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The official release date of Diablo 4 Season 9 is getting closer and closer. Whether you are fully prepared to welcome it or not, at least the game itself is still committed to making the new season better on the eve of release.

I believe you should have learned about the new playable content through 2.3.0 PTR, but you should also notice through the performance of the PTR that some changes in the inherent mechanism have not made the game better.

In order to ensure that the official experience of the new season will not be affected, Diablo 4 released a new and more comprehensive Season 9 preview on June 25, which not only modified the unsatisfactory parts in the PTR, but also added a small part of new content to improve the new gameplay.

Based on this, this time we will mainly introduce you to the new changes brought by the new unique items added to each class, as well as the relics related to the boss Astaroth.

What Changes Does Each Class Get?

As you know, every season, Diablo 4 will adjust the strength of existing classes to ensure that they can maintain balance in the new season mode. But not every adjustment is perfect, at least for 2.3.0 PTR.

Therefore, before the launch of Season 9, the game adds different degrees of buffs to the new unique items of each class, giving you the opportunity to earn enough Diablo 4 gold and XP in the early stage of Season 9 to smoothly enter the latter stages.

Barbarian

Generally speaking, Diablo 4’s class mechanism adjustments will not target those regular skills (unless there are more fatal problems), but will optimize the newly added parts, so the new unique items that appear in almost every season have become “regular visitors” of adjustments.

The item added to Barbarian in S9 is Hooves of the Mountain God. As a pair of boots, it originally has the following affix effects:

• Attacks Reduce Evades Cooldown by 2.5 Seconds
• +17.5-23% Movement Speed
• +16-25% Basic Attack Speed
• +7-10 Fury Per Seconds
• +2-3 Ranks to Belligerence
• Cleave Radius 135

The new change is to change the radius range value of the last item to 150, allowing you to cause damage to enemies in a wider range.

Druid

As a class that has been ignored for many seasons, Druid is still repeatedly weakened in 2.3.0 PTR, causing many Druid players to feel dissatisfied. Therefore, the game has made the following changes based on its new item, Rotting Lightbringer:

Affix changes:

• 14-18% Willpower changed to 18-22%
• 114-150% Poison Damage changed to 406-550%

Unique power comprehensive changes:

The optimized Rotting Lightbringer will cause Pulverize to form a puddle when there are no puddles around, causing poison damage equivalent to 200-600% of normal damage over 7 seconds.

In addition, Pulverize will cause all nearby puddles to splash damage equivalent to 20-60% of their total damage in and around their area. And the size of the affected puddle and its splash area will increase as the radius of Pulverize increases.

Necromancer

The new unique item for this class is The Hand of Naz, which has three unique powers, the last of which is that Skeletal Arch-Mages will teleport you to a safe area when attacked, and their attacks will occasionally shatter on impact, dealing 50-100% bonus damage to the target and up to 3 additional targets.

On top of that, the new changes not only shorten the time between attacks that shatter this effect by 50%, but also make Skeletal Arch-Mages unlockable for 1 second after teleporting, and slightly increase the size of Arch-Mages.

Rogue

The changes to this class are relatively few, mainly removing the mechanism that consumes health when utilizing Flurry when equipped with the helm Deathmask of Nirmitruq.

Based on this, the mechanism of increasing Flurry damage by consuming health no longer works, but Flurry can directly increase your attack speed by 50% for 5 seconds.

Sorcerer

As one of the most anticipated classes in Season 9, the changes to Sorcerer include two affixes to its unique item Ophidian Iris:

• +10.5%-15.0% Critical Strike Chance changed to Attack Speed
• +1-2 to Primordial Binding changed to Devouring Blaze

Spiritborn

Like Sorcerer, due to its outstanding performance in the PTR, Spiritborn has also received fewer changes, only reducing the thorn damage that Balazan’s Maxtlatl can cause from 200-300% to 100-150%, to ensure that it is not much stronger than the weaker classes.

Corrupted Blood Relics

This relic is not strictly a new item that can be obtained, but is related to the main quest line of Season 9, The Embers Yet Smolder. As you know, the final boss of the season is Astaroth, so your main quest goal is to defeat him.

The story of Season 9 takes place in Cerrigar, where you will meet a Druid named Bryona. In the past, a Horadric mage named Donan sealed Astaroth, but also left behind many troubles, including corrupted blood relics.

So what you have to do is to help Bryona deal with these troubles, find and destroy the corrupted blood relics before the evil forces get them, to avoid extra difficulties when solving the final boss.

In addition to the above content, the game has also added many details to Season 9. You can experience them one by one after the official launch of the season! Let’s look forward to it together!

In order to make progress as quickly as possible in the new Diablo 4 season, you not only need to understand all the new content and changes in the season, but also need to find powerful and suitable builds based on this.

Season 9 will be launched on July 1, 2025. If you plan to show your skills in this season, you need to know in advance whether the strength of each class build has changed after entering S9. Because if the builds you insist on utilizing are weakened in this season, your efficiency in farming Diablo 4 gold will inevitably be affected.

Based on this, this time we selected those builds that have performed well in recent Diablo 4 seasons, and arranged and introduced them from S tier to B tier according to their performance in 2.3.0 PTR, and predicted their official effects in Season 9.

S Tier - Hydra Sorcerer Build

It turns out that if the skill is not weakened after Season 9 is officially launched, then Hydra Sorcerer will definitely be the best build of this season. Hydra itself is a skill based on fire damage, but in the PTR, the game not only enhances the skill effect, but also launches a new unique item Ophidian Iris that can be paired with it.

Compared with the original single fire damage, the current Hydra allows you to combine different types of spells to enhance it, and you can further increase the damage output by increasing the number of heads of the hydra summoned by the skill.

