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In Diablo 4, the game content of the player is simply to fight monsters, gain experience and level up, and then continue to fight monsters. Of course, the real game situation is much more complicated than this process. I believe that many players have such a consensus that when you feel that your weapon has changed and the damage to monsters is not as high as before, and you know that you should change your equipment at this time.

However, weapons and equipment are not good just because they are high in level. Players usually have to consider the type, affix and quality of items. Here is a brief introduction on how to choose your items.

Quality

In addition to the main quality, the quality in Diablo 4 also has two subqualities. You can think of the main quality as the rarity of the item.

Main Qualities

• Normal
• Magic
• Rare
• Legendary
• Unique
• Mythic Unique

Normal has no affixes, magic items have one affix, rare items have two affixes, and legendary items have three affixes and a Legendary Aspect. Unique items have four fixed affixes and unique powers and cannot be tempered or enchanted by Occultist. A Mythic Unique is similar to a unique item with the same number of affixes and unique powers, but more powerful.

Subqualities

Subqualities are less complex than the primary qualities, and there are only two types: Normal, and Ancestral. Ancestral items have a higher power limit than normal items. They also have at least one Greater Affix, and a maximum of 4 Greater Affixes. These affixes have a maximum roll multiplier of 1.5, making them the strongest affixes in the game.

If you don’t like the affixes on an item, you can reroll them at Occultist with Diablo 4 Gold and materials.

Item

Diablo IV’s item system is modular, specifically divided into these four modules:

• Inherent Physical Characteristic: Physical Characteristics included according to the item type.
• Item Affixes: Contains different numbers of affixes depending on the quality of the item.
• Legendary Aspect: Powerful bonus of legendary items, which could be stored in Codex of Power.
• Unique Power: Unique power of unique items.

Physical Characteristics

Physical Characteristics are attributes assigned to the item type. This attribute is permanent and cannot be changed. However, the higher the item level, the higher the value of Physical Characteristics will usually become.

Armor and Jewelry Fixed Characteristics:

• Amulet: +X% All Resistances
• Ring: +X% Resistance to All Elements, +X% Specific Elemental Resistance
• Helm, Chest, Gloves, Pants: Flat Armor
• Boots: flat Armor and choose one of them: Max Evade Charge(s)/Evade Grants X% Movement Speed1.5 Seconds/Attacks Reduce Evade’s Cooldown by 1.0 Seconds

Weapon Fixed Characteristics

• Ax (1H/2H): +X% Damage Over Time
• Bow: +X% Critical Strike Damage
• Dagger: +X% Damage to Close Enemies
• Crossbow: +X% Vulnerable Damage
• Mace (1H/2H): +X% Overpower Damage
• Polearm +X% Vulnerable Damage
• Scythe (1H/2H): +X% Summoning Damage
• Staff: +X% Damage Over Time
• Sword (1H/2H): +X% Critical Strike Damage
• Wand: +X% Vulnerable Damage

Off-hand Fixed Characteristics

• Focus: +X% Lucky Hit Chance
• Shield: Flat Armor, +20% Block Chance, + [25-45]% Blocked Damage Reduction, +80% Main Hand Weapon Damage, +Thorns
• Totem: +X% Lucky Hit Chance

Weapons

Although there are nearly 20 weapons in the game, not all classes can use them. Each class has its own weapons.

• Barbarian: 1H Axe, 2H Axe, 1H Mace, 2H Mace, Polearm, 1H Sword, 2H Sword
• Druid: 1H Axe, 2H Axe, Dagger, 1H Mace, 2H Mace, Polearm, Staff, 1H Sword, Totem
• Necromancer: 1H Axe, 2H Axe, Dagger, 1H Mace, 2H Mace, 1H Scythe, 2 H Scythe, 1H Sword, 2H Sword, Wand, Focus, Shield
• Rogue: Bow, Crossbow, Dagger, 1H Sword
• Sorcerer: Dagger, 1H Mace, Staff, 1H Sword, Wand, Focus
• Spiritborn: Glaive, Polearm, Quarterstaff

Combining Physical Characteristics of weapons and equipment, you can know how you should choose weapons based on Physical Characteristics you need. If you like to knock out enemies with Critical Strike, then maybe Sword is more suitable for you.

Affixes

Affixes only appear on Magic, Rare, Legendary, and Unique items. Although there are a lot of affixes, they are not always useful for your class.

When the player level reaches 15, you will automatically receive the quest “Tempering,” and after completing the quest, you can obtain Temper Manuals. Temper Manuals allows players to add Temper affixes to legendary and rare items to customize their equipment. Each item has a maximum of 2 slots for two Temper affixes.

Adding affixes to items requires a certain amount of resources. You can enter Diablo 4 Items Giveaways In IGGM Discord to participate in the lottery event in this channel to replenish resources.

