In Diablo 4’s first expansion, Vessel Of Hatred, Upheaval has been properly adjusted to become one of the best core skills for Barbarian Class, making Upheaval Barbarian build the choice of many players who like powerful attacks, whether single-target or multi-target.

In Upheaval Barbarian build, you can not only cleverly combine the two most important abilities in the build, giving it huge damage potential and excellent survivability, but also combine multiple skills such as Combat Bash and Furious Upheaval to give it a powerful ability to suppress enemies.

It sounds attractive, doesn’t it? If you want to make the most of the best Upheaval Barbarian build in Diablo 4 DLC, you might as well read the following guide first, where you will pick out the skills and other gear that best suit your character.

Skills

At the level 60 cap and grinding renown added by Vessel Of Hatred DLC, you should have a total of 72 Skill Points to assign. Below are our recommendations for the best allocations, which you can change accordingly depending on your play style.

Active Skills

• Bash: 1
• Upheaval: 5
• Rallying Cry: 1
• Challenging Shout: 1
• War Cry: 1
• Call Of The Ancients: 5

Passive Skills

• Warpath: 3
• Pressure Point: 1
• Endless Fury: 2
• Martial Vigour: 3
• Imposing Presence: 3
• Belligerence: 3
• Raid Leader: 3
• Booming Voice: 3
• Guttural Voice: 1
• Aggressive Resistance: 3
• Prolific Fury: 1
• Pit Fighter: 3
• Slaying Strike: 3
• Thick Skin: 1
• Counteroffensive: 3
• Heavy Handed: 3
• Brute Force: 3
• Wallop: 3
• Key Passive: Unbridled Rage

Skill Rotation

Now that we know how all the skill points are allocated, let’s take a look at how you can use these active skills in real exploration. First, when you face a skirmish, you can cast three shout skills (Challenging Shout, Rallying Cry, and War Cry) to give yourself a series of offensive and defensive buffs.

This is very easy to do if you have Diablo 4 Items such as Bold Chieftain’s Aspect and Rakanoth’s Wake in your build, as they can greatly reduce the cooldown of your skills.

Then you can use Bash to generate fury, preferably ten times in a row, so that you will have a 120% damage increase, which will also give you an absolute suppression effect when casting the core skill, Upheaval. At this time, the key passive skill, Unbridled Rage will also start to work, consuming a lot of fury while causing more damage to the enemy.

In some low- to mid-level encounters, the above skills are enough for you to clear most of the enemies you face, and you can easily pick up Diablo 4 Gold and loot they drop. But if you encounter a more difficult encounter, you can use Call of the Ancients. Although it does not cause very much damage to the enemy when it is cast, the passive buff it provides you when it is activated can make you have a very high clearing efficiency at some critical moments.

Legendary Aspects

Among most of the items in Upheaval Barbarian Build, the most important and useful ones are Legendary Aspects that can provide various benefits. The following are Legendary Aspects we recommend for you to use and their effects. You can also adjust them accordingly according to your game style.

• Edgemaster’s Aspect: The skill deals up to 5% - 25% increased damage based on available primary resources at the time of activation, with the greatest effect occurring when primary resources are full.
• Accelerating Aspect: Critical attacks from core skills increase your attack speed by 10%-30% for 5 seconds.
• Aspect of Anger Management: When your Fury exceeds 55–40 you will enter Berserk mode, but your Fury will decrease by 2 every second.
• Bold Chieftain’s Aspect: Whenever you cast a shout skill, for every enemy near you within 6 seconds, the cooldown of this skill will be reduced by 10%-30%.
• Aspect of Limitless Rage: For each Fury Point you generate while Fury is at max, the damage of the following core skills increases by 1-3%，increases up to 15 times.

Mercenary

A new Mercenary mechanic has been added to Diablo 4 DLC, where you can choose two of four different Mercenaries to combine to help you explore. For Upheaval Barbarian Build, you can choose Raheir and Varyana. This combination not only provides you with some extra defensive capabilities but also allows enemies to be easily attracted to them.

Raheir’s skills such as Valiance and Bastion make it highly survivable and become your most solid protection. In addition, these skills can also provide you with Unstoppable in some emergency situations. But it is not just a tank attribute. Its Ground Slam skill can also provide you with some additional attack buffs to increase its practicality.

For Varyana, if you combine your Bash skill with its Ancient Harpoons, it is a very good Reinforcement Mercenary. This skill will allow you to attract enemies before using the three Shout skills effectively, so that you have enough time to adjust your own state, such as using tonics to increase your health. Most importantly, Varyana can effectively shorten the cooldown of all your skills, allowing you to attack the enemy continuously.

The above are some detailed information about skills, Legendary Aspects and Mercenary in the very popular Upheaval Barbarian Build in Diablo 4 Vessel Of Hatred DLC. I hope this guide can help you with your exploration. If you get stuck and need some Gold or Items during your exploration, you can participate in the regular lucky draws in IGGM Discord, which may make your exploration easier. I wish you a happy game!

As a new class born from DLC Vessel of Hatred, Spiritborn is stronger than the general class even in Season 6. As a shaman warrior, Spiritborn is actually the evolution of Witch Doctor class in the early Diablo series.

Because it is a new class, the number of builds available for Spiritborn is not as many as other classes in Diablo 4 Season 6. But as the entire Spiritborn class is becoming more and more perfect, the related builds are also increasing, and in Season 6, you will find a Spiritborn build that is suitable for both PVE and PVP.

Based on this, we will introduce this build - Quill Volley Eagle Build, and how to use it in PVE and PVP modes, respectively.

Quill Volley Eagle Build In PVE

Currently, the best PVE Spiritborn build in Season 6 is Quill Volley Eagle Build. Although this build is likely to be weakened in Season 7, Quill Volley Eagle Build will still be your first choice for combat as a Spiritborn for a long time before then.

How To Allocate The Required Skills?

