Diablo 4 Necromancer Build – Fate Lancer (LvL 70+): In this Diablo 4 Necromancer Build, I’ll show you how to play a LvL 70+ Fate Lancer Necromancer that’s aimed at World Tier 4. If you’re looking for a Build that focuses on the use of the Blood Lance Ability, then this Diablo 4 Fate Lancer Necromancer Build Guide is for you!

Diablo 4 Blood Necromancer Build – Fate Lancer (LvL 70+)

So just a quick recap on Blood Lance in case you didn’t see the other Diablo IV Builds. This is a Blood Skill that throws at range and sticks into an enemy. And then for every subsequent target you use Blood Lance on, deals damage to the original enemy hit and any others that you attack with it. So you’re able to chain targets together, hitting a wider range of groups. Although, you only have  3 seconds from the time you hit the first enemy with Blood Lance for all the other targets that you attack in order to deal additional damage to that first target.

Because of this, Attack Speed becomes important so that you can get those Blood Lances into enemies quickly. In combination with the Supernatural Blood Lance upgrade, you Overpower on every 6th cast of this Core Skill. And since Patch 1.0.3, you’re able to trigger it 25% more often from the 8th to the 6th cast. What’s really great about Attack Speed is it allows you to get that Overpower Attack fast, letting you get a lot of Overpowers with this Fate Lancer Diablo 4 Necromancer Build. 

Another way to activate this is through the Key Passive known as Rathma’s Vigor, which was also buffed in the latest patch. You’re now going to get a guaranteed Overpower Attack every 12 seconds that you remain Healthy instead of every 15 seconds. Chaining enemies together while dealing huge Overpower Damage against them is what you’re aiming for here. However, Overpower doesn’t take advantage of your Critical Strike Damage. It has a Critical Strike Multiplier of 0% natively, no matter what your Critical Strike is, and Vulnerable Damage doesn’t seem to be applied either. This means that both damage types aren’t particularly useful when you Overpower.

But remember that you’re not Overpowering on every attack so when you don’t, then you’ll benefit from dealing Critical Strike Damage and Vulnerable Damage. So there’s a balance between these damage types based on what your gear is. If you don’t have high Attack Speed or all the aspects for this D4 Necro Build, then landing crits and dealing more Vulnerable Damage are both going to play a larger role to compensate for your Overpower Damage.

Diablo 4 Blood Necromancer Build – Fate Lancer (LvL 70+)

Once you hit Tier IV you’ll want to start thinking about min/maxing to get the most out of your Build, and that starts with Skills. Thanks to Paragon Boards and to the increased Equipment affixes, you’ll be able to bypass most of the restrictions you previously faced while leveling up. I also won’t get too deep into Skills, as you most probably know how they work by now.

Book of the Dead

• Skeletal Warriors – Sacrificed Skirmisher to increase Critical Strike Chance.
• Skeletal Mages – Sacrificed Bone to raise Overpower Damage.
• Golems – Sacrificed Bone to gain increased Attack Speed.

Diablo 4 Blood Necromancer Build: Equipment, Gems, and Aspects

Equipment is the most important part of any Endgame Build, and It’s important to understand that it’s a long-term goal. You won’t have all Paragon Boards available right away, and getting all uniques will probably take a lot of farming, so try to use Legendary Aspects to adjust to your needs while you farm levels and better gear.

Legendary Aspects and Unique Powers

I’ll divide the Equipment into different slots, so it’s easier to understand what you should be using and what affixes you should be looking for. Remember that unique equipment has fixed affixes and powers, so if you are using one, you might need to re-slot a Legendary Aspect into a different piece.

Another important thing to notice is that, when looking for stats, you’ll want to make sure you are fulfilling your Paragon Rare Node requirements. Some rare nodes have very high requirements, and equipment is what allows you to fulfill them. These bonuses often double the rare node effect so, for example, getting an Equipment piece with +100 Dexterity might unlock one or more Node bonuses, giving you a massive bonus as a result.

Helm

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of the Protector: This gives you a damage shield upon facing an Elite or Boss. The Aspect of the Protector is a standard Defensive Aspect.

