Top 10 Melee Weapons - Diablo 2

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[@Xtimus]

List is based on Popularity not Damage :)/

[@chuifongtam4703]

Great list. I enjoyed the content. But what about infinity? Infinity is one the most popular and over powered runewords in the game cause of that damn conviction aura

[@DShiflet01]

I think he's primarily listing weapons used by melee *characters*. Infinity is extremely popular, but is used almost exclusively by mercs(with a few carried by offbeat lightning sorcs), very few melee characters actually use Infinity themselves. Same with Pride and Insight, they're very popular merc weapons but not actually used by the player characters directly.

[@percyjackson3698]

Doom should be on the list And I think the best weapon in the game is Grief Phaseblade, which i use all the time for any Melle

[@percyjackson3698]

Oh and Oath, Infinity and Obedience are also extremely popular

[@DShiflet01]

Doom is on the list. And since the video is about weapons used by the player character, not weapons used by the player's mercs, that's why no Infinity or Obedience. Almost no player character uses Infinity, it is almost ALWAYS being used by a merc(a few specialty light sorcs carry them, but they don't melee with them), same with Obedience, it's only really used on mercs by players who can't get a Doom/Infinity/Pride/BotD for their merc and don't need the mana of Insight. Oath is a nice item, but not sure about popular. From 1.10 to the present, I've only ever seen a couple of people using Oath, usually people who ONLY use self-found stuff and weren't willing to trade or use JSP to get stronger weapons.

[@jpa5456]

#1 Wirt's Peg leg magically imbued from Charsi's malus quest

[@fedoratheexplora7180]

Lol never tried that.

[@hueysharapova7175]

Kinda prefer Jah Ith Ber in a 3os leg.

[@delectablydiabolical340]

Jah Gul Eth in Wirt's Leg = absolute domination.

[@killmeorudie1]

Can’t be done

[@Gintello9]

You have to socket wirt's leg with El Lo El to get that godly dps

[@jackreacher4297]

Imortal Kong’s was the only full set in D2 I believe that I had. I felt so boss. I was maybe 12 years old lol. Felt like a super sayaian

[@llVIU]

damn right, and dbz was so popular 10-20 years ago

[@jin12345678]

the redeemer is a much better choice than heaven's light as an overlooked melee scepter. The ~120 added damage mod gives it great damage output.

[@gusgair6509]

Yo X love to see Stormlash, beast, doom and death on your list. I’m looking into making a werebarb with eDeath CS and an offhand Beast so it was cool to see them both on your list. Much love for your channel, and all the work you do!

[@AndriBooks]

"Oath" rw is my favorite for barbs in view of stats and budget options.

[@bangkok_as_is]

1 of my fav builds is barb with a 'black' rune-word weapon in each hand = 80% crushing blow total, which is sick. and very budget, too

[@Surfas_]

oh boy that brings back memories, can't believe I came across most of those back in 2004/5

[@Krezo200]

Good old times

[@noobtubegaming7979]

These weapons are great...If only i could find most of the runes, great video!

[@gabrielhagetv]

Man, I did Oath from a ethereal Cryptic Sword for my new Zeal Paladin and today is my best melee weapon in D2

[@MySnackTime]

Oath in an Ethereal Highland Blade on a barb

[@phantomfreq]

Yeah Eth oath cryptic, scourge, zerker, or ettin is good for 1handed cb, highland for barb swords, glorious or decap axe for druid

[@jislas12]

Oath in an ethereal champion axe on a Fury druid, ya is very good and i want to find an eth scourge too that base is excelent because it has very good ias for the Palladin too

[@krischan67]

The list is obviously a matter of opinion, but I think the Insight and Infinity runewords are missing, as well as Reaper's Toll. They are mainly for mercenaries, but mercs have't been excluded in this consideration. Tomb Reaver is pretty awesome as well.

[@lordmoldybutt6361]

Just started playing d2 again. Unsubscribed to wow.

[@tylertylerbills]

No Eth Death Cleaver? It's the sexiest weapon in the game!

[@sterny002]

Tyler Saunders PVP Pure Melee EDC is BAE

[@diablo2elitepvpguides405]

Tyler Saunders non eth edc blows

[@tylertylerbills]

I said eth dc but ok.

[@bgmephisto]

Diablo 2 Elite pvp guides edc is eth death cleaver, saying eth edc is redundant, have a good one!

[@suffy101]

eth death decapitator - charger c:

[@anthonyradtke4714]

Stormlash is also good for kickers as they can’t benefit from weapon enhanced damage of any kind so only crush blow added elemental damage and proc on hit matter

[@TheSilentHand]

I used to solo uber tristram with a Kicker that used a Stormlash, it's amazing how fast they get taken down.