If you often play MMORPG, you will know that the foundation of any powerful build is inseparable from the skills available to the corresponding class, and Quill Volley Eagle Build is no exception. Based on this, we recommend that you allocate the required points to the active and passive skills of this build according to the following:

Active skills:

• Rock Splitter-Enhanced: 5
• Quill Volley-Enhanced, Advantageous: 5
• Ravager-Enhanced, Measured: 1
• Armored Hide-Enhanced, Reinforced: 1
• Counterattack-Enhanced, Reinforced: 1
• Scourge-Enhanced, Adaptable: 1
• The Hunger-Harmonious, Exalted: 5

Passive skills:

• Vigorous: 2
• Balanced Exertion: 3
• Mirage: 1
• Unrestrained Power: 3
• Focal Point: 1
• Apex: 3
• Endurance: 1
• Perseverance: 3

If you are a returning player from Season 6, you may get Diablo 4 Gold and skill points through your Renown, or directly upgrade to level 50 from the beginning. But if you’re new, you’ll need to start from scratch and work your way up. Fortunately, with Diablo 4 Season 6 update, you’ll be able to reach level 50 very quickly.

Of course, you may find yourself needing to choose other skills to progress through the skill tree. As long as you’re capable, you can reconsider the skills included in Quill Volley Eagle Build and create a custom Quill Volley Eagle Build that better suits your personal needs.

How To Rotate Skills?

After selecting the skills you want, you’ll need to cast them in the following order to fully utilize the effects of these skills:

• Scourge
• Ravager
• Quill Volley
• Counterattack
• The Hunter
• Armored Hide

Using Scourge first allows you to apply poison damage, fear, and slow down enemies. Activating Ravager next increases your overall damage output. Then, follow up with the core skill Quill Volley to pierce enemies, and hitting at least 3 feathers will make them vulnerable, allowing you to deal more damage.

As enemies get close, remember to use Counterattack to dodge their attacks and counterattack. You’ll then be able to deal bonus critical damage to each nearby enemy. Then unleash The Hunter for heavy area damage to weak or elite targets.

Finally, if you’re overwhelmed by a more troublesome foe, pop up Armored Hide to increase your block chance and reduce the damage you take.

Best Spirit Hall

Spirit Hall is an important and unique combat benefit mechanic for Spiritborn class, so choosing the best Spirit Hall will help you a lot with your Quill Volley Eagle Build.

We recommend you choose Jaguar as your Primary Spirit animal at level 15, and Gorilla as a secondary option. This will ensure that your damage output and resolve are always enhanced in actual combat.

• Jaguar-All Jaguar attacks: Jaguar skill damage increases
• Gorilla-Resolve: Damage Reduction

Best Mercenary

As one of the new mechanics, your Quill Volley Eagle Build will do more with less effort in combat if you can choose the right mercenary combination. For this reason, we first recommend that you choose Varyana as your first mercenary.

Because Varyana performs well in dense mob areas, this makes her a powerful helper to help you fight against large groups of enemies. As you kill enemies quickly, Varyana will also become stronger, which is perfect for the fast-paced combat brought by Quill Volley Eagle.

You can then choose Raheir as your reinforcement mercenary. If you are caught by mobs, his defense buff will help you survive. He can also deal considerable damage to enemies. After all, he is a Barbarian.

Quill Volley Eagle Build In PVP

In fact, Eagle Quill Volley Build is not only outstanding in PVE mode but also difficult to match other Spiritborn builds in PVP mode, and it is even suitable for end-game. This is not surprising, because there is often overlap between end-game and PVP in Diablo 4 series of games. You can also keep the items and skills obtained for Quill Volley Eagle’s end-game.

The reason this build works in PVP is that Quill Volley’s shotgun feathers hit hard, whether you are facing a team of players or a single opponent. Rebound allows you to trigger up to 20 hits in a single attack, making it difficult for all enemies to dodge.

Although this build may be nerfed in Season 7 in the near future, it must be admitted that it has its own characteristics that make it useful in both PVE and PVP, so it is worth your try. In addition, If you are missing game props to help build this build, you can enter IGGM Discord now, the game giveaways information posted here regularly should help you. Good luck!

It has been almost two months since the release of Diablo 4 Season 6 and DLC Vessel of Hatred. If you have experienced them or paid attention to the relevant news, you will know that both works have received a lot of praise during the release period.

However, as time goes by, Season 7 is not far away from you. In order to make you better adapt to the next season and fix some deficiencies in Season 6 and DLC, the game developer announced through a recent campfire chat that Diablo 4 2.1 PTR will be opened on December 3. In this way, relevant data and feedback can be collected to ensure the balance, functionality and suitability of the new content.

Among all the known updates of 2.1 PTR, the changes of the new class Spiritborn are undoubtedly the most eye-catching. As a new class launched in Vessel of Hatred, it has always shown stronger performance than other classes. Although this allows players who play Spiritborn to no longer need to obtain some additional weapons, effectively saving Diablo 4 Gold, it destroys the balance of the game.

With that in mind, we’ll take a look at the overall changes coming to 2.1 PTR, with an emphasis on Spiritborn’s various tweaks.

2.1 PTR Overview

While Season 6 brought some welcome additions, the game’s developers say Season 7 will once again pack a ton of new content. The next season is expected to launch in January 2025, and in a campfire chat, the game’s producers revealed much of what you can expect in the new year, and a detailed description of the newly released PTR patch.

New Features And Highlights

The 2.1 PTR will be available from December 3 to December 10, 2024. Major highlights include the new Armory - an area in town where you can save or swap character builds with other players.

The second new addition is Witchcraft powers, including Eldritch, Psyche, and Growth and Decay. Also coming soon is the dreaded Headrotten, a new enemy available to you in Headhunt sub-area. Moreover, thanks to 2.1 PTR, Diablo 4 will later feature weaponized amphibians that you can summon using Witchcraft.

In addition, if you defeat Headrotten boss in 2.1 PTR, you will get new insertable Occult gems, new runes, many legendary aspects, and new unique items that all classes can use.

Promote Communication Between Players And Officials

In fact, if you and more other players participate in the experience of 2.1 PTR and are willing to submit relevant feedback, it will be beneficial for the official construction of the seventh season of the game, and you will get a better experience in the next season. Based on this, you can share your views through the in-game feedback tool or visit Diablo 4 PTR forum.

