MELEE BARBARIAN GUIDED PLAYTHROUGH - Part Normal

[@camsnow9822]

"Its perfectly normal to work from home, stream from home, and never leave the house......." That aged well in 2020

[@elijahsanford9645]

Yeah... I think mr llama sc knew something we didn't back in the day.

[@imasspeons]

I know I had a blast during COVID. No having to find excuses to go to lame social events some casual acquaintances are hosting; no obligatory family gatherings on holidays; no old people taking forever to pay for things or move down aisles; no Sunday drivers. Paradise.

[@joshuafraser3074]

It's 2022 and I haven't left my home still

[@themanicmarauder]

@@joshuafraser3074 My pre and post covid hasn't changed. If it involves going places and doing things, I don't want to.

[@felixpardosbernad2375]

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[@rottenapple_]

20 years ago I was a 3 year old toddler when D2 came out. Now thanks to these guides I have fallen in love with this game and play it almost every day. Thank you Alex!

[@mrmann7459]

Son?

[@GimmeSkooma]

​@@mrmann7459 😂

[@Litevaar]

MrLlama I love these videos because you understand that even though the chat basically lives to troll you, it is all in good fun and we only spam IO DOL and ask you to pound dudes because we enjoy watching so much. Keep up the awesome work man, you're the best streamer.

[@IvoLouro]

I really love this guy's videos, everyone just joking and playing around and he keeps chillin... sometimes he really wants to laugh, but he forces not to. :D

[@DasLenny]

I really think, that a barbarian speedrun should be labelled a "speed walk."

[@zayl777]

I think I must have rewatched the first 3 second of the video 20 times... Just can't get enough of MrLlama's KZbin voice!

[@Iam_Stu]

Playing along in july 2022. Right as you ID'd a 1-2 cold damage grand charm and say "oooh that's really nice!" I ID'd a 1-2 cold damage + 5% cold res small charm :D It's nice seeing you appreciate items that aren't just the obvious good things :) I've had pretty nice small charm luck so far, got that one and a 1-3 light dmg + 5% cold res, and a 7% fire res 10% gold find! Loving these videos!

[@Ubeogesh]

This vod has so many wholesome memes in it, loving it as I play along it. Love you chat.

[@mikehawk8984]

4:34 Goddamn I love Llama's sense of humor. Just the side nod and "... probably could've phrased that a bit better, but thank you." 😂😂

[@nonnosense3827]

Thanks for making this very helpful guide. I like the way you explain all the breakpoints and stat options for each character. Good work!

[@ClaimToFameMusic]

Best Diablo content creator. You deserve way more support.

[@DeepFrydMind]

This playthrough helped me do my first hardcore character through normal. Thank you for all your insight and helpful advice.

[@cassiuscarter2832]

Funny little story.. How I used my first Ber rune with my barb when i was a kid.. about 12 or 13 years ago I was 12 or 13 playing Diablo 2 all the time for a couple years already, knew nothing about runewords, and just used runes as I got them in weapons or armor or whatever. Always got my characters through to about hell act 3 then things get really really difficult and slow. My barb was my baby. I ran normal baal runs on him until he was level 60!! Wow lmao! I ran 2 bloodletters until I found my first lightsaber! What an upgrade!... So I used a socket quest on it and put a Ber rune in it. I was running gore riders, an Umed rattlecage, and needed more crushing blow having NO IDEA how rare a Ber rune was. I ran an Amned Headstriker and Ber-ed lightsaber for a long time and that set up was great to get my barb who was already level 80 in act 3 hell to the ancients!

[@Dicktopus]

I could do the whole game (norm-nightm-hell) with two Bloodletters before 1.10 as a frenzybarb. After that patch the whole character went shit. Good old days.

[@pacman_]

Ha that's hilarious. I've never found anything higher than a Vex on Battle.net in all my years. Found some higher runes in private servers like Slash and PoD though.

[@Dicktopus]

@@pacman_ I played battlenet pretty late, about 2010. People gave me free torches and enigmas on non-ladder. I did a lot of baalrun alone, but nver found any really good items.

[@fabeys2816]

Lovely story! I remember my first paladin, rockin a 2 handed hammer (the one with the black scull on top of it) and maxing holy shock aura. Truely skilled the tree without any knowledge or idea 😂🙈. Still, it was loads of fun and really scary...i remember looking for izual in a4, almost pooping my pants. Just a lovely game!

