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Diablo 4 is a massively multiplayer online action role-playing game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The game, as the fourth work in Diablo series, was officially announced at the opening ceremony of BlizzCon held on November 1, 2019, and was officially released on June 5, 2023.
You almost don’t have to worry about Diablo 4 being boring because of the lack of new content! Because Blizzard plans to release Diablo 4 Season 8 Belial’s Return on April 29, 2025! In addition to bringing multiple new seasonal content, the most notable one is the return of the Belial boss from Diablo 3! Let’s take a look now!
Just like Witchcraft Power of Season 7, Season 8 will help you enrich your Diablo 4 Season 8 builds by adding up to 24 Boss Powers. To gain a Boss Power, you’ll need to kill the associated boss, then use the new siphoning ability on their corpse to take their power for your own! You can only use one Main Boss Power at a time, but you can upgrade it with three Modifiers to customize your play style.
As one of the lesser evils in Diablo series, Belial once appeared in the final quest of the second act of Diablo 3. Now, he will lead his army and bring his terrifying atmosphere back to Diablo 4. From this, the main story line of Season 8 will also revolve around the dark legend about Belial.
This is a seasonal event related to the new boss, Belial. Belial will have his Apparition monsters attack Sanctuary, and all you have to do is clear all of them. Completing this event is expected to help you gain boss powers related to Belial.
The endgame boss mechanic will be changed in Season 8 and renamed Lair boss, including Initiate, Greater, and Exalted Lair 3 levels. Summoning the Lair bosses no longer requires summoning materials, but unlocking their hoard requires Lair boss keys.
To help you deal with these Lair bosses, Season 8 will bring some new Legendary Aspects and Unique Items, mainly including:
Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred DLC is a paid expansion, which differs from the regular seasonal updates we currently receive as part of the base game. Here are some of the highlights in this new DLC:
With the introduction of these new contents, players have the opportunity to uncover the secrets of the Sanctuary and get a better gaming experience!
Diablo IV Season 9 will come soon, and PTR is over. Many builds have shown their damage and are expected to become the new season’s Meta builds. Among them, Whirlwind Barbarian Build is likely to be the top of the Tier S lineup in Season 9.
What really stands out is not how fast it can clear the dungeon, but how fast it can kill the final boss. The Pit Guardian didn’t even have time to refresh before it was instantly killed by a burst of damage. With very high damage, it could successfully pass Level 150 The Pit.
Pros
Cons
Because of the changes to Overpower mechanic, some builds were affected in Season 1. But Barbarian’s own exaggerated damage-dealing ability, as well as the fun gameplay of using Call of the Ancients as a summoning build, makes it still one of the best classes.
Collecting such a set of equipment is undoubtedly a challenge. It contains two Mythic Unqiue Items. To farm a Mythic unique item, you may have to farm hundreds of times in a dungeon. If you collect 4 Resplendent Sparks, I suggest you use it and Diablo 4 gold to make Ring of Starless Skies first. And this build requires the lucky hit chance provided by Mythic unique items to trigger the effect of Fists of Fate.
Wrath of the Berserker (rank 1): Goes into a berserk state and knocks back nearby enemies, becoming unstoppable.
Modifiers:
Challenging Shout (rank 5): Taunts nearby enemies and gains a large amount of damage reduction.
Modifiers:
Rallying Cry (rank 5): Increases movement speed and resource survival rate.
Modifiers:
War Cry (rank 1): Roars and increasing damage dealt to Barbarian and nearby allies.
Modifiers:
Flay (rank 1): Causes the enemy to bleed after dealing damage to it.
Modifiers:
Whirlwind (rank 5): Rapidly spins and attacks surrounding enemies, dealing massive damage.
Modifiers:
Although Whirlwind Barbarian Build is often paired with Call of the Ancients, this build is for ultimate damage, so Wrath of the Berserker is its ultimate skill, and Flay is fused to further increase its damage.
As for the new unique boots in Season 9, Hooves of the Mountain God does not work well with this build, and is not highly recommended.
Catalysts
Infusions
Arcana
The idea of choosing this Horadric Spells is basically to reduce the monster’s defense to increase damage. Flay can make the enemy enter a bleeding state, so you can pair it with Siphoning Gizmo. If you prefer to use Whirlwind, replace it with Sapping Crux.
Compared with Flay Bleed Barbarian build, Celestial Surge gathers monsters together, and with the effect of Bloody Charm, you can trigger Celestial Surge almost infinitely. Therefore, Whirlwind Barbarian Build is very fast in farming Diablo 4 gold.
