Can You Beat DIABLO 2 With Only Firebombs?

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Did you know that Diablo 2 has seven different versions of firebombs?
Follow up question : Did you know that they're all terrible?
You did?! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME EARLI-

Well, it's too late now. I guess there's only one thing for it. Time to find out if Diablo 2 can be beaten with only firebombs. And yes, that includes poison pots, and the assassin's fire trap.
Trust me, you don't want to see this run without it.

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0:00 Intro
01:21 Ad
03:29 The Run

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[TheBacklogs]

Thanks again to Phantom Blade : Executioners for sponsoring today's video.

[RebelShardAleph]

Grim Dawn has an entire class devoted to the Goddess of Firebombs called Demolitionist. It has many flavors of FireBomb from Molotov Cocktails to Mortors. Might be worth giving a shot.

[sergeyten]

It's amazing for a D2 veteran like me to watch how relatively new players play the game that I know inside and out. Just shows you how little the game actually tells you about itself in-game. Granted, when it was released, it was accompanied by a paperback game guide and nobody does that today, but still.

Firebombs assassin for Normal is completely doable no sweat, if you know the tricks. Farm the Countess for Stealth (Tal+Eth) armor runeword and Steel (Tir+El) sword runeword, put that into the fastest base (Scimitar or Crystal sword, the former is easier to find in A1 with 2 open sockets), because for some goddamn reason your trap laying speed is calculated from your attack speed (the game is really counterintuitive in its mechanics sometimes, okay, most of the time) to throw the bombs as fast as you can (Steel gives you a very substantial boost to attack speed and +2 to Mana after each kill) and farm for Nadir helmet (Nef+Tir) which gives you some sweet defense as well as additional +2 to Mana after each kill. Then you can make do with shields socketed with diamonds for all resistances bonus or you can farm Ral+Ort+Tal for Ancient's Pledge runeword or just wait until A5 because those three runes are exactly what Qual-Kehk rewards you with for saving the barbs. Pledge gives a huge boost to all res, more than enough to beat Normal twice over. Any other gear - use whatever you want, this is the stuff that will carry you.

Yeah, runewords completely broke the balance of itemization, I know.

Anyway, here's that five-page essay that you mentioned in the vid, hope you read this, awesome content, keep it up :D

[popeyegaming]

equipping a dagger would speed up the throwing animation of the assassin, aswell as skilling burst of speed, since your throwing speed is scaled to your attack speed :)

[SR-yleb]

As someone who has played this game for 20 years, it was nostalgic to see you play it without over optimizing it. "Get lost in an ice cave for over an hour". Thank You, keep having fun.

[mirailemon]

The excitement of seeing another firbomb only run is unmatched

[Garryl]

15:00 Dear Future Lemon, Thawing Potions do remove chill/freeze, but that's not why you use them against Duriel. It looks like a chill, but the slowdown he causes is actually from his Holy Freeze aura, which is not removed by Thawing Potions. The main benefit is the +50% Cold Resistance they give, reducing the cold damage Duriel deals to you.

[RubbleRamp]

So glad you mentioned the random enemy names. They can be hilarious every once in a while

[pervysage]

That was refreshing. And I respect you for appreciating the journey instead focusing solely on destination.Surprising percentage of D2 players have very little experience with the actual game, they just look for guides, have their characters rushed to the endgame by better players, they never finish the game on their own, they don't know anything about the lore or story. They spread myths they heard (for example, about Duriel's non-existen charge move), instead of veryfing them through their own experience. In shoty, I appreciate someone relatively new actually want to experience the game in their own way.

[solarus]

My inner Diablo 2 meta-gremlin was screaming about always going to 50 Str for armour.

Good video. Glad it worked out

[gaymohammed]

i like the callout to us veterans, i was screeching internally alot in this video of all the things how you couldve made it easier but maybe the fun came from that haha

[Enigamis]

Thanks for playing some more diablo. It's always fun to see people play a game I grew up with in weird and fun ways.

[celestialcthulhu]

Thank you for adding the song list into your description! Loved the expired 20% off coupon, I lost mine ages ago. Ah, Cafe de Backlogs, the most sought after place on the Firebomb Academy campus.

[TheFelmaster]

22:20 Wait what?! A Diablo 1 challenge run?! Yes please!

[MattersChris]

Thanks again to Lemon : The Backlogs for creating today's video.
Fun to watch as always!

[axewishox]

I love the firebomb episodes but it's always sad when you say a run wasn't fun.

[krishnansubramoni]

Yes! Another Diablo 2 run, and a firebomb run ❤! Also, speaking of firebomb only runs, Nioh 1 and 2 has an entire stat and skill tree dedicated to tools like Firebombs called Ninjutsu. They have scaling damage as far as I know, and are actually decently strong AND every element has an associated status effect too. Just thought I'd mention it in case you didn't know.

[purplehaze]

I feel like Lemon's patience has slowly rotted away as time goes on.

[lich-king]

omg i love this game, played it growing up and now im grinding it out again, so glad you're doing another D2 video. First another bloodborne video, now this. Great stuff, always love the videos, very bingable.

[johnpizzamigliojr]

Awesome video ! You had me rollin with that muguffin line. Cant wait for the next d2 vid