Diablo Clone FAQ

[El Matt]

In this post is all you need to know about the Diablo Clone.

Stats:
Lightning Inferno level 2
Cold Hand level 2
Fire Nova level 4
Firewall level 8
DiabWall level 2
Diablogeddon level 5
Bone Cage level 1
You can leech 15% (example, you have 20 leech, 15% of 20 leech)
50% Damage Reduce
50% Magic Reduce
75% all Resistances
50% chance to Block
642,700 HP
Level 110
4-10 Life Regeneration

How he spawns:
The Diablo Clone only spawns on the Battle.Net Realms. To get him to spawn, you must sell SoJs to any merchant. The SoJs sold apply to the IP that the game is made on. When you sell an SoJ, a message in gold comes out saying: XXXX Stones of Jordan Sold to Merchants, the XXXX being the number of SoJs that have been sold on that IP. When the SoJ "counter" gets to a certain number (random), the Diablo Clone spawns in every Hell game made on an IP. You will know when the Clone spawns when the ground shakes, and a message declaring; Diablo Walks The Earth. Look at [not]nublitoria's sig pic to see what it looks like. When you get this message, THE NEXT SUPER UNIQUE MONSTER YOU GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO WILL SPAWN AS THE DIABLO CLONE.

Getting him to spawn:
The folks at d2jsp.com have found out that the Diablo Clone spawns on an IP address, in all the hell games. To find out which IP's are hot, head to irc.dclone.org (edit:it has moved to irc.dclone.org) and join the YOURREALMHERE-DCLONE channel.
irc.dcloneirc.net [server]

#europe-dclone
#useast-dclone
#uswest-dclone

This is the chat channel where you can find out which IP's people are selling on, or have already walked. Now how to find out which IP you are on. To find this, open Command Prompt (command for Windows 9X, cmd for XP and 2000) and type netstat -n | find "4000" while in a game. The IP address that shows up is the server that your game is made on. To get an IP, just keep making games, but do it spaced or you might get IP banned from Battle.Net for a few minutes and miss out on a game. When you find the IP address that you want, get ready to wait for a while. When someone (or you) sells enough SoJs, you'll have a clone to deal with.
Edit: You don't have to sell an SoJ if someone else is selling at a steady rate. So don't waste them if someone is selling big time.

Fighting the clone:
Seeing the stats above, you might be feeling a little nervous. But there are some ways to bring the beast down. Use Prevent Monster Heal (fury works great) and have a Sorcy with Static Field to lower him to half life. A good strategy is to use Smite+Life Tap. Conviction+Meteor is also great to have.

Equipment:
Use lots of resistance equipment or Salvation. Also, have Prevent Monster Heal, a source of Life Tap (Dracul's Grasp, Exile, a blade from Charsi), and lots of potions. Lightning resist and Fire resist also are a must.

Your reward:
After you take down the Diablo Clone, you get the unique small charm, Annihilus.

Annihilus small charm:
+1 to all skills
10-20 to all attributes
10-20 to resistances
5-10 to experience gained

You cannot trade the Annihilus through the window. You don't even need to trade it, because it's a badass charm.

Why the clone drops the Annihilus, and no other monsters can:
This is an easy thing, but I got an e-mail a time ago about it. The Diablo Clone's drop level is 110, and that is the Annihilus' drop level too. Also, the Annihilus has its own treasure class that only the Diablo Clone can have.

Conclusion:
I hope this helped anyone who read it. If you have any questions, feel free to E-Mail me at [email protected].

[Kite008]

...wow...

where do you find this stuff?!

[Soldier]

wat if u sell ur sojs, and buy them back?

[A|fzZz]

man.....
must it only be in hell?

[El Matt]

To Soldier, the SOJ's disappear when you sell them to prevent the re-selling trick. And Alfzz, he only comes out in hell if you do the method below. He can spawn in a Nightmare and Normal game, but it is rare.

