Hey peeps.

Me and some lads wanna try classic D2R, but before we choose classes and brew some black magic for a all nighter.
We got some questions:

Is melee classes viable after normal ? And even on hell ?
Is there a shared stash like LOD version ?
Apart from runes/runewords what can we expect not to see :-)?

So classic is a whole other beast i(it’s fun though).

Ww barb can be viable for the most part as far as melee.

Unfortunately no there is no shared stash and the personal stash is tiny like it always has been.

A good chunk of cookie cutter uniques on expansion are not there. Most good builds will consist of rares.
They’re no class specific items.
Mercs only work in the act they’re hired in so they’re virtually useless.
They’re no jewels
Static has no reduction like lod.

I am by no means a classic expert but play from time to time for fun.
Can message me if any other questions and I’ll answer if I can

I'm gonna assume these aspects from Legacy are the same as in D2R:
No elite items at all.
No exceptional set or unique items. Uniques are still pretty useful, especially for an all nighter.
Monsters are way weaker than their LoD version; Their levels are lower for the most part ( you hit more often with lower attack rating ).
Rare items have less + weaker affixes.
No charms.
Oh, and rare/magic items do not have sockets. The only way to have a socketed rare is to use a SoJ+3 perfect skulls in the cube.
Block chance depends only on the shield and the class (and holy shield) - not on dexterity.

Meele pala builds are rather weak, but the auras help your team a lot. Don't play hammerdin, it's too OP (conc aura works at 100% efficiency with hammers. In LoD it was tuned down to 50%)

Have fun, and enjoy drinking mana pots every 2 sec xD