In this guide, I will show you the Double Swing Thorns Barbarian Build in Diablo 4 Season 2. However, we will need more Uber Uniques. While the Thorns build is already fine just with a Melted Heart of Selig, we definitely need the Harlequin Crest here, and if possible, also Doombringer and Grandfather.

If you have plenty of Diablo 4 Gold, let’s take a look at everything in detail.

Skill Tree

Here you can see the skill tree. Basically, it looks similar to the other Thorns Barbarian, but instead of using Steel Grasp, we now play Double Swing. The Double Swing Barbarian already dominated the PVP battlefield in Diablo 4 Season 1, and this build basically combines the advantages of both Double Swing and Thorns. We play the 3 shouts and the ultimate Wrath of the Berserker. The expertise is a Two-Handed Axe Mastery.

Paragon System

The paragan system is very straightforward. We take different types of damage reduction in a lot of life and since we rely on the legendary node, Blood Rage. We also want a lot of Berserking Damage. so the multiplicative damage bonus scales are very high. I’m playing the new glyph here, otherwise I’d put Marshal into the Carnage board and redistribute the superfluous attribute points to add Flawless Technique.

There you can get even more damage reduction against close enemies or more alive. Since the boards are arranged in a cross, you can also easily create variants here. For example, if you play against builds that deal damage over time, it might be clever to use the Hemorrhage Board instead of Bone Breaker. there you can get damage reduction against DoT and against bleeding enemies.

Vampiric Powers

The vampiric powers are similar to the other Thorns bar. I can replace Hemomancy or Metamorphosis by Resilience without changing the packs on the equipment. The same applies to Jagged Spikes. I can also replace it with Moonrise. So you can vary a bit here.

Equipment And Sideboard

Now, the equipment. We’ll definitely play a Harlequin Crest. It’s kind of must-have if you want to mess with the best. We play Razorplate, but we should also have a defensive chest armor in the sideboard. I use it in the Diablo 4 Abattoir of Zir Dungeon, for example, and in PVP against builds that deal massive damage. The Disobedience aspect is actually superfluous. For PVP, we already get to 9,200 armor without it.

Then gloves with Double Swing levels, attack speed, and crit chance. Attack speed after dodging is rolled by a Rogue. Here, I play the Accelerating aspect.

Next, I’ve got some defensive pants with armor, life, and damage reduction, and ideally, also dodge chance so that the dodge and attack speed after dodging triggers more often. Dodge chance and attack speed after dodging are especially important in duels against other barbs. You just stand on the spot and hit each other, and both the dodging of some attacks and the speed boost afterwards give you some good advantages.

I’ve got two different pairs of boots. This one with dodge chance I also use against other barbs where I don’t need resistances and still benefit from the damage reduction when injured. But I also have some triple resist boots with running speed, which I use when I need the resistances. Of course, as on my Double Swing build, I use the Exploiter's Aspect.

Here on the Two-Handed weapon, I play the Aspect of Elements. It’s very strong. Priority affixes are strength, berserking, damage, all stats, and damage versus close. We play Doombringer and the One-Handed Mace with Inner Calm, which is again great versus barbs. But the Needleflare Aspect is still in the sideboard. I play it in PVE or sometimes against opponents who run away a lot.

Then there is Grandfather, but I think this weapon is not that important. So when missing, don’t worry. We want to have the Assimilation Aspect on a ring. Best in slot fixes are Critical Strike chance, resource generation, life, and berserking damage. With the amulet, I have two settings. Against other barbs, I play my defensive amulet with an Throns aspect. Against sorceresses and Rogues, however, I also like to use Selig.

Gameplay

Let’s move on to the playstyle. The build offers the same advantages as the Thorns barb, but here we have the double swing as an additional argument, so we simply knock out a lot more damage. Many Barb builds are tanky enough to withstand the pure Thorns damage, but adding double swing, you can crack them.

When playing against Mages and Rogues, I like to use the Melted Heart of Selig so I have better protection against damage over time and also against high damage peaks from a ball lightning attack. I only use the double swing in between and play the same way as with the other build.

After all, Fury is also a shield. When playing Selig and Lunging Strike plus Thorns, it’s just enough for most Rogues and Mages. I keep Lunging Strike pressed and click Double Swing in between, keeping an eye on my resources. If they go down too far, I wait with my Double Swing.

Against barbarians, I play Dutch boots and a defensive amulet. In principle, I can also defeat sorceresses and Rogues with this setup, but I’m not as safe as with my other setup. A ball lightning source with high damage or a hunter with lots of poison plus rapid fire can surprise me. But what can be really dangerous is a good Firewall Sorceress. So, this build is much stronger than the pure Thorns build in both PvE and PvP. Like before, we have the most Thorns when Challenging Shout and Berserking are active.

