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Although some people always complain that Diablo 4’s seasonal content lacks creativity, for loyal players, it is also fun to repeatedly explore Sanctuary with the help of different seasonal powers.

In Season 9, you can get Diablo 4 gold and seasonal power Horadric Spells by working hard to clear new dungeons, and use them to strengthen yourself to deal with more difficult content. But this also requires you to invest a lot of time and experience.

In order to allow you to get more items through other easy ways while doing this more difficult Season 9 resource farming, Diablo 4 recently launched a new event Gift of the Tree based on Tree of Whispers.

So what benefits can this event bring, and how to participate? We will introduce it to you.

Basic Information About The Event

Gift of the Tree officially started around July 16 (the exact time varies depending on your time zone) and will last until 1pm on the 22nd, which is not a long time. So if you want to make full use of it, you must hurry up.

As a buff event, Gift of the Tree mainly allows you to get an extra Chaos Cache when you complete Tree of Whispers bounty task and hand in a group of ten Grim Favors to exchange for random cache rewards, so as to get more loot.

This buff effect not only looks sacred in appearance - a white tree, but also makes you feel “blessed by God” in practice, because Chaos Cache can open any type of item, whether it is ordinary gold or rare Ancestral items.

It is worth noting that there is a player achievement in Diablo 4 that can be completed, which is Chaotic Whispers achievement that can be unlocked by obtaining 10 Chaos Caches. If you haven’t got it yet, Gift of the Tree period is definitely the best time.

How To Participate In Gift Of The Tree?

In fact, the completion of this event is completely based on Tree of Whispers event, so your main task is to complete the bounty tasks issued by Tree of Whispers step by step, or Whispers.

When you complete the main campaign and interacting with Tree in Hawezar, you can unlock one of the endgame mechanisms, Tree of Whispers. After that, it will release a series of scattered Whispers through the map. The specific task types include:

• Participate in world events
• Clear the playable dungeons in the season
• Kill bosses
• Other specific quests

Generally speaking, the difficulty of these quests is not too high. You will get Grim Favors as a reward for each completed Whisper. When you collect 10, you can bring them back to Tree of Whispers or Raven of the Tree and choose one of the three caches as the final reward.

All Whispers are identified on the map by icons with pink, light pink, and red borders. The darker the color, the more Grim Favors you’ll get from completing that bounty (and the harder it will be, of course):

• Light pink icon: 1 Grim Favor
• Pink icon: 3 Grim Favors
• Red icon: 5 Grim Favors

Best Completion Strategy

Since Whispers are scattered all over the map, it’s likely that you’ll complete some of them while completing other quests or challenges, such as killing a certain number of enemies in a certain area.

After that, it’s best to group quests in the same area together as a whole, depending on the requirements of the remaining Whispers, and complete them in a specific time period to improve efficiency.

If your character is powerful enough that you decide to farm quests that provide more Grim Favors, you can complete Helltides directly. The area of this event is not only densely populated with enemies, but also has the best Whispers quest: Defeat Blood Maiden.

Gift Of The Tree Rewards

The three regular Tree of Whispers caches only give you specific types of gear rewards, but Chaos Cache provided by Gift of the Tree is universal, containing random items from other reward caches, and may even contain rare unique and mythic pieces of gear.

Also Read: Diablo 4 Season 9 Obducite Farming Guide: How To Get It Efficiently With An Unfixed Bug?

The Value Of Gift Of The Tree

The significance of this event is not only to bring new vitality and rewards to Season 9, but more importantly, to make the regular endgame event of Tree of Whispers attract your attention again, and to avoid the imbalance of participation in different game events as much as possible.

And if you want to focus on farming materials or unique items, Gift of the Tree also provides you with an easier way than clearing dungeons. Especially if you are a new player, you will have the opportunity to complete early resource accumulation faster.

The above is the main information about the participation of Gift of the Tree and the rewards you can get. If you don’t want to miss it, log in to the game and complete the task immediately!

Although Barbarian’s performance was average among all classes when Season 9 was first launched, after the exclusive enhancements brought by patch 2.3.1, Barbarian can now be one of the first choices for your class to create a new character in S9.

However, if you plan to play a new character at this time, you will have nearly half a month less time to upgrade and earn Diablo 4 gold than others, so it is best to choose a Barbarian leveling build that is reliable enough to pass the time before reaching level 60.

Based on this, we will recommend and introduce Upheaval Barbarian Build to help you complete the upgrade based on Barbarian’s performance after the release of patch 2.3.1.

Overview Of Upheaval Barbarian Build

Both Barbarian class itself and most of the builds related to it are good at creating chaos through brute force, thereby interrupting the enemy’s attack and hitting back.

