could. If you consider the item for leveling till mid Nightmare, then it's pretty op. Discard it after that when you respec

[@GGMentor]

You can get basically the same effect with a Steelclash kite shield and a hell plague. You can also easily get a +3 holy fire scepter from the shop. Often you will find a +1 or +2 paladin scepter with holy fire as well. Which means at a relatively low level you can obtain +7 holy fire and still be using a shield. Long before btw you have access to this terrible two hander. As Steelclash is only lvl 17, and holy fire weapons are even lower level requirements. The moral of the story is, it's a terrible weapon with basically no redeeming qualities. Because every single alternative option is better than it. And no dual spirits is not worse than this sword, it's two handed which means no shield and low survivability. It also means no resistances either since your shield is the main source of res and defense for paladins.

[@johnt836]

@@GGMentor Also just the fact that it's a 2 handed sword is insulting. It's like Blizzard thought, hey, we'll make a sword for holy fire paladins, but then make it two-handed just to say "f*** you" to the player!

[@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos]

Kinemil's might be interesting if it was just an active lvl 6 Holy Fire aura. Also, could be useful on an avenger from 23-30?

[@cocomunga]

My first character as a kid was a paladin with at least one in every skill and he used the Soul Harvest Scythe. He was bad, but I used the Scythe because it was a cool looking weapon with buffs that I'd never seen. I think that is what many uniques were made with in mind- it is " unique " from a rare or magical item. Not necessarily better, but fun to mess around with. I'm mainly talking about early to mid-level uniques though. +50 Stamina on Templar's might is a slap in the face. Woo I'm at worldstone keep in hell. I need stamina! They call it Templar's Might because you'll need the might of a Templar to wear it.

[@93Beefcake]

My first character was a paladin aswell and I skilled only this elemental damage attack and only strength and went for a 2h Hammer sad to say I missed like 90% of attacks but at least my character was strong right? Still made it to nightmare somehow after endless grinding

[@andrewvader1955]

That pollen sword I've actually used it the moment you're able to with zeal it works just fine but you got specifically build for it and it's very short-lived having fun with it

[@NoweSredniowiecze]

Steelshade got to be here instead of Kinemil, which has short use in normal difficulty (and some nische scenarios like farming for chipped gems with melee character ;) but Steelshade? so much mana steal like manald and nothing else for lvl 62? It is just like the devs forgot to put some stats on. and no low or mid lvl bow/crossbow here... like every bow until skystrike and kuko should be mentioned as a group. when the uniques are tromped by gemed counterparts you know it is really bad. and also those two very rare barb helms (deamonshorn and halabeird?) - never ever seen somebody using them

[@kiss4luna]

the templar's might is the worst. find it in baal throne with my lv.91 barb, and no one character has use for it.

[@IYPITWL]

Poison should work so differently. The damage should stack from each source but the time should be summed instead of averaged. That way each tick could grow in damage as the monster becomes "more poisoned." Then monsters could use the % reduce poison duration. Oh well, it doesn't really matter since damage is ignored half the time anyways (same frame bug).

[@aesmaeilig]

Templar's might is such a troll item. + stamina and +15 strength on an item that requires 232 strength to wear. haha. IMO Blackoak Shield, Medusa's gaze and Spike Thorn are worse shields than the Alma Negra for a paladin. Medusa's Gaze: Slightly better mods than Alma Negra, sure. But since it requires 219 strength and has only 54% ctb, i think alma negra slightly edges it out. Blackoak shield: Bad block chance, and seemingly random attributes that don't fit together/ very situational Spike Thorn: 30%Fhr and 15-20% damage reduction are the only good attributes. It's kind of okay but i'd take the + 2 Skills and blocking of the alma negra given the choice

[@woreyour]

granted they are all pre runewords right?

[@GGMentor]

Exceptional and elite uniques came out with runewords in LoD Granted new runewords we're added in following patches but I don't think these items were ever really that great. With exception to the poison items which were better before the poison damage nerf patch.

[@HenryHoe]

I would disagree on atma's wail. It's a pretty good armor for a cold or fire amazon for leveling especially pre-d2r when insight couldnt be made in bows. The defence, dex, max mana is so useful for a cold or fire or dual element amazon. There are probably other builds that could ay least use this for a leveling armor.