Have a lot of fun trying it out.

I find myself often envisioning the acquisition of the renowned uber-unique items frequently showcased in various streamers’ videos. Unfortunately, my schedule doesn’t allow for extensive gameplay. If you share a similar predicament, you’ve stumbled upon the appropriate guide. I have devised an expedited method to efficiently farm the uber-unique items in Diablo 4 Season 2.

Uber Unique I Got

After doing multiple Duriel boss runs, I found the following different types of Diablo 4 Items:

• Harlequin Crest (Shako helmet)
• Ahavarion, Spear of Lycander
• The Grandfather
• Doombringer
• Reign of Starless Skies
• Melted Heart of Selig

I am currently lacking Andariel’s Visage helmet in my collection, yet my current builds do not necessitate its acquisition. I managed to obtain this item over the span of just 2 to 3 days during the previous weekend, dedicating a few hours to gameplay each day. Perhaps luck played a role in these runs; nevertheless, if I achieved it, so can you.

Now, in the holiday season, I suggest doing this fast before everyone jumps in. 

Efficient Duriel Boss Runs

You need to find the Duriel boss who has a chance to drop Uber Uniques. 

If you’re playing solo, consider finding a group of 4 players via a place like a Discord Channel to do rotations. This way, you only spend one set of materials (two eggs and two shards) to do 4 boss runs.

To do the runs efficiently, it is better to have a Barbarian HoTA build in the team, which can one shot the boss and speed up the run quite a bit. Alternatively, you can be the one-shot Barbarian in the team.

If you have The Grandfather, the chance of one-shotting is almost guaranteed. If not, you’ll likely two-shot the boss.

I would recommend doing the rotations in a set of 5+. In this way, you will be more efficient to get your Uber Uniques. If you find a very good group that can one-shot the boss, reset fast as a group, and with low latency, do as many runs as possible with them. 

Check your drops after each run and good luck finding the Uber Uniques.

How To Get Materials (Mucus-Slick Eggs & Shard Of Agony)?

Where do you find the Boss Summon, aka the boss materials? 

You will need both Mucus-Slick Eggs and Shard of Agony, 2 of each for every rotation. You can definitely find the materials by yourself. However, it might take a long time. 

To do it fast, go to the Diablo 4 “Marketplace” website. Follow these options to trade for the boss materials with your gold. The price is fairly cheap now. 

How To Print Gold? 

Buying 100 sets will take you probably around 300 to 400 million gold, depending on the market price. So, how do you get the gold fast in the game? I have the answer for you as well. 

Now, we’re in the holiday season, and we have the limited-time Midwinter Blight Event. You can farm the Blighted Fragments and whatever other currency to exchange for the Midwinter Proofs at the collections table in Kyovashad. Then, you go to the shop right next to the table to buy as much Midwinter Purses as possible. Each Midwinter Purse will give you around 700k gold depending on RNGesus.

Right-click on all of them and pick up the Diablo 4 Gold from the ground. Buy more and print more gold. In this way, I printed 34 million gold. This is only around a 20-minutes farm. 

For farming the Midwinter Blight currency in the purple area, I recommend going to the events on the horse directly and do the good events.

On the way to the event, if you see the Husk, destroy it, collect the currency, and get back on your horse to go to the next event. This is how I printed hundreds of millions of gold playing solo in a very short period of time.

More Tips 

Recently, the dev team has given us more exciting news. The newest hotfix doubled the Uber Unique drop rate from now until January 8. 

Note that the Midwinter Blight Event will end on January 2nd. So, what are you waiting for?

If you are playing Diablo 4 Season 2 Rogue and you are wondering what are the best Vampiric Powers for Rogue Build, I will bring to you the 8 best Vampiric Powers for Rogues ranking from worst to best. These Vampiric Powers should work with any Rogue builds. Some are even better for specific builds, but I made sure this list could cover nearly all role-play styles. If you are interested in the Rogue build and have enough Diablo 4 Gold, then there are 8 Vampiric Powers that will be very useful to you.

Resilience

We started with Resilience only require 2 Eternity. Resilience allows you to gain 1% damage reduction for each 2% life you are missing. I put this at the bottom of our list just because it’s good for survival, but once you reach higher Rogue levels, you may not find it as useful. The more your health decrease, the less damage you start to take. While it's good, there are better powers you could possess. However, it's fortunate to have for any Rogue builds.

