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Dear Diablo 4 players, Lord of Hatred has been out for a while now, and many classes have seen incredibly powerful builds. Today, this article will introduce a Rogue build.

This build can easily deal massive damage even without Glyphs or detailed gear combinations. With more precise gear adjustments, its effects can be even more outrageous.

Next, this article will explain how to build this Umbracrux Rogue build.

How this build works?

First, you need Umbracrux. Its effect is to allow your Subterfuge Skills to create a Shade Totem, and the damage you deal to it may be copied to nearby enemies.

Second, you need to continuously cast Penetrating Shot and select Shadow Shot in skill tree. This will allow the skill to summon Shades that deal damage to enemies when it deals damage.

Finally, continuously cast Rain of Arrows. If your cooldown reduction is high enough, you can use this skill while simultaneously casting Penetrating Shot and attacking Shade Totem, resulting in an incredibly high amount of damage.

There are some multipliers stacking within these three effects, allowing this build to maintain very high strength solely through this massive damage output, easily maintaining a leading position in the endgame and allowing you to easily accumulate Diablo 4 gold.

Gear Selection

The core of this build is the three parts mentioned above, which is very simple. Next, you only need to consider how to obtain higher cooldown reduction, damage reduction, attack speed, and maintain resource cycling through your gear.

Maintaining Sufficient Cooldown Reduction

To maintain a sufficiently short cooldown, you simply need to have as many cooldown reduction stats as possible on your gear.

Legacy of the Sightless Set is recommended. This set's charm provides a reduction in the cooldown of Ultimate skills when using Stealth, and every time you use an Ultimate skill, it refreshes Concealment's cooldown.

Legacy of the Sightless Set:

• Phoba of the Sightless
• Fer of the Sightless
• Mlor of the Sightless
• Linta of the Sightless
• Beru of the Sightless

Furthermore, Concealment itself provides some damage reduction, helping you gain better survivability. The additional Shadow Clone allows you to cast Rain of Arrows, providing a damage bonus and giving us stronger output capabilities.

Harlequin Crest also provides good cooldown reduction and 20% damage reduction, perfectly fitting our Umbracrux Rogue build.

As long as the above Diablo 4 items are not missing, other items don't need to be overly focused on cooldown reduction stats.

Damage Amplification and Attack Speed

Aspect of Arrow Storms is the most suitable offensive Legendary Aspect for this build, allowing us to gain up to 120% damage amplification when casting Rain of Arrows multiple times.

Then we need higher Ferocity Stacks. You can find many items to achieve this; Ferocity Stacks provide an increase in damage and attack speed. If you still feel it's not enough, Alchemical Advantage can also provide a little extra attack speed.

How to compensate for resource consumption?

The best way is to find a stat that restores primary resources. Lucky Hit: Restore Resource is your best choice, and obtaining this stat doesn't require much luck.

Because our attack speed is very fast, and Penetrating Shot can also trigger Lucky Hit, Rain of Arrows can also be upgraded in skill tree.

And as long as we keep attacking, Lucky Hit will give us almost unlimited Resources.

How to improve survivability?

Now that we've solved most of the key points of this build, a truly important question arises: How to survive in high-tier Pit?

This becomes very simple, almost a perfect answer, after Aspect of Glynn's Anvil was added to Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred.

You only need to use Aspect of Glynn's Anvil and Aspect of Heavenly Strength on your gear to gain a large amount of damage reduction and armor from Resolve Stacks.

You can also add Endurant Faith. These Diablo 4 items provides a high margin of error, giving you room to recover when you take a lot of damage at once.

Adding Rogue-specific Aspect of Mending Obscurity allows you to immediately enter Stealth after taking a lot of damage, continuously receiving healing during this time. The synergy with Endurant Faith is extremely powerful.

If you're still not satisfied with the current build's strength and want to acquire more powerful gear to leave others far behind in the endgame, you can defeat lair bosses and obtain more chests to find uniques that provides even greater effects.

If you're planning to do this but are worried about lacking enough Lair Bosses Keys, you can join IGGM Diablo 4 Facebook Group, where a free Lair boss keys giveaway has just started.

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Skill Selection

If you've already mastered the core mechanics of Umbracrux Rogue build, the other skill choices are simply icing on the cake. You can refer to the following skill list for some suggestions.

Dark Shroud provides better survivability, and Movement Speed ​​and Critical Strike are good choices to compensate for our weaknesses.

Use Cold Imbuement to apply Weaken to enemies, and its enhancement also provides us with Resolve. Buffered Battery is also a good choice, synergizing with our Lucky Hit restore Resource affix to keep us constantly shielded.

Smoke Grenade is also essential; it's the primary way this build applies Vulnerable status to enemies and is highly effective for quickly clearing large groups of enemies.

Regardless, this Diablo 4 Rogue Build offers a wide variety of skill choices. As long as you use the core skills correctly, the other skills only provide minor enhancements. You can choose according to your preferences without significantly different results.

Hopefully, this Rogue Build will provide you with a sufficiently enjoyable endgame experience. Its damage output will definitely amaze you; you'll likely find a similarly simple yet powerful build in Lord of Hatred.

Forza Horizon 6 has officially arrived, putting you behind the wheel of a jaw-dropping supercar as you tear through the streets of Japan. Racing, solo runs, car tuning, exploration, and more will all help you grow.

However, for new players, the sheer volume of content can be overwhelming. So let's walk through the journey from career progression to car modification, step by step, and see how a racing enthusiast can transform into a legendary driver.

Main Campaign

In Forza Horizon 6, the protagonist is no longer a seasoned racing superstar but an ordinary Japanese tourist carrying a Horizon Festival dream. After you finish the introductory qualifier and earn Yellow Wristband, you officially become part of Horizon Festival.

The game features seven wristbands in total, and each promotion unlocks official events with higher vehicle performance requirements and richer themes. Once you secure the final Gold Wristband, you prove you are worthy of traveling to Legend Island to compete among elite drivers.

There are many ways to advance the main story, but the primary method is completing competitive races, which grant the most progress points. These events impose strict limits on your car's Performance Index (PI) or vehicle type.

After clearing an event for the first time, you can replay it with custom settings. This does not push the main story forward, but it does lift the vehicle class restrictions.

Beyond that, inside Collection Journal under Horizon Festival tab, activities such as PR Stunts, collecting Bonus Boards, and completing Rivals all contribute to your Wristband progression. Every time you hit a progress milestone, you must tackle a dedicated Wristband promotion event.

Discover Japan

Should the official championship events ever begin to wear you down, Discover Japan offers an alternative path of free-form exploration. It is an optional side questline, but completing it is both hugely entertaining and generously rewarding.

Whether you photograph locations across Japan, explore cultural landmarks, fulfil assignments, join nighttime street races, or challenge perilous mountain drifts, you earn Stamps.

