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

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

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

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

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

Lair Bosses And Related Keys

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

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

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

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

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

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

What Is Belial's Ambush?

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

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

How To Find Lair Bosses?

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

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

Lair Boss Loot Patterns

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

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

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

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

Best Season 10 Lair Keys Farming Strategy

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

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

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

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

If defeating lair bosses to obtain Unique or Mythic Uniques on your own is too tedious or difficult, you can also trade safe Diablo 4 items at D4GOLD! Simply enter the name of the Unique item you want to instantly retrieve and buy it!

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

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

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

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

When Will The New Sanctuary Sitdown Take Place?

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

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

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

What Does This Format Change Mean?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Will This Sanctuary Sitdown Preview Anything Else?

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

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

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

How To Get Twitch Drops?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. Defeating Echo Of Lilith

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

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

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

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

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

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

Phase 1

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

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

Phase 2

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

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

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

2. Obtaining The Final Season Journey Rewards

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

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

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

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

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

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

3. Farming Mythic Chaos Rifts

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

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

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

4. Obtaining Infernal Chests

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

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

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

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

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

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With the successful launch of Diablo 4 Season 5, many players are looking forward to the upcoming Vessel of Hatred DLC on October 8, 2024. Here, we will talk about the new PvE Dungeon added to Diablo 4 DLC, Dark Citadel, which we already know so far.

From what we know, this will be a multiplayer mode, which they call Co-Op Dungeon, where you can defeat a series of bosses with other players while completing different tactics, such as throwing balls at the boss to make it vulnerable.

In fact, when we first heard about this feature, our first impression was that Diablo 4 didn’t need this. Then, when we heard more details, our opinion changed to Diablo 4 definitely didn’t need this. Although we are currently waiting for its PTR test, I believe my opinion will not change. Here, we will talk about why we have such a poor opinion about this new Dark Citadel mechanism.

Poor Open World

First of all, you have to admit that Diablo 4 is a single-player game in every sense of the word. Although the developers have tried the concept of an open world before, they have basically failed. Because open world related activities such as World Bosses are still in a terrible state, especially when your character’s damage is compressed and you can only deal a fraction of the normal damage.

Although there are currently solutions to this problem, I believe that the poor experience caused by this absolutely overshadows the fun they brought to players when they first appeared.

Unchallenging World Bosses

In addition to this, there is a bigger joke that every World Boss will be killed in one hit as soon as it appears. The unchallenging content made Diablo 4 lose a lot of players.

Objectively speaking, the open world related content is not completely useless, but they only work in towns, where you can feel the presence of people around you, which makes the world more vivid. However, when it comes to combat, the open world completely fails because the power difference between two random players is huge. Pay to win also makes players who continue to spend time leveling feel meaningless.

Blood Maiden is also a joke in Helltides, not only because Leeching players’ thirst for Exquisite Blood makes challenging bosses just a tedious process of farming Diablo 4 Items, but more importantly, the difficulty setting is meaningless. Usually, Blood Maiden is either killed in one hit by some well-equipped players, or is too difficult for leveled players and takes a long time to kill.

You could say that the content they planned is not outdoor, not open world group play, but raids, so that you can choose your team to overcome these obstacles. The fact that you can choose your team for challenging Torment Bosses is also a joke. Because then people will only farm them for Uniques and Mythic Uniques that drop from those bosses, not because they like 5 seconds of soulless boss fights.

Low Visibility Of Boss Abilities

Let’s give the developers a chance and let’s assume that they can handle the balance of difficulty and boss health well in the new Diablo 4 DLC. But I am almost sure that there will be problems with the visibility of boss abilities.

If you’ve played Lightning Spear Sorcerer in the higher levels of Infernal Hordes, you’ll understand how difficult it is to see the boss’ abilities because the effects are everywhere.

Imagine how bad it would be if other players’ spells were 3-4 times more effective, and you had no idea. While the game could suppress other players’ abilities to make them less obvious, I honestly don’t have much faith in the developers’ ability to do this well in raids.

