Pre-ablo Tips and Strategies#

Play Rogue#

There’s no reason not to play Rogue:

  • She can get enough magic (with equipment bonuses) to learn every spell

  • She walks faster

  • She call kill things from afar

  • One of her skills is Identify. Over time, this saves a lot of hassle and money.

The only reason not to play Rogue is that ranged weapons don’t proc the life steal on the Undead Crown.

Collect a +Magic Set#

Keep items that have +Magic in town for learning spells. Just drop them on the floor; they’ll stay there.

Sell Useless Books for Money#

Since you’re playing Rogue, unimportant spells like Firebolt and Identify can be sold for 500 gold each. This helps fund important spells like Lightning

Infinite Health and Mana with Healing and Blood Ritual#

Read every book of Healing and Blood Ritual you come across. Healing uses mana to restore health. Blood Ritual uses health to restore Mana.

You’ll reach a breakpoint where you net health and mana by casting Healing and Blood Ritual in succession.

Get Level 10 Lightning#

Lightning costs 0 mana at level 10, does loads of damage, and only costs 10000 gold total if you buy all the books.

Save and Load in Town to Restock Shops#

See a ring you like from Griswold? Save and reload and you can buy 2!

Find a spell you want from Adria? Save and reload to max it out!

Ditch Cursed Items#

You can’t sell them. They’re not worth the inventory space.

Pick up scrolls and potions for easy gold#

Scrolls of lightning are like 125 gold a piece and only take up one inventory slot.

Pick up Bows and Heavy Armor#

They sell for gold more compared to other items.

Kill the Butcher with Firewall#

You’re likely to find a scroll or staff of Firewall on level 2. This stun-locks the butcher and allows you to kill him.

Kill the Skeleton King with Lightning#

If your Lightning level is high enough, you can cheese the Skeleton King from off-screen by standing in a certain spot and shooting in a specific direction.

Get 100% resists asap#

Without 100% resist you will die to the Thunder Demons and Sucubii very handily. You will stop taking damage, stop flinching, and your armor will not degrade.

Avoid Invisibility, Golem, and Etherealize#

These spells don’t work but they cost a lot of money.

Guardian and Sentinel act the same#

It’s not worth learning both Guardian and Sentinel.

Don’t step into firewall#

Firewall will do incredible amounts of damange in a short time. Just don’t walk into it…