Diablo 4 DLC: How Will The Next Expansion Avoid Direct Competition With Path Of Exile 2?

Diablo 4 Season 7 has made a radical change to the ultimate loot chase, with most activities’ rewards being adjusted and ultimate items being updated with a minor rework to Ancestral items. Ancestral items are more powerful variants of existing Legendary and Unique gear. Finding the right Ancestral items will skyrocket your character’s damage and overall survivability, and you’ll need these to conquer the highest Torment difficulties. While the power spike is so powerful, finding Ancestral items is more difficult than ever before. So here I want to explain what I think is the best way to get Ancestral items, also known as items with Greater Affixes, in Diablo 4 Season 7. Honestly, I think the best way to farm them is a little different than what most people say. Most people will say they’ll choose to start farming Ancestral items through Headhunt events, but in my experience, this is not the best way. Instead, the best approach is to run Roothold Dungeons, which is not only the most efficient way to farm, but it doesn’t require your character build to be very powerful, meaning you can try it even if you don’t have enough Diablo 4 Gold early in the game. Next, let’s talk about the specific steps to farming Ancestral gear in Rootholds. Getting Whispering Wood Sigils In order to enter these seasonal mini-dungeons called Rootholds, you need to have an item very similar to Sigils we used to enter Nightmare Dungeons, which are Whispering Wood Sigils. However, these Rootholds Sigils cannot be crafted, and you can only get these Sigils from the following two sources. The first is to farm Whisper Caches, which have a medium chance of dropping these Whispering Wood Sigils. And to get these Whisper Caches, farming the new Headhunt area is your best choice. Do not hesitate, you must enter Headhunt area, because another source of Whispering Wood Sigils is also mainly located in Headhunt area, these are Silent Chests. If you are an old player of Diablo 4 series, you will know that these chests require Whispering Keys to open, and you can get this key by gambling with Obols. Since the gambling mechanism has been greatly weakened this season, it is worth spending your Murmuring Obols on these Whispering Keys. In this way, you can open Silent Chests inside Headhunt area and have a chance to get a ticket to enter Rootholds. How To Improve The Chances Of Getting Ancestral Items? Assuming that you have opened Whisper Caches and Silent Chests and obtained Whispering Wood Sigils in them. Now entering Roothold Dungeons, you must do the following to maximize the chances of getting Ancestral Legendary and Unique items. Using Draught Of Whisper First, you should use a bottle of Draught of Whisper elixir, which is also a new seasonal elixir added in Diablo 4 Season 7, which will increase your chances of getting Forgotten Altar and Fugitive Head at the end of Rootholds. Yes, this elixir does not directly increase your chances of getting Ancestral items. Clearing Exposed Roots Rootholds will definitely spawn Exposed Roots throughout the dungeon, so be sure to pay attention to these during your run. Only by defeating the monsters that spawn near these Exposed Roots and clearing all Roots can you reach the final Headrotten boss. However, you will need to choose from at least one of the four Exposed Roots options to clear each time. Therefore, in order to maximize the chances of dropping Ancestral Legendary and Unique items, it is recommended that you always prioritize the options that can increase the number of major rewards you get from Exposed Roots. If you’ve already chosen these, and you have a choice left, you should choose the option to increase the number of Exposed Roots in the next section. If you’ve already completed all two steps, thus increasing the number of primary rewards and increasing the number of Exposed Roots, then you’re free to choose any other options you have left. If you follow our steps and make these choices, then you have a good chance of getting Ancestral items from Exposed Roots inside Roothold dungeon. Especially if you have a well-equipped Ultimate character, farming the dungeon itself isn’t very difficult, so you shouldn’t have trouble killing the monsters inside either. At the same time, clearing these Exposed Roots is also an excellent source for getting Draught of Whisper. Fortunately, the only criterion for moving to the next part of the dungeon is to hit all Exposed Roots. So, running the dungeon this way will allow you to advance your game progress in the shortest possible time and earn a lot of Diablo 4 Gold. Also, following this farming method, you don’t have to kill all the enemies at the end, you can just focus on killing the bosses as they will have a chance to spawn Fugitive Head, a seasonal currency that is essential for strengthening your character build, and Draught of Whisper increases the chance of this currency dropping. Outro As we mentioned before, I believe this is the best way and route to get Ancestral items this season, especially if you manage to find at least one reward, which can increase the number of main rewards you get from Exposed Roots in the dungeon. Of course, if you have any other experience with farming Ancestral items, don’t forget to share it! Hopefully, these tips can help you make your journey in Sanctuary a little smoother!