Dark Citadel May Become A Key Consumable Farming Location

Speaking of this, there will definitely be some Diablo fans who will say that if you don’t like Co-Op Dungeons, you can just not play them. However, if they didn’t make Dark Citadel an almost essential node for character development, this would actually be a valid argument.

According to the developers, a new consumable, Scroll of Re-Tempering, was added in Vessel of Hatred DLC, and the primary place to farm them is Dark Citadel Dungeon.

Of course, they will also say that you can get this item from other sources, but I believe that any player who has tried to farm Mythic Unique items will find this to be nonsense. The developers have always said that technically players can also get Mythic Uniques from any monster. But how does this actually work? Aside from Torment Bosses, you have almost no chance of seeing Unique drops.

Looking For Group Feature

Besides this, there is another new update that has received a lot of attention, which is Looking for Group feature. Many people call it some kind of savior of random groups, but I am not sure about this. I think it is very likely to become a tool in the future where the group leader only invites the best equipped players, and many times, these people have obtained their equipment through real money transactions. This may only gradually lead the game to the abyss of pay-to-win.

Final Thoughts

All in all, I think World of WarCraft is a better choice for most players if we want to experience raiding, rather than Diablo 4. Therefore, unless the development team can provide a major improvement compared to the current multiplayer and Co-Op modes, it seems to me that Dark Citadel is likely to fail like Gauntlet.

Anyway, are you confident about the upcoming Dark Citadel feature? Do you think my point makes sense? Let’s wait and see!

Andariel Barrage Rogue Build is definitely one of the most worthwhile builds to try in Diablo 4 Season 5. Not only is the actual difficulty of playing this build very low, but it also has a shocking damage output.

However, completing this build requires quite an intense grind in terms of the required gear. At the very least, you need to build the core Diablo 4 item of the same name, Andariel’s Visage, which will make things go much smoother.

Once you have Andariel’s Visage in Diablo 4, you’re ready to use this Barrage build and turn it into a top killer in Sanctuary. If you want to know how to play this build, don’t miss this guide, where we have prepared everything you need to know about this build for you.

Build Gameplay

You can’t be an Andariel Barrage Rogue without Andariel’s Visage. Otherwise, you’re just a Barrage Rogue that uses Barrage, Poison Trap, and Death Mark to deal damage.

Of course, you can also use Shadow Step and Dash to move around, and use Preparation Specialization to help your cooldown. Some builds also run Puncture to get Lucky Hit Chance. This is also possible, however, we won’t do it here.

What’s interesting about this build is that we don’t stack Ranks of Barrage. So we need to get as close to the enemy as possible when using Barrage. This reduces waste and ensures that the arrows don’t stray far from your target.

But the ultimate purpose of using Barrage is to trigger Andariel’s Visage, and Legendary Aspect of Bursting Venoms.

Once Lucky Hit is triggered, Poison Imbued Skills have a chance to create toxic pools. Alternatively, Poison Imbuement Skills have no CD/Charge limit on toxic pools. You can try to stack a lot of Attack Speed ​​and Lucky Hit to make this happen as often as possible.

Poison Trap is mainly for harder enemies, such as bosses and stronger elites. The challenge with this build is movement, which requires you to use Shadow Step and Dash frequently to get the attack speed buff for close combat. It lasts for 8 seconds, so you have to get used to using them on cooldown. But it takes practice.

Thanks to Preparation, you can use Poison Trap more often. However, this build is so ridiculous that you can even drink potions at full health. This is thanks to Unstable Elixirs, as these in turn provide damage buffs. However, it also means that you have to spend more time and effort in Diablo 4 to find potions that Andariel Build needs, but this is totally fine.

Essential Gear

Andariel Barrage Rogue works well with Andariel’s Visage in Diablo 4, but there are a few other slots that can be filled with Mythic Uniques or regular items. For example, Tyrael’s Might is a very strong defensive Mythic Unique. Ring of Starless Skies does a lot to reduce resource costs and increase damage.

Ideally, you’d also have Fists of Fate Unique Glove and Umbracrux, but they’re not essential. In particular, Umbracrux can really only be triggered by Poison Trap. Fists of Fate have a chance to deal extra attack damage, though. While it’s not essential, you should definitely grab it if you get the chance.

