Best Ladder Builds for Diablo II: Resurrected Ladder Season 1

Now that we've had some time to explore and play with the content in Diablo II: Resurrected Patch 2.4, let's take a look at some character builds that might be successful and fun to play in Ladder Season 1, which starts in just a few hours. If you like, call it the «top tier» builds for the season. However, we're not looking necessarily at the very strongest builds, but rather those that share a few qualities, in addition to being strong in the game, whether solo, grouped or hardcore.

Why Are These the Best Ladder Season One Builds? Strong DPS including some AoE High Survivability Not particularly gear dependent Powerful from the beginning to end game play Most important, these are all builds that are newly viable in 2.4, novel, and fun to play Best Ladder Season One Builds

So, based on those criteria we nominate these five builds, in no particular order, to be the «best» for Diablo II: Resurrected Ladder Season One.

Summon Druid Hydra Sorceress Dual Throw Barbarian Smiter / FoH Paladin Strafe Amazon / Strafezon Summon Druid What's New for the Summon Druid

In the past, this build was hampered by the inability to summon multiple types of animal friends at once, along with weak overall damage. Patch 2.4 has opened up significant opportunity for this build, which is new and different, and reminiscent of the old favorite, the Summoning Necromancer.

Summon Druid Overview

The Summoner Druid is a build focused on the class fantasy of the lone Druid directing nature's minions to attack his foes. It's a viable upper- to end-game build that does amazingly well for targeted boss killing, including Ubers. However, the ability to summon an entire «zoo» of minions now extends that flexibility to a decent large-scale AoE build

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