If you want to maximize the effectiveness of your gear in Diablo 4, you must make full use of Tempering and Masterworking system in the game, which are aimed at offering you more agency and freedom in the aspects of item properties. Once you already have god rolls, you need Obducite to give it more power. As the main resource for Masterworking gear, Obducite is quite essential to level up your performance. Unfortunately, this item is pretty scarce, but it is still easy to operate if you know the specific location information and method. If you want to maximize the effectiveness of Legendary or Unique items like Wound Drinker, then be sure to collect enough Obducite and Masterwork them. This article mainly introduces the ways to get Obducite for your reference, and the difficulty of each game varies. It is undoubtable that the difficulties are proportional to the amount that you are gonna to embrace. Infernal Hordes Infernal Hordes serve as a great channel to get both gear and crafting materials. Players are required to fend off waves of demons while collecting Aether simultaneously, a kind of currency specialized in Infernal Hordes and is basically used to open chests at the radar of the activity. It is surprised to see one of these chests yield nothing but gem fragments Obducite. Therefore, by completing the Infernal Hordes activity, repeatedly joining in each run can easily get thousands of Obducite. In Infernal Hordes, Infernal Compass is an essential item, which can be obtained by opening Helltide chests and Tree of Whispers caches. Or to claim them by completing Nightmare Dungeons and The Pit. Nightmare Dungeons As long as you have a spare Nightmare Dungeon Keys, then a ton of crafting materials together with some decent loots are waiting for you to pick up. Comparing to Infernal Hordes mentioned above, the quests in this dungeon are relatively simple and easy to deal with. And the time you devoted in is comparatively short. So it’s understandable that it yields less Obducite. But generally speaking, Nightmare Dungeons are more profitable. Not only can players get equipment by defeating enemies and looting chests, but more valuable items can be embraced. For example, materials needed for summoning Diablo 4 bosses like the Beast in Ice. Kurast Undercity As a new dungeon that has been introduced in Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred expansion, Kurast Undercity serves as the last best source in the game. This activity is unique because the specific reward objects can be chosen. Kurast Undercity activity offers players an opportunity to pick and choose what loot they get by the advantage of Tributes and Bargains system. As for Obducite farming, Tribute of Refinement is needed, which will award you Masterworking Materials once being successfully completed. Tributes are obtained randomly, but except for Tribute of Refinement, which can provide you with Obducite, other types of Tributes are not applicable. Therefore, if you make farming Obducite your main goal, you will inevitably invest more time and effort in this dungeon. Transmute At Alchemist If you don’t collect enough Obducite in the above three activities, it is recommended to convert directly. But the premise is that you have enough Ingoliths or Neathiron TO transform them to Obducite directly. But it can only be transformed in Eternal Realm. Obtainable After Reaching Level 60 As a late-game Masterworking material, Obducite is obtainable after reaching level 60. Completing various activities at higher difficulties will greatly increase your chances of obtaining Obducite. How To Use Obducite? As mentioned above, Obducite is mainly used to upgrade equipment. Obducite is quite essential to enhancing equipment affixes via Masterworking at Blacksmith. Equipped with enough Obducite and make an interaction with Blacksmith and switch to Masterworks Tab, you can upgrade your equipment. How To Masterwork Equipment? Temper Your Equipment The first step to masterwork your equipment is to temper it at any blacksmith. Depending on the level of the equipment, the number of tempers required varies. Common equipment only needs to be tempered for only one time, but Ancestral equipment required to be tempered twice to be Masterworked. After tempering, comes the role of Obducite that you have collected before. You can obtain it in the five ways mentioned above. Begin Masterwork Once you have the necessary materials, you can proceed to masterwork. Depending on the type, rarity, and level of the equipment being crafted, the amount and materials required will vary, so it is best to prepare more in advance. You can also reset the rank of any equipment you’ve Masterworked by clicking the red circle next to the item. This will cost you 30 Iron Chunks or Raw Hide, 20 Veiled Crystals, 5 Forgotten Souls, and 5,000,000 Diablo 4 Gold in total. It is important to note that Masterworking differs from the regular equipment upgrades of Blacksmith. Your equipment will not be improved by this, but only by adding affixes. Therefore, those who say that Masterworking will replace the position of Blacksmith are not reasonable. Masterwork mechanic can enhance the affixes on your equipment by 5% every rank. The above is an introduction to how to get Obducite, an important resource in Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred expansion. If you want more information about resources, please enter iGMeet discord. There is a lucky draw being held on October 28th. Enter your favorite emojis to take part in. There will be 10 players who will evenly share 2,000 Duriel Materials, 2,000 Andariel Materials, 10,000 Living Steel as well as 10,000 Exquisite Blood. Thank you for reading.

