Game:

Diablo (1996)

Duration: 41:48

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There's gonna be some audio desync and laggy segment transition, but at least I finally got to post this run without too major issues.


Run notes:

The Conjurer class walks a weird middle ground between the Wizard and Warrior. He has access to bows, crossbows, and decent armour, while also learning a handfull of spells. Most Conjurer spells are pretty underwhelming, though, which makes him fall back on a lot of Warrior and Wizard strategies rather than having his own bag of tricks. So, in order to make this run a sub-40 (before segmentation penalty), I had to pull every known trick out of the hat.

Glitches used include:
Infinite jumping - Cancelling a jumping animation with a spellcast stops you from landing, so the game considers you in jumping state until you cancel this glitch. This allows you to "walk" over rocks, spiders, traps, lava, etc. It's used pretty much anywhere it has the smallest benefit.

Bumping - Nox has somewhat of a physics engine, and the way we abuse it is by using high momentum to clip through gates, doors, fences, and even death ray lasers. Types of bumps used in this run include the apple bump, fireball bump, and newly discovered imp bump.

Reload cancelling - The crossbow, while an extremely powerful weapon, has a long reload animation during which you're not supposed to be able to move. However, this animation can be cancelled by casting a spell, jumping, or switching weapons. You still can't attack until the reload time has passed, though.

Vital parts of the run include:
Gathering enough loot in the Catacombs and Horrendous chapters to sell, so I can buy the vital Meteor upgrade, Counterspell,and Boots of Haste.

Rationing use of the Fireball staff, so I can use it to fireball bump where beneficial and to dispose of golems and flesh eating plants quickly.

Extremely tight execution in Gallava Tower, as dodging imp fireballs is significantly more difficult than in the Warrior campaign.

Farming experience in the Swamp without losing any time, so that by the end I can use the Crossbow.

Careful rationing of health and planning of level-ups in the Land of the Dead, as the gargoyles shred through my unarmoured defenses. One-shotting them with Meteor requires very precise aiming, never mind getting three in one shot.

Finally, manipulating Hecubah to Blink close to me so that she can immediately get Burned to death, without me having to chase after her for ages.

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