Help choosing the perfect character

I played D2 classic as a kid for many years. I have tried to get back into it, but this time in LOD with d2r. I never was a fan of mercenaries and especially the idea of “oh, just let the merc kill it” for immunes. With sunder charms, I have hope.

I have tried a blizzard sorc,

Fireball/

Meteor sorc, hammerdin, Mosaic assassin, summoner necro, CE necro, javazon, frost maiden and now an

Echoing Strike warlock… the warlock has come closest to being what I want.

What I want: a character that can decimate every p8 TZ without having to worry about dying, potions, complicated strategies, so on and have good MF. I want a chill character. If a tesladin could wipeout p8, that’s what I’d be using

the Mosiac assassin had the damage, but you needed to beat the stupid cool off and that means constantly running around..

Baal runs? Good luck. My es warlock has 125fcr, max resists, but only 18-28k damage WITH fant and might. This makes p8 killing slow and boring … can I retool this character to work? Or maybe there is something easier

To add, I am using

Wizardspike (Pskull)

Shako with

Um
Spirit shield
Trangs
Bul-Kathos

Raven Frost

Arachnid Mesh
War travellr

Annihilus
Torch
Gheeds
CTA and Phoenix on swap

I refuse to put any more than that in my inventory as this is a game to find items, not to

Teleport to town every time you fill your cube. I have been tooling around with the idea of Obsession, but I’d need to get a FCR high res amulet to maintain the desired 125fcr

this guy :

Maybe FoH/

Smite Paladin with some seriously strong equipment? I have one level 93 in Hardcore, it doesn't really require deep thinking and is pretty strong against the majority of enemies, especially demons and undead. It deals magic damage against those, lightning damage against the rest and can still cause physical damage when needed.

You were used to Classic D2 and now you want an invincible build that annihilates P8

Terror zones without you doing anything?

That's some interesting expectation power creep.

I'm not sure if you can get happy in this game. D3 and D4 might better suit you (not meant as an insult but as a serious advice).

I have just one idea, though: You can get everything you described...in Nightmare

This topic feels like ai written and bait to start a conversation, oh well i fell for it

d2rppa69 wrote: 2 hours ago

This topic feels like ai written and bait to start a conversation, oh well i fell for it

He put a PSkull in Wizardpike. No AI is that...creative.

krathkor wrote: 3 hours ago

this guy :

So...warlock then.

But yeah, the OP honestly kinda reads as "I just want something stupidly OP that I don't need to even bother getting charms for or anything".
Warlock definitely fits that bill in more builds than one.
Still wants an enigma to get around at least but beyond that, just cobble together random nonsense and still plow through p8 easily.

"Stupidly OP" I would immediatly throw in a

Lightning Fury Javazon, it's an absolut cinema to clear the entire screen with just one

Spear, I absolutely love it and yes it still is my most favorite build of any char in the game.

On top of that, the Javazon is a very good single target killer because of her

Charged Strike, so she fullfills two rolls perfectly of throwing weapons of pure mass Destruction around and is still able to deal very high single target damage.

To be honest she is really gear heavy so building her up may take some time and effort.

Mosaic Assassin may be an option too, the combo is just nuts and may even outscale the LF Java by a significant margin.

StoBeast wrote: 20 hours ago

What I want: a character that can decimate every p8 TZ without having to worry about dying,

Energy Shield

Nova Sorc

StoBeast wrote: 20 hours ago

potions,

Prayer A2 Merc with Insight/Cure

StoBeast wrote: 20 hours ago

complicated strategies,

Energy Shield

Nova Sorc

StoBeast wrote: 20 hours ago

so on and have good MF.

Blizzard MF Sorc

StoBeast wrote: 20 hours ago

I want a chill character

Summoner necro

As you see, what you ask for is what we in germany call an "Eierlegende Wollmilchsau, roughly translated to a wooly egg breeding milkpig, a fantastic animal providing everything. You can't have all you ask for on one char. I think the closest to what you're asking for is

Energy Shield

Nova sorc. I'm sorry to say that, but the stuff you got is not enough to build an effective one and without OP stuff like Griffons, 2x Soj and self-wield Infinity, it's imo not worth it building one.

But why not building an

Echoing Strike warlock? Afaik, he's quiet effective even with mid stuff