As for Ophidian Iris, it not only increases all your elemental resistance by 30%, but also ensures that you always summon a three-headed Hydra, whose attacks will explode on impact. Each additional head of the hydra increases the damage caused by 50-100%.

It can be foreseen that through the synergy of this core item and other necessary gear, you can utilize Hydra Sorcerer Build in any way you like and earn more loot.

S Tier - Lightning Spear Sorcerer Build

It’s easy to see that Sorcerer will be the most popular class in Season 9, as not only is there a new Hydra build available, but one of the classic builds, Lightning Spear, is still available this season.

Lightning Spear, when paired with the right unique item, can provide powerful AOE damage and crowd control effects through summoning gameplay and a lot of critical hit scaling, and can quickly locate bosses in boss battles.

It’s worth noting that a large part of the power of this build in Season 8 relied on amulet Fractured Winterglass, so it is expected that you will still need to equip this item in Season 9. Or you can try other item combinations.

A Tier - Spiritborn Builds Focus On Thorns Damage

This tier is actually a collection of most Spiritborn builds. The reason why this class is so adaptable in Season 9 is mainly due to the addition of the new unique item Balazan’s Maxtlatl.

In addition to the basic stats, this item deals 200-300% of your Thorns damage to melee enemies every time you attack, and additionally poisons them over 3 seconds. If you utilize Thorns to counterattack, the poison damage will increase over 5 seconds.

With this powerful damage output, no matter what Spiritborn builds you plan to utilize in S9, as long as you have Balazan’s Maxtlatl equipped and can deal Thorns damage, you can deal with most enemies without even farming additional Mythic.

A Tier - Blood Bone Spear Or Blood Wave Necromancer Build

Honestly speaking, Necromancer builds are not worth entering A tier in terms of overall power, because many class-related mechanics have been nerfed in this season, making most available Necromancer builds relatively fragile.

However, in comparison, the damage output of Blood Bone Spear and Blood Wave builds is still very good. So if you are good at playing Necromancer and can farm gear that can enhance defense and life, you can also try to continue to utilize them.

B Tier - Poison Pool Druid Build

Druid and Rogue, which we will introduce later, both performed relatively mediocre in Season 9, so even the best builds they could have for this season were only ranked in the B tier.

Poison Pool Druid Build mainly deals poison damage to enemies through the skill Pulverize and the new unique item Rotting Lightbringer.

B Tier - Death Trap Or Dance Of Knives Rogue Build

In Season 6, these two builds, especially Dance of Knives, made Rogue shine. But with the adjustments and changes in the seasons, although they are still reliable for Rogue, the overall build strength cannot be compared with other class builds.

If you are only looking for Rogue experience, you can continue to play them in Season 9, but if you want to get more gold and gear as soon as possible and advance the game progress, S/A tier builds will be better.

The above is the ranking of the builds expected to be available in Season 9. You can decide which one to utilize based on your needs. Have fun!

Although 2.3.0 PTR has ended and Season 9 has not yet officially started, most of the new season content has been fully demonstrated through the PTR, and it also gives you the opportunity to test your commonly used class or build in advance.

If you are familiar with similar ARPGs or have been playing Diablo 4 for a long time, you should know that the change of seasons will bring a series of adjustments, so the builds suitable for different classes in the new season will also change.

So, according to the PTR test, which build is the most suitable for each of the 6 classes in the game to utilize in Season 9? We will introduce it to you in combination with the content changes in S9.

Overview Of Season 9 Changes

In summary, the most prominent changes in this season are the new dungeons Escalating Nightmares and Strongrooms, the new seasonal power Horadric Spells, and the new ultimate boss Astaroth.

Among them, the most closely related to the crafting of builds should be Horadric Spells and related Horadric Jewels. They are like the boss powers in Season 8, and can be combined with various new and old builds as seasonal elements.

Horadric Spells include Catalysts, Infusions, and Arcana, and each element includes multiple options. You can combine them as needed to create the most suitable spell for you and combine them with builds. Adding jewels can further enhance the effect of spells.

In other words, no matter what class you plan to play and what builds you utilize in Season 9, don’t ignore Horadric Spells. It can not only help you earn more Diablo 4 gold, but also improve your seasonal combat experience.

Necromancer

To be honest, this may be the most average class in Season 9. Although each class has received several new builds in the new season, Necromancer not only has an average performance in its inherent builds, but also has too fragile new builds.

As you know, this class often relies on the power of minions in combat, but the relevant AI in S9 is slow to react and is not friendly to this combat mechanism. If you really like the mage class, Sorcerer will be more suitable for you.

Sorcerer

The most suitable build for Sorcerer this season is undoubtedly Hydra Build. Although it is also a summoning skill, Hydra’s performance is much more reliable and interesting than Necromancer’s minions. It can summon a three-headed hydra in battle to deal fire damage to the enemy.

Builds centered on it can output more different types of damage to the enemy by combining skills such as Fire Bolt and Ice Shards, and attack the enemy from multiple angles. More importantly, the combat fun brought by Hydra Build is also very good.

It is worth noting that the above combat experience is based on PTR. It is difficult to say whether the game will weaken it in S9 because it thinks that this build is too powerful.

Druid

For Druid, in addition to Horadric Spells, the new content that should be added to related builds is the newly added unique item Rotting Lightbringer. The effect of this weapon is closely related to the skill Pulverize. In addition to its own damage ability, it can also increase the chance of the skill to hit twice, and increase the damage to enemies with poison damage.

Every 10 seconds in combat, Pulverize will form a puddle, causing poison damage equivalent to 200-400% of its damage in 6 seconds, and additional splash damage equivalent to 20-40% of the total damage of the puddle in and around it.

You can simply call this build Poison Pool Druid Build. Through the combination of new weapons and classic skills, it will make Druid show its prowess in Season 9.

