Now if SweetPhil showed up then it’s a party

Nothing back yet…would be dope though

Hey, Mickie, the socketing process has everything to do with the level (item level), which will ultimately determine max sockets. So you are safe on a level 32 character. However, it needs to be ilvl41+ to roll the maximum 6 sockets for EBOTD. With that said, I am pretty confident CBs don't drop outside of Hell, which would, by default, meet the necessary ILVL requirements. Can you confirm it was Hell found?

@@WarTh3ory thanks a bunch, love your channel. Yes it was hell🙏👍

@@mickie2412 Thanks my man - good looks!

Not sure what you are referring to on this. If you mean I didn’t call it out, it is because there is no difference against Viper. The full build example is linked in the description via Maxroll.

Lower-level items are like the underdogs of the game, but they deserve some love too! Hopefully we can slap those Cows and acquire quickly.

RnG is a cruel mistress. Took me awhile to find my first Shako on my HC offline Grail. Running joke is, I am 50 items to go, 200 hours in, and still haven't found a Tal's Amulet!

Hey, Rafa - Yes you have a lot of flexibility/customization around what you want to showcase on screen. You can show only the health bar, just the values, or neither.

Just need her to give me a Tals Ammy….

Can't believe you haven't found that one yet

@@Sangoreborn You and me both my friend!

Multiple ways to build and play. I personally never max ES on any single Sorc; I prefer 70% especially in HC which gives more overflow and hard point optionality. 63 can be rough on SW Nova, but you can easily hit 105 if you play the viper build. But to your point, you could still do Fortitude at 63 and not require the 2/15 amulet! Let me know if you come up with a fun build at 63. Thanks for watching - cheers.

@@WarTh3ory It's just personal preferences, but yes vipermagi is such a good chestpiece imo. The way i play ES builds is to stack a lot of mr and dr, it makes you pretty much feel like a tank VS everything but Poison and manaburn. You can still have a decent healthpool via pure life mods and cta as Vitality doesn't do much for a sorc imo. Basically i forgo the one fcr Breakpoint for higher life mana, dr and mr and es. A dream setup is also interesting even purely for the pulse damage, it feels safe to cull a lot of enemies before jumping in with nova.

@@Doppe1ganger I personally play ES Orb and she is the epitome of a min/max perfection of the hybrid Immortal Build. ~70% ES, 55% Block, MDR/PDR integer ofc, and she is around 1.3K VIT // 1.6K Mana protected by the Tri-Stack Merc. She also has 63 FCR BP. There is another variation of her that I have built that is even more optimized.

@@WarTh3ory What's a tri-stack merc? Lately i enjoy pushing ehp to the max. Currently thinking about a enhantress, lots of prebuffing, enchant, ES, chilling armor, then gearing for dr, mdr, max block, decent defense, a bit of absorb, high fire and lightning max resist, and a lot of mana. But where to get resists, it feels like a puzzle because i still need to get resists from somewhere so sacrifices have to be made.

Cheers, Spencer. Appreciate that.

AG is part of the new mod pack in my discord so you will by default get this if you download that there

The defense isn't negligible, especially with lvl15 Chilling Armor and defiance merc. You literally get hit half as often. Having resists helps in situations where your mana would be cooked off by elemental damage, namely souls and chaos.

Simple mechanic: How do you avoid taking input damage? Getting hit less often. PDR (Ber) simply reduces output damage; it doesn't negate it through a swing and a miss. ~13K Defense (Fortitude) vs. ~6K Defense (Viper) - very crystal clear empirical comparison. This is off-meta for good reason and fortunately many have reached out after testing this and now have stuck with it through the end-game. Why does theory crafting exist? To remove the narrow blinders and one dimensional thinking to create a contrarian pathway that empowers a different framework. Most players prefer off-meta to stay engaged - this delivered a unique taste.

Triple Elite Run Gone Wrong!

A Mod, you will end up playing good sir

Hi, Jet. This was deliberate to showcase the tankiness of the build. You are spot on-static is always warranted on this build! In reality, I should of stated that in the video since a few other comments noticed the same.

I understand your frustration. It can be disappointing when promised updates don't come through as expected. There has not been any mention of this explicitly. However, they are available offline (Singleplayer). When Ladder characters convert to Non-Ladder, you can trade for all of the 2.6 RWs, for what its worth. Cheers, Flame.

Hey, Attractive - These are upgraded as they are inherently tied to alvl - it’s been tested and confirmed. There have been other validated posts as well on this. There are nuances with Runes with Chests and objects as those are tied to acts. So yes, runes don’t upgrade, items will as alvl = ilvl in hell. This video came Out right at the drop of 2.5 and I didn’t specify runes in this iirc it was about item based.

Andariel is the primary, but Mephisto is not very far behind. If your preference was to hunt an expanded TC table you aren’t going to necessarily hurt yourself if you focused on Meph!

@@WarTh3ory cool thanks, I'll just include them both in my next nightmare runs 😊

The Bald Manald, finding the Bald Manald.

Hey, Mr Grucha, I appreciate the note. We certainly both agree on the video's core issue: why Cow items cannot drop. As alluded to, it is tied to the baseID monster type change. The prevailing hypothesis for this was to keep the portal open, which would have been silly and unoptimized, especially regarding how to implement it. I'm surprised that this is related to a visual modification. Graphical items or 3D models, as you know, are sprites, at the end of the day. They are data mods that are graphic/visual in nature. You shouldn't even need to make this base monster adjustment to handle the custom sprite for Cow King. I am actively testing a mod pack now that can make these adjustments fairly easily having nothing to do with baseid/monster adjustments. Based on your evidence/testing, I have full trust in your findings. I plan to test it later with Pavke when I get a chance; given the above statement, we didn't consider this a remote consideration. Thank you for sharing your insights, my friend. I truly appreciate it. War

@@WarTh3ory Each base monster (from monstats.txt) in D2 has its fixed model (or sprite in legacy D2), while monsters can inherit models from other monsters, its impossible for a base monster (like hellbovine) to have two separate model. Superunique monsters use base monster models, and can only adjust colors, so it would be impossible to make cow king wear crown and armor (well, maybe it would, as some monsters wear armors and weapons, but that would be tricky for non-human size monster) so that's probably why they decided to add new base monster just for cow king. Switching cow king back to hellbovidne fixes drop bug, but as a result cow king is now using standard cow model, without crown, just like he did in legacy D2.

Note Add (7/14/24): @MrGrucha After further testing, and conferring with members of PhrozenKeep we are all fairly confident that the assertion made regarding the portal is still valid and true, in-addition to your commentary on unique classID to account for unique model loading. + In LoD, the Cow King Portal (Quest Flag) was hardcoded at the Hellbovine/King level; you can create/manipulate a brand new cow in Monsters.txt and yourself, keep the portal open validating this logic + It is likely in D2R, due to lazy implementation, that the adjustment to a new classid was both for the portal adjustment, in-addition to the model - we believe both assertions are accurate. Hope this was helpful.

Crushing goals and grushes! 😄

I refuse to believe summoner was red portal lol

You know it’s a solid RnG server when you pop a GA on the first demon slay

Thank you for watching, Neko! Sweet Phil and I are friends, but I'm flattered by the comparison. In all seriousness, Sweet Phil is good people, and we are the Bald Musketeers, including Barricade. Cheers friend.

You got it, Slim! Thanks for watching.