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Diablo 4 Season 11 has been live for almost a month now, how has your experience been? While it's still too early to judge the overall quality of the season, you've probably already noticed the differences in value between the various gameplay mechanics.

Generally, the most eye-catching aspect of each season is the exclusive seasonal mechanic, but in Season 11, this rule seems to have been broken.

Below, based on current Diablo 4 experience and player feedback, we will analyze and summarize the best and most useless mechanics in Season 11.

Escalating Nightmares is losing value

Besides various seasonal mechanics, Diablo 4 is actually composed of fundamental mechanics such as Nightmare Dungeons, Helltides, and different difficulty boss battles.

Sometimes, to enrich the playability of new seasons, the development team will update them. For example, in Season 9, a version of Nightmare Dungeons called Escalating Nightmares was added and has remained to this day.

The gameplay of this dungeon involves obtaining an Escalation Sigil and activating a chain of three Nightmare Dungeons. After defeating each dungeon boss, you are teleported to the next dungeon.

All dungeons in Escalating Nightmares have their own positive and negative affixes, which stack up to the last dungeon, making the final Astaroth boss battle more dangerous - and of course, the loot more abundant.

In Season 9, in addition to regular loot, more importantly, you could trigger Horadric Strongrooms in Escalating Nightmares to unlock the seasonal power Horadric Spells, and in Season 10, you could trigger Chaos Rifts battles to exchange for rewards.

Escalating Nightmares in S11

After entering Season 11, this dungeon is no longer associated with any seasonal mechanics or powers. Its only value is that you can farm Mythic Prankster affix to increase the chance of encountering Treasure Goblin Fancy Old Fedric, thus obtaining more Mythic drops.

The embarrassing thing is that due to the limited drop rate, the best way to obtain Mythic Prankster affix is to complete simpler daily tasks to obtain many regular Nightmare Sigils, and then salvage them to obtain Sigil Powder.

This powder can be crafted into new Sigils at Occultist along with gold. Although the crafting results are random, this method is much simpler.

As a result, Escalating Nightmares is no longer valuable, whether considering playability or the final benefits, to the point that most players chose to ignore it in Season 11.

Sanctification's reputation improves

In 2.5.0 PTR, players were not optimistic about the new Sanctification mechanism because its random and irreversible results could potentially ruin the gear they had painstakingly upgraded.

However, after further optimization by the development team, this situation has changed. Now, Sanctification can provide you with a wealth of advanced gear and build enhancement options without disrupting game balance.

Now, after upgrading your gear through the optimized Tempering and Masterworking, you can use Sanctification to add extra affixes, upgrade existing affixes and the quality of the item itself, or replace normal affixes with Sanctification affixes.

Although the results are still random and irreversible, the value ultimately added to the gear is much more stable than in PTR phase.

This means you'll be willing to invest more time farming and upgrading your gear, making better use of all related Diablo 4 gameplay and mechanics.

Therefore, although Divine Gifts are the seasonal feature of Season 11, Sanctification's more profound impact on the game experience has greatly overshadowed these gifts.

It's important to note that fully utilizing Sanctification requires sufficient gear. Therefore, if you currently lack enough gear, the fastest option is to buy Diablo 4 items at D4GOLD!

What kind of new mechanics are worth keeping?

From the player feedback on Escalating Nightmares and Sanctification in Season 11, it can be seen that, besides seasonal gameplay that is only a limited-time feature, it's not easy for other new content to become a core part of Diablo 4.

If a certain mechanism is intended to be preserved indefinitely, it must either consistently provide seasonal loot or have a low enough difficulty in obtaining loot to ensure you have enough motivation to play it.

And if it's a mechanism related to character enhancement, like Sanctification, it needs to ensure that the benefits it provides are valuable throughout the entire season while maintaining a balanced combat environment, not just a bunch of inflated numbers.

Because these requirements are not easy to meet, many Diablo 4 mechanics are constantly being added and removed. However, as things stand, Sanctification is more likely to be retained than Escalating Nightmares.

Unfortunately, there are rumors that Sanctification may only exist for one season and will be removed along with Divine Gifts with the release of Season 12. Many players are puzzled and disappointed by this and hope the development team will retain Sanctification.

To be honest, while Diablo 4's update pace is generally stable, it's always been quite slow in responding to player feedback. This makes it difficult to predict the future of Sanctification; all you can do is hope and wait.

2026 has arrived, and Diablo 4 has also announced its roadmap for the new year. The immediate future includes the return of leaderboards in mid-January, followed by new seasons and expansion.

Therefore, even if Sanctification isn't retained, there will be enough new content in the coming months to keep you entertained. So don't worry too much, just enjoy the game!

Do you remember the feeling of first entering Nahantu in Diablo 4 over a year ago? This mysterious jungle region and Spiritborn residing there brought you the exciting and engaging Vessel of Hatred expansion experience.

Originally, the development team planned to release one DLC per year, but to ensure the quality of the expansion, the release date of the second expansion was postponed to 2026.

After nearly a year of waiting and anticipation, Diablo 4 finally released information about its second DLC, Lord of Hatred, at TGA at the end of 2025! So what content will this expansion include and when will it be released? We will introduce it to you.

Lord Of Hatred Release Date

Currently, the expansion is tentatively scheduled for release on April 28, 2026. However, considering Diablo 4's frequent changes to season release dates, this date may also change - perhaps to further refine the game or avoid conflicts with other game updates, who knows?

New Class: Paladin And An Unknown Class

Paladin previously appeared in Diablo 2, and a similar class, Crusader, was in Diablo 3. As the seventh Diablo 4 class, Paladin is still the familiar melee type, with the following main characteristics:

• Resource: Faith
• Damage Types: Holy, Fire, Physical
• Class-specific Mechanic: Oaths (4 types of power)
• Available Weapon Types: Swords, Maces, Axes, Flails, Shields

In addition, Diablo 4 has added a large number of Paladin-specific unique items and legendary items, although currently there are no dedicated drop channels for them. Existing class-agnostic gear is still applicable to Paladin.

As for the other new class, the developers have not yet released any relevant information; the only thing visible is a black silhouette, leading the player community to speculate that it might be a Witch or Warlock - hopefully not another melee class!