Rogue

Due to the weakening of some mechanisms, the experience of Rogue in S9 may not be too good (but it should still be stronger than Necromancer). You can try new builds with the new unique item Deathmask of Nirmitruq helm, but this item will consume too many resources, so it is not really effective.

Based on this, if you still want to play Rogue, you can continue to utilize Death Trap Build. Although it lacks novelty, at least it won’t go wrong. However, this build is more gear-dependent, so please be sure to do the relevant farming in time.

Barbarian

The reliable build for Barbarian in Season 9 is also the old Whirlwind Build, which can still make you play most of your strength as a Barbarian on the basis of Gohr’s Devastating Grips brought by Season 8.

However, the reason why we recommend you to continue to choose this build is not entirely because it is reliable, but mainly because Whirlwind has been weakened less than other Barbarian skills or mechanisms.

Spiritborn

The build suitable for this class to utilize in the new season is still Quill Volley Build that has been well received since its launch. The difference is that Season 9 adds a unique item Balazan’s Maxtlatl pants to it, allowing you to output more thorn damage and poison damage.

Based on this, other Spiritborn Thorns builds are actually pretty good, and they become even more reliable when combined with rare gear. To be honest, Spiritborn and Sorcerer based on Hydra Build should be the most popular play styles in S9.

The above is just our classes and builds experience suggestions based on PTR experience. In fact, you can explore more play styles that suit you on Season 9! Have fun!

2.3.0 PTR for pre-testing the main content of Season 9 has been officially launched on May 27. If you have almost completed the progress of Season 8, it is time to enter the PTR and experience the new dungeons and new power Horadric Spells for a week.

Although Diablo 4 has brought almost no fundamental innovations or changes in recent seasons, there are always slight differences between different seasons. On this basis, in order to ensure the balance of the game environment, all 6 classes also need to be adjusted regularly.

Take the latest class, Spiritborn, as an example. Because it was considered too powerful shortly after its launch, it was weakened in Season 7, while other classes were appropriately strengthened to maintain the balance of class strength.

As the game progresses to Season 9, the previous adjustments may no longer apply. Based on this, we will introduce you to the nerfs and changes to classes and other related mechanisms that will be brought about in Season 9 based on 2.3.0 PTR and other information.

Barbarian

Of course, the PTR doesn’t blindly nerf every skill, affix, or other aspect of the game class. After all, balance means adding and subtracting in moderation. But in general, there are some major ability nerfs that you need to pay attention to, because this is related to the efficiency of your Diablo 4 gold farming.

For Barbarian, the first brunt of the nerfs is the skill War Cry, which has been reduced from 100% to 65%, and the glyph that can be paired with it, Wrath, which has been reduced from 160% to the lesser. Since they are the core components of many Barbarian builds, these nerfs mean that you will need to adjust your available Barbarian builds in the PTR or Season 9.

In addition, the attack effect of Bash, one of the main damage skills of the class, has been reduced. Although old patches have buffed this skill in the past, nothing is permanent in the game.

Druid

As a special ranged governing stone, Lightning Bolt can cause lightning damage to enemies by firing a special arc. Although it is not a Druid-only item, it is very effective for Cataclysm Druid builds - unfortunately, the effect of Lightning Bolt will also be reduced from 200% to 100%.

In addition, as one of the classes that can utilize specific overpower skills, Druid can form overpower domination on enemies through Werebear forms, but it is expected that the effect will also be reduced by half.

Changes To Other Classes

Comparatively, Barbarian and Druid have more changes and are more noteworthy. Adjustments to other classes include an overall reduction in overpower effects and Tempered damage. However, it is worth noting that the changes in Tempered damage include both enhancements and reductions.

• Rogue: The reduction in health damage after Stealth has reduced the additional damage that can be formed.
• Sorcerer: Lightning Spear’s damage has been reduced by 40%, and the skill effects of Hydra and Shocking Impact have been weakened.
• General nerfs (for all classes): The reduction of some Tempered damage, reduction of critical damage, basic skills, core skills and ultimate damage.

Nerfs Of Unique Items

At present, the specific nerf values ​​of all unique items that will be weakened are not very clear, but it is certain which items will be weakened, including general unique items and those exclusive to each class.

General:

• Banished Lord’s Talisman
• Locran’s Talisman
• Paingorger’s Gauntlets
• Rakanoth’s Wake
• Shard of Verathiel
• Yen’s Blessing

Barbarian:

• Arreat’s Bearing
• Ramaladni’s Magnum Opus
• Twin Strikes
• Ugly Bastard Helm

Druid:

• Mjölnic Ryng

Necromancer:

• Bloodless Scream
• Deathless Visage
• Indira’s Memory

Rogue:

• Condemnation
• Eaglehorn
• Eyes in the Dark

Sorcerer:

• Axial Conduit
• Esu’s Heirloom
• Fractured Winterglass

Spiritborn:

• Sepazontec

Implicit Affixes Weakened

In Diablo In Diablo 4, affixes are special magical properties. Each gear will have several affixes, or you can add additional affixes to your gear to make them more powerful.

Generally speaking, affixes in Diablo 4 are divided into three categories: offensive, defensive, and utility, which can provide different types of gains for gear, but the implicit affixes that come with gear cannot be changed or removed. In Season 9, it is expected that the implicit affixes of many weapons will be weakened, such as bows, crossbows, and some other long-handled weapons.

The above content is only part of the weakening reflected in 2.3.0 PTR for your reference. However, I want to tell you that the weakening is actually a normal change when Diablo 4 changes seasons. Listing it for you is just to facilitate your adjustment of your new season and PTR arrangements. Normally, they will not cause too much damage to your gaming experience.