As for Upheaval Barbarian Build, it mainly relies on the main skill Upheaval to output high AOE damage in combat to quickly kill groups of enemies, and does not rely on gear or legendary aspects, which is suitable for new Diablo 4 players.

In fact, you can continue to strengthen Upheaval skill to make the entire build stronger to cope with the difficulty of early Torment outside the upgrade process. And in Season 9, this build is very suitable for clearing Horadric Strongroom.

The Most Suitable Skills

Upheaval Barbarian Build mainly outputs damage through several key Barbarian active skills and allows you to switch core damage skills according to the enemy type and the situation.

Generally speaking, Upheaval is the main damage skill of this build. On this basis, using Frenzy and Death Blow as needed can further improve your combat damage output.

If you encounter a more difficult enemy and want to output higher damage to deal with the opponent as soon as possible, you can also consider using Ground Stomp skill after Tactical upgrade.

When using this build, you first need to try your best to gather enemies, then work hard to accumulate Fury, and cast Upheaval through 2H Bludgeoning weapons, causing initial large amounts of damage with the help of passive skills and attributes.

It is worth noting that 2H Slashing weapons are better when using Death Blow, or you can replace Death Blow with War Cry to get more damage gains, and Challenging Shout can improve your survivability.

Of course, in order to improve the effectiveness of these active skills, passive skills are also indispensable. For this, you need to pay attention to the distribution of passive skill points:

• Endless Fury (3/3)
• Belligerence (3/3)
• Swiftness (3/3)
• Booming Voice (3/3)
• Pit Fighter (3/3)
• No Mercy (3/3)
• Duelist (3/3)
• Heavy Handed (3/3)
• Wallop (3/3)

The combination of the above active and passive skills should maximize the damage output of the entire build and the generation of Fury you need.

In addition, Furious Impulse can increase Fury generation, Invigorating Fury can help you maintain a good health state, and skills such as Thick Skin and Defensive Stance can help improve your survivability.

Weapon Utilization Strategy

Besides the types of weapons that are suitable for different active skills mentioned above,2H Mace is actually one of the best weapons for this build. It can bring Arsenal Expertise bonus to maximize the generation of Fury required for Frenzy.

This way, when you use Unbridled Fury, you can accumulate as much Fury as possible when casting Upheaval to maximize its damage through passive skills and legendary aspects.

Or you can choose a two-handed axe as your primary weapon. On this basis, change Ground Stomp’s upgrade from Strategic to Tactical, and allocates some skill points of Wrath of the Berserker to Pressure Point to gain additional Vulnerable damage.

Suitable Horadric Spells

No matter which build you craft or utilize in any Diablo 4 season, you should try to integrate the season-specific power into it as much as possible to immerse yourself in the characteristics of the current season and get unique benefits.

Season 9’s seasonal power is Horadric Spells. For Upheaval Barbarian Build, the choice of Horadric Spells is divided into early and late stages.

The choice of spells in the early stage has little effect, but Thunderous Particle is better with Celestial Surge. This is because Celestial Surge can gather enemies together faster in battle so that you can quickly eliminate them with your main skill, Upheaval.

As for the late Horadric Spells combination, if you plan to use Barbarian build based on Upheaval for a long time, Catalyst and Infusion recommend Smoldering Ember and Astral Pillar, which can gather enemies and make them vulnerable.

As for the late Arcanas, the following three should be the best choices:

• Bottled Wind: Generate more barriers to improve survivability and defense.
• Reactive Ooze: Generates more Fury.
• Pressurized Steam: Allows Astral Pillar to stun enemies.

Unique Items And Legendary Aspects

While this build doesn’t rely too much on gear for damage, if you can farm the right items, you’ll be able to take the build to the next level. For example, the following legendary aspects will help maximize the build’s damage:

• Aspect of Sundered Ground
• Aspect Of Limitless Rage
• Aspect Of The Expectant
• Edgemaster’s Aspect
• Aspect Of Inner Calm
• Aspect of Adaptability

In addition, some special unique items can also provide additional bonuses to the build and related skills based on their own characteristics to improve combat efficiency:

• Battle Trance: You can deal more damage in Frenzy state.
• Ugly Bastard Helm: Converts normal damage to fire damage and brings additional fire damage when you activate Wrath of the Berserker.
• Hellhammer: Deals more damage to burning enemies while burning them through Upheaval.

The above is what we bring to you about the plan to upgrade as quickly as possible in Season 9 craft Upheaval Barbarian Build. If you plan to experience Barbarian, it should be helpful to you!

