Can You Beat DIABLO 2 With Only Firebombs? 

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Grim Dawn has an entire class devoted to the Goddess of Firebombs called Demolitionist. It has many flavors of FireBomb from Molotov Cocktails to Mortors. Might be worth giving a shot.

The excitement of seeing another firbomb only run is unmatched

equipping a dagger would speed up the throwing animation of the assassin, aswell as skilling burst of speed, since your throwing speed is scaled to your attack speed :)

It's amazing for a D2 veteran like me to watch how relatively new players play the game that I know inside and out. Just shows you how little the game actually tells you about itself in-game. Granted, when it was released, it was accompanied by a paperback game guide and nobody does that today, but still. Firebombs assassin for Normal is completely doable no sweat, if you know the tricks. Farm the Countess for Stealth (Tal+Eth) armor runeword and Steel (Tir+El) sword runeword, put that into the fastest base (Scimitar or Crystal sword, the former is easier to find in A1 with 2 open sockets), because for some goddamn reason your trap laying speed is calculated from your attack speed (the game is really counterintuitive in its mechanics sometimes, okay, most of the time) to throw the bombs as fast as you can (Steel gives you a very substantial boost to attack speed and +2 to Mana after each kill) and farm for Nadir helmet (Nef+Tir) which gives you some sweet defense as well as additional +2 to Mana after each kill. Then you can make do with shields socketed with diamonds for all resistances bonus or you can farm Ral+Ort+Tal for Ancient's Pledge runeword or just wait until A5 because those three runes are exactly what Qual-Kehk rewards you with for saving the barbs. Pledge gives a huge boost to all res, more than enough to beat Normal twice over. Any other gear - use whatever you want, this is the stuff that will carry you. Yeah, runewords completely broke the balance of itemization, I know. Anyway, here's that five-page essay that you mentioned in the vid, hope you read this, awesome content, keep it up :D

As someone who has played this game for 20 years, it was nostalgic to see you play it without over optimizing it. "Get lost in an ice cave for over an hour". Thank You, keep having fun.

15:00 Dear Future Lemon, Thawing Potions do remove chill/freeze, but that's not why you use them against Duriel. It looks like a chill, but the slowdown he causes is actually from his Holy Freeze aura, which is not removed by Thawing Potions. The main benefit is the +50% Cold Resistance they give, reducing the cold damage Duriel deals to you.

So glad you mentioned the random enemy names. They can be hilarious every once in a while

My inner Diablo 2 meta-gremlin was screaming about always going to 50 Str for armour. Good video. Glad it worked out

I feel like Lemon's patience has slowly rotted away as time goes on.

I love the firebomb episodes but it's always sad when you say a run wasn't fun.

Thanks again to Lemon : The Backlogs for creating today's video. Fun to watch as always!

Thanks for playing some more diablo. It's always fun to see people play a game I grew up with in weird and fun ways.

Awesome video ! You had me rollin with that muguffin line. Cant wait for the next d2 vid

No Idea If you know this, and It might even get mentioned later, but running will set your armor to 0 and block chance to 1/3 of what It Is. Now, that really only applies to melee focused builds but hey, might come In play later.

That was refreshing. And I respect you for appreciating the journey instead focusing solely on destination.Surprising percentage of D2 players have very little experience with the actual game, they just look for guides, have their characters rushed to the endgame by better players, they never finish the game on their own, they don't know anything about the lore or story. They spread myths they heard (for example, about Duriel's non-existen charge move), instead of veryfing them through their own experience. In shoty, I appreciate someone relatively new actually want to experience the game in their own way.

Firebombs are just, y’know, the bomb.

I wanted to say thank you for all your videos they help alot and always keep me entertained

omg i love this game, played it growing up and now im grinding it out again, so glad you're doing another D2 video. First another bloodborne video, now this. Great stuff, always love the videos, very bingable.

Yes! Another Diablo 2 run, and a firebomb run ❤! Also, speaking of firebomb only runs, Nioh 1 and 2 has an entire stat and skill tree dedicated to tools like Firebombs called Ninjutsu. They have scaling damage as far as I know, and are actually decently strong AND every element has an associated status effect too. Just thought I'd mention it in case you didn't know.