Anticipation

Now we talk about Anticipation. If you are someone who doesn’t like using ultimate skills because they have long cooldowns, I mean the same bolt as you with Anticipation. Your ultimate skills gain 20% cooldown reduction. They also gain 12% increased damage for any nearby enemy effect by your damage overtime effects. It only requires one Divinity for such a useful Vampiric Power most Rogue builds include ultimate, so I can see this working for nearly all of them. Anticipation also works great alongside in movements with your ultimate to increase that damage over time.

Undying

Number six, we have Undying only requires one Eternity and Undying can heal you for 3% of your life after casting skills. This bonus doubles if you are below 50% life. Undying' compatibility with all skills makes it suitable for most builds. I will say either have Resilience or Undying. Since both affect your ability to stay alive on the battlefield, you rather just have one activate at the time to make room for other Vampiric Powers.

Metamorphosis

In the number five, we have Metamorphosis. Two Ferocity, Divinity, and Eternity are essential for mastering the significant Vampiric Power of Metamorphosis. By activating this, evading will turn you into a cloud of bats. This makes you unstoppable for 4 seconds. Also, enemies along your path take 106% physical damage and they are inflected with Vampiric Curse. Vampiric Curse is an additional effect in the Season of Blood that becomes important during combat. Rogues are good at evading during combat and since I do it a lot, I believe Metamorphosis is a fun and useful Vampiric Power.

Moonrise

In the number four we have Moonrise, requiring six Ferocity. Moonrise is another major Vampiric Power. Hitting the enemy with a basic skill will grant you 4% attack speed for 10 seconds, stacking up to five times. Once you hit max stacks, a Vampiric BloodRage is triggered. You will gain 160% basic damage skill and 50% moving speed for 10 seconds. There is a lot to this Vampiric Power. As Rogue, you should gain abilities that allow you to move faster, so Moonrise works perfectly. It also makes it easy to increase your basic skill damage.

Accursed Touch

Now we jump for the top three of the Vampiric Powers. For Rogue the number three, we have a Accursed Touch. This major Vampiric Power requires six Divinity on the lucky hits. Accursed Touch will give you 44 chance to inflict Vampiric Curse on enemies. Enemies with this curse have 50% to spread it to other enemies. This power also deal 200% increased damage. Vampiric Curse is a fun new effect to play around with and this makes it easier to spread it across enemies. You can’t go wrong with this 200% increased damage either.

Ravenous

The number two we have Ravenous. Although Ravenous is only a minor Vampiric Powers requiring three Ferocity, it’s still ranking higher because of the benefits for Rogues. On the lucky hit, you have up to 20% chance to increase your attack speed by 40% of your total movement speed for 6 seconds. Attack speed is important for Rogues. Allow you to deal with significant damage quickly. It will work with any Rogue build and it’s super low on the requirements.

Pray On The Weak

The winner and the best Vampiric Powers for Rogue is Prey on the Weak. Surprisingly, another minor Vampiric Power takes first place. Pray on the Weak really works for all Rogues builds as they can gain access to vulnerable effect easily. I will pair this one up with a Accursed Touch to inflict that Vampiric Cure stores even more enemies. It barely requires an impact and it must have for all Rogues. All these Vampiric Powers were tested in my Rogue build that I’m playing now and I saw a significant difference once I placed the top Vampiric Powers in my builds.

The build we’ll be bringing you today is Ice Poison Rogue build, which doesn’t require the use of Harlequin Crest. I named this build “IP Bomb”.

In this build we’ll freeze enemies and bombard them with poison! I think it would be useful in Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeon and Abattoir of Zir.

Like my other tutorials, this one is for players with experience in the game. As always, if the response is good, I might make a more beginner-friendly, more in-depth explanation. Now, let’s take a look!

Skill Tree

This Skill Tree includes points earned by Renown, so if you don’t have enough points, check your reward progress.

Basic Skills: Puncture, Enhanced Puncture and Fundamental Puncture, I used 1 point each.

Core Skills: Master Penetrating Shot, and I also used points to get Advanced Penetrating Shot. Also, we invest 1 point in Rapid Fire to get Advanced Rapid Fire. Penetrating Shot can quickly clear the groups of enemies, and use Rapid Fire on individual adds, Elite, or Bosses with Passive Section Sturdy. This will help you clear everything quickly and harvest large amounts of Diablo 4 Gold.

Agility Skills: In this build, instead of using Harlequin Crest, I used 1 point in Dash and Weapon Mastery.

Subterfuge Skills: I use 1 point each on Dark Shroud, Subverting Dark Shroud, Exploit and Malice to get more damage. Because I use Umbrous Aspect, we always get damage reduction and movement speed increase.

Imbuement Skills: Poison Imbuement and Blended Poison Imbuement. I used 3 points on Deadly Venom, 2 points on Alchemical Advantage, and 3 points on Frigid Finesse.