If you are a die-hard Diablo 4 player, you will know that there are a variety of items in the game that can benefit you in different ways. Some of them are gear that can be upgraded and utilized directly after obtaining, and some are more special items.

It is worth noting that when Diablo 4 is updated with a season, sometimes new buff items are added for the new season. In Season 9, this item is undoubtedly Horadric Jewels.

But it should be noted that Horadric Jewels cannot be obtained directly through combat drops like Diablo 4 gold or unique items. Instead, you need to farm Horadric Phials and gem fragments separately and craft them to obtain them.

Among them, Horadric Phials has been introduced to you in other guides and is also a seasonal item in Season 9, but gem fragments are a regular Diablo 4 material that has existed for a long time.

In fact, before Season 9, although gem fragments can also provide you with attribute bonuses by being processed into gems, they are not so eye-catching compared to the role of other powerful gear. Now the emergence of Horadric Jewels has obviously changed this situation.

Based on this, we will explain to you in detail why you should increase your efforts to farm gem fragments in Season 9, as well as the relevant farming methods.

Detailed Introduction Of Gem Fragments

Generally speaking, after finding a jeweler in Diablo 4, you can consume existing gem fragments to craft gems, and then embed them into gear according to the corresponding gear type of the gem to obtain benefits. And the higher the gem level, the better the benefit provided.

But the tricky thing is that if you want to craft the highest level of gems, you need to collect 100,000 fragments of a specific type! This is undoubtedly a long and torturous farming process.

Although low-level gems also have a certain role, if you want to unlock new levels for all low-level gems embedded in all gear later, you also need to consume a lot of materials and gold. Therefore, you will not choose gems or gem fragments as the first choice when looking for buff items.

In order to avoid gem fragments being ignored as much as possible, other seasonal jewelry that can be crafted and inlaid with gem fragments has been introduced in other seasons of Diablo 4, such as Occult Gems in S7, but it seems that none of them are as good as S9 Horadric Jewels.

Gem Fragments And Horadric Jewels

First, to unlock Horadric Jewels in Season 9, you need to complete Horadric Strongrooms in Torment 1+ difficulties to obtain Horadric Tomes, and then consume it at Wayfinders to learn the crafting method of Horadric Jewels.

Next, you need to get enough Horadric Phials as the first material for crafting Horadric Jewels through the following methods:

• Kill elite enemies in the open world.
• Completing Helltides.
• Completing Nightmare Dungeons and Horadric Strongrooms.
• Unlock rewards in related systems by obtaining Horadric Knowledge.

The second Horadric Jewels crafting material is gem fragments, and we will introduce you to its specific acquisition method later. Now you need to know that crafting a Horadric Jewel consumes 45,000 gem fragments and 3,000 Horadric Phials.

It is worth noting that these 45,000 gem fragments must come from three different fragment types, which means you need to collect 15,000 fragments of each type.

Why Is It Suitable To Farm Gem Fragments In S9?

Although it is also a lot of work to earn gem fragments for Horadric Jewels, it is at least easier than crafting grand-level gems, and the role that Horadric Jewels can play in Season 9 is no less than that of high-level gems.

In addition, in Season 9, the chance of you getting gem fragments is also improved, because in addition to the existing farming methods, this season brings more affixes to Nightmare Dungeon in the form of Escalating Nightmares.

When clearing Escalating Nightmares, you need to complete three built-in nightmare dungeons connected together, each with a corresponding affix effect, and can be carried over to the next dungeon.

Horadric Gem Reserve affix among these affixes allows you to get more gem fragments than usual when clearing dungeons, thus completing the accumulation of materials for Horadric Jewels crafting faster. This was not possible in other seasons before.

All Gem Fragment Acquisition Methods

In addition to Escalating Nightmare Dungeons and the utilize related affixes already introduced, you can also obtain gem fragments in the following ways:

• Whisper Caches: After completing ten Tree of Whispers’ bounty tasks, you can exchange for random Whisper Caches. If you get a cache of materials, there is a chance to spawn gem fragments.
• Helltides: Loot drops after directly killing enemies and Helltide chests may provide gem fragments.
• Infernal Hordes: After killing the boss, utilize Aether obtained during this event to open Materials chests to get fragments for each type of gem as well as a ton of Obducite.

The above is the information about farming and utilizing gem fragments in Season 9. I hope it’s helpful to you. I hope you can craft Horadric Jewels you want as soon as possible!

You may have discovered that Druid has not been sufficiently enhanced for several consecutive Diablo 4 seasons, so that his experience in the game is not as good as other classes, even in Season 9.