Affixes

• +Maximum Essence
• +All Stats
• +Maximum Life
• +Total Armor

It’ll also be good to get Cooldown Reduction here instead of All Stats.

Chest Armor

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Explosive Mist: This makes it so that Blood Mist triggers Corpse Explosion on surrounding Corpses, thereby dealing damage and giving your resources back via Grim Harvest. It also reduces the cooldown of Blood Mist, which is nice. The Aspect of Explosive Mist is a lot better if you’re using Black River because you can detonate up to 5 Corpses with each Corpse Explosion dealing a lot more damage. Plus, you’ll improve your resource gain.

Affixes

• +Maximum Life
• +Blood Skill Damage
• Damage Reduction while Fortified
• Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies

If you have a lot of Damage Reduction on your Chest Armor, you could probably use the Temerity Unique Item on your Legs. 

Gloves

Legendary Aspect

Blood Seeker’s Aspect: This increases your damage to the original target by up to 25% for each additional enemy. And so the damage on your first target really ramps up.

Affixes

• +Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Heal X Life
• +Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore X Primary Resource
• +Lucky Hit: Up to an X Chance to Immobilize
• +Lucky Hit: Up to an X Chance to Daze

The other affixes you can look out for when wearing custom Gloves include Ranks of Blood Lance, Attack Speed, and Critical Strike Chance.

Unique Equipment

Fists of Fate: This is a good Unique Item to have because of its Lucky Hit affixes. By remaining Healthier, you boost your damage, plus, your Essence will be topped up. You also have Lucky Hit to Immobilize and Daze enemies so they won’t be able to attack you and Damage to CCed targets apply to both of these. But the best part of Fists of Fate is its core ability where your attacks randomly deal 1% to 300% of your normal damage when you attack so this is great if you have a high roll of 290%+. And since Blood Lance throws rapidly, you’re going to be all over the place. Some hits will be low but some of them will be high so you’ll most likely come out ahead more often than not. When Fists of Fate triggers on an Overpower, it’s going to wipe out everything on the screen.

OR

Frostburn: What I like about Frostburn is it has Critical Strike Chance, and its Lucky Hit triggers on Freezing enemies. When you hit chained targets, the damage will be dealt to each and every one of them before giving you a Lucky Hit Chance to Freeze them as well. This damage can be boosted particularly if you’re using the Control Glyph, which we have for this Fate Lancer D4 Necromancer Build. 

Pants

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Disobedience: This increases your Armor for every damage you deal, stacking up to 50%. The Aspect of Disobedience is pretty rough for this Fate Lancer Diablo IV Necro Build because you don’t spread damage around as much unless you’re using Black River and Corpse Explosive to hit 10 things at once. However, it’s still good for protecting you. 

Affixes

• +Maximum Life
• +Ranks of Corpse Explosion
• Damage Reduction while Fortified
• Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies

If you’re not using Black River, you should consider getting Ranks of Blood Mist instead of Corpse Explosion to make Blood Mist have a faster cooldown.

Unique Equipment

Temerity: This gives you a Barrier from all the overhealing you get.

Boots

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Shared Misery: Upon attacking a CCed enemy, you have a Lucky Hit with up to a 50% chance to make impair another unaffected target. The Aspect of Shared Misery is really good, especially if you’re using Frostburn because you’ll Freeze everything. 

Affixes

• +Movement Speed
• +Movement Speed for 4 Seconds After Killing an Elite
• Essence Cost Reduction
• +Strength

Movement Speed is good here since you don’t move quickly as a Necromancer.

One-Handed Weapon

Legendary Aspect

Accelerating Aspect: This makes it so that Critical Strikes with Core Skills, in this case, Blood Lance, increase your Attack Speed by up to 25%. Again, Attack Speed is essential for this Fate Lancer D4 Necromancer Build. 

Affixes

• +Damage to Slowed Enemies
• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Intelligence
• +Overpower Damage

For your One-Handed Weapon, you’re better off using a Scythe to gain the Life On Kill affix as it lets you tank through a lot of enemies while you’re just sitting there flinging Blood Lances and you end up topping up your Health.  

