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With Diablo 4 2.5.0 PTR coming to an end at 11:00 AM on October 28th, it's time to take a break from the excitement of previewing Season 11 and focus on finishing up Season 10, especially with the game introducing two new events specifically for this occasion.

These two events are Mother's Blessing and Seasonal Splendor. The former is a long-standing favorite for all Diablo 4 loyalists, while the latter is a brand-new addition to Season 10 Chaos Perks mechanic.

Interestingly, both events coincide with Halloween 2025, but Diablo 4 doesn't seem to be planning any Halloween-themed events, either through these events or through additional new events, which may be puzzling.

With this in mind, we'll provide a detailed introduction to each of these events and analyze the lack of a dedicated Halloween Diablo 4 event.

Mother's Blessing For The End Of Season 10

Mother's Blessing is a recurring event in the game that occurs almost every season, typically mid-to-late in the season. It accelerates you to complete character leveling or Season Journey before the end of the season.

This Mother's Blessing begins on October 28, 2025. While a specific end date has not yet been announced, it will probably last for one to two weeks (a week is more likely).

During Mother's Blessing, you'll receive a 35% increase in XP earned from completing battles, and a 50% increase in Diablo 4 gold drops. This will help you level up your character or Paragon board faster and accumulate more resources.

Note: If you own buffs like Elixirs, you can use them simultaneously during Mother's Blessing. This will combine the benefits of both buffs, accelerating your progress through Season Journey and Reliquary Battle Pass, allowing you to unlock higher-level rewards.

Additionally, during Mother's Blessing, completing Tree of Whispers bounties will earn you bonus Gift of the Tree caches when you turn in Favors.

Seasonal Splendor Event

This event begins the same day as Mother's Blessing and is expected to end on November 3rd. Its purpose is to increase the amount of Infernal Warp you receive through battles during this week.

This item can be used to upgrade your Seasonal Power Chaos Perks. Exclusive to Season 10, you can equip up to four Chaos Perks of varying rarities per battle, boosting the power of your character and builds.

The more Infernal Warp you possess, the stronger your Chaos Perks and, ultimately, your character. To maximize the benefits of the Seasonal Splendor event, you should choose the most efficient way to farm Infernal Warp during this period.

Currently, you can obtain this item by finding Chaos Rifts spawning in Helltides and Nightmare Dungeons. Infernal Warp is dropped by monsters in rifts, and the rewards for sealing rifts also include Infernal Warp.

In Helltides, Chaos Rifts spawn randomly and can be identified and found by their icons on the minimap. However, this farming method is highly random and requires competition with other players, so Nightmare Dungeons are more recommended.

First, Nightmare Dungeons are privately created and cannot be entered by others. Second, when you add Infernal Warp Reserve affix to a dungeon, Infernal Warp is guaranteed to drop after the battle is completed.

Why Are There Still No Halloween-Specific Events?

In fact, not just this year, Diablo 4 has not held any special Halloween-themed events since its launch. Honestly, this is quite strange, as Diablo 4 already has many horror elements that are well-suited to Halloween, and it would be a shame not to utilize them.

Holiday celebrations not only enhance the festive atmosphere in the game, but also provide additional playable events and festive decorations to enrich your game collection.

Both the player community and developers have shared ideas and concepts for Halloween events in Diablo 4 across various platforms, most of which are quite interesting and definitely worth implementing.

The most famous of these was probably the Headless Horseman, proposed by Diablo 4's lead combat designer, Owen Leach. He envisioned this enemy, like Butcher, randomly dropping into Sanctuary during Halloween, offering both frights and rewards.

However, two years after its release, none of these ideas have been implemented into the game, which is a bit of a shame. But it's not just Halloween; while Diablo 4 holds a fair number of events annually, few of them embody the elements and atmosphere of the real holidays.

It seems that for Diablo 4, simply having an event to celebrate is enough; the event itself doesn't need to forcefully reflect the characteristics of a real holiday. Take, for example, Midwinter Blight event held last December.

While this might feel a bit unfortunate, from another perspective, it makes the game feel less connected to the real world and more distant, making every story about Sanctuary feel like it actually happened in another world, not just fiction.

Whether you agree with this or not, this is indeed what makes Diablo 4 unique. Every game should have something irreplaceable that makes it unforgettable, right?

Regardless of how Diablo 4 plans its Halloween season, you can't miss Mother's Blessing and Seasonal Splendor events. These events are about to start, so get ready! And Season 11 is expected to launch on December 9th!

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In Season 9, every Diablo 4 character will initially be equipped with only their starting outfit. However, as you progress through the season, you'll earn more wearable gear through combat.