In various MMORPG games, players can usually get some in-game Items to use as Weapons. And different Classes usually have Weapons that are most suitable for each Class. This is no exception in the popular Diablo 4 Series of games. With the launch of Diablo 4 DLC Vessel Of Hatred Expansion, the newly added Class Spiritborn has begun to be used by many players because of its freshness and high strength. Correspondingly, there are also Weapons and Items that are very suitable for Spiritborn in the game, and Rod Of Kepeleke is one of them. Rod Of Kepeleke is actually a Unique Quarterstaff in the game, and it is a Unique Weapon exclusively used by Spiritborn Class. Many Spiritborn players who have used it said that it can provide you with efficient Combat efficiency in Battle to Defeat Enemies and obtain more Dropped Diablo 4 Gold.Based on the powerful power of Rod Of Kepeleke and its high compatibility with Spiritborn Class, we will introduce you to its basic information and how to obtain it in the game. Overview Of Rod Of Kepeleke Basic Information As Unique Quarterstaff used exclusively by Spiritborn Class in Diablo 4 DLC Vessel Of Hatred, Rod Of Kepeleke will provide Unique Combat Effects to the players who use it in Battle. On the one hand, it can significantly enhance the player’s Core Skills, and on the other hand, it can also convert these Core Skills into Basic Skills, making them freely cast and available at any time. However, please note that this powerful Weapon Effect has side Effects. Because Damage caused by core Skills will be reduced by up to 30% based on Vigor consumed. But despite this, the impact of this side Effect is not so fatal in front of the overall gain brought by Rod Of Kepeleke. In fact, the reason Rod Of Kepeleke has such powerful power as a Unique Weapon is that it can work by coordinating with Vigor. When you cast a Skill at maximum Vigo, Core Skills consume all Vigor, regenerate to full Damage and become Critical Strikes. And for each point of Vigor consumed, Damage caused by Critical Strikes will increase by 1% to 3%, further increasing Damage Effect in Combat. Besides this powerful Unique Damage Effect, Rod Of Kepeleke also comes with a set of Fixed Affixes, including: a 45% Block Chance, +12 to 24 Maximum Resource, +80 to 100% Critical Strike Damage, +26 to 35% Chance for Core Skills to Hit Twice, and +5 to Velocity. Ultimately, these Affixes and exclusive Unique Damage Effects make Rod Of Kepeleke a powerful Unique Weapon. If you are a Spiritborn Class player who wants to use a Build focused on maximizing Damage and Resource management, then Rod Of Kepeleke will definitely be the most powerful Weapon for you. Not only that, if players who use other Classes like this Unique Weapon, they can also try to own it. Although it cannot provide Combat assistance to these players, they can still own Rod Of Kepeleke as a game collection or Trading Item. This will be very interesting. In a holistic sense, Rod Of Kepeleke is not only a new Weapon in DLC Vessel Of Hatred but also one of the best Weapons used by Spiritborn, and a symbol of their control over Natural Forces. If you want to get it, the best way is to prepare for a long time, because there is a lot of preparation required. In addition, since the chance of getting it is random, it may take players many Battles and attempts to get it. How To Get Rod Of Kepeleke? There is no unique way to get Rod Of Kepeleke in the game, so players can choose the most suitable method according to their interests and the strength and characteristics of the game Characters. Specifically, there are 5 ways to get Rod Of Kepeleke. 1. Echo Of Andariel Boss In Vessel Of Hatred, you can get Rod Of Kepeleke by Fighting some powerful Bosses with Torment Difficulty, one of which is Echo Of Andariel Boss. To Fight this Battle, first you need to go to Man’s Hall in Kehjistan, collect two Sandscorched Shackles and two Pincushioned Dolls, place them on Summoning Altar of this Location, and then Defeat Echo Of Andariel to get Rod Of Kepeleke. It is worth noting that Sandscorched Shackles and Pincushioned Dolls can be found in Lord Zir and Beast in Ice Respectively. Keep this in mind to avoid wasting extra time and Diablo 4 Gold to get them. 2. Echo Of Duriel Boss Besides Echo Of Andariel Boss, Defeating Echo of Duriel, which is also Torment Difficulty, can also get Rod Of Kepeleke. This Boss is located in Gaping Crevasse in Gea Kul. Players need to first find Mucus-Slick Egg and a Shard of Agony in Echo Of Varshan and Grigoire Galvanic Saint respectively, and place them on Summoning Altar. After that, players can get Rod Of Kepeleke by Defeating Echo Of Duriel. However, please note that whether Defeating Echo Of Duriel or Echo Of Andariel, Drop of Rod Of Kepeleke is random, and players may need to Fight multiple times to get the relevant Drop chance. 