Can You Beat DIABLO 2 With Only Firebombs?
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
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Did you know that Diablo 2 has seven different versions of firebombs?
Follow up question : Did you know that they're all terrible?
You did?! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME EARLI-
Well, it's too late now. I guess there's only one thing for it. Time to find out if Diablo 2 can be beaten with only firebombs. And yes, that includes poison pots, and the assassin's fire trap.
Trust me, you don't want to see this run without it.
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0:00 Intro
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03:29 The Run
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Honestly, this is the first sponsor I've seen in a while where I've thought "damn, this looks cool." Might actually check this one out!
That's probably the most enticing game ad I have seen in a long time
Will you do a covenant item only run in dark souls remastered
Alright tiny lady that can summon GOD sold me
Diablo 2 necro minion damage only?? No hirelings
Grim Dawn has an entire class devoted to the Goddess of Firebombs called Demolitionist. It has many flavors of FireBomb from Molotov Cocktails to Mortors. Might be worth giving a shot.
On top of that, Grim Dawn is just an excellent game altogether.
AND just got a new DLC
@@DocDewrill That is an update, the DLC is going to come in 2024. However, the update is huge, it added a lot of nice QOL changes, including a dodge button. I can't wait for the DLC to come out, a whole new class to toy with (including all the new possible combinations with previous classes)
I was just about to suggest this. Would be cool to see lemon play a game that gives the almighty firebomb the respect it deserves
thanks for clarification! :)@@lucho6883
equipping a dagger would speed up the throwing animation of the assassin, aswell as skilling burst of speed, since your throwing speed is scaled to your attack speed :)
The move speed provided by "burst of speed" is also quite useful and massive.
This guy Diablo 2s
Me dying inside every time he put points into energy
@RubbleRamp thisguythisguys
I was gonna say atk speed
It's amazing for a D2 veteran like me to watch how relatively new players play the game that I know inside and out. Just shows you how little the game actually tells you about itself in-game. Granted, when it was released, it was accompanied by a paperback game guide and nobody does that today, but still.
Firebombs assassin for Normal is completely doable no sweat, if you know the tricks. Farm the Countess for Stealth (Tal+Eth) armor runeword and Steel (Tir+El) sword runeword, put that into the fastest base (Scimitar or Crystal sword, the former is easier to find in A1 with 2 open sockets), because for some goddamn reason your trap laying speed is calculated from your attack speed (the game is really counterintuitive in its mechanics sometimes, okay, most of the time) to throw the bombs as fast as you can (Steel gives you a very substantial boost to attack speed and +2 to Mana after each kill) and farm for Nadir helmet (Nef+Tir) which gives you some sweet defense as well as additional +2 to Mana after each kill. Then you can make do with shields socketed with diamonds for all resistances bonus or you can farm Ral+Ort+Tal for Ancient's Pledge runeword or just wait until A5 because those three runes are exactly what Qual-Kehk rewards you with for saving the barbs. Pledge gives a huge boost to all res, more than enough to beat Normal twice over. Any other gear - use whatever you want, this is the stuff that will carry you.
Yeah, runewords completely broke the balance of itemization, I know.
Anyway, here's that five-page essay that you mentioned in the vid, hope you read this, awesome content, keep it up :D
This is kind of the stuff I hope for in challenge run videos, some explanation ways to make the gimmick usable or what synergies work well. Thank you for the quick overview of some fun mechanics and ideas!
my favorite thing about challenge run videos- people explaining their methods to the madness.
He literally said at the start he wasn't gonna read your paragraph.
This is the reason I hop into the comment section. As a casual, I find very interesting how much people can push the game mechanics to make gimmicks viable.
Wouldn't Leaf be better than Steel? Especially in Normal only where you don't really need resistance boost from Ancient's Pledge?
The excitement of seeing another firbomb only run is unmatched
I’m waiting for the “can you beat life IRL” firebomb challenge run
He'd better be dressed in a milkman outfit too.
"I am the milkman, my milk is delicious."
