Alright folks, grab a coffee and settle in – today’s Diablo 2 grind taught me some wild stuff about Faith runewords. Seriously, I almost rage-quit before figuring this out.
The Disaster Setup
First off, my dumbass slapped a Faith bow together with whatever high runes I had laying around. Threw in a Dol rune because it looked shiny, used an Edge bow ’cause it dropped from Baal, and man… my Amazon felt weaker than a level 5 necro. Skeletons in Normal Blood Moor were taking three shots to die! Tried running cows – got absolutely stomped when my Valkyrie vanished in two seconds flat.
Rune Hunting Like A Madman
Decided to actually farm properly for once. Camped Countess runs for two hours straight – chugged energy drinks while clicking like a maniac. Finally scored that Ohm rune after 47 tries (yes I counted). Dug through my stash and sacrificed a Lem rune I was saving for a merc polearm. Felt like breaking my mouse when a Jah rune dropped from a random fallen in Stony Field – nearly missed the click!
Building The Real Deal
Swapped to a Superior Grand Matron Bow – paid 30k gold to Larzuk for sockets. Slammed Jah and Ohm in first, palms sweaty as hell. Added the Lem last like topping a pizza. Immediately noticed the aura lighting up – that 15-level Fanaticism felt like mainlining adrenaline.
Testing In Hell Chaos
Took my girl straight to Chaos Sanctuary. Night and freakin’ day! Three key changes blew my mind:
- Demons melted like butter left in Arizona sun
- Merc stopped dying every 30 seconds – actually lived through Infector’s BS
- My strafe animation got so fast it looked glitched
Picked off Venom Lords from off-screen like popping balloons. Even stood toe-to-toe with De Seis when my decoy distracted him. Cleared whole sanctuary without a single health pot – just chugged mana like cocktails.
Gamechanger Takeaway
Look, saving up runes sucks donkey hooves. But coughing up for the top-tier setup turns Faith from a pea-shooter into a damn nuke launcher. My trash rune experiment? Absolute garbage fire. Real runes? Makes Diablo feel like he’s moving through molasses while your arrows become homing missiles. Worth every damn Countess run.