3. World Events When players participate in World Events such as Gathering Legions and World Bosses in the game, if they win Battle, they will have a chance to give high-tier Loot. And maybe Rod Of Kepeleke will appear in these Loot. Or if you can enter Nightmare Dungeons, there is also a chance to get some Item Drops here. This can also increase your chances of getting Rod Of Kepeleke. 4. Helltide Events Participating in Helltide Events gives players a chance to earn Cinders, which can be used to open Chests, potentially containing Rod Of Kepeleke. However, getting Rod is purely based on luck. 5. Purveyor Of Curiosity Players can also use Purveyor Of Curiosity in the game to get Rod Of Kepeleke. Kepeleke is actually a Merchant who accepts Murmuring Obols and Purveyors have a chance to provide players with Unique Items, including Rod Of Kepeleke. However, this chance usually depends on Rarity and Availability of Item. The rarer the Item, the lower the chance of getting it. And in Diablo 4 Series of games, the probability of spawning Rare Items in Purveyor is relatively low, so you may need a lot of Murmuring Obols to get Items you want. The above are some of the main methods and related suggestions for getting Rod Of Kepeleke in Diablo 4 DLC Vessel Of Hatred. 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With Diablo 4 Season 4 Loot Reborn update in full swing, there have been many changes to classes in the new season. Among them, Barbarian has more ways to play than ever before, but one of them is the most interesting. Barbarian has experienced many ups and downs in Diablo 4. In the past three seasons, powerful builds like Double Swing and Rend Barbarian destroyed the meta game. However, with Loot Reborn update, a new build has taken over, and that is Bash Barbarian. In this guide, we will talk about what makes Bash Barbarian so good, and all the tips you need to know to build this build. Basic Skill Unlike most builds, Bash Barbarian focuses on its basic skill, Bash. This build can clear the vast majority of seasonal content and defeat the new bosses introduced in Season 4. What’s more important is that Bash will deal damage and stun enemies every four hits. If you have enough Diablo 4 Gold reserves, you can also make it a powerful boss killer with the right upgrades. Speaking of upgrades, Bash has a mandatory upgrade mechanic, and there are two optional upgrades to choose from, including: Enhanced Bash: When you damage a stunned enemy with Bash, you will gain 20% of your maximum health as Fortify. Battle Bash: When you damage a stunned enemy with Bash, you will generate 5 additional Fury. Enhanced Bash can be used as a defensive skill, and Fortify will help you resist most attacks, giving you enough time to get out of danger. Of course, if you need extra Fury, Battle Bash can also meet your needs. Active Skills In addition, you will also need to fill your remaining skill slots. These skills are especially necessary before reaching the endgame. If you are surrounded by monsters, Leap is the perfect way out. If you don’t damage any units, Enhanced Leap will increase your movement speed by reducing the cooldown of skills. If you do damage the enemy, Mighty Leap will add a slowing effect when landing, ensuring that they can’t catch up with you. In addition, War Cry and Challenging Shout will increase your damage and damage reduction, respectively. Enhanced War Cry grants you Berserking. And Power War Cry further increases your damage when there are at least six enemies near you. Enhanced Challenging Shout grants you maximum health when casting, while Tactical Challenging Shout grants you Fury every time you are attacked. Then, Steel Grasp is perfect for taking down some troublesome enemies. Enhanced Steel Grasp makes affected enemies