As a follow up to my can I still dupe the hell out of Diablo 2 runes/gems, which I intended more for the single player fun factor, I am curious to know if there is a well developed strategy for obtaining gems and runes without duping?
This is focused primarily at playing online, on battle.net, but not necessarily exclusively. If it's a good strategy I'll likely try to perfect it in single player first.
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Kill the Countess in the tower under the Black Marsh. Over, and over, and over, and over, and over.
She can't drop the very highest runes, but she can drop some pretty awesome ones. For the highest runes, you'll want to kill Baal. His rune drop rate is much lower, but it's still your best bet.
When first killing Countess on Hell, the highest rune that can drop is Lo. Every time after that, the highest rune she can drop is Ist. She'll pretty much drop runes every time you kill her (very low chance of getting no runes). Baal on the other hand can drop all of the highest runes, including Zod (which I believe is a rune that can only be dropped in Act 5 Hell). From Kotsu's comment
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The monster with the highest probability of dropping runes is the countess in Act 1 (Forgotten Tower). I think she even drops at least one rune every time. AFAIK Andariel and Nilathak also have a rather high chance of dropping a rune, but not even close to the Countess. Nilathak can drop much higher runes though.
This guide might be helpful.
As for gems: Just go to areas with lots of monsters (cow level might be good) and collect all gems for transmuting.
Another option to farm runes and gems would be to do hellforge rushes. That's only viable online though where you can rush a lot of people at the same time and share the drops.
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The Countess is the best rune dropper; she once dropped 4 runes for me!Usually it's 2, sometimes 3, seldom is it only one. The higher your clvl, the better the drops throughout the Tower, which will yield chipped gems or a chipped skull (1-2) ammys (1-2) a charm (0-1)and a ring (0-1). The Forgotten Tower is a farmer's delight!
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Countess is great place only for mid range runes. Ist rune is very very low chance. Better civil war skyrim.
If you want to farm high runes(Ist and up) running Countess IS NOT a good place to do so.
Kiling lots of monsters on hell with /players 7 is the best way to do it. Speed of killing is the best thing you'd be looking at, so you should lower /players x until you reach fast killing.
Dense zones with monsters and elites should be your first choice, e.g. Cows, council members, even act 1 fallen camps.
Alternative but boring way is opening chests in lower Kurast on players 8. You can google/youtube how to do it.
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Chance to hit
100 * AR / (AR + DR) * 2 * alvl / (alvl + dlvl)
AR = Attack Rating; alvl = Level of Attacker; dlvl = Level of Defender; DR = Defense Rating Note: Attacks will never have less than 5% chance to hit nor more than 95% chance to hit.
Final chance to hit is truncated.
Example
I have an AR of 10,000. I am lvl85 (attacker) and the Defender is lvl90 with a defense of 5000
= 100 * AR / (AR + DR) * 2 * alvl / (alvl + dlvl)
= 100 * 10000/ (10000 + 5000) * 2 * 85/ ( 85 + 90) = 1000000/(10000 + 5000) * 2 * 85/(85 + 90) = 1000000/(15000) * 2 * 85/(175) = 1000000/(15000) * 2 * 85/(175) = 66.667 * 2 * 85/175 = 133.333 * 85/175 = 11333.333/175 = 64.761% chance to hit.
(Your attack rating without +AR or +Ar% from equipment, charms or skills)
= (Dex * 5) - 35 + ClassBonus The ClassBonus is: 20 for Barbarians and Paladins 15 for Assassins 5 for Amazons and Druids -10 for Necromancers -15 for Sorceresses Example Any lvl Necromancer with 200 Dex.
= (Dex * 5) - 35 + ClassBonus
= (200 * 5) - 35 + (-10) = (1000) - 35 + (-10) = 965 + (-10) = 955AR
(Your Defense rating without Defense, +Def or +Def% from equipment, charms or skills)
= Dex / 4 (rounding down) Example Any lvl char with 179 Dex.
= Dex/4 (rounding down)
= 179/4 (rounding down) = 44.75 (rounding down) = 44
Vs. large (eLarge): 32/128 = 25%
Vs. small (eSmall): 128/128 = 100% everyone else: 64/128 = 50%
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Open Wounds
Damage per frame:
Clvl=1-15: ((9*Clvl+31)/256)) * Modifier Clvl=16-30: ((18*Clvl-104)/256) * Modifier Clvl=31-45: ((27*Clvl-374)/256) * Modifier Clvl=46-60: ((36*Clvl-779)/256) * Modifier Clvl=61-99: ((45*Clvl-1319)/256) * Modifier Modifier: Triggers on a Player with attacker using a Melee Attack: 0.25 Triggers on a Player with attacker using Ranged Attack: 0.125 Triggers on a Boss Monster with attacker using Ranged or Melee: 0.5 Trigger on Other Targets with attacker using Ranged or Melee: 1 Open Wounds has a duration of 200 Frames (8 Seconds) and will reset the timer if reapplied. It's not actual damage but a Negative Life Regenration. E.g: Lvl80 Char using melee attack on a normal monster (Other Target) Clvl=61-99: ((45*Clvl-1319)/256) * Modifier = ((45*80-1319)/256) * 1 = ((3600-1319)/256) = (2281/256) * 1 = 8.91015625 * 1 = 8.91015625 Damage per Frame. For Damage per second, do (Damage per frame * 25) 8.91015625 * 25 = 222.75390625 Damage per second.