New Region: Skovos

After Vessel of Hatred introduced Nahantu as a new region, Lord of Hatred will bring Skovos, which will be the setting for the new story and is also closely related to the new class.

Unlike the purely jungle landscape of Nahantu, Skovos is a region with diverse terrain and landscapes. You can find volcanoes, oceans, forests, and temples and towns related to human activity.

The new dungeons and bosses expected to be added in the expansion will also appear in Skovos, where you can earn Diablo 4 gold or other items to help improve your character through combat.

New Campaign: Main Story Update

Diablo 4's main story unfolds based on the demon factions Lilith and Mephisto, and the angelic faction Inarius, later introducing more human characters, such as the young girl Neyrelle.

In Vessel of Hatred, you and others rescued Neyrelle, who was almost corrupted by Mephisto, but Mephisto escaped in the final battle and possessed Akarat's body to continue his schemes, all of which are expected to culminate in Lord of Hatred.

While we know that good usually triumphs over evil in most stories, whether this battle for humanity to defend Sanctuary ends here or continues into a third DLC or even Diablo 5 remains unknown.

Endgame And Gameplay Experience Optimization

In addition to the new additions, this expansion will also optimize the endgame and gameplay experience through overall mechanics.

War Plans

This new endgame feature allows you to customize your personal progression path through your favorite Diablo 4 events and add modifiers to increase the difficulty of events for more rewards.

Echoing Hatred

In this endgame event, you will encounter endless waves of increasingly dangerous demons, and only by surviving to the end can you unlock the ultimate rewards. You can also use this opportunity to test the builds you want to try.

Skill Tree Rework

Currently, all Diablo 4 classes except Paladin only have two upgrade paths, limiting the gameplay experience. The new DLC will open up more skill upgrade options, allowing players of any class to have a brand new experience.

Other New Features

Horadric Cube, which appeared in Diablo 2, will return in this expansion, introducing new ways to craft items. There will also be a new casual fishing activity and a loot filtering system to improve quality of life.

Pre-Order To Unlock More Content!

Although you still have to wait nearly half a year for Lord of Hatred, if you pre-order it, you can play one of the new classes, Paladin, in Season 11 now! And it will also unlock the first DLC simultaneously, if you don't already have it.

The entire Lord of Hatred expansion and Paladin class are included with the pre-order of Standard Edition. If you pre-order a higher edition, you'll receive additional rewards.

Deluxe Edition:

• All Standard Edition content
• Mini Chimera Pet Skorch
• Skartaran Basilisk Mount Bundle
• High Heavens Guard Cosmetic Bundle
• Premium Battle Pass Bundle

Ultimate Edition:

• All Standard + Deluxe Edition content
• Umbral Knights Armor Bundle (6 class sets)
• 3,000 Platinum
• Steed of the Shining Realm Bundle
• Tymn, Echo of the Spire Back Trophy
• Ascent of the Just Town Portal Skin

If you want to get ahead of other Diablo 4 players next year, pre-order now! At least based on the performance of Vessel of Hatred, Lord of Hatred shouldn't disappoint you!

In Diablo 4, as you progress through each new season, the drive to continue playing comes from achievement through defeating increasingly dangerous enemies. To achieve this, the assistance of Mythic Uniques is essential.

As the rarest gear type in Diablo 4, Mythics can be obtained through combat drops or crafting, but both methods are difficult: the former has a low drop rate, and the latter requires Resplendent Sparks, which also require significant farming.

However, in Season 11, the development team has quietly added a new Nightmare Dungeon affix that allows you to obtain Mythic items more easily than before! We'll provide a detailed explanation below.

What Mythics Are Available In The Game?

Currently, there are 12 Mythic items available:

• Andariel's Visage
• Doombringer
• Harlequin Crest
• Melted Heart of Selig
• Ring of Starless Skies
• The Grandfather
• Ahavarion Spear of Lycander
• Tyrael's Might
• Heir of Perdition
• Shroud of False Death
• Shattered Vow
• Nesekem, The Herald

It is expected that Diablo 4 might add new Mythics after the release of the second DLC, Lord of Hatred, but this is just speculation; the number of available Mythics remains unchanged at this stage.

How To Farm Mythics Through Combat?

Since Season 8, the higher-level bosses in Diablo 4 have been collectively referred to as lair bosses and are divided into three rarity tiers based on their difficulty. These lair bosses theoretically can all drop Mythics, but the higher the rarity, the higher the drop rate.

If you are focusing on farming Mythic Uniques in Season 11, we recommend prioritizing unlocking battles with the three lair bosses: Duriel, Andariel, and Belial.

This is not only because of their high rarity, but also because defeating them grants you the new seasonal power, Divine Gifts. If you have the first DLC, the boss Harbinger of Death is also a viable option.

It's important to note that these bosses are only unlocked after you reach Torment difficulty, and you need to farm the corresponding lair keys beforehand to open each boss's hoard after winning the battle and check for Mythics.

The four bosses above and their corresponding keys are:

• Duriel: 3x Shard of Agony from Grigoire or Varshan
• Andariel: 3x Pincushioned Doll from Lord Zir or The Beast in the Ice
• Belial: 2x Betrayer's Husk from Belial's Ambush
• Harbinger of Death: 3x Abhorrent Heart from Urivar

Other Ways To Obtain Mythics

Besides defeating lair bosses, you can also obtain Mythics by gambling with special currency at Surveyor of Curiosities vendor (although the chances are very low), or by consuming Resplendent Sparks and runes/gold to craft them.

Resplendent Sparks are essential. Based on this, gold and runes allow you to craft specific gear at Jeweler, but if you only add gold, you will just craft random Diablo 4 Mythics at Blacksmith. The specific recipes are as follows:

• Random Mythics at Blacksmith: 2 Resplendent Sparks + 50,000,000 gold
• Specific Mythics at Jeweler: 2 Resplendent Sparks + 6 Legendary Runes + 6 Rare Runes + 6 Magic Runes + 5,000 gold

Mythic Prankster Affix Makes Everything Easier!