But this does not mean that Druid should be abandoned. At least, some players still like to play this class. Therefore, instead of complaining, you should find a way to make Druid play its power as much as possible.

To this end, in addition to mastering the basic class skills, you should also build your own Season 9 combat style as soon as possible through the best Druid leveling build in the early stage of the game, and Werebear Druid is a good choice.

Although Druid and this build will be partially limited by inherent mechanisms, fortunately, the addition of Season 9 seasonal power Horadric Spells can solve this problem well. Next, we will introduce the crafting plan of Werebear Druid to you in detail.

What Is Werebear Druid Build?

As the main class in Diablo 4, Druid can utilize 3 primary forms in combat, namely Human, Werewolf, and Werebear, and they all have their own unique skills. Werebear Druid build is undoubtedly based on Werebear form.

In contrast, the strength of this build is that it can output high damage, and the weakness is that it is slow, just like a real bear. But if your damage output is high enough, even if the speed is slow, it will not affect your Diablo 4 gold farming efficiency.

What Are The Best Available Skills?

Like all Diablo 4 builds, the available skills of Werebear Druid are divided into active and passive. They work differently and the skill point allocation scheme is different.

Active Skills

In general, the damage source skills of this build are mainly active skills Pulverize and Trample, and the overpower and critical hits derived from this can further amplify this damage. Of course, it’s also important to upgrade your active skills in time:

• Wild Maul (1/5): Knocks enemies down, making them vulnerable to extra damage from Pulverize. Later, reassign Pulverize to Fierce Claw to play a quick passive skill.
• Raging Pulverize (5/5): As a primary damage skill, it can deal extra damage to bosses and controlled enemies, and can apply overpower every 10 seconds.
• Innate Blood Howl (1/5): Transforms you into Werewolf form to restore health and sanity.
• Natural Trample (1/5): It gives you good mobility and area damage while also boosting your health.
• Brutal Poison Creeper (1/5): It can poison enemies and make them more vulnerable to critical hits.
• Supreme Grizzly Rage (1/5): Helps you enter full Werebear mode and gain additional bonuses.

I believe you should also have noticed that Innate Blood Howl brings you extra benefits through Werewolf form. This is because Druids don’t have to be limited to a single form, especially during leveling, and it’s important to combine them to achieve the best effect.

Passive Skills

The right passive skills can not only increase your damage and survivability, but also provide bonuses when fighting poisoned enemies:

• Heart of the Wild (1/3)
• Wild Impulses (3/3)
• Backlash (3/3)
• Ancestral Fortitude (3/3)
• Mending (3/3)
• Provocation (1/3)
• Neurotoxin (1/3)
• Envenom (3/3)
• Quickshift (3/3)
• Heightened Senses (3/3)
• Defiance (3/3)
• Natural Disaster (3/3)
• Ursine Strength

It should be noted that the passive choices of Defiance and Natural Disaster require you to obtain and equip Aspect Of The Ursine Horror, otherwise you cannot utilize them.

Spirit Boons

While these aren’t really a skill class, they’re Druid-specific buffs that only provide passive effects, so they’re only useful when paired with a good combination of skills. The best Spirit Boons for this build are:

• Deer: Gift of the Stag
• Eagle: Scythe Talons and Avian Wrath
• Wolf: Energize
• Snake: Masochistic

Which Horadric Spells Can Help With Weaknesses?

Horadric Spells include Catalyst, Infusion, and Arcana, which provide additional bonuses in different ways, and as you progress through Season 9, you’ll unlock more spells and get more spell combination options.

If you want to provide targeted assistance to Werebear Druid Build through Horadric Spells, the following are worth prioritizing in combat:

• Smoldering Ember Infusion
• Disintegrate Catalyst
• Reactive Ooze Arcana
• Bottled Wind Arcana
• Pressurized Steam Arcana

Best Gear And Legendary Aspects

First, when farming gear, since Werebear Druid will frequently trigger overpower in combat, you need to prioritize getting Maces that can enhance this effect. There are no fixed recommendations for other gear, just make sure they have the following types of affixes:

• Willpower
• Armor
• Life
• Overpower Damage
• Critical Strike Chance
• Critical Strike Damage
• Cooldown Reduction
• Attack Speed

As for legendary aspects, in order to maximize the power of your passive skills, the previously mentioned Aspect Of the Ursine Horror is naturally indispensable. Other aspects worth having include:

• Rabid Bear
• Shockwave
• Aspect Of the Changeling’s Debt
• Aspect Of Retaliation

They can greatly increase the power of Pulverize and enhance your survivability when you activate Grizzly Rage. Therefore, if you have the ability and time, it is best to farm all of them by clearing dungeons or killing bosses.

