Yeah, as far as I can tell, the invisibility potions don't work at all.

I'm going to make some attempts tomorrow, and I'll be using some of the newer strategies. One question though, when mass buying scrolls, are you clicking really fast or just using a macro?

Thanks for being understanding.

Your run is really amazing! and verified now. There are some nice improvements that I liked.

I've discovered some things since my last run that will improve your run by 5-10 minutes, but I would still like to find something more significant. The thing that bugs me the most is the caverns of Woolong.. however I really enjoyed your inferno trick for knocking back the minotaurs, which saves an invisibility pot :D

Since there was no competition (until now), I have been taking a break from this game. I'm going to verify your run today, and start working on a new one :). Sorry for the delay, I've been busy over the holiday period.

I'll have to give it a go in the catacombs with blackfire,, I'll be happy to make any improvements there.

This strategy with the meteor scrolls is what I'm using now too.. but I found that it will really only count the damage from about 10 scrolls at a time. This is more apparent on bigger bosses like the demon of light. I spam 10x Meteor scrolls, then 20x inferno, then start casting meteor again, but waiting for the visual effect to be seen, then repeat. I haven't tried meteor on the ikaemos boss yet, but ill try that out.

As far as equipment goes, I've almost done away with it entirely - the only thing I really need is the frozen club early on so that jekhar has a blunt weapon. I won't even bother farming the Debassers like I did in the run shown here. Any valuable gear that I pick up I'd rather just sell it to get more scrolls. At this point I can have 200k+ at wolong, which is more than enough for the rest of the game.

I understand how you feel about this game, and I do agree that it is a bit of a bitch to speedrun, although there are a lot of games that are far worse. For me though I kinda feel like this is payback for all my time spent trying to beat this game on PS2 years ago :D If you were to reinstall, I could give you my saves, which are at various points in the game.

At the moment I'm still working on the guide, and should have it completed by the end of the week, and I have plans to start streaming, and I'll be running this game at some point - hopefully I should have that sorted next week.

That seems to be the case, so there are very few opportunities to exploit the move speed of the summons - best case scenario you can save yourself some seconds here and there. The only real advantage is being able to summon through walls, which I'm still trying to find more uses for - the only other use currently is during the salamanka fight, you can beat his first phase, then exit the area without having to finish him, which is a strategy I'll be using in my next run. You can also use this for future visits to the sewers to use a blocked exit, but it won't save you any time.

I'm aware of this money exploit too and I wanted to use it, but as it turns out, money isn't going to be a problem anyway, unless there are some ridiculously expensive items that can give us a big improvement.

tbh my biggest issue at the moment is the first ikaemos boss fight - all I'm doing is kicking him to death, and it can really be messed up by the RNG of his paralysis.. I have to keep curing Jekhar or Flece and it really slows it down. If I could come up with a better strategy for this fight it would be great.

Hey Radge,

I thought the same originally too, and I believed it would be a real mission to run this game, but I have discovered so many things and I believe there are a lot of improvements to be made. Originally I thought I was looking at a 4-5 hour run, and was surprised to get sub 3:30, and my latest route is looking closer to 2:30! I think it would be great if you decided to give it a go, and see if we can continue to improve.

I also couldn't glitch the Ikaemos boss, he just stands in the room invulnerable, but it's still a possibility.

I'm working on caverns of wolong, although it isn't a big an issue as the iona catacombs. I would love to find a skip for the catacombs, or at least a better strategy.

I tried to work with Backstab, but even with Sornehan dagger, maxed backstab, and rings of slaying to boost it, you still have to try to land a perfect hit, and even then you will not always get the maximum damage from it - plus most of the enemies you want to use it on can't be tripped.

It's a shame about not having summons at that point in the game, but summons are becoming more a part of my new route. I'm trying to find more uses for the exploit you can see in this clip:

Feel free to post in here, or private message me, or even message me on steam (Framedump), but either way thanks for the reponse :)

I've been lurking for a long time and now that I've got a run posted I feel the need to get more involved in the community :)

Been working on Summoner (PC) for a while now, and you can check it out here http://www.speedrun.com/Summoner and I also do Diablo 2:LOD speed runs :D

As of right now a Summoner community does not exist but I hope that we can build one. This is a really awesome game, known for it's excellent story and character development - all of which will be completely ignored as we try to beat this game as fast as possible.

If you have any interest in getting involved, please don't hesitate to post in this thread! We want to get as many people in on the action as possible.

The game is available on steam, usually <$5 so it is very inexpensive to get started.