[Fatguy123]

How long have you been playing diablo2? IT ONLY SPAWNS IN HELL! There is no chance that it will spawn in nightmare or normal beacuse no one would be able it get close! so to answer your question Yes only in hell

[SpreadNeedleXP]

How long have you been playing diablo2? IT ONLY SPAWNS IN HELL! There is no chance that it will spawn in nightmare or normal beacuse no one would be able it get close! so to answer your question Yes only in hell

Hey... i thought it could spawn in other places... and ive been playing for 4 years. plus hasnt 1.10 only been out for a couple months

[Deathbypancakes]

So when you see the random soj number "3745" for instance, you want that to match the ending four digits when you type netstat -n | find "4000"?

[El Matt]

No, the 4000 is the unique IP server that the Battle.net servers use. For example, if I connected to xx.xxx.xxx.xxx:4000, it would be the Battle.net server. netstat -n | find "4000" is just to find the Battle.net IP for which game you are in. Oh, and Fatguy, I've played for 2 years, and played 1.10 throughout. But if the counter goes off at like 2940, that means that 2940 SOJs have been sold on the server since it reset the counter. When you find "4000", it is just looking for the IP of the Battle.net server.

[El Matt]

Common Myths about the Diablo Clone:

Myth: If I sell an SOJ, I can buy it back and resell it to get Diablo Clone.
Fact: SOJ's disappear when you sell them to get the Clone out. Also, Annihilus disappears when you sell it also. (Tested myself.)

Myth: If I go into a DClone game, it will spawn the Clone.
Fact: The Diablo Clone spawns on a certain IP which SOJs are being sold, unless the game you are in is on the right IP, it won't spawn.

Myth: Prevent Monster Heal doesn't work on the Diablo Clone.
Fact: Yes, it does. (Tested.)

Myth: If I lure Diablo Clone near Shenk and kill him, then the Clone dies.
Fact: This used to be true, but Blizzard has patched this bug. If you lure the Clone near Blood Raven and kill her, then the Clone dies. This is not currently patched.

Myth: Diablo Clone spawned in my Non-Expansion game.
Fact: This can't be considered a myth, because there has been many reports of him spawning in a Classic game. He isn't supposed to spawn, because it is an Expansion feature. There is a person who saw the Clone in a Classic game, but it hasn't been proven to spawn in Classic.

[flump]

Does he spawn on Open.Battle.net, when I sell SOJ's I do not get prompted with the XXXX Number of SOJ's, etc.

[El Matt]

He doesn't spawn on Open Battle.net, because the SOJ counters are on Battle.net servers. When you make a game on Open, it is hosted on your own computer.

[DyN-MakaveliPAC]

Guys...just tell the whole world so annihilus loses its value! Cmon keep it to urself so people dont all have it...MAKE IT A RARE find dont let it become a soj....

[Soldier]

lol it already is rare. the clone rarely comes out so unless they dupe annis then its gonna still be rare

[povec]

Diablo Clone indedd *does* clone in classic games. it's happened to me several times.

Myth: Diablo Clone spawned in my Non-Expansion game.
Fact: This can't be considered a myth, because there has been many reports of him spawning in a Classic game. He isn't supposed to spawn, because it is an Expansion feature. There is a person who saw the Clone in a Classic game, but it hasn't been proven to spawn in Classic.

[jedimaster86]

i heard somewhere that if you can somehow lure diablo clone to blood raven and kill her, then diablo clone will automatically die. ah, Bibosh (shaman) is a super unique, just spawn him and lure clone to raven. i guess that'd work......

[._| 3 Vv |3]

wait wait.. your telling me that in order to get clone to appear you HAVE to sell soj? this isn't true cuz i've killed him 2x w/o sellin anything.. does the soj thing make it go faster or something? and is that even worth it? lol

[Silver Ice]

Myth: Prevent Monster Heal doesn't work on the Diablo Clone.
Fact: Yes, it does. (Tested.)

does itd work on diablo clone?

[Silver Ice]

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I'd say using a perf eth jah-ber bonehew for itd, prevent heal, 20% crushing blow, fast ias and so on

[Silver Ice]

i heard somewhere that if you can somehow lure diablo clone to blood raven and kill her, then diablo clone will automatically die. ah, Bibosh (shaman) is a super unique, just spawn him and lure clone to raven. i guess that'd work......

its patched now, if u spawn him at bishibosh and lead him to raven then kill raven he wont die I've tried it but he wasnt right beside raven.

Perhaps if hes right beside her he will die and drop anni