Ultimade Beginner Guide

[Wasp]

Welcome to the full comprehensive Beginner Guide™

This is a Guide designed not only as a minimalist guide for the most beginner but also a condensate of ready made guides and threads on many subject.
Please note that a standalone version of this guide is available online : HERE
This website contains the same information as this guide but has a different formatting, and is designed to be used with a phone.
This guide is divided into different section that will be hidden with spoiler tags for better visibility and information accessibility.

Getting into the mod

First, you will need to have Diablo II LoD installed on your computer. Any version of LoD will work, even the 1.14x. If you don't have D2 already, you to buy it through blizzard's Battlenet or any shady Key store like G2A, etc.

Then you'll need to install the mod.

• This is the download link for the launcher installer : There
• Here is the installation guide : Click me

Basic information:

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Welcome to the Unofficial Beginner Guide for MedianXL Sigma (MXLS).
This guide will only give you the most basic information, and redirect you to other more precise guides when it's needed.

About the mod

MXLS is the most popular Diablo II overhaul modification, Median XL is an action RPG with extensive endgame content, deep character customization and challenging game-play. It offers thousands of new items, new skills for all classes, and multiple improvements to the Diablo II engine.

MXLS is overwhelming at first. Most of it feels new, complex and a bit too much to chew on. Don't be scared.
The best bit of advice there is when starting this mod for the first time, is to start with ANY chars and ANY build. Just get a feel of the game, and then, when you managed to get your char stuck in hell, start anew with your new acquired knowledge.

About the guide

This Guide DOES NOT intent on taking over either the official documentation nor the forum. Since this guide does not provide more information that what's already on the forum or the Official Documentation, you WILL need to read both of them as this guide only encapsulate the bare minimum.
To make progress easier for you you'll need to read the official documentation and the Cube recipe page
I cannot stress this enough.

The Changelog is also a page that is worth reading! it only explains every changes item and skill wise but also monsters and game play changes.

About playable characters

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Characters

All the Chars in MXL are completely different than classic Diablo II. Their skills are different, their ability to carry loot is different, etc

For the intent of letting you experience the game by yourself, and in order to not bury you under too much information, we will not spoon feed you every single aspect of the different chars. You will have to discover them by yourself. Each chars have different builds that can be played and are viable. Some builds are more viable and/or noob friendly than others, and your best bet is to look into The Guide Center to make up your mind about them.

That said if you insist, you can go to the 'What class to play' section of the Newbie guide or Seekers extremely good tiered list of builds

Skills

Skills are the meat of your build. Most work like in Diablo II with some notable changes. One key info is to read carefully the skill description. It will help you understand them.

Skills are explained in the Docs, under the 'Character' tab.
- Here is the amazon class with its skills explained.
By clicking on the tab you can get to all 7 classes.

Most classes can benefit from having summons/pets. Abwhorent made a fantastic compilation about summons , don't hesitate to drop there to get an overview for your char/build!

Each level up give you a skill point to invest. You can reset your skill points 3 times ( one by difficulty level) after the first Act1 quest ( Akara reset). In later game, an item similar to the token of Absolution drops, and is able to do the same. They are called 'Belladonna'. Keep them.

Resistances and defense

In MXLS resistances are way more important than in Classic Diablo II. You should try to max out your resistances at all times. Here are the resistance penalties :
- Normal = no res penalties
- Nightmare = -30% resistance
- Hell = -70% resistance

At all point your max resistance is soft capped at 75% but it can be increased up to 90% with resistance gems, items or charms. That value is 50% for physical resistance.
You can socket either Onyx, Bloodstone, Amber or Turquoise to increase both your main 4 resistance but also your max resistance threshold (by +1 for each pure gems).

Defense dictate the ability of your char to not get hit. Try getting as much defense as possible alongside: Avoid%, Evade% and physical resistance.
The player can run, but running decrease your defense to 0 (zero). Try to not run around mobs.

Mercenaries

Mercenaries are pretty straight forward. Here is their documentation.
Please note that mercenaries are always better when hired in Normal difficulty, yes, really.
Every mercenaries are good, if provided they have good gear. Your goal is to build/choose a mercenary that complement your build or play-style. Often a user made guide will tell you the optimal mercs to choose from, but generally this isn't a game changer.

I have came across a Vietnamese mercenary guide that i will link here. It holds some very valuable info. It is written in half english and half Vietnamese, but it's imo not a problem since most of the important info is here in english.

