Diablo II Solo Mapping Tier List & Uber Builds (Late Game)

Diablo II Solo Mapping Tier List & Uber Builds

Late Game Overview
Starter Line-up
Uber Tristram Builds
Dclone Killers
Rathma Killers
Lucion Killers
S11 Map Tiers / Immunities
Tier Key and Mapping Mechanics
Sorceress Builds
Fortify? Budget? HC?
Amazon Builds
Druid Builds
Necromancer Builds
Paladin Builds
Assassin Builds
Barbarian Builds
Top Starters

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Late Game Overview

Twitch.tv/DarkHumility Late Game Solo Mapping Tier List Solo Mapping Top 10 DH's Starter Line-up (Recommended Starter Builds) DH's Recommended Uber Tristram Builds DH's Recommended Dclone Killers DH's Recommended Rathma Killers DH's Recommended Lucion Killers S11 Map Tiers/Immunities Mapping Tier Key Sorceress Builds Tier Fortify? Budget? HC?

#1 Nova S++ Sorceress Sorceress Sorceress Sorceress Sorceress Maps Monster Immunities

#2 Frost Nova S++ #1 Charged Bolt #1 Meteor #1 Meteor #1 Blizzard/Ice Bolt #1 Blizzard/Ice Bolt S - Best/Fastest Lightning Tree Javelin and Spear Tree #3 Phoenix Strike S+ #2 Meteor #2 Blizzard/Ice Bolt #2 Hydra #2 Charged Bolt #2 Meteor Tier 1 Fire Cold Lightning Poison Physical Magic A - Strong/Very Fast Nova S++ ❌ ❌ ✔ Lightning Fury A+ ❌ ✔ ✔✔

#4 Combustion S #3 Blizzard #3 Hydra #3 Blizzard/Ice Bolt #3 Frozen Orb #3 Frozen Orb Horazon's Memory 135 130 B - Solid/Fast Charged Bolt S- ❌ ✔ ✔ Lightning Strike C+ ❌ ✔✔ ✔✔

#5 Poison Strike S- #4 Chain Lightning/Lightning #4 Inferno/Fire Wall #4 Charged Bolt #4 Meteor #4 Charged Bolt Torajan Jungle 125 105 C - Decent/Effective Chain Lightning B- ✔ ✔ ✔ Power Strike C ✔✔ ✔ ✔✔

#6 Arctic Blast S- #5 Inferno/Fire Wall #5 Lightning/Charged Bolt Druid #5 Hydra #5 Hydra Arreat Battlefield 130 100 D - Slow Cold Tree Charged Strike D+ ✔✔ ✔ ✔✔

#7 Charged Bolt S- #6 Hydra #6 Werebear (Stormspire CB Proc) #1 Poison Creeper Druid Druid Royal Crypts 125 105 150 F - Worst/Slowest Frost Nova S++ ❌ ❌ ✔ Plague Javelin B+ ❌ ✔✔ ✔✔

#8 Rabies S- #7 Frozen Orb #7 Werebear (Cold Enchant - Uldyssian's/Odium) #2 Maul #1 Maul #1 Maul Shadows of Westmarch 135 100

Sub Tiers: +/- = High/Low End

Frozen Orb A+ ✔ ✔ ✔ Jab D- ✔✔ ✔ ✔ #9 Vengeance S- #8 Ice Barrage Druid #3 Summon (Bears + Ravens) #2 Summon (Bears + Ravens) #2 Summon (Bears + Ravens) Fall of Caldeum 130 100

Ice Barrage A+ ✔ ✔ ✔ Fend C- ✔✔ ✔ ✔ #10 Corpse Explosion S- #9 Combustion/Fire Ball #1 Summon (Bears OR Wolves + Ravens) #4 Fury #3 Fury #3 Fire Claws Halls of Torture (New) Primary Criterion

Blizzard A- ✔✔ ✔ ✔ Bow and Crossbow Tree S10 → S11 Biggest Movers Druid #2 Maul #5 Volcano #4 Poison Creeper/Rabies #4 Rabies/Poison Creeper Sewers of Harrogath 135 125 Glacial Spike D- ❌ ✔ ✔ Multiple Shot (Windforce/Bow) B ❌ ✔ ✔