Every new Stamp might deliver a Barn Find clue or unlock new homes on the map that can be secured. For the first time, FH6's housing system includes customisable garages, allowing you to showcase your favourite cars.

Your exploration progress can also be tracked in Collection Journal. Collecting vehicles, taking photos, and even smashing Regional Mascots scattered across the map all contribute points. Notably, street races have no vehicle restrictions right from the start - you can enter with any car you own.

Collection Journal

Make it a habit to check Collection Journal often. Whenever you make progress or complete a collection entry under Horizon Festival and Discover Japan, you unlock corresponding rewards. These vary widely, including Credit multipliers, clothing and cosmetic items, and even exclusive cars - some of which cannot be obtained anywhere else.

How to Get Cars?

The game launches with over 600 vehicles. The vast majority can be obtained directly from Auto Show. The series' classic Auction House also returns, letting you offload rare or duplicate cars to recoup Credits, and, of course, there are Barn Finds mentioned above.

FH 6 also introduces two brand-new ways to acquire cars.

Aftermarket Cars

Pre-owned runabouts scattered across every corner of the map. They tend to spawn near events, PR Stunts, time trials, drag races and other open-world activities. With a bit of luck, you may even stumble upon Forza Special Edition pre-owned cars that can be claimed.

Treasure Cars

 Nine abandoned vehicles are hidden across the map, one in each region except Legend Island. When you first set foot in a region, the game provides clues through photos and text descriptions in the menu. Once found, they can be restored and made your own. All nine Treasure Cars are exclusive models, making them absolutely worth tracking down.

Mastery Tree

Every car comes with a Mastery Tree that you can unlock by applying Skill Points. The bonuses cover XP boosts, percentage increases to stunt scores, event reward enhancements, and more. Certain rare cars and Forza Special Editions can even grant Super Wheel Spins and Forza Horizon 6 Credits.

You earn Skill Points by performing stunts while driving; the higher your combo, the greater your final score and the more points you receive.

Credits

Credits serve as the main currency in FH6. You amass large amounts of Forza Horizon 6 Credits simply by completing events and storylines. Regular Wheelspins and Super Wheelspins can also deliver generous rewards when fortune smiles upon you.

As in previous titles, offloading rare and highly desirable unused vehicles at Auction House, creating quality tuning setups, car liveries, and the newly introduced custom garage and estate designs - so long as other players download them - will keep earning you passive income. If you want a substantial stack of Credits early on, you can also let the game run idle to farm XP and Credits.

Vehicle Upgrades

Upgrading your vehicles is vital, especially at lower PI levels. In many cases, you can even lift a car straight into a higher class.

Upgrading is not simply about piling on horsepower. Platform and handling, drivetrain, tyres and wheels, aerodynamics and appearance, plus body kits and engine swaps - all these rich options deserve careful consideration based on the demands of each event. You can also paint your car, or download and apply liveries created by other players.

Vehicle Tuning

When it comes to tuning, it gives you a bigger edge in both racing and drifting, which is especially important for multiplayer. For casual players, simply adjusting the gearbox, ride height and differential can already deliver a noticeable improvement.

The overall handling and braking feel of Forza Horizon 6 have moved closer to the most recent Forza Motorsport title, differing from Horizon 5. At its heart, it remains an accessible, fun-focused racer, though it may take a little time to adapt.

Multiplayer

You can still form a Convoy with friends and roam the open world, and the main campaign supports co-op play. Rivals are always accessible from the pause menu, but the central multiplayer hub is found within Horizon Play.

Spec Racing makes its Horizon debut, a mode carried over from Forza Motorsport series. Everyone drives the exact same car - victory comes down to pure skill.

The main campaign alone delivers over twenty hours of gameplay in Forza Horizon 6. Once you discover the joy of modifying cars, sinking hundreds of hours would not be surprising at all. You will uncover even more fun when you experience it for yourself.

As of now, MLB The Show 26 continues to maintain a relatively steady update rhythm; almost every week, you can unlock additional player cards or packs by participating in new Programs.

However, this does not necessarily mean the game is entirely satisfactory, or at least, the abundance of new programs seems unable to mask the substantive lack of content within its core mode: Diamond Dynasty.

In this analysis, we will examine the current state of MLB 26 to determine whether it remains worth playing in the coming weeks, and explore what steps could be taken to improve the experience.

The current state of MLB 26

Since its launch, beyond its standard gameplay mechanics, MLB The Show 26 has consistently released new standalone programs on schedule, or provided updates to specific ongoing program series.

Undoubtedly, the most significant ongoing program series is Mural, which launched last Friday. As a major update for the game, this series introduced a massive amount of brand-new player cards, a large-scale collection mission, and other features, making for a truly substantial release.

To be frank, many of the player cards introduced in this update are exceptional, almost all of them are of God Squad caliber. However, the awkward reality is that, aside from these cards, the game offered no other new content worth engaging with during that same period.

Subsequently, specifically this Monday, May 18th, a new Showdown event was released; yet, it consisted of only two simple missions that could be easily completed in a matter of minutes.

Although the milestone card obtainable through this Showdown is entirely free and offers solid performance, the actual gameplay experience it provides feels undeniably repetitive and one-dimensional.

The dearth of game content

In fact, this issue is not limited to the past week alone; for the past few months, MLB The Show 26 has followed this exact update pattern.

It appears, on the surface, that a massive amount of new content is being released every Friday; however, this content is unevenly distributed and often lacks true replayability.

While other core game modes may not require frequent changes, Diamond Dynasty is fundamentally designed to operate on a live-service model driven by real-time content updates.

Therefore, it should ideally provide you with a continuous stream of fresh experiences as you progress through the game.

At the very least, compared to previous entries in the series, such as MLB The Show 21, the current iteration falls short.

In MLB The Show 21, for instance, players would sometimes receive core content updates as often as three times a week, often interspersed with additional Team Affinity content releases.

In stark contrast, MLB 26 has gone an entire week without any new content updates on four separate occasions over the past six weeks. Furthermore, looking ahead to the remainder of this week, the only new content you can look forward to is May Spotlight Drop 3 Program.

Based on experience, it is estimated that completing all the tasks within this program will take you a mere 30 minutes, and that constitutes the entirety of the playable content available to you this week.

Impact on your experience

It is important to remember that in MLB 26, collecting cards isn't merely for the sake of collecting; rather, the goal is to strengthen your lineup to unlock more thrilling matchups and secure victories.

However, the scarcity of playable content means that no matter how many powerful cards you acquire through new programs, you have nowhere to actually put them to use.

What makes this even more contradictory is that certain game modes which underperformed in MLB 25 have been tweaked in MLB 26 to ensure they offer relevant quest lines and rewards.

Yet, if these activities aren't kept consistently available, doesn't the update become entirely pointless?

