Echoing Strike Warlock Build for Diablo 2 Resurrected

The Echoing Strike Warlock throws projections of his weapons in front of himself, dealing damage both on the way out and the way in. This skill does not rely on Attack Rating so you can focus on damage and throw out some giant piercing weapons.

The following section shows the core skills for the Echoing Strike Warlock. For a detailed breakdown of all core and optional skills as well as the recommended order for allocating skill points, refer to the Skills page of this guide.

1. 20 points to Echoing Strike – The main Skill of the build.
2. 20 points to Mirrored Blades – A Synergy for Echoing Strike + good for Single Target fights as it swings a bunch of times at once at one monster.
3. 20 points to Blade Warp – a Synergy for Echoing Strike.
4. 20 points to Levitation Mastery – Increases Damage, Attack Rating, Critical Strike, and lowers Weapon Requirements. Definitely a must have.
5. 1 point to Bind Demon – Grab a demon with Curse and Fanaticism for massive damage boosts.
6. 1 point to Sigil: Lethargy – Slow monsters and increase their damage taken.
7. 1 point to Psychic Ward – Prevents Damage and Stuns Melee attackers. Helpful for survivability.
8. 1 point to Consume – Useful for Consuming a Goatman.
9. 1 point to Hex: Purge – Adds an AoE Hex. Since we are already hitting a lot of monsters at once, this hex will help blow up mobs even faster.
10. 1 point to Hex: Siphon – Reduce incoming damage and gain life and mana per kill.

Hexes for this build are not as important, so you can pick the one that you like the best and put 1 point into it for a little extra boost. Right now it makes more sense to place the skills elsewhere.

While not the fastest leveling build of the Warlock (Fire or Magic Warlock will be best there), this is still one of the better builds and should be decently safe thanks to it being a Ranged Attack. Focus on improving your weapon as a first priority and remember you can use 2-handed weapons with a shield.

The following section shows some potentially strong items for the Echoing Strike Warlock. With Levitation Mastery many Weapons that had too high of Requirements to use are now viable.

Please be aware that Echoing Strike uses Faster Cast Rate and not Increased Attack Speed! This means you will want to focus on gear like Arachnid Mesh instead of Goldwrap to speed up your attacks.

Echoing Strike does not work with:

• On Strike
• On Attack
• Crushing Blow
• Open Wounds
• Knockback
• Added damage from Grief
• Monster Flee/Blind

Echoing Strike does work with:

• Deadly Strike
• Critical Strike
• Prevent Monster Heal
• Life/Mana Leech

• Weapon: Arioc's Needle, Fortitude, Insight, Breath of the Dying, Death
• Weapon Swap: Call to Arms and Spirit
• Shield: Phoenix, Stormshield, Spirit
• Body Armor: Enigma for Teleport or Fortitude for Damage
• Helm: Harlequin Crest, Guillaume's Face, Crown of Ages
• Gloves: Trang-Oul's Claws, Steelrend
• Boots: Sandstorm Trek, Waterwalk, Aldur's Advance
• Belt: Arachnid Mesh, Verdungo's Hearty Cord
• Ring 1: Raven Frost
• Ring 2: The Stone of Jordan, Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band, Rare Rings with Faster Cast Rate, % Life Steal and Life/Stats/Resistances
• Amulet: Mara's Kaleidoscope, Highlord's Wrath
• Charm 1: Warlock Hellfire Torch
• Charm 2: Annihilus
• Charm 3: Eldritch Skiller Grand Charms
• Charm 4: Any combination of Max Damage, Resistance, and Life Charms
• Charm 5: 1x Physical Sunder Charm (optional)

We also have a video showcase that talks about the Echoing Strike!

In Diablo 2, stats that affect action speed (known as frames) for attacking, casting, blocking, and recovering from a hit can almost never be taken literally. For example, gaining 10% Increased Attack Speed from an item will not necessarily translate into 10% faster attacks. To achieve faster actions, certain breakpoints must be reached, which vary for every class. The tables below list how much of a given stat is required to actually improve the action speed of the class for the stated action.

You can either hire a Defensive (Holy Freeze) or Offensive (Might) Desert Guard Mercenary in Act 2, Nightmare difficulty, depending on whether you want to slow monsters for added safety or improve the overall damage of your Mercenary.

• Weapon: Ethereal Insight or The Reaper's Toll
• Body Armor: Ethereal Fortitude
• Helm: Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral Rune

For more comprehensive leveling advice, please refer to our Warlock Fastest Leveling Build.