#1 Summon - Ravens/Wolves/Bears #3 Arctic Blast #6 Rabies #5 Tornado #5 Volcano Tier 2 Monsters Per Minute (MPM) in Best T3 Cold Enchant - Multiple Shot (Widowmaker) D+ ❌ ✔ ✔ Strafe (Demon Machine/Buriza/X-Bow) A ✔✔ ✔ ✔ #1 Blade Fury D → A- #2 Wind - Tornado/Twister #4 Fury #7 Fire Claws #6 Volcano #6 Tornado Lost Temple 120 110 Maps For Build Adjusted For Density Cold Enchant - Strafe (Endlesshail) D+ ❌ ✔ ✔ Freezing Arrow C ❌ ✔✔ ✔✔ #2 Blizzard D → A- #3 Poison Creeper/Rabies #5 Tornado #8 Tornado #7 Arctic Blast #7 Fury Bastion Keep 125 130 110

(Within ~120-150), 0% Max Monster Life, Cold Enchant - Werebear Sorc (Uldyssian's) D ✔ ❌ ✔ Cold Arrow A- ✔ ✔✔ ✔ #3 Charged Bolt C+ → S- #4 Fire - Fissure/Volcano/Molten Boulder/Armageddon #6 Fire Claws #9 Arctic Blast Assassin #8 Arctic Blast Ruins of Viz'jun 130 120 Near Top-End Builds (Limited Corruptions), Fire Tree Fire Arrow B ✔ ✔✔ ✔ #4 Hydra F+ → C+ #5 Bear - Shockwave/Summon Support #7 Poison Creeper Assassin #1 Blade Sentinel/Fury Assassin Ancestral Trial 120 & "Optimal" High APM Gameplay Combustion S ❌ ✔ ✔ Exploding Arrow C ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔ #5 Nova A → S++ #6 Arctic Blast Assassin #1 Blade Sentinel/Fury #2 Shock Web #1 Blade Sentinel/Fury River of Blood 180 130 100 Fortification Meteor C+ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ Magic Arrow C ✔ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ #6 Mind Blast C → B+ Assassin #1 Blade Sentinel/Fury #2 Wake of Fire/Inferno #3 Dragon Tail/Talon #2 Shock Web Tomb of Zolten Kulle 120 110 105 Hydra C+ ✔ ✔ ✔ Passive and Magic Tree #7 Holy Shock Charge B → A- #1 Blade Fury/Blade Sentinel #2 Shock Web #3 Shock Web #4 Lightning Sentry/Chain #3 Dragon Tail/Talon Demon Road 125 135 ✔✔ = Fortified Maps Are Ideal For This Build Inferno D ❌ ✔ ✔ Hybrid Valkyrie/Strafe (Ebonbane) C ✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔✔ #8 Jab F- → D- #2 Mind Blast/Psychic Hammer #3 Dragon Tail/Talon #4 Tiger Strike #5 Tiger Strike #4 Blades of Ice Skovos Stronghold 125 130 125 ✔ = Fortified Maps Are Viable For This Build Other Pure Decoy Summon (Loyalty) D+ ✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔✔ #9 Holy Freeze Sacrifice S+ → A+ #3 Phoenix Strike #4 Tiger Strike #5 Dragon Tail/Dragon Talon #6 Elemental Martial Arts #5 Blade Dance Fallen Gardens (Uniq) ❌= Fortified Maps Are Not Recommended Vengeance (Kingslayer) C- ❌ ✔ ✔

Necromancer Builds Tier Fortify? Budget? HC?