The above is the main way to craft the best Druid leveling build Werebear Druid in Season 9. If you insist on playing Druid in this season, this content should help you!

In any Diablo 4 season, the real challenge starts when you enter the endgame. This final stage not only means an increase in the quality and quantity of loot, but also more dangerous enemies.

Therefore, after entering the endgame, in addition to the information you already know about the current season, you should also master additional self-improvement abilities and knowledge to successfully pass the level.

It has been more than a week since Season 9 was launched. If you progress quickly enough, you should have entered or will enter the endgame of this season. Next, we will provide you with key suggestions to help you complete these endgame contents.

Farm Mythic And Unique Items

When facing stronger enemies, in order to ensure your own survival, in addition to improving your attack power, you should also improve your defense as much as possible from multiple aspects. For example, get stronger armor or improve your elemental resistance.

The first thing to do is to work hard to farm mythic and unique items, and in the process, you can also get more Diablo 4 gold to get more usable items for subsequent battles.

Some of these mythic or unique items are armor in themselves, while others can increase your defense and resistance through their affix effects or exclusive powers, improving your ability to fight dangerous bosses.

Craft Incense At The Alchemist

Incense is actually a craftable buff in Diablo 4. After utilizing it, you will gain the corresponding buff effect, which can be enjoyed by you and others around you who can access Incense.

All Incense in the game can be divided into Type I, Type II, and Type III, and the effects of each Incense are unique. Some of them can increase your armor or health to help you survive, such as Song of the Mountain or Reddamine Buzz.

Unlock The Best Paragon Nodes

When you are able to enter Diablo 4 Season 9 endgame, you should have reached the maximum level 60. After that, although you can no longer continue to become stronger through upgrading, Paragon board will provide you with additional ways to upgrade.

After that, you will get a Paragon point for each Paragon level you upgrade, up to level 300, which means you will get 300 Paragon points to unlock various nodes in Paragon system.

All nodes can be divided into four degrees of rarity: normal, magic, rare, and legendary, but all the main effect is to provide you with attribute/damage ability/defense ability bonus.

If you are confident in your damage ability, you can prioritize unlocking nodes that can ensure your survival. It should be noted that the path to unlocking Paragon nodes suitable for you will vary depending on your class.

Master Barrier Tricks

Barrier is also one of the status effects that can be utilized in Diablo 4. It can block damage for you for a certain period of time, and sometimes this effect can even affect NPCs.

More specifically, the barrier can absorb damage from all sources for a certain period of time, up to a certain amount of damage. The sources of the barrier include the skills of the three classes of Barbarian, Druid, and Sorcerer, as well as certain item affixes.

It should be noted that currently other classes can only obtain the barrier ability through related items. Don’t confuse barrier with immune, which only provide full protection in a certain area for a certain period of time and cannot be removed.

Another skill that needs to be introduced is Earthen Bulwark, which can provide barrier effects for Druids. As you know, Druids are the weak class in Season 9, so any available help should be valued.

This skill allows you as a Druid to summon protective rocks around you to form a barrier, absorbing a certain percentage of your damage for a short period of time. However, to fully utilize it, you need 300 offering, and the relevant runes can help you.

Utilize Horadric Spells & Jewels

As the exclusive power and item of Season 9, you should find ways to use Horadric Spells & Jewels to provide you with reliable assistance in all stages.

Among them, Horadric Spells uses three rich elements, Catalyst, Infusion, and Arcana, allowing you to create your own power with maximum freedom to protect yourself while attacking enemies.

Among them, the one that can bring you the protection is represented by Magic Arcana Bottled Wind. After summoning Catalyst, Bottled Wind will bring you a barrier, which is equivalent to 30% of your maximum health and lasts for 4 seconds.

On this basis, you can consume the obtained Horadric Phials and Gem Fragments to craft Horadric Jewels. Although the specific effects of different Horadric Jewels vary, except for possible negative effects, they can all increase your armor and elemental resistance, such as:

• Scornful Light
• Brilliant Sigil
• Horadric Crest
• Seal of Denial
• Horadric Crest

It should be noted that Horadric Jewels can only be socketed in jewelry and can only work after you equip Horadric Spells. In addition, you can only equip 1 Catalyst, 1 Infusion and 3 Arcanas in each battle.

The above are Diablo 4 Season 9 endgame survival tips we provide for you this time, I hope it can help your gaming experience. Thank you for reading.

The first thing you need to do after entering the new Diablo 4 season is to create a character and upgrade him to the maximum level as soon as possible so that you can unlock more game content while becoming stronger.

