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Diablo 4 Season 5 offers a variety of different characters, and each of them is designed to own different merits and defaults. When fighting against those overwhelming bosses, how to wield the power of your builds to help enhance the strength of your character is of great significance.
As for the merits of Necromancer, they can cover enormous areas of the map with their Minions. Moreover, by advantage of Bone Prison skill, those covered enemies will be trapped in this area to resist the attacks for a moment. Even deal a lot of damage that is detrimental to them.
But how to further improve the skills of Necromancers? That is by finding and equipping Path of Trag’Oul Unique boots to further boost the manifestation of your Bone Prison skill. This article will focus on this item so as to help you earn the best chance to enhance your Necromancer.
Season of the Infernal Hordes has introduced 15 different Unique items suited for all classes to choose from, and one of them refers to Path of Trag’Oul Unique boots.
Complete Infernal Hordes activity and open Spoils of Equipment chests is typically viewed as the best channel to embrace Path of Trag’Oul Unique. Infernal Hordes is not an unconditional event that can be joined in freely. Players need to complete a questline named “The Eyes of the Enemy” to get an Infernal Compass, which serves as the key to enter Hell and Infernal Hordes.
Burning Aether is a necessary to open Spoils of Equipment. The more enemies you defeat in Infernal Hordes and the better you perform, the more Burning Aether you will earn. And players are demanded to slay the required number of enemies to trigger Aetheric Events, which will drop Burning Aether if you have defeated those powerful enemies.
After all the waves have been finished and defeated Fell Council bosses eventually, Spoils of Equipment or Spoils of Greater Equipment chests will be opened at the cost of 20 and 60 Aether, respectively.
Spoils of Greater Equipment will promise Greater Affixes equipped for those Uniques as a drop. However, the appearance of this high-level chest is also conditional. Which can only make an appearance in Tier 3+ Infernal Compasses. Farming those Infernal Compass is also a very troublesome thing. Therefore, the second method to obtain Path of Trag’Oul Unique is introduced below.
The second method refers to opening chests or defeating enemies in World Tier 3 or World Tier 4. Endgame activities such as World Bosses, Nightmare Dungeons, and Gathering Legions can also obtain Path of Trag’Oul Unique, but the chance may be slightly smaller. Alternatively, you can choose to summon Grigoire, Echo of Varshan, the pinnacle boss, because Path of Trag’Oul will be discovered in this Uber Boss’s loot pool. Of course, this boss is pretty tricky to deal with. It is recommended to equip some indispensable Diablo 4 Items to claim the victory.
The following are Summoning Materials required to summon this boss.
Path of Trag’Oul Unique will help enlarge the area of our Bone Prison skill has covered, making it fire 10 to 30 Bone Splinters at any enemies trapped inside.
Each time these Bone Splinters hit an enemy, your Necromancer’s Maximum Essence will enhance by 2 for 10 seconds. The below lies the other benefits from the following effects thanks to Path of Trag’Oul’s Affixes:
The above is the sharing of Path of Trag’Oul Unique. If you have also chosen Necromancer as your character, then find it as soon as possible.
Diablo 4 Season 8 is now officially online, and everything is going according to the established schedule. Although there are some minor bugs such as Reliquaries’ mechanism failing to issue rewards normally, it does not affect your experience of the new season as a whole.
Therefore, the top priority for you is to adapt to the rhythm of the new season as soon as possible and complete all the pre-tasks that are important for promoting the game progress, such as A Deceitful Incursion quest.
This quest is actually part of Season 8 seasonal event Apparition Incursion, and from the perspective of the seasonal plot, this event is closely related to the ultimate boss of this season, Belial - the small bosses in Apparition Incursion are all minions of Belial. Based on this, we will bring you a guide to A Deceitful Incursion quest based on the introduction of Apparition Incursion.
Think of this quest as a prequel to Apparition Incursion event, as it shows you how these Apparition Incursions work, so completing it will help you better understand the new seasonal mechanics and events.
After you begin your Season 8 journey, Sayeena will tell you that she has found some rather unsettling apparitions near the eastern end of Fractured Peaks. You will then need to follow the coordinates she provides to the corresponding waypoint and clear out the enemies after entering the newly revealed dungeon.