The gameplay of Whirlwind Barbarian Build is very simple. You basically just need to turn it up, then release the ultimate skill to increase the damage, and finally use the effects of Flay and Horadric Spells to instantly deal hundreds of billions of damage.
As long as you try it a little, you can understand why it can successfully pass 150 The Pit. Few builds can do this. Season 9 will be officially launched in early July. Maybe the developers will weaken this gameplay, so whether it is the strongest or not will have to wait until season 9 is officially launched.
With the end of PTR, players who played in PTR have basically understood what kind of season Season 9 is. What is the difference between it and other seasons? Is it a remake of Season 7? Do you think this season needs improvement?
So here is a brief introduction to what kind of season this is based on the PTR of Season 9.
First is the unique power of Season 9 Horadric Spells. This may be the best seasonal power at present. It differs from Boss Powers of Season 8. It not only brings player additional skills and damage value improvements, but you can also use modifiers to create a set of interesting builds.
Horadric Spells has 5 catalyst skills:
These 5 catalyst skills are not very special. They can basically be understood as a basic piece of equipment, and players usually pay more attention to the affixes and quality of the equipment.
Horadric Spells also have 5 Infusions to let you customize the type of damage caused by Horadric Spells, which makes Horadric Spells more flexible than other seasons. Any class can match a Horadric Spells they need.
Arcana enriches the playability of Horadric Spells. At present, there is an entertaining gameplay that relies on the combination of Arcana to allow your character to continuously teleport in the dungeon. This gameplay is suitable for any class and the speed of farming Diablo 4 Items is very fast.
There are also a bunch of Horadric Jewels that work with Horadric Spells in Season 9, and you have to be at least in Torment I to start crafting them. But they’re pretty average in Season 9.
Another big change in Diablo 4 Season 9 is that the developers have made a big change to the dungeon content. But in terms of the experience, it’s basically three nightmare dungeons stitched together, so it doesn’t feel special.
But in the dungeons of Season 9, you will get items with better affixes, and the developers have promised that they will increase the drop rate of items, which is a very good adjustment because players are tired of farming dungeons repeatedly, and then selling a bunch of unused weapons and accessories in their backpacks to merchants for Diablo 4 gold.
But unfortunately, Mythic Unique Items are still difficult to farm. Even in Torment IV, players still have to farm hundreds of times to get a Mythic Item, and not all players will spend all their free time on Diablo 4. This still needs improvement.
Season 9’s Necromancer has maintained its strength, but because of the weakening of key skills and Overpower mechanism, Necromancer’s survivability in Season 9 has decreased a lot.
Although Skeletal Arch-Mage can cause powerful damage, these skeletons themselves lack defense. And their AI is not very smart. If you want to play a summoner, you might as well try Hydra Sorcerer.
Druids also got some new things in Season 9. A Unique Two-Handed Mace called Rotting Lightbringer further improves the damage of Pulverize Position Druid in S9 PTR.
When Druid uses Pulverize, it can create a poison pool under his feet. You can create AoE and make enemies vulnerable by just casting Pulverize, so it’s not slow to farm gold, but Druids are not as good as they used to be because of the nerfs to Cataclysm and Overpower.
Rogue is not as good as other classes in Season 9, because you basically only have Death Trap Rogue build to play, and other play styles are basically nerfed, so you don’t have many choices. If you are tired of playing Death Trap Rogue, then you’d better not play Rogue in Season 9.
Whirlwind Barbarian build and Flay Bleed Barbarian build are both interesting Barbarian builds. They have good damage and a fast farming speed, and can easily enter level 150 The PIt.
Barbarian is in a middle position in Season 9. Its other builds are not so good, and its equipment requirements are very demanding.
Spiritborn was very strong in Season 9, and its other builds were very good, especially Quill Volley Thorns Spiritborn build. Season 9’s unique items brought a whole new way to play Spiritborn, and its damage and farming speed are both top-tier. Its minor drawbacks are its reliance on unique items and the fact that it takes a little time to accumulate damage.
Sorcerer is probably the best class in Season 9, as Hydra Sorcerer build is the most fun build on the PTR, and its damage-dealing ability is also top-tier.
Who wouldn’t want to try to summon an army of Hydras? And it’s going to get bigger! Hydra Sorcerer build beats all the other builds by a lot in terms of fun alone.
Overall, Season 9 wasn’t a standout, but it was more interesting than Season 8. Horadric Spells and Hydra Sorcerer build added a lot of points to this season. If they are not weakened after the official launch, then Season 9 should be an above average season.