Whether you want to experience Season 11 seasonal content or focus on Mythics farming, Nightmare Dungeons were not a good option before, but the addition of Mythic Prankster affix changes that.

What Is Mythic Prankster Affix?

First, you need to know what Nightmare Sigils are. This item transforms ordinary dungeons into Nightmare Dungeons, changing their difficulty and rewards by adding one positive and one negative affix to the dungeon.

Mythic Prankster affix is one of the positive affixes. It guarantees that you will encounter Treasure Goblin Fancy Old Fedric in Nightmare Dungeon you enter afterward. This rare enemy usually only appears in goblin events with a very low probability.

If you defeat this goblin in a Mythic Prankster Nightmare Dungeon, you will receive 5 Mythic Uniques, 1 Resplendent Spark, and 2 Legendary Runes! This means crafting Mythics will also become easier!

How To Obtain This Affix?

The methods for farming Nightmare Sigils include Tree of Whispers caches, world boss drops, and drops from enemies and completion rewards in Nightmare Dungeons, but the affixes on the resulting Sigils are always random.

Therefore, if you want to more reliably obtain a specific affix, crafting is a better option. To do this, you first need to salvage unwanted Nightmare Sigils to obtain Sigil Powder, and then consume the powder and gold at Occultist to craft new Sigils.

Each craft requires 4,000 gold and 40 Sigil Powder. Theoretically, as long as you have enough materials, you can keep crafting until you obtain Sigils with Mythic Prankster affix, and unwanted Sigils can be salvaged at any time.

How To Maximize The Value of This Affix?

Although Fancy Old Fedric is not a very dangerous enemy, he is very vigilant and good at escaping, so teaming up can help you chase and surround him more quickly.

More importantly, if your team encounters and kills this goblin, thanks to the game's loot drop mechanism, each of you will receive a full set of loot without having to share.

Since the dropped Mythic items are random, if you encounter duplicates, you can salvage them to obtain Resplendent Sparks, increasing your chances of crafting Mythics.

That's all the information we have for you this time. Considering that farming Mythic Prankster affix requires a lot of time, we recommend that you start working on it now!

At 11:00 AM PDT on December 3rd, Diablo 4 held its latest developer interview, revealing the official name of the season and introducing more changes to the new season's content based on 2.5.0 PTR.

Based on this, we'll summarize the main points revealed in this livestream, allowing you to quickly adapt to the gameplay of Season 11 upon its release.

Season 11 Overview

The official name of this season is Season of Divine Intervention, and it will officially launch at 8:30 PM PDT on Thursday, December 11, 2025. Interestingly, this timing coincides with The Game Awards, leading players to speculate that D4 might be planning something big.

However, focusing on Season 11 itself is clearly more important than worrying about the still-vague second DLC or other plans.

This season's main seasonal mechanics are Divine Gifts and Sanctification. Along with new dungeons, seasonal events, and unique items, several fundamental mechanics have been adjusted, including:

• Tempering and Masterworking system upgrades
• Defense system changes
• Monster mechanics changes
• Season Journey replaced by Season Rank
• Removal of Renown system's cross-seasonal trait

News From This Developer Livestream

2.5.0 PTR only provides an opportunity to experience the prototype of Season 11 and does not represent the final form of the new season. Developers must continue to optimize based on player feedback to present a better Season 11.

Tempering And Masterworking

After the changes, Tempering allows you to directly select the affixes you want to apply from the recipe instead of random assignment. While this also limits the number of affixes that can be upgraded, the upgrade results for Diablo 4 items will be more consistent.

Masterworking will no longer randomly increase affix effects but will directly affect item quality. This means it will more effectively enhance items based on their gear type, such as directly increasing armor resistance or defense.

Each subsequent Masterworking will randomly increase the item's quality and slightly improve the stats of all affixes. Upon reaching the highest quality, you can perform a final enhancement, increasing one random affix on the current gear by 50%.

More Changes To Monster Mechanics

First, starting with Season 11, monsters in the game become more intelligent in combat, making their subsequent actions less predictable and resulting in a more realistic and engaging combat experience.

Furthermore, more monsters with affixes will appear, or the difficulty of monsters that already have affixes will be further increased - even before entering Torment difficulty, these situations may occur, enriching the overall game experience.

For players who excel at dealing AoE damage, be aware that monster gathering frequency will decrease in the new season, so you won't be able to use previous tactics and must quickly develop new strategies.

New Boss Azmodan Combat Mechanics

This boss is not only a new permanent world boss but also one source that allows you to obtain Divine Gifts, corresponding to Essence of Sin and Essence of Hellfire.

You can find and defeat this boss in Capstone Dungeon after reaching Season Rank V, or you can summon him by collecting materials at Summoning Altar. Note that each summon will grant Azmodan a power belonging to another Lesser Evil.

Given the uncertainty and unknown nature of this new boss, we recommend that you be fully prepared before summoning Azmodan. At least unlock some Divine Gifts by defeating the other three demons, Belial, Andariel, and Duriel.

Other Systemic Changes

Regarding the defense system, Season 11 will introduce a new concept called Toughness. You can think of it as a new metric for measuring your defensive capabilities, representing the total amount of damage you can withstand after using all damage reduction methods.

Because of this, you'll need to consider more factors when acquiring and upgrading gear. While it may be a bit more troublesome, it's a good thing to improve overall defensive capabilities.

The existing armor and resistances will be calculated based on the level system, and the armor and resistance penalties from Torment difficulty have been removed. If you choose Torment difficulty, the game will default to recommending Toughness level.

Regarding the healing mechanics, Season 11 reduces the base capacity of lootable potions to 4, and potion healing is now based on percentage-based instant healing, restoring approximately 35% of your total health.

While the number of lootable potions has decreased, one potion slowly regenerates every 30 seconds. To balance the overall reduction in quantity, the original Life on Hit effect has been changed to an affix that can be added to other items.

It's worth noting that the change in the healing mechanics means that Fortify also needs to be modified to work in tandem with the other potions. Therefore, Fortify's function will change from damage reduction to allowing you to store additional health.

In other words, starting with Season 11, Fortify can stack onto your maximum health. When the cap is reached, it restores a percentage of your maximum health per second, along with an equal amount of Fortify effect.

