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Offline The_Mad_Linguist

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Diablo Dissection - Discussion
« on: December 19, 2011, 01:59:18 AM »
http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=2302

So, I'm going to be doing a mini handbook reviewing and/or optimizing with Diablo II - Diablerie.

I actually think it's pretty underappreciated, and there's some interesting stuff that gets overlooked.  Plus, I'm a sucker for weird mechanics.

Anything people think I should include?
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Re: Diablo Dissection - Discussion
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2011, 07:45:44 PM »
I eagerly await the finish.

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Re: Diablo Dissection - Discussion
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2011, 07:30:21 PM »
Here's Wizards of the Coast's Diablo 2 page. Don't forget to check out the Secret Cow Level.

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Re: Diablo Dissection - Discussion
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2011, 07:00:10 PM »
Will get to it eventually; currently preoccupied with RL.

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Re: Diablo Dissection - Discussion
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2011, 12:20:29 AM »
Just started looking some of it over my self. Boy do I have some negative feedback...

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TL;DR: Diablerie is a POS. Google fan sites and forums for home brew material as it will be superior in quality and would have been made by people that played the game. Plus they will have the Assassin and Druid classes.

Good luck TML.

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Re: Diablo Dissection - Discussion
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2012, 07:37:12 PM »
Well, for blasters there's Frozen Orb.  Massive AoE, easy to add status effects via feats, and it's already a Cold spell, so easily integrated into Fenrir's build.  And that's about it :P