Barbarian is a class that many players love to use. It can not only do crazy damage, but also has good survivability. But in Season 9, Barbarian was nerfed. Can it still be as powerful as Season 8?
There is no doubt that Barbarian can still do it easily. Season 8’s Boss Powers are indeed very powerful, but difficult to use. Season 9’s Horadric Spells are much more flexible than Boss Powers. With this new power, Flay Bleed Barbarian Build can easily do terabytes of damage, even entering The PIt at lv 150 is not a problem for it.
Pros
Cons
We all know that Overpower mechanic was greatly weakened in Season 9. Any build that relies on this mechanic basically has a significant reduction in damage. Barbarian is naturally also affected, but generally speaking, the impact is not too big because Barbarian’s damage sources are more diverse.
Many of Barbarian’s skills have been enhanced, and the one with the largest enhancement is Flay. Its continuous damage has increased from 48% to 115%, which is one of the reasons why this build uses it as the core.
Barbarian gets a new unique item in Season 9:
Unique Boots: Hooves of the Mountain God
Affixes
Unique Power
This unique item adds a cleave effect to the Flay Bleed Barbarian Build’s base skill Flay, significantly increasing Barbarian’s efficiency in farming Diablo 4 gold. However, it is not irreplaceable.
The real thing that makes Barbarian’s damage reach trillions in this Flay Bleed Barbarian Build is Siphoning Gizmo. By constantly triggering Lucky Shots, you can stack the burning damage of Catalyst skill with the bleeding damage of Flay skill to create amazing damage numbers.
In terms of equipment selection, although Ugly Bastard Helm has been weakened, whether it is rage, fire damage or enhanced lucky hit, it is the effect needed for this build.
Ring of Starless Skies can provide 12.5% Lucky Hit chance, which is very important for Flay Bleed Barbarian Build. Because you’d better be able to reach 100% Lucky Hit chance to ensure that you can trigger the effect of Siphoning Gizm every time.
In addition, the higher the base damage of this build, the faster you can deal damage, so you’d better use Diablo 4 gold and materials to Masterworking your equipment, which will further increase the damage of these builds.
In terms of skill selection, Flay is the core of Barbarian damage. You need to use other skills to increase damage and reduce the opponent’s defense.
This build has very low skill requirements. You can get the skills and Horadric Spells you need very early, but you’d better upgrade Horadric Spells as soon as possible.
It’s just a test at present. It’s not known whether Flay Bleed Barbarian Build will be weakened after Season 9 is launched. If it is not weakened, then it may become one of Meta Barbarian Builds of season 9, and you can perform like a superman in The Pit.
Necromancer has always been one of the most popular classes in Diablo 4, not only because it is powerful, but also because many players are obsessed with being a summoner. But in Season 7 and Season 8, the summoning style has never been the main choice for players in the endgame, even though the developers have been trying to strengthen this gameplay. Players still choose to use Blood Wave or Bone Gun as the core of builds.
Summon Necromancer builds are usually used to farm gold in the early game, and sometimes they are not as efficient as Blood Wave Necromancer build. But in Season 9, an equipment overturned this situation, allowing the minions Necromancer to play a powerful role in the endgame.
Necromancer received a unique glove in Season 9, which is the main reason the Minions Necromancer has been greatly improved. Here are the effects of this item:
Unique Gloves: The Hand of Naz
Modifiers:
Unique Powers:
Skeletal Arch-Mages automatically teleport to safety when attacked, and their attacks occasionally shatter on impact, dealing extra damage to the target and up to additional targets.
Of all Necromancer summons, the most powerful are the Skeletal Mages. While they don’t have the high health of Skeletal Warriors, they do have more powerful damage. With Hand of Naz, you can easily create an army created by Skeletal Mage. And they can teleport and will not die easily.
Many of Necromancer’s skills have been buffed, such as Reap, Hemorrhage, Decompose, and Bone Splinters. But one key skill has been nerfed, Soulrift. Its barrier was removed in Season 9, which made Necromancer’s survivability decrease a lot.
In addition, Necromancer’s Passive and unique equipment, Deathless visage and Indira’s Memory, have also been nerfed. Coupled with the significant nerf of Overpower mechanism, all of these have led to a decrease in the damage that Necromancer builds can cause in Season 8.