[@GodOfWar187]

I think eth Templar's Might has a niche use in melee duels because of the defense, or at least I remember seeing people use it way back in the day, but that's about it. Even then I'm not entirely sure if it would be better over an eth G-Bane or Leviathan (though I don't think Leviathan can be eth which is a point against it) because those at least have DR. I guess you could pop a Ber in there since I don't believe eth items lose durability in duels, but I could be wrong about that. Even then though, it would only be 8% and you can also just put that Ber in a G-Bane instead.

[@mikezharov725]

I would disagree about kinemin's awl it's a fine jack of all trades weapon for a auradin/pally in normal. when you arent facing negative resistances, when you dont have a good shield and when your +3 holy fire scepter looks pittiful in comparison. even polearms at that level can barely go toe to toe with it's + fire damage without that much str investment. You are correct, It's not optimal for any fighting style, but it's sheer stats 150 ar and 100+ fire damage at level 23 pulls it through. you can zeal or vengeance, or charge with it all the way through to Begining of Nightmare when the resistances demand you get a shield.

[@shinuizabusa2180]

That was a good one. The thought "why it has to be SO BAD" always hits me and it´s sad to see items being a never pickup.

[@NoName-md6fd]

The only use of viperfork I can think of would be some weird venom assassin build because the poison damage will stack with venom, but you don't get + skills from claws and Gargoyle's bite is better because it gives poison jav charges on top of the added poison damage and you get to use a shield.

[@TheLongwei]

Kinemil's awl was the go to sword back in 1.09 when chippadins where a thing, you ran around in act one with a paladin that had maxed holy fire and killed all monsters 2 screens away for chipped gems for 3 chip + CB for a chance of cruel colossus blade of quickenss with 3 sockets.

[@jimbosween]

I understand how bad the kinemil's awl is, however it was incredibly fun using in normal speed running the game as the radial affect kills everything. That said, diablo was a bitch to kill haha

[@nunyabeezwax6758]

I WANT TO PATH OF DIABLO D2R SOOOOOOOO BAD :( Like seriously even though this was gifted to me I'm just like... I can't even see the real difference? The charm stash alone is...

[@Dannyb201]

Poison in general in D2 is poor... the duration is breaking everything. Like Poison Javazon which cannot kill anything at all with like 30k damage... over 30+ seconds 🙄

[@Pharisaeus]

Viperfork at least has 50 ias and mancatcher is a fast base. With treatchery you could hit max merc ias frames, which could stack nicely with some CB. But I guess you could achieve similar effect (but with even better results) by putting shaels into hone sundan.

[@GGMentor]

Like I said during the video, if you didn't have anything else... But an Eth Obedience Mancatcher, an Eth Hone Sudan Yari, an Eth Tomb Reaver, An Eth Insight in a thresher are honestly all better options. Eth Obedience Mancatcher is by far the cheapest, and best option over a viperfork

[@Aggrosk8]

You've done so many unique item videos, it might be a cool idea to do a top 10 uniques to upgrade. That could possibly be a good video idea. Keep up all the great videos!

[@GGMentor]

I am working on it, but it's probably gonna be split into Tier 1 -> 2 Upgrades, and Tier 2 -> 3 Upgrades. Simply because there are so many good upgrade options.

[@Aggrosk8]

@@GGMentor Awesome!

[@dibowy]

You are moving mouse way too fast. Im oldschool player but dont remember hit dmg of holy fire at lvl6... btw 2of that fire swords on low lvl barb might make it 12 and nice dmg per double swing.

[@bryanx0317]

One of the major themes here is that poison itself is broken.

[@GGMentor]

Yes, it was nerfed a long time ago and they never really adjusted the unique items to compensate. Also the way poison calculates is terrible.

[@bryanx0317]

Yea that's really what I mean. And if I had a wish, it would be to see that actual poison damage and length. This is one thing you always have to pull out the calculator for. And poison dagger and venom just confuse things even more....

[@ZenTeT]

wizardspike is prolly my top 3 favorite items in the game

[@Name-ot3xw]

Its a little funny that even if you dropped the lvl req of Templar's Might to like 20 it would still be mediocre at best.

[@flashbeaster]

that Kinemils Awl need change as of Grants level 6 holy fire aura, aura usable for every character and make it a long sword ( IAS )