Character Specifics
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LaVSR's Build Guide →Class-specific strategies and recommended skill orders for speedrunning. Note: these are the original author's personal recommendations and skill paths — your mileage may vary based on RNG and category.
Barbarian
- ▸ Pretty fucking useless.
- ▸ Buy scepters and use double swing or something.
Assassin
- ▸ Wake of Fire, Fire Blast, and Burst of Speed are your go to skills.
- ▸ Find a balance between Fire Blast & Burst of Speed that works best for you.
- ▸ Use Fire Blast on bosses and narrow areas during the run while your traps are working.
- ▸ Get a dagger or scimitar ASAP. They improve Fire Blast and Wake Of Fire speed.
Fire Blast to Level 3 (Char Lvl 4) → Claw Mastery to Level 1 (Char Lvl 5) → Burst of Speed to Level 4 (Char Lvl 9) → Fire Blast to Level 5 (Char Lvl 11) → Wake of Fire for the rest of time. (Char Lvl 21)
Sorceress
- ▸ Nova and Fireball are your go to skills. Find what works best for you.
- ▸ Two skills to consider are Frozen Armor and Frost Nova, they will freeze/chill annoying enemies.
- ▸ If you're not respecing, be sure to get telekinesis at level 11 so that you can get teleport right at 18.
Charged Bolt to Level 5 (Char Lvl 5) → Frost Nova to Level 1 (Char Lvl 6) → Charged Bolt to Level 9 (Char Lvl 10) → Static Field to Level 1 (Char Lvl 11) → Keep Investing Into Charged Bolt Until Respec. Once Respec → Telekinesis, Teleport (Save 1 point for it), Frost Nova, Frozen Armor to Level 1 → Static Field to Level 7, All other current and future skill points into Nova.
Druid
- ▸ Firestorm, Molten Boulder, and Fissure are your go to skills.
- ▸ Using Feral Rage in Werewolf form in Act V can improve your time.
- ▸ Oak Sage is an optional skill if you feel comfortable with more life.
Firestorm to Level 4 (Char lvl 5) → Molten Boulder to Level 1 (Char Lvl 6) → Firestorm to Level 9 (Char Lvl 11) → Fissure for the rest of time (Char Lvl 21)
Necromancer
- ▸ Teeth and Bone Spear are your go to skills.
- ▸ I shall update this once I perfect my strats and get my sub 3 hour run!
WIP — author still perfecting strategies
Amazon
- ▸ Poison Javelin, Power Strike, and Charged Strike are your go to skills.
- ▸ Juggle between Poison Javelin for large mobs and Power Strike for single enemies.
Paladin
- ▸ Holy Fire, Sacrifice, and Zeal are your go to skills.
- ▸ Shop a scepter and throw javelins in Act I.