Diablo 4: Season 2 - Abattoir of Zir Guide: Conquer the Pinnacle of Challenge

Every time you enter a new Diablo 4 season, you need to change your class and build selection according to their characteristics and other details while learning about the new content and gameplay as soon as possible. This is because different classes can fully play their strengths for different seasonal gameplays, and the game will also strengthen or weaken each class to varying degrees due to seasonal changes to ensure game balance. Although some players like to play their favorite/new classes first at all times, if you want to get enough Diablo 4 gold as soon as possible at the beginning of the season, the dominant class will be more suitable for you. Based on this, we will list the class rankings suitable for Season 9 for you from low to high based on the performance of the 6 known Diablo 4 classes. No.6 Druid To be honest, this class has been silent in Diablo 4 for several seasons, and it seems that this classic class is being forgotten by the developers. On this basis, it was still weakened in Season 9, which has to be said to be another blow to all Druid fans. Even Cataclysm Build that can make Druid fully play its role has become a bit mediocre in Season 9 due to the drastic weakening of overpower. But if you insist on playing this class, it is recommended that you utilize Epilepsy Petrified Druid Build or Poison Pool Druid Build. No.5 Rogue Perhaps the newly added unique item Deathmask of Nirmitruq helm will make you think that it can make Rogue shine again in Season 9, but just like Druid’s Rotting Lightbringer, although they bring more builds possibilities, the overall efficiency is not high. Take Deathmask of Nirmitruq as an example. On the basis of the weakening of the comprehensive Rogue mechanism, the utilization of this item requires too many resources, which requires too much of your farming ability at the beginning of the season. If you are already a skilled Rogue player or can get extra resources through other means, then you can try to experience Rogue through this unique item craft new build, otherwise Death Trap Build will be more reliable, or simply choose a better class. No.4 Barbarian From the overall performance of 2.3.0 PTR, Barbarian can clear more than 90% of the layers of The Pit through Berserking and Bleed abilities, which is undoubtedly a reliable boost for your resource farming after entering the endgame. Although these abilities may be weakened in the official S9, in general, the basic skill strength of Barbarian has been improved. Therefore, for insurance, you can also continue to utilize the classic Earthquake/Whirlwind Build in S9. Among all the enhanced basic skills, Lunging Strike is the one that deserves more attention. Its function is to cause more damage to the enemy by quickly closing the distance with the enemy, which is suitable for craft more interesting melee builds. No.3 Necromancer As the third in this ranking list, most of the classic builds of Necromancer can continue to play a role in the new season due to the overall enhancement of skills and mechanisms, such as Bone Spear or Blood Wave. As you know, due to the ability to summon minions in battle, Necromancer itself and most of the available builds have strong group combat power, and the clearing speed is also ahead of other classes. Since the core content of Season 9 includes two new dungeons, Horadric Strongroom and Escalating Nightmares, and they are also the source of many key items, Necromancer’s abilities will be useful for farming in them. No.2 Sorcerer Since the launch of 2.3.0 PTR, Sorcerer, has attracted more attention, even though it is not the best class of Season 9, and this is entirely because of Hydra Build. This build has appeared in the past, but its performance in Season 9 will obviously be better. As a summoning skill, Hydra can summon a three-headed hydra in battle to cause fire damage to the enemy, and you can continue to combine other types of skills to output more different types of damage to the enemy and attack the enemy from multiple angles. The reason why this class did not become the first place may be that the subsequent games will weaken it because of the excessive strength of Hydra Build. But to be honest, this is not necessary because Hydra Build has not yet reached the point of destroying the balance of the game. No.1 Spiritborn As a new class that has only been released since DLC, Spiritborn has caused heated discussions in Diablo 4 player community with its fresh abilities and outstanding strength from the beginning. Although it has been weakened since Season 7, its charm remains undiminished. The main damage output types of this class are thorns and poison damage, and the unique item Balazan’s Maxtlatl added in Season 9 allows you to output more of these two types of damage through related skills. Based on this, you can choose to craft new Spiritborn builds, or continue to utilize Quill Volley Build, both of which can be very good at clearing dungeon enemies and even solving bosses, making your Season 9 battle easier. The above rankings are only based on existing information, and there may be more changes in Season 9. Perhaps the weaker classes at the beginning of the season will also have the hope of becoming reliable in the latter stages!

