Favorite meme/non-meta/joke build that actually works?

Hey y’all, every get sick of hammerdins, blizzard/

Nova sorcs, javazons, etc?

One of my Favorite things to do in d2r was to take something that in concept that shouldn’t work and figure out a way to make it viable, or at least to test out it’s limits. I’ve had varying levels of success, from

The Summoner barb to the Brand

Crossbow wielding necro to the max level

Valkyrie Amazon there are some fun builds that are at least worth a token just to see what they can do.

So what’s your Favorite build that is never on a tier list but you still love playing?

Enchant sorc. In a party first the other players get the impression that you are there just to give buffs, but soon they realize that you do quite a damage!

And it this build is already meta because of the recent bugfix, try a

Holy Fire paladin with a

Demon Machine (melee is too meta now after HF buff).

There used to be a guy called SSoG who created all sorts of wacky but somewhat viable builds.

My favourite was called the Invincible Abbott - basically, you stack so much damage reduction, absorb and self heal that you can't die.

Lanceor wrote: 1 year ago

There used to be a guy called SSoG who created all sorts of wacky but somewhat viable builds.

My favourite was called the Invincible Abbott - basically, you stack so much damage reduction, absorb and self heal that you can't die.

Thanks for that hint, that sounds actually hilarious Here's the link to the guide:

https://www.purediablo.com/strategy/inv ... adin-build

I really think about trying that

EDIT: In case someone else thinks about to try this one, the most important point about this build is found on the bottom of the text:

All testing was done in SP, Players = 1. There are discussions at the moment about whether or not higher player count games cause monsters to deal more damage. If that’s the case, then you’ll have to be more wary in larger games, because more and more monsters will be able to break past your PDR and put the hurting on you.

Thus I think I won't try it since my chars all are MP characters

Lanceor wrote: 1 year ago

There used to be a guy called SSoG who created all sorts of wacky but somewhat viable builds.

I've found yet another: The Mighty Kodiak (shifter druid). And more, but unfortunately with dead links. I may update this post if I find those builds.

Trang Oul wrote: 1 year ago

Lanceor wrote: 1 year ago

There used to be a guy called SSoG who created all sorts of wacky but somewhat viable builds.

I've found yet another: The Mighty Kodiak (shifter druid). And more, but unfortunately with dead links. I may update this post if I find those builds.

Yah, his guides were written 15 years ago and are a bit hard to find.

Another funny one that I remember was Ursa Major - a

Werebear assassin with a 2 frame attack. It takes a mad genius to come up with stuff like this. I haven't been able to find it on Google though. :'(

Lanceor wrote: 1 year ago

Another funny one that I remember was Ursa Major - a

Werebear assassin with a 2 frame attack. It takes a mad genius to come up with stuff like this. I haven't been able to find it on Google though. :'(

Apparently after performing some archaeology and necromancy I found it!
No idea if this build still works in D2R, though.

Trang Oul wrote: 1 year ago

Lanceor wrote: 1 year ago

Another funny one that I remember was Ursa Major - a

Werebear assassin with a 2 frame attack. It takes a mad genius to come up with stuff like this. I haven't been able to find it on Google though. :'(

Apparently after performing some archaeology and necromancy I found it!
No idea if this build still works in D2R, though.

I think this is the exact same, although it isn't called Ursa Major. Also explained how it works and such.

kozie wrote: 1 year ago

I think this is the exact same, although it isn't called Ursa Major. Also explained how it works and such.

Gearing is a little different, but the concept is the same. SSoG's one doesn't require

Fanaticism, but MrLlamaSC's one is probably more powerful, given that he uses the Fury Runeword instead of blue Magic

Claws.

Lanceor wrote: 1 year ago

There used to be a guy called SSoG who created all sorts of wacky but somewhat viable builds.

My favourite was called the Invincible Abbott - basically, you stack so much damage reduction, absorb and self heal that you can't die.

Yeah Abbot or Cleric, you just a guy who run around party and give huge defensive buffs to others and you walk in the middle of some tripple

Conviction/might/

Fanaticism aura monsters and u do nothing and you just dont die

Spearazon!
I have solo'ed a spearazon from A1 Normal to Hell

Baal many, many times, starting in 1.09.
All I need is a

Lycander's Flank, a rogue merc, and I'm good to go.