Best Runewords in Diablo 2 Resurrected

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Best Runewords in Diablo 2 Resurrected

Best Runewords in Diablo 2 Resurrected

Runeword Helms

Dream
Dream Runeword - D2R

Utility: Dream is used for its Holy Shock aura, and is a great item for Auradins due to the high amount of added lightning damage, or Summoner Necromancers due to the added damage to summon attacks. The helm is not a great choice for defence improvement.

Best base: Bone Visage or Circlets are the best bases for dream.

How to get the runes and the base: The best place to farm the runes and the base is the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Expensive

Runeword Weapons

Beast
Beast Runeword - D2R

Utility: Beast is mainly being used by Werebear barbarians, dual-wielding barbarians, summon necromancers and act5 barbarian mercenaries. The fanaticism aura is awesome for attack speed and physical damage boost, and the open wounds and crushing blow stats are great against Bosses. Unfortunately Beast doesn’t have a high amount of damage, especially compared to items like Grief or Breath of the Dying.

Best base: Berserker Axe

How to get the runes and the base: The best place to farm the runes and the base is the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Expensive

Brand
Brand Runeword - D2R

Utility: Brand is a great weapon of choice for Bowazons and Act1 Rogue mercenaries. It deals a high amount of damage, which is doubled when amplify damage procs on an enemy.

Best base: Grand Matron Bow (+3 to bow and crossbow skills), Matriarchal Bow, Hydra Bow, Crusader Bow

How to get the runes and the base: The best place to farm the runes and the base is the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Expensive

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Breath of the Dying
Breath of the Dying Runeword - D2R

Utility: Breath of the dying is a favoured runeword for most melee builds. The damage is only rivalled by Grief in one handed weapons, but nothing comes close in two handed ones. The mana, life steal and +30 all stats are awesome for offense and defense as well. Builds like WW barbarians, Frenzy or Berserk barbarians, Melee Druids and Melee Paladins can greatly benefit from this runeword. It is also great for Act5 Barbarian mercenaries.

Best base: Ethereal Berserker Axe, Ethereal Colossus Blade, Ethereal War Pike, Ethereal Ghost Spear.

How to get the runes and the base: The best place to farm the base and the Zod rune is the Secret Cow Level, while the rest of the runes can be found at Countess (Easiest to get Vex is to upgrade runes dropped by The Countess).

Price: Very Expensive

Call to Arms
Call to Arms Runeword - D2R

Utility: Call to Arms is a cornerstone item for almost any character and build due to it providing Battle Orders and Battle Command skills. Battle orders almost doubles a character’s life and mana, while Battle Command provides +1 to all skill levels. It is by far the best survivability boosting item. Barbarians can only get +3 skill level for the provided skills, so they are better off with cheap +3 warcries one handed spears as switch weapons.

Best base: Crystal Sword, Flail, Ethereal Flail

How to get the runes and the base: The bases can easily be found anywhere, while the easiest way to acquire the runes is by doing Countess runs and upgrading runes to higher tiers.

Price: Expensive

Chaos
Chaos Runeword - D2R
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Utility: Chaos is a build-maker item for Whirlwind Assassins, as it provides the WhirlWind skill.

Best base: Elite Claws

How to get the runes and the base: The bases can easily be found anywhere, while the easiest way to acquire the runes is by doing Countess runs and upgrading runes to higher tiers.

Price: Expensive

Death
Death Runeword - D2R

Utility: Death is amongst the highest damage melee weapons, comparable to Breath of the Dying. It provides a very high amount of Crushing Blow and Deadly Strike, however it lack Increased Attack Speed. Death is a great weapon of choice for any Melee builds, dual-wielding barbarians (for example Whirlwind or Frenzy), or Act5 Barbarian mercenaries.

Best base: Ethereal Berserker Axe

How to get the runes and the base: The best places to farm the base are Baalruns or the Secret Cow Level, while runes can be found at Countess (Easiest to get Vex is to upgrade runes dropped by The Countess).

Price: Expensive

Doom
Doom Runeword - D2R

Utility: Doom is a great weapon for melee builds, however it lacks high physical damage. For Act2 desert, or Act5 Barbarian mercenaries it’s one of the best item choices, as the Holy Freeze aura freezes targets which makes it a lot easier to kill them.

Best base: Berserker Axe, Ethereal Berserker Axe, Ethereal Cryptic Axe

How to get the runes and the base: The best places to farm the base and the runes are Baalruns or the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Expensive

Edge
Edge Runeword - D2R

Utility: Edge is a must have item for its Vendor Price reduction. Whenever you gamble your gold at a Vendor, make sure to wear an Edge bow so you can buy the items cheaper.

Best base: Any bow

How to get the runes and the base: The best place to farm the base and the runes is Countess, or the Secret Cow Level

Price: Very Cheap

Faith
Faith Runeword - D2R

Utility: Faith is the best weapon of choice for Bowazon builds, and is also an awesome Act1 Rogue mercenary item. The level 15 fanaticism aura provides a huge boost to attack speed and damage.

