Classic uniques vs LoD uniques?

is there a list of uniques exclusive to classic version without LOD expansion somewhere?

just wondering...if it's possible to rule hell with just uniques and no runewords.

Classic uniques are uniques with normal bases (not exceptional or elite). Boots, Cap, Maul, Blade, etc. Some of them are actually great like Spectral Shard, Goldskin or Tarnhelm.

Yikes. Sounds bit bad. I wonder if there are any classics fanatics out there

I checked the unique’s list by order of qlvl. Pretty crappy I would say.
Less than half the items are on classic.
I don’t understand how you could survive or even farm hell. Even all purpose chars need the boost to skills to survive.

rikus wrote: 3 years ago

I checked the unique’s list by order of qlvl. Pretty crappy I would say.
Less than half the items are on classic.
I don’t understand how you could survive or even farm hell. Even all purpose chars need the boost to skills to survive.

Back 1.01, Diablo 2 was a very, very different Beast. Rares reigned supreme, and SoJ was king. Also, syngergies didn't exist, so, say, the Blizzard sorc wasn't an 80-skill-point build.

Back in theese days they/we prefered rare items.

I remember, my first char ever was a thornes paladin. Played him to act 4 nightmare. There were no guides and I had no clue what I have done

Those were the days I had a clueless bowa back then, fully geared up in rares. Not sure how she survived honestly.

rikus wrote: 3 years ago

I checked the unique’s list by order of qlvl. Pretty crappy I would say.
Less than half the items are on classic.
I don’t understand how you could survive or even farm hell. Even all purpose chars need the boost to skills to survive.

You really don't.

Original D2 was a lot harder, not only because the items were extremely limited as compared to now but even more so because in the olden days, most skills were a hell of a lot weaker than they are today because things like synergies didn't exist yet. Also, mercs were entirely useless (no gear, act-limited, ..).

Now though, even in classic mode, the game is far from hard because even though you may be missing some items, the synergies and skill changes along the way are more than enough to still render endgame a non-challenge.

Case and point:
Go play classic mode for a change. I actually did a little while ago out of boredom (and to test something ^^). There's very few people actually there but the handful that do play there tend to wreck CS even faster than is the case on expansion. Given, if those same people (who are far more coordinated than your average expansion player) ran in exp, it'd be faster yet again but even so, it is basically a faceroll on classic, too.

I really do?
I would say if they was really the classic- no synergies should apply.