[@cassiuscarter2832]

@@fabeys2816 yeah Buddy that's Bonesnap! Great weapon for crushing blow! I remember that too i swear on my D2 holy grail I remember the first time wondering around looking for Azuel it was always like a buffed Duriel so much HP if you don't have crushing blow

[@braavos_qc2687]

Watching those gameplay/tutorial really make me wanna leave my job early to play! Highschool memories!!!

[@vladimirratedr4409]

Melee Barbarian? That's crazy!!!! Everyone knows a Crossbow Barb is the safest option.

[@midewiwinmatthew4374]

god bow barbs just annoy the absolute crap out of me and i don't even know why - from a zon main.

[@TrollAxeThrower]

I think crybaby barb is even stronger

[@rottenapple_]

I love my crossbow sorc 😁

[@mattwilsonms]

This was very kool to watch! I just started playing D2 again after years! Ill check your other videos out because I have lots of questions..Thank you!!!

[@Charles-mz7rm]

Fighting Diablo: Sorceress: I will use my great arcane power Paladin: My faith and zeal will guide and protect me Assassin: My ingenious traps and elite martial arts skills will win the day Barbarian: Mace go "thud".

[@darylzacharyong9855]

Pointy end goes into the other man.

[@Berlinbower]

To be fair zeal paladin is "haha, bonk real fast"

[@maeditty4781]

43:08 "go through and pound them one dude at a time" [on being a barbarian] -MrLlamaSC 2020

[@Belmont164]

Finally! I've been waiting for this forever! Thank you so much Llama! I love these vids!

[@chuifongtam4703]

Llama I've been a diablo 2 fan for 15 years and I've always enjoyed watching your videos but this is the first time I am subscribing to your channel. Love your diablo 2 content! I am so excited for Ladder reset June 5th and I learnt so much from watching your channel. Diablo 2 forever!

[@С.Симонов]

Splendid series! My gratitude, mr. Lama!

[@lukaszbarszczak1775]

Dang MrLlamaSC, i watched this video yesterday, and couldn't help myself starting a new barb run last night, and finally stopped by 2:30am... Probably could have used the sleep more, but thank you for the inspiration nonetheless.

[@brali1717]

Just got the new d2 game! And what a way to jump back into my fave game 20 years later than play along to this, I hope this still holds up!

[@dameriandark1485]

@13:17 Funny you mention Biggins Bonnet. I got that the other night playing my Sorc after watching your guided playthrough and she found it off a random mob in the Den of Evil. Such a great find. I also got a crushflange with my Ass in the Jail under the barracks from a random mob as well.

[@matthew4284]

"So we're gunna go whack some dudes with our hand" - I'm dying, lol.

[@YuyuHakurei]

Not sure if he knew about how sexual the message actually was or if he just ignored it to preserve his dignity. xD

[@vladimirroman4011]

@@YuyuHakurei Ofc he does :D

[@Mr.Opengor]

After pound some dude and bone some dude . Here we are whack some dude now!

[@ZeriocTheTank]

I hope I haven't left too many comments on this video, and if I have I'm sorry. I just want to say thank you for this guided playthrough. While I didn't follow along exactly I learned so much that I was able to take out Duriel & Diablo on my first try like they were nothing. I had an easier time with Diablo as a thicc boi barb than I did with my summonmancer. I'm going to finish up Act 5 & get started on nightmare. The oblivion knights have taught me that I clearly need cannot be frozen. Looks like I'll be farming for that soon.

[@markmohr463]

Great to see this one. Did the Paladin one and loved it. Thanks for the links to the drop calculator.

[@mewepede]

I envy your dedication and love for D2 it makes me miss the game so much.

[@derekrivera3487]

43:05 "Concentrate go slow and just pound one dude at a time." - Mrlama's words to live by 2021

[@windsound2010]

13:50 - how to check the item on the website :P 1:04:30 - waypoint trick at the barrack. 1:13:30 - counterclockwise to find the waypoint at Act I before Andy. 1:37:40 - major weapon/rune insertion, a major boost for Barb :) 2:01:25 - Tal La tomb guide 2:09:55 - Mercenaries stuff 3:11:30 - finished 1st boss in A4 4:17:50 - what the hack for that gem cheating!?!?!?

[@thcdreams654]

Pounding, whacking, and boning dudes can be a profitable stay at home job I guess.

[@Thisdoesntmatter123]

Your videos have helped me a lot, thank you for your expertise and cool demeanor.

