One great aspect of Path of Diablo, is the ability to implement a loot filter, similar to Path of Exile. Maybe I will detail that aspect of the game in a later addition to this series. I started to delve into Tier 1 Maps on this Bonemancer (out of 4 Tiers) but haven’t gone much further than that at this time. In a shield, you receive +2 to All Skills, faster cast rate, faster hit recovery, resists and more.Įndgame for Path of Diablo is similar to Path of Exile in that we have maps to run. It does require a four-socket weapon or shield, but there are plenty of cases where you can actually use the socket quest from Larzuk in Act V to receive those four open sockets. ‘ Spirit‘ is also a no brainer for a lot of builds at least early on before finding better gear and creating more expensive rune words. The great thing about White (aside from its already +3 Poison and Bone Skills and +2 Bone Spear bonuses) is that you can find an open, two-socket wand with + Bone Spear already built in, giving you more of a skill bonus to your bone spear. The rune word ‘ White‘ is a staple among most Bonemancers, and is easy enough to obtain for anyone only requiring two runes Dol and Io. In terms of gear, I aimed for a few basic rune words to help things along.
Three Bone Spears are definitely better than one. The usual points of fear like the Chaos Sanctuary or Hell Ancients were just blips on the radar and before I knew it, I had defeated Baal and started aiming to clear maps, Path of Diablo’s new end game. I can’t really point out any specific moment where I had any sort of difficulty. Honestly, that story would be incredibly boring. This would typically be the point to where I speak on how leveling overall went as a Bonemancer…with my three Bone Spears. Here, the potential was much greater for a fun spin on an old skill. You always had to cast bone walls to block enemies in, then in a way, slowly damage them with Bone Spears, not the most dynamic or exciting gameplay. I always loved Bone Spear as a skill, it just never felt like a heavy hitter on its own.
PATH OF DIABLO LOOT FILTER PATCH
With the increased damage from the very first patch and the additional spears in patch #18, it didn’t even feel like a debate. Bone Spear shoots two additional spears every cast. At various times, I did have a Poisonmancer, Summonancer and Bonemancer, but they were really just made out of boredom and they were never long lasting.Īfter reading the more recent patch notes, I saw something amazing. In my time of playing Diablo II, I never really gave the Necromancer much attention. I ended up changing that formula with a Druid the first time with Path of Diablo, so I took the same approach this time. I feel like whenever I re-start Diablo II, the go to character is always a Sorceress to utilize Teleport and make things quite a bit easier.
PATH OF DIABLO LOOT FILTER MOD
This mod of the game has now reached it’s 18th patch, dubbed Flint, three patches past my last article in this series.
PATH OF DIABLO LOOT FILTER FULL
I felt that Path of Diablo never really got that full shake from me, so in I dove again.
I’ve started to notice that just like I want to re-watch Lord of the Rings every time I see something Lord of the Rings related, whenever I hear something new about Diablo II, I get that itch again.
Diablo II: Remastered has been heavily rumored for a few years now, more so in recent months. The difficulty of course spiked, it became more tiresome to play, so I decided to hang the pelts up and wait for the interest to come back to me. Unfortunately, interest kind of dropped off once I reached Hell. In that article, I was ready to dive into Hell difficulty with my good ol’ Ravens Druid. So, it’s been quite a long time since publishing Path of Diablo: Part II.