Hi guys! So I was playing D2 on and off back in the day, but switched to D3 when it was released (it only kept my interest through a few walk-throughs though)
I was only playing hardcore in D3 and I enjoyed it alot, however I have never tried it out on D2. This leads me to my question:

1) Which classes and builds favor a single player (P8) walk-through in Diablo 2 HC? I am mainly doing this for fun and I love a good challenge, so the build will not necessarily have to be a cookie-cutter build.
2) It is obvious that you focus on survival in hardcore (since that is essentially the main difference from softcore), but what stats/numbers/caps would you aim towards maxing out first? (Max-block, vitality, etc.)

Thanks a lot for your answers - cheers!

necroprancer or hdonk

thanks for your response!!

p8 wt without at least some basic items is a fuckin waste of time for nolifes...

killling 1 high hp monster in 4-5 act takes like 30 seconds... and u have to kill hundrets of them..

It isn't a challenge, it's a grind.
It's exactly the same as it was the last time you played d2, except now it will take you dozens of hours more to finish.

If you're actually going to try it, play whatever you want. I recommend a nec or strafe/multishot/light fury zon

This post was edited by MyPrecious on May 20 2013 07:56am

imo sin is the best 8p wt-er.

with almost no stuff she can deal pretty decent dmg, has few sources of dmg and can play very deffensive so its hard to die

Bowa is useless through most of normal if you're soloing but once you have enough mana steal/attack speed to spam multi-shot you're fine.
I didn't even think about sins.

This post was edited by MyPrecious on May 20 2013 08:11am

bowa to be able to kill anything would need decent dmg bow... like harmony gmb or so...
anything below 250 bow dmg would make her useless

Summon necro

Wind druid

Cookie cutters work fine, but stop frequently to countess/gear. (Hdin/Sorc)


If you want a challenge, get Guardian with a barb.