Best base: Grand Matron bow (+3 to bow and crossbow skills), Matriarchal bow (+3 to bow and crossbow skills), Hydra bow

How to get the runes and the base: The best place to farm the bases and the runes is the  Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very expensive

Grief
Grief Runeword - D2R

Utility: Grief is the highest damage one-handed weapon, period. The +400 damage is unrivalled, while it also provides a high amount of attack speed. For Smiters, Vengeance Paladins, Zealot Paladins, Melee Druids, Berserk, Concentration, Frenzy and Whirlwind Barbarians it is the best-in-slot weapon.

Best base: Phase Blade, Berserker Axe

How to get the runes and the base: The best places to farm the base and the runes are Baalruns or the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Expensive

Hand of Justice
Hand of Justice Runeword - D2R

Utility: Hand of Justice, or in short “HoJ” is a cornerstone items for Holy Fire Auradins for it’s level 16 Holy Fire aura. If you can afford other Holy Fire aura items, you will be able to deal an amazing amount of elemental damage as an Auradin.

Best base: Phase Blade

How to get the runes and the base: The best places to farm the base and the runes are Baalruns or the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Expensive

Harmony
Harmony Runeword - D2R

Utility: Harmony is an awesome item for Act1 Rogue mercenaries, as it provides Vigor Aura which improves your running speed by roughly 50%. The runes and a bow base can easily be acquired, and the Vigor Aura makes a huge difference at early ladder seasons.

Best base: Any Bow

How to get the runes and the base: The best way to farm the required runes is by doing Countess runs.

Price: Very Cheap

Heart of the Oak
Heart of the Oak Runeword - D2R

Utility: Heart of the Oak, or Hoto in short is an amazing, often best-in-slot weapon for caster builds. Hammerdins, Sorceresses, caster Druids can all greatly benefit from it. The 3 to all skills and the 40% faster cast rate is unrivalled, and the 30-40 all resistance bonus and 20 replenish life are awesome survivability boosters.

Best base: Crystal Sword, Flail, Ethereal Flail How to get the runes and the base: Countess farming and upgrading runes is the easiest way.

Price: Expensive

Infinity
Infinity Runeword - D2R

Utility: Infinity is a best-in-slot Act2 Desert mercenary item for elemental damage dealing builds. It is mainly useful for Fire sorcs, Lightning sorcs and Cold sorcs, but it’s also awesome for Trap assassins, caster Druids or Javazons.

Best base: Ethereal Cryptic Axe How to get the runes and the base: The best places to farm the base and the runes are Baalruns or the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Expensive

Insight
Insight Runeword - D2R

Utility: Insight is another amazing item that can easily be acquired at a season start. It can be used on Act2 Desert and Act1 Rogue mercenaries, the meditation aura grants you quick mana recovery which can make a huge difference at casting speed. The weapon also deals a great amount of damage.

Best base: Ethereal Cryptic Axe

How to get the runes and the base: The needed runes can easily be found by farming The Countess. The best place to find Bases is the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Cheap

Last Wish
Last Wish Runeword - D2R

Utility: Last Wish is probably the most expensive item in the whole game. It has great offensive stats such as 70% crushing blow, and deals a high amount of damage on Melee builds, especially Smiters, Vengeance Paladins and Zealots. What makes it especially useful is its survivability boost, as Fade helps survivability by a great deal, and Life Tap allows you to recover any amount of life almost instantly. The runeword has several other great stats that are useful in general.

Best base: Phase Blade, Berserker Axe How to get the runes and the base: The required runes are almost impossible to find on your own. However you can still try to find them by doing a lot of Secret Cow Levelruns.

Price: Extremely Expensive

Pride
Pride Runeword - D2R

Utility: Pride is often the best weapon choice for Act2 Desert Mercenaries. If you have a melee build, like a Whirlwind barbarian, Concentration Aura will give you a huge damage boost.

Best base: Ethereal Cryptic Axe How to get the runes and the base: The best way to find the needed runes and a good base is by farming Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Expensive

Runeword Shields

Dragon
Dragon Runeword - D2R

Utility: Dragon shields are mainly being used for their Holy Fire aura by Auradins, increasing their fire damage by a great deal.

Best base: Paladin shields with 40+ All Resistances, or 60%+ Enhanced Damage. How to get the runes and the base: The best way to find the needed runes and a good base is by farming the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Expensive

Dream
Dream Runeword - D2R

Utility: Dream Shields are mainly being used by hybrid Auradins to increase Holy Shock’s added damage, or by Summoner Necromancers to boost the summon’s damage output.

Best base: Paladin shields with 40+ All Resistances, or 60%+ Enhanced Damage. For non-paladin builds, the best base is Troll Nest or Monarch. How to get the runes and the base: The best way to find the needed runes and a good base is by farming the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Expensive

Exile
Exile Runeword - D2R

Utility: Exile shields are the best-in-slot for Zeal, Smite and Vengeance Paladin builds. The Life tap allows for almost instant healing, and the Defiance aura combined with the enhanced defense provides a huge amount of defense. The shield has other useful stats, including freezes target and added maximum resistances.