If you are thinking about playing Diablo 1: I recommend installing the DevilutionX Mod, for a vanilla experience (only qol changes like resolution, enemy healthbars or item visibility) or the Belzebub Mod for a fusion of D1 and D2.

did someone say integrated add? Me: ah yes the economics class of the firebomb academy.

Thank you for adding the song list into your description! Loved the expired 20% off coupon, I lost mine ages ago. Ah, Cafe de Backlogs, the most sought after place on the Firebomb Academy campus.

I did a pretty much identical run in original diablo 2 lod, but with valhalla mod. That build was extremely bonkers and dealt a lot of damage, only on hell enemies started being an issue

as a d2 veteran the only thing i did was internal screaming but its very nice to see where we all startet and did the same mistakes ah good old Duriel the beginners bane still love this run good luck and have fun with your next run^^

Literally the only RU-vidr I’ll watch the sponsor skits They are actually good, entertaining and funny

Loving the Diablo 2 videos so far, and the attitude too. Keep it up

I absolutely love this game! I extremely enjoy the fact that you can find new and interesting ways to beat it

Novice initiates at the Firebomb Academy: B-B-But poison bombs aren’t Firebombs, that’s not allowed! Expert Scholars: Elemental Explosives are Firebombs of Different names (and flavors) The Grand Alumni: It is not “what is a Firebomb” that should be asked, but “What ISN’T a firebomb!” The answer is nothing, if you think about it cleverly enough.

Well done! Awesome that you stick to your guns and reminding other people about the point of playing a game :D

Oh my god, spotted this just when I wanted to go sleep. Perfect. Then I can watch it a few times because I doze off halfway through. The most calming stuff on the internet. (Along with press continue, when he doesn't do the chaotic outros 😂)

I‘m sooo happy to see you doing another diablo 2 change run again please consider doing it more often Love you lemon♥️

Cool video ^^ Another one in the blast radius of the Firebomb! Would love to see you make another DS3 run, but I think expanding your game catalogue (if that's what you want to call it) is equally good :)

For future runs, those synergy skills are really big, and make a great difference in damage, at least, they were in the original. There does come a point where the synergy % boost damage is bigger than the flat boost that levelling the skill itself is.

Fun fact: assassin can open closed chests without a key. When you are running, your armor = 0, so sometimes better walk than run

The Firebomb Goddess demands Hell be cleansed!

The guy is too powerful, he is becoming unstoppable.

Watching anything Diablo 2 again hits me in the face with the nostalgia brick, great run as always!

@TheBacklogs I know you probably won't see this comment. But Lemon, thank you for doing challenge runs on my favorite game of all time and giving me new ways to play it! My daughter (first child) will be born in January and I can't wait to introduce her to this game I've been playing since it originally came out when i was 10! 34 now and the nostalgia is strong. Thank you again Lemon!

Don't know this game so much, but I know tou and your legendary skills at throwing firebombs, so let's enjoy once more. Don't stop please

I always am amazed at and enjoy your unbelievable tenacity and follow through, and your writing makes me laugh. But today I'm commenting to let you know how much I appreciate the fact that you actually care about only running ads for quality products. I'm excited to try Phantom Blades! Thanks for the great content, I wish i could do more to support it!

Uh, the challange runs from D2R are soooooo great :D As someone, who tried so many challenge runs as a teenager, i love to see some love to his game :D

I'm hopefully not the only one that would love to see what kind of challenge runs you can cook up for Diablo 1

For the arreat summit fight against the 3 barbarians, you can put down a portal, it doesnt let you take them out 1 at a time but it makes retrying the fight if you die much faster, just place the portal inside the cave right next to the exit to the summit

Love this. Hope a Poison Dagger run is in our future. Extremely unique way to play. A lot of normally useless affixes becomes super important on daggers like repairs durability, hit causes monsters to flee, knockback so 1. you can keep using the dagger and 2. give yourself space while you're waiting for the poison to kill things. Did you know daggers could have plus to necro skills? I didn't know until I tried it.