The first enemy to attack you inside the dungeon will be Apparition of Kirma. A huge beast with multiple AOE attacks and powerful melee attacks, Kirma is very dangerous, so attack it while keeping as much distance as possible. It is recommended that you use the unstoppable movement skill if possible to get rid of any stun effects caused by Kirma, and continue to attack it until it dies. Then return to Kyovashad and speak to Sayeena again to complete A Deceitful Incursion quest.
It’s no surprise that most of the seasonal highlights of Season Of Belial’s Return revolve around the concept of “bosses”, both new bosses and boss powers. As a seasonal event, Apparition Incursion is a bit like a boss mode. Compared to other endgame content, this event is easier to complete, but it is also rich, so it is also the best source of early boss powers and Diablo 4 Gold for you.
From a story perspective, in the early seasons of Diablo 4, the main villain Lilith has died, and Apparition enemies or bosses are low-level demons who have taken over some of Lilith’s evil purposes. The overall structure of Apparition Incursion is similar to Legion event, but the difference is that it will drop special seasonal currency and reputation for you through Sayeena’s reward track after you complete the event.
Apparition Incursions are similar to Helltides in that they start to spawn randomly on the map after you enter Season 8, every 5 minutes, and there are no additional prerequisites for participating in Apparition Incursions. So it’s not hard to find and participate in these events, and you can do it with your teammates at any time.
After entering the current Apparition Incursion event, you will encounter special enemies with Belial’s green mark on their bodies in the corresponding area. Killing them can fill the progress bar corresponding to the event. When the progress bar is filled, an Apparition boss will appear. Killing him will gain the corresponding boss power.
It is worth noting that during the event, a green symbol called Betraying Eye will appear on the ground. Interacting with this symbol will cause more ordinary Apparition enemies to spawn near you, thereby filling the event progress bar faster to summon the boss.
Each separate Apparition Incursion event will have 2 random Apparition bosses and a Belial’s minion form encounter. These fights are all difficult, and each Apparition boss has a unique attack pattern, so you must be well prepared to deal with them immediately after you have dealt with the normal enemies.
After killing Apparition boss and Belial’s minion form, in addition to the relevant boss power, you will also receive an event chest, which can be opened to obtain seasonal currency called Spectral Ash. This currency can upgrade the boss power you have from level 1 to the maximum level 20, and can only be dropped through Apparition Incursion event and A Deceitful Incursion quest. The amount of Spectral Ash required to upgrade the power of bosses of different rarities is as follows:
Magic Boss Powers:
Rare Boss Powers:
Legendary Boss Powers:
After understanding the above content, if you have already created your Season 8 character, please start completing A Deceitful Incursion quest and Apparition Incursion event immediately! I wish you all the best!
In the anticipation of you and countless Diablo 4 players, Season 8 is finally online! No doubt, although you may want to quickly enter the endgame stage to experience the more exciting and difficult boss battles at the beginning, you must complete all the pre-tasks before that.
However, it is always a good thing to prepare in advance. Knowing some knowledge about dealing with boss battles in the preparation stage can not only help you complete the battle faster when you officially deal with the boss, but also minimize the possible losses - after all, Season 8 has so many powerful bosses that you need to defeat!
Based on this, among all the 24 bosses in Season 8, this time we will introduce you to some information about Urivar and Harbinger of Hatred. The special thing about these two bosses is that they first appeared in DLC Vessel of Hatred. Considering that you may be exposed to them for the first time because of Season 8, additional introduction is necessary.
This boss is an initiate lair boss in Season 8. I believe you have learned from various information that you no longer need to prepare summoning materials to fight lair bosses (endgame bosses) in Diablo 4, so you can go directly to Fields of Judgement to find this boss after unlocking Torment difficulty.
The entrance to Fields of Judgement is located in Teganze Plateau subzone of Nahantu, close to Kichuk Waypoint and Stronghold in the far east. You can use this as a sign to observe and find the boss’s location.
Yes, although summoning materials are no longer required, you must prepare the corresponding lair keys for each boss in Season 8 to open their respective hoard chests, otherwise you will not be able to get Diablo 4 Gold and other loot you deserve even if you win the battle.
