Diablo 4 Season 2: Blood and Vampiric Powers

Excited! The much-anticipated Season 9 Sins of the Horadrim is expected to enter Diablo 4 at 10:00 AM PST on July 1, bringing some new game mechanics, a significantly improved Nightmare Dungeons, and some changes to existing classes. Among the six classes at this stage, Necromancer has always been recognized as the top class by players with its super strong damage ability, both in leveling content and endgame content. Although S9 has weakened its Overpower, Soul Rift and Blood Wave to some extent, it is relatively stable overall. Therefore, choosing a stronger class from the beginning and picking some suitable build options for it will make your exploration in the new season more efficient. With that in mind, this guide will recommend some of the best Necromancer builds you can try, based on previous PTRs and recent developer updates and patch notes, as well as some things to keep in mind when using them. 1. Necromancer Builds Focused On Summon Minions The most popular Necromancer builds have always relied on summoned minions to perform dual attacks, and with the help of the exclusive Unique added to Diablo 4 Season 9, the effectiveness of this type of build will be greatly improved. What needs to be paid attention to here is that you need to change your minions from Skeletal Warriors and Golems to Skeletal Mages, so that they can be converted into Skeletal Arch-Mages with more powerful damage capabilities in subsequent difficult battles with Diablo 4 Gold. In this type of build, you can choose Ring of Mendeln and Blood Moon Breeches to match Skeletal Mages accordingly, such as increasing the attack speed, skill level and damage capabilities of the minions. But since Necromancer class itself has some poor survival attributes, you may need to put some Mythic Uniques in it to increase your character’s tankiness. Or use Horadric Spell combos added in Season 9 to improve this situation. Here are the ones I can recommend to you: Smoldering Ember+Bloody Charm+Fractured Core+Invigorating Helix and Cosmic Anomaly+Corpse Explosion, they will make your minions more and more, and the combat ability will become stronger and stronger. But the specific attributes and statistics may have to wait for the official release of the new season to be determined. 2. Blood Wave Necromancer Build Yes, you read that right. Although Blood Wave has been weakened a bit in this new season, it is still very stable and can be the focus of your attention. However, what I can recommend here is to try to use Blood Wave with Cosmic Anomaly. In this combination, the combination of Alien that can perform continuous explosions and Blood Wave skill that can deal extremely high bleed damage, making it extremely efficient at clearing out groups of enemies in Nightmare Dungeons, Helltide, and Infernal Horde. Additionally, choosing some Horadric spells that can increase your bleeding damage and attack speed will help your character smoothly and easily kill all low to mid-level monsters and bosses within a safe ranged attack area, allowing you to earn more loot. For the gear you can put in it, Kessime’s Legacy is a recommended option. Similarly, this Blood Wave Necromancer build will also need some Mythic Uniques to complete safe exploration objectives. 3. Blood Spear Necromancer Build Of course, Blood Spear with the same damage type is also an important skill you should pay attention to in Diablo 4 Season 9. However, to deal the most damage, you’ll need the help of Uniques like Memory of Indira, Path of Trag’Oul, and Face of the Undying. So it will cost a little more than Blood Wave in terms of the amount of D4 Gold invested. But this is not without a way out. You only need to use Smoldering Ember, Fractured Core, Bloody Charm, and Tranquil Stone to form your Horadric Spell to create a perfect combination of Bone Prison with strong control ability and Bone Spear with strong penetration ability. Thanks to this combination, you can see those enemies trapped in the solid Bone Prison in the battle, and then defeat them directly with those projectiles that are enough to disintegrate the enemy instantly. This process basically does not exceed 10 minutes, so you can use it as the most important rotation in the leveling stage where efficiency is more valued. 4. Necromancer Builds Focused On Damage Over Time This type of Necromancer Build seemed to be very popular before Season 5, but gradually faded out of the spotlight due to the changes in various skills and item attributes. However, the addition of Horadric Spells has brought this type of build back to life. For example, use Corpse Explosion skill with Decompose and Blight to cause a lot of continuous shadow damage, and then use a Horadric Jewel called Tyrant Bane to cause more continuous damage until the enemy disappears. This is very useful for kiting strategies when dealing with enemies or bosses with vigorous defenses and high health: you just need to watch the enemy’s attack moves at every step and dodge in time, and wait for them to slowly die. These are Necromancer builds worth trying in Diablo 4 Season 9 Sins of the Horadrim, which is expected to be released on July 1. And after the new season starts, here will continue to provide you with quest guides or build guides in S9 so that you can easily create a powerful build that suits you best. I wish you a happy game!