Twitch Drops This Time

Although the stream has ended, it's still worth mentioning. If you watch the livestream for a full 30 minutes and ensure Twitch Drops are enabled, you'll have a chance to win Unhilted Striked one-handed sword cosmetic.

If you unfortunately miss the livestream, you'll miss out on the cosmetic, but you can still catch up on the content by watching the replay on Diablo YouTube or Twitch channels.

To claim your drop rewards on time, please note the following:

• Rewards can only be claimed on the livestream channel you watched and through Drops Inventory menu on Twitch.
• Link your Battle.net and Twitch accounts within 7 days.
• Make sure you're using a PC web browser or Twitch app for Android/iOS to claim your rewards.

These guidelines should also apply to future Diablo 4 Twitch Drops releases via other livestreams, so it's best to remember them to avoid your prizes expiring or becoming un-claimable.

That concludes this guide. With Season 11 drawing ever closer, let's look forward to it and any other new Diablo 4 developments that may emerge!

Since its launch, Diablo 4 has released a new season every 2-3 months, accompanied by various updates and new seasonal content related to the season's theme, ensuring there's always something new to play and keeping the game fresh and dynamic.

However, besides this type of new content, sometimes the release of a new season brings long-term, historical changes that will have a profound impact on the future development of Diablo 4.

Take Season 11 as an example. Although it won't be available until December 9th, a month later, 2.5.0 PTR has already largely confirmed the new content it will bring, as well as the long-term updates we're talking about.

We've previously introduced the seasonal content of Season 11 in several articles; this time, we'll bring you the overall changes that will begin with the new season and analyze their impact.

Skip The Campaign, Unlock Waypoints Directly

If you choose to play the new season, you'll need to create a new character. This means that everything, from leveling up to farming available Diablo 4 items, will have to start from scratch.

Furthermore, at the start of each season, you had to traverse the map on horseback or on foot to clear the fog, unlocking corresponding areas and waypoints so you could teleport directly to specific locations later.

While this process wasn't difficult, repeating it every season was incredibly tedious and time-consuming, even if you knew the map and waypoints by heart.

Fortunately, after two years of this "torture," Diablo 4 finally decided to remove this mechanism starting with Season 11!

This means that once you've completed the campaign before, you can skip the process of unlocking basic waypoints to get them directly. At least in Season 11, you can immediately start farming XP and gold, reaching endgame faster.

As for the waypoints added in Vessel of Hatred DLC, once you've completed the campaign within it, you can also skip them and directly enjoy the full map and travel experience.

This way, veteran players no longer need to endure the pointless fog of war cleanup every season, while new players can still experience the campaign and gradually explore the game's areas.

More importantly, if you're a veteran player who has completed campaign at least one time, you'll be able to complete farming much faster in all new Diablo 4 seasons than before (before Season 11), allowing more time to enjoy the new season's exclusive gameplay.

Frankly, this change should have been implemented a long time ago, as the player community has been complaining about the repetitive fog of war cleanup for a long time. But regardless, it's finally here.

The Impact Of The New Mechanism On Eternal Realm

As you should know, the entire game is divided into the seasonal realm and Eternal Realm. The former is used to experience the new season, while the latter is a relatively stable realm storing all characters from previous seasons.

Generally, most players will prioritize experiencing the seasonal realm, but if you really like a character and their builds created in a particular season, or if you want to delve deeper into the game's fundamental mechanics and general events, Eternal Realm is a better choice.

Since seasonal content is not carried over to Eternal Realm, it's essentially unaffected by seasonal updates, except for character additions. However, Season 11's adjustments to the gear upgrade mechanism seem to change this.

First, Tempering and Masterworking mechanics have reformed the way affix upgrades affect gear, either by reducing the randomness of selected affixes or by directly influencing the upgrade's effect on the gear itself.

Second, Season 11 will add a new mechanic called Sanctification, allowing you to further enhance your gear after utilizing other mechanics. Once Sanctification is complete, your gear cannot be altered further.

Based on 2.5.0 PTR, these updates have received mixed reviews from players, and whether they are truly worthwhile remains to be seen after the new season launches. However, you'll find that they will definitely impact build usage in Eternal Realm.

Builds are essentially combinations of skills, gear, and other combat bonuses, such as Season 10 Chaos Perks, tailored to a specific class or combat scenario to maximize offensive/defensive damage.

Related: Diablo 4 Players Debate Chaos Armor Removal | Should This Mechanism From Season 10 Be Retained In Season 11?

Since Eternal Realm doesn't retain seasonal mechanics, builds are essentially the same regardless of which season's character you play, except for class differences.

However, Sanctification introduced in Season 11 means that the gear component of your builds will undergo a fundamental change. Previous gear will become obsolete due to the inability to obtain Sanctification.

This means that after Season 11 ends, if you want to play in Eternal Realm at your strongest, all the builds you crafted during Seasons 1-10 will be ineffective, as they cannot compare to builds affected by Sanctification and the updated Tempering and Masterworking.

Overall, this change won't negatively impact your Diablo 4 experience too much, as Eternal Realm's playability is inherently lower. However, this is a historic change for Diablo 4 itself.

Besides the confirmed changes Season 11 will bring to Diablo 4, the specific release date of the second DLC should also be revealed soon. Previously, it was only known to be in 2026.

Last year, the development team hoped to release the second DLC in 2025, but ultimately postponed this plan by a year when releasing the roadmap. With 2025 drawing to a close, players' curiosity is even stronger.

In short, Diablo 4's performance throughout 2025 has been relatively uneventful, but the changes brought by Season 11 may mean that the game will bring you new surprises in 2026. Let's look forward to it!

Typically, the transition between seasons is the busiest time for Diablo 4 players, as you need to simultaneously experience the next season's PTR and wrap up the current one.

Thankfully, the two aren't mutually exclusive. The results of your efforts in the current season can be validated or carried forward in PTR or the new season, especially some new builds.

With this in mind, this time we'll introduce Lunging Strike Barbarian Build for Diablo 4 Season 10. Its strength lies in its simple control and powerful enough to decimate enemies and delve into dungeons in the endgame.