The actual types of gear you’re likely to see in Diablo 4 Season 5 will be much different. Don’t worry though, we’ve listed the types of gear you need for each slot. These are Mythic Uniques you need to complete this build:

• Helm: Andariel’s Visage
• Chest: Enshrouding Mail
• Gloves: Fists of Fate
• Pants: Umbrous Leggings
• Boots: Concussive Strike Boots
• Amulet: Branching Volleys Choker
• Rings: Ring of Retribution & High Velocity Ring
• Weapons: Bursting Venoms Bow
• Off-Hand: Bursting Venoms Dagger & The Umbracrux

Legendary Aspects

Apart from that, there are also important Legendary Aspects to choose from here. Aspect of Branching Volleys increases the damage done by ricocheting arrows and increases the chance that they will split when ricocheting, creating a potential wave of damage.

As mentioned above, Aspect of Bursting Venoms is another must-have, which gives players the powerful Poison Imbued skill. When a player lands a critical hit with Poison Imbued skill, there is a chance to create a toxic pool that deals Poison damage over time to enemies in it. This Aspect also grants the player the ability to have no cooldown or recharge limit while standing in the pool.

Here is a full list of the must-have Legendary Aspects:

• Aspect of Creeping Death
• Aspect of Bursting Venoms
• Umbrous Aspect
• Aspect of High Velocity
• Aspect of Branching Volleys
• Aspect of Concussive Strikes

When considering what other stats you need on your gear, you might consider adding Ranks of Alchemical Advantage or Casts of Poison Imbue. This can help you deal as much damage to disabled enemies as possible and reach a total of 180% attack speed, with 100% coming from gear and +80% from Aspects.

On top of that, since Andariel’s Visage relies on Lucky Hit, you’ll want as much attack speed as possible, at least 200%+.

That’s all you need to know about this Andariel Barrage Rogue Build. Follow this guide and you’ll be able to use it to its full potential to help you clear waves of enemies in Diablo 4 Season of The Infernal Hordes!

A fan-favorite feature from Diablo III has returned in Diablo IV with the (re) introduction of Seasons, adding something from new questlines to items, gameplay mechanics and more. Expanding on the abundant, gothic world of Sanctuary, the developers have ensured there’s plenty of opportunity for players to immerse themselves, whether you’re a new player just getting into Sanctuary, or a grizzled veteran of Burning Hell.

Diablo 4 Seasons Explained

Diablo 4 has four seasons per year, and each season lasts about three months. You can’t play any of the new seasonal stories without completing the campaign first. If you’re new to Diablo 4, you can play through the campaign in seasonal realms, and your usual killing of beasts and clearing of dungeons will increase your Diablo 4 Battle Pass progress.

If you’re new to the game and have already started your adventure in Sanctuary, you’ll need the new Season characters; each character starts fresh at level 1, allowing you to level up, experience Season content, and earn great loot - don’t forget, Skip Campaign option is available once you’ve completed it once. You don’t lose your character after Season ends, as each Season character transfers to the Eternal Realm, allowing players to continue killing and looting as much as they want.

Previous Diablo 4 Seasons

Here are all the previous Diablo 4 seasons and the main content they introduced:

• Season 1 - Season of the Malignant: This adds a new short story campaign in which players seek out Varshan the Consumed and deal with blight by interacting with Malignant Hearts.
• Season 2 - Season of the Blood: This season players gain up to 22 vampiric powers that carry over to the base game as Aspects. It also introduces several endgame bosses and Blood Harvest event.
• Season 3 - Season of the Construct: Players gain access to Seneschal, a robot companion that they can upgrade with abilities and traits. It also includes a new dungeon type called Vaults, as well as the debut of leaderboards and the always-active Helltides.
• Season 4 - Season of Loot Reborn: This season features a campaign where Iron Wolves go missing under suspicious circumstances. Players must also fight back against Helltide and earn their place among the Iron Wolves. Both Seasonal and Eternal realms make several major changes to how items are obtained and how loot works in general.