In contrast, if you really want to adapt to the new season rhythm as soon as possible after the arrival of Season 9, you should familiarize yourself with the new content through PTR, such as the new dungeons Strongrooms and Escalating Nightmares, as well as the new bosses and new season powers.

The above is all the content introduced to you this time, you can utilize this as a basis to start your PTR exploration. I wish you all the best!

For Diablo 4, regularly updating seasons is not only to give you a fresher gaming experience, but also to take the opportunity to make the game better by optimizing various aspects of the game mechanics.

Usually about halfway through the current season, the developers of Diablo 4 will hold a campfire chat to summarize the current season progress and give you a preview of the main content of the next season. However, this time the preview of Season 9 seems to come earlier than ever before.

At 11 am on May 22, the official held the latest campfire chat, which was less than a month after the launch of Season 8. Based on this, we will introduce you to the main information announced in this live broadcast to pave the way for your Season 9 experience.

Current Diablo 4 Performance

Although the simultaneous launch of Vessel of Hatred and Season 6 last year amazed you with its rich content and high playability, the new seasons after that have been criticized by players for being too homogeneous, including the ongoing Season 8.

Take this season as an example. The biggest features of boss power and the return of Belial are indeed attractive, but the boss power mechanism itself is actually a variant of the old season power, without substantial innovation, and Belial boss battle does not bring any special mechanism.

And Apparition Incursions event, another major content of the eighth season, actually just forces you to repeat the same battle over and over again, and complete the upgrade and Diablo 4 gold farming by obtaining magic boss power - although this is important, the boring battle is indeed unbearable.

Therefore, it can be seen from the campfire chat that the development team seems to intend to change this situation starting from Season 9, and strive to ensure that you have the opportunity to carry out various activities in the future Diablo 4, rather than being trapped in a specific activity.

What Will PTR 2.3.0 Include?

In Diablo 4, most PTRs are small “new seasons” that allow you to experience the gameplay of the next season in advance in the form of testing, and make corrections and adjustments in time based on your feedback and other players’ feedback, so that the new season will be more perfect when it is officially launched.

The core of this PTR 2.3.0 is Season 9, Sins of the Horadrim. PTR will be officially launched on May 27 and will last until June 3 (about a week like in the past), during which you can experience the new content that is now basically confirmed to appear in Season 9.

Comprehensive Upgrade Of Nightmare Dungeon

As an important source of your gold, XP and basic gear farming in Diablo 4, Nightmare Dungeon is a very important game mechanic. It has been running since the game was launched in 2023, and now it is time to make it better.

First, the dungeon itself will add an advanced mode called Escalating Nightmares, which allows you to challenge three nightmare dungeons in a row, and each dungeon will add new affixes that can increase both difficulty and rewards.

When you complete all the challenges brought by these three dungeons, you will usher in a final boss battle, but the premise is that you have obtained Strongrooms in challenges that require Torment 1 and above, and collected enough Escalating Nightmare Sigil from them to unlock the boss battle.

You may wonder what Strongrooms are, in fact, it comes from another update to Nightmare Dungeons. Season 9 will add a new micro-dungeon called Horadric Strongrooms to Nightmare Dungeons, and the entrance is hidden in Nightmare Dungeon.

Find the entrance and enter, and you can start collecting Horadric ‘attunement’ by killing enemies. This item can increase the number of rewards you get after killing the boss in this dungeon and unlocking its Strongroom.

New Boss Astaroth

This boss, like Belial from Season 8, is a return of an existing Diablo villain (old boss). The value of Astaroth is that when he appeared in the game in the past, his encounters were among the most interesting of all bosses.

In order to avoid the misunderstanding of “old wine in new bottles”, the developers said in the chat that they would not let Astaroth simply integrate into the existing boss ladder directly, but would try to find ways to integrate bosses in different ways to make the main content of the final boss battle more innovative.

Seasonal Power Horadric Spells

Well, Diablo 4 does not seem to intend to abandon the representative mechanism of seasonal power just because of the dissatisfaction of players. To be honest, what you are tired of is not the mechanism itself, but the fact that different powers in different seasons always play the same form in the end in actual battles.

For this reason, the development team said that compared to the boss power or witch power that can be used directly after unlocking, Season 9 Horadric Spells will allow you to customize this power yourself and create your own Horadric Spell in a form similar to build.

Since neither PTR nor Season 9 has been launched yet, it is still impossible to judge the practicality of this mechanism. However, at least from the design concept, it is indeed more creative than the existing seasonal power and worth looking forward to.

In addition to the above three core contents, it is expected that Season 9 will continue to optimize each class on the basis of bringing new content, so that they can ensure it maintains balanced class strength while fitting in with the theme of the new season.

If you are interested in the changes in Season 9, please experience and evaluate it immediately when PTR 2.3.0 is launched. I wish you a happy game!

Whenever you enter the world of Diablo 4, the first step is to create a new character and choose a class for it. After that, all the skills, appearances, unique items and more that you can utilize often depend on your class.

On this basis, game builds that mainly rely on skills and gear to craft will naturally vary depending on the class. And when the game changes seasons, the strongest builds for each class will also change due to changes in bosses or adjustments to dungeon mechanisms.

Based on this, this time we will use Season 8 as the background to introduce to you which build is suitable for each of the 6 classes in Diablo 4 as the mainstream build of the season.

1. Spiritborn - Quill Volley

Compared to other Spiritborn builds, Quill Volley will focus more on damage output, and at the same time have reliable tank capabilities and high mobility. But to enjoy these benefits, you must pair it with rarer gear.

For this reason, in fact, before completing the craft of this build, you need to go through very hard battles to accumulate enough Diablo 4 gold and gear to complete Quill Volley. But the advantage is that it can help you get higher combat efficiency than others after entering the endgame.

