dont you have mana problems without insight?

You don't need to worry about the weapon that much. The cheapest options (Arioc or Insight) are way more than enough to clear everything with ease. I farmed my own warlock torch deathless with just ariocs and a spirit shield.

just make a bow lock

This is essentially my setup, i dont use pride on merc, i use insight + cure + chains.

https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/nme9af0i

Currently 97 almost 98, clears speeds are very nice on P8. no mana issues, no resistances issues, i havent died since 92...

This post was edited by Rilu on Apr 1 2026 10:59am

Interesting option.

I use to play with 20 hardpoints into Consume (with Goatman) and 20 softpoints into Bind Demon.

Just get a demon with amp. The aura they have is almost irrelevant to the point where spending time farming for a certain setup will almost surely be less efficient than just using the first amp demon you decide to grab.

sounds good... maybe i should switch to obessesion aswell

this ^

insight eth staves > fort/obsession etc

phoenix is really bad when u have hork barb in p8 game , please dont use that
and if you dont play p8 with hork ,please find 1 , it will change your life

for p1, just use whatever it doesn't matter

insight helps u to tele around in p8 games esp in tomb where u cant leech , those that rely on mana leech for sustain basically chugging pots when they in tomb full with skellies , its really bad

This post was edited by Onyxdian on Apr 1 2026 11:19am

but what about the ressis? when i use insight my ressis on hardmore are like 10@ alll

Core dmg:
20 ES
20 mirror
20 blade warp
4 prereq

Core defense:
20 blood oath (only hard points count) = 43% dmg reduction of all types

Core sustain:
1 syphon (-33% dmg and life/mana per kill = sustain even vs enemies without drain effectiveness)
2 prereq

Core demons:
20 soft points demon mastery (before cta to not lose one when BC expire)
1+ bound demon (you could want to reach 20 soft points to make it easier to find a demon as he always roll aura enchanted, but this is only useful once and it can be achieved with 1 hard point and gear swaps)
6 prereq (no consume yet)

This is leaving you with a few points left (depending on how much hard points you need to invest in demon mastery, and your current lvl).
For general PvM, using 2 defilers is better than consuming a goat.
So unless you plan on doing Ubers/ancients, you don’t even need a point in consume. You can dump remaining points in levitation mastery.
If you want to do Ubers/ancients, then add 1 to lethargy and 1+ to consume.
I’d still only put 1 hard point in consume, cuz it only gives 1% more ed than levitation mastery, but you’ll always benefit from levitation mastery and very rarely from consume (unless this char is dedicated for Ubers only lol).