Also i want to add that Countess is pretty dangerous if you're undergeared. The mobs can spawn right next to the entrance and you will have a small load time in D2:R making it even more dangerous than D2 LOD. Many of them are ranged and get might/fana/conv which can just delete you real fast if not running max dr etc.


This post was edited by FORt-HOBO on Sep 29 2021 02:20pm

Only dolls that oneshot low geared sorcs xd

i think its amazing that it allows piercing as cold. Which makes infinity valuable on every spec not just lightning, then paired with fathom/nw OH MAN!

Yea, me too, but it also means i don't have to get infinity anytime soon though i don't think ill be able to pierce oblivion knight resistance without it. There are some mobs with cold immunity you can pierce, and some i can't, but i don't have much in the way of + skills since i focused heavily on defensive stats for now while i run around in ghetto gear.

Dude I'm currently running IK, 4.2k hp and 20% dmg reduction, if I get amped i have to run from them, they are so overtuned, you can't fight them safely without max block.

im very low geared and running countress so easy -.-

My route is Count-Andy-Travi-Eldrich-Shenk-Pindle save n exit rinse repeat.

Here mine terribad stats and i started doing this route at 66lvl.

Do any of these suggestions change if you are a trapsin and not a sorc? Just got to hell and looking to farm a bit - obs crap gear...

As a summon/CE necro, my route is Eld/Shenk for skeles, Pit + Ancient Tunnels, Cows, and an LK run. If I had teleport, I would add in all 3 key bosses, and if I had Anya (big oof) I would be doing Pindle as well. As a (undergeared) summoner, real bosses are spooky. I can kill Andy but it doesn't seem worth it, and I could kill Meph but getting there is too risky and painful. I cleared all of Chaos with ease, and then couldn't kill Diablo at all - none of that for me thanks.

This route has a lot more bases and a lot less uniques, but I found a Ber in cows today and I've sold more than enough bases to make me not feel bad about this route. Also have two stash tabs of full rejuvs and enough gems to craft as I please.
I am looking to add another zone or two though, not sure what though. Pindle is probably the play.

edit: to the trap guy above me, my route needs no teleport, and if you're running death sentry or a good merc you should be able to clear all of these zones I think? Pit has a lot of lightning immunes, but it has enough non lightning that fire blast + death sentry should be fine.

This post was edited by Traxis on Sep 29 2021 02:30pm

They all do.

Most of the areas that I listed are gg for cold sorc, but terrible for light. Since they have mostly only lightning immunes.

It appears that cold mastery is currently bugged/or working as originally intended. Before even with infinity anything over 120 cold resist( there are varying degrees of cold immunity, anything above 100 is immune) could not be broken. Appears a lot of people are reporting damage to cold immune monsters. Making cold mastery actually wayyy more OP than it used to be. Previously maxing out cold mastery was only useful in PVP, and I believe there was a maximum cold pierce of -100 in PVM. I am not sure if those rules still exist or what. But if cold mastery is truly removing immunities… it makes cold sorcs one of the most powerful characters in game

Countess can be very easy but when the tower decides to kill you it will if not geared appropriately. I watched some streamer die to it on a warcry barb in like 2 seconds on entering one of the lower levels. Same with pit level 2 - some of those mobs and their placement can be really really dangerous(amp/might etc). The load times in D2:R make it even more so.


Also definitely agree with the above - cold sorc right now if peeling immunities is meant to be means it will be an incredibly strong and efficient character to play.

Necro summons is pretty safe if you don't tele everywhere. Not sure if the monsters still stack on you and have to unstack 1 by 1 like classic lod

Ancient tunnels is probably the safest place outside of mauseleom as long as you have light res. Sometimes the cow portal will open in the cow fort. I've had it happen in a full game where we didn't pre bo and two people nearly died immediately.

This post was edited by FORt-HOBO on Sep 29 2021 02:47pm