Unique Equipment

Black River: If you have this Weapon, you can replace the Aspect of Potent Blood with the Accelerating Aspect. Black River detonates many Corpses at the same time, allowing you to factor Corpse Explosion more into this Diablo IV Necro Build. 

Offhand Weapon

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Grasping Veins: It boosts your Critical Strike Chance by up to 20% when you use Corpse Tendrils for 6 seconds. You might be wondering why this Stat is good when I mentioned earlier that it’s not particularly ideal for Overpower Attacks. But that’s because you also gain up to 60% bonus Critical Strike Damage to enemies damaged by Corpse Tendrils. And for whatever reason, the game actually adds this bonus damage to Overpower. So when you Overpower enemies that are also damaged by Corpse Tendrils, you’re going to get the extra Crit Damage boost, which is massive since this is an Overpower Crit. As such, you might also want to consider imprinting the Aspect of Grasping Veins to your Amulet as an alternative. 

Affixes

• Cooldown Reduction
• +Critical Strike Chance
• +Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Heal X Life
• +Life On Kill

I’ve chosen a Focus as my Offhand Weapon instead of a Shield so that I can slot another Offensive Aspect, which I won’t be able to do if I were to equip a Two-Handed Weapon. Also, Cooldown Reduction is nice for Corpse Tendrils, Blood Mist, and Bone Prison. Now if you have a 40% Critical Strike Chance and you use Corpse Tendrils, you get 20% from the Aspect of Grasping Veins, making it so that you’re 60% more likely to crit. Additionally, anything that gives you Resource Generation, Lucky Hit to provide you with more Essence, and Overpower Damage are also good choices here. 

Amulet

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Hungry Blood: This makes it so that when Blood Lance hits an enemy that’s already been lanced, it has up to a 30% chance to fire another Blood Lance at a nearby enemy since it’s imprinted on an Amulet. But normally, the chance would be 20%. The Aspect of Hungry Blood is very important because it’s going to get you 1 out of every 3 casts or free lances into other targets. As such, the damage will spread around and you’ll end up increasing the damage you deal to that original target due to the higher number of enemies you’ll hit. 

Affixes

• Essence Cost Reduction
• +Blood Skill Damage
• +Ranks of the Death’s Reach Passive
• Cooldown Reduction

Essence Cost Reduction is probably the most important affix on your Amulet because you need to reduce the cost of Blood Lance since you fling it so fast with this Diablo IV Necromancer Build – Fate Lancer. Ideally, you’re going to tear through your Essence so if you don’t lower the cost of Blood Lance by 3-5 resources, you’re going to run out of it very quickly. Meanwhile, the Death’s Reach passive increases your damage to distant enemies. 

First Ring

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Rathma’s Chosen: This makes it so that when your Blood Skills Overpower, you gain up to a 50% Attack Speed Bonus for 4 seconds and this raises the speed at which you cast Corpse Explosion and fling your Blood Lances. For instance, if you throw your first lance into an Elite and then all your lances into other enemies, it’s going to ramp up your damage really quickly. Doing so will give you the extra Overpower for every 6 casts.

Affixes

• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Fortify Generation
• +Critical Strike Chance
• +Maximum Life

Ideally though, Vulnerable Damage probably wouldn’t be on this Ring if you’re talking about optimization because you don’t really want to focus on this damage type. Fortified Generation is fantastic though as you deal more Overpowered Damage while Fortified. Maximum Life keeps you alive while also improving your Overpower Damage. 

Second Ring

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Potent Blood: While you’re at full Life, Blood Orbs give you up to 20 extra Essence. What I find good about this is that you tend to be out of Essence at the end of a battle but there will be Blood Orbs left behind. You can just collect them real quick to top you off instead of having to sit there and spam Corpse Explosion. And while you’re in combat, you’ll simply have to move around to gain more Essence. 

OR

Aspect of the Umbral: This is a good alternative to gaining Essence since this Diablo IV Necro Build – Fate Lancer does quite a bit of crowd control. 