To do this, you’ll need the following skills and gear for this build:

Active Skills

• Quill Volley - Advantageous Quill Volley - 5/5 - Core
• Ravager - Measured Ravager - 1/5 - Focus
• Armored Hide - Reinforced Armored Hide - 1/5 - Defensive
• Vortex - Measured Vortex - 1/5 - Focus
• Scourge - Adaptable Scourge - 1/5 - Defensive
• The Hunter - Exalted Hunter - 1/5 - Ultimate

Gear

• Harmony of Ebewaka
• Shroud of False Death
• Aspect of the Moonrise
• Duelist’s Aspect
• Yen’s Blessing
• Banished Lord’s Talisman

2. Sorcerer - Lightning Spear

If you want to quickly clear enemies as a Sorcerer in Season 8, and complete most of the seasonal missions and endgame dungeons with maximum efficiency, then Lightning Spear is still the best choice.

As its name suggests, this build mainly outputs power through Lightning Spear and Aspect of Splintering Energy. On the other hand, you can also match it with the appropriate seasonal power boss power in addition to gear to make this build more powerful.

Gear

• Cap of Disobedience
• Snowveiled Tunic
• Focus of Elemental Constellation
• Dagger of Engulfing Flames
• Storm Swell Gloves
• Everliving Pants
• Flamewalker’s Boots
• Amulet of Control

Boss Powers

• Ashava’s Poison Breath
• Wandering Death’s Chest Beam
• Torusk’s Rage
• Allek’s Talons

3. Barbarian - Call Of The Ancients

Compared to the best builds of the first two classes, Barbarian’s Call of the Ancients may has be forgotten by you for a long time, but it has to be said that after the mechanism of adjustment in Vessel of Hatred last year, it can now play a good effect in Season 8.

This build mainly increases the damage of the build by maximizing the duration of the core skill Call of the Ancients to help you deal with Torment difficulty and the single boss in it. However, due to the characteristics of the skills, this build is not suitable for fast gold farming.

Active Skills

• Bash - Enhanced Bash - 2/5 - Basic
• Ground Stomp - Tactical Ground Stomp - 1/5 - Defensive
• Rallying Cry - Strategic Rallying Cry - 1/5 - Defensive
• Challenging Shout - Enhanced Challenging Shout - 1/5 - Defensive
• War Cry - Power War Cry - 1/5 - Brawling
• Call of the Ancients - Supreme Call of the Ancients - 5/5 - Ultimate

Gear

• Harlequin Crest
• Tyrael’s Might
• Aspect of Inner Calm
• Arreat’s Bearing
• Hectic Aspect
• Locran’s Talisman

4. Necromancer - Blood Spear And Blood Wave

For this class, the focus of builds selection this season is still blood-oriented. Both Blood Spear and Blood Wave can play a good role, but they actually have different advantages and disadvantages. You can decide which one to choose based on our introduction.

Blood Spear

This build mainly uses the main skill Bone Spear and the unique item Indira’s Memory to play a role. It not only has a large enough damage range, but also guarantees overpowers. At the same time, Indira’s Memory can also change the visual effects of the skill, making the battle more enjoyable.

As for the shortcomings, the problem with Blood Spear is that it relies too much on essence during utilization. You must devote your energy to provide a stable source of essence for it. In addition, the freedom of choice when assigning skill points to appropriate skills is low.

Blood Wave

This build can output stable and powerful damage through the skill Blood Wave, easily dealing with groups or single enemies, and the gameplay is simple and easy to understand, suitable for most players. As for the shortcomings, it is mainly reflected in the fact that collecting blood orbs is very time-consuming.

5. Rogue - Death Trap

For Rogue, we recommend that you choose Death Trap as the core build in Season 8. Combining the skill of the same name with the armor Scoundrel’s Leathers, this build will allow you to easily defeat enemies through continuous teaming and gain a lot of cooldown time through the game loop.

Active Skills

• Caltrops - Methodical Caltrops - 1/5 - Agility
• Shadow Step - Methodical Shadow Step - 1/5 - Agility
• Smoke Grenade - Subverting Smoke Grenade - 1/5 - Subterfuge
• Concealment - Subverting Concealment - 1/5 - Subterfuge
• Shadow Imbuement - Mixed Shadow Imbuement - 1/5 - Imbuement
• Death Trap - Supreme Death Trap - 5/5 - Ultimate

Gear

• Harlequin Crest
• Scoundrel’s Leathers
• Crossbow of Apogeic Furor
• Sword of Artful Initiative
• Doombringer
• Trickster’s Gloves
• Eyes in the Dark

6. Druid - Cataclysm

You might be wondering, why the hell is Cataclysm again? But it has to be said that classics are timeless. As a veteran build for a veteran class, Cataclysm is your best choice when you are in trouble as a Druid in Diablo 4.

This build mainly revolves around the key skill Cataclysm and extends its duration and power by matching it with appropriate gear and runes to cope with most game content.

Active Skills

• Maul - Enhanced Maul - 1/5 - Basic
• Pulverize - Primal Pulverize - 1/5 - Core
• Earthen Bulwark - Preserving Earthen Bulwark - 1/5 - Defensive
• Blood Howl - Innate Blood Howl - 1/5 - Defensive
• Debilitating Roar - Innate Debilitating Roar - 1/5 - Defensive
• Hurricane - Savage Hurricane - 1/5 - Wrath
• Cataclysm - Supreme Cataclysm - 5/5 - Ultimate

Gear

• Tempest Roar
• Tyrael’s Might
• Runeworker’s Conduit Aspect
• Stormshifter’s Aspect
• Flickerstep
• Aspect of the Changeling’s Debt

If there are any of the above builds that you think are good and correspond to the class you are playing, then why not complete it and use it in battle? Try it now!