This gear not only enhances your appearance but, more importantly, provides unique buffs, making your character stronger and more resilient.

However, it's important to note that often, you focus solely on powerful or attractive gear, neglecting whether it's suitable for you or whether farming it is too difficult for you, resulting in a chaotic gear build.

To this end, we'll provide a comprehensive guide to utilizing and farming gear based on Season 9 gear system.

Gear System Overview

From the very beginning, Diablo 4 has categorized all gear in the game by rarity and quality, allowing you to more intuitively understand the value of a particular piece of gear.

• Gear rarity: Common, Magic, Rare, Legendary, Unique
• Gear quality: Common, Sacred, Ancestral, Mythic, Unique

Rarity generally determines the base number of affixes on an item, and higher rarity means stronger stats. Gear quality, on the other hand, determines the item's base power and stat range.

Note that weapons in the gear category change more significantly during upgrades than other types of gear. Therefore, to increase your damage output and progress faster through the season, it's recommended to prioritize upgrading weapons.

The Difference Between Salvaging And Selling Gear

As you progress through the game, you'll gain access to new gear, but the amount you can equip is limited, so you'll eventually find yourself with a lot of unused gear in your inventory.

For items of lower rarity or quality, you can sell them directly for more Diablo 4 gold. However, salvaging rare, legendary, or unique items will yield greater returns.

To salvage gear, you need to find a blacksmith in any town - they're represented on the map by a hammer and anvil. You can salvage individual items manually, as well as salvage specific rarities and all items marked as "junk."

After salvaging, the gear is broken down into materials that can be used to upgrade other gear. These materials are far more valuable than gold.

What Is Codex Of Power?

Besides leveling up, there are many ways to enhance your gear in the game, and Codex of Power is one of them. It's essentially a collection of legendary aspects that you can imprint onto your gear at The Occultist.

This makes your rare or legendary gear more powerful, and in turn, improves your overall character's abilities. The codex is typically earned by clearing dungeons.

It's important to note that the legendary aspect roll granted by a Codex of Power is always the lowest. For example, if an inscribed legendary aspect grants you 10-20% poison damage to enemies, the final imprint value will only be 10%.

The Relationship Between Difficulty Level Settings And Gear

Once your character reaches the max level of 60, all new gear you'll receive will be at a base level of 750. At this point, it's best to completely upgrade all your gear.

Of course, reaching max level also means you can begin challenging Torment difficulty. This difficulty setting has four levels, and starting at Torment 1, you'll begin to obtain ancestral gear, while your common, magic, and rare items will automatically be salvaged.

This not only means you'll earn more powerful and rare gear through the true challenges of Diablo 4, but also allows you to automatically salvage a large amount of gear upgrade materials at once, allowing you to quickly make your new items more reliable.

How To Farm Gear?

In Season 9, there are still many ways to farm gear, primarily through clearing dungeons and bosses. The key isn't the specific method (which veteran players should already understand), but rather how to multitask and maximize farming efficiency.

Currently available gear farming channels include:

• Kurast Undercity: Killing bosses and opening chests offers a chance to farm ancestral gear. However, access to this dungeon requires DLC.
• Infernal Hordes: Unlock this dungeon with Infernal Compass as the key and enter. Kill enemies to earn Burning Aether, which can then be exchanged for Spoils of Hell chests to obtain gear.
• Nightmare and Escalating Nightmare: Completing dungeons on Torment difficulty offers a chance to get rare gear.
• Helltides: Each event lasts one hour, during which you must collect Aberrant Cinders to exchange for the final loot.
• The Pit of Artificers: As the most important endgame dungeon in D4 S9, The Pit has 150 floors. You must kill as many monsters and bosses as possible within 15 minutes.

Tree of Whispers also deserves special mention. This mechanic is essentially a bounty system. You collect Grim Favors by completing its quests, and every 10 you collect can be turned in for a reward.

Rewards typically require you to choose one of three collection options, each with a random rarity of Normal, Greater, or Ancestral. This gives you a chance to obtain rare gear through these options.

What's unique about Tree of Whispers is that some of its quests are actually required to be completed within the aforementioned dungeons or events. Therefore, you can definitely target specific Tree of Whispers quests to maximize your chances of receiving gear.

We hope that the information we've provided will help you better plan your character's gear acquisition and usage plans. In fact, this information should still be useful in Season 10!

To coincide with the new Seasonal Powers, nearly every Diablo 4 season features a corresponding seasonal event, where you'll earn basic loot by killing new enemy types and gaining new powers.