Most of the XP farming methods in different seasons of Diablo 4 are not very different, but there will be some details due to the addition of new seasonal content, and different XP farming locations are suitable for different level stages.

Based on this, this time we will introduce you to how to choose the best XP acquisition method based on your leveling situation in Season 9 based on the playable content of Season 9.

Why Upgrade As Soon As Possible?

Season 9 brings Horadric Spells, but in order to unlock all spells and utilize them to craft new builds suitable for you, you must continue to upgrade. In addition, only when you reach the maximum level 60 can you unlock the paragon board to further strengthen your characters and builds.

Early Stage Upgrade Methods (Level 1-30)

Your character is in the “beginning” stage at this stage, so don’t rush to challenge the difficult content that provides a lot of XP (you may not unlock them yet), but start with the most basic quests.

Choose Normal Difficulty

As you know, there are multiple difficulty settings in Diablo 4, and the harder the quests, the more Diablo 4 gold and XP they reward you. But considering that you haven’t even unlocked class specializations at the beginning, normal difficulty is the best choice.

Although normal difficulty rewards less, the enemies are easier to kill and you can get the required XP in a short time. However, if you play with friends or have mercenaries, switching to Hard difficulty is also feasible, and you can get an extra XP boost.

Focus On Tree Of Whispers Quests

After completing the main campaign, you can start accumulating Grim Favors by completing Tree of Whispers quests to get rewards. These quests are usually relatively simple and can help you complete part of the main content or seasonal journey goals at the same time.

The most important thing about Tree of Whispers quest in Season 9 is that it rewards you with Nightmare Sigils, which is the only thing that can help you enter Nightmare Dungeon and farm more XP or other loot later.

Complete Seasonal Quests

Each Diablo 4 season will have a corresponding seasonal main quest. Although completing them is mainly to advance the story, you can also earn XP as one of the quest rewards.

More importantly, completing these quests in S9 will allow you to unlock and enter the new dungeon Horadric Strongrooms and obtain the desired Horadric Spells.

Utilize Healing Potions And Elixirs

When your character reaches level 10 and level 20, you can unlock the craft and utilize of healing potions and elixirs, respectively. The former can help you restore health to complete combat, and the latter can increase your experience points by 5%, improving your XP farming efficiency.

Intermediate Stage Upgrade Methods (Level 30-50)

At this stage, you should have mastered several Horadric Spells and preliminary Season 9 dungeon clearing tips, so you can try more advanced challenges to earn XP.

Clear Escalating Nightmare

As one of the main dungeons in Diablo 4, Nightmare Dungeon has been upgraded in S9 - Nightmare Dungeon Escalations. It is composed of 3 ordinary nightmare dungeons, which can provide affixes to increase the difficulty and bring you more rewards.

Based on this, besides the regular XP drop, Forgotten Wisdom affix brought by the random Nightmare Sigil will cause the enemy to drop experience orbs, bringing you extra XP.

Upgrade Seasonal Blessings

In addition to the in-game drop rewards, Diablo 4 will also provide you with additional rewards through the supporting upgradeable welfare system, such as you can get Smoldering Ashes to upgrade seasonal blessings by completing specific season goals.

The more levels of seasonal blessings you unlock, the better the rewards and rarity you can get. In fact, in addition to XP or gold, you have the opportunity to get rare materials or gear through seasonal blessings.

Choose The Best Builds

The idea of ​​this method is actually based on improving your combat efficiency. According to the performance of each class, the builds that perform well in Season 9 include Hydra Sorcerer and Quill Volley Spiritborn.

The reason this method is placed at the end of the intermediate stage is that you can only craft these builds after you have obtained enough levels, gear and Horadric Spells.

Final Stage Upgrade Method (Level 50-60)

At this point, your character is basically mature enough to deal with most game content. The methods introduced above and other game events/dungeons can be your XP source, but there is another method that should not be missed.

Clear Strongholds

The strongholds in the game will spawn many enemies, and there are 18 of strongholds, which is very suitable for you to conduct concentrated XP farming after breaking through level 50 to reach the maximum level as soon as possible.

It’s worth noting that the amount of XP provided by a fortress does not change depending on the difficulty level, so you can complete them with normal difficulty and complete them faster.

These are all the ways we have introduced to you to farm XP in Diablo 4 Season 9 to level up as quickly as possible. If your character is still in the early stages, I believe this guide will definitely help you!

Although there are several classes that perform exceptionally well in each Diablo 4 season, it does not mean that other classes are not worth experiencing. In fact, each class should be valued in all seasons, otherwise it will lead to a serious imbalance in class experience.