No matter how many resources you have accumulated at the end of the previous Diablo 4 season, facing the new season that requires you to re-farm in all aspects, these remaining resources should not be enough for you to complete your new season character, and you must continue to work hard to get more Diablo 4 gold or XP.

Since its launch on April 29, you will find that Season 8 provides a lot of new loot, such as equippable boss powers and new unique items for different classes. Of course, this also means that you need to complete new battles to obtain them.

Because of the difficulty setting of the game content and the adjustment of the lair boss mechanism, farming in Season 8 is now more difficult, especially after unlocking and entering Torment difficulty. Based on this, we will introduce you to 7 related tips to improve your resource farming efficiency.

1. Complete Apparition Incursions

This event is a seasonal event in Season 8, as a reflection of the demon army of the ultimate boss Belial in specific gameplay. This event brings 10 Apparition bosses, and two of them will randomly spawn after you kill normal Apparition enemies in each event. After killing the boss, Belial’s secondary form will appear.

This event will last for the entire season and will refresh every 5 minutes, so you can repeatedly farm it to maximize the gold and XP it can pass. In addition, you will also gain corresponding boss powers after killing Apparition bosses, which will help shape your early game builds.

2. Upgrade To The Maximum Level 60

After gaining some basic boss powers through Apparition Incursions, you should be able to handle most of the early game content, so you can upgrade to level 50 by completing them, and then continue to upgrade to level 60 by completing Nahantu strongholds in DLC.

Follow this strategy to complete the upgrade, you will not only unlock Torment difficulty as soon as possible, but also smoothly deal with more endgame dungeons and events after that, to earn more precious items you need.

3. Helltides And Infernal Hordes

Helltides is a bit like a permanent version of Apparition Incursions, providing you with a lot of loot every season since its launch. You can start running this event as long as you unlock Torment difficulty. Completing it and defeating the main bosses such as Blood Maiden will earn you XP or items that can also gear up.

It is worth noting that running Helltides will also drop Infernal Horde Compasses for you. This item can be used to open Infernal Hordes, after which this event will spawn multiple waves of enemies. You just need to complete these waves and defeat Fell Council without exhausting all your resurrections to get the reward.

4. Run Kurast Undercity

The first thing you need to know is that you can only enter Kurast Undercity and complete the related challenges if you have DLC Vessel of Hatred, but it has to be said that it is indeed one of the best ways for you to earn lair boss keys, gold, gear and XP in Season 8.

As a limited-time level, you need to farm and consume tribute to open Kurast Undercity challenge and get loot. Different types of tribute will also give you different loot after the battle, so you must choose carefully in order not to waste the opportunity to fight - fortunately, the value of these loot is very good.

5. The Pit Of The Artificer

This should be the most difficult Diablo 4 endgame dungeon, with 150 levels, and the difficulty and the quantity and quality of loot will increase layer by layer. And The Pit is extra special in that it is also the way for you to unlock the difficulty of Torment (complete 10 levels of The Pit to unlock Torment 1).

In fact, the most intuitive benefit of farming in The Pit is that you can get a lot of XP in a short time, so that your character can complete the upgrade as soon as possible. In addition, completing The Pit tasks within the specified time is also the only way to upgrade glyphs in the game and embed them into Paragon board.

6. Farming Bosses

Except for the early Apparition bosses, the truly valuable bosses in Season 8 are mainly lair bosses that you will encounter after entering the endgame. They can provide stronger boss power and better loot, and can start the battle without summoning materials.

It is worth noting that in order to open the corresponding hoard after the boss dies and take away the rewards, you need to obtain lair keys in advance. All lair bosses are divided into three levels. Killing low-level bosses can drop high-level keys. In addition, Tribute of Titans in Kurast Undercity can also be used for farming lair keys.

7. Equip Mythic Uniques

There is no doubt that as one of the best buff items in the game, Mythic Uniques can bring a qualitative leap to your character and quickly become powerful to cope with higher levels of Torment difficulty. But you must also work hard to get them.

In Diablo 4 Season 8, the main ways to obtain Mythic Uniques include defeating bosses and crafting. The higher the boss level, the greater the possibility of dropping. As for crafting, you need to have Resplendent Sparks as the main material.

There are two sources of Resplendent Sparks. The first is to get a direct drop by defeating Lilith at Torment 1-4 difficulty (although this is difficult); the second is to earn Spectral Ash by killing lair bosses to increase your seasonal reputation levels, then final reputation reward includes a Resplendent Spark.

If you can master the skills and builds of the character class, and fight hard on the above 7 occasions, I believe you will soon get enough game resources! Have fun!

For you, playing Diablo 4 should have two main purposes. One is to get a unique experience as a player by playing the game, and the other is to gradually grow in the game to defeat increasingly powerful opponents and dominate the game world.

No matter which aspect you value more, in fact, you must work hard to make your character stronger and stronger in the game. To do this, in addition to earning enough Diablo 4 Gold and XP, you also need to constantly update and upgrade the items you are equipped with.

Among all Diablo 4 items, Unique and Mythic Unique items are undoubtedly the rarest and provide the best benefits, so they are your popular farming targets in every season. Based on this, we will introduce you to the best gameplay to farm them in Season 8.

Why Farm Uniques?

Diablo 4’s unique items can be divided into multiple types such as weapons, armor and jewelry. Each has four affixes and an exclusive power, which can provide your character with skills or stats bonuses to help you fight against powerful enemies.

Although most Diablo 4 endgame content can theoretically drop unique items through combat, in order to improve farming efficiency, you need to selectively find available combat. In fact, some bosses will focus on dropping Uniques exclusively to a certain class.

1. Farming Lair Bosses

Endgame bosses should be the main source of unique items, even if they are renamed lair bosses. When you unlock Torment difficulty in Season 8, you can challenge these bosses at any level of Torment difficulty to obtain the desired Uniques or Mythic Uniques.