The developers of Diablo 4 have always been very fond of adding some additional socketing systems, from ordinary gems to Occult gems in Season 7. In Season 9, they have added new gems again, Horadric Jewels. Horadric Jewels are obviously used to complement Horadric Spells. Some of them can enhance Horadric Spells, some can enhance your summons, or elemental damage, but some of them have negative effects. So in terms of practicality, which Horadric Jewels are better? How To Get Horadric Jewels? Horadric Jewels in Diablo 4 Season 9 can be made at Wayfinders after learning the recipe of Horadric Tomes. You can find Horadric Tomes in Horadric Strongrooms by exploring the nightmare dungeons on Torment 1 and higher. Making these Jewels requires Gem Fragments and Horadric Phials. Horadric Phials differ from Diablo 4 gold, it is a currency that can only be used in Season 9. In summary, the process is as follows: 1. Find and complete Horadric Strongrooms in a Torment 1 or higher Nightmare dungeon, and get Horadric Tomes and Horadric Phials. 2. Learn the crafting recipe of Horadric Jewels in Horadric Tomes. 3 Use the learned recipe and collected materials to craft Horadric Jewels at Wayfinders. After you make these jewels, you can embed them in your amulets and rings. Horadric Jewels Ranking You know that not these Horadric Jewels are useful. Some of them will be very popular and almost every build can use them, while some may not be used for an entire Season. Here is a simple ranking of these 15 Horadric Jewels. Tier S Horadric Jewels are more versatile and powerful in most builds. Tier A Jewels are powerful in some specific builds, while Tier B Jewels are not recommended. Tier S Seal of Power When you equip two or more School of Power Arcanas, you gain movement speed and critical strike chance. Scornful Light You deal 1/5 more elemental damage and receive 1/10 more elemental damage. Idol From Below You gain 6% primary attribute, 8% maximum health, and are always unhindered. However, you will be hunted by the buried gem guardians in the darkest places of Sanctuary, who are buried to protect this relic. Reverie Horn After you damage or kill an enemy, your summons will be strengthened, and become larger and dealing 30% more damage over 4 seconds. In Tier S, Idol From Below provides stat bonuses, and most importantly, makes you unstoppable, which is very important, as it allows you to keep your flow in a dungeon or The Pit uninterrupted. Its negative effect can be considered a positive effect for players, as more monsters mean more Diablo 4 gold and items. Reverie Horn should be placed in Tier A, but Season 9 not only buffs Necromancer, but also, importantly, brings Hydra Sorcerer build. If this build is not nerfed, it will definitely be the most popular build in Season 9, and Reverie Horn can bring buffs to Hydra. Tier A Seal of Control When you equip two or more control Arcanas, gain at least 45% longer control duration and 30% increased lucky hits. Seal of Denial When you equip two or more Arcanas from School of Denial, gain 30% more Barrier, Reinforcement, and Thorns. Horadric Crest For each Arcana of a different School you equip, gain 5% damage reduction and 1% maximum all elemental resistances Tyrant Bane After you deal sustained damage to an enemy, they are permanently affected by 0.33% of your sustained damage. Myriad Stone After casting a Catalyst skill, if it is an Ultimate skill, gain 30% attack speed for 10 seconds. Luminate Eye Your Catalyst skills gain an additional quarter cooldown reduction. Elemental Brand Your Catalyst skills deal damage equal to one-third of your Infusions’ element over 3 seconds. Lucky Hit: Dealing damage equal to your Infusions’ element has up to a one-third chance to trigger its secondary effect. Some players believe that Tyrant Bane should be in Tier S, and it indeed has great potential. If it can really stack infinitely, then it is undoubtedly a Horadric Jewel that most builds should carry. But the developers will probably make some restrictions on it, so it may not be as good as we think. Tier B Liminal Echo (Hardcore Tier S, Normal Tier B) If you would take fatal damage, avoid it instead, activate the boost, and gain 3 seconds of invincibility. This effect can only happen once every 75 seconds. Spark of Creation After casting a Catalyst skill, gain 10 Primary Resources. Brilliant Sigil Your Infusions are 150% more effective. The Starflux Your Catalyst deals 100% more damage. However, you lose control of Horadric Spells, causing your Catalyst Infusions to become random. B Tier is Horadric Jewels, which you can ignore. The Starflux can greatly increase the damage of Catalyst skills, but it will randomize Infusions, which is not a good thing for players, because players’ builds are basically dependent on a specific element, and such randomness may cause your DPS to drop. Horadric Jewels are Diablo 4 items that you can only get in the endgame, and for most players, they only care about which Jewels are the best. So if you just want to increase your damage, then you can just farm Tier S Horadric Jewels as your goal.