Best base: Elite Ethereal Paladin shields with 40+ All Resistances, or 60%+ Enhanced Damage. How to get the runes and the base: The best way to find the needed runes is by farming The Countess and upgrading the found runes to Vex and Ohm. The best base items can be found by farming the Secret Cow Levelor doing Baal runs.

Price: Expensive

Phoenix
Phoenix Runeword - D2R

Utility: Phoenix is a very special item due to it providing Redemption Aura and a very high (350-400%) Enhanced Damage. Compared to other shields it provides a huge amount of added physical damage, and redemption constantly heals characters whenever there are any corpses lying around. The shield is mainly useful for Whirlwind, Frenzy, Concentration and Berserk Barbarians, or Melee Druids.

Best base: Monarch How to get the runes and the base: The best way to find the required runes is by farming the Secret Cow Levelor doing Baal runs.

Price: Very Expensive

Spirit
Spirit Runeword - D2R

Utility: Spirit is a very cheap, yet very effective, often best-in-slot shield for most Caster Builds. It provides an unrivaled 25-35% Faster cast rate and 2 to all skills, making it the best sorceress shield for damage boost for Fire Sorc, Cold Sorc and Lightning Sorc as well. It is also a best-in-slot choice for Hammerdin builds. The runeword has nice defensive features as well, a great deal of Faster hit recovery, additional resistances and magic absorption, plus a huge mana and Vitality boost.

Best base: Monarch

How to get the runes and the base: The runes can easily be acquired by completing a few The Countess runs. The best way to find a Monarch base is by farming the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Cheap

Runeword Body Armors

Bramble
Bramble Runeword - D2R

Utility: Bramble’s main distinguishing feature is the 25-50% added poison skill damage, and is mainly being used by Poison Necromancers.

Best base: Elite light Body armors

How to get the runes and the base: The best way to acquire the runes and the base is by farming the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Expensive

Chains of Honor
Chains of Honor Runeword - D2R

Utility: Chains of Honor, or COH in short is the best body armor choice for sorceress builds. Whether you play a Blizzard Sorc, a Chain Lightning Sorc or a Fire Sorc it provides the greatest damage boost due to the +2 to all skills and the increased damage against demons and undeads, and a great survivability boost due to the very high all resistance, and the damage reduction bonus.

Best base: Elite light Body armors

How to get the runes and the base: The best way to acquire the runes and the base is by farming the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Expensive

Dragon
Dragon Runeword - D2R

Utility: Dragon armors are mainly being used by Auradins for their Holy Fire aura’s damage boost.

Best base: Elite light Body armors

How to get the runes and the base: The best way to acquire the runes and the base is by farming the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Expensive

Duress
Duress Runeword - D2R

Utility: Duress is an awesome damage booster for Melee characters like Smiters, Vengeance paladins, Zeal Paladins, Whirlwind Barbs, Frenzy Barbs, Berserk Barbs, Concentration Barbs due to it’s Crushing Blow and Open Wounds stats. The armor is very affordable, and also provides decent defense and resistance boosts. The cold damage also comes handy for slowing down enemy monsters.

Best base: Elite light Body armors

How to get the runes and the base: The best way to acquire the runes is by farming The Countess. Good bases can be found by farming the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Affordable

Enigma
Enigma Runeword - D2R

Utility: Enigma is the most notorious runeword in the entire game. It’s main distinguishing feature is the +1 to teleport skill, which allows any character wearing it to move by teleport, which is by fast the quickest way to move. It also provides 45% faster run and walk, which is a huge boost for run speed as well. The 2 all skill is the most any armor can provide, so it’s great for offense as well, and it’s also an amazing magic find item.

Best base: Elite light Body armors

How to get the runes and the base: The best way to acquire the runes and the base is by farming the Secret Cow Level, or doing Baal runs.

Price: Very Expensive

Fortitude
Fortitude Runeword - D2R

Utility: Similarly to Duress, Fortitude is an awesome body armor choice for Melee Barbarian, Melee Druid and Melee Paladin builds. It provides a great deal of enhanced damage (+300%), while also having very high defensive stats (200% defense, 25-30 all resistance, 1-1.5 life per level). Chilling Armor also provides a great deal of defense. Ethereal Fortitudes are also the best-in-slot choice for mercenary body armors.

Best base: Elite light Body armors

How to get the runes and the base: The best way to acquire the runes is by farming The Countess and upgrading the found runes. For bases, the best area to farm is the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Expensive

Treachery
Treachery Runeword - D2R

Utility: Treachery is the second best Mercenary armor after fortitude. It provides a high amount of Increased Attack speed, and the Fade skill is a huge boosts to mercenary survivability. The runeword is very affordable.

Best base: Ethereal Elite Body armors

How to get the runes and the base: The best way to acquire the runes is by farming The Countess. Base Armors can be found by farming the Secret Cow Level.

Price: Very Cheap

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