More specifically, this dearth of content is most acutely felt in the realm of casual, daily gameplay, after all, modes like Weekend Classic and Ranked Seasons always operate on a fixed schedule.

In short, unless you are the type of MLB 26 player who constantly seeks out highly competitive content, you have likely found yourself in an awkward predicament, wondering what to do next, for the past month or more.

Even more absurd is the fact that MLB 26 has been out for over two months, yet it continues to be plagued by a ceaseless stream of server outages and in-game disconnection issues. If you are still playing this game right now, you are undoubtedly a true die-hard fan!

Impact on the game itself

Even with single-player games, some developers constantly release new patches or mods to enrich the gameplay experience. For a mode like MLB 26 Diamond Dynasty, which requires an internet connection to play, the frequent release of fresh content is even more critical.

However, the current update cadence for MLB The Show 26 is clearly failing to meet this standard. If this trend continues, you will inevitably drift away to other games, or perhaps simply forget about this one entirely.

Although the series releases a new installment every year, MLB 27 is still approximately 8 to 9 months away. Moreover, simply waiting for the next title to arrive and salvage the situation is, in itself, an irresponsible approach.

How can the current situation be improved?

To be honest, the task facing the development team is quite simple: they need to release new events more frequently, building upon the existing Diamond Dynasty framework, while simultaneously ensuring that the newly released cards actually have opportunities to be used in gameplay.

Regrettably, even with such a simple requirement, the development team's performance thus far suggests they lack the necessary drive or willingness to bring about any meaningful change to the status quo.

A game that lacks sufficiently valuable updates, and simultaneously fails to prioritize player feedback and needs, is clearly destined to struggle in its future development.

However, there remains one distinct possibility: as we enter the second half of the year, more sports video games will probably enter new release cycles, intensifying the competitive landscape.

Consequently, to ensure that this baseball title remains fresh in your memory until the launch of its next installment, MLB 26 may well introduce more substantial gameplay updates specifically to counter this heightened competition.

In any case, if you are a devoted fan of virtual baseball games, you will undoubtedly hope to see MLB The Show continue to improve; after all, when compared side-by-side, other similar titles in the genre tend to be far less consistent.

That concludes our coverage for today. We sincerely hope that MLB 26 takes player feedback to heart and implements these necessary changes as soon as possible!

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Since Path of Exile 2 entered its Early Access phase, the game has finally received its most massive update to date: Patch 0.5.0 Return of the Ancients. Based on current reveals, this update may very well be the final major patch before the full 1.0 release.

In terms of sheer scope, 0.5.0 certainly does not disappoint. It introduces not only brand-new Ascendancies and an Atlas Tree rework but also a completely new Runes system. This system allows you to customize your gear, construct new defensive fortifications, and even upgrade otherwise mediocre unique items, fundamentally revolutionizing the existing build meta.

Do you want to avoid pitfalls, quickly identify the best starter build for your playstyle, and get a head start as you dive into Runes of Aldur League? That is exactly where this guide comes in handy! Below, drawing upon current patch previews and hands-on experience, we will break down the absolute best choices for your initial league start and progression in PoE 2 0.5.0!

Way of the Stonefist Monk

First up is Way of the Stonefist Monk, an evolution of the wildly popular Hollow Palm Monk build from Patch 0.3.0. In Update 0.5.0, the new Martial Artist Ascendancy introduces Way of the Stonefist skill, elevating unarmed combat to unprecedented heights and truly transforming your bare fists into solid stone.

By fully investing in Stun Buildup nodes on Passive Skill Tree, stunning bosses becomes incredibly effortless while simultaneously unlocking massive damage output. More importantly, the brand-new Hollow Resonance Technique perfectly resolves a major pain point of previous builds, the need to frequently place Bells. Now, players can permanently carry a Bell on their back, granting them a constant bonus to their stun capabilities.

It is also worth noting that the reworked Hollow Form, which enables the use of Channeling Skills, can be effectively paired with Whirling Assault skill to deliver sustained, channeled damage. Additionally, we can fully leverage Way of the Mountain passive within Martial Artist Ascendancy to further bolster our defensive capabilities.

And our exploration does not end there. With the debut of a new array of Rune options in Patch 0.5.0, there is no doubt that we now possess a vast arsenal of tools to utterly crush our opponents. By utilizing Runic Meridians, we can embed brand-new Runes into our gear; simultaneously, we can tactically switch to a Charged Staff to unleash the Triskelion Cascade skill.

Natural Order Huntress

Next up, we present a build that is as entertaining as it is powerful: Pokémon Master, you've likely already guessed what we're getting at! This build takes full advantage of Huntress's brand-new Spirit Walkers Ascendancy. Within this talent tree, we can unlock The Natural Order node, granting us the ability to tame and capture unique Beast Bosses.

That's right: in PoE 2 Patch 0.5.0, you can recruit former enemies to your cause, turning them into your very own combat pets. When paired with The Catha's Balance node, which boosts your companions' damage by a massive 60%, you can effortlessly obliterate anything that stands in your way.

Depending on the specific boss captured and the chosen weapon path, this build branches into two incredibly potent variants:

• Bahlak, the Sky Seer: Visually reminiscent of the legendary Zapdos from the original Pokémon games, this variant synergizes with Huntress's Spear skills to trigger a frenzy of Twister and Hurricane effects, overwhelming enemies beneath a storm-filled sky.
• Land Shark: This pet-centric build focuses on physical damage over time. By leveraging the numerous Bleed-related nodes within Spear skill tree, combined with the Land Shark's unique visual effects and biting attacks, you can watch your enemies collapse as they bleed out endlessly.

Which boss are you most eager to capture and raise as your very own legendary Pokémon?

Twisted Empyrean Smith of Kitava

Now, let's turn our attention to Twisted Empyrean Smith of Kitava. This is a highly specialized build that relies heavily on specific unique items, yet offers an incredibly high damage ceiling right from the early game. If you have access to sufficient PoE 2 currency early on to optimize your gear, this build can even facilitate a seamless transition directly into the endgame.

Of course, the entire strategy hinges on Twisted Empyrean Two-Handed Mace. The true power of this weapon lies in its ability to completely convert Fire Trail damage from all your Mace skills into Cold damage, a transformation that is also visually reflected in the game world. 

Just imagine: your originally orange-red Volcanic Fissure suddenly transforms into a brilliant azure glacial rift, it's absolutely thrilling! This means we can focus entirely on Cold damage builds, crafting a brand-new aesthetic style and character build playstyle that is both visually stunning and incredibly innovative.

Furthermore, this piece of gear comes with an exclusive skill called Starborn Onslaught. However, casting this skill consumes Glory resources; this is precisely why we chose Smith of Kitava Ascendancy, as it provides us with increased Glory generation efficiency.