For example, in Season 8, if you wanted to gain boss powers, besides targeted boss farming, you could also complete Apparition Incursions events early in the game to gain a more basic level of boss Power.

For Season 10, the new event that allows you to earn seasonal powers, Chaos Perks, is Chaos Rifts! While this season itself doesn't launch until September 23rd, the week-long 2.4.0 PTR launched on August 19th!

This time, we'll analyze Chaos Rifts' performance on PTR to see if it offers real value.

Chaos Rifts Overview

A Season 10-only event, Chaos Rifts will randomly appear in Helltides and Nightmare Dungeons throughout this season (2.4.0 PTR). Once encountered, they unleash a horde of demons, which you must defeat these enemies in a timely manner.

Chaos Rifts are divided into normal and mythic types. In addition to Chaos Perks, both normal and mythic Chaos Rifts can drop Diablo 4 gold, Chaos Armor, XP, gems, and other standard rewards, while mythic Chaos Rifts may yield Mythic Uniques.

How To Complete Chaos Rifts In Helltides?

Helltides are limited-time, regional events in Diablo 4 that respawn at random locations in Sanctuary every 75 minutes for one hour. Your goal is to kill enemies within the allotted time to collect Aberrant Cinders, which unlock Helltide Chests for loot.

In Season 10, when you enter Helltides and explore, you might see giant hands rising from the ground. These represent Chaos Rifts.

Defeat the enemies released by Chaos Rifts, and you'll most likely receive rare or magic Chaos Powers, along with other rewards and Infernal Warp, a special currency used to upgrade these powers.

In general, the chances of obtaining high-rarity perks or mythical Chaos Rifts in Helltides are relatively low. However, you can equip existing perks to enhance your character's power and increase your efficiency in finding and clearing Chaos Rifts in Helltides.

How Do You Complete Chaos Rifts In Nightmare Dungeons?

Generally speaking, you need to first obtain Nightmare Sigils to convert a normal dungeon into a Nightmare dungeon before you can enter and begin searching for Chaos Rifts.

There's nothing special to say about Chaos Rifts clearing process. Whether in Helltides or Nightmare Dungeons, all you have to do is kill enemies.

The Value Of Chaos Rifts

Of all Chaos Rifts' loot, the most important are undoubtedly Chaos Perks and Chaos Armor. The former provides seasonal bonuses in combat, while the latter acts as stronger armor, providing more reliable gear affix effects.

However, it's important to note that Chaos Perks are passively activated and don't require any additional equipment to function. However, some abilities also inflict debuffs while providing benefits.

Therefore, if you want to utilize them, you must plan ahead based on their characteristics.

As for Chaos Armor, remember that in addition to exclusive armor, the unique items added to each class in Season 10, as well as many universal armor pieces, can also be used as Chaos Armor!

How Is The Overall Chaos Rifts Experience?

Based on 2.4.0 PTR, Chaos Rifts generally spawn at a low rate. Sometimes, you might consume a significant amount of time exploring Helltides or Nightmare Dungeons, only to find one or two Chaos Rifts, with irregular spawn intervals.

Rare seasonal powers and mythic Chaos Rifts spawn even less frequently, but the common rewards and Infernal Warp drops are more than adequate, meeting your early game needs for upgrading your base character and Chaos Perks.

Honestly, however, earning a Chaos Perk, even at a lower rarity, will benefit you throughout Diablo 4 Season 10 PTR, especially after upgrading it with Infernal Warp.

Even without Chaos Rifts, Helltides and Nightmare Dungeons are essential content for completing any Diablo 4 season, as they provide the primary sources of gold, gear, and various crafting materials.

So, combining them with Chaos Rifts also saves you some unnecessary exploration time, allowing you to complete multiple quests simultaneously, both improving your character and completing necessary resource farming.

Overall, Chaos Rifts encounter itself is worth experiencing, but the associated loot drop rate, as well as other event mechanics, still need improvement.

What Changes Should Chaos Rifts Receive?

To ensure a wonderful experience for Chaos Rifts on subsequent 2.4.0 PTR and in the official release in Season 10, Diablo 4 should set a minimum number of times they should appear within a fixed timeframe. Otherwise, the low refresh rate could discourage participation.

As for Chaos Rifts in Nightmare Dungeons, Diablo 4 could add specific Nightmare Sigils as dungeon affixes that guarantee Chaos Rifts' appearance or increase their loot drops, thereby increasing the event's playability and value.

Fortunately, the purpose of 2.4.0 PTR is to find the shortcomings of existing mechanics through testing so that timely improvements can be made before the official release of Season 10. Therefore, there is no need to worry even if Chaos Rifts does not perform well at this stage!