Assuming Barbarian isn't nerfed, this build is expected to remain available in 2.5.0 PTR and even Season 11. The difference lies in Chaos Perks being replaced by better new season mechanics.

Key Skills

As the name suggests, Lunging Strike is the core skill addition for this build. It generates Fury in addition to dealing physical damage, and attacks by dashing forward and attacking.

Later, you'll need to upgrade this skill to Combat Lunging Strike. This way, if you land a critical hit while using a skill, you'll enter a Berserking state, increasing your speed and damage output in combat.

All of these form the foundation for this build to work. Next, you'll need to unlock other skills with the primary goal of increasing damage reduction, distributing skill points evenly.

• Warpath: After gaining Overpowering effect, your damage output increases by 4% for 4 seconds.
• Endless Fury: All basic skills generate an additional 12% Fury, ensuring you always have enough Fury to consume.
• Imposing Presence: Grants you 5% additional maximum health.
• Martial Vigor: Increases damage reduction by 6% when encountering elite enemies.
• Belligerence: Attacking enemies with basic skills for 4 seconds deals additional damage.
• Outburst: Gain thorns and a maximum health increase. Tough as Nails: Increases the damage you deal to enemies with thorns and bleeding.

As you progress, you'll need to continually unlock more skills for this build, but your primary focus should be on increasing Fury generation or boosting damage and health.

It's worth noting that some gear, such as Shard of Verathiel or Hooves of the Mountain God, requires Fury consumption to achieve better combat effectiveness.

Hooves of the Mountain God, a Barbarian-exclusive piece of gear, not only generates additional Fury per second but also consumes Fury to deal with additional damage with basic skills.

While Masterworking in Season 10 didn't receive the same positive changes as in 2.5.0 PTR, it's still important to earn Diablo 4 gold and other materials to enhance gear through these mechanics to improve the overall effectiveness of your build.

How To Plan Your Paragon Board?

Paragon Board is the best way to continue improving your character after max level, so careful board planning can help you refine your build and further improve your overall combat effectiveness.

For Lunging Strike Barbarian Build, unlocking Paragon nodes remains crucial, focusing on consistently generating and utilizing Fury and managing it while Berserking for as long as possible to deal extra damage and maximize damage reduction.

• Wrath: Ensures you generate additional Fury when you land critical hits, and gains a critical hit damage bonus.
• Warbringer: For every 75 Fury you consume, you gain a 15% increase in maximum health.
• Blood Rage: Upon killing an enemy with bleeding damage, you have a 10% chance to enter Berserking for 5 seconds, increasing your damage by 45%.
• Challenger: Grants a 20% bonus to normal nodes within its radius.
• Carnage: If you land a critical hit while Berserking, your attack speed increases for 6 seconds.

You need to utilize all available Paragon Points to earn them. Just like unlocking skills, you should continue to develop your Paragon Board according to the core objectives we've outlined until you've used up all your points.

How To Choose Gear?

We actually recommended two suitable pieces of gear when we introduced skill builds. The advantage of Season 10 is that with the addition of Chaos Armor, you have more freedom when choosing your gear, without having to worry too much about slot placement.

So, while Ramaladni's Magnum Opus is a unique sword, you can obtain its Chaos Armor version and place it in any slot you want. This gear's primary purpose is to deal bonus damage by consuming Fury - a perfect fit for the crafting core of your build.

Other gear worth adding is Fists of Fate, which grants a chance to apply random crowd control effects and bonus damage, making enemies vulnerable and easier to eliminate.

It's important to note that Hooves of the Mountain God deals bonus damage by repeatedly casting basic skills until Fury is depleted, which then causes basic skills to deal with additional damage through slashing.

So, as you continue to add gear, you'll want to avoid weapons that prioritize consuming your Fury over Hooves of the Mountain God, otherwise they won't function properly and you'll waste a slot.

Season-Specific Chaos Perks

Every Season 10 build should include Chaos Perks. These seasonal mechanics are one of the easiest and most effective ways to gain additional boosts to your build, though there are limits on the number and types of perks you can carry.

For Lunging Strike Barbarian build, if you're too lazy to change your perks before each fight, we recommend prioritizing the following:

• A Beast Cornered: Increases your damage output by losing life.
• Raging Chaos: When you're at low health, you enter a Berserking state, and your core skills deal fire damage.
• Dual Threat: Casting a basic skill simultaneously grants you another basic skill on the target, dealing 50-80% more damage.
• Brown Over Brains: If you feel your character is too fragile and unsuitable for A Beast Cornered, you can opt for this perk instead.

You'll find that while the process of unlocking skills or Paragon nodes is lengthy, crafting and using the entire Lunging Strike Barbarian Build always maintains a clear core and purpose, preventing unnecessary frustration during gameplay.

We hope this introduction will enhance your Season 10 experience, and we wish you all the best in 2.5.0 PTR - which already started on October 21st!

If you've been playing Diablo 4 since at least the beginning of this year, you're probably aware that starting with Season 8, the game's most dangerous endgame bosses (also known as ladder bosses) have been fully upgraded to lair bosses.

This change isn't just in name; more importantly, the mechanics shift from gathering materials to summoning a boss to starting the fight, to allowing you to directly fight them, but you must first collect lair keys to unlock the boss's corresponding hoard upon victory.

To ensure you're getting the right lair keys, lair bosses are now divided into three different tiers: initiate, greater, and exalted. Higher-tier lair keys may require killing lower-tier lair bosses, while others can be obtained by completing regular Diablo 4 events.

The reason you should continue farming lair bosses in Season 10 is that they drop Unique or Mythic Uniques. While some may not be as powerful as Chaos Armor, the overall value is still worth the effort.

So how should you farm lair bosses in Season 10, and what tips should you keep in mind? We'll explain below.

Lair Bosses And Related Keys

There are nine lair bosses in Season 10, each with its own lair key and loot pool. While you can theoretically farm a specific set of lair bosses, you'll need to complete other gameplay or boss battles to obtain the keys needed to unlock their hoards.

One thing worth noting and encouraging is that after defeating an initiate lair boss, in addition to the higher-level lair keys, Stygian Stones will also drop. This item can be converted 1:1 into any desired greater lair key.