Of course, Titan is also an excellent choice. The additional stun buildup it provides, combined with Area of Effect (AoE) damage bonuses from slam skills, is sure to deliver a breathtaking combat experience that offers both powerful crowd control and a visual spectacle.

Builds Centered on New Unique Items

If the three mainstream league-start strategies mentioned above don't pique your interest, several brand-new Unique items introduced in Path of Exile 2 version 0.5.0 offer some highly promising alternative directions for your league start:

Periphery Spirit Walkers

Once Spirit Walkers unlock all Spirits, they grant Sacred Unity effect, allowing all Spirits to be active simultaneously. Additionally, Periphery unique item comes with an exclusive skill called Azmerian Swarms, which summons even more Azmerian Wisps. When combined with the extra idols provided by Idolatry gear, the resulting damage is absolutely cataclysmic, making it perfect for high-speed farming in the endgame.

Liminal Coil

This staff allows players to unleash a potent Chaos projectile; with just a flick of the wrist, you can use a torrent of green chaotic energy to clear an entire map.

The Ordained Grand Spear

The Ordained comes with high inherent Life Leech and Lightning Damage, and its attacks trigger wide-ranging Lightning Chains. When activating specific skills, your character will leap high into the air before smashing down onto the ground, effortlessly clearing every pack of trash mobs on your screen.

In summary, for players who prioritize stability and enjoy the visceral impact of melee combat combined with powerful crowd control, Way of the Stonefist Monk is an absolute Tier 0, top-tier choice for starting the league. For those seeking novel mechanics and eager to farm maps alongside their minions, Natural Order Huntress offers not only a fun and engaging playstyle but also powerful damage-amplification mechanics capable of easily carrying you all the way through T16 maps. 

We hope this Path of Exile 2 Patch 0.5.0 league starter build guide helps all Exiles successfully clear Return of the Ancients! Good luck!

Tycoons, Monopoly Go has a new event! Unlike the previous Wonderland Adventures, Carriage Cavalcade no longer requires teamwork. Instead, players score points by landing on designated tiles to earn different rewards. Check it out!

Carriage Cavalcade Schedule

As a solo banner event, Carriage Cavalcade launched on May 17th at 4 PM EST and will run until May 20th at 1 PM EST, giving you almost three days to complete the event and collect rewards such as Laser Guns.

Core Mechanics

The gameplay involves rolling dice on Chance, Tax, and Utility tiles to score points. Tax tiles award three points, while the other two award two points each. Your score will be even higher if you roll a multiplier. For example, landing on a Tax tile with a multiplier of 10 will earn you 30 points.

However, these scoring tiles are not evenly distributed. What you should be doing is trying to reach the Go corner, which will bring you closer to Tax tiles and Chance tiles. There's also a pair of Railroad tiles nearby that can give you tournament points.

Two Utility tiles are scattered across the rest of the board, one in Waterworks and the other in Electricity Company.

Game Strategy

As mentioned before, Utility tiles are very scattered across the board, so using high multipliers isn't as wise if your goal is to land on them.

Since most positions on the board won't give you points, you should mostly choose low multipliers and save high multipliers for when you really need them, especially near Tax tiles and Chance tiles. Once you reach a certain position on the board, start considering whether your next roll will land on a scoring tile.

Next, it's best to turn off auto-roll, because after selecting a 10x multiplier or other multipliers, your dice will be used up quickly, and only a small percentage of dice may land on Tax tiles, Chance tiles, or Utility tiles. Remember to manually turn off auto-roll.

Additionally, Tax tile isn't just the highest-scoring tile; it's also surrounded by Chance tiles and Railroad tiles. So, even if you don't land on your desired Tax tile, you'll usually still benefit from the other tiles.

Landing on a Chance tile, besides scoring points, it also grants you extra dice or allows you to move to the next railroad. Both of these extra benefits are extremely useful, either increasing your consumables for the event or earning you tournament points. The benefits of landing on a Chance tile are substantial.

What are the rewards for Carriage Cavalcade?

The points required for each milestone and the corresponding rewards are listed below:

If you reach Milestone 31, you will receive 79 Laser Guns. This is the most cost-effective reward in this event, as you get a sufficient number of Laser Guns and the number of dice consumed is acceptable.

In Monopoly Go, Sticker Treasures event runs concurrently with Carriage Cavalcade.

This means that Laser Guns you win in this event can also be used in Sticker Treasures event, giving you more opportunities to obtain stickers and dice. If you haven't collected all the stickers for your Monopoly Ever After album yet, you can also buy Monopoly Go stickers from IGGM.com, quick, cheap, and a great deal.

Time is running out for Carriage Cavalcade event, so log in to Monopoly Go now to win Laser Guns!

Dune Awakening The Water Wars DLC is set for release on May 19. To be honest, many players are quite disappointed with this update. The development team has not delivered the large-scale expansion they had promised; much of that content has been pushed to the end of the year. This is merely a modest update package.

That said, looking purely at Update 1.4 content included, the studio has added not only a range of cosmetic items but also some new weapons and armor. So, how effective are they? What kind of impact might they have on the game's meta? Let's dive into their strengths and weaknesses.

Melee Weapons

The newly introduced melee weapons are not without conceptual highlights, but due to current version stats and mechanics, their overall performance is middling at best.

Leech's Maw

This weapon can drain energy from a target, enough even to break shields. However, its base damage is low, and its shield-breaking efficiency isn't high. Its advantage lies in not applying DoT effects, so it might see some use in dungeons where you want to avoid knocking enemies out of stun or stagger states.

Serpent's Fang

Serpent's Fang applies a poison effect on the target. But DOT effects in the current version lack effective scaling; often the target falls before the poison can finish them off. Overall, it offers little practicality.

Eel's Tooth

Each hit from Eel's Tooth restores 5 points of battery energy. At present, 5 points is an extremely low amount. Considering that just one hit from any ranged weapon can deal enough damage to require roughly a dozen hits with this melee weapon just to recover the lost shields, it is likewise nearly useless in practice.

Prescient Edge

This rapier causes the target to bleed upon a successful parry. The damage numbers still seem low. This weapon might have some niche potential in PvP, but in PvE it remains entirely irrelevant.

Branding Blade

This weapon inflicts burning on targets with each attack. Since the burn damage does not scale with stats, its power is fixed. It probably won't shine in PvP, but it might be somewhat usable in PvE.

Ranged Weapons

Compared to the melee options, the ranged weapons are far more interesting and could genuinely affect the meta. You can invest your Dune Awakening Solari into whichever appeals to you.

Spitting Cobra

Spitting Cobra is a toxin-based SMG whose attacks apply a poison effect on top of normal damage. Its attack damage isn't high, and since poison DOT is not particularly threatening, you may want to temper your expectations for this weapon.