For Urivar, the corresponding lair keys are 4 Judicator’s Masks, which can be farmed in many open-world content, including Helltides, World bosses, or Whispers. In addition, Stygian Stone will drop after defeating any initiate lair boss, which can be converted into the lair keys required to open greater lair boss hoards.
This should be the content you care about most! In addition to the regular gold or XP drops, unique and mythic unique items are the most important part of boss loot. It is worth noting that starting from Season 8, for each additional party member, your chance of getting additional unique items after defeating the lair boss will increase by 33% - that is, if your team has a 4-person party, this chance can be up to 100%.
Uniques:
Mythic Uniques:
Like Urivar, Harbinger of Hatred can be found in Harbinger’s Den at any level of Torment difficulty after unlocking Torment difficulty. This location is located in Lingering Hatred subzone of Nahantu, head northwest when you reach Kurast Bazaar.
The lair keys required to open the boss’ hoard chest are 4 Abhorrent Hearts. Interestingly, this item is mainly dropped by defeating Urivar. Of course, it should also be possible to exchange it with enough Stygian Stone, as Harbinger of Hatred is a greater lair boss.
It is worth noting that after opening Harbinger of Hatred’s hoard chest, a 20-second timer will appear. When this timer expires, a Summoning Altar or Belial’s lesser form will reappear. Defeating Belial’s lesser form will give you a chance to get additional loot, as well as Betrayer’s Husk, which can open Belial’s hoard in Palace of the Deceiver.
In terms of loot, Harbinger of Hatred has basically the same basic settings as Urivar, including an increased drop rate for unique and mythic unique items provided by party members. The specific contents are as follows:
Uniques:
Mythic Uniques:
I hope the above content can provide you with the necessary help when you officially start the two boss battles. At the same time, I wish you all the best in Diablo 4 Season 8! Have fun!
We all know that Diablo 4 Season 8 is a seasonal journey centered around the boss mechanic, whether it is the return of Belial, the Lord of Lies, or the new Boss Powers, it proves that these powerful bosses are the core theme you want to pursue this season.
However, Diablo 4’s past seasonal bosses also have their own characteristics, and what changes and improvements have appeared in these bosses in Season 8 that are worth players’ time to challenge them repeatedly? Here, we will discuss these changes one by one, whether it is boss summons, loot, and overall quality of life, so that you are fully prepared to fight these bosses when you enter Diablo 4 Season 8: Belial’s Return.
First of all, you can now teleport to the boss level immediately without having to run there from town. This slight change will make farming boss changes more streamlined. After all, no one is willing to spend a lot of time on repeated journeys.
Secondly, summoning bosses will be completely free. You can simply enter the boss’s lair, then go to Boss Summoning Altar and click on it to summon the boss, without any boss summoning materials.
The only exception is Uber Belial, you must complete the season questline to unlock Belial’s lair, but other than that, even Belial’s summoning is completely free.
The purpose of this change is to save you from wasting precious Diablo 4 Gold and materials to summon a boss you can’t kill. And this brings us to our third point.
In order to get loot from the boss you kill, you must spend a certain number of specific materials, namely Lair Boss Keys, on Hoard chest that appears after the boss dies in order to open the treasure chest and get the loot.
And the loot you can get is linked to the materials you spend. This means that if you spend materials to open a Hoard chest, even if there are players in your party who killed the boss with you, as long as they didn’t spend materials to open the chest, they will not receive the loot. Only those who actually spend materials will receive the loot, and this change is intended to prevent lazy teammates.
So even if someone without any materials joins your party, they can’t get the loot without spending their own materials. However, in Season 8, materials can still be traded, and unique items can also be traded. We can imagine that some rare materials will be sold at sky-high prices in the late game, so hoarding materials in time may bring you a lot of Diablo 4 Gold!
