and why?

fire for general gameplay, echoing for heralds

I'm Firelock and have 0 problems with Heralds.

I clear everything much faster than Melee would

I somehow have difficulty believing a firelock can clear player 8 T5 heralds as fast as an echolock, but to be fair, I haven't made the fire one. I just haven't seen anyone playing them.

I'm sure firelock is good, but it's only an A tier build, not an S+ tier build like echolock. Maybe you've cracked the code and somehow made it better than everyone else?

This post was edited by Emiliaaa on Apr 2 2026 06:08am

don't get me wrong p8 t5 heralds arent a problem but echoing strike has way higher single target damage so it's faster

Oh I agree! I was more thinking of overall clear speeds.

1v1 Melee definitely shines with how busted 2h in 1 hand is, not even mentioning Eth never breaking

My mistake, I meant clearing speed as a whole was faster. Of course melee wins a 1v1 fight but that doesn't mean I don't hold my own.

My Apocalypse is level 58 so it takes big bites out of anything. 1 shot cows in p8

There aren't any warlock in diablo 2 lod.
Try the d2r forums.

stop posting d2r stuff on the d2 legacy forums lol