Gaming: Diablo 2 Player Discovers The Key To Immortality On The New Warlock...

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A little over a week into Diablo 2's first expansion in 25 years and people have already figured out how to break the new warlock class. By most accounts, warlocks are easily the strongest class in the game for how easy it is to put together a devastating build, but YouTuber Coooley wanted something better than big damage numbers: immortality.

They figured it out, and were surprised that it's more straightforward to achieve than it might seem. Blizzard pitched the class as a summoner who studied the dark art of controlling demons—not just plain old undead, like the necromancer. And it turns out, the Bind Demon skill that lets you adopt an enemy as a pet is the lynchpin for the immortal setup.

Warlocks have a skill called Blood Oath that redirects a percentage of the damage you take to your pet demon. It starts at a low percentage, but you can wear enough gear with bonus skill points to raise it up to 99%. Coooley noticed how absurdly high it could go and decided to make a build that raises it up just enough to stay alive against the toughest monsters in the game.

Source: PC Gamer