Wanderers, have you finished your Season 9 campaign? Are you looking for news about the next season? Here comes the good news!

Sanctuary Sitdown Replaces Campfire Chat

Recently, the developers announced that they will host a Sanctuary Sitdown event on August 14th at 11:00 AM PDT to share information about the new season with Diablo 4 players and prepare for the upcoming releases of 2.4.0 and Season 10 PTR.

However, if you're a longtime Diablo player, you'll have noticed this change. Since Diablo 4's initial release in 2023, players have been eagerly waiting to learn about the new content before each new season by visiting Campfire Chat streams.

This isn't just a simple name change; I believe it's a way for the developers to adjust their communication strategy with Diablo 4 players. Instead of the usual Twitch streams, they'll be holding discussions and Q&A sessions on Discord. Players have two days to submit questions to the developers, but not all questions will be selected and answered.

Sanctuary Sitdown is a new form of communication. PTR updates will be discussed via voice chat in Diablo 4 Discord. Players can join the voice channel and listen to developers like Aislyn Hall, Charles Dunn, and Ben Fletcher discuss Season 10 and the PTR. This marks a significant shift in D4's news release method, moving away from live broadcasts and toward more direct, live chat-based community interaction.

Imagine if this change in communication method will rekindle player excitement and anticipation.

Is Releasing During Such A Busy September The Right Decision?

While the developers haven't revealed the specifics of the event, it's expected that Sanctuary Sitdown's Q&A will not be limited to the 2.4.0 PTR and Season 10: Infernal Chaos.

Season 10 is scheduled to launch on September 23rd, coinciding with one of the busiest months for game releases in recent years. This has sparked debate over whether the timing of the new season's release is more strategic or more risky.

As we all know, the September 23rd launch date comes just 11 days after Borderlands 4, which launched on September 12th. Borderlands 4 is one of the biggest action-RPG releases in recent years and shares some of the same player base.

But the competition goes far beyond that. September also features a host of major releases, including:

• September 4: Hell is Us and the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle DLC
• September 5: Cronos: The New Dawn
• September 19: Dying Light: The Beast
• September 25: Silent Hill

Adding to the pressure, direct competitors are also taking action.

Among them, the action-RPG Titan Quest 2 launched in Early Access on August 1st, receiving positive feedback from players. Path of Exile 2's 0.3.0 patch also went live on August 29th, featuring combat and loot hunting more familiar to Diablo fans. All of these new dynamics are making the genre even more competitive.

Is The Release Of Season 10 A Helpless Decision?

Two years after its release, Diablo 4's seasonal mode is competing for attention not only with new games but also with the ever-evolving RPG genre.

However, with Diablo 4's next DLC not expected until 2026, Diablo 4 will need seasonal updates like Infernal Chaos to keep players engaged.

The arrival of Season 10 PTR follows a period without major updates for Diablo 4. Just last month, the developers announced that no major content updates would be released before the start of the new season, a decision that disappointed some players but made sense given the timing.

Typically, the PTR gives players the opportunity to experience new content before the official season begins, exploring how the new season will play out, including end-game content, new ways to farm Diablo 4 gold, class adjustments, and more. However, the Sanctuary Sitdown event will offer players a deeper look at balance and feature changes, which are often overlooked.

Rod Fergusson's Departure May Have Been The Catalyst For This Sanctuary Sitdown

In fact, 2025 has already brought significant changes to the series. Rod Fergusson, who led the Diablo series for approximately five years, left the team earlier this month. During his tenure, he oversaw the releases of Diablo 4 and its first DLC, Vessel of Hatred, Diablo Immortal, and D2R.

It's unclear how Rod Fergusson's departure will affect future development, but it appears to be a significant factor in the Diablo 4 team's strategy adjustments this year.

With this in mind, Infernal Chaos will need to deliver some memorable highlights to stand out and prove the capabilities of the new development team.

If they can effectively leverage PTR player feedback and clearly address player questions during Sanctuary Sitdown, Season 10 still has a chance to stand out in this competitive launch window.

Regardless, August 14th's Sanctuary Sitdown will be a significant moment for the Diablo 4 community, marking the first time the developers have used this new format for news releases. With so many major releases coming in September, it will be closely watched whether the Infernal Chaos Season lives up to its name and is enough to keep Diablo 4 players engaged in the competitive landscape.

Ever since Season 9 PTR, Druid has been considered one of the weakest classes of the season because of multiple nerfs. Even with the class mechanics adjustments introduced with the season’s official launch, this situation hasn’t changed.