Mercenaries can be buggy sometimes, we don't talk about it though, it hurts Whist every time

Game progression

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Progressing through the levels

• Kill monsters until you get to lvl 6
• Invest in your Area of Effect (AOE) skills
• Progress up through the quests
• Kill Griswold and save Cain (Akara gives you a neat armor)
• Continue progressing up until Mephisto
• Farm arcane crystals (Mephisto then Nihlatak), make TUs, Upgrade your stuff
• At lvl 45 : Do the challenge lvl
• Continue progress until lvl 80+ lvl challenge 2, it will unlock a special skill at lvl 90
• Progress up until Hell difficulty
• Complete the Easy Uber dungeons levels AND Rifts to get ubers charms
• Farm in some places to get SU, Sets, and crafting items
• Complete the hard ubers ( both dungeon and rifts!)
• Repeat until you have all the hard charms and the best loot

Alternatively: HechtHeftig's thorough Newbie walkthrough

Monsters, charm and leveling

Optical Detector
Required Level: 105
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+5% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Maximum Skill Level Increased by 1
Elemental Resists +(11 to 15)%

Nexus Crystal
(Sorceress Challenge Item)

(Sorceress Only)
Required Level: 90
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Unlocks your Ennead Skill
+15% Bonus to Spell Focus
+2 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+15% to Spell Damage
Poison Length Reduced by 33%

Neutrality Pact
Required Level: 130
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
+(61 to 100)% Bonus to Summoned Edyrem Life
+(2 to 5) to Purify

Moon of the Spider
Required Level: 110
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+(21 to 25) Spell Focus
+1 to Jitan's Gate
Maximum Skill Level Increased by 1
Half Freeze Duration

Lylia's Curse
Required Level: 125
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+(11 to 25)% Bonus to Summoned Edyrem Life
Maximum Skill Level Increased by 1
+10 Life Regenerated per Second
Elemental Resists +10%

Each areas have different monster level. It is better to kill monsters that are around your level.
Charms also have specific level requirement, here's some links to get a list of charms:
+ tsw charm list
+ Aerial's recap list (It's the text with colors around the middle of his post)

Here's the quick recap for the EXP grind:

• EXP from lvl 1 to lvl 110: Just play the game normally (keep resistances high)
• EXP to get to lvl 110: IotSS / A5 Red portals / End of A5 / A5 Icy Cellar
• EXP to get to lvl 115: Torajan Jungles / Cow Level
• EXP to get to lvl 120: K3BA / Tran Athulua / Khalimgrad / Azmodan level
• EXP to get to lvl 125: Duncraig / Teganze / Triune
• EXP to get to lvl 140+: Fauztinville / Bremmtown / Vizjun / Toraja / Duncraig/ Lab

Those are all the types of monsters:

• Regular Monsters → common and easy to kill
• Elite Monsters → harder, gives more loot and exp
• Veteran Monsters → don't exist anymore used to drop eyes
• Uber Monsters → common uber level enemy, hard to kill
• Super Unique Monsters → like in D2LoD, they are minibosses and bosses
• Uber Bosses → increasingly tough, drop uber charm

Loot and items

Items have specific stats that are needed to have before equipping them. Always keep a few stat point to be able to equip them at all times. Some items can only be equipped by specific chars, beware of that.
Be careful before upgrading a TU item to its next tier, as the stats requirement are steep. Check their page for a indication of their stat requirements.

Look at the dexterity requirement from Tier3 to Tier4, its a huge step. Don't upgrade before checking the docs. More in the item section

Items

Angel's Wrath
Chain Boots (Sacred)
Defense: (1625 - 2217) to (1762 - 2403)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 527
Item Level: 120
+(0 to 2) to Assassin Skill Levels
+(0 to 2) to Amazon Skill Levels
+(0 to 2) to Barbarian Skill Levels
+(0 to 2) to Druid Skill Levels
+(0 to 2) to Necromancer Skill Levels
+(0 to 2) to Sorceress Skill Levels
+(0 to 2) to Paladin Skill Levels
(0 to 40)% Movement Speed
+(120 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Life 10%
Physical Resist 10%
Socketed (4)

Archangel Dark Angel
Raptor Scythe (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 77 to 80
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 80
Required Strength: 414
Item Level: 1
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
Mega Impact
+(8 to 10) to Necromancer Skill Levels
50% Cast Speed
+(11 to 25)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+(11 to 25)% to Summoned Minion Resistances
+10 Defense (Based on Character Level)
Elemental Resists +(31 to 40)%
Socketed (6)

