Serpent Lord

• Serpent Lord
• Long Staff
• Item Level: 8
• Speed Modifier: +0
• Range: +1
• Two-Hand Damage: 2 to 8
• Durablity: 30 of 30
• Required Level: 9
• +15% Increased Attack SpeedRotW Ladder
• +5 to Minimum Damage (All)RotW Ladder
• -50% Target Defense
• Adds 11 Poison Damage Over 3 Seconds
• 100% Mana stolen per hit
• +10 to Mana
• Poison Resist +50%
• -1 to Light Radius
• +40 - 80% Enhanced DamageRotW Ladder
• +30 - 40% Enhanced DamageLoD / RotW NL

Serpent Lord is a normal unique Long Staff found in Diablo 2 Resurrected. Serpent Lord has a Cyan Green tint.

Two versions of this item exist. The updated one only drops on Ladder with Reign of the Warlock in Season 16, in Diablo II: Resurrected the original still drops, with its old stats. See everything that is Ladder-only in Season 16.

Serpent Lord carries 100% Mana Stolen Per Hit, the largest value on any item in the game, and it is the earliest source of -% Target Defense, at required level 9. The −50% multiplies with Increased Attack Rating rather than adding to it, which is a large accuracy gain on a character carrying nothing else for it.

Steal is taken from the damage actually dealt, and the staff only reaches 2 to 10-11, so 100% returns a few points of mana per swing. It has no skill bonuses at all, so a Sorceress gains nothing from it, and it sees almost no use outside early melee characters who want mana back without spending a gear slot on it.

How to upgrade Serpent Lord

You can upgrade Serpent Lord to a Quarterstaff with the following cube recipe:

1 Ral Rune + 1 Sol Rune + 1 Perfect Emerald + Serpent Lord

When upgrading Serpent Lord to a Quarterstaff the level requirement will increase to level 28.