Clearly, this long-term trend would not only undermine Druid fans’ enthusiasm for the game but also hinder Diablo 4’s popularity and game balance. Fortunately, recent patch 2.3.1 has changed this situation.

Perhaps due to the game’s recent frequent patching to better prepare for Season 10, Druid became a playable class mid-Season 9, making Stormclaw Druid builds more reliable.

Below, we’ll explain the changes patch 2.3.1 brings to Druid and how to craft and utilize Stormclaw Druid builds.

Druid Changes In Patch 2.3.1

This patch was released on July 15th (the latest being Patch 2.3.2, released on July 29th). The main updates can be categorized as follows:

• Vessel of Hatred Balance Update
• Vessel of Hatred Bug Fixes
• Base Game Balance Updates
• General
• Bug Fixes

The changes related to Druid are included in the third section. While not only Druid, but the other five classes also received improvements, Druid has clearly received more attention due to its long-standing underdog status:

• Pulverize: Damage increased from 150% to 175%.
• Greatstaff of the Crone: Claw, a Storm skill, cast Storm Strike at 200-350% normal damage in the past, now casts Storm Strike and Claw at the same time, and Storm Strike with 100-250% increased damage.

This change means you can now farm Diablo 4 gold faster as a Druid in combat by using two damage-boosting sources. And as base skills, Claw and Storm Strike require no resources to cast.

On the other hand, the separation of the two damage sources and their multipliers means you can now deal more consistent damage with a higher cap when casting these abilities.

While this requires you to constantly farm bosses to obtain the unique item Greatstaff of the Crone as a premise, the ultimate reward is well worth the effort. The following bosses can drop this item in Season 9:

• Varshan
• Lord Zir
• Grigoire
• Echo of Duriel
• Urivar

Stormclaw Druid Build

This build’s key strengths include speed, ease of mastery, and tankiness. It features a melee playstyle, using the damage from Claw and Storm Strike provided by Greatstaff of the Crone to quickly dash into enemies and knock them down.

Available Skills

The following skills are primarily suitable for this build:

• Grizzly Rage: Transforms you into a Dire Werebear for a short period of time, increasing your damage output and damage resistance. The longer you maintain this form, the greater the damage bonus.
• Cyclone Armor: When an enemy in melee range attacks you, the wind has a 15% chance to knock them back, reducing damage taken by 15%.
• Hurricane: Creates a destructive hurricane around you, damaging nearby enemies over 8 seconds.
• Blood Howl: Transforms you into a Werewolf and lets out a furious howl, restoring a percentage of your maximum health.
• Claw: Transforms into a Werewolf and attacks a single enemy.
• Maul: Transforms into a Werebear and unleashes a devastating melee attack on the enemy in front of you.

Best Gear

While Greatstaff of the Crone is undoubtedly essential, a Stormclaw Druid build becomes even more powerful with the following additional gear:

• Helm: Heir of Perdition / Tempest Roar
• Chest: Shroud of False Death / Mad Wolf’s Glee
• Gloves: Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast
• Pants: Dire Wolf’s Aspect
• Boots: Wildheart Hunger / Stormshifter’s Aspect
• Amulet: Aspect of the Rabid Bear
• Ring: Aspect of the Moonrise / Aspect of Adaptability

Best Spirit Boons

This mechanic allows you to unlock related passive skills by sacrificing them to animal spirits to gain their blessings. Once fully unlocked, you can also activate the final boon by Spirit Bonding with one of the four animal spirits.

To this end, we recommend prioritizing the following boons:

• Gift of the Stag - Deer: Gains 10 Spirit per second, up to a maximum of 30 Spirit.
• Avian Wrath - Eagle: Increases critical damage by 40%.
• Swooping Attacks - Eagle: Increases attack speed by 20%.
• Calamity - Wolf: Increases Ultimate Duration by 35%.
• Overload - Snake: When you utilize Storm Skills, Lightning Bolts, and Dancing Bolts to deal damage, they also deal an additional 20% poison damage over 5 seconds.

Other Useful Season 9 Druid Builds

Although Druid was unreliable before Patch 2.3.1, it’s still worth trying with the help of several other builds, including Pulverize Druid, Fleshrender Druid, and Companion Druid.

With the new Druid unique item Rotting Lightbringer added in Season 9, Pulverize Druid and Fleshrender Druid builds can deal more poison splash damage in combat.

As for Companion Druid, it can utilize many minions to help you clear Season 9 Escalating Nightmares and Horadric Strongrooms dungeons more quickly.