Ultimate Skills: In this build, we are not using Ultimate skills. Since we set Lucky Hit Chance very high, in the passive part, I got Master Innervation, Alchemist’s Fortune, and Second Wind. This can help you regain energy faster. When combined with Doombringer, Lucky Hit has a chance to provide health-draining abilities. I used 1 point on Adrenaline Rush and Master Haste.

Key Passives Skills: In this build we will be using Close Quarters Combat. When using Close Quarters Combat, we can gain faster attack speed and do more damage to Crowd Control enemies.

Specialization: Since I used a combination of Tibault’s Will and Condemnation, we can use Combo Points here. With my item setup, I have 22 Combo Points available, so I can do quite a little of damage.

Item Setting

Next, let’s talk about the item setup for this build.

• Helm: Cowl of the Nameless
• Chest Armor: Umbrous Aspect
• Gloves: Frostburn
• Pants: Tibault’s Will
• Boots: Aspect of Shared Misery
• Rings: Trickshot Aspect and Aspect of Bursting Venoms
• Amulet: Aspect of Disobedience
• Crossbow: Aspect of Corruption
• Swords: Condemnation and Doombringer

Their option priority is this: As you can see, I have selected 3 different resistance and movement speeds. I set this movement speed to increase attack speed in combination with Ravenous.

Since I was using so many unique items, it was difficult to set 70% for all the resistance options, so I chose 3 different resistances. I put Ruby Gem on Armor, Amethyst on Weapons, and other Jewels on Accessories to get 70% resistance.

Paragon Board

My Paragon Board is based on a level 15 rare glyph.

• Starter Board: Devious.
• Second Board: Control on Eldritch Bounty.
• Third Board: Efficacy on No Witnesses.
• Fourth Board: Turf on Tricks Of the Trade.
• Fifth Board: Bane on Cunning Stratagem.
• Sixth Board: Versatility on Leyrana’s Instinct.
• Seventh Board: Ranger on Cheap Shot.

Vampiric Power

The survivability of Undying and the attack speed of Ravenous, combined with Hectic, give your Poison Imbuement more uses. Since I use Tibault’s Will, I also use Metamorphosis and Flowing Veins to deal with more poison damage.

How To Play Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeon?

This build is really easy to play. As I said before, it can use Poison Imbuement and Penetrating Shot on groups of mobs. Due to Frostburn’s effect, the mobs will be frozen, and combined with Aspect of Shared Misery, it will spread to surrounding mobs. This way, you don’t need a tank.

Meanwhile, Aspect of Bursting Venoms creates a pool of poison. Enter the pond and continue using Poison Imbuement, Puncture and Penetrating Shot on the group. Use Rapid Fire again to kill stray mobs.

For the gameplay of this build, we first use Puncture for full Combo Points, then Evade for Curse, combined with Poison Imbuement and Rapid Fire. This way, you can quickly eliminate the boss.

Are you still troubled by Druid’s inability to defeat Uber Lilith? Here we’ll talk about how to optimize and improve your Druid build to achieve the one-hit-kill Uber Lilith.

We are playing around with a Pulverize Druid build. Before the battle begins, let me explain Gears, Skills, Paragon Board and Aspects of this build and give you a battle walkthrough.

Special Gear Explained

First, we increase the damage dealt by core skills by up to 38% based on Fortify level. This way we can Fortify with half of our health before Uber Lilith hits the ground. There’s also an 8% critical hit chance.

If you have enough Diablo 4 Gold budget, improving the effect of Debilitating Roar is a great option. Because it directly provides you with 22% of your maximum health and Fortify effect. Building on what we’ve already generated, you can hit 100% almost instantly.

Now with Sanguine Brace and critical hit potion, my critical hit rate has reached 68%-70%. Our defense then increases damage, and our critical strike increases damage by 120%.

Balanced Ring is very interesting. It allows us to increase the maximum Spirit by 70% and Spirit generation by 20% when Grizzly Rage is active. This allows me to smash even more with an active Grizzly Rage. Also, I increased the damage by 30% with 75% Spirit, so technically that’s pretty amazing.

When you strengthen your Earth skills and both rings, you can swap out Aspect of Quicksand on your boots. Because we’re not planning to confuse Lilith, we’re just planning to cause as much damage as possible. Don’t forget to use Elixir of Cruelty, which increases your critical chance by 15%.

Also Read: Which Is The Most Powerful Lightning Sorcerer In Diablo 4 Season 2? - Updated S-Tier Chain Lightning vs Ball Lightning & Charged Bolts

The Fight: Step By Step

Activate Grizzly Rage before the battle begins, and your defense will be greatly improved. Now we can use Trample and become unstoppable again.

