Can You Beat DIABLO 2 With Only Thorns?

Look, man, I'm just trying to walk to the end of the game. It's not my fault you fell on your own sword.

Diablo 2 is a silly game - there are so many abilities, spells, and modifiers that it's really hard to keep track of it all. So what if we made it into an idle game, where all you have to do is walk to the end?

Well, with the Thorns modifier and Paladin skill, you (probably) can!
That sounds nice, let's do that.

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[cranapple]

In case anyone is wondering, "durance" means "prison", more or less. The sense is "a place that one stays for a long time", with the same root as "durable", "endure", or "duration".

[IveBeenWithBruma]

I think you can take the bosses out of the arena to force diablo to spawn.

[LgMark]

A Diablo Episode ? And Thorns Only ??? I love this Channel, all of my Favorite things all together.

[CrimsonLunar]

Was not expecting a Streetlight Manifesto reference, especially not the same one I make every time I fight Mephisto.

[oniad]

Lemon, for future D2R runs. You can drink antidote before being poisoned. It giving you 75% resistance to poison which drastically reduces damage.
Also, for this one, commenting in middle of video, you can find necromancer's wand with Iron maiden which is another sort of Thorns (from Ormus in chapter 3) for weapon swap
P.S. not sure they are stack, but you can found some "attacker takes X damage" on items which even having same visual as thorns

[DragynSpyre]

I can honestly say I wasn't expecting Diablo, but I am all for it. More silly 'how did this work' content from Lemon is always fun

[krishnansubramoni]

I would love to see more Diablo 2 challenge runs if you're interested in doing them. Diablo 2 was part of my childhood and the Necromancer is still one of my favorite ever classes and the only game to get necromancy right.

[NikozBG]

D2 veteran here and I've got a semi-solution for you. It's called a pacifist run and it is very close to what you're doing, but have a little bit laxer ruleset. So the pacifist run states that you can use any skill/item that does not do damage directly, but has to be triggered by an enemy attack. That gives you more tools to finish the run(spoiler alert - you can beat the whole game with it). The most important thing you need is gear that procs nova on hit. The suffix is called "of Nova Shield" and you can find it on all armour and amulets. You can shop it starting act 2. Since you mentioned mr Llama, I'm pretty sure he made a pacifist run video at some point.

[Mal-NoName]

I would have been OK with you using non-thorns attacks to kill Lord de Seis just to see how the rest of the run goes.
Also, as another commenter has pointed out, you can kite the 4 mini bosses out of the area and the game will think they're dead and spawn diablo😀

[camrendilbeck]

Glad I’m not the only one who permanently has the map up in Diablo haha. It’s just so much more convenient to know exactly where you are.

I would love to see more Diablo challenge runs to! Of any Diablo! It’s such a fun series and there’s quite an good depth of things you could do!

[ElmoWill]

Binging your entire channel while going through bad times, thanks man you're really helping more than you know ❤

[Seryx]

Gotta say, wasn't expecting to hear a Streetlight Manifesto reference today, but I am pleasantly surprised

[keithwhite]

I love this game, I own the old version. I love that fact that your playing this and bringing back old memories.

[christianjendraschek]

As a Diablo II Fan for years and years i was a bit triggered by you not knowing how to proceed in the chaos sanctuary. But other than that: Perfect Masochism Episode right there. Well done ^^

[Abedeuss]

You probably could've done an Aura-only run in general. That'd leave you with Shock damage alternative for ranged enemies.

[luhcsgrimm]

I wouldnt have minded you breaking the run for the one enemy to keep the run "alive" other than that yeah, love the video. Hope to maybe see more d2 in the future

[JackStorm]

I find that feeling old is relative. Comparing myself at a given age to people the same age these days, i feel twice my age.

[austinallen]

Just when I thought I couldn't love you any more Lemon, you sneak in a Streetlight Manifesto reference.

[theaureliasys]

Being a path of exile player who uses map overlay all the time, this is comfy.

I can't see crap in normal mode, and this way I see where you're going.

[PlanckBanck]

Man, I grew up on this game, this is literal bliss. Thanks for all these amazing and entertaining challenge runs, lemon!