Diablo 4 Carry Run

In the 2025 roadmap announced by Diablo 4 a few days ago, besides some frustrating seasonal power updates, the only thing that can interest players is two IP collaborate. These two IP collaborations will take place in Season 8 and Season 10.

At least in PTR, players have found no menus about other works, so this has also aroused discussion among players. Which two works will these two new IP collaborate be?

Diablo IP Collaboration History

It is normal for players to be surprised that Diablo 4 requires new IP collaborate. Because in Diablo series, developers have always kept the series pure, and there is almost no history of introducing elements from other works.

But Diablo series is not completely without cooperation with other IPs, but most of these cooperations are limited to cooperation with different works of the same company, such as:

World Of WarCraft x Diablo

Diablo 4 launched a cross-border linkage with World of WarCraft in 2024. Players can get the Invincible Mount Bundle, as well as Lich King, Kael’Thas, and Garrosh transmogrification, but you can’t use gold to get these new appearances, and you need to use Platinum. In addition, Diablo Immortal also launched a cooperation project with the world of Azeroth.

Diablo Immortal Seasonal Themes & Events

Although players may not pay much attention to Diablo Immortal, Diablo Immortal always tries to make changes in the dark and cold tone.

Overwatch 2 x Diablo

The background of Overwatch and Diablo is completely different. Its game background is the near future with advanced technology. There are many exquisite skins in Overwatch, and these skins basically represent different background stories or even different games.

Overwatch 2 added several Diablo-themed skins to the game:

• Demon Hunter Sombra
• Barbarian Zarya
• Inarius Pharah

But this is only a one-sided collaboration, and Diablo 4 has not added any Overwatch-related appearances or even decorations.

Learn More: These Tips Found In Diablo 4 Season 8 PTR May Help You Upgrade Quickly In The Official Version

Who Will Be The Two IPs?

As mentioned earlier, Diablo 4 pays great attention to keeping the game pure, and cooperation with new IPs will inevitably have some impact on the game worldview. Game developers claim that IP collaborate will not destroy the immersion of the game, and these two IPs will belong to the dark fantasy category like Diablo 4.

Based on this condition, we can guess which works the following two mysterious IPs will be.

Dark Souls / Elden Ring

These two works may be the first guess of most players, at least I think so. Dark Souls and Elden Ring are from the same production company, and after years of development, they have accumulated an enormous fan base. And the backgrounds of these two works are also dark and profound, almost perfectly meeting the linkage requirements of Diablo 4.

Elden Ring is Game of the Year for 2022, but if it is an IP collaboration, Dark Souls should be a better choice, because there are many classic game elements in Dark Souls that are very suitable for IP collaborate. Diablo 4 can release some armor appearances, or replace the treasure chests in the event with treasure chest monsters, or temporarily replace Diablo 4 Gold in the player’s backpack with souls.

Demon’s Souls

At least in terms of name, Demon’s Souls is closer to Diablo 4 than Dark Souls. Demon’s Souls, as a predecessor of Dark Souls in a sense, also has very classic elements. But because of its high difficulty, the fan base of this work is far less than that of Dark Souls and Elden Ring, but this is still a very likely choice.

Castlevania

Castlevania is one of the most classic game series in the history of games. Almost every dungeon in the game has been inspired by this game. Castlevania’s main boss is Count Dracula, and Diablo 4 has many bosses and monsters made with vampire elements.

If Diablo 4 cooperates with Castlevania, Lord Zir may change his appearance and name for a short time and reappear. But Vampire Powers has been gone for too long, so the probability of cooperation with Castlevania is not that high.

The Witcher

The Witcher often cooperates with other IPs. From the background of The Witcher, Geralt often teleports to other worlds to kill some monsters. The world background of The Witcher is far less desperate than Diablo 4, but there are some similarities.

However, most players should not refuse to have a transmogrified Geralt’s appearance, or play a Gwent card game with the background of Diablo 4?

Bloodborne

Bloodborne is another game full of chaos and despair, and the monsters in it are even more twisted than those in Diablo 4. But to be honest, the background of Bloodborne is set in Victorian era, which is quite different from the era of Diablo 4, so there are some possibilities for Bloodborne and Diablo 4 to collaborate, but not much.

The Way Of IP Collaborate

These collaborations will most likely only add some appearances to the game, such as clothing appearances or mount appearances, and the gameplay will not change much. Otherwise, if the developers of Diablo 4 really have such ideas, why not add it to the game as a new mechanism earlier?

If the developers of Diablo 4 are really creative, maybe they will add some small in-game activities or a temporary task, so that players can get gold and some limited appearances after completing the task.

IP collaborate will not be officially launched until June, and players will have to wait for a while to get detailed news. Which work do you think Diablo 4 will collaborate with?

In Diablo 4 Season 7, Quake Barbarian Build was one of the best Barbarian builds, and Barbarian was not nerfed much in Season 8, so this build will still be playable in Season 8.

