Diablo 2: Resurrected is a role-playing game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and Vicarious Visions. It contains the features of both Diablo II (released in the year 2000) and Lord of Destruction (released in the year 2001). Diablo II: Resurrected will be released on 23rd September 2021in Play Station 4, Play Station 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox series X platforms.
Even though there are more than 30 Rune words in Diablo II: Resurrected, all are modeled towards the end-game content. Therefore, it is harder this time to find runes. This guide will discuss the easily found runes to make the best Runewords at the beginning of the game.
Best Starting Runewords in Diablo 2: Resurrected
Diablo II: Resurrected has 33 runes in total, and to give them the unique ability, you should place them in the gem pocket of the item. You can also use the combination of two or three runes to create the most lethal weapon of the game.
Fundamentals you need to remember to combine the Runes
Diablo II: Resurrected is a game where the Runeswords are the combination of two or more than two runes. Below are some fundamentals that you should remember while making Runewords-
- You can only use grey texted items for Runewords.
- Elite, exceptional, or regular items should be used to make use of the Runewords. Well, you can also use low-quality, superior and ethereal items as well.
- To make the rune work properly, you have to form a word correctly.
- The number of sockets must be exact.
- One thing you must remember is that the item type should be correct. You cannot use the armor runes to make weapons and vice-versa.
Diablo II: Resurrected Best Runewords
Below is the list of the best Runewords in Diablo II: Resurrected.
| Runeword | Level | Rune order | Item/Socket | Use |
| Steel | 13 | Tir+El | Sword, Axe, or Mace | Attack speed increased by 25%, damage enhanced by 20%, attack rating 50%, +3 to minimum damage, and maximum damage. |
| Nadir | 13 | Nef+Tir | Helmet | Defence enhance 50%, Defence 10%, -33% extra gold from monsters, -3 to light radius, +5 to strength. |
| Stealth | 17 | Tal+Eth | Armor | +25% faster walk/ run, 25% faster casting rate, +25% hit recovery, +15 stamina, +30% poison resistance, -3 magic damage. |
| Malice | 15 | Lth+El+Eth | Melee weapon | +33% damage enhance, target defense reduced by 25%, attack rate increase by 50%, monster heal prevention, -5 to drain life, -100% to monster defense. |
There are many more Reunwords in this game, but they need many hours of gameplay. It includes Ancient’s Pledge- shields (Ral+ Ort+Tal and three sockets), Black- Clubs, Hammers, Maces ( Thul+ Io+Nef+ three sockets), Bone-Body Armor ( Sol+ Um+ three sockets), Call to Arms Weapon ( Amn+Ral+Mal+Ist+Ohm and five sockets), Breath of Dying Weapons ( Vex+ Hel+ El+ Eld+Zod+Eth+ Six socket), Chains of honor body armor (Dol+Um+Ber+Ist+ four sockets), Rain body armor ( Ort+Mal+ Ith and three sockets), etc. many more. But while you start playing the game for the first time, you’ll get the four Runewords mentioned in the box above.