Pulverize and Shockwave Aspect combine to cause damage in a cone in front of you. To increase damage to a single target, find the sweet spot between its own radius and the resulting shockwave so that it hits the enemy twice per cast. This build uses multiple sources of guaranteed suppression and multiplies its damage with Ursine Strength Key Passive.

Between ‍Earthen Bulwark, ‍Trample and Metamorphosis, you have three tools that make you unstoppable and make you virtually immune to Crowd Control! Also, you are fully reinforced in almost all situations.

Gear & Aspects

Once you’ve finished leveling up, you can farm Legendary Aspects and the unique items you need for your next progression point. Here we’re still trying to get the all-important, drop-only Shockwave Aspect, as it increases our AOE and damage.

• Put Defensive Aspects on pants and helmet.
• Place Aspect of Quicksand on your chest. When used in conjunction with Aspect of the Umbral, this will improve our Spirit generation.
• We can only place Aspect of the Umbral on rings.
• Alternate Aspect of the Ursine Horror and Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast on your second ring and glove.
• Put Ghostwalker Aspect on your boots.
• Place ‍Aspect of Retaliation on your weapon to maximize damage.
• Use Rapid Aspect on your amulets to increase your Spirit generation.

Paragon Breakdown

For Paragon Board, you don’t need to make any changes for Uber Lilith since you already have 16% more physical damage against non-elites and bosses. We also have 41.2% vulnerable damage, while enemies become more vulnerable.

And then we also have Dominate Glyph, which gives us more overwhelming power, which increases our Nature Magic skill damage here. And you can also deal more multiplied damage to Crowd Controlled or Vulnerable enemies.

Skill Changes

There are some skills that need to be changed, but first don’t forget to increase the damage of critical hits by 6% against melee enemies. Therefore, by standing closer to Uber Lilith, we can gain safety.

Nature Magic skills now deal 4% damage, and the bonus for Earth skills is the next skill used after Storm skills. But we’re not running Storm skills, so we might as well get a simple 4% multiplier. This multiplier isn’t much, but our current defense against Lilith is enough.

Following the above guide, we can complete the upgrade and optimization of Pulverize Druid build and beat Uber Lilith easily. Good luck!

As I’m sure all you Diablo fans know, we will be receiving some brand new endgame content on December 5th called Abattoir of Zir. 

In this guide, I’ll cover the basics of Abattoir of Zir event, as well as the best ways you can prepare for it, including the rewards you’ll receive from it. Without further ado, let’s get started.

Mother’s Blessing Event Buff

The first thing we focus on is whether your character has reached level 100. Don’t worry if you haven’t reached that level yet. We got a great opportunity to level up quickly.

From November 20th to 27th, they will have an event week called Mother’s Blessing. During this period, it will provide you with a 35% gold buff, helping you accumulate Diablo 4 Gold quickly. But most importantly, experience gains have also been increased by 35%, and already have a 40% buff. This means this will give you a 75% experience gain. So reaching level 100 is very easy to achieve.

How Does It Work?

Abattoir of Zir works similarly to Diablo 3’s Greater Rifts. You will have 10 minutes, during which you must kill as many monsters and demons as possible. You will then summon a boss at the end of the dungeon, and Abattoir of Zir when defeated in the boss.

You’ll then be able to earn Glyph XP and loot, as well as Sigil recipe for your next summons by Abattoir of Zir. Your cultists can craft these sigils.

You will notice a tab in Sigil Crafting called Bloodforged Sigil. You just open it and use the correct Sigil Powder to craft the item you want.

You will then craft your Bloodforged Sigil, which will summon a portal at Dry Steppes’ Ked Bardu when you use it. This will then grant you access to Abattoir.

Meanwhile, this new event will bring a brand new glyph, known as Tears of Blood Glyph. This differs from the glyphs we currently have. The glyph we are currently using only reaches level 21, however, we can upgrade this glyph to level 200.

And as a bonus for every 5 core stats purchased in range, it increased your damage buff by 2%. Also, it provides a 50% bonus to all red nodes within your range. Every 10 levels, this reward will increase by 10%.

How To Prepare?

We are now going to move to the second part of this guide. Here’s just how you can prepare for the release of Abattoir of Zir on December 5th. So first you should be level 100 or have a level 100 character. Most importantly, don’t forget to take advantage of the week’s events.

The second is to make sure you have the right specs and use a building that’s more suited to dealing with Abattoir of Zir. This way, when it comes to actual theory making and putting the build together, performance is at its best. You can also use the time now to start farming materials to summon these bosses.

Also, Helltides Chest has been updated. Players now have a higher chance of receiving additional Living Steel drops in World Tier 3 and 4. Also, Helltides Chest will reward 1 Living Steel at World Tier 4.