In Season 8, since Witch Powers will be removed and Boss Powers will become the new Season Powers, Boss Powers can bring additional power to each class. FireQuake Barbarian Endgame Build is based on Boss Powers and makes some improvements to Quake Barbarian Build.

Pros And Cons

Pros:

• Can quickly clear monsters
• Can cause high damage in a large area
• Fun to play

Cons

• Need to wait for cooldown

Skill Selection

Primary:

• Lunging Striker (Rank 1): Dash forward and attack the enemy for 33% damage.
• Ground Stomp (Rank 5): Slam the ground for 112% damage and stun nearby enemies for 3 seconds.

Secondary

• Rallying Cry (Rank 1): Send out a rally call. Within 6 seconds, your movement speed increases by 30%, resource generation increases by 40%, and allies are also affected within 3 seconds.
• War Cry (Rank 5): Damage increases by 21% within 6 seconds after releasing the skill, and allies are also affected within 3 seconds.
• Challenging Shout (Rank 1): Gain 40% damage reduction and taunt nearby enemies.
• Call of the Ancients (Rank 5): Summons three Ancients to aid you in combat. While active, you gain 40% movement speed and 20% ranged damage reduction.

Challenging Shout and Rallying Cry provide Barbarians with great survivability, while War Cry increases damage. After casting Challenging Shout, use Ground Stomp to easily defeat a large group of enemies.

You can also replace Lunging Striker with Leap, which is also very fun, but it will take you some Diablo 4 Gold to change skills.

The best choice for Weapon Techniques for this build is Two-Handed Axe Specialization, which applies vulnerability to enemies and helps increase damage.

Boss Powers

• Andariel’s Flaming Skull (Legendary Boss Power)

After standing for 1 second, Barbarian summons a skeleton that lasts for 4 seconds. It will spin around you and spit fire, burning enemies for massive fire damage over 3 seconds. The burning effect increases the damage of damage over time effects against enemies. For 5 seconds after activating Boss Power, all other attacks of Barbarian will burn enemies, dealing massively more damage over 3 seconds.

Andariel’s Flaming Skull is a Boss Power that is used as Main Boss Power. It is the main source of fire damage in FireQuake Barbarian Build. It is a Legendary Boss Power that requires you to kill Andariel in season 8 on Torment to unlock it, and it takes a lot of time to upgrade this power to the highest level. This is why this build is an end-game build.

But as a Legendary Boss Power, the increase it brings is also amazing. The continuous damage caused by burning, combined with the fast attack speed and multiple earthquakes and shouts, stacks burning on the enemy. Most enemies cannot withstand the damage of Barbarian’s attack, and they will be torn apart like paper.

Gears

• Helm: Ugly Bastard Helm
• Chest Armor: Aspect of Might
• Gloves: Fists of Fate
• Pants: Aspect of Bul-Kathos
• Boots: Ghostwalker Aspect
• Slashing Weapon: Vehement Brawler’s Aspect
• Bludgeoning Weapon: Aspect of Earthquakes
• Dual-Wield Weapon 1: Aspect of Creeping Death
• Dual-Wield Weapon 2: Aspect of Elements
• Amulet: Rapid Aspect
• Ring 1: Bold Chieftain’s Aspect
• Ring 2: Aspect of Inner Calm

If you need to maximize the damage output of Barbarian, then this build has high equipment requirements. The best helm is Ugly Bastard Helm for this build, because this helmet can reduce the cooldown of key skills and can also cause fire damage. And Fists of Fate can increase your critical hit chance and attack speed, etc. This unique equipment is very versatile and can bring moral improvements to each class.

Other Aspects are legendary Aspects that you need to obtain by disassembling Legendary Items and clearing dungeons. It may take some time to find all the required legendary aspects, but Barbarian is very fast in clearing dungeons and farming Gold, so don’t worry.

In addition, if you get The Grandfather, then this Ancestral Mythic Unique Two-Handed Sword is also suitable for this build, you can use it.

Rune

• Cir (Rune of Ritual) + Lum (Rune of Ritual)
• Moni (Rune of Ritual) + Tec (Rune of Invocation)

Rune is equipped with your weapon, and Rune can only exert their power after combining. These Runes can mainly help you save resources and speed up the release of skills.

Gems

• Weapon: Amethyst. Increases continuous damage by 48%
• Armor: Ruby. Increases 60 Strength Attribute
• Amulet: Diamond. Increases elemental resistance by 12%
• Ring 1: Diamond. Increases elemental resistance by 12%
• Ring 2: Diamond. Increases elemental resistance by 12%

Mercenaries

• (Primary) Subo: Seeker, Wire Trip, Cover Fire
• (Reinforcement) Raheir: Bastion, Lunging Striker

You can use gold to hire mercenaries. They can resist monster attacks on you and control them at the same time. Don’t ignore their role.

The above is the general content of FireQuake Endgame Barbarian Build. You can also adjust the skills yourself. LeapQuake Barbarian Build is also a very entertaining way to play, but it is not very suitable for Andariel’s Flaming Skull. But if you want to play easily in season 8? Then try this build.