Thus, while Stormclaw Druid build has become more powerful, you can still choose the best build based on your needs as a Druid player. On the other hand, these Druid buffs may also mean that it will become a popular class in the middle of Season 9.

That’s all we have for this article. We hope you find it helpful and wish you the best of luck in your next Season 9 adventures!

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!

Dear wanderers, it has been two years since the release of Diablo 4 in June 2023. Since last year’s anniversary event was very lively, this year’s event is naturally not far behind.

To celebrate the second anniversary of Diablo 4, the developers launched a new Event Reliquary and returned to Mother’s Blessing Event, bringing a massive experience value boost! From June 3rd to the 17th, you will get more Diablo 4 gold and XP drops, and win new special accessories that can only be obtained in Anniversary Event Reliquary.

Here, we will take a look at what rewards this two-year anniversary event brings and talk about what we think of this reward.

Event Rewards

Anniversary Reliquary

First of all, for this anniversary reliquary, if you like accessories and like to get them for free, I think it is still worth participating. Because during the event, you can claim the entire Event Reliquary for free, or more precisely, you can get all the items for just 150,000 gold - all the items in it add up to 150,000 gold.

Unlike the recent Berserk crossover event, this event does not require players to spend any additional special currency or paid tokens. Players can unlock these cosmetic items directly using Diablo 4 gold.

To be honest, this is a rare thing in Diablo 4, because almost all cosmetic items in the game have been obtained through drops, reputation rewards, or in the in-game store using the game’s premium currency Platinum. Maybe this really breaks my stereotype that Diablo 4 developers are just looking to make money! Just kidding!

There are a total of 8 accessories for players to collect in this 2nd Anniversary Event Reliquary, but please note that if you have already obtained the following accessories, you will automatically unlock Burning Dawn Mount Armor and complete Reliquary.

• Sunflame Lantern Mount Trophy
• Burning Dawn Banner Mount Trophy
• Sunraiser Sword Cosmetic
• Sunflame Sword Two-Handed Sword Cosmetic
• Burning Barbs Polearm Cosmetic
• Burning Dawn Bow Cosmetic

Mother’s Blessing

In addition to Anniversary Reliquary, Mother’s Blessing XP and gold boost event from previous years will also return, and this time it will also bring additional rewards. In addition to receiving 35% more XP and 50% more gold during the event, players can also get additional Collection of Chaos Whisper Cache by turning in Grim Favors, which can obtain more items and materials.

If you can seize this opportunity, you may be able to overtake in Season 8 and accumulate more advantages entering the next season.

What Do You Think Of This Event?

Now that we have talked about the rewards, are the rewards of this event really worth your time?

Positive Review

First of all, I have to say that being able to exchange gold for cosmetic items is a welcome new feature. After all, the previous disastrous Berserk crossover event rewards were ridiculous, and you had to pay $25 for each cosmetic item. Many players thought that was completely unreasonable. Therefore, this change may be that the developers have finally learned a little from their past mistakes.

Hopefully, the developers will make more use of this feature in the future. Since most players probably have a lot of idle gold, it seems natural to let them actually spend it.

Negative Review

However, more disappointment is still in the rewards of this event. To be honest, season 8 was terrible for all of us, and players often expressed concerns about the lack of content in Diablo 4 and its aggressive monetization strategy. Therefore, the developers do plan to bring more content to players in this new 2nd Anniversary event, thus addressing the complaints that often appear in the community.

What they did add some mount skins and weapon skins to the Reliquary system to help players collect cosmetic elements, and hopefully continue to provide regular free content updates for their action RPG.

This update does make sense, but I don’t understand why, 2nd Anniversary should be a big celebration, a milestone for the game, but it feels the opposite. Compared to last year’s anniversary, this year feels very bland. While exchanging gold for items is better than boring goblin events or something, I still hope there will be an event that does something cool instead of just some free event-exclusive items.

For these cosmetics, if you always have a lot of extra gold accumulated, you can probably get all of them faster than I can pronounce their names. The only thing to note is that you have to claim them before June 17th, what a joke! After all, you only need a few seconds to complete the event.

Besides the cosmetics, the return of Mother’s Blessing event is probably the only good thing about this anniversary. Maybe after claiming the rewards, everything will return to the mundane regular farming, which is meaningless.

Anyway, I just wanted to share my opinion that to me this Anniversary Reliquary doesn't feel like a celebration at all, and the bland, easy-to-get cosmetics don't really add anything exciting to the game progression. What do you think of this 2nd Anniversary event? See you next time!