#10 Sacrifice A+ → B+ #4 Claws of Thunder #5 Elemental Martial Arts #6 Elemental Martial Arts #7 Wake of Fire/Inferno #6 Wake of Fire/Inferno Tier 3 For This Build Passive Sorc (FNova + Nova Procs + Shiver Armor) D+ ❌ ❌ ✔ Overall Class Power Ranking #5 Chain Lightning/Lightning Sentry #6 Lightning Sentry #7 Lightning Sentry/Chain #8 Blade Dance #7 Charged Bolt Sentry Sanatorium 125 130 Budget Druid Builds Tier Fortify? Budget? HC? Poison and Bone Tree #6 Wake of Fire #7 Blade Dance #8 Blade Dance Barbarian Barbarian Ruined Cistern 115 135 125 Poison Nova B+ ❌ ❌ ✔ #1 Druid #7 Blades of Ice Barbarian Barbarian #1 Berserk #1 Berserk Phlegethon 140 125 ✔✔✔ = Build Requires Very Little To Map Elemental Tree Desecrate B+ ✔ ✔ ✔ #2 Sorceress #8 Cobra Strike #1 Berserk #1 Berserk #2 Double Throw #2 Double Throw Throne of Insanity 130 130 ✔✔ = Build Performs Well On A Budget Twister B ✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ Poison Strike S- ✔ ❌ ✔ #3 Assassin Barbarian #2 Frenzy/Double Swing #2 Double Throw #3 Wolf Barbarian #3 Frenzy/Double Swing Blood Moon ✔ = Build Has Decent Budget Gear Options Tornado C ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ Teeth A- ❌ ✔✔ ✔✔ #4-5 Amazon/Necromancer #1 Double Throw - Deep Wounds #3 Wolf Barbarian #3 Wolf Barbarian #4 Frenzy/Double Swing #4 War Cry Throne of Insanity 130 110 120 Specialized Gear To Function Molten Boulder B- ❌ ✔ ✔ Bone Wall (ATD) B ❌ ✔✔ ✔✔ Top Dungeon Buddies #3 Frenzy/Double Swing - Deep Wounds #5 Zeal Barbarian (Ferocity) #5 Bash #5 Leap Attack Canyon of Sescheron 130 110 120 Specialized Gear To Function Molten Boulder B- ❌ ✔ ✔ Bone Wall (ATD) B ❌ ✔✔ ✔✔ Top Dungeon Buddies #3 Frenzy/Double Swing - Deep Wounds #5 Zeal Barbarian (Ferocity) #5 Bash #6 Leap Attack Amazon Kehjistan Marketplace 125 130 105 (1000) Hardcore (HC) Fissure A+ ❌ ✔ ✔ Corpse Explosion S- ❌ ✔✔ ✔ #4 Leap Attack - Deep Wounds #6 Bash #6 Leap Attack Amazon #1 Power Strike Ashen Plains 130 130 120 Volcano A+ ✔ ✔ ✔ Summoning Tree #1 Summon Necro (Revives > Skeles - Sacred Totem!) #5 Whirlwind - Deep Wounds #7 Leap Attack Amazon #1 Jab/Fend #2 Lightning Strike/Charged Strike Zhar the Mad (Uniq) ✔✔ = Build Is Naturally Great For HC Shape Shifting Tree Physical Skele Summon (Warriors + Archers) D+ ✔ ✔✔✔ ✔✔ #2 Max Conviction Aura (Any Build - Zenith/Vengeance!) Amazon #8 Whirlwind #1 Plague Javelin #2 Lightning Strike/Charged Strike #3 Jab/Fend Warlord of Blood (Uniq) ✔ = Build Can Be Easily Modified For HC Bear - Shockwave C- ✔ ✔ ✔✔ Green Goblin (Demon Machine Merc + Physical Skeles) A ❌ ❌ ✔ #3 Holy Bolt/FOH (Convictrion Aura) #1 Summon - Decoys/Valks + Strafe Amazon #2 Lightning Strike/Charged Strike #3 Plague Javelin #4 Plague Javelin Outer Void (Uniq) (New) ❌= Build Not Recommended/ Wolf - Rabies S- ❌ ✔✔ ✔✔ Summoner - Pure Revive (Eternity + ST - Moon Lords) C ✔✔ ❌ ✔✔ #3 Dark Pact/Curse Support (Lower Res > Dim > Confuse) #2 Lightning Strike #1 Summon #3 Jab/Fend #4 Summon (Decoys) + Strafe #5 Summon (Decoys) + Strafe Imperial Palace (Uniq) (New) Challenging To Survive On HC Wolf - Fire Claws C- ❌ ✔ ✔ Elemental Summoner (Mage Skeles + Ele Revives) C- ✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ #4 Summon Druid (Max Oak Sage) #3 Cold Arrow #2 Jab #4 Cold Arrow #5 Cold Arrow #6 Cold Arrow Fire Towers in Kehjistan Marketplace have 1000 Poison Resistance Dungeon Buddies Wolf - Fury D+ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ Fire Golems B ❌ ✔✔ ✔ #5 War Cry/Support Barbarian #4 Poison/Plague Javelin #3 Charged Strike #5 Immolation/Exploding Arrow #6 Immolation/Fire Arrow #7 Immolation/Exploding Arrow Wolf - Twister Proc Fury (Windhammer + 2x Carrions) C- ❌ ✔ ✔ Clay Golems F ✔✔ ✔✔ ✔ #6 Freezing Arrow #5 Magic Arrow #4 Immolation Arrow #6 Summon (Decoys) + Strafe #7 Lightning Bolt Necromancer Strong T3 and T4 Group Mapping Builds Bear - Maul C ✔✔ ✔ ✔ Curses Tree #7 Corpse Explosion (Revive) #6 Fire Arrow/Exploding Arrow #5 Cold Arrow #7 Power Strike #8 Guided Arrow/Strafe #1 Poison Strike/Desecrate/Revive Bear - Multiple Shot Maul (Demon Machine) D ❌ ✔ ✔ Dark Pact B+ ❌ ✔ ✔ #8 Death Sentry #7 Power Strike #6 Lightning Fury/Lightning Bolt #8 Guided Arrow/Strafe Necromancer #2 Blood Golems Early Game (LOD Content) Summon Tree Other #9 Lightning Fury Necromancer Necromancer Necromancer #1 Desecrate/Poison Strike/Revive #3 Bone Spirit/Bone Spear Summon (All Summons) C- ✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔ Passive Boner (Bone Spear Proc - Brand) C+ ❌ ❌ ✔ #10 Arctic Blast (Cold Res Debuff) #1 Teeth/Bone Spear #1 Summon - Clay Golems #1 Desecrate/ Poison Strike/Revive #2 Bone Spirit/Bone Spear Paladin Trifecta Of Power Summon (4x Bears Only - Denmother) C ✔✔ ✔✔✔ ✔