The developers have also fixed an issue related to Living Steel Chest not spawning correctly and have temporarily removed Chest Guardian monsters, with plans to reintroduce them once the issue is resolved. This means you’ll be able to earn more Living Steels during this period.

Tips

There are two final tips I want to review. These are very minor issues, but players can still forget about them. So that’s just a good little reminder to make sure you prioritize those as well.

We’ll start with your Elixirs and Incense. Obviously, these require resources to make. So make sure you pick enough Herbs and additionally Whispers, they can give you some resource bonuses.

The benefit of using these Elixirs and Incenses is that they provide buffs to your resistance and your offensive stats. Also, a recent patch update revealed that Incense buffs still apply even after death. Therefore, people are more motivated to accumulate these resources.

The last one that almost everyone should have covered or accomplished is leveling up your Renown in each region. You do this by exploring quest dungeons and each level you reach in the area.

You’ll receive small rewards, including skill points, potion capacity increases, and even Paragon Points to help with your endgame builds. And Abattoir of Zir itself will also contribute to your Renown, with almost every statue you find giving you a permanent buff. This will help your character’s power level increase further.

If you haven’t done so already, I highly recommend you start looking for these. Well, that concludes this Abattoir of Zir preparation guide. I hope you find any part of this Abattoir of Zir guide useful.

With Season of Blood in full swing, players are still perfecting their game-breaking builds. Therefore, experience and gold coins are urgently needed resources. The recent return of some events provides Diablo 4 players with the opportunity to gain more experience and gold coins in a short period.

Mother’s Blessing

The first part is a new activity. The popular Mother’s Blessing event is returning to Diablo 4 for a limited time. This event starts on November 20th at 10am PST and runs until November 27th at 10am PST.

During this time, players will receive a 35% increase in gold and experience points in Seasonal and Eternal Realms across all four World Tiers. Also, this boost stacks, so players can use it with Elixirs and Experience Urns to maximize their gains.

This 35% experience multiplier is actually pretty huge. Because one way they made leveling up faster in Season 2 was actually to make the experience multiplier, specifically multiplied by your World Tier experience.

So, just like in World Tier 4, you get a 200% experience increase when you get other percentage increases. This is also one way they upgrade after entering World Tier 4, so it won’t feel much slower than previous upgrades. So if you add up all the experience buffs, this will make you level up ridiculously fast.

Because one week after the event ends, Abattoir of Zir will be released. So I think they want people who haven’t reached level 100 to get there quickly. If you want to make alts, I highly recommend investing your time this week to get as many alts to level 100 as possible. Because there’s no better time than this.

And with the appearance of Abattoir of Zir, the difficulty becomes extremely difficult. You’ll need a lot of Diablo 4 Gold to re-roll, and this event will double your gold by 35%. Therefore, this is also the best way to earn coins in D4.

Now you can earn gold and experience by completing many activities. Of these, I recommend you complete Whispers of the Dead first, as it provides a lot of experience. They will give you the most gold, but not multiplied by 35%. You may earn over 10 million gold in World Tier 4 Whispers, maybe even more.

Living Steel Buff

Now, the second part is the hotfix that has been released to the live game. This is a huge buff to Living Steel drops.

Because it has increased the number of Living Steels in Living Steel Chest in World Tier 3 from 1 to 2, and there is an additional chance to drop 1-2 additional Living Steels. Then World Tier 4 Living Steels has been increased from 3 to 5. There is then an additional chance to drop an additional 5 Living Steels. This means you can get up to 10 Living Steels. So this is a pretty ridiculous buff to Living Steels drop.

Living Steel is a material used by players to summon Grigoire. More specifically, players need two Living Steels to spawn a World Tier 3 boss, and 5 Living Steels to spawn a World Tier 4 boss.

This means that you can gain a lot of resources to challenge Duriel by killing Grigoire. But Living Steels will completely limit you. Because Helltide is a limited event, you can’t do this all the time. This will only create a greater obstacle to continued acquisition of Living Steels.

The buffs brought by the new hotfix will be of great help. One of the biggest buffs is that you can get five Living Steels just by opening a Living Steel Chest. This means that every Living Steel Chest you open to give you enough resources to kill Grigoire once.

Now you can also try your luck on Grigoire and get the two resources needed to summon Duriel. So sometimes five Living Steels can actually give you a full ongoing battle, and then you’ll have a chance to double the reward.

Final Thoughts

So I think this is actually one of the best changes since Season 2 was released. They also fixed an issue with Living Steel Chest not spawning correctly. So I highly recommend dedicating a lot of time to farming at least the week of the 20th to the 27th. This is absolutely huge for progress.