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Diablo 2 Countess Drops
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Running the Countess for Runes UVLoD has no shortage of runes.
The Countess can drop high runes, and she becomes the single best source in the game for these items. It doesn't take years to gather the runes to build any high level Runeword item, it can be done in hours.
Sweetfx skyrim special edition. The Countess drops Runes upto:
Zod in Hell
Ist in Nightmare Sol in Normal Getting the most out of Rune Drops
The Countess can drop up to 3 runes at a time, but she drops less than 3 when you increase the player count. It's best to run the Countess on /players 1 for Runes. This is how the game drop mechanics work for the Countess.
I've been playing on hell for a while now and people tell me you get the unique torches from uber Tristram. How does one get there? Are there certain monsters i have to kill? Do I have to be a certain class or is there a preferred class that does it better than others?
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You need to get 9 keys, 3 each of Terror, Hate, and Destruction from The Countess, The Summoner, and Nihlathak in Hell. These will allow you to open 3 red portals, where you will fight Uber bosses to get three more special items. Putting these 3 special items in the Cube will open the portal to Uber Tristram.
Here are the details from the wiki
The first step is to gather the three keys required to open the first of the red portals. The Keys of Hate, Terror, and Destruction are required, and can only be found from certain boss monsters, and only on Hell difficulty. Get the Key of Terror from The Countess, the key of Hate from The Summoner, and the Key of Destruction from Nihlathak. It's a good idea to have 3 of each key before beginning the second stage of the Pandemonium Event, so you can do all three of the special areas in the same game. (The same area will not repeat in the same game, so you'll have all 3 ingredients for Uber Tristram.) The keys look identical, and can only be discerned between by hovering on them to see their name.
Key of Terror These are dropped by The Countess, who is located on the fifth level of the Forgotten Tower in the Black Marsh, Act One. She is commonly run for her rune drops, and will drop a Key of Terror about 8% of the time she dies on Hell difficulty.
Key of Hate The Summoner drops this one. He's found at the end of one of the four points of the Arcane Sanctuary, in Act Two. He will only drop a Key of Hate on Hell difficulty, and even then only every few games.
Key of Destruction Nihlathak sometimes drops this key, but only on Hell difficulty. He's found at one end of the four-pointed Halls of Vaught, the lowest of the three Halls levels reached through Anya's portal in Harrogath, in Act Five.
Opening the Red Portals
Once you have the keys, stand in Harrogath, on Hell difficulty, place one of each in your Horadric Cube and convert them. A red portal will open to one of three locations; the Matron's Den, the Forgotten Sands, or the Furnace of Pain. Which portal opens first is random, but if you do all three in the same game you will not get the same one twice. For this reason it's recommended that you have 9 keys to begin with, 3 of each type, so you can do them all in the same game. It's also recommended that you stand in different places so you'll spread out the three portals, so they don't overlap and make selecting the correct one 'uber difficult'. You'll be adding a 4th portal once you've completed these three, to Uber Tristram, so save room.
Uber Tristram
To create a red portal to Uber Tristram, place Diablo's Horn, Baal's Eye, and Mephisto's Brain in the Horadric Cube, and transmute them while standing in Harrogath in a Hell difficulty game. A red portal will open, the fourth in that area if you've done them all in the same game. It takes you to Uber Tristram, where the real fun begins.
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As per the Diablo 2 Wiki:
Uber Tristram is part of the Pandemonium Special Event. This event can only be accomplished on Battle.net, on hell difficulty.
Uber Tristram
To create a red portal to Uber Tristram, place Diablo's Horn, Baal's Eye, and Mephisto's Brain in the Horadric Cube, and transmute them while standing in Harrogath in a Hell difficulty game
Obtaining items for Uber Tristram
This is a three step process. You need keys from three uniques.
Step 1:
Step 2:
Once you have all three, put them in the Cube, and transmute them. If you are in Harrogoth, on Hell difficulty, a red portal will open to one of three random areas:
Each one has a boss at the end that will drop one of the three items you need. Be warned, these are much harder than Hell Baal. The bosses are, respectively:
The portal that opens is random, but combining more than one set of keys in one game will not open a portal to an area you already have open. As such, getting three of each key is recommended.
Step 3:
Once you have killed all three bosses, you have the items needed to go to Uber Tristam! Put them in the cube and transmute. The new red portal will go to Uber Tristram.
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