Vulnerable on impact. Fighter’s Steel Grasp grants us Berserking accordingly after we damage the enemy. Note that Wrath of the Berserker is the ultimate skill of this build. Prime Wrath of the Berserker grants you increased movement and Fury generation, and Supreme Wrath of the Berserker grants increased damage during Berserking every time you spend 50 Fury points. Passive Skills Usually, passive skills grant you various buffs, and passives are also divided into a key passive and several secondary passives that support your build. First, let’s talk about the key passive skill of this build, Unconstrained. It increases the duration of any Berserking effect by 5 seconds while increasing its damage by 100%. Since this build relies on Berserking and you being able to maintain its duration, Unconstrained fits perfectly with its buffs. Next, let’s look at the rest of the passive skills: Aggressive Resistance: Gain damage reduction when Berserking is applied. Battle Fervor: Every time your Brawling skill deals damage to an enemy, you gain Berserking effect. Booming Voice: This increases the duration of your Shout skills. Concussion: When using Bludgeoning 2H weapons skill, you have a chance to stun an enemy. This effect triggers on Lucky Hit. Counteroffensive: When your Fortify is over 50% of your maximum health, the damage you deal is increased. Guttural Yell: When you use Shout skills, your damage reduction is increased. Imposing Presence: This increases your maximum health by a certain amount. Martial Vigor: You have increased damage reduction against elite enemies. Wallop: When using Bludgeoning weapons skill, you deal increased damage to stunned or vulnerable enemies. Arsenal System Arsenal System is a unique class mechanic for Barbarians that unlocks when you reach level five. Each Arsenal choice will increase certain types of weapon expertise based on the weapons you frequently use. These expertises you gain will give you certain weapon bonuses. This is also a great way to increase Barbarian damage. For Bash Barbarian, the following expertise options are not to be missed: Two-handed Axe Expertise: You deal extra damage to vulnerable enemies. Two-handed Mace Expertise: You deal extra critical hit damage while Berserking. One-handed Sword Expertise: Your attack speed increases after killing a crowd controlled enemy. One-handed Mace Expertise: You deal more damage to stunned enemies. With these expertises, you can switch between multiple weapons to deal with different situations, so it will be valuable to always have these weapons equipped. Legendary Aspects The best Aspect choices for this build revolve around enhancing your Basic Skills. Aspect of Adaptability: Your Basic Skills deal bonus damage while your Fury is above 50%. Basic Skills also generate bonus Fury when your Fury is below 50%. Aspect of Disobedience: You gain armor stacks every time you deal damage of any kind. Aspect of Giant Strides: You gain a reduction in the cooldown of your Leap skill based on how many enemies you damage with that skill. Aspect of Might: After casting a Basic Skill, you gain damage reduction. Aspect of the Moonrise: When you damage an enemy with a Basic Skill, you gain Attack Speed ​​stacks. After gaining five stacks, you gain Vampiric Bloodrage, increasing your movement speed and the damage dealt by Basic Skills. Mangler’s Aspect: When you damage a Vulnerable enemy, you have a chance to stun them. Rapid Aspect: Your Basic Skills increase your attack speed. Vengeful Aspect: When you turn an enemy into Vulnerable, your critical strike chance increases. Unique Items Finally, let’s talk about some of the key unique items you’ll need to complete this build. First up is Paingorger’s Gauntlets. Every time you damage an enemy with a non-basic skill, you mark that enemy. When you use a basic skill on a marked enemy, the damage you deal is increased and affects all other marked enemies. On the other hand, Ramaladni’s Magnum Opus is also very key. With it equipped, you lose two Fury points per second, but in exchange, your skills deal additional damage for every point of Fury you currently have. That’s all you need to know about making Bash Barbarian worth trying in Season 4. Follow this guide and you’ll be able to find great ways to optimize your Barbarian and get the best power bonuses.