If you also enjoy playing Eternal Realms, these enhanced resources, especially the 35% gold multiplier, will be very important to you, even if you just want to test the alt at the end or beginning of the season.

So whether you’re a season-only guy or a rotation guy, the buffs this week can be pretty ridiculous. But that's all I want to say. Come join us now!

Diablo 4 patch 1.2.2’s Hotfix addresses several issues in the game, but mainly the changes and buffs to Living Steel during Helltides. In addition to this, Living Steel Chests now generate correctly with this hotfix.

Hotfix Changes

Here you can see that it has increased World Tier 3 Living Steel Chest from 1 Living Steel to 2 Living Steels per chest. There has also been a corresponding increase in World Tier 4, from 3 Living Steels to 5 Living Steels. In addition to this, you have an additional chance to get 5 additional Living Steels drops.

With Hotfix, Living Steel has gained 66%. So this is actually insane for your gear materials and Living Steel income.

Basically, in Living Steel Chest, 1 Living Steel will cost 60 Cinders, and in the 75 Cinders box, there will be 1 Living Steel.

As you can see here, the values are almost the same. But obviously, when you use 150 Cinders boxes to go up, you still only get one Living Steel. The cost of Diablo 4 Gold and time to open these boxes will rise sharply.

So if you have a lot of Cinders left during Helltides, you can try opening the 75 Cinders box, but there’s absolutely no need to continue spending time on that.

This change is also great for now, as dual-character farming in Helltides may no longer be necessary. For example, you could focus your Cinders on one character but be completely outside of its scope. That’s about 600 more Cinders than you’ll have available when you open the chest. But after Hotfix, your Living Steel may be higher than your Varshan Materials.

New Method

Early in the season, I made a guide on how to get 300 Cinders every 10 minutes. Although this method still works for now, I will improve it.

First, let’s start with the highest density area, which is the area with the highest Cinders farmed per minute. As you can see, there is often a very high density of Cinders farming areas in Diablo 4. But there is no point in just staying in that dense area and continuing to farm. Because the regeneration speed of mobs is not that fast.

So, ideally, you can rotate between two high-density areas and control when mobs respawn. But it’s not a big deal here, so there’s absolutely no need to strictly plan your route in Helltides.

In the previous method, we could easily get 300 Cinders every 10 minutes. It’s probably higher now because the equipment has gotten better and players have become more skilled at farming.

Now you can also throw this method into the mix of running your Helltides and killing monsters, which is definitely doable.

I found this to be a rule of thumb. If there is an event that covers many areas and is actually a big event. These are very useful when it comes to Cinders per minute, and they won’t actually slow you down. Whatever you currently get, just ignore them. Some of them will actually increase this speed.

So if you see a big event that covers a lot of ground, be sure to stay for that event and try to complete it. Because this usually has a few more avenues to farm Cinders than smaller activities.

Now another pro tip is actually doing Legion Events that pop up in Helltides. If you’re lucky, the monster density here is actually insane, and monsters respawn pretty quickly.

It took me about 5 minutes to complete Legion Events and farmed about 350 Cinders, which is really insane.

As you can see here, we also have 75 Cinders boxes in Legion Events. So you can actually take Cinders you’ve earned while clearing out everything else. You can actually get an extra copy of Living Steel here.

But like I said before, there is absolutely no need to open all 75 Cinders boxes. Because after Hotfix, you will have enough Living Steels.

Whether you’re a new player or a veteran, knowing the improved Battle Trance Unique Amulet in Diablo 4 Season 2 can enhance your Frenzy Barbarian build. Let’s inspect how it can become an invaluable part of your Diablo 4 journey.

How To Get Battle Trance?

The new Uber Boss in Season 2 allows targeted farming of specific unique items. Players can continue to farm all Uber Bosses until they get the drops they want. Of course, this includes Battle Trance.

Upon reaching World Tier 3 or 4 in Diablo 4, players can get unique items by killing enemies and opening treasure chests. To increase your chances of getting Battle Trance, actively take part in World Events such as Gathering Legions, slay World Bosses, or run Nightmare Dungeons. Because these are the best ways to get high-level loot.

Ability

With the game’s recent update, Battle Trance can provide extra resistance to build. Because it can roll Sacred and Ancestral items by investing Diablo 4 Gold, making it extremely versatile. So for maximum resistance, look for a Battle Trance with top item power, which is capped at a respectable 28.5.

Fury Bonus

With this Unique Amulet, you also get a maximum Fury bonus of 5-14. If you want to get Ramaladni's Magnum Opus, try it for 14 max Fury stats.