Gold is almost the most common currency you can get in Diablo 4. You can find it everywhere in Sanctuary, and many players can even get a small bag of gold from the moment they start the game. Therefore, many players who have just entered the game may wonder, since gold is so common, why do we need to worry about our gold inventory being exhausted? In fact, on the one hand, although there are many ways to get gold, there are only a few ways to earn a lot of gold coins. On the other hand, as we slowly enter the end stage of the game and continue to improve our equipment and builds, we often go bankrupt because of two activities, namely, using Masterworking at Blacksmith to increase the value of the existing affixes of the item, and enchanting equipment at Occultist. Many players are even willing to spend a billion Diablo 4 Gold to keep trying, just to find the perfect affix combination for an item. This is simply a gambler! But why do you need such perfect equipment in Diablo 4? In fact, the answer is simple. Only by upgrading your build to the highest level can you start The Pit advancement more efficiently. The Pit is where every little detail or improvement counts, and if you want to go as high as possible in The Pit, or even take a place in Diablo 4 world rankings and become famous, you will need near-perfect gear and character builds. With that said, where can you get D4 gold in a short time? In this guide, we will cover the best activities or methods to get gold in Diablo 4 Season 7. Farming Headhunt Zones Recently, we tracked the most popular farming activities in Diablo 4, and believe it or not, the top one was Headhunt Zones and completing Whispers as quickly as possible. To farm Headhunt Zones efficiently, you basically need to jump from one zone to another, and when you get 2 Tree of Whispers Caches in one zone, it means you need to visit the next zone. The reason why this method is so good is that all Tree of Whispers Caches will drop another Cache called Gifts of the Tree in it, which has a lot of gold. Through Whispers Caches, the gear that can be sold, and the gold found in these areas, we managed to collect 128 million gold in 30 minutes. The best thing is that entering these areas is free, so this is undoubtedly the best method for us. Grinding Tormented Bosses The remaining two methods of farming gold can be said to be a tie, between doing Infernal Hordes and farming Tormented Bosses and selling all Ancestral Unique items you don’t need. So, which one should you do? If you have enough boss summoning materials, then your first choice is definitely farming bosses. In this test, when we farmed top bosses such as Andariel and Duriel, they both gave us more than 30 million gold in 8 to 12 minutes. Of course, on top of that, Ancestral Unique items they drop are also quite valuable. However, please note that not all Ancestral Uniques have the same selling value. For example, if we spent the same amount of time farming Grigoire or Beast in the Ice, we would have earned only half as much as we did on Duriel. However, Echo of Varshan was a pleasant surprise, among the mini-bosses, Varshan was the only one that required the least materials to summon. So, with only 115 Malignant Hearts, we killed her 28 times, which brought us a staggering 49 million gold in just 12 minutes! What’s more, the cool thing about Varshan is that the rotation rate is very fast, and once you kill her, you can summon her again almost immediately. This means that among all Tormented Bosses, Varshan is the best farming option. So start grinding those Malignant Hearts in Helltides and Headhunt Zones now. Running Infernal Hordes Finally, we will take a look at Infernal Hordes. Honestly, running Infernal Hordes is a bit like gambling, because you need a little luck to get the best Infernal Offerings and collect as many Burning Aethers as possible. On top of that, you need a good fast farming build that can kill enemies as fast as possible while dealing with the constant onslaught of demons coming at you. If you manage to get a build that can do that, you’ll get around 30 million gold per 10 wave runs, maybe even more. During this test, we used Blood Wave Necromancer endgame build, which is not meant for these types of farming activities, so you will definitely do much better than what we did. In this case, our best result was getting 1267 Aether and 42 million gold, even after spending 200 Aether in Spoils of Greater Equipment. But we were very lucky, and we got almost all Hellborne Offerings. Other than that, we averaged around 750 to 800 Aether per 10 wave runs. Another good thing worth mentioning is that if you’re lucky, you can even find some Mythic Uniques. So if you have Infernal Hordes Keys and want to take a break from Headhunt Zones or farming Tormented Bosses, go try them because they are a great way to get gold quickly. In addition to these methods, we have also tried farming Helltides, Undercity, Nightmare Dungeons, but can only say that the gains obtained from these methods are nothing compared to the above three. Anyway, these are the 3 most efficient gold farming methods that we think are worth trying at the moment, and we hope this helps you. If you have a better method, don’t forget to share it with us! Good luck!