Affixes

• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Critical Strike Chance
• +Maximum Life
• +Damage to Stunned Enemies

Gems

For gems, you’ll want to slot:

• Weapon: Rubies to deal additional Overpower Damage.
• Armor: Rubies to boost your Maximum Life and deal more Overpower Damage.
• Jewelry: Skulls to boost your Defense value.

Paragon and Glyphs for the Necromancer Build

When it comes to Paragon Boards, we are mainly going to aim for Rare Nodes that increase our damage output, as well as Glyphs that synergize with our Build. Please note that the order in which I get the Nodes is just a general guideline, and you can adjust it to your current needs.

First Paragon Board – Base

For your first Paragon Board, you’ll want to slot the Essence Glyph to increase your overall Critical Strike Damage. If you meet the requirements, you deal additional Critical Strike Damage to enemies that aren’t Healthy. Again, if you don’t have all the Overpower Damage, aspects, and tons of Paragon points, then Essence is a good Glyph to start out with but you’ll probably replace this later on.

Second Paragon Board – Bloodbath

For your second Paragon Board, you’re going to take Bloodbath and there are a couple of reasons for that. First are the good Rare Nodes that are available to you, and one of them is Powerhouse. This increases your damage while Healthy while also raising your Overpower Damage. There are a lot of clusters around it that further boost your Overpower Damage. Next, you have Thick Hide and Hardened to give you more damage while Fortified, which is great because you’ll constantly be Fortified with this Fate Lancer Diablo 4 Necromancer Build. It’ll also provide you with Maximum Life to keep you alive and boost your Overpower Damage further.

Lastly, you’re going to want to slot the Blood-drinker Glyph to give you a bonus to all Magic Nodes within range. This is ok but not very good for this D4 Necro Build but what you’re really after is the additional bonus, which makes it so that Blood Orbs Fortify you for 7% of your Maximum Life. When you have tons of Maximum Life, you’ll become Fortified quickly, allowing you to deal more Overpower Damage. You’ll also gain damage reduction from your Armor.

Third Paragon Board – Blood Begets Blood

There are a few good nodes for the Blood Begets Blood Tree like Invigorated and Aggression. Invigorated gives you +20% damage for 8 seconds after picking up a Blood Orb and it raises your damage while Healthy. Meanwhile, Aggression gives you 60% Overpower Damage. Now if you meet the bonus requirement, you gain an additional 10% damage, and it even has a lot of extra Overpower Damage nodes around it. 

For the Glyph, you’re going to use Dominate to amplify your Overpower Damage for each 5 Willpower you have so you want to make sure to get more of this attribute as possible. When you Overpower against an enemy, all damage they take from you is increased for 5 seconds so you’ll be able to deal more damage. 

Fourth Paragon Board – Bone Graft

What you’ll mainly want for the Bone Graft Board is the Rare Node cluster around Reinvigorate to give you Maximum Essence and Essence On Kill. So when you kill enemies with Blood Lance, you can get half the cost of your Blood Lance back if you’ve also managed to get some Essence Cost Reduction.

We’ve also taken the glyph socket here to place the Control Glyph. If you’re using Frostburn or Fists of Fate as well as Corpse Tendrils, you’ll CC enemies quite regularly. 

Final Tips

The other 2 Glyphs that are really good for this Diablo 4 Necromancer Build – Fate Lancer that I’ll probably swap in are Imbiber and Undaunted. Imbiber makes it so that for every 5 Willpower purchase, you have increased damage while Healthy, and you’re constantly Healthy. This is over 80% Health because you have so much healing and damage reduction. And so, you’re going to receive a flat upgrade to your damage. Imbiber is probably better than Control because of the similar damage potential and you won’t have to worry if the target is CCed or not. But remember that Bone Graft doesn’t have a lot of Willpower near the glyph socket. What’s more, is that you gain 30% increased Potion Healing as part of the bonus requirements.

On the other hand, Undaunted increases your damage and damage reduction while Fortified. If you meet the bonus requirement, you’re Fortified constantly with this Diablo IV Necro Build. We have so many passives that affect the way you gain Fortify. Willpower is rough to select and any other board than the one we have the Dominate Glyph in so Intelligence unfortunately works better at the moment.