Related: Diablo 4 Promotions & Giveaways

With Season 6 coming to an end on January 21, you will first get familiar with the new features of Season 7 after participating in PTR. Although all elements of PTR are still under development and may change, it is certain that most of the fresh content will be waiting for you in the full version in early 2025.

Adjustments And Changes To Spiritborn

Since its launch, there have been feedbacks that Spiritborn, as a new class, has too much power. In response to this, the game developers first made preliminary adjustments in the mid-term update of Season 6, and said that they would further optimize in Season 7 to ensure the balance of the game.

Therefore, 2.1 PTR is the pre-test content of Season 7, which naturally includes various changes to Spiritborn.

Skills Adjustments

Spiritborn can use many skills. In order to balance the abilities of this class, some of its available skills have been adjusted as follows:

• Enhanced Thunderspike: Vitality generation increased from 5 to 7.
• Accelerated Thunderspike: Vulnerability duration increased from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
• Sharp Thrash: Ferocity gain increased from 1 to 2.
• Stinger: Damage increased from 70% to 77%.
• Enhanced Stinger: Damage increased from 50% of base damage to 60%.
• Concussive Stomp: Damage increased from 40% to 50%.
• Enhanced Concussive Stomp: Maximum barrier increased from 30% of maximum health to 40%.
• Invasive Payback: Cooldown reduced from 15 seconds to 8 seconds.
• Touch of Death: The group ignores invincible enemies.
• Razor Wings: Maximum active Razor Wings increased from 12 to 15.

Changes To Spirit Hall

As one of the important mechanisms available to Spiritborn, Spirit Hall has also received many changes. Take Centipede Primary Spirit Hall as an example. In the past, when you hit an enemy with Centipede skill, its damage would be reduced by 2.5%, and it would be slowed by 10% for 3 seconds, which could be stacked up to 8 times.

When you enter 2.1 PTR, hitting an enemy with Centipede will reduce its damage by 2%, slow it by 10%, and cause 70% poison damage in 6 seconds, which can be stacked up to 8 times. In addition, the delay before the rewards of Eagle Secondary Spirit Hall are reset has been increased from 2 seconds to 4 seconds.

In fact, the entire 2.1 PTR update content covers all aspects and is very rich. It is completely worth your experience. After all, this will also help you prepare for Season 7 in advance.

In addition, if you want to accumulate more game materials recently, you can enter IGGM Discord, where the eighth giveaway event for Diablo 4 Season 6 is being held. It is worth noting that today is the last day of the event. We will draw 20 players to get an average of 5000 Andariel Materials, 5000 Duriel Materials, 20000 Living Steel and 20000 Exquisite Blood!

The main campaign of Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred is just the beginning of the adventure. Once you complete the main story, a world of endless possibilities will open up to you. From finding and destroying demons in a vast open world to challenging those cleverly designed secret dungeons with varying degrees of difficulty, and more activities are waiting for players to explore.

Faced with such a rich selection of content, many players may not know which new things to try first. Below, we will introduce you to some suggestions to help you better enjoy the game after completing Vessel of Hatred.

7. Complete Deeds Of A Champion Quest

Deeds Of A Champion Quest will automatically unlock after you beat the main story and serve as a gateway to introduce endgame activities. If you are unsure of what to do next after completing Vessel of Hatred’s main campaign, Deeds Of A Champion Quest will be a perfect starting point.

By doing this quest, you will familiarize yourself with several key locations - Kurast Undercity, Tree of Whispers, Helltide, and Pit of the Artificer. Below, we will introduce each place and its featured activities.

6. Farm Cinders To Open Tortured Gifts

In Diablo 4’s endgame, Helltide is a core activity that provides players with a constant challenge and rich rewards. Every hour, random areas of the game’s map will be covered in Helltide, which are infested with demons and present opportunities for brave adventurers to earn loot. By defeating these demons, players can earn Aberrant Cinders, which can be used to open Tortured Gifts in Helltide.

It is important to note that when Helltide moves to a new area, your Aberrant Cinders do not transfer with it. This means that you must use them before they disappear or you will lose this hard-earned currency.

The rewards provided by Tortured Gifts are very attractive, including large amounts of Diablo 4 Gold, experience points, and the opportunity to obtain legendary or unique equipment, which are important resources for improving the strength of your characters.

To more effectively deal with Helltide, many players recommend the strategy of using Baneful Hearts to summon Blood Maiden. The Blood Maiden is a powerful ally that provides a lot of support in battle and drops numerous Aberrant Cinders and other valuable loot after defeating enemies. This makes her one of the ideal choices for fighting against Helltide.

5. Unlock Kurast Undercity

Kurast Undercity is a challenging endgame activity in Diablo 4 that can be gradually unlocked by completing Deeds of a Champion quest. This introductory quest consists of two key steps: Kurast Undercity and Undercity: Wail of the Forgotten. Once completed, you can freely explore Kurast Undercity.

Kurast Undercity is designed as a complex maze-like structure divided into three levels. The first two levels are mainly timed tasks, where you need to act quickly to overcome various obstacles and defeat the enemies that keep coming.

It is worth noting that there are some Braziers scattered throughout these two levels, which can increase your Attunement by lighting them or simply destroying the surrounding monsters. Gaining a high Attunement can increase your chances of obtaining rare rewards from the boss in the third level.

4. Participate In Infernal Hordes Activity

Before participating in Infernal Hordes activity, players need to obtain Infernal Compass. It can be crafted from Occultist or dropped as a reward from other activities such as Nightmare Dungeons or Helltide. Once you have Infernal Compass, you can participate in Infernal Hordes activity. Completing these activities will earn your Aether, which can be exchanged for rich loot after the battle.

3. Clear Nightmare Dungeons

Nightmare Dungeons are popular among players because of their high chance of dropping powerful equipment and Masterworking materials. To enter Nightmare Dungeons, you first need to complete other Nightmare Dungeons or craft them at Occultist to obtain a specific Nightmare Sigil. Clearing Nightmare Dungeons can earn Obducite, which can be used to Masterwork your gear.