You should have learned that the most popular classes in Season 9 should be Spiritborn or Sorcerer, but you can still play Rogue in this season as a single class enthusiast or out of preference for high agility classes.

However, the question you need to consider is how to experience Rogue smoothly in Season 9 without having an absolute advantage? We will recommend several good Rogue builds for you in order of priority based on actual conditions.

1. Twisting Blades Azurewrath Build

First of all, the most important thing for this build is that you must obtain the unique sword Azurewrath as a key gear through farm boss Duriel, Andariel, Harbinger or Belial, which can output cold damage and provide corresponding lucky hit bonuses.

On this basis, the skills that need to be matched include Caltrops and Poison Trap, which can increase your damage output, and Shadow Clone can provide additional lucky hits.

In addition, seasonal power Horadric Spells are also essential. For this build, Floaty Bobble Arcana with Dash can help you shuttle faster in battle.

If you want to utilize the build to get more Diablo 4 gold in dungeons such as The Pit, you can replace Floaty Bobble Arcana and Dash with Fractured Core and Subverting Smoke Grenade.

It is worth noting that this build is a melee build, but if you are tired of this play style, you can also change the key passive to Victimize, so that you don’t have to maintain melee distance and move more flexibly - at the consume of reduced damage output.

2. Alchemist Dance Of Knives Build

This build has performed well in Season 8, and it is a good Rogue Leveling Build in Season 9. It works similarly to the previous build in general, relying on weapons with unique sword Azurewarth as the main weapon to deal damage.

On this basis, you can continue to fuse the right skills to stack the lucky hit chance as much as possible, to trigger the fixed damage effect frequently. This will also improve the efficiency of the build’s farm resources.

The best skills and Horadric Spells selection and order for this build are as follows:

Regular combat:

• Trigger Horadric Spells with Smoke Grenade and deals more damage.
• Cast Shadow Imbuement and start rotating.
• Utilize Shadow Clone & health potion every 10 seconds.

After entering the endgame:

• Make sure Shadow Imbuement is always active.
• Utilize Shadow Clone & health potion every 10 seconds.
• Utilize Teleport (Evade) after each elite equipment.
• Cast Smoke Grenade & Caltrops when facing bosses.

3. Death Trap Build

As one of the classic Rogue builds, Death Trap had a wonderful experience until Season 8, but in S9, its overall damage, unique skills, passive skills, and any super mechanism that allowed it to play an extra role were weakened.

But even in this unprecedented downturn, Death Trap is still more reliable than most ordinary Rogue builds, provided that you can accept the gap compared to previous seasons.

In terms of gameplay, this build continues the previous operating mode of fast movement + continuous Death Trap attack + sufficient damage, allowing you to keep moving while outputting damage, reflecting its high mobility.

In addition, it is recommended that you pair it with the following gear to strengthen this build as much as possible despite the nerf:

• Heir of Perdition
• Scoundrel’s Leathers
• Bow of Apogeic Furor
• Sword of Surprise
• Frostbitten Sword
• Trickster’s Gloves
• Beastfall Boots
• Eyes in the Dark
• Ring of Starless Skies

4. Poison Trap Build

Compared to the past, the strength of this build has not changed much in Season 9, the only difference is that it has gained several available variants. If you are bored with Death Trap and don’t want to try other risky new builds, you can continue to utilize Poison Trap.

5. Penetrating Shot Build

Compared to the melee focus of other Rogue builds, this build is special in that it belongs to the ranged type and is relatively rare. Although it was not very noticeable before, it has made a strong comeback in S9, especially with the nerf of Death Trap.

As the core skill of this build, Penetrating Shot can fire a huge piercing arrow to damage the enemy, while Trickshot Aspect can further expand the range of your skills.

On this basis, you can combine Azurewrath’s cold damage affix to make Penetrating Shot Build provide you with a higher lucky hit rate in addition to the output of basic damage.

Is It Worthy To Play Rogue In Season 9?

In terms of overall strength, it is not a terrible choice to continue playing Rogue with the above builds in this season, but you need to accept the reality that it is not as reliable as in previous seasons.

In addition, as you can see, Azurewrath is the key gear that makes most Rogue builds work, compared to the latest unique item Deathmask Of Nirmitruq added in S9. So you need to clarify your farming goals as a Rogue in S9, rather than blindly pursuing novelty.

The above is the information we provide for you to experience Rogue class in Season 9 and the recommended builds. If you are a fan of this class, I hope this guide will be helpful to you!

Although according to various signs, Necromancer should not be the dominant class in Diablo 4 Season 9, it is not impossible if you want to continue to play it, provided that you can choose the right Season 9 Necromancer Build.