I totally read this as excrement. Lol
Firbomb
I applied to the firebomb academy, I’m waiting for a letter
As someone who has played this game for 20 years, it was nostalgic to see you play it without over optimizing it. "Get lost in an ice cave for over an hour". Thank You, keep having fun.
I know right? I've been playing pretty continuously since 2000 and it's super refreshing. If you want a playthrough that feels kinda fresh for OGs like us I'd reccomend either going Classic because of no runes, jewels, charms, and skills pre-nerf like WW and Static/Nova. That or a build no one does but is doable SSF (at least that's how I prefer to play, especially now that there aren't RW and Ubers locked to online ladder) like the bladesin, zoo druid, or poison dagger necro ✌️
15:00 Dear Future Lemon, Thawing Potions do remove chill/freeze, but that's not why you use them against Duriel. It looks like a chill, but the slowdown he causes is actually from his Holy Freeze aura, which is not removed by Thawing Potions. The main benefit is the +50% Cold Resistance they give, reducing the cold damage Duriel deals to you.
So glad you mentioned the random enemy names. They can be hilarious every once in a while
My inner Diablo 2 meta-gremlin was screaming about always going to 50 Str for armour.
Good video. Glad it worked out
Awesome video ! You had me rollin with that muguffin line. Cant wait for the next d2 vid
Thanks for playing some more diablo. It's always fun to see people play a game I grew up with in weird and fun ways.
I love the firebomb episodes but it's always sad when you say a run wasn't fun.
Ngl a lot of the runs on this channel wouldn’t of been fun a lot are stupidly tedious dude is a sadist probably watch every video
Thanks again to Lemon : The Backlogs for creating today's video.
Fun to watch as always!
omg i love this game, played it growing up and now im grinding it out again, so glad you're doing another D2 video. First another bloodborne video, now this. Great stuff, always love the videos, very bingable.
I wanted to say thank you for all your videos they help alot and always keep me entertained
Thank you for adding the song list into your description! Loved the expired 20% off coupon, I lost mine ages ago. Ah, Cafe de Backlogs, the most sought after place on the Firebomb Academy campus.
I feel like Lemon's patience has slowly rotted away as time goes on.
Definitely he never used to point out the basement dwellers
What an immolation run does to a man
That was refreshing. And I respect you for appreciating the journey instead focusing solely on destination.Surprising percentage of D2 players have very little experience with the actual game, they just look for guides, have their characters rushed to the endgame by better players, they never finish the game on their own, they don't know anything about the lore or story. They spread myths they heard (for example, about Duriel's non-existen charge move), instead of veryfing them through their own experience. In shoty, I appreciate someone relatively new actually want to experience the game in their own way.
aside from story being mostly sidelined to the vids. i have seen enough to know ill proably get well at the game. plus its in a era of worthy games.
Well done! Awesome that you stick to your guns and reminding other people about the point of playing a game :D
Cool video ^^
Another one in the blast radius of the Firebomb!
Would love to see you make another DS3 run, but I think expanding your game catalogue (if that's what you want to call it) is equally good :)
Loving the Diablo 2 videos so far, and the attitude too. Keep it up
I did a pretty much identical run in original diablo 2 lod, but with valhalla mod. That build was extremely bonkers and dealt a lot of damage, only on hell enemies started being an issue
I‘m sooo happy to see you doing another diablo 2 change run again please consider doing it more often
Love you lemon♥️
Yes! Another Diablo 2 run, and a firebomb run ❤! Also, speaking of firebomb only runs, Nioh 1 and 2 has an entire stat and skill tree dedicated to tools like Firebombs called Ninjutsu. They have scaling damage as far as I know, and are actually decently strong AND every element has an associated status effect too. Just thought I'd mention it in case you didn't know.
No Idea If you know this, and It might even get mentioned later, but running will set your armor to 0 and block chance to 1/3 of what It Is. Now, that really only applies to melee focused builds but hey, might come In play later.
I absolutely love this game! I extremely enjoy the fact that you can find new and interesting ways to beat it
I always am amazed at and enjoy your unbelievable tenacity and follow through, and your writing makes me laugh.
But today I'm commenting to let you know how much I appreciate the fact that you actually care about only running ads for quality products. I'm excited to try Phantom Blades!