[@wackyt.bobcat7576]

"blocking takes frames" wow the stream just start and already learn something new...cool :)

[@Hungryj1111]

oh yeah dude the whole thing is like a doctoral diablo class!

[@ligitstrawberry]

Rip merc bug 2001-2021

[@Vagabor123]

I’ve been waiting for this one!!!!

[@JustD1zz]

I have a level 27 concentrate s/s barb. Seeing him do a frenzy barb? Just makes mr cringe at the amount of time I've wasted on my dude lol, definitely gonna make a frenzy barb now!

[@ryanhansen9779]

At 56:00 the answer is Dog. Many dogs (various breeds) will eat or chew on just about any food that you offer them, they just open up and try it.

[@patrickbdavis00]

HELL YEA more guided playthroughs love these =D

[@brianbaratheon]

These videos bring me back. I had a poison slowazon back in the day

[@phuongvu527]

Yeah, back then there was no guide, no "build", you just had to try everything yourself.

[@mortemerb8839]

Yes yes yes! This guide was worth the wait!

[@raoulduke2924]

"I don't use magic or anything like that, I use Mephistos" in that robotic voice really got me

[@AkRogueToe]

Thanks for making the best guides.

[@julvadas]

I was farming el rune for three hours, i was happy then countess dropped it, ten minutes later Andariel drop me second, lol

[@varro3847]

Same thing happened to me last night, farmed EL for like two hours, then went back to act 2 and had like three drop over the course of an hour from random mobs.

[@gregpenismith8884]

Cool story....

[@timjmill]

Thanks for these videos. Good for someone who's never played past act 1.

[@coachvolkmarchine92]

Thanks you, Mr. MrLlama, Sir!

[@kenyonelliott2628]

"2am is not an acceptable time to go to bed" *looks at time: 1:49AM* Guess it's time for bed

[@StrangeMachines1]

Recently finished my bonemancer hell run. Now we are ready for this with my barb :D

[@martinxvidxb]

3:16:00 Fighting vs Hellphasto: "Alright, mano a mano... Mercenary, get him from behind." Made me laugh, thank you :) EDIT: Also thanks for the whole guide. I always liked to play as Barb. Though I never got past Chaos Sanctuary on Nightmare. In the next video I'll see how to.

[@pr_squared]

If someone has come back to watch this video after D2R release, the easiest to get Cannot be frozen source now is Deaths belt. Cow king has a one in 60 something chance to drop it. Same odds as D2 LOD, but you weren't supposed to kill the cow king in D2 LOD

[@jasongg7327]

I learn so much when I watch these that it really inspires me to play.

[@liamanthonyfr]

llama has the funniest chat on Twitch hands down

[@underworldrz]

Hey, at 33:17 when he's saying all the runes needed. What runewords are we making? I heard Stealth, Malice, and Nadir. What is the "Tal, tal, tal..." and the "... ral, ral" for?

[@raisaulolopezlima2063]

Well, im pretty noob, but i think its just for the poison damage of 75 for 3 seconds...

[@MikeyStreet314]

Oldie but a goodie ! I love just running through the campaign SSF and more or less delete my character’s and try again with a different build. But after seeing this one I’m gonna run a full melee barb through hell. Just finished a Zealot SSF through hell and it was tough but this looks much more difficult imo ! Love the challenges this game gives you depending on how you decide to play

[@themanhands5599]

0:42 "we're actually gonna go, and we're actually going to whack some dudes with our hands" *gestures with both hands*

[@Delenter]

I want to know how you are finding all these ledgendarys and set items! I have only ever found one set item in D2 while playing, and that was just before D3 came out and a group of people were from RH Gaming was playing Hardcore runs before the game dropped in about a week... I think it was an armor of some kind. Its been awhile so I cant remember....

[@joemiller843]

Ya gotta play more. Unique are very common actually, the good ones are not though. Once you start farming hell you skip most unique items because they're trash

[@CrimsonCrime2234]

This is like having online lecture at school!!! I almost feel like I am going to have a quest about MELEE barbarian

[@MrLlamaSC]

TAKE NOTES!

[@CrimsonCrime2234]

@@MrLlamaSC Yes Professor LlamaSC

[@tigerwarrior1787]

*Shows notes from 15 years ago* Only thing different than my build is the Dual Swing. I just went full Passives.