Season 5 Related Content

Like every other seasonal event, Season 5 continues to add a ton of new content to the game for you to explore, whether you’re a level 100 player who’s been around since Diablo IV launched, or someone who’s considering jumping in.

Diablo 4 Season 5 Release Date

The Diablo 4 Season 5 release date is August 6, 2024, and will be the end of Season 4 loot respawns. Diablo seasons usually run in three-month cycles and begin on the same day that the previous season ended.

Diablo 4 Season 5 PTR

Diablo 4 Season 5 PTR is available on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, and closed on Tuesday, July 2, 2024.

PTR (Public Test Realm) includes a new Eternal Quest named ‘The Eyes of the Enemy’, and a new wave event called ‘Infernal Hordes’. After beating all waves within the time limit, you will be able to advance to Well of Hatred and battle Fell Council. After killing them, you can use Burning Aether collected in this mode for ‘Spoils of Hell’. There are four categories of Diablo 4 Items you can loot:

• Spoils of Equipment
• Spoils of Materials
• Spoils of Gold
• Spoils of Greater Equipment

There are also a ton of new weapons and Diablo 4 items to use in your fight against Burning Hell.

Overall, there’s a lot to be excited about as Diablo 4 Season 4 continues the ongoing seasonal story while we wait for Season 5. If you haven’t started the event yet, keep reading for the full rundown on what you can expect.

Diablo 4 Season 5 will be officially released on August 6, 2024, and players may need to return to the fiery depths and fight Uber Bosses again. If you are preparing for the new season and trying to defeat Lilith as soon as possible when entering the endgame, there are many ways to build your character to achieve this goal.

Of all the classes, Necromancer allows players to build an Army of the Dead and use dark magic to fight hordes of enemies.

There are many ways to build a Necromancer, but building around the many Blight Golem Minions you can spawn and control can make for a pretty interesting experience. Whether you are trying Minions Necromancer for the first time or you are a seasoned veteran, following this build guide will make your Necromancer a successful boss-shredding killer.

Skill Tree

With all the options in Necromancer skill tree, some specific skills are best suited for you if you want to build an Army of the Dead.

In the first branch of options, the base skills offered by the skill tree, both Reap and Bone Splinters, are available. Enhanced Reap is usually the first choice for this type of build. Just invest one skill point into whichever skill you choose, and invest another skill point into the improvements.

Saving skill points for more powerful skills later is key to using this build to its full potential, especially since minions are so strong in the early stages of the game.

Once the core skills are unlocked, you can choose either Sever or Blight and only invest one skill point into either. Sever is strong against physical attackers, and the additional skill Paranormal Sever allows a third cast to make enemies Vulnerable. Blight is also strong as a ranged magic option, as the addition of Supernatural Blight allows your Minions to deal a lot of extra damage to Blighted targets.

If you can’t decide between the two, the bonus to minions damage from Supernatural Blight is usually the stronger choice. But be aware that abusing this ability will cause your Essence to disappear quickly, so use it with caution.

As for Corpse and Macabre skills, you just need to focus on improving the buffs they bring to your build.

Skeletal Warrior Mastery will only make your Warrior Minions more powerful, while Grim Harvest and Fueled By Death will make future synergies even more powerful. Feel free to invest as many skill points into your Harvest skills as you want, but make sure to fully upgrade Warrior Mastery.

Next, unlocking Curse Skills will give you the newest key ability: Decrepify. It slows down enemies and reduces their damage output for 10 seconds, but its Essence cost is a negligible 10.

When you max out a Curse Skill, you have a chance to gain Abhorrent Decrepify skill, which gives you a chance to reduce the cooldown of all your skills when hitting a cursed enemy. In the same branch, max out Skeletal Mage Mastery for the same reasons as Warrior Mastery.

The second branch of Corpse and Macabre skills offers Corpse Tendrils, an excellent Crowd Control ability that doesn’t consume any corpses. Invest a skill point in it and unlock Plague Corpse Tendrils to add some Vulnerable effects to your enemies. Then, max out Necrotic Carapace skill to increase your overall tankiness.