[@AzIgaziMakk]

Doom is awesome Act2 merc weapon you can use other aura like Defiance and your merc still having Holy Freeze not to mention it deals massive damage too!

[@medsuit1686]

I dont play diablo 2 anymore since a long time. but i still watch your video's and enjoy them xD just for the nostalgia.

[@handsomejohnjohn]

me too

[@Miguel-o6j3w]

I have the stormlash not ethereal though, but since I have never seen a zod rune in my life, at least I can use it. It does decently against physically immunes in a zealer thanks to the lightning damage, static field and tornado.

[@viperswhip]

Personally I love the Tomb Reaver for my whirly Barbs that run the Pit and do my Baal runs (I kill all the way down to him, love level 85 areas).

[@SD78]

IK Maul! Cheap, no repair cost, smashes demons, great for Fury Drood.

[@kruggers1329]

man i've found like 3 stormlashes lol. But yeah my lvl 91 sp zealer is using a stormlash now and its pretty dope. The only thing i might pass it up for is a death cleaver, which i've been hoping to find for a long time now.

[@bigmofo1122]

Oath ethereal cryptic sword. Best zeal weapon.

[@llVIU]

cryptic sword has too high dex/str requirements unfortunately, as much as I love the look of the weapon. Imbalanced, I'd say.

[@0v0rd]

obedience is a hella good runeword tbh. good stats, lv 21 enchant, crushing blow, resists. but yeah, its a polearm and not many people do builds with them.

[@DeathnuggetFox]

Loving the content X.

[@tbone8358]

EXTIMUS WAIT!!! You forgot to mention the LEVEL 22 Charges of Blood Golem on the Death Runeword! This can be extremely nice! Sort of reminds me how people never use the Spirit of the Oak charges in HOTO anymore but when HOTO was introduced back in 1.10, everyone who used HOTO was using the Oak Sage charges. What are your thoughts on no one using the Oak Sage charges anymore Xtimus?

[@jacobrivers8339]

they die way too easily in hell and you can't buff them with cta because they disappear when you weapon swap

[@bretonquentin9549]

Grief on phase blade is by far my favorite weapon, so satisfying to kill everything with it :D

[@ryanramirez6279]

It's my favorite for my frenzybarb as well, paired with the lawbringer pb offhand and everything simply melts down

[@forevermorbid8949]

Id reorder a few of those..: 1. LW, 2. Death, 3. Grief, 4 tie for eth Stormlash or eth upped RIbcr., Doom and beast are good fun but PvM they are expensive to repair or use a lot of rals to wear. Same with grief unless its in a PB.

[@Hzalii]

Brother, you are my d2r teacher from now on.

[@sligacheese6470]

Great info mang 👍

[@D2ezbmu]

About the only one you overlooked is Eth Death Cleaver. Very popular and very powerful. Nice vid.

[@victorRVieros]

You forgot Ribcracker Stalagmite, check yourself Lee Eel's furywolf KZbin video build in Uber Tristram.

[@trallaton]

Man I found a stormlash like a month ago. Didn't realize it was that rare! I've got it on a mule I guess I might make a zealer.

[@allylilith5605]

that ogre maul drops several times a farming day for me... the set is great though, you can solo ubertristram quite good

[@Ethercloud]

Eth zod razor(unique tomahawk), eth death (unique zerker) both popular. Grief is strong because it has a high minimum (it's like fireball for instance) instead of say ebotdz (which is higher max but lower minimum). Grief is better on no miss builds like smiters then on fast builds that rely on attack rating like zealer, and ww Barb's are better low movespeed (moves across slower thicker sets of hits) high attack speed(more hits on spinning), while concentration Barb's you want high def, high attack rating (hit more then being hit). Fury druids are the most expensive to build since with the right rares they can beat any melee (other than smiters).

[@andystronger]

stormlash is my favorite weapon too for zealer. a few years ago i get this drop.

[@NurkePL]

Would you PSkull the Heavens light or maybe socket Stormlash and add PSkull on a Zealer? I haven played D2 for MANY years but have signed up for the remake

[@rythm321]

I once rolled a Perfect Last Wish (Bezerker Axe) I shed a tear of joy and sold it for 250 HRs. No Regrets

[@nezhakan]

Balanar`s Star. Very nice item for a zeal paladin.

[@InTheImageOfDNA]

Phoenix Zerker in one hand is a good choice on certain Frenzy Barb builds.

