D2r Melee All Class Gm Ladder - Topic

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Sep 27 2025 01:25pm

☆☆☆ Welcome to BDM D2R All Class Melee Ladder Season IV ☆☆☆

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♦♢♦ Season IV Changes♦♢♦

1) Zon allowed 15 inner sight base vs all.
2) Phoenix is NOT allowed vs Zon
3) Meta is only allowed in FvF

♦♢♦ GM Melee Rules ♦♢♦

1) Length of Season – 2 d2r Ladder seasons
2) Characters allowed to play this ladder: Conc,Jab,Fury,Zeal, Wolfbarb, Mauler
3) You may change gear twice during a set and once between each set.
4) Using a token mid-challenge is not allowed, auto DQ
5) A challenge will be best 2/3 sets, first to 6 must win each set by 2 duels.
6) If both players die it is a draw and no points are awarded
7) Druids may not Reshift/recast oak mid duel

♦♢♦ BDM Rules Season IV ♦♢♦

#1. Fury: Cannot use oak/how vs Barbs
#2. Fury: Meta is only allowed in FvF
#3. Zeals: Zeal can use Death vs Druids ONLY (druid may use oak/how)
#4. Zeals: Phoenix is allowed only for Zeal vs Zeal
#5. Zeals: In Z vs Z only, Zeals leave CA on
#6. Barbs: Barbs keep CA against all classes
#7. Barbs: Barbs can use battle cry against all classes
#8. EDC banned vs barbs (all classes)
#9. Poison is allowed up to 150
#10. Mauler: Metamorphosis is allowed vs all
#11. Once starting the first set from then till the matches are over YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO LEAVE THE GAME ( leaving and rejoining gives unfair rng reset and doing so will be an auto forfit for your match)
#12. Zon allowed 15 inner sight base vs all.
#13. Phoenix is NOT allowed vs Zon

♦♢♦ Challenge System ♦♢♦

• You are allowed to challenge 1-2 ranks above you until you get to #3. At #3, you must challenge #2 and #1.
• 4-Day Dodge rule (AFK, No-reply, No-show = Auto-loss) 2 consecutive Dodges = Removed from ladder.
• If you cannot complete your challenge on time it is the responsibility of the challenged to post why it wasn't completed.
• To issue a challenge you must pm your opponent, then post in thread.

• If you issue a challenge and win, you must wait 3 hours to issue another challenge.
• If you issue a challenge and lose you must wait 6 hours to issue another challenge, or 48 hours to re-challenge the same person.
• If you are challenged and win, you can issue a challenge immediately.
• If you are challenged and lose, you must wait 3 hours to issue a challenge.

If you cannot complete your challenge on time it is your responsibility to PM your challenger to inform
them and then post in thread asking for an extension. If you fail to do this dodge rule will Be enforced.

If you have any questions about the rules, Pm an Admin of the ladder.

★ ☆ ★ Playoffs ★ ☆ ★

At the end of the season, top 8 ranked will do a double elimination tournament to decide 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

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♢ Gm Melee Rules ♢

Prohibitions

• Do not commit acts of bad manner.
• Do not angle (both parallel on the line)
• Do not prebuff.
• Do not use slow.
• Do not enchant.
• Do not smite.
• Do not charge.
• Do not jump.
• Do not pot.
• Do not run.
• Do not whirlwind.
• Do not knockback.
• Do not use items that emit auras which affect player vs. player (PVP) and cause physical and/or elemental damage.
• Do not emit the holy freeze aura.
• Do not cast item/torch charges.

<List of BM Items>

Weapons - Runewords
Grief
Doom
Eternity
Death (only okay for zealers vs fury)

Weapons - Uniques
Cranebeak (War Spike)
Hell Slayer (Decapitator)
Messerschmidt's Reaver (Champion Axe)
Fleshripper (Fanged Knifte)
Nord's Tenderizer (Truncheon)
Demon Limb (Tyrant Club)
Baranar's Star (Devil Star)
Horizon's Tornado (Scourge)
Stormlash (Scourge)
Schaefer's Hammer (Legendary Mallet)
Windhammer (Ogre Maul)
Astreon's Iron Ward (Caduceus)
Djinn Slayer (Ataghan)
Lightsabre (Phase Blade)
Azurewrath (Phase Blade)
Frostwind (Cryptic Sword)
Flamebellow (Balrog Blade)

Weapons - Rares/Magics
Any weapon with more than 250 total elemental damage
Any weapon that casts an elemental skill over Level 5
Any weapon that casts amplify curses ( same with any armor )
Any ethereal weapon without a zod or repair mod

Armors
Nosferatu's Coil (Vampirefang Belt)
Arachnid Mesh (Spiderweb Sash)
Cleglaw's Pincers (Set gloves)
Andariel's Visage (Demonhead)
Blackhorn's Face (Death Mask)
Giant Skull (Bone Visage)
Ethereal Fort
Ethereal Stone
Phoenix (except for Zeal vs Zeal)
Any armor that casts slow or elemental skill over Level 5
Any ethereal armor with no repair mod or zod rune (breakable armor)

~Season 3 trophy and fg prizes will be awared to the top 3~

Donations
Versace - 10k

Season III
Prize
➜1st 50% of pot
➜2nd 30% of pot
➜3rd 20% of pot

Pot size 10000
➜(Optional) any player may donate to make the pot greater, will periodically post on continual threads.

Season Length
➜Same as 2 D2R Ladder Seasons!!

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~ Current Challenges ~

~~Special notes~~

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Update Notes

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This post was edited by Versace on Sep 27 2025 01:36pm