2. Defeat Uber Bosses

In order to summon Uber Bosses, you need to collect specific materials, and the type of these materials depends on the boss you hope to face. Usually, these materials can be obtained by participating in other types of endgame activities, such as Nightmare Dungeons, Helltide, or World Bosses. After defeating Uber Bosses, you will obtain Uniques and Mythic Uniques.

1. Clear Dark Citadel

In Dark Citadel, multiple players need to team up to explore a large dungeon and face a series of powerful enemies and bosses together. Because of the extremely high difficulty of this mode, Dark Citadel only supports multiplayer cooperative mode, but it provides a Party Finder tool for players to recruit teammates to join their team.

Dark Citadel is divided into three wings, each with a unique environment and enemy layout, as well as powerful bosses to overcome. Dark Citadel is considered the second most difficult endgame activity in the game after Uber Bosses. Therefore, it is best to accumulate enough equipment and experience through other activities before taking on the challenge of Dark Citadel.

Through the above suggestions, we hope to help you enjoy the game better and continue to challenge yourself and improve your strength in the world of Diablo 4. Finally, if you have some better ideas to share, you can discuss with more players in IGGM discord group, and Giveaway channel will often release information about Diablo 4 product giveaways.

On November 12, the developers of Diablo 4 series held a campfire chat, mainly communicating with players and announcing the content of the mid-term patch of Season 6. Although some information about Season 7 was revealed during the period, it was still very limited.

In the following week, Diablo 4 was in the middle of Season 6, and with the release of patch 2.0.5 and the holding of some festive in-game activities, including red-cloaked horror and welcome back gifts for Eternal players, this week was very lively.

However, since Season 7 is not far away, and in order to satisfy your curiosity, on November 21, the developers held another campfire chat, mainly announcing the main updates of Season 7 and patch 2.1 PTR.

Based on this, we will introduce you to the two main updates on patch 2.1 PTR.

1. Powers Of Witchcraft

Season 6 of Hatred Rising is still in progress and is expected to end in January and enter Season 7. But in order to present a better Season 7, the game developer will release patch 2.1 PTR on December 3 and last until December 10. In this PTR, you can not only test the new patch but also get to know the new Season 7 content for the first time.

Among all the new content, the introduction of powers of Witchcraft is the first. If you have experienced Diablo 4 Season 2, you will know that you can use Vampiric powers and the addition of powers of Witchcraft in Season 7 will make it a new “seasonal power” and a new helper for you to get a lot of Diablo 4 Gold.

How To Get Witchcraft?

To get Witchcraft first in Season 7, you first need to collect a new currency, Restless Rot, by defeating Headrotten. Then head to the altar and trade Restless Rot for Witchcraft.

As for how to equip Witchcraft, it’s actually similar to Sanguine Circle in Season 2. If you haven’t experienced Sanguine Circle, it doesn’t matter. You can just find an extra tab on the character menu to do it.

Build A Witchcraft Season Reputation Board

Once you have Witchcraft, you can continue to build a reputation board specifically for Witchcraft season, and Coven’s Favor will drop from Whispers. On top of that, you will earn Resplendent Sparks again by completing Witchcraft season reputation board, helping you craft Mythic Uniques.

In addition, Whispers will also become more intense as the tree hunts for Headrotten. Headhunts will spawn in a similar area takeover style to Helltides, and feature all new Whispers activities, as well as some other activities you are familiar with. Completing these Whispers activities will give you a chance to encounter a Headrotten boss. Sending the heads of the boss to Tree of Whispers will also earn your Occult gems.

What Are Occult Gems?

As an item in Season 7, Occult gems will have a unique effect on the game and can be used to embed in item slots, thus providing you with some combat benefits. It is also worth noting that exploring Forgotten Altars in various dungeons in Sanctuary can unlock new powers. In fact, more than 20 new powers will be added in Season 7.

2. Quality Of Life Updates

Before Diablo 4 2.1 version PTR, the game developer revealed not only Armory mechanism that makes it easier to save and exchange equipment, as well as a series of other changes in the campfire chat on November 21, but also many quality of life changes. The most important of these is the change of Paragon Board.

Paragon Board Season 7 Update

According to the latest news, Paragon Board in Season 7 will allow you to customize the build you need to use after reaching the game level cap. And starting from the next season, all Paragon experience you earn throughout the season will be added to your Eternal Realm progress.

According to the development team, this Paragon experience migration mechanism will give you the opportunity to obtain rewards in Eternal Realm without having to worry about seasonal grinding.

Changes To Ancestral Legendary Items

In the future, the drop rate of Ancestral Legendary items will also be greatly increased in all levels of Diablo 4’s new Torment difficulty system. Higher drop rates can not only improve the level of game activities but also will not affect the important position of Ancestral Legendary items in the game.

In addition, starting from Season 7, Ancestral Legendary items will definitely appear at the highest end of their Legendary Aspect level.

Other Changes And Updates

Other quality of life changes mainly include a redesigned system for unique power rolls, a gem fragment converter that can create Legendary items, and updates to class tasks.

Of course, the above content is only part of the content of Season 7 and the 2.1 version PTR update. I believe that with the launch of both in the future, you will experience a more exciting Season 7.

Related: Diablo 4 Promotions & Giveaways

In addition, enter IGGM Discord now, you cannot communicate with other Diablo 4 players, but also participate in the eighth giveaway event for Diablo 4 Season 6.

We will draw 20 lucky players on December 2 to share 5000 Andariel Materials, 5000 Duriel Materials, 20000 Living Steel and 20000 Exquisite Blood equally. Remember to participate in time!

For MMORPGs, builds are one of the most efficient tools that players can use in battle, and this is also true in Diablo 4 series. A good build will effectively combine the skills, weapons, equipment and other elements available to your game character, allowing you to exert your greatest strength in battle and kill enemies faster.