Satanic Mantra
(Necromancer Summoner Set)

Astrogha's Venom Stinger
Required Level: 125
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+1 to All Skills
Jitan's Gate Cooldown Reduced by 1 seconds
+(100 to 500) to Life
Poison Length Reduced by 50%

Auriel's Halo
Tiara (4)
Defense: 31 to 67
Required Level: 8
Required Dexterity: 21
Item Level: 13
+1 to All Skills
Adds (3 to 5)-(6 to 8) fire damage
Adds (3 to 5)-(6 to 8) cold damage
Cold Resist +(11 to 15)%
Fire Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: 86 to 162
Required Level: 25
Required Dexterity: 43
Item Level: 29
+1 to All Skills
Adds (11 to 13)-(13 to 18) fire damage
Adds (11 to 13)-(13 to 18) cold damage
Cold Resist +(21 to 25)%
Fire Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: 180 to 322
Required Level: 43
Required Dexterity: 103
Item Level: 50
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
Adds (31 to 45)-(51 to 70) fire damage
Adds (31 to 45)-(51 to 70) cold damage
Cold Resist +(31 to 35)%
Fire Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (3)
Defense: 247 to 437
Required Level: 51
Required Dexterity: 220
Item Level: 85
+2 to All Skills
Adds (51 to 70)-(121 to 140) fire damage
Adds (51 to 70)-(121 to 140) cold damage
Cold Resist +(36 to 40)%
Fire Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (4)

Bad Mood
Ring
Required Level: 100
Item Level: 120
-20% Cast Speed
Adds 50-100 fire damage
Adds 50-100 lightning damage
Adds 50-100 cold damage
-(5 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-(5 to 20)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
-(5 to 20)% to Enemy Cold Resistance

Banner of Duncraig
Kite Shield (4)
Defense: (138 - 157) to (266 - 305)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 5
Required Strength: 30
Required Dexterity: 59
Item Level: 9
2% Chance to cast level 1 Bloodlust on Melee Attack
1% Chance to cast level 1 Fortress on Melee Attack
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
+(9 to 15) to Strength
+(9 to 15) to Dexterity
Cold Resist +(16 to 25)%
Lightning Resist +(16 to 25)%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (462 - 513) to (817 - 909)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 23
Required Strength: 44
Required Dexterity: 87
Item Level: 27
3% Chance to cast level 5 Bloodlust on Melee Attack
2% Chance to cast level 5 Fortress on Melee Attack
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
+(23 to 29) to Strength
+(23 to 29) to Dexterity
Cold Resist +(36 to 45)%
Lightning Resist +(36 to 45)%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1174 - 1274) to (2015 - 2188)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 40
Required Strength: 93
Required Dexterity: 183
Item Level: 47
4% Chance to cast level 9 Bloodlust on Melee Attack
3% Chance to cast level 9 Fortress on Melee Attack
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
+(37 to 43) to Strength
+(37 to 43) to Dexterity
Cold Resist +(56 to 65)%
Lightning Resist +(56 to 65)%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (1744 - 1881) to (2982 - 3216)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 49
Required Strength: 192
Required Dexterity: 378
Item Level: 82
4% Chance to cast level 11 Bloodlust on Melee Attack
4% Chance to cast level 11 Fortress on Melee Attack
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
+(44 to 50) to Strength
+(44 to 50) to Dexterity
Cold Resist +(66 to 75)%
Lightning Resist +(66 to 75)%
Socketed (4)

Bane
Scepters
'LuXis'
Runeword Level: 120
12% Chance to cast level 31 Rust Storm on Melee Attack
43% Attack Speed
+200% Enhanced Damage
+188 to Maximum Damage
(201 to 250)% Bonus to Attack Rating
0.125% Chance of Crushing Blow (Based on Character Level)
+43 to all Attributes
10% Magic Find
Cannot be Unsocketed

Eternal Bodyguard
Totem Shield (Sacred)
Defense: (1668 - 1876) to (1932 - 2173)
Chance to Block: 5 to 6%
(Assassin Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 527
Item Level: 120
+3 to Assassin Skill Levels
30% Cast Speed
25% Block Speed
(1 to 2)% Base Block Chance
+20% to Spell Damage
-20% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-20% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(140 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
20% to Dexterity
20% to Energy
Physical Resist 10%
Socketed (6)

