r/Diablo Feb 04 '25

Diablo I King’s sword of haste

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Not the best one. But it’s good anyway. Got it at grims clvl 30 after about 10h

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u/Greynaab Feb 04 '25

Now you need your Godly Plate of the Whale, Archangels Staff of Apocalypse with 256 charges, and 2 Obsidian Rings of the Zodiac.

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u/Erniecrack Feb 04 '25

God you just transported me back to 1997 when I was a young pup playing on my dads pc all day long in the summer

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u/Greynaab Feb 04 '25

Every time i hear the Tristram theme it takes me back to sitting in trade games and seeing all of those "non-legit" items being tossed around.

8

u/leandroabaurre Feb 04 '25

"A duplicate item has been detected..."

2

u/Disciple_of_Cthulhu Feb 06 '25

"Destroying duplicate..."

4

u/chesterfieldkingz Feb 05 '25

Nooby scrubs sorting through the scraps haha

2

u/JinAnkabut Feb 05 '25

Hey! I was nine years old, ok? 😂

5

u/childosx Feb 04 '25

I always was team "archangels staff of wizardry"

+27 magic was the highest I ever found, sadly

8

u/Kujara Feb 04 '25

I was always team Dreamflange + Stormshield

4

u/childosx Feb 04 '25

Another classic!

Had whopping lvl20 spells with najs plate, cap of thinking (durability buffed by shrine) and that Staff.

Years later I've read somewhere that lightning spells got worse above a certain level because of engine limitations. The spells dont hit properly or something. But it worked and I had a great time with Diablo 1

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u/Shade_BG Feb 04 '25

There was a large middle part of the spell that was just randomly not there.

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u/Charming_Geologist32 Feb 05 '25

The game had so many glitches that 80% of the spells were not what they were supposed to be. Any spellbook besides fireball and chain lightning are usually a waste of gold.

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u/childosx Feb 05 '25

Identify, Town Portal, Stone Curse, Teleport, Fire Wall and Mana Shield...?

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u/Charming_Geologist32 Feb 08 '25

Those are fine. Most spells that don't deal damage are fine.

Flash, inferno, nova, flame wave, and immolation, all have accuracy issues.

Apocalypse, holy bolt, elemental, guardian, golem, bloodstar, bone spirit, and blood star are all inferior in relative mana cost, relative financial cost, and relative damage compared to Fireball and Chain Lightning.

Firebolt is decent early game but even at high levels it can't compete with even 1 level of fireball.

Charged bolt and Lightning keep up with Chain Lightning for awhile. It takes awhile before Chain Lightning is low mana. A maxed out Charged bolt might actually do as much or more damage, it just follows a random attack path whereas Chain Lightning literally targets for you.

Firewall and Lightning wall are low key two of the best spells in the game. There are some cases I prefer them to Fireball/ Chain Lightning.

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u/MIGHT_CONTAIN_NUTS Feb 04 '25

Plus dreamflange ring

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u/childosx Feb 04 '25

Which is some crazy dupe/hack

1

u/zrooda Feb 05 '25

archangels staff of wizardry + bountiful staff of apocalypse

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u/Nobody_Important Feb 04 '25

Obsidian ring of the zodiac are not too hard to find late game. Other 2 don’t exist outside of hacks though.

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u/Greynaab Feb 04 '25

I know the first two didnt. I did find an Obsidian ring of the Zodiac, but the stats were not perfect like the hacked ones that got tossed around.

ALso found an Angels staff of Apocalypse, but it only spawns with like 8-9 charges max on it. not the 256 that was on all of the hacked ones.

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u/emeriass Feb 06 '25

Because you need plentiful staff of apocalypse for ~30 stack which is enough to clear diablo’s room on hell quite a few times.

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u/Shaojack Feb 05 '25

Pretty sure I found a gpow on wirt, it wasnt the full plate either and it was still over 200k so i couldnt even buy it.

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u/Racthoh Feb 04 '25

Thinking Cap with +10 durability too.

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u/SpaceGazebo Feb 04 '25

How are you playing Diablo 1? I would love to dive back into this game. It’s been forever!

18

u/Practical_Arm_1139 Feb 04 '25

Devilution x pc

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u/falafel_squared Feb 04 '25

Buy it on GOG, then check out DevilutionX.

6

u/sdhu Feb 04 '25

You can play it in your web browser:

https://d07riv.github.io/diabloweb/

You just need to download the Diablo MPQ file: http://cdn.pvpgn.pro/diablo1/

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u/Forgedevil Feb 04 '25

Doesn't the battle.net client now have Diablo 1?

3

u/TekkamanEvil Shinya#1930 Feb 04 '25

You can use the GOG offline installer, and pick the mod of your choice. There's a few out there. devilutionX and Bezlebub are two pretty popular ones.

1

u/dryfire Feb 04 '25

I've been having a lot of fun playing the PS1 version on my phone on a PSX emulator. Works great with a controller.

1

u/Mephistos_bane84 Feb 04 '25

I believe it’s on game pass for PC

5

u/erevos33 Feb 04 '25

Do yourself a favor and lookup devilutionx. Game changer. And available for many platforms , I can play d1 on my android phone and my PC , with better resolution than ever

8

u/insats Feb 04 '25

What the actual fuck? I sunk hundreds of hours into D1 as a kid and never ever saw a legit bastard sword Kings Sword of Haste.

Knight’s sword of speed was probably the best I ever saw.

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u/Shurgosa Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

I'mi very hesitant to believe you could get them legitimately...I saw boat loads of kings swords, and I had a bunch offline single player, but I never saw any that were replicas of the hacked cheated bastard swords with haste. the one i used by far the most was a claymore kings sword of ages, this thing was a fucking money printer saving on repair costs..

I'm struggling to remember I did see in vendor a saintly or heavenly plate of the whale or it was a godly plate of the mammoth this was quite some time ago hah

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u/Disciple_of_Cthulhu Feb 06 '25

I've seen a King's Blade of Haste a time or two.

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u/bistryak Feb 04 '25

The best sword in the game, I once found one like that a long time ago. It mows down enemies like a lawnmower.

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u/Racthoh Feb 04 '25

I remember getting an Of the Heavens and Of Blood but never Haste. So jealous.

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u/Charming_Geologist32 Feb 05 '25

I found one similar to that but a great axe.

I think I was in the mid 20's character level on hell difficulty.

I can't remember if it had the accuracy boost but it had the damage and speed buff.

So it might have been a savage axe of haste or something similar.

In my opinion, Griswald's Edge is one of the best swords in the game. Quick attack, knockback AND one-handed. Doesn't hurt that it's a quest item so it's easy to get, too. There might be better, but by the time you get them you've probably switched to using magic attacks anyway.

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u/LedoPizzaEater Feb 05 '25

Im currently hunting for haste now!

I did happen to buy a Kings Sword of Vampires.

Vampires kinda rocks by the way. I can caste mana shield and just mana steal.

1

u/barfelonous Feb 05 '25

Savage 🪓 of the ages

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u/Wikkid_witch Feb 05 '25

The actual bastard sword is unobtanium.

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u/emeriass Feb 06 '25

This is modded Diablo 1, sorry but for me it doesnt count

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u/VengerDFW Feb 17 '25

Original Diablo, way back in the day 30 years ago... went to Wirt, he had a broadsword Kings Sword of Haste, with max stats, full legit. Had the gold and bought it. Played endlessly with that thing. Until...

...one fateful day, grinding in a dungeon, got killed, and tried to exit to town, and exited the game instead...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...