In Diablo 4 series of games, Rogue has always been a popular class. It is mainly popular with players for its excellent mobility and flexibility, and the class also has many powerful weapons that can be obtained and used through Diablo 4 Gold. Based on these characteristics, you will find that this class has many builds for you to use in battle. The most classic of them is Twisting Blades Build.

In fact, this is not a new build that appeared in the sixth season, but it has appeared in previous seasons, but now it has undergone various updates and optimizations from players, making it more powerful and easier to use in Season of Hatred Rising.

With that in mind, we’re going to show you how to use Rogue’s Twisting Blades Build in Season 6.

The Right Skill Upgrade Order

If you want your Twisting Blades Build to be successful before reaching the endgame, you need to unlock the right skills, and it’s best to upgrade them in a specific order from level 1 to 50. Here’s the best skill upgrade order for the first 10 levels:

• 1. Puncture
• 2. Enhanced Puncture
• 3. Twisting Blades
• 4. Enhanced Twisting Blades
• 5. Improved Twisting Blades
• 6. Fundamental Puncture
• 7. Shadow Step
• 8. Dash
• 9. Twisting Blades
• 10. Twisting Blades

If you want to be a Rogue player who can become more powerful by using Twisting Blades Build, you should master these skills using reputation points. Doing so will make it easy to enter the endgame phase of the game with this build, regardless of whether you’re playing the campaign while upgrading.

For Season 6’s Twisting Blades Build, the core skill is of course Twisting Blades, which is the skill you use most often when dealing damage to enemies, and you can also use Shadow and Poison Imbuements to enhance Twisting Blades. However, it is worth noting that you also need Puncture to obtain energy for power Twisting Blades.

In addition, for optimal mobility, you need to make reasonable use of Shadow Step and Dash skills. They not only allow you to cross the battlefield but also weaken enemies and increase your critical hit chance.

The Most Suitable Specialization Option

If you know something about Rogue class or you have always been a Rogue player, you will know that this class has an exclusive enhancement mechanism, which is Specialization.

In Diablo 4, there are three unique Rogue Specializations for you to choose one of them to equip to further enhance your build. If you want to match it with Twisting Blades Build, we recommend that you choose Combo Points Specialization.

This way, when you use Twisting Blades Build, your basic skills will generate combo points. Once you have three points, you can consume them with core skills to gain additional combat benefits.

If you cast Puncture three times after this, you can easily use Twisting Blades to destroy groups of enemies. Puncture also helps you keep yourself supplied with energy during combat.

Because of the unique role of Combo Points Specialization, we recommend repeating some skills in the following rotation order so that your entire combat process is more coherent and effective:

• Poison Imbuement
• Shadow Step
• Puncture x3
• Twisting Blades
• Shadow Imbuement
• Dash
• Puncture x3
• Twisting Blades

After you use Poison Imbuement first, which affects Shadow Step, once you rush into a group of enemies, remember to use Puncture three times to accumulate combo points before casting Twisting Blades with Imbuement. Then use Shadow Imbuement to make the enemy vulnerable.

Then cast a Dash to slash enemies in your path, and repeat Puncture and Twisting Blades to use Combo Points Specialization ability. Finally, repeat the entire process until all enemies are defeated.

Best Legendary Aspects

With Twisting Blades Build, you can obtain many excellent Legendary Aspects through dungeons to further improve the power of this build.

• Aspect of Corruption-Renegade’s Retreat: Allows you to be more lethal to vulnerable enemies when using Imbuement skill.
• Bladedancer’s Aspect-Jalal’s Vigil: This aspect causes Twisting Blades to detour for a short time after returning to you, and each hit can also gain a certain percentage of the return damage.
• Vengeful Aspect-Inferno: Can cause further damage to vulnerable enemies, and has a chance to create Arrow Storm at the enemy’s location, causing physical damage for a short period.
• Aspect of Arrow Storms-Howling Warren: Uses Marksman and Cutthroat skills to cast Arrow Storm on enemies, causing corresponding damage.
• Aspect of Unstable Imbuements-Whispering Vault: Allows you to cause an explosion while using Imbuement skill and applies Imbuement effect to deal the same type of damage.

Best Twisting Blades Build For PVP Mode

Regarding PVP mode, we recommend that you use Twisting Blades Build for PVP Fields of Hatred. Here, this build is mainly centered on single-target damage, especially Twisting Blades, which always works against a single enemy. So it will be very suitable for dealing with relevant PVP modes.

While Twisting Blades Build performs well in PVP, you can also try using Barrage Builds. Compared to Twisting Blades Build, they will perform better in this fast-paced environment.

Hopefully, after understanding the above content, you will have a clearer idea of ​​how to use Twisting Blades Build in Season 6. If you still have any confusion, you can enter IGGM Discord to discuss with other online players and have a chance to win game prizes through the giveaway channel. Thank you for reading.

Spiritborn is a new class added in Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred Expansion, and its Resolve mechanic brings a variety of powerful builds. Among them, Rock Splitter Thorns Build utilizes damage bonuses to make players an AoE powerhouse. To try this build, we have some detailed guides for you below.

Rock Splitter Thorns Build Work Mechanism

Rock Splitter Thorns Build does not work by taking hits, but applies 100% of the player’s Thorns damage by hitting, making it one of the best offensive Thorns builds. Sepazontec always applies the skill’s third attack bonus, making Rock Splitter the ultimate damage powerhouse. Therefore, it is very necessary to spend some Diablo 4 Gold to obtain it when making a build.

Players using this build can expect to easily handle a variety of content, without worrying about resource management, and have strong defensive capabilities. However, this build can struggle when enemies are scattered, as it relies on Binding Morass and the synergy between Lithwat and XolKry Runewords to draw enemies.

In order to maximize damage output and effectively manage survivability in Rock Splitter Thorns Spiritborn, players need to take a series of strategic actions. When facing a boss or elite enemy, once they reach the injury threshold, immediately use Ultimate ability of this build to deal a lot of damage.

Use Toxic Skin to keep Thorns passive activated while Ultimate ability is on cooldown, which can ensure continuous damage to the enemy.