The Angry Adder

This unique full-auto assault rifle also deals toxin damage. Its drawback is a somewhat short effective range of just 48 meters. On the plus side, it has very low recoil, making it easy to handle, and its damage is high. It might just become a new top-tier choice.

Hell-Fury Pistol

Hell-Fury Pistol holds 6 rounds, fires single shots, has minimal recoil, and features extremely fast reset speed, offering excellent handling. Though it also comes with fire DOT, that is not the main selling point. If equipped with Heavy Caliber plus two or three damage mods (or two damage mods plus Extra Capacity), it becomes an outstanding sidearm.

Blind Fury

Blind Fury is a five-round sniper rifle with a firing pattern similar to Dunewatcher – single-shot. However, it boasts a faster rate of fire, shorter reload time, a larger magazine capacity of five rounds, and very low recoil. Provided you have good aim, its effective range surpasses that of current assault rifles. With high single-shot damage and easy control, it is well suited for long-range headshot-focused playstyles.

The Hateful Barker

This is a unique LMG whose defining trait is extremely low accuracy, but in exchange it offers a 25% damage bonus. All LMGs are in a weak spot in the current environment, and this one is no exception. Its shield damage has not been improved either. These flaws make the weapon very niche. It might only reach its full potential in coordinated team play, where teammates draw aggro or use crowd-control abilities to cluster enemies.

Armor

A few new functional armor pieces have been added.

Phantom Whisper Chestpiece

This chest armor's special effect reduces enemy (PvE monster) detection speed by 5%. A mere 5% reduction is not significant. Considering that most enemies take only 2–3 seconds from spotting a target to opening fire, such a minor reduction in detection speed is unlikely to make a real difference.

Phantom Whisper Helm

This helmet pairs with the chestpiece, also reducing detection speed by 5%. Wearing both together gives a 10% reduction in detection speed. This stat is only useful in PvE, and in PvE more practical choices tend to be survival-oriented affixes like poison medication. Thus, these two armor pieces are of limited utility.

Combat Exoskeleton Chestpiece

This is a heavy armor piece that provides roughly 10% bonus melee damage. Currently, melee damage bonuses can already be stacked very high; if you push for the extreme, achieving near one-hit kills is not difficult. So this 10% extra damage is quite substantial. However, melee combat relies heavily on stamina regeneration, and heavy armor further exacerbates stamina consumption. In boss fights, this drawback is likely to outweigh the benefit of the damage increase.

Weapon Mods

A fair number of new weapon mods have arrived with this update, but most of them are not very appealing.

• Scattergun Rampage-Enhancement: Increases damage and magazine capacity but reduces critical hit damage.
• Blade Blood Grooves: Lowers stamina cost per attack and melee weapon weight at the cost of reduced damage.
• Heavy Metal Blade Coating: Boosts damage in exchange for increased melee weapon weight.
• Pyrocket Decimator: Improves damage against shields but reduces magazine capacity and accuracy.
• Flamethrower Decimator: Enhances shield damage while lowering rate of fire.
• Missile Launcher Obliterator: Increases shield damage and recoil control, but reduces accuracy.
• Lasgun Concentrator: Raises weapon power and precision, at the expense of rate of fire and magazine capacity.
• Rafiq Snubnose Marksman: Extends range and improves recoil control, while cutting magazine capacity.
• VULCAN GAU-92 Accelerator: Improves accuracy, recoil control, and reload speed, but reduces shield damage.
• Disruptor M11 Personnel-Buster: Increases critical damage and rate of fire, but lowers shield damage, range, and recoil control.
• Maula Pistol Antipersonnel Rounds: Adds damage and critical damage, while reducing shield damage, range, and recoil control.
• Drillshot FK7 Spray-and-Pray: Improves reload speed and rate of fire, but reduces range, recoil control, and magazine capacity.
• Karpov 38 Sniper Barrel: Extends range and boosts accuracy, at the cost of slower reload speed.
• JABAL Spitdart Ranger: Increases reload speed and range, while reducing rate of fire.

Judging by the content of this update, melee gameplay still cannot rise to prominence. As for ranged weapons, although there are more options now, shotguns have not been nerfed – in fact, they have been buffed. The various playstyles remain far from balanced.

In WoW TBC Classic Anniversary, Beast Mastery (BM) Hunter spec has consistently been recognized as the most efficient, sustainable, and beginner-friendly spec for leveling. This isn't just true for Hunters, but for all classes.

No other spec in BCC Anniversary combines extremely high kill efficiency, excellent survivability, extremely low downtime, and incredibly simple controls like Beast Mastery Hunter. Not to mention, once you equip a pet, it can absorb the vast majority of additional damage, allowing for almost zero grim damage and sustained DPS.

Furthermore, it's worth mentioning that Beast Mastery Hunter's leveling talent tree seamlessly integrates with the max-level Pounce talent tree. This means that choosing BM Hunter means you can almost immediately begin your Tempest Keep & Serpentshrine Cavern raid journey without facing the expensive and tedious talent reset process after reaching level 70! 

Here, we'll provide a complete guide to Beast Mastery Hunter leveling spec, covering the changes introduced in WoW TBC Anniversary Phase 2, from talent trees and pet selection to combat techniques and leveling routes. Let's get started!

Talent Tree Setup

First, Hunter class has three specs: Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, and Survival, each with its own loyal following.

If you crave impressive damage numbers from your arrows, Marksmanship is a safe choice. Its single-shot damage is extremely high, the visual effects are stunning, and skilled players can achieve incredibly fast kill rates. However, Marksmanship requires stricter mana management; its leveling efficiency can be somewhat challenging when gear is weak.

Of the three specs, Survival has the lowest leveling efficiency. It focuses more on providing utility support and crowd control abilities rather than simply pursuing maximum damage output.

Beast Mastery spec stands out because your pet handles most of the trouble. Your pet draws aggro and deals massive damage, while you simply stand 30 yards away and shoot, taking almost no damage yourself.

Beast Mastery Talent Tree

Beast Mastery talent tree upgrade strategy is extremely simple and straightforward: invest 41 points in Beast Mastery tree first, then put the remaining 20 points into Marksmanship tree.