So that wraps up my Fate Lancer Diablo 4 Necromancer Build. Once you set it up and understand the mechanics of Overpower a bit more, you’ll be able to figure out where to get the damage from. There are several options, particularly if you like Freezing enemies. 

Stay tuned for more Diablo 4 Builds in World Tier 4 as we continue our 70+ Build Guides. Be sure to check out our Diablo 4 Wiki for any other questions you have about the game and the Builds page if you are looking for more Diablo IV Builds, as well as our Ultimate Beginner Guide and All Classes Overview if you are looking for more Diablo 4 content!

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Diablo 4 Druid Build – Howling Tempest (LvL 70+): In this Diablo 4 Druid Build, I’ll show you how to play a LvL 70+ Howling Tempest Druid that’s aimed at World Tier 4. If you’re looking for a Build that combines the Tempest and Howl Storm Builds that I did for World Tier 3, then this Diablo 4 Howling Tempest Druid Build Guide is for you!

Diablo 4 Druid Build – Howling Tempest (LvL 70+)

Both the Tempest and Howl Storm Builds focused on the use of Lightning Storm to deal damage. Now in the Howl Storm Diablo 4 Druid Build, I not only set Poison on enemies in order to gain increased Critical Strike Damage but also to help take damage off of them. Here, we’ve sort of altered away from that in favor of other strategies, but the general concept is the same. 

We’re still going to spam Lightning Storm to annihilate everything that’s on the screen, especially since it got buffed in the last Patch 1.0.3. So the duration in which the amount of Lightning Bolts that come out has been increased from 4 to 6 seconds. This gives you a 6-second winder in between casts to get the maximum bolts out. Additionally, on the Primal Lightning Storm upgrade, the Immobilize chance has been raised from 8 to 12%, which is fantastic because you do increased damage to Immobilized targets due to a lot of passive that Lightning Druids have.

Another obviously notable passives is the Perfect Storm Key Passive. This makes is so that storm skills grant one spirit and even deal increased damage against Vulnerable, Immobilized, or slowed enemies. Bad Omen is also another great pick, since on Lucky Hit you have up to a 30% chance to deal even more lightning damage to these crowd-controlled enemies. 

The Electric Shock passive will help trigger immobilize whenever you deal lightning damage. If a target is already immobilized when this procs, then it will deal even more damage to that target. Our second Paragon Board, Constricting Tendrils, features a Legendary Node that further gives all Nature Magic skills a chance to entangle enemies in vines, effectively immobilizing them for two seconds and dealing poison damage. Lastly, the Poison Creeper can be activated to manually immobilize and poison enemies. As we’re taking the Packleader Spirit Boon, any critical hits we do will also have a chance to reset any Companion Skill cooldowns, giving us more opportunities to reapply Poison Creeper’s immobilize. 

We also make use of Blood Howl and Innate Blood Howl to help manage our Life and Spirit resources. You can potentially enhance this ability by making use of the Nighthowler’s Aspect which we will discuss later on. Last is Debilitating Roar, which we only make use of in conjunction with the Aspect of the Dark Howl which immobilizes poisoned enemies.

Diablo 4 Druid Build – Howling Tempest (LvL 70+)

Once you hit Tier IV you’ll want to start thinking about min/maxing to get the most out of your Build, and that starts with Skills. Thanks to Paragon Boards and to the increased Equipment affixes, you’ll be able to bypass most of the restrictions you previously faced while leveling up. I also won’t get too deep into Skills, as you most probably know how they work by now.

Spirit Boons

• Wariness – Take 10% reduced damage from Elites.
• Packleader – Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes have up to a 20% chance to reset the Cooldowns of your Companion Skills.
• Overload – Lucky Hit: Dealing Lightning damage has up to a 20% chance to cause the target to emit a static discharge, dealing X Lightning damage to surrounding enemies.

Diablo 4 Druid Build: Equipment, Gems, and Aspects

Equipment is the most important part of any Endgame Build, and It’s important to understand that it’s a long-term goal. You won’t have all Paragon Boards available right away, and getting all uniques will probably take a lot of farming, so try to use Legendary Aspects to adjust to your needs while you farm levels and better gear.