In addition, to further improve survivability, it is recommended that players rotate between three different defensive skills to reduce damage from enemies. In order for Runewords & Binding Morass Aspect carried by the character to work correctly on the enemy group, it is very important to try to keep your position relatively fixed.

Ability Points & Skill Tree

The skill tree of Rock Splitter Thorns Spiritborn is mainly defensive, as it requires little additional damage ability besides the basic skills.

Basic Node

• Rocksplitter (1/5): Enhanced Rock Splitter, Accelerated Rock Splitter

Core Node

• Follow Through (3/3)

Focus Node

• Toxic Skin (1/5): Enhanced Toxic Skin, Replenishing Toxic Skin
• Unrestrained Power (3/3)
• Focal Point (1/3)
• Diminishment (3/3)
• Apex (3/3)
• Mirage (3/3)

Potency Node

• Resilient (3/3)
• Dominant (3/3)
• Potent (3/3)

Ultimate Skill

• The Hunter (5/5): Harmonious Hunter, Exhalted Hunter
• Resolution (3/3)
• Spiritual Attunement (1/3)
• Supremacy (3/3)

Key Passive

As the key passive of the build, Adaptive Stances naturally makes use of several spirits. The extra skill rank doesn’t give this build much benefit, as most skills won’t be maxed out.

Spirit Hall Choices

Since Spirit Hall bonuses all derive from the same Spirit, using Loyalty’s Mantle is a smart choice.

Primary Spirit Bonus

Gorilla is placed in the first Spirit Hall slot to increase Thorns damage and Barrier. Additionally, it converts all skills from other Spirits used by the build into Gorilla Skills, allowing them to activate Gorilla-exclusive passives.

Secondary Spirit Bonus

The secondary Spirit Bonus again chooses Gorilla, which allows you to benefit from Loyalty’s Mantle while further improving defensive stats, and giving the build unlimited uptime.

Gear & Affixes

This build, while it does include BiS items, has relatively low gear requirements before getting up and running. The main thing needed is Unique Staff Sepazontec, and Runewords LithWat and XolKry.

Additional Strong Items

• Loyalty’s Mantle
• Razorplate

Additional Strong Aspects

The player should choose how to place Aspects on their gear based on which Aspects they currently have the highest rolls in.

• Aspect of Binding Morass
• Aspect of Adaptability
• Rapid Aspect
• Aspect of Moonrise
• Hectic Aspect
• Aspect of Endurance
• Aspect of Interdiction
• Aspect of Layered Wards

Stat Priority & Affixes

This build does not prioritize critical strike or suppression as the primary goal like most common builds. In this build, most stats can be gained through tempering.

• Thorns +3000%
• Armor to 1000 (after penalties)
• Resistances capped (after penalties)
• Health to 6000
• Rock Splitter Size +100%
• 160% Movement Speed
• 2000+ Dexterity
• Attack Speed ​​+100%
• Basic Damage +600%

Runewords & Gems

In this build, since the two main equipment slots are occupied by LithWat and XolKry, the space left for other Runewords and Gems is relatively limited. In order to maximize the use of the remaining slots, we need to choose and match them carefully.

For the slots in the armor, we recommend Emeralds in Armor for increased Dexterity, and Diamonds in Jewelry to help cap Elemental Resistance.

Mercenary & Reinforcement Hires

In this build, players are free to try different combinations according to their preferences and play style. This flexibility allows players to explore more possibilities and find the combat style that suits them best. However, for players who want to get started quickly and are looking for a plug-and-play build, we recommend considering using Raheir and Varyana.

In the reinforcement slot, choosing Varyana is a wise decision because her Ancient Harpoons Ability can effectively gather enemies and create more favorable conditions for Rock Splitter’s AoE.

In summary, for players who are looking for a novel experience and enjoy the challenge, Rock Splitter Thorns Build is undoubtedly a choice worth trying. Finally, no matter what items or equipment you are missing in the build process, you can pay attention to Giveaway channel in IGGM discord, which often releases Diablo 4 product giveaway information.

In Diablo 4 DLC Vessel of Hatred released on October 7, in order to live up to the expectations of players, the game developers not only added some new content: such as the new class Spiritborn and the new explorable area Nahantu, but also updated the main story based on Diablo 4 base game.

If you often play MMO games, you will find that the main story in these games is the key to stringing together the entire series of games, and the same is true in Diablo 4. besides some casual gameplay or some daily repetitive tasks that can farm Diablo 4 Gold, other world bosses and major events are often centered on the main story.

As an expansion of Diablo 4, the updated story content in Vessel of Hatred is essentially a continuation and supplement to the story of the base game. It should also play a role in filling the gaps in Diablo 4 story and paving the way for the new season or new DLC.

But does the update of the story in Vessel of Hatred really do these things? If you want to know, let’s find out together.

What Does The New Story Of Vessel Of Hatred Tell?

Diablo series of games is as dark and treacherous as its name leaves players with the impression that it is full of conspiracy and battles. The game is centered on Eternal Conflict between High Heavens and Burning Hells for Worldstone, and uses this conflict as the foreground and background of the story of each game in the series.

In Diablo 4, humans live in Sanctuary between Eternal Conflict. This setting not only emphasizes the importance of human movements in war, but also shows how humans will use their free will to influence this conflict through the subsequent development of the story.

In the updated story of Vessel of Hatred, the girl Neyrelle takes Soulstone containing Mephisto to the jungle area of ​​Nahantu, hoping to face Mephisto directly and prevent his influence from spreading further to Sanctuary.

In fact, this is basically the theme of the story in Vessel of Hatred. Because if you’ve experienced the expansion, you’ll find that a large part of the story is about chasing Neyrelle’s footsteps, hoping to find her before the corruption of Soulstone destroys her from the inside out.

Therefore, this storyline does not further portray the battle of High Heavens and Burning Hells, but focuses more on Neyrelle. It can be said that this is a smaller and more personal story compared to the stories in the previous few games.