Let’s talk about the cost of farming these bosses and looting all the rewards. Lair Boss ladder in Season 8 is divided into three difficulty levels: Initiate, Greater, and Exalted. The higher the difficulty of the challenge, the higher the quality of the loot dropped. Currently, the material costs of bosses of different levels have been unified, which are:
Previously, summoning different bosses mostly required multiple different types of materials, but now they only need one, which greatly improves the efficiency of farming these bosses. In addition, all materials can be stacked up to 99 types, which makes inventory management much easier. The specific Lair Boss Keys and materials required for Hoard chests dropped by these bosses are as follows:
Now let’s continue this topic, because the boss changes are not over yet, there are two new bosses in Season 8 that deserve our attention, they are: Mini Belial and Uber Belial.
After you kill any Initiate and Greater Boss, there is a chance that Mini Belial will appear. Based on Season 8 PTR, the chance is about 20%-30%.
It is important to note that Belial will also only drop loot for the player who opened his Hoard. So if two players in your party do not have their Hoard open, and only the third player spends materials to open Hoard, and this player who opens Hoard also summons Mini Belial, then only the person who opened Hoard will get loot from Mini Belial, and no one else will.
So, this means that you can’t just focus on leveling up your character to kill the boss, it is also very important to properly farm these Lair Boss Keys. After all, you don’t want to get nothing after working so hard to defeat the boss!
Regarding the loot table, Mini Belial will drop loot from the same loot table as the boss that was just killed, so if you summon Mini Belial, the loot you just got from killing the boss will be doubled.
Additionally, Mini Belial will drop Betrayer’s Husks, which are key ingredients for looting Uber Belial’s loot chests.
Uber Belial is Pinnacle boss in Season 8. You’ll need to progress the seasonal questline to a certain point before you can summon him, but you can also summon him for free. When you defeat him, you’ll need to spend two Betrayer’s Husks to open his Hoard.
When you open Uber Belial’s Hoard, you’ll be able to freely choose which boss’ loot table you want to take loot from. This means that in addition to Uber Belial being guaranteed to drop at least two Ancestral Unique items, you can also target farming specific bosses, and more importantly, Uber Belial has the highest chance of dropping Mythic Unique items in the game, and these two things alone make Uber Belial a very desirable farming target in Season 8.
These are the major changes made to seasonal bosses in Diablo 4 Season 8. Honestly, as a boss season, these changes make our farming process easier, but unlocking these boss loot still requires repeated farming materials, so do these changes still make sense?
As one of the classic classes in Diablo 4, Necromancer has always had a good status and popularity in the game. Even when facing new classes with additional advantages, Necromancer can give you a unique combat experience in battle.
Of course, considering the changes and impacts brought about by the change of seasons, not only Diablo 4 should make relevant adjustments to Necromancer in a timely manner, but you should also adjust your builds usage strategy after entering the new season if you want to keep playing Necromancer.
Since Necromancer obtained the new ultimate skill Shadow in Season 6, several new builds built around this skill have appeared. Among them, Soulmaker Necromancer Endgame Build quickly became one of the strongest builds of Necromancer by combining it with Bone Spirit. Based on this, this time we will mainly introduce you how to match skills for this build so that it can continue to help you complete the necessary Diablo 4 Gold farming in the upcoming Season 8.
Choosing primary skills for Soulmaker Necromancer Endgame is not that hard compared to most other Necromancer builds, the main thing to consider is that Bone Spirit in this build is not a primary damage source, but a utility skill that works by quickly consuming and generating the essence needed by The Unmaker.
While using this build, you can also use the huge AOE created by Soulrift to manually apply Decrepify to enemies when they are outside Aspect of the Cursed to deal more damage to them. In addition, Corpse Tendrils can be used as a source of blood orbs for Blood Begets Blood, Reap can provide you with additional damage reduction and attack speed bonuses in special situations, and Blood Mist has a chance to help you get out of dangerous situations. The following are specific primary skills point allocation suggestions:
Since its birth and being put into use, this build has been famous for its powerful passive skill effects, such as Gloom and Terror. There are also many new passive skills added in each season that can provide new benefits to this build.
Like other Necromancer builds, the classic Shadowblight is not a good choice for Soulmaker Necromancer Endgame Build. Affliction is a better choice, as it only provides 15% damage, but it actually does much more than that.
Generally speaking, all available offensive passives will make this build better, but Gloom is the most valuable choice overall.