Etrayu
Hunter's Bow (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: (120 - 136) to (127 - 393)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 425
Item Level: 120
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
25% Chance to cast level 50 Arrow on Striking
50% Attack Speed
+(115 to 143)% Enhanced Damage
+(1 to 250) to Maximum Damage
(1 to 20)% Chance of Crushing Blow
Slow Target (1 to 50)%
+(1 to 100) to Dexterity
Elemental Resists +(1 to 25)%
Physical Resist (1 to 10)%
+(1 to 100) Life after each Kill
Socketed (6)

Quov Tsin's Talisman
Amulet
Required Level: 110
Item Level: 110
15% Innate Elemental Damage
-(20 to 30)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances

Celestia's Wings
Gothic Plate (Sacred)
Defense: (7708 - 8628) to (9275 - 10391)
Required Level: 90
Required Strength: 614
Item Level: 1
+1 to Amazon Skill Levels
Adds 25-38 damage
+(140 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to Strength
(21 to 25)% to Vitality
+350 Defense
+(31 to 50) to Dexterity
Elemental Resists +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (6)

Celestia's Myth
(Amazon Spear Set)

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Crafting

Visit this thread for an in depth yet clear guide on crafting
And this one for the cube recipes docs.
Items are subjected to being used in recipes, especially powerful ones, check the cube docs to know them all.
important recipes:

• Make arcane shards Any unique item + Catalyst of Disenchantment → Arcane Shards + Catalyst of Disenchantment
• Make arcane crystals Arcane Shards x5 → Arcane Crystal
• Make a TU 2 Arcane Crystals + Oil of Enhancement + item = unique of same tier and same base
• Uptier TU Non-sacred weapon/armor + Arcane Crystal → reroll as next higher tier
• Socket item Non-socketed item + jewel x[1-6] → returns item with [1-6] sockets

General info

To understand each item types look into the first section of each item type's docs section in the Official Documentation. It is very clear and precise, and will help you grasp how they work.

TU (Tiers Uniques)

TUs have 4 ranks. Their stats requirement and general power depend on their stats. Check the docs for a list of them all, and their stats.
You can turn useless TU into arcane shards (see the recipes up on that page). Be careful when up-tiering a tiered unique, the requirements can jump tremendously from one tier to the other. Always check the docs out first. You cannot downgrade a TU, only up-tiering is possible!

SU ( Sacred Uniques)

SU are the next 'rank' of item. Generally better than T4 TU they are important for progressing in the game.Most item types have one SU and one SSU (sacred-sacred-unique). SU on the left, SSU on the right. Most SSU start dropping from lvl120+ .

A SSU isn't always better than an SU for your build. Read the documentation to check the item's stats and if they fit your build.
Sometimes a simple TU with good stats is better than an useless SU!

SU can be made into a token that add 1 (one) stat up when right clicking.They also drop in the Torajan jungle area.
Those consumable items are called signets of learning and are commonly referred as 'Sigs'.
The maximum amount of sigs you can eat is 400, and they can be stacked into a bigger signet of value 25. Sigs can sometimes be used as trading currency.
Another type of Signet are gold signets, but they aren't worth that much.

HONORIFICS AND MYSTIC ORBS

Honorifics are special items that can be made with either TU or SU items. Their text appear green in the game. They can be made in the cube with any magic item + Mark of infusion = honorific
Honorifics ( like any other items) can be cubed with Mystic Orbs (MO) one by one to transfer the MO stat to the item, except honorific gain double the amount of stats and have the maximum amount of sockets. Very handy if you don't find an item you need and want to get a lot of resistance/dexterity/stats on a glove, or boots. Use a base magic item with low lvl required since each MO adds a + 4 level required to the item. You can only apply up to 5 of the same type of regular Mystic Orb to your item.

The mark of infusion is dropped by Shenk in act5. Honorifics can't be made before this act ( except if you transfer from another char/friend).
MO can be brought from vendors, but they are very expensive. Around 13k each.

MISC ABOUT ITEMS

Hoarding item (gems, jewels, random crap) is useless in the beginning of the game.

Here's a list of item you should try to keep early on:

• Resistance gems (Onyx/Bloodstone/Amber/Turquoise)
• A couple of random runes (For reroll purposes)
• A couple jewel for recipes (keep ALL jewels that drop in hell for crafting)
• The catalysts, belladonas, etc

To get TU quicker (Check the recipes how to make any TU) you can farm Mephisto and then Nihlatak since both of them drops Arcane shards.

