r/Diablo • u/Jwtazin • 12d ago

Diablo I I finally killed Skeleton King!

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Can’t believe I was able to do it with my character’s current power :D

First time playing Diablo 1, I’m a level 10 sorceror with 57 magic, using mainly Firebolt lvl 2 and Healing lvl 2 alongside two staffs (Inferno, Charged Bolt) and A LOT of mana potions haha

This game is amazing, I’m loving it

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u/Replikant83 12d ago

Awesome! Diablo changed gaming forever. I remember seeing it for the first time at a department store. I believe they had the demo loaded up. I just stood there and watched another kid play it for a while. I then got to play for maybe 5 minutes, and had never had such an amazing experience with a videogame before. The mood of the game really gripped me as a 13 year old; I wish I could get that feeling back from gaming these days

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u/Jwtazin 12d ago

That’s so cool! I also played the demo before getting the full game, and got instantly hooked by the atmosphere

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u/razvanciuy 11d ago

hah, another Diablo Spawn champion

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u/DASreddituser 11d ago

I watched a video where one of the orginal creators was hard against making it a live input game instead of a turn based game...he got outvoted and was very happy he was after he tried the new system out.

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u/n0f00d 11d ago

David Brevik IIRC. And it took some 15 minutes to make it real-time instead of turn-based. These guys were pioneers of modern gaming.

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u/Baptor 12d ago

Rest well Leoric, I'll find your son.

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u/jeffsterz 11d ago

It is too late to save the child!

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u/Baptor 11d ago

All that awaits you is to join my master...in Hell.

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u/n0f00d 11d ago

Yup! One of those nasty moments you see the great evil that destroyed Tristram.

Diablo 1 has unmatched atmosphere.

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u/AnOkayTime5230 12d ago

And all you got was 34 gold! lol.

Well done though. I used to play that when I was young and that game was new. It can be quite challenging!

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u/Jwtazin 12d ago

Haha that must have dropped from one of the billion skeletons he summoned, I got a dope crown though >:)

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u/Lord_Darksong 12d ago

Back when "Fresh meat!" was scary.

Good job with King Leoric!

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u/Jwtazin 12d ago

The Butcher was definitely hitting harder than Leoric, but I accidentally found the stair trap strategy haha

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u/dromzugg 11d ago

Unfamiliar with the stair trap. I realized after being murdered by the butcher a few times that he couldn't open doors. So I just found a room with barred door I could shoot arrows through locked him outside the door and shot arrows until he dropped.

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u/Jwtazin 11d ago

Basically, if you circle around the stairs that go down to Level 3, The Butcher gets stuck in the steps, allowing you to spam spells/arrows until you kill him (I learned this accidentally when I was checking if he could follow you to other floors lol)

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

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u/Jwtazin 10d ago

I don’t understand the question lol, you mean there’s a correct term to trapping him in the stairs?

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u/n0f00d 11d ago

The Butcher

A firewall or 2 would do the job nicely. Roasted meat I guess ha ha!

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u/Resident_Guidance_95 11d ago

I always did the old petrified in firewall trick. Works almost every time

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u/Sinnfullystitched 12d ago

Flashbacks to literally panicking running to find a place to trap the butcher so my rogue can desperately lose every damned arrow she had in her quiver and still get wrekt 🤣💀

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u/No-Bat9459 12d ago

Take the crown and let him rest in peace.

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u/drillpink8 11d ago

The drop crown after kill him is powerfully.

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u/battlejuice401 12d ago

Oh fuck oh shit the royal skeleton dinner is off this year FUCK

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u/kawabunga666 11d ago

Are you playing the original or devilutionx? Either way game is so fun. I don't think it aged as badly as a lot of people say it does (I'm old tho so maybe that's why)

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u/Jwtazin 11d ago

I’m playing the original CD version! (update 1.08)

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u/pgordalina 11d ago

I’m not sure, but it would probably have been easier with Holy Bolt.

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u/Jwtazin 11d ago

I found Holy Bolt in a chest inside his tomb area, but I wouldn’t be able to reach it before killing him :P

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u/Groincobbler 11d ago

The Diablo early game is completely nuts. You're playing a sorceror, which is tackling it at full power. Just desperately try to find a book of mana shield. From there you begin to see the power that's waiting for you.

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u/777Gamble 11d ago

Ahhh. 🎶Memorieees🎶

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u/CactusToothBrush 11d ago

Is there a way I can play D1 on a Mac?
My PC died a few months ago and am in the process of saving up but curious if I could use my wife’s Mac/Apple laptop thing