Paladin Builds Tier Fortify? Budget? HC?

#11 Shockwave (Max Oak Sage) #2 Summon - Clay Golems #2 Summon - Phys Skeletons/Revives #2 Blood Golems Paladin #1 2-H Physical Charge Poison Creeper (Worm Re-Summoning) A- ✔ ✔✔ ✔ #12 Inferno (Fire Res Debuff) #3 Corpse Explosion #3 Poison Strike/Desecrate/Revive #3 Bone Spirit/Bone Spear #1 2-H Physical Charge #2 Vengeance High Mobility Assassin Builds Tier Fortify? Budget? HC? Combat Tree #13 Enchantress (Cold + Fire Enchant) #4 Summon - Skeletal Warriors/Archers #4 Bone Spirit Paladin #2 2-H Physical Zeal #3 Smite Big AoE (Area of Effect) Damage Fist of the Heavens D- ❌ ✔✔ ✔✔ #14 Summon Zon #5 Summon - Skeletal Mages/Revives #5 Corpse Explosion #1 Holy Bolt #3 Smite #4 Blessed Hammer Magic Or Physical Type Damage Traps Tree Holy Bolt F+ ✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ #15 Poison Build Stackage (e.g. 8x Rabies Druids) #6 Poison Strike Paladin #2 2-H Physical Charge #4 Elemental Zeal/Charge/Werebear #5 Elemental Zeal/Charge/Werebear The Number And Strength Of Chain Lightning Sentry D- ❌ ✔✔ ✔ Blessed Hammer (Hdin) A ✔ ✔ ✔✔ Solo Dungeon Capable #7 Summon - Fire Golems #1 Smite #3 Elemental Zeal/Charge #5 FOH/Holy Bolt Overall Top 10 Lucion Killers These Qualities Possessed By A Charged Bolt Sentry F- ❌ ✔✔ ✔ Sacrifice Hammer Proc (Akarat's) C+ ❌ ✔ ✔✔ #8 Dark Pact/Curse Support #2 Physical Zeal #4 Vengeance #6 Blessed Hammer Build Is = To Early Game Power Shock Web D ✔ ✔ ✔ Physical Zeal (1-H) C+ ✔✔ ✔ ✔✔ #1 Summon Necro (Multiple Elements Required) + Other Paladin #3 Elemental Zeal #5 Smite Overall Top 10 Rathma Killers #1 Blade Sentinel/Fury Wake of Fire A- ❌ ✔✔ ✔✔ Physical Zeal (2-H) C- ✔✔ ✔ ✔ #2 Corpse Explosion #1 Fist of the Heavens/Holy Bolt #4 2-H Physical Charge #6 2-H Physical Zeal #2 2-H Physical Charge Fire Blast F ✔ ✔ ✔ FOH/Holy Bolt Proc Zeal (Asylum + Principle) D ❌ ❌ ✔ #3 Phoenix Strike #2 Vengeance #5 FOH/Holy Bolt Overall Top 10 Dclone Killers #1 Maul #3 Maul Death Sentry (Merc Desecrate Proc - Viperfork) C- ❌ ❌ ✔ Physical Charge (2-H) C- ✔ ✔ ✔ #4 Mind Blast/Psychic Hammer #3 2-H or 1-H Holy Fire/Sanctuary/Other Charge Overall Top 10 Uber Tristram Builds #2 Blade Sentinel/Fury #4 Vengeance Blade Fury A- ✔ ✔ ✔ Vengeance (Famine/Azure + Alma - Zenith Possible) S- ✔ ✔ ✔ #5 Hybrid Trapper (Wake of Fire + Lightning Sentry/SW + DS) #4 2-H Physical Charge #1 Blade Sentinel/Fury #3 Berserk #5 Power Strike Blade Sentinel C+ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ Smite C ✔✔ ✔ ✔✔ #6 Blade Dance #5 Smite #1 Blade Sentinel/Fury #2 Poison Creeper #4 2-H Physical Charge #6 Berserk Martial Arts Tree Sacrifice (1-H) B+ ❌ ✔ ❌/ ✔ #7 Sanctuary (Zeal/Charge/Bow) #6 Blessed Hammer #2 Summon Druid #3 Shock Web #5 Jab/Fend #7 Poison Strike/Desecrate Phoenix Strike S+ ✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ Sacrifice (2-H) B ❌ ✔ ❌/ ✔ #8 Hybrid Ele (Zeal/Charge/Bow) Overall Top 10 Starters #3 Summon Amazon #4 Plague Javelin #6 Summon (Bears/Ravens) #8 Summon (Bears + Ravens) Cobra Strike A- ✔✔ ✔ ✔ Offensive Tree #9 Vengeance #4 Shock Web #5 Maul #7 Fury #9 Double Throw