Nice! Thanks for quality entertainment, Lemon! It was a blast! )

Before watching this, I am already certain that Diablo, literal actual Satan, ruler of hell, does not stand a chance against one blessed by the firebomb goddess

i like the callout to us veterans, i was screeching internally alot in this video of all the things how you couldve made it easier but maybe the fun came from that haha

duriel: i'll stunlock you, you little... Lemon: DORMAMMU!

Leaving a comment for the algorithm and to say loved the blurb about runewords. Wasn’t screaming it more “wonder if he’s gonna make a stealth chest to help with mana issues”. You answered it so I’m a happy camper lol

Bro im so happy to see someone playing Diablo 2, one of my favorite games of all time

Man I love this channel. Comedy gold

Awesome run haha also that game in the sponsor actually looks pretty cool ima check it out

Yes! More Diablo Backlogs!

Great video! Wonder if you would ever do a lords of the fallen firebomb run? Seems like a perfect game for you to do that in. Has a lot of different throwables

Anytime I hear the tunes near the end I am taken back to Gunstar Heros. Can't help but wonder if he ever would do a flamethrower/ explosion on run in that game, granted its a sega game back in the 90's.

For those wanting to do their own run, the runes Tir and Ral in a two open sockets staff makes a really good runeword for all fire-based builds!

So many memories with this game. Mostly of soloing, but setting players to 8. Super nice for my clepto, take everything and sell it nature with these games

You can also "repair" your throwable potions to refill your quantity. Thanks for trying these cool experiments! Keep it up!

Wonderful idea and wonderful content. Dark Souls and Diablo are amazing stuff for your channel!

Nothing like getting home from work and watching the new The Backlogs video

I always love your videos they give me my daily dose of serotonin

You have great content brother. I root for the up and coming every day guys trynna break free from the 9-5 through any means. I hope you get millions amd millions of views man. Best wishes.

Love the content dude keep it up

I don’t know anything about Diablo but these challenge runs you make are hella addictive

Fireblast is an incredible skill. works with Ias and has a bunch of synergies. Why not try Telekinesis run. Edit: I feel "The screaming" bit was directed at me. :O +1 for the Gunstar Heroes Ost, think we wouldn't notice?

I am really excited about Diablo 1 challenge runs!

This was great. Can't wait for what's next

please oh please do more d2 challenges. i love this game and my mom got me started on this series when i was a kid so id love to see this kind of stuff happen. and dont worry despite playing d2 alot i still dont know alot.

It always comes back to paladins for you Sir Lemon 😂 that and being mauled by Sir Melon the Malicious

I am hyped for a Diablo 1 challenge run.

Lol thank you for addressing my screen-yelling. 😆 I’m screaming, yes, but it’s all in fun. Thanks for the video!

I am not fully through the video but by GOD what was the unique ring drop from Duriel ? XD HOW DARE YOU NOT TELLING US! amazing video though im looking forward to every upload :) only channel i have actually hit the bell on XD

Running one of the Earth Defence Force games with only explosives could be a fun run.

That NBA Jam reference warmed my heart. You might even say it's "... ON FIRE!"

That ad read was GREAT! My new metric for whether microtransactions is "can you beat the game naked in a reasonable amount of time?"

theres a few certain things in this world- taxes, the sun rising and setting... and that lemon will try to beat any game that has firebombs in them with only firebombs

There is always the classic "beat with only one type of spell" challenges.

Something that I had a very hard time to get my head around with early D2 runs: "Thou shall not level energy." At least not more than once or twice. Early game. You're going to have to chuck anyway. And if it's not mana, it's health pots. The biggest difference is is how comfortable you can be while chugging vs. how often you have to refill your belt/inventory. Gold really isn't part of this equation since around as early as old Tristram anything you find should sell for more than what you spend on TPs and pots. Now yes, with less energy you will have to return more often to town/fiddle with your inventory more. But every death you avoid due to better health is a massive time win, and even the time lost for trips can be negated a bit by the ability to stand smack dab in the middle of trash mobs spamming away. Late game you have enough energy/+mana/+mana gain on gear and just passive +max mana from levels that all these points into energy do you little good. But this also is only true if you're going Hell Baal kill.

