Diablo II Speedrun

Diablo II

Use left clicks to buy potions
CTRL + Left Click to sell quickly
SHIFT + Left Click to belt a potion from inventory
SHIFT + Potion to feed merc
Sell and re-buy stacked items to quickly re-stock (ie tomes, throwing pots)

Act 1
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Blood Moor/Den
- /players 8 til cold plains
-need gold/items before Cold Plains (also level 2)
  - daggers, javelins, gems, charms, rings, blues, etc...
-set TP at Den, go to Plains WP
-buy >= 2 staminas, many mana pots
- /players 1 for den
-focus energy on sort at first (to 40) (push charged bolt til level 6)
-save and exit out of Den
-keep moving & charged bolt

Cold Plains
- back to /players 8
-level 4 before exit
-burial ground exit is in a corner (Stony Field in center)

Stony Field/Underground Passage
-kill Rakanishu's minions (stones are always near the path)
-get to U.P. ASAP
-exit is straight

Dark Wood/Black Marsh
-level 4.5 -> 5.5 upon arrival
-level 6 before tower - FROST NOVA!
- need BM WP & Tower location

Tower
- /players 8
-starting block direction is straight, exit is left
-TAL & ETH are goals (RAL, TIR are bonus)
look for at shops:
 - 2x 2 socket helms, belt, 2x 2 socket shield, 2 socket armor (25 str)
 - 10% faster cast rate wand
goal: 2 RAL, 2 TIR, TAL, ETH, Topaz, Diamonds

Moving On...
 - 2 Socket armor for STEALTH! (TAL + ETH)
 - 2 Socket helm for TIR/RAL runes
 - 2 Socket shield for TIR/RAL/Diamond/Topaz
  (- light resistance for act 2 is important, fire res for act 3/4)

 - 1 helm/shield - dedicated RAL (ideally this is a shield)
 - 1 helm - dedicated TIR
 - shield Topaz/Diamonds
 (3 TAL makes a RAL)

 respect at 13 for Sorc
  25 str
  50 energy
  rest in VIT

  7 static field
  1 tele
  1 frost nova
  1 frozen armor
  max Nova (Nova until level 18 -> Teleport)

 Attack Pattern:
  - Frost Nova -> Static -> Nova (Rinse Repeat)

Outer Cloister
 Cross, top right
 Open, top left
 WP on left, bottom right

Barracks
-straight or left
-see the Smith? just grab the hammer

Jail 1/2
-exit is straight
-keep an eye out for champ fallen groups

Jail 3
-exit is left

Catacombs
-no real good direction on 1 or 3
-WP on 2 is left of the exit (or, if the WP block is "straight", then the door is to the "right")

Andariel
-lure guys away from door
-close door, clear room a bit
-static her down, gg (hope for topaz for shield)
-run straight to Act 2!

-ideally Level 14+ w/ some light res in shield
-also, look for fast run/walk boots

Act 2
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Overworld
- /players 8
-kill beetles for EXP
-maps are square, exits are in corners (complete corners with no cutouts)
-set TP at hall or dry hills exit (unless you find WP)
-order doesn't matter, if it's easy to come back to something, skip it
- ideally level 18 for teleport BEFORE maggot lair

Maggot Lair
-Level 1/2 - identify starting block, then exit is right
-Level 3 - straight

Temple of Vipers
-exit faces left of the start block
-set TP on level 2

Halls of the Dead
-same deal, exit is left from the starting block

-talk to Drognan to unlock Arcane Sanctuary quest
 (if you quit the game after getting cube and other stuff before talking to him, it will make you morph before talking to him)

Tombs Layout
        *
    [] / \ V
   U /     \ ^
 O /         \ O)

Duriel
-use a merc
-thawing potions!
-ezpz?!?!

-hopefully level 18
-talk to Jehryn to open passage
-go back in harem and use TP to warp back across to boat

Act 3
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*light potions are no longer useful*

Jungles
-stick to left of the river
-double bridge has an entrance (corners do, too)
  - look for spider cavern (ezpz)
-look for funky river situations
-Flayer Jungle has good experience!
-drop TP at flayer dungeon and progress to next WP

Flayer Dungeon
- /players 8
-always go left from starting block

*Level 20+ after jungles

Lower Kurast
-exit in top corners

Bazaar
-entrance and exit are on a diagonal
-quest temple faces towards the bottom left - it's worth doing this until you can go fast

Sewers
-just look around the outsides
-look for full offshoots from the main squares

Travincal
-one of the unique guys for the flail

Durance
-left of path on level 1
-straight of path on level 2

Mephisto
-gg
-ezpz
(except probably impossible)

Act 4
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-Make sure you have Act 2 defensive merc
-Get rid of cube, get a *PIKE* for Merc

Outer Steppes
 - exit is either Top Left Corner, or one of two Bottom Right Corners

Plains of Despair
 -exits
         /  \
       X       \
     /           X
   /               \
 /                   \
\                     /
  \                 /
     X            /
       \        X
         \   /
- consider izual if you find him (extra skill point is nice)

City of the Damned
 - Find WP go down stairs

River of Flame
 - Teleport top right til WP and Sanctuary
 - (Quest log will alert if you're heading to forge)

Chaos Sanctuary
 - Get towards middle and try to drag/kill some stuff out until it's not bothering you - leave TP
 - Sorc: Vizier, De Seis, Infector
 - Vizier - Merc tanks and does damage. Frost Nova/Static
 - De Seis - same
 - Infector - Merc will die
 - Diablo
    - avoid the lightning, static him down

Act 5
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-Revive merc
-Level 20 minimum (Canyon of Magi if you need to grind)
-Kill Shenk to halve potion cost
-Frigid Highlands -> go direction the doors are facing
(consider farming the boss at the start of frigid if you need gold. exp won't be good here unless you're level 25 - which you shouldn't be)
-Arreat Plateau
-Crystaline Passage
  -turn *left* from starting block
-same in Glacial Trail
-Ancient's Way - again! left of start
  -leave a TP before going up to the Ancients

Ancients
-can't go back to town
-use merc
-separate them if you need to
-run will probably be dying here if you actually got past Act 4

Worldstone Keep
-basically just try to find it
-leave TP at L2 start in case you find WP
-sometimes at end game you have to start selling your gear

Throne Room
-leave TP
-if too much stuff, try to pull it out and death warp (consider dropping your gear in town first so you don't need to retrieve a corpse)
-2nd set, Nova the skeletons
-3rd set, drag them out

Baal
-win!