If you want to build a good set of builds for Barbarian in Diablo 4 Season 8, then Bane Of Ahjed-Den should be your first choice. This special glove is actually designed to improve Mighty Throw. With it, you can effectively improve your skills and enhance the power of Barbarian. Next, this guide will take you to learn how to get it and what to build to maximize its potential. As early as during PTR, the game’s developers promised to enhance the power of Barbarian, and the appearance of Bane Of Ahjed-Den just confirms the developers’ promise. It can bring significant improvements and upgrades to Mighty Throw. Affix List Bane of Ahjed-Den can be said to be a unique item specially built for Barbarian. After being enhanced, it is very suitable for some players who pursue burst damage and control. In addition to boosting the effects of his throws, he has some powerful Affixes, some of which are highly recommended for use with Fury-generated skills and cooldown management. 12.5% ​​Cooldown Reduction +6 to Mighty Throw +150.0% Critical Strike Damage +10 Fury per Second These Affixes can significantly increase the amount of damage dealt, providing a significant improvement in the player’s resource management, allowing them to use more powerful Mighty Throws more often. Unique Effect Your Mighty Throw detonates a pulse every 12 seconds, dealing Fire Damage to enemies, and also dealing 600.0% [x] additional damage. This damage greatly increases the power of your Mighty Throw, making it a powerful nuclear bomb. Mastering and timing this skill well can give you the ability to fight elite groups and bosses. How To Get Bane Of Ahjed-Den? As mentioned above, Bane Of Ahjed-Den is a Unique Item. You can't craft it directly in the game or get it with Diablo 4 Gold, but we have sorted out some effective farming methods to get it: Dropped From Boss Hoards Uber Bosses have a larger loot pool, which contains Bane Of Ahjed-Den we are looking for. Defeating certain bosses, such as Urivar and Lord Zir, can increase your chances of getting it. Urivar You can go to Fields of Judgement dungeon in Nahantu to fight Urivar. Like other ladder and lair bosses, it does not require collecting special items to summon it, but obtaining its treasure requires us to collect 12 Judicator’s Mask. Lord Zir In Season 8, we no longer need to collect 12x Exquisite Blood to summon Lord Zir. Instead, we need to use Exquisite Blood we have collected to open the loot dropped by defeating him. Lord Zir is in Ancient’s Seat dungeon in Fractured Peaks region of Sanctuary. Go there and fight him for a chance to get Bane Of Ahjed-Den. World Events Events such as Gathering Legions, Nightmare Dungeons, and World Boss encounters have the potential to drop Bane Of Ahjed-Den and some other Unique Items. Therefore, actively participating in these events is very helpful for you to collect items. Helltide Chests Helltide Chests are rewards for Helltide event. Collecting Aberrant Cinders during the event will help you get event rewards. There is a chance that Bane Of Ahjed-Den will drop in this treasure chest. Opening this treasure chest as much as possible can increase your chance of getting the item. But be warned, if you die during the event, you will lose half of your Aberrant Cinders. So, proceed with caution. Purveyor Of Curiosities Purveyor of Curiosities is also a good way to get it, by spending Murmuring Obols from NPCs. It has a chance to drop rare or unique gear, but the items obtained are random and you need to try multiple times to have a chance to succeed. Best Builds Putting Bane Of Ahjed-Den in builds that reduce cooldown can cause super-powerful damage. It is effective in the following aspects: Critical Hit-Focused Builds: The significant increase in critical hit damage enhances the burst potential, especially in elite or boss encounters. Throwing Weapon Builds: Bane Of Ahjed-Den can reduce the cooldown of skills, increase the peak damage, and cause damage in long-range melee. Fury-Hungry Builds: It helps increase Fury per second, thus increasing the damage of Ultimates and core skills. By carefully farming monsters and participating in activities, we can increase the probability of obtaining this Unique Item, which is a great help in enhancing Barbarian’s Mighty Throw. It is a good choice for some players who like long-range melee attacks and burst damage.