Lemon. I gotta tell ya. I recently went through a rough breakup and have been very depressed since but your videos I have on repeat almost. They help me sleep and all your jokes and stuff put a smile on my face. You’re on of my fav RU-vidrs and just wanna tell you that you help me through my days. I look forward to your next video!

I've never played a Diablo game for more than an hour (and that was Diablo 3 in coop) or anything like it, but it was still surprisingly easy to follow along. The explosions also look really nice, I'm kinda surprised.

1st time viewer and a long time D2 player. This is refreshing to watch.

All hail the fire bomb goddess! It's always a good time with those fire bombs videos.

Mass Effect 1 is unique in the trilogy in that you get grenades in that game. Very...bizarrely functioning grenades that you toss like a frisbee and have to manually detonate, but grenades nonetheless. I also know it's possible to increase their damage and how many you can carry, but no idea if you can beat the game with just them or not. Could be worth checking out though.

Counter-intuitively, the amount of armor you have increases your chance to not get hit in Diablo 2. Makes perfect sense really. If you're wearing the heaviest, most immobilizing suit of armor you can find turns you into an absolute ninja and things struggle to hit you. I think Dexterity does give a small amount of armor rating, but otherwise it just influences your chance to block, which caps out at 75%, which is also influenced by your character level. (Higher level means you need more dexterity to have the same block chance as a lower level character) This information is TECHNICALLY in game as you can see the tooltip information change in your stat screen if you're paying attention. (May have to mouse over specific stat measurements in the stat screen itself) I provide this information only because I dunno what else to comment and it's apparently good for the algorithm

I would be interested in seeing a version of this done in Path of Exile as well. In there you have access to both a poison flask ability and an explosive one. Plus other stuff like a spell that lights you on fire to burn the enemies around you to death!

Wait wait The Gem Shrines upgrade a random gem in your inventory to the next tier? I legitimately thought it just gave you a random gem at a random tier. Shit, you learn something new every day Loved the vid! D2's a very special game to me so was great watching a challenge run like this.

They should have made that “bomb” skills of the assassin had a boost from the different firebomb types

Found a couple of "no healing-no farming-hardcore" runs a while ago. Wanted to give that a shot. Suddenly thaw potions are important and every item counts :)

thanks for the work lemon i hope you have a nice week :3

Oh I just realize there is one game where you would thrive doing this: Dragon's Dogma. You can even get a pupil who will learn to throw firebombs with you

I honestly forgot these items existed in Diablo 2. But then, it's been ages since I played that game so I've probably forgotten a lot of things about it.

Thanks for not caring about the meta game, i wish people would just play and explore instead of ruining my experience with their spreadsheets.

i was hoping you would use barbarian for this run. his throw weapon passive works on the comsumable bombs.

22:20 Wait what?! A Diablo 1 challenge run?! Yes please!

I like the way you played this better than the sweaty way i would've. You could've trivialized this using all the runewords and farming certain things. Much more entertaining this way, too lol.

Not a toxic comment about Diablo II (never played it, sorry), but I do have a suggestion for a challenge run. Can you beat God of War (the original PS2 game or any ports/remakes) without using red orbs? For those of you unfamiliar with the Greek God of War games, red orbs are effectively your experience points. You use them to upgrade your weapons and magic spells. Rules: 1) At no point can you use red orbs to level up the Blades of Chaos or any upgrades the gods give you as you progress. 2) You are allowed to pick up Gorgon Eyes and Phoenix Feathers. 3) Costumes are banned. 4) Any difficulty may be attempted (though I would NOT recommend doing it on God Mode difficulty). 5) No cheating or exploits. I don’t know if this run holds any interest to you, Lemon, but it seems up your alley. There’s one room I’m almost certain will be a run-killer, but I wish you the best of luck.

how about grim dawn demolitionist bomber? (has molotovs and canister bombs) thanks for the entertaining rerun of D2

Definitely want to see you do a challenge run for each class now, maybe redo your paladin which a different challenge too.

My "cheat code" for Duriel and basically every other boss is to collect as many Rejuvenation potions as you can find in act one and stash them until you get the Horadric cube and then turn them all into full rejuvenations, fill up your belt with them and just watch your health orb and chug one when your almost dead while continuously beating on the boss just make sure you keep a bank of full juvies in your stash and youre golden.