All lair bosses and the lair keys/Stygian Stone drops they can provide are as follows:

• Varshan (initiate): Required 12x Malignant Heart, drops Shard of Agony or Stygian Stone
• Grigoire (initiate): Required 12x Living Steel, drops Shard of Agony or Stygian Stone
• Beast in the Ice (initiate): Required 12x Distilled Fear, drops Pincushioned Doll or Stygian Stone
• Lord Zir (initiate): Required 12x Exquisite Blood, drops Pincushioned Doll or Stygian Stone
• Urivar (initiate): Required 12x Judicator's Mask, drops Abhorrent Heart or Stygian Stone
• Duriel (greater): Required 3x Shard of Agony
• Andariel (greater): Required 3x Pincushioned Doll
• Harbinger of Hatred (greater): Requires 3x Abhorrent Heart
• Belial (exalted): Requires 2x Betrayer's Husk

In addition to defeating low-level bosses, you can also earn specific lair keys by completing the following Diablo 4 events or gameplay:

• Malignant Heart: Whispers or Helltides
• Living Steel: Helltides Chests
• Distilled Fear: Nightmare Dungeons
• Exquisite Blood: Legion Events, Helltides, and World Bosses
• Judicator's Mask: Helltides, Whispers, and World Bosses
• Betrayer's Husk: Belial's Ambush

What Is Belial's Ambush?

Belial's Ambush is essentially an ambush that randomly triggers after defeating any initiate or greater boss, ensuring you have a chance to unlock Belial's hoard.

While this small Belial isn't as dangerous as a full-fledged boss, you must remain vigilant during the fight. During battle, it will attack you with a combination of blood and poison magic, requiring you to dodge quickly and carry gear with appropriate resistance.

How To Find Lair Bosses?

While you no longer need to collect summoning materials in advance, it's recommended to wait until your character level is high enough to handle endgame content before finding and challenging a Lair Boss.

You can find the corresponding lair boss on the map by its unique icon. Right-clicking it will teleport you to the boss and begin the fight. However, before doing so, you'll need to understand the boss's lair keys and drop information and find reliable allies.

Lair Boss Loot Patterns

First, all lair bosses have the potential to drop either Uniques or Mythic Uniques. These drops are categorized as general available to all classes, and gear specific to each class.

When you defeat a boss and receive your first Unique drop, it will be a class-exclusive item. If you obtain other Unique loot or defeat the boss later, your chances of receiving general or exclusive loot are equal.

In addition, it's recommended to complete the lair boss fight in a group, not only because it's more efficient, but also because each additional team member increases the boss's chance of dropping additional Unique loot by 33%.

Alternatively, you can increase the boss's loot drop rate by increasing the difficulty. Typically, at Torment 3 difficulty, the current lair boss will drop one additional Unique loot. At Torment 4 difficulty and with enough players, the boss may even drop seven.

Best Season 10 Lair Keys Farming Strategy

In addition to lair keys, you'll also need to complete other tasks to earn gold and other crafting materials. Therefore, it's not recommended to directly challenge initiate boss after entering the endgame. Instead, first obtain Undercity Tributes through Helltides.

To do this, you must first own Vessel of Hatred DLC, which qualifies you for entering and farming Kurast Undercity. You can then earn more Undercity Tributes by repeatedly defeating Blood Maidens in Helltides.

The more Tributes you use before entering Kurast Undercity, the greater the rewards you'll ultimately receive, significantly increasing your chances of obtaining lair keys by completing Kurast Undercity.

That's all you need to know before farming Diablo 4 lair bosses in Season 10. While you're doing the quests, don't forget to challenge the new boss Bartuc in Infernal Hordes to obtain Chaos Armor!

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Although it's only been less than a month since Diablo 4 Season 10 officially launched, the development team has already begun preparing for a new round of Sanctuary Sitdowns for Season 11, previewing information about the new 2.5.0 PTR.

To be honest, this seems a bit rushed compared to the pre-release schedules of past seasons. After all, Season 11 is typically released in January of the next year, while pre-release Sanctuary Sitdowns typically take place only about a month in advance.

Therefore, we can speculate on two possibilities for this sitdown: either Season 11 holds special significance for Diablo 4 (such as being the final season), or further plans for the game in 2026 will be announced through this discussion stream.

Below, we'll combine the official information already released about Diablo 4 Season 11 Sanctuary Sitdown to provide you with an introduction and speculation.

When Will The New Sanctuary Sitdown Take Place?

Sanctuary Sitdown event for Season 11 and 2.5.0 PTR will take place on October 16th at 11:00 AM PDT, and the format will differ from previous events.

Before the release of 2.4.0 PTR, Diablo 4 switched from its traditional Campfire Chats, livestreamed on Twitch or YouTube, to a Sanctuary Sitdown, a Q&A format held on Discord. You had to join Sanctuary Discord group to ask questions.

This upcoming Sanctuary Sitdown will combine the two approaches. The development team will first broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube, announcing the next steps for the game through a conversation with the host, followed by an additional Q&A session in Sanctuary Discord.

What Does This Format Change Mean?

While it's still unknown what new Diablo 4 developments of this Sanctuary Sitdown will reveal, or how satisfied players will be, the combination of a livestream and Q&A will undoubtedly provide a more comprehensive answer to your questions about Season 11 or 2.5.0 PTR.

If you're familiar with or participated in Sanctuary Sitdown on August 14th, you'll know that it was quite restricted. You had to log in to Diablo Discord server and click "Interested" on Sanctuary Sitdown Event page to ask questions.

Furthermore, August 14th Discord Q&A didn't feature a recording or replay feature. This means if you missed it, you'll only be able to access relevant content through screen recordings or summaries uploaded by other players.

The upcoming 2.5.0 PTR Sanctuary Sitdown will initially feature a livestream similar to Campfire Chats, hosted by veteran ARPG player and creator Rhykker.

This means he'll ask more specialized questions, allowing you to gain key insights from the development team's answers. After the livestream, you'll have a clearer idea of ​​what you'd like to learn more about, allowing you to better utilize Q&A session.