Last but not least are Ultimate Skills and Key Passives. Army of the Dead is what we desperately need, so max it out. Then max out Golem Mastery, Inspiring Leader, and Hellbent Commander to increase the power of your Minions.

Of course, you can also get Kalan’s Edict Key Passive to increase the attack speed of all your Minions. After that, you just fill out the rest of the skills to your liking to complete your skill tree.

Uber Unique Items

In addition, there are Uber Unique items that players can rarely get. Many of these Diablo 4 items are applicable to almost any gear, but Harlequin Crest Unique Helm is particularly useful for Minions gear, significantly reducing damage and improving skills.

Other good choices include Ring of Sacrilegious Soul, which automatically uses powerful Corpse skills for you without consuming Essence.

Book Of The Dead

For Necromancer, Book of the Dead is how you customize the damage output of your Minions, from Shadow to Ice or Blood damage, and it’s broken down into three sections that connect to different types of Minions: Warriors, Mages, and Golems.

Each Minion then gets to choose a damage type from three choices, and then one of three effects from each choice. For this specific Blight Golem Minions Necromancer build, the best choices are:

• Reaper Warriors with the second effect: 15% chance to form a corpse when attacking.
• Shadow Mages with the first effect: 3% more damage per Shadow Mages.
• Blood Golems with the second effect: Shared healing and more damage reduction.

Of course, there are other good choices, including Cold damage for Mages, and Iron Golems for stuns.

Paragon Board

Once you’ve completed your Skill Tree, the only thing left to focus on and customize, aside from your inventory, is how to use your Paragon Board. Understanding how to allocate your Paragon Points wisely is the best way to improve your build after level 50.

The way to incorporate Paragon Board is through the different types of Skill Trees, and the best glyphs are centered on enhancing your Golem or all of your Minions. In short, look for glyphs that benefit your Willpower, Intelligence, and Maximum Life.

Legendary Aspects

Finally, we’ll look at which Aspects are best for Minions Necromancer builds. In Diablo 4, Weapons, Armor, and Shields all have a chance to have Aspects, which are unique buffs that usually belong to a specific class.

Necromancer is no exception, and has a number of useful Aspects that can make specific builds more powerful. To obtain them, you can either collect them through random loot or by destroying gear with Aspects at Blacksmith, then adding them to items with Occultist.

If you want to see what Aspects you have available, go to the in-game menu and click on Collections. Codex of Power will list all Aspects you have unlocked. Some of the best Aspects for this build include:

• Reanimation
• Hardened Bones
• Blood Getter
• Grasping Veins
• Unyielding Commander

Each of these provides a significant boost to your gear, such as Reanimation increasing Minions damage and Unyielding Commander giving an enormous boost to your Army of the Dead ultimate.

That’s all we know about this Blight Golem Minions Necromancer Build. Follow this guide and you’ll be able to use it to its full potential and excel in Diablo 4 Season 5!

It is reported that Diablo 4 will add some tools in Season 6, such as HUD compass, audio navigation, automatic fixed tasks and other functions. The addition of these features is to reduce the difficulties we encounter during the game. The developer also admitted that these purposes are to improve our gaming experience as much as possible.

Although everything Diablo 4 has done so far is positive, there are still some very basic features missing, which are not conducive to our gaming experience. But fortunately, the developer is actively looking for ways to solve them.

For tracking and navigating on a game map of Diablo 4, it is a very boring thing, and it is easy to make people question it for some players. For modern games, accessibility is a very important issue, but even if you take a step back, even if navigation is not the core content of a game, at least it cannot be a hindrance to a game.

At present, the developer has confirmed that there are indeed some navigations in development, which may be available to everyone in the near future. Moreover, the features mentioned above may be launched in Season 6 at the earliest. There is still some time before Season 6. Although the launch time of these features is still uncertain, we at least have expectations for the game.

The Developer Uses UI To Make The Game Smoother

Among the features that will be launched in Season 6, the developer specifically emphasized the three features of HUD compass, audio navigation, and automatic fixed tasks. These three features should have been available when the game was launched, but it is better to do it later than not.