Fists of Fire A- ✔ ✔ ✔ Holy Freeze Sacrifice (Native Aura) (#1 Sac Approach) A+ ❌ ❌ ❌/ ✔ #10 Elemental Sacrifice #1 Summon Druid #5 Maul #6 Wake of Fire/Inferno #8 Double Throw #10 Blizzard/Ice Bolt Claws of Thunder A+ ✔ ✔✔ ✔ Holy Shock Charge (Dual Dreams) A- ✔ ❌ ✔ #11 Magic Arrow #2 Charged Bolt #6 Summon Necro #7 Lightning Strike/Charged Strike #9 Blizzard/Ice Bolt Blades of Ice A ✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ Holy Freeze Charge (Doom + Shattered Wall) OR Native B+ ✔ ❌ ✔✔ #12 Berserk #3 Meteor #7 Smite #8 Holy Bolt #10 Shock Web

Tiger Strike D+ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ Holy Fire Charge (HOJ + 2x Dragon) A- ✔ ❌ ✔ #13 Fire (Volcano/Molten Boulder/Armageddon) #4 Teeth/Bone Spear #8 Berserk #9 Berserk Dragon Tail/Talon C+ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ Sanctuary Charge (Native Aura) (Cloudcrack/Redeemer) C+ ✔ ✔ ✔ #14 Arctic Blast/Tornado #5 Fist of the Heavens/Holy Bolt #9 Jab #10 Meteor Shadow Disciplines Tree Principle Strafe (Endlesshail) D ✔ ✔ ✔ New On S11 Tier List #6 Summon Amazon #10 Frenzy/Double Swing Mind Blast/Psychic Hammer (3x Shadows) B+ ✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ Thorns Sacrifice (Silence + Bramble) C- ❌ ❌ ❌ #7 Blade Fury Other #1 Charged Bolt S- #8 Lightning Strike Physical Blade Dance (Chaos - Phys Dmg Focus) B+ ❌ ✔ ✔✔ #2 Holy Freeze Sacrifice (Native Aura) A+ #9 Vengeance Poison Blade Dance (Chaos - Venom Dmg Focus) A+ ❌ ✔ ✔ #3 Bone Wall B #10 Double Throw Barbarian Builds Tier Fortify? Budget? HC?

#4 Hybrid Valkyrie/Strafe (Ebonbane) C

#5 Exploding Arrow C Combat Tree #6 Tornado C

Double Swing/Frenzy C ✔✔ ✔ ✔ #7 Pure Decoy Summon (Loyalty) D+ Whirlwind (2-H) B- ❌ ✔ ✔✔ #8 Charged Strike D+ Whirlwind (2x 1-H) B- ❌ ✔✔ ✔✔ #9 Cold Enchant Strafe (Endlesshail) D+ Whirlwind (Deep Wounds) (2x 1-H) A+ ❌ ✔✔ ✔✔ #10 Principle Strafe (Endlesshail) D

Fire Whirlwind (2x Flamebellow) B- ❌ ✔ ✔ #11 Charged Bolt Sentry F- Leap Attack (Standard) B- ❌ ✔ ✔

Fire Leap Attack (Fissure/Hydra Proc - Rapture) C+ ❌ ❌ ✔

Double Throw (Standard) B- ❌ ✔✔ ✔

Double Throw (Deep Wounds) C ❌ ✔✔ ✔

Concentrate D- ✔✔ ✔ ✔

Berserk D+ ✔✔ ✔ ✔ Warcries Tree War Cry A- ✔ ✔✔ ✔✔

Other Wolf Barb D ✔✔ ✔ ✔

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