Necrotic Carapace is the most important defensive passive for a Soulmaker Necromancer, as it is your only source of Fortify in combat. In addition to Soulrift, which can maintain your barrier in the heat of battle, Necrotic Fortitude can continue to maintain the barrier effect without Soulrift. As for skills that can provide damage reduction, Stand Alone is a good choice.
Rapid Ossification helps maintain Bone Spirit’s duration, Serration has a chance to trigger Enhanced Bone Spirit’s critical hits, and Hewed Flesh allows you to use them to generate Blood Orbs after hitting an enemy - they are all passive skills worth adding.
In addition, Soulmaker Necromancer has the flaw that most Necromancer builds have, which is that its low mobility leads to insufficient movement speed. For this reason, it is recommended that you add Death’s Approach and Reaper’s Pursuit as one of your passive skills.
After understanding the skills that need to be added, you also need to use these skills in the corresponding rotation order to really play their role, so it is recommended to follow the steps below:
It is worth noting that when rotating skills, don’t forget to use Runeword Yul/Xan, which allows you to consume Essence to ensure that the next skill will cause crit and overpower, because you must ensure that the next skill to deal damage is The Unmaker during the relevant buff, and only Runeword Yul/Xan can do this.
After understanding the above content, it is expected that you will be able to complete your own Soulmaker Necromancer Endgame Build in Season 8. Of course, it will be even better if you can match it with rare gear or legendary aspects! So please continue to accumulate resources for building this build!
During the developer livestream on April 24, the developers announced more details about Season 8, which will be released on the 29th, and also announced that a new patch 2.2.0 will be released. According to the data released, the patch is mainly focused on strengthening and weakening the six classes in the game appropriately, while fixing some problems in the system, so that Season 8 can bring you a more balanced Diablo 4 experience.
According to this livestream and other official news, both the new content of Season 8 and the changes brought by patch 2.2.0 have a great impact on the next development of the game. To help you prepare for these changes, we will introduce the main information for you.
Undoubtedly, one of the biggest changes in Season 8 compared to the past is the new battle pass system Reliquaries. This system changes the previous battle pass settings and allows you to receive rewards in the order you want, giving you more freedom in terms of benefits. Other loot and Diablo 4 Gold reward settings are also expected to be further optimized to improve your overall gaming experience.
Compared to the changes in the basic system, the pure new content is obviously more attractive to you, such as the return of the classic Diablo 3 boss Belial in Diablo 4, and the army of Apparition he brought-you will be able to experience the related Apparition Incursions event. In addition, the 24 boss powers that can be obtained and equipped are also very powerful, and some of them even come from terrible lair bosses like Lilith.
Another new event that is worth looking forward to is Berserk crossover that will be launched in Diablo 4 on May 6. During the event, you can get Behelits by defeating enemies and exchange them for more special event rewards, such as Hawks Destiny Back Trophy or Skull Knight’s Heraldry Mount Armor. And you can also exchange other new Berserk-related new armor and appearances with gold or event tokens in the in-game store.
In general, the focus of the 2.2.0 update is to make the game provide a more balanced gaming experience. On the one hand, the strength of each class is adjusted uniformly, and on the other hand, the boss mechanism is changed, so that the boss battle will not be too difficult for you while maintaining a certain challenge, and the loot provided can also match the difficulty, rather than too little or too much. For example, Duriel has a new combat mechanism, and Lord Zir can output more damage.
The adjustment of the 6 classes is mainly reflected in the changes to the damage and defense values of some major skills to make them more in line with the combat requirements of Season 8.
Barbarian
Druid
Necromancer
Rogue
Sorcerer
Spiritborn
No matter which class you decide to start with in Season 8, you must understand the basic gameplay of the class and adapt to these skill changes in order to better master the class. I hope you can achieve excellent results in the new season!
Nowadays, with the rise of the electronic game industry, in order to allow players to have a further gaming experience in an increasingly modern environment, various pure game-carrying devices have also emerged, such as PlayStation series, Xbox series, and Switch series.