Undoubtedly, as the final boss of this season, Belial has the highest chance of dropping Mythic Uniques, and each of the other lair bosses can provide you with a specific source of Unique items - the exception is Duriel and Andariel, who share the same loot list as brother bosses.

However, if you want to take away the loot after winning the lair boss battle, you must collect the lair keys of the corresponding boss in advance before the battle, otherwise you will miss the loot because you cannot open the boss hoard, wasting the opportunity to fight.

2. Gambling At Purveyor Of Curiosities

This Uniques farming method does not require you to prepare for the battle nervously, just ensure that you have a sufficient inventory of Murmuring Obols. Obols are a special currency that can be dropped after completing most of Diablo 4 content. Its main use is to help you exchange benefits at Purveyor of Curiosities.

However, this gambling will not guarantee that you can get the unique items you want, which means that you may waste a lot of Obols without getting a good return. Therefore, this method can only be regarded as a fun, and it cannot be used as your main source of Uniques.

3. Participate In Helltides And Tree Of Whispers

Helltides is a special endgame event that refreshes on the map every 5 minutes and lasts for 55 minutes each time. After appearing, all Helltides will be marked with a burgundy symbol, and you can go to the corresponding location according to the symbol to complete it.

Tree of Whispers is also an endgame event, which will bring you some bounty tasks. Completing these tasks can get random collectibles, and Grim Favors for exchanging more Tree of Whispers rewards.

During Helltides, you can get gold, XP and Aberrant Cinders by killing enemies and bosses in the event. Aberrant Cinders can open Tortured Gifts you previously obtained through Tree of Whispers collectibles, which may contain Uniques, but the drop rate is not stable.

4. Farming In Infernal Hordes

Although Infernal Hordes is also an endgame event, you can start participating as long as you unlock Torment difficulty. This event will generate multiple waves of enemies. All you have to do is to complete these waves and defeat the subsequent Fell Council without exhausting all resurrections.

In the process of completing the above content, you will collect an in-game currency called Burning Aether, which can be used to exchange for Spoils of Hell chests. Opening these chests will give you a chance to get gear, gold, crafting materials, and most importantly, Uniques and Mythic Uniques.

It is worth noting that in order to enter Infernal Hordes, you need to get enough Infernal Compasses. Before Season 8, this item could be crafted by collecting materials, but now the mechanism has been adjusted and they can only exist as random drops.

To do this, you need to first complete The Eyes of the Enemy in Infernal Hordes questline to get the first Infernal Compass to open Gates of Hell, and then farm more by completing other Infernal Hordes tasks.

The above are all the ways to farm unique items in Diablo 4 Season 8. Considering that all methods will not drop 100%, you must persevere and fight in various events! You have worked hard!

Almost every Diablo 4 season consists of the pre-campaign and the most difficult and important endgame part. The pre-campaign is not difficult to complete, but on the one hand, it can guide you to gradually understand the main plot of the season, and on the other hand, only by completing it can you successfully enter the endgame by challenging difficult bosses to earn more Diablo 4 Gold, while unlocking more essential seasonal features.

Diablo 4 pre-campaign will be divided into multiple chapters according to the plot of the new season, and each chapter consists of a complete quest line. In general, you only need to follow the system prompts to complete each small quest step by step, but the tricky part is that this process is very cumbersome and you need to check the prompts repeatedly to operate.

Diablo 4 Season 8 was launched not long ago on April 29. The pre-campaign of this season has 5 chapters. Considering the time and your schedule, this time we will provide you with detailed steps to complete the 5 chapter campaign quest lines to ensure that you can complete them with the highest efficiency.

Chapter 1

A Deceitful Incursion

This quest will start automatically after you create your Diablo 4 Season 8 character and log in to the game. You need to travel to Kyovashad teleport, where you can find Sayeena and talk to her to advance the quest. The specific steps are as follows:

• 1. Talk to the stranger next to the Kyovashad teleport.
• 2. Exit from the right exit of Kyovashad to find the forgotten crypt and defeat the demon that ambushed Belial here.
• 3. Enter the tomb to find the source of the demon and encounter the knight Jarius.
• 4. After talking to Jarius, continue to go deeper into the tomb.
• 5. You will encounter a mysterious statue. Interacting with it will trigger a short film, which will start Kirma boss battle of this quest.
• 6. Complete the battle and leave the cave, return to find Sayeena and talk to her here to learn more about her.

After completing A Deceitful Incursion, you can gain XP and a lot of Diablo 4 Gold, and unlock the next quest, A Shop of Curios.

A Shop Of Curios

Once this quest begins, Sayeena will be waiting for you in Tarsarak. Go ahead and find her and talk to her. Here are the specific steps:

• 1. Reach to Tarsarak teleport and talk to Sayeena in her shop.
• 2. Stand in the circle behind the table in the shop to trigger and listen to Sayeena’s warning about Belial.
• 3. Continue to talk to Sayeena and interact with Unveiler’s Oath Reputation Board.

From this step on, besides the fixed XP and gold, you will unlock Unveiler’s Oath Reputation system and earn reputation points by completing subsequent quests, which can be used to obtain more rewards.

Belial’s Apparition Incursion

This quest is Apparition Incursion event in Season 8. You can complete the event at any time throughout Season 8, but to complete this quest of chapter 1, you only need to complete the following three objectives:

• Earn 900 Unveiler’s Oath Reputation.
• Earn 1,800 Unveiler’s Oath Reputation.
• Earn 3,600 Unveiler’s Oath Reputation.