The delay of Diablo 4 Season 8 to April 29 is somewhat frustrating. But the good news is that the developers will bring major changes in Season 8. Previously, the developers claimed that an “old friend” would return in Season 8. Players have been speculating and guessing about this. Now the answer has been revealed. It is Belial, the boss in Diablo 3. Changes There has been such a saying in Diablo 4 player community. The fun of Diablo 4 is to level up and obtain equipment before clearing the game constantly. Once the endgame is reached, the character basically becomes invincible, and even the boss is difficult to challenge. Therefore, in the endgame of Diablo 4, even if the player obtains a lot of Diablo 4 Gold, unique weapons or legendary equipment, it is difficult to have the excitement of the game’s pioneering period. In other words, the game becomes boring due to the excessive performance of the character in the late game. To change this situation, the developers announced that they will introduce the following changes in the next season: Players will reach level 60 more slowly, and Torment will become more difficult Three new bosses will be added to the game in Season 8, including Belial from Diablo 3 Re-adjust the drop rate of legendary equipment Difficulty The developers intend to increase the difficulty of the game in Season 8 greatly. In Season 7, half of the players reached the highest difficulty of the game, Torment 4, which was far beyond their expectations. The development team estimated that the number of players was only 10%. Therefore, in order to reach this number, the difficulty in Season 8 will be greatly increased, making Torment 4 like “real hell”. I hope that the developers will not only make changes in the numerical value, because the simple numerical change will not satisfy the players. Because the monsters that were originally easy to kill suddenly have extremely high health and attack power in the next difficulty, which will make players feel that their upgrades are not rewarded, giving players a sense of frustration. It would be better to introduce some mechanical changes. Boss I’ve always felt that Diablo 4 doesn’t have enough bosses, especially compared to Path of Exile 2. Fortunately, Season 8 will add three new end-game bosses: Urivar, Harbinger of Hatred, and Belial, the Lord of Lies. Belial, the Lord of Lies, will serve as the game’s pinnacle boss. He must have left a deep impression on players of Diablo III’s multi-stage second act battle, and in the final stage, this hideous demon’s huge body took up most of your screen. Diablo IV’s lead season designer Deric Nuñez told players: “He is climbing his way to the top of the lair boss ladder. He is the new exalted pinnacle challenge within the ladder. He is the highest challenge, the highest reward.” The theme of Season 8 should be bosses. After defeating a boss, players will unlock the boss’s skills and use them. It is said that there will be 24 boss skills for players to collect, experiment with, and combine. Honestly, playing a boss is way more fun than playing a witch. I’m already excited about Season 8. In addition to the new boss powers, the team also announced that the boss summoning conditions will be simplified in Season 8. Summoning bosses no longer requires a variety of summons. These messy summons really pollute the player’s inventory. Boss Ladder system will be removed and replaced by Lair Key system. Each boss requires its own Lair Key, and the main purpose of these keys is to unlock the loot after defeating the boss. Without a Lair Key, even if you defeat the boss, you can’t even get any Diablo 4 Gold in the treasure chest. In addition, Apparition Incursions will be introduced in Season 8. In simple terms, this is a boss rush mode. You need to defeat 10 random bosses in sequence. This is definitely a difficult challenge, and wish you good luck. Learn More: Diablo 4 New Expansion Will Be Delayed Until 2026! Drop Rates During Diablo 4 campfire chat, the developers were apparently a bit surprised by the record-breaking pace at which players reached max level in Season 7, so in Season 8, the team’s goal is to slow down the pace of players’ play throughs and then reduce the drop rate of legendary items to make the power increase more enjoyable for players. It’s hard to see that exciting orange glow from a pile of Diablo 4 Gold anymore. According to design director Colin Finer, the purpose of these changes is to make players “more rewarding and satisfying as you go through these levels.“ It seems that the developers are working hard to make Diablo 4 more playable, whether it is introducing new bosses or increasing the difficulty, and it is for this purpose. But for players, the changes in Season 8 are not all pleasing. Some players are dissatisfied with the adjustment of loot drop rate. Players reported that the drop rate of Ancestral legendary items in this game is already very low, and this probability will be reduced in Season 8, which makes Ancestral legendary items even rarer. And the affixes of Ancestral legendary items are always unsatisfactory. Players seem to never get the corresponding level of equipment as they grow up. They are tired of this change that makes things worse. The above are the changes that Diablo 4 will bring in Season 8. Which changes do you think are good and which changes will ruin the game? Are you looking forward to Season 8?