The exciting Diablo 4 Season 5 is finally here! But while experiencing new content, we also need to upgrade our characters from the beginning. Some players may feel that it is a chore to go back to the early levels and lower World Tiers to start leveling again, because we need to spend the same or even more time grinding XP. However, if you choose the right content and method, it may not be a boring process. You can quickly pass each level while experiencing new content! In this guide, we have put together the best leveling guides, breaking down everything you need to know and the steps you need to take to overcome the early difficulties. In addition, we will talk about what else you can do after reaching the level cap to avoid quitting because there is nothing to do. Best Leveling Tips The way to level up as quickly as possible depends on your current level. Below, we have outlined what you should focus on and the order to focus on leveling. Level 1 To 35 The most important factor when starting Diablo 4 Season 5 is to make sure you are in World Tier 2. This is slightly harder than World Tier 1, but offers extra XP as well as more and better Diablo 4 Gold and loot drops, so it’s worth the switch. First, we need to start the season questline by completing Of Lambs and Wolves quest and focus on unlocking Season Journey rewards for Chapter 1. Then, collect Bundled Herbs and work with Alchemist to craft Precision Elixirs. Attention then shifts to Helltides until you reach level 35. It can be difficult to engage if you’re at a lower level, though. As long as you’re having difficulty, you just need to focus on completing events around the map until you feel more comfortable. Once you reach level 35, the next step is to complete Capstone Dungeons and unlock access to World Tier 3. Level 35 To 55 Once you’ve unlocked World Tier 3, continue the season questline and complete Eyes of the Enemy questline. This will unlock the first Infernal Horde, a new mechanic added for Season 5 and another significant source of XP. During this time, you have two options for grinding XP. You can, of course, switch between the two to keep things fresh. The first option is to run Nightmare Dungeons until you reach level 55, and the other is to continue playing Helltides. The best way is to continue playing Helltides and switch to Nightmare Dungeons during the five-minute cooldown between Helltides. Once you reach level 55, it’s time to go to another Capstone Dungeon. To make things easier, I recommend Fire Resistance and Tempering your gear at Blacksmith. Note that once you complete a Capstone Dungeon, it means World Tier 4 is unlocked. Level 55 To 100 In World Tier 4, focus on farming Helltides until you reach level 70. Next, you can choose to run Nightmare Dungeons or complete Whispers in PvP area. If you don’t want to fight other players, Nightmare Dungeons are your best choice. I need to remind you though, if you focus on Nightmare Dungeons, level up the monsters to the highest level you can accept to maximize XP gains. Once you complete Tier 46 Nightmare Dungeon, you’ll unlock access to Pit. If you’re a solo player, head there to find the best farming methods, but if you’re a group player, continue with Nightmare Dungeons. What To Do After Reaching Level 100? Diablo 4 is a massive MMO, but it has a level cap, and once you reach level 100, you can't progress any further. Many players feel as if they’ve finished the game after reaching level 100 and there’s nothing left to do. However, that’s not the case. The game is not just about reaching the highest level. Instead, there’s a lot more for you to explore and enjoy. Try New Builds If you’ve reached level 100, your inventory is most likely full of Legendary Items, Aspects, and Paragon Points. With so many items, you can try out new builds. Mix and match your character’s skills, use different Legendary Items, and customize your character with Paragon Points, and you’ll be able to create a brand new character and test it against different bosses. Complete Season Journey The developers have made each Season Journey look fresh by introducing new content in different seasons, such as new challenges, boss fights, and items for you to unlock. So as long as the developers are working on new content, you’ll always have something to look forward to. Challenge Nightmare Dungeon Nightmare Dungeons are enhanced versions of regular dungeons, offering higher difficulty and better loot. The higher the level of the dungeon, the greater the challenge and rewards. Completing a Nightmare Dungeon can also help you get powerful Diablo 4 Items that can’t be found elsewhere in the game. Clear Helltides Helltides are limited-time events that appear in different locations on the map. These events allow you to fight many enemies, but they are stronger than the normal monsters you face. Although the enemies are stronger, they also drop more valuable items and resources. Defeat World Bosses World Bosses also appear in different locations on the map. They are not easy to defeat, but by destroying them, you will get a lot of unique items. Remember that World Bosses are usually not defeated alone. You will usually have a group of other players fighting alongside you. Help Other Players If you are already at level 100, you have enough time and ability to help other players. You can join different tribes or create your own tribe and share your leveling experience with new players through them. You can also choose to join iGMeet Discord, where you will find a lot of old players with rich leveling experience, and you can exchange ideas together. What’s more, we will also post some Giveaway information here from time to time, so join our group and be active to avoid missing any information! That’s all you need to know about our complete guide on how to reach level 100 in Diablo 4 Season of the Infernal Hordes, and what to do after that. See you in-game!