[@kylesanderman5902]

"if you get too far ahead" he says humbly like he really means it LOL

[@blakespallino7188]

"We are actually gonna go and we are gonna wack some dudes with our hands." Lol. Love ya Llama.

[@DriveCarToBar]

Llama: Runs around with no boots and broken gloves spending buckets of gold on stamina potions. Me: hey, you might wanna stop at Charsi and...nvm grumble grumble

[@TKRDRJ]

I love the little things about Diablo 2 like if you don’t kill shenk the barbarian tribes will charge you more for potions. Small but intricate detail.

[@pdumayr]

Hey Lama! I saw the whole video but forgot to write down the rune weapon combination for normal (and chest i believe was tal-eth?)

[@11219tt]

I think having a 4th video showing the options for GG end game setups and different purposes would be useful This way once we complete the game we can MF towards the gg build and you can showcase the best MF barb char to gain gear, then show off the poor mans torch farmer, the gf barb, the berserker MF barb etc, and showing which options are best for end game game play (zerk teleport, frenzy, WW). I know there are lots of end game videos online but you could use hero editor to quickly make all options and kill examples into one video. The knowledge of You and your chat would be really helpful. I’m thinking of doing a single player holy grail but I dont wanna do paladín or sorc. So was thinking barb and cant find a video showing how to MF the game as a barb outside of pit zerk. I think a 2-3 hour video would cover everything. What r your thoughts Mr llama? I could explain my idea more if you need clarification

[@MrLlamaSC]

that's an interesting idea. I probably need to make more of those videos anyways

[@11219tt]

MrLlamaSC do it! Cuz I have a barb and want to know the best all around MF build for him😉 and end game gear. I’m berserk right now but wanna know the comparisons of other builds

[@steveH384]

I miss the whirlwind barb experience. was so fun. I wish theyd bring it back

[@gonwyte8534]

First time watching this video, "wack some dudes, grab some sticks" almost sounded like "wax some dudes, grab some sticks" could be the butt end of some really funny misinterpretations especially with those hand gestures lolol

[@jimmyjames1807]

i had a frenzy barb back in the day, owned everything even in pvp, people allways mistook him for a ww barb, and the fact he used to disaapear when striking, some weird bug, he was geared up, perfect everything

[@JamilThePimpLol]

Cant believe barbarian is finally here

[@impact6126]

its actually hilarious that you have call the video "melee barbarian..."

[@Ds4u2]

Throw barbs

[@coasternut3091]

I was lucky enough to find Iceblink when I killed Mephisto. I held on to it until I faced him again in Nightmare

[@wedgeantilles1498]

The barb is so powerful but is balanced by being so dang weapon dependant!

[@PaddyLaPoint]

Having so much fun on the shout barb playthrough I think Ima follow this as well :-) I've had a few barbs make it to hell but never had any real luck at all, I've got enough terrible Assassin hybrids anyways.

[@zacharyhorne782]

Been waiting for this!!!!!

[@kurushi857]

Guys, I found a cheese strat vs Diablo while playing with my Frenzy barb. We were both standing at the pointy corner to the right of his spawn platform. We were kinda positioned a way that he was on one side of the corner pillar and I was on the other side. All he did was the cold punch, literally for the entire duration of the fight.

[@joemiller843]

Can you replicate it tho

[@Kankabar]

2:13:25 As far as I know, the desert mercenaries have a chance to activate their aura on attacking, and that chance goes down as the merc's level goes up.

[@dreadofshadow]

You said "bash Bishibosh" which is funny because it's like playing words of "Bish bash bosh" :D

[@Eckilisk]

I came for the playthrough and developed a craving for cheez its instead.

[@elmono8894]

Would you use two ith el eth or wear something different on the off hand? Thanks for the videos they are super helpful 😜 also, which runeword do you recommend for a 3 open socket weapon for a lvl 30 hammerdin?

[@Ubeogesh]

a lot of missed opportunities to use taunt. It's so good.

[@chadgigadome]

Following this guide I found a SoJ off a trash mob in Frigid Highlands at lvl 25.

[@arsov9885]

Whats about Drain Life -5 when you're using Malice? Does it drains your life constantly?

[@wesmcdaniel8686]

My buddy and I started barbs on D2R last night and made it to the cube in A2. I’m trying to follow your build and it’s been fun. For mercenaries we split between defense and offense but his offensive guy never popped blessed aim. Looks like you had the same issue lol.

[@unoyoudidnt]

really liked how you wacked those dudes with your hands

[@DauntlessAria]

Whacking dudes is my jam.

