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Jul 15 2026 11:00am
So I have been gone for about 4 months or so. Post Warlock Nerf

What is the meta or top builds for clearing tz and such.

Are we back to D2 days of javazons and nova sorcs?
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Jul 15 2026 11:12am
So I have been gone for about 4 months or so. Post Warlock Nerf

What is the meta or top builds for clearing tz and such.

Are we back to D2 days of javazons and nova sorcs?


I'd say we never left that period.
For a brief time, echoing strike warlock was king, but now his other builds are pretty fast/broken for pvp.
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Jul 15 2026 11:14am
I'd say we never left that period.
For a brief time, echoing strike warlock was king, but now his other builds are pretty fast/broken for pvp.


So warlock is under java and nova for pvm

I would agree for a moment es warlock was king. so back to normal. ty
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Jul 15 2026 12:17pm
Bumping in hopes to hear more opinions as im in a similar scenario as OP.
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I think fully fire warlock, bowlock, and blood boil + demon tainted etc, are all up there in S tier with Java and Nova. Java probably performs overall the quickest but idk fully geared blood boil warlock with tainted is pretty fuckin fast
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Jul 15 2026 02:04pm
warlock actually got buffed instead of nerfed, it just took a different build
taintlock clear speed is much faster than ES warlock was

I mean just watch what it looks like;



that was ladder before I got a proper obsession 125 setup, just 75 with an insight staff
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Can a poison necro Do well in p8 tz?
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Jul 15 2026 02:22pm
warlock actually got buffed instead of nerfed, it just took a different build
taintlock clear speed is much faster than ES warlock was

I mean just watch what it looks like;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS5n_Siy_2A

that was ladder before I got a proper obsession 125 setup, just 75 with an insight staff


do you got a maxroll link for that build?
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Jul 15 2026 02:33pm
Echoing strike is still good, just need more than just an insight to be good now
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Jul 15 2026 02:40pm
do you got a maxroll link for that build?


the updated one is here, no maxroll link made by anyone afaik
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=109307912&f=148&p=691722537

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So with all that considered my recommended overall build is;


Runtime gear:
Obsession (in a +3 teleport base, war/rune/archon staff)
Enigma
Shako (cham)
+2/20 crafted ammy (or cheaper/worse, sub coven + maras)
Ars Baalos (protector's stone)
Magefist
2x SoJ
Arachs
Crafted caster boots (or just rare resist boots)
CTA/spirit swap
Renewed bone break, torch, anni, skillers, mana or mf scs (needed to hit some extra +mana)
Might or prayer merc with infinity + cure, either CoH or eth upped skin of the flayed one + protector's stone

Prebuff (join game) gear swaps:
Mang songs
+3 demon circlet
+3 demon ammy
+4-6 bind demon tome
8x demon skillers (keep bone break on)
Rest same as runtime gear

Prebuff (summon tainted) gear swaps:
+4-6 summon tainted tome (measured wrath is +4)
Latent flame rift
Rest same as prebuff join game gear

Skills:
20 Summon Tainted
20 Demonic Mastery
20 Blood Boil
20 Engorge
20 Bind Demon
1 Hex Siphon
1 Sigil Lethargy
(remaining points at level 98/99 can be put into blood oath)


same setup works with 2/20 fcr ammy / shako / sojs (+2 blood boil), or coven + maras + sojs (cheapest) or sling + fcr ring + shako maras (best QoL imo, more mf / resists and +1 teleport and easier to get a good fcr ring than a 20% fcr crafted ammy with good affixes)
minor differences between them, need to swap rings to prebuff if you use sling but don't need to swap TP tome

This post was edited by Goomshill on Jul 15 2026 02:43pm
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