She’s tough and combines big damage with high survivability. When fully upgraded, with all of its' synergy skills allocated, and supported by Fire Ball and decent Cast Rate breakpoint, it is one of the deadliest Fire Spells in the game. Cold/Fire Sorceress: Relies on both Cold and Fire Spells. Meteor is one of the many skills in the Sorceress' playbook that can deal a ton of damage. The three types of elite scepters are all basically even in damage, when weapon speed is factored in, making the choice of which to use mostly a function of the item affixes.She can be very solid for farming a few specific areas such as Mephisto, Andariel, Cows, and more. Elite scepters are dropped in late Nightmare, and then all through Hell difficulty. EliteĮlite items are only found in the Expansion. Scepters do more damage in the Expansion than they do in Diablo II. Values in () are figures for the Expansion that differ from the old Diablo II stats. In the Expansion some are slightly less, but none exceed 25. * All Exceptional items are Clvl 25 required in Diablo II. In D2X they can be found in late Normal, and then all through Nightmare and Hell. ExceptionalĮxceptional Scepters can be found only in Nightmare and Hell diff levels in Diablo II. All scepters have 1 range, same as most one-handed melee weapons. Range: Goes from 1 (least) to 5 (most), and is identical for all weapon types.0 is the base -10, -20, etc is faster, 10, 20, etc is slower, always in increments of 10. Weapon Speed: A relative comparison to other weapons of the same type.Monsters must be of this level to drop the item, and it factors in when you get to gamble for this item type as well. Item Level: Used in many in-game calculations.All scepters are 100 Str which means that every point you have in strength adds. Damage Bonus: This determines how you multiply the item damage by your stats to reach the actual damage.The three types of elite scepters are all basically even in damage, when weapon speed is factored in, making the choice of which to use mostly a function of the item affixes. Inherent Bonuses: Scepters can have +1-3 skill points to up to three Paladin skills from any of his skill trees.Įlite items are only found in the expansion.Scepters are a type of blunt weapon and do 150% damage to the undead, and coupled with their increased damage in the expansion they are more useful as melee weapons. Scepters aren’t much used for melee in Diablo 2, owing to their low damage. Sorceresses and even Necromancers occasionally use scepters in Diablo 2, for the potential bonuses such as +mana and faster cast. Scepters are best for spell-casting Paladins, and are the weapon of choice for Hammerdins in Diablo 2. Diablo 2 Scepters are not class-specific, but they are most often used by Paladins.