[@poopie6205]

I reckon that STRENGTH runeword should take the place of STEEL in your list. What do you think?

[@kamran9219]

Eth 3soc zodded tombreaver with two dmg & attack speed jewels is the best weapon i guess. But even last wish is easier to get :D

[@Archiballd123]

grief have option damage +400 then you have (35-40 base damage + this affix you have 435min 440 max damage) i thing correctly??

[@telcanoscrain4770]

Stormlash is awesome using Blade Fury too!

[@TheSilentHand]

Telcanos Obyron Or kicks. I wish Blade Fury could pierce.

[@Patchworkpalsandanimanimal2020]

Why eth stormlash and non-eth death? And isent malice better than steel anyway? ☺

[@roybatty-]

Is the ethereal Stormlash you showed even usable? It had no repair or indestructible modifiers. Wouldn't that one just break in just a few melee attacks?

[@roybatty-]

I guess you gotta Larzuk it...

[@SkyKid002]

Always interesting to hear how someone else pronounces things

[@philipcharpentier-havill801]

Ha! Steel is on this list, I knew I wasn't the only one to value this underated gem (seriously everyone I know tells me im stupid for even using the damn thing) Double swing 2 of those babies and have a bit of life drain and you're set till mid nightmare. (that's when i switched to lawbringer & aldur's rhythm)

[@MyYTwatcher]

IK hammer is also nice for shapshifting druids.

[@kamran9219]

Eth zoded Tomb reaver with ias jewels, really good weapon😁

[@llVIU]

for wolf druid

[@bobby4500]

dude last wish is impossible to get, those runes - my god

[@dan-io3sc]

eth rare legendary mallet with such mods as : 400+% ED, 2 sockets, ethereal(its actually not a mod for a rare), cast amplify on a striking, 40 attack speed, some Life leech and maybe attack rating is my wet dream

[@D2MMA]

A few seasons ago I did a Baal run just for xp with a javzon that had less than 50mf and Baal dropped the Stormlash... I couldn’t believe it

[@Yoshirawr1]

Literally found a unique scourge as I was watching this video while doing Chaos runs.. it was not a stormlash orz

[@teacherlion]

Ribcracker not too shabby for Fury Druid build doing Ubers.

[@vinhvan1008]

Black Runeword and Unique Ettin Axe is good too

[@pascalb3404]

Would doom even work for a ice sorc?

[@GawinNatenSimple]

Hi, can you suggest what is the best pair for the Breath of the Dying worn by an Act.2 Merc with Might Aura? I mean, what Helm and Armor it best fits?

[@llVIU]

bugged foti armor for damage and survivability, and helm... some life leech like gaze, also has damage reduction. Below that is shaftstop and tal helm in my opinion. The merc really needs that life leech, defence and damage reduction. Diablo 2 mercs die so fast.

[@Shiningforceking]

I use that Beast runeword on my necro. Plenty of fun

[@666TheMetalmaniac666]

Good list. l would go with upped Ribcracker. Cheap and Absolute monster on a werewolf. Definitely should be on the list. a good etheral tomb reaver 3 socket is obviously amazing too but soo fucking rare.

[@The1RandomFool]

I've used Doom in PvP a few times on a blizzard sorceress. It keeps those annoying smiters away.

[@Gl0wStickss]

May want to call the list unique/runeword a lot of rares can be gg, nice video nonetheless.

[@markmauk8231]

You can't put rares on the list, cause they are inconsistently created by chance. Runewords and Uniques are absolutes.

[@Ethercloud]

Doom is ballin strong on a cold sorc, even against cold immune the aura slows them for your Merc to poke them down easy. -50% resistance is broken strong on one item. Phenix shield is strong on fire sorc.

[@baoan2783]

Can heaven's light be obtained by non - ladder games (single player)?

[@dglona]

xtimus make a video talking about top 10 cheapest runewords for ladder reset

[@imortaldeadead]

Good list, but if you're going to put steel in you should have put in black tooo

[@myscreen2urs]

Stormlash was nice in the hands...uh, paws of my wind wolf druid. 😀

[@mauriceb2037]

I think stomlash should be higher in the list. I know it is crazy rare, but weirdly enough most people seem not to even know it exists. Oath runeword might have been worth mentioning too. Steel runeword in a high level weapon?seriously? I agree it is a nice runeword to make in a flail or cristal sword early in the game, but for elite items any magic or rare will be better

[@ChugThatEstus]

my fav weapon of all time is the ribcracker.

[@dglona]

xtimus what do you recommend to add in Heaven's Light for smiter ? 2 shael runes?