Also, Battle Trance significantly reduces damage from close enemies by 13.9%. However, this modifier ranges from 10.3% to 20.2%, so you’ll need to keep farming until you find the damage that provides the greatest reduction.

It’s important to note that its cooldown reduction also ranges from 6.2% to 10.3%, but if you’re patient enough, you can always aim for that 10.3%.

Frenzy Stack

Also, Battle Trance provides Frenzy with a significant advantage, one of its most impressive features. It increases Frenzy’s maximum stack count by 2. When your Frenzy is maxed out, it will increase the attack speed of your other skills by 10%-20%.

With Battle Trance equipped, you can transform your Frenzy Barbarian build from just level 5 to a powerful level 14 warrior. It can boost Frenzy by 6-9 levels, increasing their efficiency.

Although Battle Trance increases Frenzy’s max stack count by 2, it’s a bit underwhelming in terms of secondary effects. When you reach the maximum 2 stacks, it increases the attack speed of your secondary skills.

For most Barbarian builds, Frenzy is the primary skill, so the secondary effects don’t directly affect it. But many players like the increased attack speed, and this applies to Frenzy as well.

Damage Reduction

It’s also worth noting that Battle Trance triples the stack capacity, which is a tremendous benefit. Combine this with Combat Frenzy to reduce damage taken by 8%.

You can also achieve 40% damage reduction by maxing out your stacks. This will significantly improve your survivability. Or, if you prefer Frenzy, the additional stacks mean it increases your attack speed by 5% for every stack of Frenzy on your other abilities.

But this bonus isn’t as useful as it sounds because it lasts only a short time. It only lasts 3 seconds, so its effect is limited.

Suggestions For Improvement

So it would be nice if Frenzy stack could degrade slowly rather than all at once. For example, it can reduce them by one level every 2 seconds, allowing players to maintain their stacks more efficiently. If this is improved, Frenzy bonuses and other skills may become more valuable.

Final Thoughts

Overall, Battle Trance is a must-have for a Frenzy Barbarian build in Diablo 4. It has great stats, baffling level bonuses, and max stacks. While improving secondary effects, this amulet increases damage reduction and attack speed, making it an excellent addition to any build.

In this guide, I want to talk about a rogue bug that has appeared in Diablo 4 this season, and I think many players are already aware of it. However, I believe this is still worth mentioning because if you play Rogue, you absolutely must try it.

I think that if you’ve been thinking about creating a Rogue, the existence of this bug might keep you from playing one.

Combo Points

Now, as you know, Rogue has the option of having Combo Points. It created these Combo Points when they attack with basic skills. Each Combo Point increases the damage of core skills such as Rapid Fire, Flurry and Twisting Blades.

Typically, you can have up to 3 Combo Points. You can find out the current number of Combo Points by looking at UI at the bottom of the screen. You can also determine the maximum number of Combo Points you can have by hovering over the graph at the bottom.

Tibault’s Will

The bug is related to Tibault’s Will Unique Pants. So in order to do this, these Combo Points are needed.

One statistic for this Unique Pant is Maximum Energy. However, in reality, this number is added to your maximum Combo Points. So instead of just 3 maximum Combo Points, you can have up to 22 Combo Points based on Tibault’s Will’s Maximum Energy statistic. Since Combo Points affect the damage of your core skills, this also means you’ll do more damage.

How To Get More Combo Points?

Now, you may ask, if you only get one Combo Point by casting a basic skill, then it will take a long time to get the maximum number of Combo Points.

This is true, but if you have the budget for Diablo 4 Gold, buying this Unique Dagger called Condemnation can help us solve this problem. This gives us a 30% chance to maximize each Combo Point on any basic skill cast.

Note that in the item itself it says to only fill Combo Points up to 3, but that’s not actually the case. As you can see, this effect maximizes Combo Points regardless of the maximum number of Combo Points. So this way we can get up to 22 Combo Points instantly.

At this point, there’s nothing left to do but cast core skills to take advantage of our large pool of Combo Points.

Example

As you can see in this demo, I’m level 80 and Rogue is really poorly equipped. Normal 3 Combo Points Rapid Fire will do that much damage to the target dummy. And if we look at 22 Combo Points Rapid Fire, with the same outstanding gear, it does so much damage.

Again, this also applies to any other core skill, including Twisting Blades. To give you a more practical example, we’ll compare the damage of Varshan’s 3 Combo Points Rapid Fire to 22 Combo Points Rapid Fire.

So, with 3 Combo Points, you can imagine how long it takes to kill the boss. However, if you turn to Autohotkey Rapid Fire with bugs, it will die after a few uses.

That’s it! Hope these tips are useful to you. I really recommend you try this Rouge bug in Season 2 as I think there is a good chance they will fix it next season.