Thanks for the great content, I wish i could do more to support it!
If you are thinking about playing Diablo 1:
I recommend installing the DevilutionX Mod, for a vanilla experience (only qol changes like resolution, enemy healthbars or item visibility) or the Belzebub Mod for a fusion of D1 and D2.
did someone say integrated add? Me: ah yes the economics class of the firebomb academy.
Gotta pay for the next round of firebombs. For some reason vendors don't sell them for free to academy members. Something about a shortage of flammable liquids. I got into growing walnut trees to make Walnut Oil for my next generation of firebomb members.
@@glenmcgillivray4707 I just use willpower and Greek fire for my firebombs, willpower is surprisingly useful for the making of equipment, be it consumables or equipment like armor and weapons.
Awesome run haha also that game in the sponsor actually looks pretty cool ima check it out
as a d2 veteran the only thing i did was internal screaming
but its very nice to see where we all startet and did the same mistakes
ah good old Duriel the beginners bane
still love this run good luck and have fun with your next run^^
For future runs, those synergy skills are really big, and make a great difference in damage, at least, they were in the original. There does come a point where the synergy % boost damage is bigger than the flat boost that levelling the skill itself is.
Plus they don't increase mana cost. Sometimes, with some skills, it's better to level up the synergies first before putting more than 1 point in the base skill, just to keep the mana cost low and let you throw the skill out more times in a period.
@@bearlytamedmodels I almost forgot about that part hah. Thinking back, that does explain my Druid build I had, the firestorm skill he starts with is so cheap but extremely powerful if you just pump the synergy skills hah.
Watching anything Diablo 2 again hits me in the face with the nostalgia brick, great run as always!
Great video! Wonder if you would ever do a lords of the fallen firebomb run? Seems like a perfect game for you to do that in. Has a lot of different throwables
Don't know this game so much, but I know tou and your legendary skills at throwing firebombs, so let's enjoy once more. Don't stop please
Literally the only CZcamsr I’ll watch the sponsor skits They are actually good, entertaining and funny
Love this. Hope a Poison Dagger run is in our future. Extremely unique way to play. A lot of normally useless affixes becomes super important on daggers like repairs durability, hit causes monsters to flee, knockback so 1. you can keep using the dagger and 2. give yourself space while you're waiting for the poison to kill things. Did you know daggers could have plus to necro skills? I didn't know until I tried it.
Wonderful idea and wonderful content. Dark Souls and Diablo are amazing stuff for your channel!
I'm hopefully not the only one that would love to see what kind of challenge runs you can cook up for Diablo 1
You have great content brother. I root for the up and coming every day guys trynna break free from the 9-5 through any means. I hope you get millions amd millions of views man. Best wishes.
Oh my god, spotted this just when I wanted to go sleep. Perfect. Then I can watch it a few times because I doze off halfway through. The most calming stuff on the internet. (Along with press continue, when he doesn't do the chaotic outros 😂)
please oh please do more d2 challenges. i love this game and my mom got me started on this series when i was a kid so id love to see this kind of stuff happen. and dont worry despite playing d2 alot i still dont know alot.
Uh, the challange runs from D2R are soooooo great :D As someone, who tried so many challenge runs as a teenager, i love to see some love to his game :D
Novice initiates at the Firebomb Academy: B-B-But poison bombs aren’t Firebombs, that’s not allowed!
Expert Scholars: Elemental Explosives are Firebombs of Different names (and flavors)
The Grand Alumni: It is not “what is a Firebomb” that should be asked, but “What ISN’T a firebomb!” The answer is nothing, if you think about it cleverly enough.
I always love your videos they give me my daily dose of serotonin
For the arreat summit fight against the 3 barbarians, you can put down a portal, it doesnt let you take them out 1 at a time but it makes retrying the fight if you die much faster, just place the portal inside the cave right next to the exit to the summit
Leaving a comment for the algorithm and to say loved the blurb about runewords. Wasn’t screaming it more “wonder if he’s gonna make a stealth chest to help with mana issues”. You answered it so I’m a happy camper lol
You can also "repair" your throwable potions to refill your quantity.