Diablo 4 Season 8 was released on April 29, 2025 and is expected to end in July. It will last for two or three months. In addition to updating a series of seasonal activities and boss skills, this new season also rebalances the game’s high difficulty, especially in endgame bosses.

New seasonal activities mean that players have new ways to gain experience and equipment, and new boss skills mean that players can try new ways to customize equipment.

Adjusting the difficulty of the game and rebalancing the difficulty of Lair Bosses means that the late-stage farming boss and the most effective way to farm the boss may change.

In addition, the player’s 0-60 level upgrade curve may not change much, but the time required from Torment 1 to Torment 4 may become longer. Players need more time to farm bosses repeatedly to get full unique and ancestral equipment loadouts.

Since D4 S8 has many changes and new activities compared to the previous ones, the following will introduce some tips to make player leveling and farming more convenient.

1. Get Mythic Uniques

For players who want to get Mythic Uniques in Diablo4 Season8, defeating higher-tier Lair Bosses in Torment 4 as much as possible is the best way to get a chance to open Hoards. There are some Unique Tributes that can be dropped after defeating the world boss, which gives players a chance to get Mythic Uniques after challenging Undercity.

If players do not want to increase Torment difficulty to level 1 or above, they can also get Mythic Uniques through crafting, which requires Resplendent Spark.

The following will introduce two ways to get Resplendent Spark.

The first method is to defeat the boss of Torment 1 or higher: Lilith, she has a separate boss skill to unlock, and she does not need to be included in the key rotation.

Defeating Lilith can be rewarded with Resplendent Spark, but now it will be more difficult to defeat her after the redesign.

Another method is that players can obtain Resplendent Spark by unlocking the season reputation level, and can farm enough Lair Boss to obtain Spectral Ash to upgrade the reputation of the season.

2. Obtain Boss Keys

The major changes in S8 include: remaking Torment difficult tiers, challenging Lair Boss battles, and changing the way players farm bosses. Unlike before, if players want to fight a boss, they can summon the boss directly without consuming other things.

In Torment difficulty, defeat the boss and unlock the related boss power. If you want Lair Boss Hoard, you must have a special key to get the related special items and rewards.

If the player fights low-level bosses such as Beast in the Ice, Varshan, Grigoire, or Urivar (Vessel of Hatred only), Hoards will still drop keys that can open the treasures of higher-level bosses such as Andariel, Duriel, and Harbinger of Hatred (Vessel of Hatred only).

Belial is the highest-level boss, but if you want his hoard keys, you must defeat another Lair Boss and then randomly encounter Belial in order to drop them. In addition to farming Lair Bosses to obtain uniques and boss keys, you can also get more boss keys through Tribute of Titans in Kurast Undercity.

3. Accumulate Experience And Level Up

The key to upgrading the difficulty of Torment in Diablo 4 S8 is still Pit of Artificer in Cerrigar. Players must successfully pass Pit level 10 to open Torment 1, and then farm endgame activities and items.

However, Pit is not just a farming map for increasing difficulty. Players need to farm maps and kill enemies quickly to gain experience and advance, so they can choose to accumulate experience by challenging higher-level Pit.

Players need to complete Pit challenges within a specified time in order to upgrade Glyphs and embed them in Paragon Boards.

4. Use Tribute To Farm Monsters

There is a limited-time trial in Kurast: Kurast Undercity. Players can burn Tribute to ensure that they can get specific rewards after completing the trial. However, these copies can only be challenged by players who own the Vessel of Hatred DLC. This is one of the best ways to farm Lair Boss Keys this season.

What rewards players receive depends on which Tribute is burned. For example, burning Tribute of Titans will drop Lair Boss Keys after the dungeon. Some Tributes guarantee Rune drops, some guarantee Obducite in masterworking, and some unique Tributes give players a chance to get mythic unique items and Diablo 4 Gold.

5. Get Gear And Materials With Helltides

For players, Helltides have always been a quick way to level up and get gear. Once players open Torment 1, they can use Infernal Horde Compasses. If you don’t have Infernal Horde Compasses, you can challenge Helltides and Blood Maiden to drop them.

Using these Compasses can get rich rewards, and it is also one of the best ways to get Obducite for masterworking gear. Successfully defeating enemies and completing Helltides can also earn a lot of Paragon experience.

Once players have mastered some boss skills and reached the early levels, they can quickly level up by completing Helltide activities that refresh regularly on the map and unlocking Kurast Undercity as soon as possible.

Players who own Vessel of Hatred expansion can challenge Strongholds in Nahantu after reaching level 50, so that they can reach level 60 faster. This allows players to level up quickly to the maximum level in a few hours.