[@Silverphox13]

I was pretty sure that the gem shrine isn't random, but first encountered in a left to right path. Not certain though as it's been years. Playing like this never crossed my mind back then either. I always full cleared each zone systematically, and never farmed anything. Just farming runes from Countess makes HUGE changes possible.

[@jonathancain8142]

I used to play 1.13 and whirlwind was a deathwish because of the Iron Maiden curse in Chaos Sanctuary

[@Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhd]

I wish there is a new video now that it is patch 2.6 with all these new runewords such as the helm that gives cannot be frozen

[@Vani4_Kpot]

I like Mr. Llama playstyle. Just a game, play for you fun.

[@WaKaSaWaKaSa]

hello mister Llama Sir, could you tell me how do you manage to play Diablo 2 LoD on such high resolutions? I could not figure it out. Please help :D

[@atheist101]

So I had a Barb, this was the early days of the game. I ended up getting the Immortal Kings set and was so excited. I was running cow levels with a random druid, got surrounded and died. On the way back to my body I picked up random gear laying on the ground. Got to my body and clicked to rez. My body popped and the set fell to the ground. Before i could drop anything to pick it up the Druid grabbed it all and left the game. I quit D2 forever after that

[@thomaswebby2431]

Just don’t play online lol

[@sumwon1575]

You deserved it

[@CoreyAwesome]

I wish I had a recording of it, but I just beat my Norm Baal following along and got a Steeldriver drop.

[@bainmack]

anyone here remember playing D2 before the expansion? When Melee Lance Barbarians were the apex character? uniques had no level requirements. Sorc's could spam Firewall and Frozen Orb with no cool down time. Necro's summon's blocking everyone in the river of flame and arcane sanc. good times.

[@Matthew-uv6gl]

The game was so broken and imbalanced :S I have fond (?) memories of trying to brute-force a Necro (weakest) through 7 or 8 player games. Blood Golem with Iron Maiden into a packed room slowly whittling down enemies for that juicy Corpse Explosion. Dying a billion times on Diablo.

[@bainmack]

@@Matthew-uv6gl haha nice. I remember the Oblivion knights had iron maiden and make Lance Barbs ineffective. lot of deaths and lost exp in those days.... when getting to level 80 was a chore, let alone 90.

[@jimvick8397]

52:34 is that just a yellow or is it a tarn helm?

[@MrTink_]

Did he mention anywhere why he needs the runes or what rune words they are for? He didn't end up getting them all but I would like to get them and make them myself before progressing

[@jessebishop3991]

everytime i start a new Diablo game for the first time i always choose the barbarian/warrior class first, beat it then go for the other classes excpet for Diablo 3 which i started with demon hunter and never looked back, Barbarians are fun, a little slower at completing the game but always fun,

[@petersmythe6484]

Is the direction in Tal Rasha's Tomb to Duriel the final boss fight very random and unpredictable? I obviously don't know all the secrets for which directions to go like you do, but even didn't go right there. For some reason it seems to be the very often is almost the last place I look.

[@vladimirgertner3960]

Not repairing gear gives me anxiety.

[@OD91MJ]

Cheez it sponsored stream. Pretty cool.

[@ShoutsWillEcho1]

Can someone explain to me why the probability gets lower when you put Magic Find gear on? 3:05:08 The odds for Hawkmail are 1 : 328 and then with 20% MF on it is lowered to 1 : 278 Shouldnt it become higher with more MF gear?

[@TalDoDuds]

That notation means that your chance is of 1 success out of 328 tries or 1 success out of 278 tries. When you convert that to %: 1/328 = 0,00304 = 0,304% 1/278 = 0,00359 = 0,359% That means that when you have MF you are actually raising your chances of finding your Hawkmail 'cause you are lowering the tries you need.

[@zachariasd8288]

This really makes me want to play a Mace barb. Hahaha. Huge fan of polearms myself on them. Good ol stale whirlibarb

[@PacoUrtmétrage]

Be proud MrLlama, I fifth way'd my first arcane sanctuary !

[@javulas6225]

LOL too funny

[@L00ww]

take a shot every time llama says "kill a boss group"

[@yoloswaggins2161]

When I played ladder I played an MF barbarian and just followed the bots around, waited until they weren't close and rerolled diablo with level 20 find item. Ha ha those were the days, cheap kills for days. I think you could reroll mephisto loot and baal loot too.