Diablo 4 Season 5 is just around the corner, and players are now exploring new limits and mastering the endgame in PTR to take on the tough challenges that Sanctuary has to offer. If you’re a seasoned veteran, you know that the true strength of a class lies in its endgame build. Whether you’re exploring Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeons or Pit of Artificers, or even facing off against other endgame events, the right build can be the difference between victory and defeat. This guide will introduce some of the endgame builds you can choose from, so you can explore more easily after you choose your build, and even face some previously tough bosses, which will become a piece of cake! Bone Spear Necromancer Bone Spear Necromancer is a great endgame build for players who want to be a ranged powerhouse. You get a very fast attack speed, critical hits, and limitless essence, allowing you to deal with some deadly damage from a safe distance. Bone Spear Necromancer’s active abilities are: Bone Spear: A basic damage skill that allows you to attack with your main spear and its curved part. Poison is important when fighting bosses Decrepify: Combined with Lucky Hit Chance, it reduces the cooldown and keeps you safe during random stuns Blood Mist: Allows you to reposition while remaining invincible in hard battles Bone Storm: Shield Assault increases damage reduction, critical hit chance, and survivability If you use a Book of Dead, you will choose between Skirmishers and Defenders depending on your critical hit chances and resistance requirements. Bone Spear build allows you to keep a safe distance while attacking with Bone Spear. In addition, you can use Blood Mist to reposition yourself, which is especially useful when you are in a sticky situation, so you can escape and prevent enemies from attacking you again. Rapid Fire Rogue Rapid Fire Rogue is very versatile and can provide you with high single target damage. If you equip it with the right Diablo 4 Items, you can deal with enemies that are grouped together. It can also position yourself very cleverly and eventually become a deadly sniper. Rapid Fire Rogue’s active skills are: Rapid Fire: A damage skill that can fire multiple targets in a straight line Heartseeker: Can be used to keep combos and well-placed units away from enemies Shadow Step: A tool to escape solid objects surrounded by large animals Caltrop: Reduces enemy movement and increases damage In this build, you need to manage your resources effectively, so that you can ensure that you can continuously output high damage and accumulate combo points to help you increase your burst damage. In the end, you may get a lot of extra arrows to maximize your damage! Ball Lightning Sorcerer Of all the endgame builds, Ball Lightning Sorcerer has the biggest visual impact. Not only does it look great, it also provides single-target damage and AOE coverage. Although unlike the previous two builds, you need to be in melee range, but once you get the hang of it, this build may give you a big surprise. Ball Lightning Sorcerer’s active skills are: Ball Lightning: This is a powerful damage ability that activates and damages other locations Unstable Current: Increased damage against stable enemies Teleport: Gives mobility, helps with crowd control, and stuns enemies Ice Blades: Reduces cooldowns and grants more effective cold stacks When using Ball Lightning Sorcerer, you can also choose to use Ice Blade Enchantment and Fire Bolt Enchantment to add icing on the cake to this build. They can reduce cooldowns and increase burn-related bonuses, respectively. Here, continue to use Ball Lightning to maximize the overall damage, and you can also pick up some Crackling Energy to maintain your mana. In addition, Teleport can easily get you out of trouble. Double Swing Barbarian Double Swing Barbarian is a melee build that enables you to swiftly maneuver in combat in endgame builds, while also possessing exceptional single target damage and area damage. This guerrilla style of warfare is very suitable for endgame adventures. Double Swing Barbarian’s active skills are: Bash: This skill generates rage and advances the skill tree Double Swing: Basic ability that summons rage and spawns a Dust Demon Rallying Cry: Increased movement speed, becomes unstoppable, boosts and rage Charge: Provides a source of mobility, stupor, insanity and uncontrollability One-handed Sword is great for improving your resource management, and one-handed Mace is great for dealing with large damage multipliers to stunned enemies. This requires you to try to keep your attack speed high and use Double Swing to maximize damage, plus Bash generates damage enhancements, and finally you can use a Rallying Cry to keep yourself active. Lightning Storm Druid Lightning Storm Druid provides you with excellent AOE damage and high mobility, which is very suitable for you to use when you are facing a large group of enemies. This build also has strong defensive capabilities, which can make it easier for you to clean up the enemies in the later stages of the battle. Lightning Storm Druid’s active skills are: Lightning Storm: The main damage ability needed for this build. Increases power when channeled Trample: A movement ability that grants invincible status Wolf, Raven, Poison Creeper: Provides utility and increases damage of base skills Deliberating Roar: Reduces, buffs, and heals enemy damage In addition to the above skills, you can use additional spirit boons in this Druid class. For example, Wariness (Deer), Avian Wrath (Eagle) and Energize (Wolf). You can combine the above skills with each other. For example, after using Lightning Storm to inflict serious injury on the enemy, you can employ Trample and Poison Creeper to control the crowd of them. Hopefully, after you've read all the endgame builds in this guide, it will help you get the best experience in battle! Let's look forward to the official release of Season 5 on August 6th!