[@rumham7631]

2x el rune for maximum light radius so u can see wat ur doing better

[@iamrubenmes]

@@rumham7631 Savage

[@myscreen2urs]

Why wasn't infinity in this list? CTC chain lighting on strike AND conviction aura. This was the holy grail of runewords melee weapons when I was playing back in 2012.

[@esourteric412]

i found that a few times the scourge never gave it a second look lol

[@llVIU]

because it's shit. Grief is not that expensive and is 1000000000x better

[@rodsturgiss624]

Stormlash for a kicksin would that work?

[@jordimonkman9827]

Do any weapons have the stun effect in d2r

[@roybatty-]

I tested Stormlash vs Heaven's Lighton a Zealot and they are about equal.

[@WissenstattGlauben]

Nothing beats a rare 2h/1h eth/selfrep/3xxed/fools mod/ias/2sox or for 1h eth phaseblade with crazy stats.

[@aposapos9112]

Pffff i don't even know how to craft every time i try on the horadric cube it doesn't work and i am here now like how can i obtain Ettin axe where can i find a guide step by step for starters guys ?

[@DrEvil-os9dc]

If it was based on damage tho I’d put eth zodded death cleaver or a 5xohm rune master

[@orangesss777]

Nice video man, as usual.....

[@Harwinne]

IK Stone Crusher is common because Mephisto drops them like candy.

[@Uraim]

who watching back it in 2020? I love your and Dbrunski vids :D

[@jislas12]

and where is the lacerator?? is very amazing for throwing barbarian and smiter palladin because it can cast amp damage and brake physical inmunities

[@REDMAGEV00]

I wonder how fast a frenzy barb with dual Stormlash, Gface, cb gloves, and travs could kill ubers. Imagine crushing blow and static field proccing non stop. Xtimus would you consider doing this? Even in single player. I am soooooo curious and don't have the means to test it.

[@hueysharapova7175]

Gore riders not travs but yea.

[@Evys]

funny, my dad just found that paladin scepter

[@Evys]

like 10 minutes ago

[@marekweremko8532]

CtA runeword for everybody and Black runeword for cheap uber smiter

[@SkullCrushingVideos]

my thanks to you

[@joshuawilson3388]

A pair of greater claws with malice on both

[@JayExcess1]

The way you pronounce ethereal drives me insane.

[@CoolWzzrd]

the way he pronounces a lot of things lol.

[@GravisTKD]

Like the noun "ATtribute" versus the verb "atTRIBute" My personal favorite might be "FANatism[sic]" since it not only moves the stressed syllable, but it removes another syllable altogether. Kind of impressive. 👊🏼

[@ghhg228]

what the fucking problem with english people and the ponuncation of word wtf

[@HTRism]

I think he mentioned that he is dyslexic,once.

[@khmergodhobbies]

is stormlash indestructible?

[@RumblesBettr]

How do you get “tire” out of tir lol

[@Vermillionns]

Is it possible to equip 2 beast runewords to a barbarian to stack the fanaticism aura?

[@Vermillionns]

kubba kubbikula oh, it works that way? doesn't it make it 2 fanaticisms? (so adding bonuses of the aura twice instead of adding the levels, which is better for AS for example)

[@JustCesar2810]

Last wish is a must for any smiter that wishes to farm ubers..... without it, u are in trouble

[@guilhermetonon7267]

My sorc is with a globe that does 25 % chance of teleport when struck. I had just get that weapon when it teleports the first time I thought it was a bug hahahhaha

[@punkk4dorkk16]

Wher do you find these swords..

[@pumpkinpie6130]

why didn't my socketed crystal sword with a bunch of random skulls in it make the list?

[@PlayJAKPlays]

Stormlash would be to bad on a frenzy either (May need other forms of IAS in addition).

[@MrMollytov]

What's up with the +3 to attack rating? Is that a joke, or am I missing something?

[@javal495]

grandfather the best

[@DocReaper88]

I always loved the lightsaber..

[@tmmt1990]

Probably because your last name is walker

[@tmmt1990]

As in sky walker

[@janbjerregaard7575]

diablo 2 career xD

[@markblackburn2343]

2nd place belongs to any 40% ias 300% ed etheral weapon with self repair, fools and 2 sockets. A perfect breath of the dying offers a total of 495% ed if you count in a superior 15% ed, etheral 50% ed, 30% from attributes but lacks any deadly strike, where most people will Lo the rare weapon this isnt also calucating any minimum and or max damage mods on the rare weapon. Any thanks to charsi food, hacks exploits, bots etc they arent exactly hard to find anymore an practically everyone has them usually as a berserker axe.