On this basis, the newly added Nahantu area in DLC is a refreshing change, replacing the dark and endless despair in the previous Sanctuary with bright and saturated colors. And as a background location, it effectively complements the tribal theme of the story and sets off the special ability of the new Spiritborn class to use animal souls to gain supernatural powers.

In fact, you will find that the background of Vessel of Hatred has nothing to do with the main battle in the series of games. The people of Nahantu have always been working hard to defend their land.

This is where Eru, a key character in DLC, comes into play, as his greatest wish is to ensure that Nahantu is protected from Mephisto’s corruption. Unfortunately, he ultimately makes a deal with Mephisto for a variety of reasons, and loses everything for it.

There Is A Story Disconnect Between Vessel Of Hatred And Base Game Of Diablo 4

While the new story and setting of Vessel of Hatred gives players, a brief respite from Eternal Conflict and a chance to experience different areas and classes than before, it is precisely because of these elements that there is a certain disconnect between the story of the DLC and the main story of the base game of Diablo 4.

One of the biggest unresolved plot points in the story of the main campaign of Diablo 4 is that Neyrelle trapped the essence of Mephisto in Soustone and then disappeared without explaining the subsequent developments. Therefore, people were originally looking forward to the game makers to explain this plot point in Vessel of Hatred.

At the end of Vessel of Hatred, although Neyrelle is freed from her connection to Mephisto Soulstone, some dialogue confirms that she is still connected to Mephisto and will face him at some point in the future. In a sense, you can think that the unresolved plot point of Diablo 4 has been resolved, but this is not specific and complete enough to be convincing.

All the main story of Diablo 4 set up for the expansion Vessel of Hatred never fully resolved the plot holes left in the base game, but only extended its original ending. This also means that although Vessel of Hatred has many highlights, it still does not really continue the story of the base game.

However, this is not entirely a disadvantage for players. Since there is no strong coherence between the stories, players can directly enter the expansion without playing the main campaign of Diablo 4. This is good, but it also shows that the story of Vessel of Hatred is not very meaningful to the overall narrative of Diablo 4. However, we can also expect the game developers to release new expansions to resolve these unresolved plot points.

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Helltides come back to Diablo 4 Season 6 and become even fiercer than ever. It serves as a channel for you to maximize your loot, farm endgame gear and level up quickly.

Whether you are a rookie or an experienced Diablo 4 veteran, it is vital to make full use of these demonic invasions to acquire game resources and gain experience.

Keep reading to get a deep known of more details about Helltides, with loot strategies, and the best farming locations being contained.

What Are Helltides In Diablo 4 Season 6?

Helltides serve as world events with time limitation, which occurs every hour in disparate zones across Sanctuary. It is overwhelmed with horrible enemies, powerful bosses, and unique loot opportunities and is signified with a dark red hue on your map.

Aberrant Cinders

In Diablo 4 Season 6, the primary currency you want to accumulate is Aberrant Cinders in Helltides, which will drop from enemies, chests, and special resource nodes.

Aberrant Cinders support you to unlock Tortured Gifts, the loot chests scattering throughout the zone.

It is noticeable that Aberrant Cinders are exclusive to current Helltide you are taking part in, which means they will can not be saved for future events. And if you are unfortunately being slayed during a Helltide, then you will lose half of your Cinders, which are unavailable to be recovered.

As to the way to claim more Aberrant Cinders, it is recommended to slay as many enemies as you can along the way and keep an eye and those packed area with tons of enemies to maximize your Cinder haul.

When Do Helltides Start?

Each Helltide lasts 55 minutes. And a new Helltide will begin 5 minutes later when the previous one concludes. Hover over Helltides icon on the map to check the remaining time and determine whether to participate in.

There are some critical indicators showing up during Helltides, and they are:

• Helltide Timer: Reminder of the amount of time left before the event ends.
• Aberrant Cinder Counter: Reminder the amount of Aberrant Cinder you have collected.
• Baneful Heart Tracker: Display the number of Baneful Hearts you’ve gathered, a rare currency for summoning Blood Maiden.
• Threat Meter: Threat level upgrades as you slay more demons. The higher the level, the more challenging the enemies and missions you face. If you hit Threat Tier 3, even more powerful elite bosses like Hellborns will spawn. Survival becomes more difficult, but the rewards become more alluring.

Best Helltide Farming Locations

Helltides rotate between a variety of areas in Sanctuary. Different farming locations offer different levels of difficulty and rewards. Here are the most common Helltide zones with affluent rewards to claim in Diablo 4 Season 6.

• Fractured Peaks: A snowy region packed with kinds of enemies.
• Scosglen: A dense forest with lots of demons to kill.
• Dry Steppes: A wasteland overwhelmed with dangerous mobs.
• Kehjistan: A desolate ruin with enemies lurking around every corner.
• Hawezar: Deserted ruins with dense enemies.
• Nahantu: Another zone you should pay attention to.

Tortured Gifts - Treasure Troves Of Helltides

Tortured Gifts serve as the treasure chests that require Aberrant Cinders to unlock. They are divided into different types, and each of them contains specific gear slots or rewards as follows:

• Tortured Gift of Weaponry: Offers weapons.
• Tortured Gift of Protection: Provides armor pieces.
• Tortured Gift of Jewelry: Grants rings and amulets.
• Tortured Gift of Mysteries: The most captivating type of all which will cost you 250 Aberrant Cinders to open. It drops drop multiple Diablo 4 Gold, Legendary items, Elixirs, and crafting materials as rewards.

While the exact contents of the chest are uncertain, the rewards can be huge. If you are desperate for Legendary of high rarity and Unique items that are suitable for your class, then do not miss them.

Accursed Rituals And Blood Maiden

Accursed Rituals are one of the most thrilling contents in Helltides and will be spawn Blood Maiden, a challenging boss with premium loot to drop.

To kick off Accursed Ritual, you are demanded to gather Baneful Hearts and head to an Accursed Ritual site and put them on the pedestals. It is a tough task to defeat her, but the rewards are quite alluring.

