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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.

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Barbarian

  • Pretty fucking useless.
  • Buy scepters and use double swing or something.
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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.
My Skill Order:

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.
My Skill Order (Hardcore build):

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.

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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.
My Skill Order:

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)

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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

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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.
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Paladin

  • Holy Fire, Sacrifice, and Zeal are your go to skills.
  • Shop a scepter and throw javelins in Act I.
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