As you know, each class has different best builds in different Diablo 4 seasons, some of which are rookies, and some are optimized versions of classic builds according to seasonal changes.

For Necromancer, although there are no new builds available, at least Blood Wave Build in S9 is still expected to help you output enough damage in battle to get more Diablo 4 gold drops.

Based on this, we will introduce you how to make this classic Necromancer Build continue to play a role in Season 9 according to the changes in the seasonal content.

Blood Wave Necromancer Build Overview

In general, Blood Wave is a stable, damage-focused build that performs well in both AOE and single-target attacks, making it suitable for most combat situations. In addition, its gameplay is relatively simple and easy to understand, and even Necromancer novices can quickly master it.

The build works by first casting Blood Wave, and then running to manually collect Blood Orbs when Blood Wave disappears. Although it is a bit cumbersome, the high overall damage and damage reduction of this build make it still one of the top choices for Necromancer builds.

What Skill Rotation Should This Build Utilize In S9?

Generally speaking, the content that determines the strength of a build includes gear, seasonal power, skills, and the skill rotation method. Among them, the choice of skills usually does not change much, but the rotation method needs to be adjusted according to the season.

For Season 9, it is still recommended that you pair the following skills with Blood Wave Necromancer Build:

• Blood Wave: Summons a wave of blood, dealing 500% damage to enemies to repel them.
• Blight: Unleashes a concentrated burst of blight, dealing 40% damage and leaving behind a foul zone that deals 135% Corrosive damage to enemies in range over 6 seconds.
• Decompose: Deals 150% Corrosive damage per hit and creates a usable corpse every 1 second.
• Corpse Explosion: Detonates corpses, dealing 85% damage to nearby enemies.
• Corpse Tendrils: Tendrils burst from usable corpses, engulfing enemies and stunning them for 3 seconds while dealing 20% ​​damage.
• Reap: Deals 50% damage to enemies in an arc in front of you. If you hit an enemy with this skill, your damage reduction is increased by 15% for 4 seconds.

Once you have determined your usable skills, it is recommended that you first utilize Decompose to create corpses, then pull enemies in with Corpse Tendrils and utilize Blood Wave to attack them.

On this basis, Affliction can greatly increase the damage potential of the build by dealing a certain percentage of damage to enemies in vulnerable, crowd controlled or corrupted states. But it should be noted that the core of this build to maximize damage is still Blood Wave.

Harder To Obtain Gear

The reason that usually prevents you from utilizing a good build is that the best gear it needs is very difficult to get, and it must be repeatedly farmed by bosses. This is also true for Blood Wave Necromancer Build.

But honestly, if you blindly fear the challenge and don’t improve the strength of the build, you will only waste the chance to win that the build brings you. Therefore, in Season 9, you still need to obtain the following three pieces of gear for Blood Wave Build:

• Kessime’s Legacy
• Shroud of False Death
• Heir of Perdition

Comparatively speaking, the most important one should be Kessime’s Legacy, because it has affixes that can increase the damage potential of Blood Wave and reduce the cooldown of Blood Wave.

This way, not only can you cast it more often, but you’ll also have a greater chance of dealing double damage to enemies. The item also has a unique ability to cast Blood Wave on either side of you for a wider range of coverage.

As for Shroud of False Death and Heir of Perdition, their role is to provide excellent damage bonuses to push the build’s damage output per second to the limit.

However, all three pieces of gear require you to repeatedly fight the corresponding bosses in Torment difficulty to obtain them, and Kessime’s Legacy can only be dropped by farming Lord Zir. So if you want to maximize the potential of your build, at least wait until you reach the endgame stage.

Which Horadric Spells Should You Choose?

Each Diablo 4 season’s seasonal power provides additional benefits to build, allowing you to output damage in a more seasonal way. In Season 9, that power is Horadric Spells. But if you want to enhance Blood Wave Build with it, it is recommended that you prioritize the following two powers:

Catalyst - Cosmic Anomaly

• Passive effect: Summons up to 5 Anomalies, which will release particles over 4 seconds to damage enemies.
• Active effect: Control these Anomalies to converge and implode, and each explosion can cause damage. When the number of Anomalies reaches 5, not only will you become Unstoppable, but the next implosion will also cause double damage.

Infusion - Nebulous Extract

• Combat effect: On the basis of the shadow damage or corrosive damage caused by Catalyst, the damage caused by the hit enemy is reduced for 7 seconds. And it brings you a Shadow damage bonus equivalent to the highest damage type bonus.

The above is how to make Blood Wave Necromancer Build still usable in Diablo 4 Season 9 or even output more damage. If you think it is feasible, try it in the game!

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!