HUD arrow is to add a pointing arrow to the game to ensure that players will not get lost in the game. Automatically mark tasks. When the player accepts a task, it can automatically mark it on the map and plan the most suitable route. The audio navigation function helps players with visual impairments to track targets and mark them more easily. When activating a task, Diablo 4 will have a voice prompt to guide the player to complete the task.

The above functions are obviously indispensable for a game. This game is prepared for players. If some necessary navigation functions are missing, it is not a joyous thing for the game. But at least the developers are listening to the opinions expressed by players in the community.

New DLC Brings Some New Classes And Regions

In addition to the updated navigation system, a new chapter of Sanctuary will be released in Season 6 along with the much-anticipated Vessel of Hatred expansion. It is reported that this new DLC will include some of the darkest content in the series.

This paid DLC will be officially released on October 8. As the base game, it will introduce a lot of new content, new classes, and new areas. Of course, the update will also bring some new opportunities to obtain Diablo 4 Gold. In addition, some specific classes in the game can also get some exclusive rewards, just to ensure that everyone can find their own fun in game.

In terms of new features, the biggest content updated in Vessel of Hatred should be Nahantu region. This region itself is located in the southern part of the map in the base game. The biggest difference between Nahantu region and Sanctuary region is that Nahantu region is full of jungles, lush branches and leaves, and reveals shadows and killing everywhere. But for veterans of the RPG franchise, this region is not unfamiliar, as Nahantu region appeared in Diablo II’s third act.

New Class Appearance - Spirtborn

For existing classes, using some new tools to eliminate the wild foes of Nahantu is a simple matter, but for Spirtborn, this matter is still new. Spirtborn occupies a large part of DLC promotion. Because Spirtborn appears in this series for the first time, everyone is looking forward to what kind of strength he can show.

The developer describes Spirtborn as the apex predators of the jungle, and his power comes from the souls of his ancestors and his power as a guardian of nature.

Developer’s RPG game has been working hard for updates. Whether players are more looking forward to the emergence of new navigation tools or launch of Vessel of Hatred, we hope that the developer’s updated content can bring us a more comfortable gaming experience. Players who are eager for new content can pre-order new DLC to unlock some different pets. We can choose snow leopards, tigers or some other canines.

Many people think that the pet system, like the navigation system, should be available at the beginning of the game, but fortunately it is finally online. As long as the result is good, it is not afraid of being late. The above is the introduction of new features and the analysis of new content. We still need more official news to learn more.

Diablo 4 Season 5 is almost here. Are you eager to upgrade your character and build as soon as possible to get a better start when entering the new season? Here, we will share a top leveling build for Rogue class, Shadow Flurry Rogue.

But that doesn't mean it can't be used to clear the endgame. This build is able to deal a lot of AoE damage by firing Imbue Flurry, allowing you to easily clear groups of monsters. Besides this, we have used many of the same concepts and pushed them to the extreme. So if you are looking for a best Rogue leveling build in Season 4, don’t miss this guide!

Gameplay

Shadow Flurry has always been a fun build that can quickly clear enemies, and since Season 3, it has a lot of additional clearing power in the form of Icy Alchemist’s Aspect and Toxic Alchemist’s Aspect.

What’s more, these now trigger simply by using Shadow Imbuement skill, rather than requiring the enemy to be affected by Ailments. Combined with Aspect of Elements, we are able to deal massive amounts of damage.

On the defensive side of things, we’re going to rely on Daze and Knockdown enemy abilities as our primary forms of defense. We’re also going to utilize Concealment and Aspect of Lethal Dusk for stealth. Not only will this give us some passive healing, but it’ll also give us more uptime on Shadow Imbuement with Nightstalker glyph.

To round out our defense, we’re going to use a combination of Momentum Key Passive and Aspect of Stolen Vigor. These skills, when stacked, will give us a ton of damage reduction as well as a ton of in-combat healing. Since we’ll be applying Dazed constantly, we’ll often be maxing out this effect.

Skills

Next, we’ll discuss each of the skills we use and explain what each one does and how they fit into the build.

