In any season of Diablo 4, the main task of players is always to quickly level up a new season character to obtain higher-level and quality items and enter the endgame as soon as possible to complete more challenging battles.
Diablo 4 Season 9, Sins of the Horadrim, due to hit the game on July 1, will also introduce big changes to Nightmare Dungeons, new seasonal mechanics, and more lucrative World Tiers that can be unlocked by players who reach the level cap of 60.
With this in mind, this guide will categorize existing classes and corresponding builds into 3 tiers: S/A/B, based on multiple aspects, including initial strength, survivability, area of effect ability, ease of use, and reliance on gear. You can make the right choice depending on your exploration needs and gaming style.
S Tier
1. Necromancer
In the first few seasons of Diablo 4, the power of leveling up Necromancer, who could summon minions to fight, was obvious to everyone, and the developers have not weakened it on a large scale in this new season, so it can still be the best class to quickly pass through the leveling stage.
Among the builds you can choose for Necromancer, the build with Bone Splinters and Corpse Explosion as the core can make you dominate the combat and exploration in the early game.
After reaching the middle and late game, you can use the skills that can summon skeletons to allow you to continuously cast damage to the enemy in a safe combat environment, or use Blood Surge and Blight to obtain better range damage and endurance.
It’s worth noting that the above builds require less gear of higher rarity and quality, so the loot and Diablo 4 Gold you farm from regular exploration should be enough to reach the level cap pretty easily.
Recommended Builds
- Minion Summoner Necromancer: Your minions will help you take the bulk of the enemy’s attacks, while you can just use those corpses for a super effective explosion damage from a distance, which makes it very safe and powerful to finish most fights, perfect for casual players.
- Blood Surge Necromancer: You only need to activate a skill during combat, and you have amazing area damage. On top of that, you have the ability to heal yourself to stay alive.
2. Spiritborn (only in Vessel of Hatred DLC)
Although Diablo 4 has been very aggressive against Spiritborn for two seasons, it still has some excellent leveling builds in Season 9. For example, the high burst damage, long range, and high mobility of builds focusing on Quill Volley or Stinger skills are very suitable for farming a lot of experience points for fast leveling.
Not only that, the skills possessed by Spiritborn are very adaptable, and they can provide you with strong crowd control and survivability after you unlock the first core skill. In addition, the unique Spirit Guardian buff will give you a passive skill, and you only need to invest a small amount of to have a very comprehensive build.
Recommended Builds
- Quill Volley Spiritborn: It can easily clear all enemies and pick up a lot of loot with its super high firing rate barrage. It also has excellent mobility and expansion capabilities.
- Stinger Spiritborn: It lets you dish out deadly damage to enemies at range, especially if you choose the right Spirit Guardian buff for it.
3. Rogue
With high lethality, high attack speed, and high mobility, Rogue has high leveling potential in Diablo 4 Season 9 as well. Not only that, Rogue has many build options to meet the needs of different players.
For example, Twisting Blades and Flurry are more suitable for challenging some single enemies; Barrage is very effective in long-range against some group enemies; and players with prime requirements for mobility can choose Dash and Shadow Step as the core of the build.
However, since its skill rotation requires players to have high dynamic capture ability and temporary adaptability, it is slightly inferior to the first two classes.
Recommended Builds
- Dance Of Knives Rogue: It allows you to use the synergy of Poison and Shadow to kill monsters easily and quickly, so that you can pick up more experience points in a short time.
- Barrage Rogue: It has a very wide range of damage and reliable damage ability, and is one of the best long-range builds you can choose.
A Tier
1. Barbarian
While Barbarian isn’t as fast at leveling as S tier options, it can still give you an edge in certain combat situations. For example, Upheaval lets you deal massive area damage and has powerful synergies with Warcry skills like Rallying Cry.
Not only that, a Barbarian build focused on Double Swing and Hammer of the Ancients gives you very impressive survivability and damage against some single-target bosses. In addition, you can add Weapon Expertise to it to make it even more powerful.
Recommended Build
- Upheaval Barbarian: Each of your attacks has super high crit potential and super wide-area damage, making it a splendid choice for melee players.
2. Sorcerer
Although both are spell-casting classes, Sorcerer’s fast leveling ability is far inferior to Necromancer’s. This is because you are often limited by the mana shortage when using this type of character.
So if you want to rely on Sorcerer builds that can cast different elemental damage to level up, you may need to spend more Diablo 4 Gold on it to keep your mana in a stable and safe range.
Such a build equipped with skills such as Chain Lightning or Fireball can provide you with continuous damage and area control capabilities, which is important for farming a lot of loot and experience in the early and mid-term.
Recommended Builds
- Chain Lightning Sorcerer: With its high maximum damage potential and ability to auto-target enemies, it’s a great pick for players new to Diablo 4.
- Incinerate Sorcerer: It can clear groups of enemies with high fire damage, making it great for use in dungeons, Infernal Hordes, and Helltides.
- Firewall Sorcerer: In addition to its high damage potential, it can also make enemies with high mobility easier to defeat in controlled areas.
B Tier - Druid
The last and least suitable class for fast leveling is Druid. Although its Pulverize and Shred skills have strong damage capabilities, these skills have extremely long cooldowns and very complicated upgrade paths in the early game.
And the companion skill Landslide can only play enough fast clearing potential with Earth skills, but it requires you to unlock Legendary Aspects, which are very difficult to farm, before you can use it. So this also leads to it not having an optimal leveling build in Diablo 4 Season 9.
These are the best classes and builds for fast leveling in Diablo 4 Season 9 Sins of the Horadrim. We will continue to monitor the best builds for passive skills, gear, and the latest Horadric spells, and will announce them when the new season begins. We wish you all a great game!