Uber charms have some randomization when it come to the amount of stats they have. Sometime you'll need to farm the charms to get a better roll.

Tips

• Some maps have a drop bias towards specific types of items (check the doc).
• The best way to drop gems is K3K.
• Clear speed is better than MF in many cases. It's better to clear a lower level zone fast than struggle in an higher lvl one

Playing online

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The Sin War

Playing on MXLS's servers (The sin war) is extremely easy. Just click 'Play on TSW', create an account, and voila. Now you can make a char and play with everyone.

Handy tip : avoid general slurs and bad words for your account name and chars. They will otherwise be banned.

Gameservers

The sin war is actually not only one server, but rather a bunch of different servers hosted around the world. You can get an overview of their location, population and status on this page: Server status page

You can select your default game-server by using the command /gs <number>. Where 'number' is the referred game-server's number on the server status page.
It is recommended to use a server that is geographically close to you, for performances purposes.

Trading

MXLS has a trading utility that can be used to trade fictional gold (Tg) for items. Either buy an item with Tg or sell them for Tg.
Tg can be brought by making a donation, and are mandatory for using the Trade center

Multilogging

Multilogging rule and how not to get banned for it:
Muling: Stay in town while you are muling. Do not leave your mule in town while you kill monsters with your character.
Two or more people on the same IP: Make sure that either both of you are playing (killing monsters) or both are AFK. If only 1 of you needs to be AFK, then he SHOULD quit the game and rejoin later. You may still get the warning, but you won't get banned if you follow this.
Also, do not eat any Signet when multilogging since the bot will consider that as leveling a char. Additionally, do not self-rush and do not attempt to multiwindow with more than 2 characters at once. Any offenses here can lead to a temporary ban for first offense. First account ban is typically 8-24h, second 48-72h, third is permanent.

Can't play online?

It might happens in rare occasions that you are unable to create a game, and get stuck on the loading animation or tell you you can't join the game. It might have happen because the GS got stuck and needs to be restarted, or he still thinks your character is still in the game. Waiting a bit, generally solves the issue.

Hardcore or ladder?

Play hardcore if you feel like it. No pressure. When dead, your char get transferred to ladder anyway, so why not try

Tools

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About tools

Only a couple of external tools are allowed to be used or discussed. Check this tool page for an official list of them all. Any other tools will get you banned.

D2STATS + Loot filter
D2stats is a complete stats reader AND a loot filter. Here is the thread about it
The loot filter is customizable and will allow you to see only the item you choose to see, and also be notified when some specific item drops ( colored text in the upper left corner). By default those are 'elite' items, although the notifier can be customized to show any item you need, if you want a specific item base for a rune-word for example.
The loot filter is included (but can be modified)
Allowed online

Speed calculator

This tool enables you to calculate all your character's speed breakpoints. Useful to calculate the FHR, cast speed, block speed (and other) breakpoints.
► Breakpoints
A frame is an image. The game displays 25 images per second. Thus, a frame can also be used as a time unit (1/25th of a second, in Diablo II).
Each animation takes a certain amount of frames until it finishes. Less frames = faster animation. The FPA (Frames Per Attack) are natural
numbers. You cannot have an animation take 10,5 FPA to perform. This is the reason why the concept of breakpoints exists: there are certain points
where an amount of a certain speed increase will improve your FPA, however, different values inside two breakpoints will have no difference.
Example: an Amazon with a bow needs 8% IAS to have 11 FPA, and 22% IAS to have 10 FPA. This means, there is no difference between having
8% IAS or having 20% IAS, because you didn't cross any breakpoint. So, this is why this tool exists, you shouldn't blindly invest into boosting
your speed without taking into account all the breakpoints that exist.
Here is the Speed calculator thread. Very useful if you want to smartly improve your char stats, and improve you char's survivability.
Open in a browser

Offline tool

Median XL Offline Tools adds a nice way to manipulate character save files. It enables users to respec, rename, convert and downlevel characters. Also allows viewing, searching and mass disenchanting items, as well as sorting stash. Support thread
Singleplayer only

Map reveal

Map reveal is implemented into the game. No need to use any external software (they'll get you banned).
You can reveal map by pressing the 'R' key. Or you can change this key binding in the in-game settings.