Puncture

Puncture is always a solid base skill for Rogue to use, giving us an easy way to apply Vulnerable. Depending on the situation, in most encounters, we probably only need to use it a few times to win.

Flurry

Flurry is an exceptional skill, and paired with Aspect of Encircling Blades, we’ll hit the entire area around us multiple times. While its Lucky Hit Chance is low, the number of enemies we can hit and the number of hits we can get more than make up for it. This allows it to trigger our Lucky Hit effect frequently, giving us a lot of damage and utility.

Shadow Step

We mainly use Shadow Step for movement. It has a low cooldown, and it only gets shorter as we stack cooldown reduction, making it very reliable.

More importantly, its Lucky Hit Chance makes it a great tool for triggering Alchemist procs. The only downside is that Shadow Step is a single-target, so you only get one set of blasts.

Concealment

Concealment isn’t always the best option, but on-demand stealth can go a long way in defense. We mainly use it to lower the cooldown of Shadow Imbuement and trigger a guaranteed crit to daze enemies. We’ll also get a nice boost to our defense thanks to Resistant Assailant’s Aspect and be able to reduce its cooldown fairly frequently.

Shadow Imbuement

Shadow Imbuement itself increases AoE potential of Flurry, as any enemy affected by Shadow Infection will explode when defeated.

Shadow Clone

Shadow Clone is our ultimate of choice. With Aspect of Imitated Imbuement, it will not only echo our Imbue Flurry casts, but will also provide more opportunities to trigger Icy Alchemist’s Aspect and Toxic Alchemist’s Aspect.

Unique Items

This build makes use of multiple Diablo 4 Items, but here we’ll only discuss the few that provide the strongest effects to the build. These are the ones you really want to slot into the build if you have the chance. You can unlock most of these items at World Tier 3, but once you get them, the build gets a nice upgrade.

Cowl Of The Nameless

Cowl of the Nameless is a Unique Helm that gives us easy access to cooldown reduction and increased Lucky Hit Chance. It even has a now-rare melee damage reduction.

However, the trade-off here is that we lose Tempering, which means less overall cooldown reduction for Concealment and generally lower defense.

Grasp Of Shadow

Grasp of Shadow is a pair of Unique Gloves that also provides most of the features we want from gloves, namely Attack Speed ​​and Flurry Ranks. If you are lucky enough to use it with a higher Core Skill Rank affix, it will greatly increase our damage.

Worst-case scenario, we only lose Critical Chance and a little Max Health. This is usually okay though, as the buffs it brings are usually more important.

Yen’s Blessing

Yen’s Blessing is a pair of Unique Boots that provide many of the features we want from boots, mainly the movement speed buff.

Aspects

Next, we’ll look at some Legendary Aspects that can maximize the potential of this build.

• Aspect of Elements
• Aspect of Encircling Blades
• Aspect of Initated Imbuement
• Icy Alchemist’s Aspect
• Toxic Alchemist’s Aspect
• Aspect of Concussive Strikes
• Aspect of Stolen Vigor
• Resistant Assailant’s Aspect

Paragon Board

Paragon Boards are a feature available at level 50. These boards allow us to spend Paragon points gained from leveling up to enhance our character.

• Starter Board: Like all Starter Boards, this one provides general damage and defense.
• Exploit Weakness: This will allow us to apply a stacking damage bonus when hitting vulnerable enemies, and this will affect almost every enemy in our vicinity at all times.
• Eldritch Bounty: When we use Shadow Imbuement, Eldritch Bounty increases our Shadow resistance and Shadow damage
• Cheap Shot: This gives us a damage bonus to each crowd-controlled enemy nearby, and we will be constantly Dazing enemies, so this helps a lot in our siege.
• Cunning Stratagem: It does provide some conveniently placed armor and core skill damage that is also useful.

That’s all you need to know about this Shadow Flurry Rogue build. Mastering this guide will help you maximize your damage and overall performance. Anyway, I hope this build brings you some new fun. See you next time!

