Noteworthy items from previous patches?

[Chance to Cast]

What kind of crazy items can you find in the old patches of Diablo II?

Is there anything worth starting a new character and farming for? I would love to find some kind of overpowered weapon to base a 1.13 character around.

Anything special to be found between 1.09 and 1.12?

Otherwise classic or expansion, it doesn't matter. It it exists, tell me about it.

 

[krischan]

The 1.09 version of Ravenclaw, a long bow with a level req of 15, shot level 30 exploding arrows, applying one-shot kills to most monsters in normal mode.

I don't think that uniques and set items have changed since 1.10.

 

[nulio]

There's several overpowered items in the previous patches.

1.07 - Eth Base weapons have more damage (50ED added to max damage) when brought forward. Crazy crafts, sexy uniques (Shako, Ark's, wizzy...), better res charms, crazy damage charms...
1.10a - beta BKWB (2skills instead of 1)
1.10s - beta runewords

Some links: 1.07 crafts - 1.07 uniques - 1.09 uniques - 1.10s Runewords

 

[Cyrax]

Here's a link with useful info on what makes certain patches interesting to play (in terms of 'broken' items).

 

[Chance to Cast]

Thanks everyone. The resources you have provided have been a great help.

 

[RobbyD]

Small Charms of Inertia from 1.09 provide 5% FRW.