Classic questions

[Foolishpleazure]

Hi all.Being tired of all the overpowered runewords and all,I`ve decided to go back to basics and play D2 Classic,and seeing as I only remember playing classic for a couple of weeks before going to expansion,I`m not as familiar with it,so,I have a few questions.


1) Is there a difference on the -resists with classic like there is with expansion and if so,are the same or different?

2)without runewords,is it possible to obtain max resists in Classic/Hell,and if so,what would be the best stuff for my Orber to use?


thanx for your time and help,and,I`M lookin forward to making a Classic/Ladder character on USEAST.I feel It`ll be more of a challenge without all the overpowered crap on expansion....Cheers!!!!!!!!!!

[phool]

1) same as lod, -5cr per level, cold res can't break immunities and takes away from cold res rather than being applied seperately.
2) the resistance penalty in classic is smaller than in lod, all res at 75 or 85 are very easy to get with 70 fcr in hell. Quite a lot harder with 110 fcr. Good sources of res are ward shield, pris shield, 3x pdiamond shield, goldskin, dual and tri-res rares, pris amu.

Make sure to check the stickies for general classic advice. 1.11b classic is nothing like the classic you may remember if you were playing it before 1.10.

[goomba]

maximum normally occurring resists are capped at 75 to all.

there are unique items that will boost the overall maximum resists to one or more elements.

hawkmail raises maximum cold resist 15% above the current maximum.
nozokan amulet raises max fire resist - the actual amount I do not recall
hotspurs raises maximum fire resist 15%

dark glow raises maximum resist to all elements by 5%
full irathra's raises maximum resist by 10% to all

my hammerdin typically uses full irathra's, a +2, +3 bh sceptre, a +2 priz 38 bone shield, fhr lr/fr high def mage plate, and hot spurs with resisty fcr rings.

they're slow hammers, but I typically find myself seeing 95 fr, 85 cr, 85 lr, and mid 50s pr when csing. note: that's not seriously stacked resists due to not having a priz ammy, and 'gg' resists on the helm, belt, gloves, and I sometimes will flash the salvation aura, or resist fire aura if I'm presented with a lower resist curse, and/or infector spawns with conviction when I'm raiding without a BO. If I'm not cursed, and/or infector spawns normally I'm essentially immune to any elemental attack from monsters in the cs.

*shrug*

Note: I'm definitely not immune to pvp attacks due to pvp elemental masteries taking my resists way down