Chapter 2

Buried Hope

This quest will automatically open once you earn 3,600 reputation points in Apparition Incursion event. Then follow these steps:

• 1. Travel to the nearby waypoint to meet Sayeena and listen to her brief conversation.
• 2. Find Jarius next to the armor merchant in Menestad.
• 3. Continue to Firebreak Manor waypoint and find the nearby buried outpost.
• 4. Clear the dungeon here to get Flayed Mask.
• 5. Return to Tarsarak to talk to Sayeena and continue to increase Unveiler’s Oath Reputation.

Belial’s Apparition Incursion

Still complete Apparition Incursion event, the difference is that the reputation points required have become more. It will be useful if you have obtained the corresponding boss power through Apparition boss in chapter 1. In this quest, you need to do:

• Earn 4,500 Unveiler’s Oath Reputation.
• Earn 5,400 Unveiler’s Oath Reputation.

Chapter 3

Masked Truths

Starting from this quest, you will have the opportunity to contact the real ultimate boss, Belial. After obtaining 5400 reputation points, this quest will automatically unlock. After that, follow the steps to complete the small goals:

• 1. Enter Sayeena’s shop in Tarsarak and talk to her.
• 2. Based on the information collected, continue to Amber Sands and find and enter the ancient temple of Belial here.
• 3. Belial will appear at the end of the temple. Defeat him.

Belial’s Apparition Incursion

Completing Masked Truths will unlock the reputation board and start Apparition Incursion event in chapter 3. You need to do the following:

• Earn 6,300 Unveiler’s Oath Reputation.
• Earn 7,200 Unveiler’s Oath Reputation.

Chapter 4

Chasing Lies

Chasing Lies will automatically start when you earn 7,200 reputation points in Belial’s Apparition Incursion quest in chapter 3. Follow these steps to complete it:

• 1. Meet Sayeena in her shop and listen to her conversation with Jarius.
• 2. Go through the illusion to chase Jarius and Sayeena.
• 3. Enter the portal into Realm of Lies and continue chasing Belial and killing him.

Belial’s Apparition Incursion

Apparition Incursion in this chapter requires you to:

• Earn 8,100 Unveiler’s Oath Reputation.
• Earn 9,000 Unveiler’s Oath Reputation.

After completing the above goals, you will not only unlock the next quest and get XP and gold rewards of the quest, but also get the corresponding reputation level rewards through the reputation system.

Chapter 5: The Lord Of Lies

Congratulations! After all the hardships, you have finally reached the last chapter and the last quest. Although this quest is not difficult in terms of steps, you need to completely defeat Belial. Fortunately, after the test of the first four chapters, I believe you should have this ability.

• 1. Meet Sayeena in her shop and listen to her conversation.
• 2. Set the overall difficulty of the game to Torment 1 and enter Palace of the Deceiver west of Tarsarak.
• 3. Find and defeat Belial in the palace.
• 4. Return to Sayeena’s shop to talk to her to learn about the next steps after completing the entire campaign.

Once you’ve completed the above, you can continue to explore more content in Season 8, fortunately your character will be mature enough to handle more dangerous bosses! 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.

Where To Find Urivar?

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.

Urivar Lair Keys

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.

All Urivar Loot

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:

• Barbarian: Twin Strikes, Rage of Harrogath, Battle Trance, The Butcher’s Cleaver, Unbroken Chain
• Druid: Earthbreaker, Insatiable Fury, Hunter’s Zenith, Waxing Gibbous, The Butcher’s Cleaver
• Necromancer: Ebonpiercer, Howl from Below, Greaves of the Empty Tomb, The Butcher’s Cleaver, Path of Trag’Oul
• Rogue: Saboteur’s Signet, Word of Hakan, Grasp of Shadow, Shroud of Khanduras
• Sorcerer: Flameweaver, Staff of Lam Esen, Iceheart Brais, Axial Conduit
• Spiritborn: Protection of the Prime, Peacemonger’s Signet, Ring of the Midnight Sun, Loyalty’s Mantle
• General: Penitent Greaves

Mythic Uniques:

• Barbarian: The Grandfather
• Druid: Ahavarion, Spear of Lycander
• Necromancer: The Grandfather
• Sorcerer: Ahavarion, Spear of Lycander
• Spiritborn: Nesekem, the Herald
• General: Doombringer, Melted Heart of Selig, Andariel’s Visage, Harlequin Crest, Ring of Starless Skies, Tyrael’s Might, Heir of Perdition, Shroud of False Death, Shattered Vow

Where To Find Harbinger Of Hatred?

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.

Harbinger Of Hatred Lair Keys

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.

All Harbinger Of Hatred Loot

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:

• Barbarian: Twin Strikes, Rage of Harrogath, Battle Trance, The Butcher’s Cleaver, Unbroken Chain
• Druid: Earthbreaker, Insatiable Fury, Hunter’s Zenith, Waxing Gibbous, The Butcher’s Cleaver
• Necromancer: Ebonpiercer, Howl from Below, Greaves of the Empty Tomb, The Butcher’s Cleaver, Path of Trag’Oul
• Rogue: Saboteur’s Signet, Word of Hakan, Grasp of Shadow, Shroud of Khanduras
• Sorcerer: Flameweaver, Staff of Lam Esen, Iceheart Brais, Axial Conduit
• Spiritborn: Protection of the Prime, Peacemonger’s Signet, Ring of the Midnight Sun, Loyalty’s Mantle
• General: Penitent Greaves

Mythic Uniques:

• Barbarian: The Grandfather
• Druid: Ahavarion, Spear of Lycander
• Necromancer: The Grandfather
• Sorcerer: Ahavarion, Spear of Lycander
• Spiritborn: Nesekem, the Herald
• General: Doombringer, Melted Heart of Selig, Andariel’s Visage, Harlequin Crest, Ring of Starless Skies, Tyrael’s Might, Heir of Perdition, Shroud of False Death, Shattered Vow

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!