This shift in format suggests that Diablo 4 development team is, at least for now, more attentive to player feedback and suggestions than before. It also suggests that the upcoming Sanctuary Sitdown may reveal even more content than before.

Will This Sanctuary Sitdown Preview Anything Else?

While this Sanctuary Sitdown is likely to focus on previewing and introducing Season 11 and 2.5.0 PTR, the content of both the livestream interview and Q&A will not be strictly limited.

Therefore, it's reasonable to assume that both the host and players will raise popular questions about the second DLC and the number of seasons Diablo 4 will have. However, how the developers will respond remains unknown.

The second DLC, originally scheduled for 2025, has been delayed to 2026. With 2026 less than three months away, it's honestly worth it to tease some information to pique player interest.

How To Get Twitch Drops?

Whenever Diablo 4 hosts a content preview livestream before a new season or PTR, and Twitch is included, you have a chance to receive a drop - usually new gear or cosmetics - by watching the livestream on Twitch.

Twitch Drop for Sanctuary Sitdown on October 16th is Rogue class-exclusive, one-handed cosmetic Penitent's Poniard. To receive it, you'll need to meet the following requirements:

• Watch at least 30 minutes of exclusive Diablo 4 content on Twitch between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM PDT on October 16th.
• Link your Battle.net and Twitch accounts.
• To claim the drop, watch through a PC browser, Android, or iOS Twitch app.
• Claim your rewards manually on the livestream's Twitch channel or through your Twitch inventory (rewards will not be automatically added to your game account).
• Claim your rewards within 7 days and ensure they are successful, otherwise the drop will be lost.

This concludes our understanding of the new Sanctuary Sitdown. Since the livestream will take place mid-week next week, if you don't have time to watch, you can watch the replay or other people's summaries to get a head start on the next PTR.

While staying up to date on game developments is important, now your primary focus in Diablo 4 Season 10 is still farming! This is especially important if you want to become stronger or unlock enough hoards for the lair boss.

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As you enter a new season in Diablo 4, you need to quickly acquire rare and powerful gear to ensure your character is strong enough to face more dangerous enemies and challenging content.

In Season 10, while Chaos Armor is a valuable seasonal item for quickly boosting your combat power, classic mythic items are still worth farming. They boast 800 item power and come with at least one high-level affix, significantly improving their stats.

So, with Chaos Armor so popular in Season 10, what are the best ways to obtain mythic items? This time, we'll introduce the four most efficient methods.

1. Defeating Echo Of Lilith

In addition to direct drops, mythic items can also be crafted by consuming Resplendent Spark as a material at a blacksmith or jeweler.

To ensure you have enough Resplendent Sparks, there are many ways to obtain them. Defeating the boss Echo of Lilith on Torment difficulty is one such option.

However, it's important to note that you can only obtain one Resplendent Spark per season by this way.

As one of the most dangerous bosses since Diablo 4's launch, Lilith presents a challenge every season, but as long as you master her attack patterns and power up as much as possible, obtaining this Resplendent Spark is easy.

First, you need to travel to the southwestern Fractured Peaks to complete the quest Echo of Hatred. Once you obtain Lilith's lair keys, you can begin the boss fight to unlock the final loot (this is a mechanic change from Season 8).

The fight is divided into two phases, each with Lilith's health bar at full strength. In general, during both phases, you should aim to increase your movement speed to avoid being hit by Blood Orb abilities and also increase your Shadow resistance.

Phase 1

During this phase, Lilith will generate Blood Orbs through Blood Blisters. To avoid them, you must stay within the boss's attack range. If you are hit, you will be inflicted with a stacking debuff.

In addition, the boss will unleash several wavelike abilities during this phase. You must remain vigilant and observe their movements to dodge them. Towards the end of this phase, the boss will summon Oppressors to assist her, which you must destroy.

Phase 2

At the beginning of Phase 2, the boss will create four Blood Pools and continue to generate Blood Orbs. She will then gradually destroy three sections of the platform that serve as the arena: the top third, the top right corner, and the top left corner.

As she begins to destroy the platform, you must move away from the affected section, avoid damage from Void Orbs generated by Blood Pools, and prevent the boss from pulling you towards her after destroying the platform.

After defeating Lilith in Phase 2, you will receive loot, one of which is Resplendent Spark.

2. Obtaining The Final Season Journey Rewards

To ensure you have a purposeful approach to your gameplay and a clearer focus for your efforts, Diablo 4 introduces a Season Journey system for each season. This system assigns various objectives based on the main storyline, and rewards are awarded upon completion.

The rewards for the final chapter of Season Journey typically include a Resplendent Spark, which you can use to craft a mythical item of your choice.

In Season 10, Season Journey chapter that rewards you with Resplendent Spark is Destroyer Chapter. By completing the objectives for this chapter, you can earn the following cache rewards:

• Challenge Journey Cache from Lootmaster
• Challenge Journey Cache from Chaos in Hell
• Challenge Journey Cache from Entropy
• Challenge Journey Cache from Bloodstained Chaos
• Challenge Journey Cache from Mastery Maker
• Challenge Journey Cache from With Sand to Spare
• Challenge Journey Cache from Pinnacle of Chaos

Complete all objectives within the chapter to earn the following rewards:

• Guardian of the Sanguine Grove (Emblem)
• Chaotic, Warlord (Player Titles)
• 1 Resplendent Spark
• 4 Smoldering Ashes

3. Farming Mythic Chaos Rifts

Chaos Rifts are a seasonal event exclusive to Season 10. Farming them will yield a variety of rare loot, including Chaos Armor and Chaos Perks. Chaos Rifts come in four different rarities, with higher rarity yielding better rewards.

The raciest are Mythic Chaos Rifts, and each one you complete guarantees a mythic item drop. Of course, the chance of these Chaos Rifts appearing is also very low, requiring you to repeatedly farm Helltides or Nightmare Dungeons to find one or two.

When a Chaos Rift icon appears on the mini-map, hover your mouse over it to view detailed information about the event. If it's mythic, you can then travel to the designated location and kill the enemies surging from the rift to obtain loot.