• Improved Aspect of the Hawk (5 points): Provides an additional ranged attack speed bonus when Aspect of the Hawk is active, significantly increasing overall DPS.
• Focused Fire (2 points): Provides a permanent 2% critical strike chance bonus as long as the pet is alive, and increases pet damage by 20% when using Kill Command ability.
• Thick Hide (1 point): Increases your pet's armor value by 20%, significantly improving the pet's defense against melee enemies.
• Improved Revive Pet (2 points): Pets inevitably die unexpectedly while leveling up. This talent halves the cast time for resurrecting a pet and significantly reduces mana costs, making it an extremely crucial efficiency talent.
• Pathfinding (2 points): Increases mount speed by 10% and Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack speed by 8%. Faster movement speed means fewer quests and less time spent grinding.
• Unleashed Fury (5 points): Simply and directly increases pet damage by 15%, every point invested results in a significant increase in output.
• Ferocity (5 points): Directly increases pet burst damage and team support capabilities for this spec.
• Bestial Discipline (2 points): Increases pet focus regeneration speed, allowing pets to use special abilities more frequently.
• Intimidation (1 point): The core control and survival skill for Hunters. A one-minute cooldown pet stun effect is a lifesaver in unexpected situations.
• Animal Handler (1 point): Provides a 4% pet hit rating, ensuring your pet's abilities hit boss raids and preventing damage loss.
• Frenzy (5 points): Gives your pet an 80% chance to gain a 30% attack speed bonus for 8 seconds after a critical hit. Significantly increases your overall DPS.
• Bestial Wrath (1 point): Increases pet damage by 50% for 18 seconds and grants immunity to all pity, remorse, and fear. This allows you to instantly melt targets when facing elite mobs or boss raids in BCC phase 2.
• Catlike Reflexes (3 points): Increases your pet's dodge rate, greatly enhancing its survivability when tanking alone.
• Serpent's Swiftness (5 points): A core talent that increases both Hunter's and pet's attack speed by 15%.
• The Beast Within (1 point): A key skill for Beast Mastery Hunters. When The Bestial Wrath is activated, Hunter enters a rage state, increasing damage by 10%, reducing mana cost of all abilities by 20%, and granting immunity to all crowd control. This rage, available every 2 minutes, transforms you and your pet into relentless harvesting machines for 18 seconds.

Marksmanship Talent Tree

Next, allocate the remaining 20 points to Marksmanship to maximize personal damage output:

• Lethal Shots (5 points): Increases ranged critical strike chance.
• Efficiency (5 points): Reduces mana cost of all abilities, further enhancing survivability.
• Go for the Throat (2 points): Hunter's ranged critical strikes directly restore Focus to the pet, creating a perfect damage loop.
• Aimed Shot (1 point): Increases ranged damage by 600 and reduces healing received by the target by 50%.
• Rapid Killing (2 points): By reducing the cooldown of key offensive skills to 3 minutes, Hunter can use Bestial Wrath more frequently, maximizing sustained damage in raids.
• Mortal Shots (5 points): Increases ranged critical strike damage bonus by 30%, making you highly competitive in raids like Tempest Keep and Serpentshrine Cavern at max level.

Recommended Pets for Leveling

Pets are a decisive factor in determining the strength of a Beast Mastery Hunter spec. In TBC Classic, the top-tier pets for upgrading are Ravagers and Cats.

Before entering Outland, it is recommended that you capture a Cat or Wind Serpent as your pet. Cats, in particular, have extremely high base damage and can learn the core damage skills Claw and Bite.

Once you set foot on Hellfire Peninsula, capture a Ravager as soon as possible. This is undoubtedly the undisputed DPS king in WoW BCC Anniversary. Not only is its base damage excellent, but it also possesses the exclusive skill Gore, which has a chance to trigger double damage, providing terrifying single-target DPS and firmly securing aggro.

Core Combat Techniques

Levels 1-10

Before completing the class quest and obtaining a pet at level 10, this is the most difficult phase for Hunters. It is recommended that you learn Concussive Shot as soon as possible. Utilize its slowing effect, combined with kiting techniques, to kill monsters without taking damage while avoiding melee attacks.

Levels 11-61

Once you have a pet, the core principle is to let the pet engage first, while you control your DPS. After the pet establishes aggro for 1-2 seconds, cast Serpent Sting and use Auto Shot as your primary DPS method, only using Arcane Shot when mana is extremely plentiful.

Remember, frequently and mindlessly spamming Arcane Shot will cause you to run out of mana after killing 4-5 monsters. The essence of Hunter leveling lies not in the speed of killing single monsters, but in achieving uninterrupted combos through auto-fire damage.

Levels 62-70

Once you learn Steady Shot at level 62, Hunter's damage output undergoes a qualitative change. While Steady Shot has a cast time, it doesn't delay the next auto-fire if timed correctly.

Maintain this offensive rhythm, and your damage output will increase exponentially. When your pet lands a critical hit and triggers its effect, immediately press Kill Command, which doesn't occupy focus.

Leveling Path

Before level 58, simply complete quests in the classic areas of Azeroth for each faction, such as Western Plaguelands, Tanaris, Strangthorn Vale, and The Barrens.

Once you reach level 58, don't hesitate to immediately cross Dark Portal to Outland! The gear rewards from Hellfire Peninsula quests completely outclass the legendary gear dropped in Azeroth.

The optimal leveling route in Outland phase is: Hellfire Peninsula → Zangarmarsh → Terokkar Forest → Nagrand → Blade's Edge Mountains → Netherstorm.

While there's no need for excessive grinding during leveling, each dungeon in Outland offers extremely high quest experience and excellent transitional gear rewards. Therefore, completing the quests in each dungeon once is the most cost-effective option.

Additionally, note that Hunter's bow, gun, and crossbow are absolutely core equipment. Even if you don't change your armor, prioritize upgrading your ranged weapons at all costs. A high-DPS weapon means more powerful automatic fire, higher stable damage, and more Focus from your pet's talents.

Following this guide, in WoW The Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Phase 2, your Beast Mastery Hunter will sweep through Outland at a terrifyingly fast pace, almost like a perpetual motion machine.

Due to the nerfs to Warlock class resulting from the adjustments to Reign of the Warlock in Patch 3.2.0, and the absence of any new classes introduced in Diablo 2 Resurrected Season 14, other classic classes have begun to experience a resurgence in popularity.

In light of this, we present to you a rather old-school Amazon build. One of the defining characteristics of this class is its proficiency with bows, javelins, and spears; if you have a fondness for bow-based gameplay, this guide is well worth your read!

Physical Bow Amazon Build overview

The primary strength of this build lies in its formidable damage output; however, its defensive capabilities are relatively weak, a configuration commonly referred to as a glass cannon build.

To truly unlock this build's full potential, you should focus on amplifying its strengths by stacking bonuses to movement attributes, rather than attempting to bolster its defenses, an approach that would ultimately serve as a waste of the build's inherent capabilities.

Consequently, the core challenge and most critical aspect of crafting Physical Bow Amazon build lies in the selection and optimization of your gear, which typically necessitates access to high-tier items and Runes.

Generally speaking, gear farming can be approached in a targeted manner by focusing on specific boss drops; however, the acquisition of Runes is far more subject to randomness, a factor that becomes particularly significant if you intend to utilize specific Runewords.

Therefore, if you wish to expedite the process of crafting this build, or any other build heavily reliant on Runewords, it's more reliable to buy D2R Runewords directly from IGGM during Season 14!