6. Seasonal Activities

Season 8’s seasonal event Apparition Incursions are not very difficult. Players defeat bosses in designated areas until a spectral version of Belial appears.

Players can use these activities as a way to increase their level and gain some boss skills. The right combination of these skills may greatly improve the player’s strength.

Since Diablo 4 Season update, there have been a series of updates, which may require players to adapt. This process may be very painful, but no matter how D4 is willing to make changes, everything seems to be moving in a good direction.

Diablo 4 recently announced its 2025 roadmap, which is their update plan for 2025. In their expected plan, there will be 3 seasonal updates in 2025. Each update will add new powers and make appropriate adjustments to the game content, such as the difficulty of the boss and the content of the dungeon. In addition, there will be two collaborations with other IPs in this year’s update.

However, players are not excited about the roadmap announced by Diablo 4 company. In fact, quite a few players are disappointed.

Why Are Players Disappointed?

1. Less Content

From the published roadmap, the focus of each season is to change the power of the season, and the description of other parts is very vague. Reddit user MaiasXVI described the 2025 roadmap like this:

Season 7

• Seasonal gimmick power
• Introducing new currency and armory features, which should have been available when the game was released

Season 8

• Seasonal gimmick power
• Old bosses from Diablo III

Season 9

• Seasonal gimmick power
• Slightly updated Nightmare Dungeon
• Console KB&M Support (they should have been there at Diablo 4 launch day, too)
• More to come!

Season 10

• Seasonal gimmick power
• Stay tuned!

2026

• Stay tuned!

Overall, this roadmap is lackluster. Diablo 4 has such a long development period each season, but they never come up with something that really changes the game. They took a lot of time on insignificant stat tweaks to try to get players to waste more time leveling up or collecting Diablo 4 Gold. Players complain that Diablo 4 developers are even slower than indie developers.

2. The Roadmap Is Vague

Another reason why players are unhappy or even angry about this roadmap is that the information on this roadmap is too brief and there is not much useful information. Each season has a seasonal force, and all players know that the developers of Diablo 4 will update it this way. The information about Season 10 is the most perfunctory.

These vague contents show that the developers themselves have not figured out what new content to bring to the game, perhaps making an ending, or a leaderboard, etc.

Diablo Community Manager Lyricana Nightrayne had to respond to these arguments. He said that the content shown in the roadmap is not all the content, and the content development team of the second half of Diablo 4 in 2025 is still exploring.

This roadmap is like a new coat of paint every season. It looks very perfunctory, and there is almost no new content that can continue after the end of the season.

3. Repeated Gameplay

Each season of Diablo 4 has fallen into a similar vortex, with no refreshing content. Players in each Season are almost repeating the same things: leveling, farming gold, and looking for legendary items.

And the loot of Diablo 4 is also disappointing. The essence of Diablo 3 is that you get that dopamine rush when you see a beam of color in a pile of drops and then decide if it’s worth what you want.

But Diablo 4’s loot is all boring, generic items, like gold or ordinary quality weapons. You can’t visually identify which items are really good. You have to carefully check each loot before throwing it in the trash, and most of the time the game drops are cookie-cutter garbage.

While loot filters can reduce the monotonous garbage a little, it doesn’t make the loot exciting.

4. Inducing Consumption

A common complaint in the player community is that more and more updates in Diablo 4 tend to make players consume: $70 game, $40 expansion, $10 battle pass, and skins of more than $20.

Players predict that IP cooperation is just to launch new appearances. This model provides Diablo 4 developers with sufficient funds, and the interval between each season is also long, but they still haven’t come up with something new.

Players feel that Diablo 4 is a half-finished product, and many things have not been solved, but the developers have lost their original intention and only want to come up with a new look and induce player consumption.

Learn More: Diablo 4 Reveals Roadmap For Updates In The Next 6 Months

Mike Ybarra’s Comments

Mike Ybarra, former president of Diablo 4 company, also criticized the roadmap for not solving the core problems of the game at all. He believes that the game has been stuck in a three-month restart cycle since the release of the fourth season, and has been standing still. If they can’t get rid of this cycle, then he doesn’t know where Diablo 4 will go.

The 2025 roadmap of Diablo 4 does not solve the core problems of the game, which is why all players are disappointed. Some players think that the problem with Diablo 4 is that they don’t feel any connection with the long journey of empowering and upgrading characters. It feels like a math exercise rather than a game process.

They want changes to the novice area and the end of the game area. They come to each new area and everything feels the same, which kills any sense of immersion. Games can create many ways to improve your character, but creating a world that you can immerse yourself in is what differentiates one game from another.