What is your favorite build to play, over the long term?

I'm curious what builds people have the most fun playing, meta or off-meta, for PvM. What build could you spend the most time playing after you're already fully geared up and still have a lot of fun?

I find myself playing some characters far more than others, with some builds I was excited about gearing up not holding my interest after they reach hell

Baal.

For me

Charged Strike/

Lightning Strike zon has been surprisingly fun, and

Frenzy barb and zealer have been less engaging than they used to be back in the day.

While I'm generally a fan of variety and hence keep one of every class (with one doubled up for ladder), in terms of long-term entertainment nothing beats a Bone necro imo. 20 years later, I still love the design and the feel of them, the fact that they are probably one of if not the best jack of all trades (master of some) and the fact that unlike many other and nearly all meta builds, they actually require more than 1 or 2 buttons to really bring out their full potential so you're not just mindlessly droning on like you are with a hammerdin or java or the like.

I'm not the best person to be posting here — my Diablo experience was almost entirely limited to Diablo 1 and Hellfire until recently — but I thought I may as well chip in.

Lvl 91 Druid; I'm playing an

Armageddon +

Fire Claws +

Werewolf +

Werebear build (20

Firestorm, 20

Molten Boulder, 1

Fissure, 1

Volcano, 20

Armageddon, 20

Fire Claws, 10

Lycanthropy, 1 in every other Shape Shifting skill, 1 in

Oak Sage, 1 in

Heart of Wolverine). I'm certainly not wanting for buttons!
The spec isn't potent enough for autopiloting, and I can't advise levelling as this, but it can comfortably tackle the whole main game +

Diablo Clone (haven't tried Übers yet). I've found myself only having more and more fun as I've progressed my character. I initially found this to be surprising, yet, given my gear and playstyle, it's no wonder: I'm rocking full Aldur's Watchtower +

Medusa's Gaze with an Obedience polearm as my second weapon, and I'm accompanied by a

Frenzy Barbarian using Sazabi's Grand Tribute + Lawbringer

Phase Blade. This leads to a versatile build with plenty of micromanagement, which is just the way I like it:

• Always cast shapeshifts, spirits, and
  Armageddon with the main weapon set active for the Aldur's Watchtower +Skills;

• Maintain
  Armageddon uptime;

• Maintain
  Feral Rage/
  Maul stacks;

• Have a living
  Oak Sage/
  Heart of Wolverine;

• Keep
  Enchant procced (via Obedience);

• Apply
  Lower Resist (via
  Medusa's Gaze) whenever a group is Fire-vulnerable and big enough;

• Use Obedience whenever facing a majority of Fire immunes, when Life Leech is important, or when needing Crushing Blow;

• Swap wereforms when needed (Hell Temptress swarms, Lister's group, and Undead Soul Killers in particular incentivise
  Werebear usage);

• Restore mana with
  Hunger if in a serious pinch.

Cheeeeez Runasutaru, this is D2 Masterclass playstyle.

For me its just the 1-2 hours 4 times a week after work point'n'click abuse. Cant be bothered with such a micromanagement. For this Im happy to resurrect my

Nova-Mana-Shield-Sorc which i exhausted 20 years ago

and of course my

Frenzy horker how follows my friends FoH through CS

my long term favorite has always been a blizzard sorc, but when I finally got a tesladin pre-ladder, it definitely become my favorite

Can't get enough of the

Frenzy Hork MF barb here! Nearing level 96 on him.

Also enjoying a Zealot (93) and Light Sorc (91), but nothing beats chance at double loot for me.

For me, Kick/Trapsin before 2.4 and

Phoenix Strike MA after.
Easy to learn, hard to master.

I really like trying different builds, especially hybrids and enjoy playing different variations of sorc, pala, barb, druid but my constant companion is always summuon necro. It's a build that can virtually clear everywhere lightning fast without expensive great or even merc.

Iron Golem is a different story and it is really possible to make it a strong hybrid with poison or Bone choice.

I made the new Infinity zon and having a blast!
I also did a Fury/

Hurricane build on sp that was really fun doing the game with, but ultimately

Hurricane is trash damage.

Javazon, due to it requires lots of hard work ...

wwsin but ww is a bit... not great right now. If they fix it I'd like to do a Plague + Bramble wwsin, seems like it'd be fun, but right now idk if it's worth the runes or repair costs.

I will always enjoy my sorceress BlizardOfOz most. The build should be clear with this name...

Blizz - or Lightning Sorc.

With Enigma most of the speccs are really enjoyable for me though.

If there wouldn't be resistances &

Teleport in the game i'd probably allways play Javazon.

Hammerdin with 1 point on fanatism

Solid

Hammerdin with 1 point on fanatism

Solid

Strafezon, I like ranged weapons and a speedy zon. With a perfect Faith as main weapon and a

Windforce as second weapon it's hard to beat for fun.

I tend to play a lot of variety, but my "mindless fun builds" that I enjoy playing are:

Poison Summon Necromancer

Auradin Paladin (though FoH is a fun flavor of the week)

FB/Orb Sorceress (Infinity

Nova a close second)

Frenzybarb

Fire Druid

Bowazon (Freezing +

Strafe)

Kicksin nowadays.

If I have Enigma, summoner necro. If not,

Hydra/ orb sorc.