The biggest difference between these devices and PCs and mobile terminals is that their only function is to allow you to play games, so their design does not need to consider too many other factors, and the gaming experience they provide is also more comfortable. Among them, Switch series is smaller and is a more portable device. Although this makes it unable to load large games like PS4/5, portability itself is a significant advantage.
Since the release of the first generation of Switch in 2017, the series has been enthusiastically sought after by players, and then the lighter and more fancy Switch Lite was launched in 2019. But no matter which one it is, it has been more than 5 years since now, so the birth of a new Switch is imperative-fortunately, Switch 2 will indeed meet you soon! The current release date is June 5, 2025.
Once the game console is released, it is bound to cause a carnival among players. If there are games that can be launched on the platform in the first batch at this time, it will definitely bring a wave of popularity to the game itself. As one of the most popular ARPGs in recent years, Rod Fergusson, one of Diablo 4 leaders, recently hinted that the game may get a Switch 2 port after Switch 2 is released.
So how feasible is the cooperation between Switch 2 and Diablo 4? Can this game console, which is still mainly characterized by portability, carry a game like Diablo 4 that requires a large amount of memory? Let’s analyze it.
Generally speaking, in order to run Diablo 4 smoothly and ensure that the picture quality and sound quality of the game are not compressed, large devices from PC or PlayStation series will be better. Because if the devices do not meet the requirements, it may even cause you to encounter freezes during the battle, so that you lose some Diablo 4 Gold due to bugs during the post-war settlement.
Fortunately, despite Switch series being a small game console, this aspect should not cause you too much trouble. In fact, Diablo 3 and Diablo 2: Resurrected have both been available on Switch in the past, and are expected to be playable on Switch 2 via backward compatibility.
From this result, if Diablo 4 is launched on Switch 2, there should be no technical problems such as lag caused by overload, but at the same time, another question is also in front of you, that is, can Switch 2 provide reliable online services? After all, Diablo 4 requires a network connection to run.
The portability of Switch series is reflected in all aspects, one of which is that it is mainly operated by inserting game cartridges. Usually, this only requires you to connect to the network for a while when you just start the game, and then you can play offline at any time and place without worrying about network problems.
The tricky thing is that although Diablo 4 does not require you to team up with other players all the time, it is a MMORPG after all, requiring you to stay online, and you will always meet other online players in the game. This is undoubtedly contrary to the design concept of Switch series.
Therefore, if Diablo 4 and Switch 2 want to achieve perfect cooperation, the latter must ensure stable online services. We will not talk about how well the first generation and Lite versions of Switch do in this regard, but as the latest product, Switch 2 should not be difficult to provide more stable online services while ensuring the basic advantages of the series, and it is said that Switch 2 does introduce more optimized content.
To be honest, from the player’s perspective, as long as you choose to experience Diablo 4, you can’t avoid the key issue of online services, which is not the advantage of Switch series. Therefore, based on ensuring network stability, it is a bit difficult to ask too much of Switch 2.
Not long ago, Diablo 4 released a roadmap for 2025. The game will bring Season 8 Belial’s Return on April 29, and will release new seasons at regular intervals after that. It is expected that the second DLC may be released next year-all this shows that the game is still determined to expand the number of players and influence.
As for Switch series, the new game console Switch 2 will maintain a high popularity for at least one or two years after its launch. Besides classic games suitable for playing on Switch (such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons or The Legend of Zelda series), many new games will also want to log in to Switch 2 and use the popularity of the game console itself to open up their own market.
Although Diablo 4 already has a large number of loyal fans, the expansion of the experience platform is always a good thing, which means that you can choose the way to play Diablo 4 more freely, and it will also attract a group of new players who focus on Switch.
On the other hand, if Diablo 4 is available on Switch 2 and does a good job in online services, other games similar to Diablo 4 and their fans will have more confidence in the development prospects of Switch 2 and will tend to cooperate with Switch 2 to expand the game library of Switch 2. Naturally, more players will be willing to choose Switch 2 as their first choice of gaming device.
However, all this will be gradually confirmed after the official release of Switch 2. Before that, all you have to do is manage your new character of Diablo 4 Season 8 well, or prepare to compete for the pre-order qualification of Switch 2! Good luck!
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