Iceblink

[crucialTK]

I found my first ever Iceblink!!!

I was wondering what char I should use it with... Id prefer trying to set up a ww lancer barb.... but does this armor even work effectively anymore? Does it really freeze every monster or is it some random formula?

Too bad I didnt find this armor 10 years ago... Id be 10 SOJs richer!

[HegemonKhan]

awesome!

if u remember the details of how/where u got it please post on TDR (the drop report) thread. so we can hunt for more of them:D

[Akse]

It's not freeze every anymore. It has this monster level check. I think if the monster was like 5 levels lower than you are it will always freeze. Same level monsters don't freeze so often but they freeze enough.

Lancer is ok but their weapon breaks so much these days unless u have 75 dura lance :)

[crucialTK]

sigh... death of the lance barb :(

there goes my fondest memory of the lancer barb with ice blink... arcane sanctuary with all monsters frozen in a straight line and the ww lance shattering every single one of them

[Lorg]

Just use it and relive your dreams man. Like stated before its level dependant now and if you go for areas that monster level is the same or lower then many of the monster do freeze. In nm they even freeze for rather long time and its fun. I sometimes use it in nm for nostalgic reasons :)

[EagleEntek]

Ive always had fun with Iceblink and ww or zeal - did it used to be better than it is or something? I always hear people saying how good it was but it doesnt seem to be krap or anything now so.... i am a little confused...?

[Lorg]

Ive always had fun with Iceblink and ww or zeal - did it used to be better than it is or something? I always hear people saying how good it was but it doesnt seem to be krap or anything now so.... i am a little confused...?

It still works if you fight vs monsters that are lower or same lavel as you r. It used to work on every monster even if they were greatly higher level than you were. (omitting immunes/bosses etc.)

You must be leveling in correct zone for your level and therefore do not experience the diminished effect.

[fledgeling]

You could always get a weapon, belt or amulet with cold damage

[Akse]

You could always get a weapon, belt or amulet with cold damage
Yea but its not the same since iceblink freezes them like glacial spike :) when u keep hitting and hitting them with ww they stay frozen. :)

Yes before lod iceblink freeze worked all the time. Now there is some diminishing returns depending how high level the monster is compared to you. 3+ levels lower than you it works almost every hit.

[crucialTK]

Ive always had fun with Iceblink and ww or zeal - did it used to be better than it is or something? I always hear people saying how good it was but it doesnt seem to be krap or anything now so.... i am a little confused...?

Jeez I feel really old... but back in my days... by far the godliest character was the Lance WW barb w/ iceblink... Literally every single char within 15 yards or so would freeze and stay frozen...

haha im just going to do it! I am going to re-live the golden days and re-make the classic gold-standard barb. If anyone finds a good lance on USWLSC please let me know!

[fledgeling]

You could always play single player, using the 1.00 patch - you would be quite lonely of course though. There was a topic about 1.00 patch somewhere; I remember that jump attack always hit.. duels must have been interesting then (I played single player when diablo came out).

[Akse]

Leap didn't always HIT but it always did the knockback effect. leaper was a pretty good in low level duels.. friend had a killer baba in pre lod HC. He had -40% martel with around 250 dmg and -40% ornate :) chargers/jabbers couldn't even hit him and chargers were easy with leap attack.. just leap between u and the charger at the right time and the leap will hit the charger at the middle of the charge and the charge never have chance to hit :)

Also the duels in general was quite interesting. I think pvp damage was 1/4 or 1/2 even. BvB was really interesting since 2h barbs were really strong and actually had some kind of chance against shield barbs.

I think there was a server somewhere with 1.06 patch but it didn't last long since it was quite laggy.

[barty]

ah nice find tim. i was very fond of a multi shot/pierce zon with blink on, owned cows and cs haha. ah i can remember the endless cows of hell and nm in hardcore, blink just makes everything safer so long as u can freeze them with appropriate clvl/mlvl or w/e.
funny thing is i dont think the cows could moo when frozen, or could they?
dont rule out multi/strafe with blink either, lancer would be gg 75 dura lance or mart but zon could be gg support char :) peace.

booyah 100 posts, and its about blink. {smiles as tear rolls of chin} i love classic.

[boogyman19946]

did diablo even exist 10 yrs ago? what's the release date?

[HegemonKhan]

the game show's its copyrighted? in 2000, so techincally 8 years, but for us lazy people, like me, we round to ten :P

[Akse]

Was released in june 2000. I suppose diablo1 came 1998 or was it 7?

[WarlockCC]

You can also use Iceblink on a smiter, it's the only elemental damage which transfers over smite.