Gear and Runeword combinations

First, ensure that you equip your primary damage-dealing bow in your main-hand weapon slot. Next, ensure that the bow equipped in your off-hand slot bears the new Mania Runeword introduced in Reign of the Warlock.

While this Runeword offers a variety of beneficial effects, the most critical attributes for a Physical Bow Amazon are undoubtedly the increased attack speed and the chance to trigger a Level 1 Burst of Speed upon striking an enemy.

During actual combat, you can begin by dealing damage with your main-hand bow. When necessary, switch to your off-hand weapon; by utilizing Strafe skill, you can trigger Mania Runeword's effects, after which you can switch back to your main-hand bow to resume your primary damage output.

As for specific weapon choices: if you intend to use this build for your initial playthrough and for farming resources on Hell difficulty, Windforce bow is an excellent option.

Windforce boasts the highest maximum damage ceiling of any bow in Diablo 2 Resurrected. Furthermore, its power scales as your character level increases, and its potent Knockback attribute allows you to effectively control and keep enemies at bay.

However, the bow option that truly elevates the ceiling of this entire build is, in fact, Grand Matron Bow socketed with Faith Runeword.

Subsequently, if you allocate all your attribute points into Dexterity, the moment combat begins, the entire screen will instantly be blanketed by a storm of flying arrows.

Next on our list of recommendations is Exceptional-tier body armor: Ornate Plate. Not only does it possess Ethereal property, but it also features four sockets, making it an excellent base item for this specific build.

The ideal Runeword for this armor is Fortitude. Composed of exactly four runes, it offers a wealth of buffs, though its most standout feature is undoubtedly the +300% Enhanced Damage bonus.

Furthermore, it boosts your all resistances and provides a Life bonus that scales according to your character's level.

As for boots, we recommend War Traveler, primarily to capitalize on the fixed damage bonus it provides, thereby significantly boosting your overall damage output.

Next up are Dual Leech and Manald Heal rings, along with Razortail belt. The belt is chosen to further increase the chance of piercing attacks, while Manald Heal ring provides you with 75 points of poison resistance.

Skill selection

For this build, skill allocation is, to a large extent, dictated by your gear setup. With this in mind, your first priority should be to invest points into Bow and Crossbow skills.

Doing so directly enhances the base damage of your core skill, Multiple Shot, so be sure to max out Multiple Shot as well.

Additionally, and perhaps even more importantly, you should acquire Skillers. These Grand Charms grant +1 to a specific character's skill tree, further boosting your effective skill levels; they can also occasionally roll with other useful secondary modifiers.

Another key active skill for this build is Strafe. If you wish to avoid potential issues regarding attack frames with your arrows, you may choose to invest two skill points into this ability.

Next, the passive skill tree is absolutely crucial. Critical Strike and Penetrate are must-max skills, especially given that you will be equipping Razortail belt.

The final essential passive skill is Valkyrie. This ability summons a Valkyrie ally who, upon reaching skill level 17, will automatically spawn equipped with more powerful gear.

Optimal strategy

If you are well-versed in the loot mechanics of Diablo 2: Resurrected, you know that gathering all the necessary gear and Runewords for this build early in a ladder season can be a formidable challenge.

However, if you truly wish to experience the extraordinary physical damage output this playstyle offers, we recommend starting with a Javelin-focused Amazon build.

Once you have farmed sufficient resources, perhaps by running The Secret Cow Level, you can then transition to Physical Bow Amazon Build. Moreover, this also applies within Reign of the Warlock expansion.

That concludes our overview for this session. If this has piqued your interest, why not start planning your own character builds for the new season right now?

A new set of Trials has arrived in ARC Raiders, bringing epic items and precious blueprints you definitely won't want to miss. We're now in the second week of Season 4 (May 18-24), and for those who took part, these rewards offer a solid boost.

Let's dive into all Trial missions available this week and see how you can consistently rack up three-star ratings with speed and ease.

ARC Raiders Season 4 Week 2 Trial Missions

Before you head out, here are the objectives you'll need to complete this week:

• Search containers in the Medical Research wing
• Search Lockers
• Damage Rocketeers
• Damage Leapers
• Destroy Pops

None of the tasks this week are overly demanding, and with double points active on certain maps, you'll clear these Trials even faster. Now, let's break down exactly how to handle each one.

Damage Leapers

• Recommended maps: The Blue Gate & Dam Battlegrounds

Around Adorn Wreckage on The Blue Gate and in the small village nearby, Leapers spawn reliably. Dam Battlegrounds also features plenty of Leaper spawn points. Once taken down, Leapers do respawn, but there's a cooldown of a few minutes.

Each Leaper nets you roughly 1,700–2,000 points. Eliminating two will consistently earn you three stars; alternatively, you can finish one and deal heavy damage to a second. Just bear in mind that you'll want to deliver as much of that damage on your own as possible - if other players join in, your personal score gets diluted.

For an effortless three-star clear, simply bring a Hullcracker with two stacks of ammo to pile up damage fast. If you're chasing a top-tier score, Wolfpacks are the way to go. Toss a Wolfpack to soften the target, then follow up with Hullcracker. There's no need to sink two Wolfpacks into the same Leaper.

Make absolutely sure you select a Night Raid map and deploy there. While nighttime no longer provides double points, both the spawn frequency and movement speed of Leapers increase significantly, giving you far more kill opportunities in a single run.

Damage Rocketeers

• Recommended map: The Blue Gate

Each Rocketeer is worth around 1,430 points. To comfortably hit three stars, all you need is to take down two Rocketeers and deal partial damage to a third, though eliminating three outright is the safer approach.

Compared with Leapers, Rocketeers pose a much greater threat. Conventional weapons can work, but they're riskier and less efficient, which is why Wolfpacks remain the top pick.

You can run a loadout similar to the one used for Damage Leapers, only swapping Hullcracker for a Jupiter as your backup weapon. Two well-placed Wolfpacks will usually be enough to bring down a single Rocketeer.

Whenever possible, engage Rocketeers from long range. If you can take them down before they get within striking distance, you'll avoid return fire completely.

Destroy Pops

• Recommended maps: Stella Montis & Buried City

Indoor areas of Stella Montis and Buried City are crawling with Pops. At 400 points each, destroying around eight of them secures three stars. They pose very little threat, which makes this arguably the easiest Trial.

Pops are mobile explosive enemies that detonate on their own. One crucial detail: the explosion only counts if you personally shoot and trigger it. If they get caught in another blast or self-destruct, it won't progress your mission.

You'll want a fast-firing weapon that can one-shot Pops, such as Bettina or Venator. On Stella Montis, Shredders also make an appearance, so keep a Hullcracker handy to clean them up.

Whenever Pops and Fireballs show up together, always take out Pops first. If you go for Fireballs straight away, Pops will have plenty of time to rush you or get set off by the flames, leaving you with nothing to show for your effort.