4. Obtaining Infernal Chests

In Season 10, when you farm Infernal Hordes, in addition to the chance of receiving loot during combat, you can also exchange Infernal chests by Burning Aether, a special currency you collect. Opening these chests also has a chance of receiving mythic items.

To maximize farming efficiency, we recommend teaming up with friends and completing the challenge on Torment 1+ difficulty.

In addition, Infernal Hordes is a wave-based game mode. Before each wave begins, you can select an Infernal Offer, which provides a random bonus (either positive or negative).

Season 10 introduces Chaos Waves as the fourth offer, which have random effects and are very beneficial for collecting Burning Aether. You can also take advantage of this opportunity to obtain more Infernal chests and increase the drop rate of mythic items.

This concludes the guide to obtaining mythic items or crafting materials in Diablo 4 Season 10. I hope it helps you complete the season! Have fun!

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If obtaining as much loot as possible as a foundation for leveling up your character in the new season is one of the most important tasks in Diablo 4, then new unique items are arguably the most valuable type of loot.

To enrich the game and your build crafting possibilities, Diablo 4 has been adding new unique items for several consecutive seasons, and the latest, Season 10, is no exception.

However, what makes this season special is the addition of Chaos Armor, which adds unique "chaos" effects to most available unique items, making them even more powerful than before. This includes six new unique items.

We'll introduce these six new pieces of gear and how to obtain them in Season 10.

1. Barbarian - Sabre Of Tsasgal

• Inherent: +50% Damage
• +107-121 Strength
• +62.5-85% Physical Damage
• +2-3 Core Skill Ranks
• +2-3 Warpath

This item is a one-handed weapon with a unique affix that grants a 3-5% damage bonus for each damaging skill equipped, and an additional 6-10% bonus for 15 seconds when using a skill.

While the base bonuses to core skills and Warpath are useful, if you've played Barbarian, you'll know that the class primarily relies on a few offensive skills and the defensive Shout skill, making Sabre of Tsasgal somewhat useless.

If you want to play this class and plan to fight with a one-handed weapon, you can farm other weapons to gain a truly useful damage bonus.

However, if you obtain this item by defeating the boss Varshan or clearing Chaos Rifts, you can keep it until you obtain a more powerful weapon like Shard of Verathiel or Ramaladni's Magnum Opus.

It's worth noting that all unique items that can be used as Chaos Armor, except for those obtained by farming specific lair bosses, can also be obtained through loot from Chaos Rifts.

2. Druid - Kilt Of Blackwing

• +636-685 Maximum Life
• +2-3 Ranks to Ravens
• +13-17.5% Ravens Cooldown Reduction
• +16-25% Chance for Ravens to Deal Double Damage

This unique pair of pants is arguably the most intriguing new unique item in Season 10, as it successfully restores Druid to dominance. It can be obtained by farming the boss Beast in the Ice.

Beyond its base stats, this gear also increases the damage dealt by your summoned ravens by 60-100%, allows them to transform into different forms and summon an additional raven.

More importantly, summoned ravens have a chance to trigger Unkindness for 10 seconds, increasing the number of ravens you can summon to three.

In short, Kilt of Blackwing maximizes the effectiveness of Druid's raven ability by increasing damage and reducing its cooldown. And if you use it as Chaos Armor, you can create an unparalleled Druid Companion build in Season 10.

3. Necromancer - Gospel Of Devotee

• +80-94 Intelligence
• +424-457 Maximum Life
• +4.4-10% Basic Skill Attack Speed
• +13-17.5% Chance for Basic Skills to Deal Double Damage

This focus also enhances your basic skills, increasing the damage dealt to enemies by 10-30% for 10 seconds. These skills include Reap, Decompose, Hemorrhage, and Bone Splinters.

On its own, Gospel of Devotee is more of a basic skill modifier and less impressive. However, if combined with Grim Reapers Chaos Perk, it can be powerful thanks to Reap's increased attack speed.

To obtain this gear, focus on farming the bosses Urivar and Varshan. The higher the difficulty you enter the encounter, the higher the chance of it dropping.

4. Rogue - Orphan Maker

• Inherent: +130% Vulnerable Damage
• +4-6 Ranks to Marksman Skills
• +2-4 Ranks to Exploit
• +32-45% Chance for Marksman Skills to Cast Twice
• +125-170% Vulnerable Damage

This two-handed crossbow perfectly reflects Rogue class's high mobility and agility. A possible drop from Lord Zir is this item. Using this weapon reloads your basic and core skills, increasing their damage by 250-300%. Each reload doubles the bonus.

While this damage bonus is significant, it also comes with a slower casting speed. If you choose to use this weapon, consider pairing it with other skills with shorter cooldowns, or simply choose a higher-powered weapon instead - new isn't always best.

5. Sorcerer - Galvanic Azurite

• Inherent: 12.5% ​​Resistance to All Elements
• Inherent: 5% Resistance to All Elements
• +5.2-6% Critical Strike Chance
• +57-75% Lightning damage
• 8.1-8.8% Cooldown reduction
• +2-3 Ranks to Elemental Synergies

This ring's unique affix magnetizes enemies with lightning damage for 4 seconds, increasing their lightning damage taken by 40-60%. The enemy then emits Crackling Energy, attracting another magnetized enemy.

Hydra Sorcerer build, which was strong in Season 9, has somewhat underperformed in Season 10, but the lightning damage bonus from Galvanic Azurite has helped offset any potential declines. Additionally, Harbinger of Hatred and Belial are likely to drop this gear.

6. Spiritborn - Hesha e Kesungi

• 10.5-15% Attack Speed
• 46.5-60% Vulnerable Damage
• 15.5-20% Ultimate Cooldown Reduction
• 3-5 Gorilla Skill Ranks

These gloves also allow you to summon The Protector from a distance and use its shatter to pull enemies inward. Enemies within range then take 30-50% increased damage from Gorilla's skills. If you're downed or a boss, your damage is doubled.

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This gear can be obtained by farming Grigoire and Urivar. Compared to Spiritborn unique items from previous seasons, Hesha e Kesungi is more subdued overall, focusing on finding a balance between attack and defense.

Above is the main information about all the new unique items added in Season 10. You can try them out, or opt for more damaging gear to advance faster. It's up to you!

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