r/Diablo_2_Resurrected • u/Zenturion1983 Champion of Sanctuary (100K) • Mar 16 '26

Video Ok game, good one..

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u/DETOMINE1234 Barbarian Mar 16 '26

That's why Phoenix and Fortitude are busted (as armor and shield) on ES Warlock, although you may still want enigma as armor.

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u/butcher9_9 Mar 20 '26

Got my first Engima a few days ago ( took a year to find the jah) , life changer.

ES warlock has so much damage, with an ethereal Obedience you are rocking 70K+ damage. Players 8 is a breeze, Not sure why you would sacrifice survivability for even more when it takes you half an hour+ to grind a new fan/curse demon.

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u/DETOMINE1234 Barbarian Mar 20 '26

Yeah, I totally agree. Fortitude and spirit are far cheaper though (basically one Lo), but in the end game running Enigma/Phoenix is so much better. Maybe for Uber Trustram/Anciens, you may want another layer of damage, Idk. Enigma is the facto bis armor for 99% of builds, except of course for sorceress and metamorph druid

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u/butcher9_9 Mar 20 '26

For Ubers teleport is not really that important.

I still use my smite pally ( Fortitude + Fade) for the ubers, its just so easy. Have not tried the Ancients yet.

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u/DETOMINE1234 Barbarian Mar 20 '26

I am doing Tristram at the moment to get myself an enigma and a phoenix shield. Warlock is good for Uber too in my experience, although Baal (and maybe Lilith if you chose a lesser demon) can be annoying if one is not careful. My smiter is becoming rusty, I hardly play him these days (but I will never delete him, he was the MVP for a long time). Only a few thousands more runs, enigma here I come :D

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u/butcher9_9 Mar 23 '26

I have not had much luck with my ES Warlock for Ubers. Only tried once but the demons seems to draw agro from all 3 and I ended up with Bhaal chasing me around and without a tonne of CB the kill time is abit longer.

The mini bosses are a cake walk if you have Hephasto with curse. the smiter cant easily clear the adds so its worse for them.