Search containers in the Medical Research wing

• Recommended map: Stella Montis

The medical area on Stella Montis boasts a denser concentration of searchable containers than any other map. Each search awards 134 points. Do note that this week's Trial no longer demands 4,000 points, nor is there a double-points mechanic. Reaching three stars requires searching roughly 20 containers - hardly a challenge.

This objective covers every interactive object in the area: regular containers, lootable robots, breakable cabinets, and containers inside key-locked rooms. Special objects like radars or ARC devices are not included.

Once again, a Night Raid is highly recommended, as far more containers spawn under these conditions than during the day.

It's also a good idea to bring a key for the medical research facility - those key rooms hold an extra 10–15 containers, which not only pushes your score higher but also gives you a shot at ARC Raiders blueprints. While searching, you can still interact with and earn points from containers that other players have already opened.

Server cabinets work as well; weapon cases, medical kits, and every lootable item contribute to your progress. Even computer terminals can be searched for points.

Search Lockers

• Recommended maps: Dam Battlegrounds & Spaceport

Dam Battlegrounds and Spaceport feature the highest number of Lockers. Dam Battlegrounds has a slight edge in quantity, but many of them are tucked behind key rooms, so you'll want to bring a keycard when heading into that map. Over on Spaceport, Lockers appear in clusters, making it a more reliable choice to group up with squadmates.

Each locker gives 160 points, meaning you'll need to search around 15–20 of them. The same search trick applies here: Lockers that have already been opened by other players will still grant you points.

That wraps up the complete guide for ARC Raiders Trials in Season 2 Week 2. Whether you're running solo or with a squad, we hope these tips help you lock in top scores without breaking a sweat.

On May 15, Mural Program makes its way into MLB The Show 26. Its centerpiece rewards are Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Adrián Morejón, though the other prizes along the way are nothing to overlook either.

This update also brings Mural Series Collection. The final reward for that collection is 90 OVR José Ramirez - a card that not only holds down the hot corner as a primary third baseman but can also fill in at second base, shortstop, and left field, making him exceptionally versatile. Let's break down how to efficiently complete both Mural Program and the accompanying Collection.

Mural Program Reward Path

• 5 Points: 1,000 XP
• 10 Points: MLB The Show 26 pack
• 15 Points: 250 Stubs
• 20 Points: 91 OVR Mural Adrián Morejón
• 25 Points: 1,000 XP
• 30 Points: MLB The Show 26 pack
• 35 Points: 250 Stubs
• 40 Points: 91 OVR Mural Hunter Goodman
• 45 Points: 2,000 XP
• 50 Points: Ballin' is a Habit pack
• 55 Points: 2,000 XP
• 60 Points: 92 OVR Mural Grady Sizemore
• 65 Points: MLB The Show 26 pack
• 70 Points: 2,000 XP
• 75 Points: Headliners pack
• 80 Points: 92 OVR Mural Bryan Woo
• 85 Points: MLB The Show 26 pack (x2)
• 90 Points: 2,000 XP
• 95 Points: Mural Deluxe Pack
• 100 Points: 92 OVR Mural Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Beyond MLB The Show 26 stubs and card packs, Mural Program also gives out a number of Mural Series players. If you're aiming to finish Collection, you'll definitely want to collect all of these free players.

As for actual in-game value: while a card like Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is certainly usable, Mural players found on the market tend to be of higher quality. Notably, Mural Deluxe Pack at 90 Points includes a tradable Mural Series player.

How to Make Progress?

Now, let's take a closer look at the specific tasks within Mural Program.

Moments: 5 points each. Completing all four Moments earns you 20 points.

Stat Missions:

• 10 Points: Record 30 hits with any players.
• 10 Points: Hit 10 home runs with any players.
• 10 Points: Steal 10 bases with any players.
• 10 Points: Pitch 9 innings (total).
• 10 Points: Score 24 runs with any players.

PXP Missions:

• 10 Points: Earn 2,000 PXP in Mural Series.
• 10 Points: Earn 4,000 PXP using Mural Series players.
• 10 Points: Earn 6,000 PXP with any players.

My Legacy Collection

• 10 Points: Complete 600 K Strikeout (Silver) Icon.
• 10 Points: Complete 250,000 PXP (Silver) Icon.

Between PXP Missions and Stat Missions alone, you can earn a solid number of Program Points. Before you start grinding, head over to Bonus tab and claim My Legacy Collection Icons that the development team provides for free. That immediately gives you an extra 20 points, unlocking your first Mural player.

You'll want to prioritize offline content. When working on tasks like accumulating PXP, having most of Mural players already in hand - which you can get through offline modes - allows you to slot them straight into your lineup and rack up progress with ease, ultimately completing the entire Program.

Collection

This Collection requires three player cards, each with a different number of Mural Series items needed:

• 93 OVR Vladimir Guerrero Jr.: 13 Mural Series items
• 94 OVR Roy Halladay: 21 Mural Series items
• 95 OVR José Ramirez: 29 Mural Series items

Here's how all current Mural Series players can be obtained:

• Chase: 1
• Collection: 2
• Conquest: 1
• Diamond Quest: 2
• Events: 1
• Mini Seasons: 4
• Pack: 15
• Program: 5

How to Complete the Collection?

Diamond Quest

After finishing the base Program points, your next target is Diamond Quest. The recommended strategy here is a bunt squad - sacrifice power hitting in favor of a lineup built entirely around high speed and high bunting stats, focusing exclusively on bunts. This approach proves highly effective for conquering stadiums on higher difficulties.

Mini Seasons

The goal in Mini Seasons is to accumulate a total of 22,000 PXP, unlocking 92 OVR George Springer. Run your bunt squad again, select Legend difficulty against the CPU, and simply keep bunting. You should be able to reach 22,000 PXP within 6 to 7 games.

Event

After completing Event mode tasks, you'll earn 12 free cards. If you also finish Conquest mode and obtain 92 OVR Ralph Kiner, you'll then unlock 93 OVR Vladimir Guerrero Jr. From there, you'll need to acquire the remaining cards through packs or trading.

How to Obtain Packs?

Mural pack in Shop contains the remaining 15 Mural Series cards. If you've already opened Mural Deluxe Pack, you'll only need 14 more. However, be aware that this pack can also give duplicates of Mural Series cards you already own.

There's also a new Chase Pack, which includes 95 OVR Carlos Santana - potentially the top first baseman in the game. Its current market value is around 200,000 stubs.

If you haven't finished Multiplayer Program - or even if you have - you can continue grinding the wheel spin for a chance at 50 bundle that contains Chase Pack.

If you're in no rush, consider waiting a bit before completing this Collection. The number of Mural Series cards available is still relatively small; once more cards from this series drop, Collection will become much easier to finish.