Languages

The official language of the game is English. That said there is a translator community who made the game available in russian, french, chinese, spanish, and other languges. Our official thread list every up to date languages.

Accessibility

If you suffer from Color blindness, vision impairment or shitty screen colors syndrome, there is an in-game setting that allow to mark rare/unique/sets with an added text marker.

Additionally, if like me, the in-game font isn't very readable, you can swap for another ready made font. The installation process is less straight forward but not very complex. Here is my guide and personal page to get all the different font we've made


Feel free to check the other tools

That conclude ( for the moment ) this guide for beginners, I hope you liked it and that it was useful for you.
For a more in depth approach, I have a short FAQ on my website here with a range of question starting from very basic to more advanced concepts.

Special thanks:
The dev team
The wikia maintainers
The docs maintainers
Guide makers I linked who made such great mini-guides
Discord user that helped add and correct some useful stuff

Edits:

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Added Multilog info
Added abwhorent summon guide
Correction regarding recent comments

[Glamdring26]

Very nice guide thank you sir. I can finally play the game.

[usling]

Good work Sir! we need more guides like this

[Crash]

Your "this is a sig" photo is a gold signet? Might be worth mentioning the few different types and quantity stacks.

Nice job so far

[Istaryu]

At all point your max resistance is soft capped at 75% but it can be increased up to 90% with resistance gems.

This is a bit misleading, as items and charms do that too.

Soul of Kabraxis

Soul of Kabraxis
Required Level: 120
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+1 to All Skills
Maximum Fire Resist +(1 to 3)%
Maximum Lightning Resist +(1 to 3)%
Maximum Cold Resist +(1 to 3)%
Maximum Poison Resist +(1 to 3)%

Topspin

Topspin
Skull Cap (4)
Defense: (76 - 83) to (115 - 125)
Required Level: 3
Required Strength: 25
Item Level: 4
5% Attack Speed
+(31 to 50)% Enhanced Defense
(3 to 5)% to Dexterity
(3 to 5)% to Energy
+(31 to 50) Defense
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Total Character Defense 10%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (277 - 301) to (365 - 397)
Required Level: 20
Required Strength: 37
Item Level: 23
15% Attack Speed
+(61 to 80)% Enhanced Defense
(6 to 8)% to Dexterity
(6 to 8)% to Energy
+(71 to 100) Defense
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Total Character Defense 20%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (704 - 760) to (876 - 943)
Required Level: 37
Required Strength: 78
Item Level: 43
25% Attack Speed
+(91 to 110)% Enhanced Defense
(9 to 11)% to Dexterity
(9 to 11)% to Energy
+(151 to 200) Defense
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
Total Character Defense 30%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (1182 - 1258) to (1471 - 1564)
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 160
Item Level: 78
30% Attack Speed
+(121 to 140)% Enhanced Defense
(12 to 14)% to Dexterity
(12 to 14)% to Energy
+(301 to 400) Defense
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
Total Character Defense 40%
Socketed (4)

for example.

[snt2523]

Anyone have list of viable untwinked builds in this patch ?

[Ekital]

Anyone have list of viable untwinked builds in this patch ?

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=45921

[Faulk]

Each item types has one SU and one SSU (sacred-sacred-unique).

Not ALL items have an SSU version. Might want to say "Most Item types"

Also it might be worth mentioning that SSU can only be found in area lvl 125+

Very helpful guide. Good stuff.

[Wasp]

Each item types has one SU and one SSU (sacred-sacred-unique).

Not ALL items have an SSU version. Might want to say "Most Item types"

Also it might be worth mentioning that SSU can only be found in area lvl 125+

Very helpful guide. Good stuff.

Thanks a lot for the input! I'll make it more clear, thanks

[Yeahsper]

The loot filter is customizable and will allow you to see only the item you choose to see, and also be notified when some elite item drops ( colored text in the upper left corner)

Might also want to change "some elite item" to pretty much any drop you want, I wouldnt really call a magic t1 gloves for elite drops

This tool enables you to calculate all your character's speed breakpoints. Useful for min-maxing a char

I wouldn't really call getting to some breakpoints for min-maxing a char, since some characters REALLY need to reach a breakpoint without being useless, biggest contender is FHR and FBR because it's not fun to get stunlocked everytime you get hit. (This might mislead people to think that breakpoints doesn't matter until you min-max your char)