Thanks for trying these cool experiments! Keep it up!
Love the content dude keep it up
I am not fully through the video but by GOD what was the unique ring drop from Duriel ? XD
HOW DARE YOU NOT TELLING US!
amazing video though im looking forward to every upload :)
only channel i have actually hit the bell on XD
@TheBacklogs I know you probably won't see this comment. But Lemon, thank you for doing challenge runs on my favorite game of all time and giving me new ways to play it! My daughter (first child) will be born in January and I can't wait to introduce her to this game I've been playing since it originally came out when i was 10! 34 now and the nostalgia is strong. Thank you again Lemon!
Fun fact: assassin can open closed chests without a key. When you are running, your armor = 0, so sometimes better walk than run
Seriously, diablo 2 really has a problem with not explaining virtually any of its mechanics to players. You just have to rely on 50 years of hardcore players parsing out every single permutation of everything ever. And hope the info is still viable after the latest patch.
@@chrishubbard64 in D2R you can see, that your armor is 0. Open your stats tab and look on defense while running. In original there are no indicators to that
Nice! Thanks for quality entertainment, Lemon! It was a blast! )
Man I love this channel. Comedy gold
For those wanting to do their own run, the runes Tir and Ral in a two open sockets staff makes a really good runeword for all fire-based builds!
Lemon. I gotta tell ya. I recently went through a rough breakup and have been very depressed since but your videos I have on repeat almost. They help me sleep and all your jokes and stuff put a smile on my face. You’re on of my fav CZcamsrs and just wanna tell you that you help me through my days. I look forward to your next video!
Anytime I hear the tunes near the end I am taken back to Gunstar Heros. Can't help but wonder if he ever would do a flamethrower/ explosion on run in that game, granted its a sega game back in the 90's.
Lol thank you for addressing my screen-yelling. 😆 I’m screaming, yes, but it’s all in fun. Thanks for the video!
1st time viewer and a long time D2 player.
This is refreshing to watch.
I don’t know anything about Diablo but these challenge runs you make are hella addictive
So many memories with this game. Mostly of soloing, but setting players to 8. Super nice for my clepto, take everything and sell it nature with these games
Bro im so happy to see someone playing Diablo 2, one of my favorite games of all time
Definitely want to see you do a challenge run for each class now, maybe redo your paladin which a different challenge too.
Firebombs are just, y’know, the bomb.
I would be interested in seeing a version of this done in Path of Exile as well. In there you have access to both a poison flask ability and an explosive one. Plus other stuff like a spell that lights you on fire to burn the enemies around you to death!
I am really excited about Diablo 1 challenge runs!
I've never played a Diablo game for more than an hour (and that was Diablo 3 in coop) or anything like it, but it was still surprisingly easy to follow along. The explosions also look really nice, I'm kinda surprised.
Well this is the remaster. OG game is very much so pixel sprites
This was great. Can't wait for what's next
That NBA Jam reference warmed my heart. You might even say it's "... ON FIRE!"
i like the callout to us veterans, i was screeching internally alot in this video of all the things how you couldve made it easier but maybe the fun came from that haha
Something that I had a very hard time to get my head around with early D2 runs:
"Thou shall not level energy." At least not more than once or twice. Early game.
You're going to have to chuck anyway. And if it's not mana, it's health pots.
The biggest difference is is how comfortable you can be while chugging vs. how often you have to refill your belt/inventory. Gold really isn't part of this equation since around as early as old Tristram anything you find should sell for more than what you spend on TPs and pots.
Now yes, with less energy you will have to return more often to town/fiddle with your inventory more. But every death you avoid due to better health is a massive time win, and even the time lost for trips can be negated a bit by the ability to stand smack dab in the middle of trash mobs spamming away.
Late game you have enough energy/+mana/+mana gain on gear and just passive +max mana from levels that all these points into energy do you little good. But this also is only true if you're going Hell Baal kill.
Mass Effect 1 is unique in the trilogy in that you get grenades in that game. Very...bizarrely functioning grenades that you toss like a frisbee and have to manually detonate, but grenades nonetheless. I also know it's possible to increase their damage and how many you can carry, but no idea if you can beat the game with just them or not. Could be worth checking out though.