Here are the number of affixes each item can gain:

• Magic Item: 1
• Rare Item: 3 + 2 Tempered Affixes
• Legendary Item: 4 + 2 Tempered Affix + 1 Legendary Aspect
• Ancestral Legendary Item: 4 (1 Greater Affix) + 2 Tempered Affixes + 1 Legendary Aspect
• Unique Item: 4 Preset Affixes + 1 Unique Power
• Ancestral Unique Item: 4 Preset Affixes (1 Greater Affix) + 1 Unique Power
• Ancestral Mythic Unique Item: 4 Preset Affixes (1 Greater Affix) + 1 Mythic Unique Power

Legendary Aspects

Legendary Aspects are special affixes that appear on Legendary items. Once you gain them, they are saved in your Codex of Power.

There are two ways to gain Legendary Aspects. One is to collect Legendary Aspects from other Legendary Items, and the other is to obtain them through dungeons. However, please note that when you collect a Legendary Aspect from a Legendary Item, Legendary Item will be destroyed.

Legendary Aspects are divided into five categories: Defensive, Offensive, Resource, Utility, and Mobility. Different equipment can only accept certain types of Legendary Aspects.

You can use gold to assign Legendary Aspects to rare or legendary items at Occultist, but this method cannot make rare items legendary. Its number of affixes remains unchanged.

Repair

Each time the player dies, the durability of the equipment will decrease by 10%, which can be repaired at the blacksmith with gold.

The above is the basic content about how to choose equipment in Diablo 4. Diablo 4’s forging system is relatively complex. If you want to create the strongest build, you must have a full understanding of this system.

Have you noticed that when you re-roll gear in Diablo 4, you tend to get the same result? Or are certain Affixes more common on certain parts, such as crit chance on gloves?

This is because Affixes are specific to certain items and are weighted to have fresh chances of appearing. So stop wasting your Diablo 4 Gold. I’ll walk through each item type to give you the details. This way we have a better understanding of how enchanting works and how the game categorizes them.

Category Of Affixes

Similar Affixes can belong to the category of “family.” An example is Potion Capacity and Potion Drop Rate are indicated by scroll icons in this figure. You can only get 1 Affixes from a family on any piece of equipment. 

Let’s say you’re trying to stack Dodge chance. You can’t get a Dodge chance on your pants and a Dodge chance on a close enemy because they are from the same family.

However, you can pick up another Dodge chance Affix on your boots. It will effectively let you build your character in the direction you want. Some Affixes fall into another category called Priority, represented by a skull icon.

Priority Affixes

When re-rolling gear, the game checks to see if you already have priority Affixes. If not, the algorithm will force one to be generated in the next volume. This can create a very frustrating situation where you get the same Affixes repeatedly. 

That said, you can still get multiple priority Affixes, but this can only happen when dropped. Once you have a priority Affixes, Occultist will never roll a second, third or similar Affixes again.

Keep this in mind, because if you want to get multiple priority Affixes on that Diablo 4 Items, you’ll need to hunt for the drop. Next, you can click the cross icon on any Affixes you want to get. Remember again that you cannot have two Affixes from the same family or two priority Affixes.

This will show your odds and expected gold and resource costs. Remember, these are just odds, it could show that you need thirty-two and you get it the second time around. For someone else, it might take sixty tries. These odds are just to help you make a more informed decision on whether it’s worth re-rolling your gear for something better.

How To Increase The Chance Of Enchanting Equipment?

Now, you’re probably thinking about how to get Affixes you want based on what I just showed you, and how you can use that information to your advantage. But I’ll go a step further and show you how to use this to increase your chances of enchanting gear.

The first method works if you haven’t prioritized Affixes yet. Like I said before, when you re-scroll, the algorithm will enforce priority Affixes in this case.

For example, your Rogue has a ring with Critical Strike damage, Vulnerable damage, and Poison damage. But none of these Affixes are priority. Since there can only be one priority Affixes on the ring, this means you have a 100% chance of getting a critical chance instead of Imbued skill damage. The latter has only a 4% chance.

The second way to increase your odds is to select as many stats as you want. Here we have a Druid with Two-Handed Maces, Overpower damage, Critical Strike damage, Vulnerable damage, and all stats with Werebear skills.

If we want to re-roll all stats. Ideally, his core would be damaged, but that’s only a 5.8% chance. You can get stuck thinking it has to be the exact stat you want. But in this case, Overpower damage and Critical Strike damage on Earth skill are almost as good as the core damage on my Pulverize Werebear.

That’s all there is to it. Remember, don’t get distracted by Affixes on top of items, as well as any Legendary Aspects. Because we cannot re-roll them. Hope this guide helps you with everything you need to enchant gear like a pro!