It is widely acknowledged that Diablo 4 Season 4 is the best season of the game so far. This is because Loot Reborn Season adds a lot of important changes that are crucial to the development of the game and makes it more fun than ever.

As you can imagine, if Season 5 wants to continue the success of Season 4, the developers must not be satisfied with the status quo and actively listen to player feedback.

For now, I have no doubt that Diablo 4 Season 5 has the potential to be a great work, as long as it does not repeat the mistakes of previous seasons.

At the same time, I am also thinking about what changes or additions need to be made in Season 5 to make a big difference and bring back the previously lost player base. In this guide, we will discuss what needs to be improved to revive Diablo 4 Season 5. Without further ado, let’s get started!

Increased Drop Rates For Gear With Greater Affixes

First and foremost, one thing that Diablo 4 Season 5 could improve is the way to get gear with Greater Affixes. While the new Helltides in the new season are a welcome way to grind content and get better Diablo 4 items, the better way to play is to find a Helltide where people team up to fight Blood Maiden Boss.

Do this repeatedly throughout Helltide event. You’ll pile up a lot of gear, crafting materials, and make a lot of money.

If you only loot Blood Maiden once per Helltide, you’ll most likely get nothing. However, just running around in circles to get XP is very tedious and boring, but it’s really efficient.

But if you have a good chance of getting gear with Greater Affixes dropped from Helltide Chests, you may eventually be able to average out without having to do many boring, repetitive runs. That’s pretty exciting!

Adding New Challenges To Helltide

Also, Helltide could be iterated on further in Diablo 4 Season 5. One thing I would like to see is some added variety, perhaps generating portals to Hell that give players small dungeons or cellar-type areas they can explore.

They could also add some extra quests or challenges there for bigger rewards. There are all sorts of ways to improve Helltide.

Currently, they just send you into these demon-filled areas with quest objectives. They all feel the same, but it’s undeniably fun to beat up a bunch of bad guys. I hope that in the new season, we’ll see changes and improvements in this system.

Improve Crafting Sigils

As a Diablo 4 player, I often see some arguments about Crafting Sigils. Of course, I personally have some ideas for improvements to this.

I would like to be able to choose which Nightmare Dungeon I want to craft Sigils for, or be able to hide or blacklist some dungeons. It’s not a major change, but it would be nice to have a clearer idea of ​​what you’re doing.

I think the affixes of Nightmare Dungeon should remain chaotic, but I would like to see more autonomy in timing, especially in some of the harder Nightmare Dungeons in Diablo 4 Season 5. Beyond that, it would be nice if Sigil Powder was a little more common.

Add Group Finder

Another thing worth keeping an eye on is that since many players don’t have a regular group of friends around them anymore, it would be great if there was a Group Finder or Matchmaking system for Pit of Artificers, Nightmare Dungeons, and other high-end late-game content. This would also allow us to get Uber Bosses a little faster.

Some players will worry that people will take advantage of this and use it to sell runs and the like, but that’s inevitable since this is an online game.

That said, I would really like some kind of party system, especially for the harder content offered in Season 5, which is undoubtedly something that most players have been asking for.

Optimize Solo Self-Found Mode

Do you think Hardcore might be too easy? Or do you want to win the ultimate victory completely on your own? No shops, no trading, no items dropped by friends? Solo Self-Found Mode might be what you’re looking for.

Since most players can currently complete the game without help, Season 5 will have to go a step further if it wants to make the experience better. It might not have shared resources or materials, and the same goes for your stash.

You can still interact with people in the world, and you can still get honor for kills together, but they can’t help you get gear. However, perhaps to fix this, maybe they have a better chance of getting loot drops? I don’t quite know how it would work, but I think the developers could figure out a way to make Solo Self-Found Mode in the new season both challenging and fun.

Regardless, Diablo 4 Season 5 still has a long way to go before it officially goes live. Currently, the developers plan it to start on August 6, 2024, when Season 4 Loot Reborn will end. It may be a shorter season, though, unless it coincides with the release of the upcoming expansion, Vessel of Hatred.

In conclusion, what do you think of this wishlist? Are there any other areas that you think Season 5 should improve upon? Let’s wait and see!