The guy is too powerful, he is becoming unstoppable.
Fireblast is an incredible skill. works with Ias and has a bunch of synergies.
Why not try Telekinesis run.
Edit: I feel "The screaming" bit was directed at me. :O
+1 for the Gunstar Heroes Ost, think we wouldn't notice?
All hail the fire bomb goddess! It's always a good time with those fire bombs videos.
Wait wait
The Gem Shrines upgrade a random gem in your inventory to the next tier? I legitimately thought it just gave you a random gem at a random tier. Shit, you learn something new every day
Loved the vid! D2's a very special game to me so was great watching a challenge run like this.
duriel: i'll stunlock you, you little...
Lemon: DORMAMMU!
Before watching this, I am already certain that Diablo, literal actual Satan, ruler of hell, does not stand a chance against one blessed by the firebomb goddess
That ad read was GREAT! My new metric for whether microtransactions is "can you beat the game naked in a reasonable amount of time?"
i was hoping you would use barbarian for this run. his throw weapon passive works on the comsumable bombs.
I get that, but the assassin has fire bombs that run on mana instead of an unsold consumable.
The Firebomb Goddess demands Hell be cleansed!
Lawl. The way that you and Leeds got sponsored by the same game. I gotta try it for sure now.
Found a couple of "no healing-no farming-hardcore" runs a while ago. Wanted to give that a shot. Suddenly thaw potions are important and every item counts :)
It always comes back to paladins for you Sir Lemon 😂 that and being mauled by Sir Melon the Malicious
How is it, the very moment I finish your last D2 video, you upload a brand new one.
Nice of them to add respec. I remember no such option when I played long ago. Would have been nice to swap builds since some stuff just doesn't work on nightmare or hell. Being able to enjoy whatever and not have a bricked character if doing new game plus would have been cool.
I like the way you played this better than the sweaty way i would've. You could've trivialized this using all the runewords and farming certain things. Much more entertaining this way, too lol.
thanks for the work lemon i hope you have a nice week :3
Good Video, pls do somthing you find fun somtime next :-D
Running one of the Earth Defence Force games with only explosives could be a fun run.
Nice videos, as always, but I have a question (sorry for that) there will be a video summarizing the one shot challenge?
Eventually!
I'm just hoping to see some Lies of P challenge runs. I don't know what the challenge should be, but there's gotta be _something_
how about grim dawn demolitionist bomber? (has molotovs and canister bombs)
thanks for the entertaining rerun of D2
Nothing like getting home from work and watching the new The Backlogs video
Counter-intuitively, the amount of armor you have increases your chance to not get hit in Diablo 2. Makes perfect sense really. If you're wearing the heaviest, most immobilizing suit of armor you can find turns you into an absolute ninja and things struggle to hit you. I think Dexterity does give a small amount of armor rating, but otherwise it just influences your chance to block, which caps out at 75%, which is also influenced by your character level. (Higher level means you need more dexterity to have the same block chance as a lower level character) This information is TECHNICALLY in game as you can see the tooltip information change in your stat screen if you're paying attention. (May have to mouse over specific stat measurements in the stat screen itself)
I provide this information only because I dunno what else to comment and it's apparently good for the algorithm
I am hyped for a Diablo 1 challenge run.
Hey Lemon! I’m starting consumables only Salt and Sanctuary (With the addition that arrows are allowed), and I remembered you mentioned a firebomb ring in the Super Clown Adventures stream? I was wondering if it’s been implemented yet. Keep up the great work!
Yup!
So long as you're playing the enhanced edition on PC, the consumables ring is hidden in the world :)
@@TheBacklogs Thank you! Now to kiss my afternoons goodbye… 🫡
This comment has been left purely as an offering to our Dread Lord Algorithm.
Yes! More Diablo Backlogs!
The Burst of Speed skill would have probably helped you quite a bit with Duriel and it would have only cost 2 skill points.
Didn't see what level you were, but Fade might have also helped.
I always get those at least at lvl 1 when playing an assassin.