Since the survivability of Necromancers has been reduced in Season 9, if you want to move freely among monsters, you must ensure you have enough survivability. The two Mythic Uniques equipment can greatly improve your survivability, and you’d better take some materials and Diablo 4 gold to Masterworking them.
Elsewhere, The Hand of Naz is the core of this build, and Ring of Mendeln can increase the damage of summons.
In terms of skills, since The Hand of Naz needs to sacrifice summons to transform into Skeleton Mages, you need some skills that can increase summons, and Corpse Explosion can be used as a means of supplementing damage.
Cosmic Anomaly: Manifest up to 5 Anomalies, these Anomalies will emit particles that deal damage within 4 seconds, and you can actively command Anomalies to gather and implode, and each explosion can deal damage.
Glacial Nimbus: Your Catalyst skill now causes enemies to receive damage that causes cold and/or frostbite, which triggers on enemies every second.
Since Super Skeletal Mage Necromancer can summon a large group of Skeletal Arch-Mages, it is not a big deal for it to challenge the boss. Therefore, the choice of Horadric Spell is mainly focused on enhancing the survivability of Necromancer.
Advantages
Disadvantages
Super Skeletal Mage Necromancer Build has a certain combat power in PTR. You can directly convert from leveling build to this build in the early game, which saves your Diablo 4 gold required to reset skills and Paragon. You can also use Skeletal Arch-Mage as a component in the build instead of as the core, which is another way to play.
Spiritborn has been silent for too long in Diablo 4. The most powerful Spiritborn was in Season 6, and in Season 7 and Season 8, Spiritborn was basically reduced to the same status as Rogue.
In Season 9, Spiritborn received a new unique item, which changed the situation for Spiritborn. At least in PTR, this build can deal hundreds of billions of damage. Let’s have a look at what exactly makes Spiritborn so much better.
First, let’s have a look at the changes to Spiritborn in Season 9. The new unique item is undoubtedly the reason for the qualitative change in his damage. Here are the properties and effects of this unique item:
Balazan’s Maxtlatl
Unique Power:
In terms of skills, Thrash, Withering Fist, Thunderspike, Rock Splitter, and Exalted Hunter have received damage or cooldown increases. Spiritborn’s Passives also received a damage increase.
Compared to other classes, Spiritborn is the biggest beneficiary of the basic skill balance in patch 2.3.0.
Pros
Cons
The two most important unique items in this set are Razorplate and Balazan’s Maxtlatl, they are the core equipment that increases the damage of Thorns. The most important one is Balazan’s Maxtlatl, and even if Razorplate’s attributes are slightly worse, you can still stack hundreds of billions of damage.
Although Ring of Starless Skies is a Mythic Item, its importance is not that high. You can make it after you have enough Resplendent Sparks and Diablo 4 gold. Before that, you can use other rings instead.
Thorns Spiritborn requires you to have a high attack speed to continuously trigger the effect of Balazan’s Maxtlatl. The attack speed higher, the faster the damage stacks. Therefore, when you choose to replace equipment, the first choice of affix is attack speed, followed by critical strike.
Thorns Spiritborn build is all about combining poison damage with thorn damage, so Quill Volley is the core skill you want to use. After you use Vortex to group enemies together, you can use Quill Volley to quickly harvest them. Even the enemies in The Pit on Torment 4 difficulty cannot resist your damage, which is why the Thorns Spiritborn build is fast in farming gold and materials in any dungeon.
Disintegrate: Arcane Magic. Disintegrate creates an Arcane Conductor, which will shoot a continuous beam between you and it, damaging enemies passing through it over 8 seconds.
Corrosive Vapor: Your Catalyst now deals poison, and poison damage equal to your character’s highest damage type bonus. And applies once every three seconds to each enemy, and the damaged enemy will take 150% poison damage over 4 seconds.
Horadric Spells can play a strong auxiliary role. They can help you gather monsters and provide you with damage reduction, which can make up for the weaknesses of this build to a certain extent.
Besides this, in this Season we have Horadric Jewels which can further increase the damage of Horadric Spells. I recommend you to choose Tyrant Bane which can permanently damage the enemy with DoT, which is very suitable for this build.
Thorns Spiritborn build can at least help you reach over than 110 floors in The Pit. Don’t forget that you can also use Paragon and mercenaries to further increase your damage. Paragon can provide you with a good damage increase, but it is best to plan your route in advance, otherwise you will have to use gold to reset Paragon.
This build is probably the best Spiritborn build at present. If you give it some time to accumulate damage, it can even cause up to 1 trillion damage, but don’t forget that this build is actually very fragile.