Threats In Helltides

Some challengeable threats contribute the main reason that players have been slayed and feel tricky to get through in Season 6, and they are:

Helltide Meteors

Every few minutes, Helltide Meteors will drop from the sky to cast enormous damage and leave burning craters in their wake. If you are distracted or stand still, then these meteors will quickly knock you down.

Helltide Assassins

Helltide Assassins are fatal bosses that patrol certain areas, and you can figure out their location by checking out the horned skull icon on your map. They are pretty menacing and can stun you and deal enormous amounts of damage.

Helltide Commanders

Helltide Commanders typically spawn at the end of specific Helltide events. Once they join forces with other elite enemies to attack, things can get really out of hand. So, make sure to clear out as many of them as possible in the later stages of Helltide.

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Other Sources Of Loot In Helltides

Besides Tortured Gifts and Accursed Rituals, there are other channels to claim loots like Diablo 4 Gold and health potions during a Helltide in Diablo 4 Season 6 :

• Helltide Events
• Screaming Hell Vein
• Damned Souls and Wretched Souls

The above is the sharing of Helltides in Diablo 4 Season 6. Want to know more contents in new season? Then enter IGGM discord, and there will be a lucky draw on November 11th in its Giveaway channel, where 5,000 Duriel Materials, 5,000 Andariel Materials, 20,000 Living Steel as well as 20, 000 Exquisite Blood will be distributed equally to 10 participants. Enter your favorite emojis and take part in! Thanks for reading.

In Diablo 4, Vessel of Hatred introduces a new type of currency to the game, Pale Marks. These marks are closely tied to Mercenary system, and as you level up Mercenaries in the game, you’ll be rewarded with a certain number of Pale Marks.

These companions will not only accompany you on your solo adventures, but they can also help you obtain powerful Legendary gear and Mercenary loot caches through Pale Marks they bring. Although the specific sources of Pale Marks are not clearly stated in the game, players can easily accumulate this currency in a variety of ways.

In addition, the design of the loot system does bring a lot of challenges to players, especially for those who are eager to obtain specific equipment. Take Shroud of False Death as an example. This chest armor has become one goal pursued by many players because of its powerful properties. But given its rarity and the uncertainty of the drop mechanism, obtaining it may require a certain amount of patience and strategy.

In order to increase the chances of obtaining this equipment, we provide players with three strategies that can be adopted. As for which is your best choice, it will mainly depend on your luck and the reagents you have to make it. Of course, besides accumulating resources through daily quests and activities, some players may consider using Diablo 4 Gold to speed up the process.

How To Get Pale Marks?

First, improving your relationship with Mercenaries is an important way to earn Pale Marks. Whenever you level up with a Mercenary’s Rapport, you will usually receive a batch of 100 to 200 coins. These coins can be used at Fayira in Den to obtain Legendary gear and loot caches.

Once you reach the maximum Rapport with a particular Mercenary, all XP you receive from that Mercenary will be converted into 200 Pale Marks. This means that once you have established the deepest relationship with a Mercenary, you can continue to gain Pale Marks by accumulating experience, and there is no upper limit to this process.

This mechanism applies to all mercenaries who have reached the highest Rapport. Pale Marks are account-bound resources, allowing players to use them on multiple characters.

How To Use Pale Marks?

The use of Pale Marks is relatively limited, and they are mainly redeemed through Fayira in Den. Players can use Pale Marks in Fayira’s shop to redeem various Diablo 4 Items, including Mercenary caches that unlock as Mercenary Rapport increases. Each character can unlock two bartering upgrades at Rapport 5 and 8.

If Fayira’s shop doesn’t have an item you’re interested in, you’ll have one free chance to reopen the barter shop each day, but each re-roll after that will cost 50 Pale Marks. Items in the shop usually cost between 20 and 50 Pale Marks, but aspect caches can cost slightly more on average.

Shroud Of False Death Explained

All classes can use this mythic unique chest armor, which has unparalleled properties and unique effects, providing the wearer with a bonus to all passive skills +1, all stats +160, and max life +800, making the wearer more powerful in battle.

In addition, when the wearer enters the invisible state, the damage of the next attack will be increased by 333%, which is a tremendous advantage for any class. Moreover, Shroud Of False Death also has the effect of resource generation +11.1%.

However, the real uniqueness of Shroud Of False Death is that if you do not cause damage within two seconds, it will make you enter the invisible state and provide 40% movement speed. This allows the wearer to dodge enemy attacks more flexibly in battle, while also making better use of the additional damage effect after entering the invisible state.

How To Get Shroud Of False Death?

There are three main ways to get Shroud Of False Death:

1. Craft It At The Blacksmith

Before you can craft Shroud Of False Death you first need to get 6 Bac Runes, 6 Moni Runes, 6 Kry Runes and 2 Resplendent Sparks. You can get these crafting materials by exploring and completing Kurast Undercity endgame content. In addition, Uber bosses are another good way to get crafting runes. These powerful enemies often drop rare runes and equipment.

As for Resplendent Sparks, you can get them through season journeys, or by defeating Uber bosses. Season journeys are a regularly updated game mode that provides additional challenges and rewards, including Resplendent Sparks.

2. Get It As A Boss Drop

You can also choose to farm the following bosses to get Shroud of False Death.

• Beast in the Ice
• Echo of Andariel
• Echo of Duriel
• Grigoire
• Lord Zir
• Varshan

While the drop rates from these bosses may not be the best, grinding these bosses may be the easiest way to get Shroud of False Death, although this may become tedious or time-consuming. But Shroud of False Death is a very useful piece of equipment for any profession, especially Spiritborn. Therefore, if you want to get this powerful equipment, you might as well try to challenge these bosses.

3. Gamble At Purveyor Of Curiosities

In addition to the two main methods mentioned above, you can also get it by gambling at Purveyor of Curiosities for mythic Uniques.

In summary, I hope this guide will be helpful for players who are eager to own these two items. Paying attention to Giveaway channel in IGGM discord is also an excellent opportunity to obtain rare items and equipment. Diablo 4 product giveaway information will be released from time to time. Remember to be active in the discord group. Good luck.