Legendary Aspects and Unique Powers

I’ll divide the Equipment into different slots, so it’s easier to understand what you should be using and what affixes you should be looking for. Remember that unique equipment has fixed affixes and powers, so if you are using one, you might need to re-slot a Legendary Aspect into a different piece.

Another important thing to notice is that, when looking for stats, you’ll want to make sure you are fulfilling your Paragon Rare Node requirements. Some rare nodes have very high requirements, and equipment is what allows you to fulfill them. These bonuses often double the rare node effect so, for example, getting an Equipment piece with +100 Dexterity might unlock one or more Node bonuses, giving you a massive bonus as a result.

Helm

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Disobedience: We take this Aspect to further increase the armor we have to make us much tankier.

Affixes

• Cooldown Reduction
• +Ranks of Poison Creeper
• +Maximum Life
• +Total Armor

Chest Armor

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Shared Misery: This makes it so when you crowd control an enemy, you have up to a 50% Lucky Hit chance to spread the debuff to another enemy that’s unaffected by crowd control. Essentially, this will mean that you immobilize more enemies, which increases your damage against them and increases your resource gain. 

Affixes

• +Intelligence
• Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies
• +Ranks of Blood Howl
• Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Poisoned

Gloves

Legendary Aspect

Runework’s Conduit Aspect: This makes it so that critical strikes with Storm Skills make the air around you charged up, which casts damaging lightning bolts periodically. Just like the Lightning Dancer’s Aspect below, you’ll want to keep upgrading this Aspect for its damage. The duration on it isn’t super important, because you can keep extending it with Critical Strikes. Because Lightning Storm hits so many enemies, and because of our high Critical Strike Chance, you’re going to be able to keep extending this indefinitely. 

– OR – 

Nighthowler’s Aspect: This is an alternative aspect that we can use if you don’t want to equip the Runework’s Conduit. It makes Blood Howl increase Critical Strike Chance in addition to its effects. The skill also affects nearby Companions and Players. 

Affixes

• Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Heal X Life
• +Attack Speed
• Storm Skill Cooldown Reduction
• +Critical Strike Chance

Pants

Legendary Aspect

Protecting Aspect: This summons a bubble whenever you get hit when not Healthy once every 90 seconds. This is great because you get to stand inside that bubble, take no damage and can freely cast spells.  You don’t need to worry about anything such as dodging hazards. 

Affixes

• +Dodge Chance Against Close Enemies
• +Total Armor
• +Maximum Life
• Damage Reduction from Close Enemies

Boots

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of the Dark Howl: This converts Debilitating Roar into a Werewolf Skill and gives it a secondary effect that immobilizes poisoned enemies for up to four seconds. The aspect is great because of Poison Creeper. Once that skill’s immobilization wears off, you can retrigger another round of immobilize with Debilitating Roar. 

Affixes

• +Dodge Chance
• Spirit Cost Reduction
• +Dexterity
• +Lightning Resistance

Two-Handed Weapon

Legendary Aspect

Lightning Dancer’s Aspect: This the most important Legendary Aspect of the build, and should be placed on a Two Handed Weapon, specifically a Staff which adds damage to crowd controlled enemies, to maximize its effect. This makes it so that any Critical Strikes from Lightning Storm will spawn 3 smaller dancing bolts that will seek out enemies and deal even more Lightning Damage. However, this is one of those Aspects that you will need to keep upgrading throughout your journey. As your level goes higher, and you pass through Sacred and Ancestral quality aspects, the damage from Lightning Dancer will keep increasing.

Affixes

• +All Stats
• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Core Skill Damage
• +Willpower

Amulet

Legendary Aspect

Accelerating Aspect: This is just a means to further increase your attack speed. Critically Striking with your Core Skill, Lightning Storm, will be extremely reliable. The faster you can cast Lightning Storm, the faster things die, and this will be greatly enhanced with this Aspect’s Attack Speed bonus.

Affixes

• Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies
• +Ranks of the Envenom Passive
• +Damage while in Human Form
• Damage Reduction from Close Enemies

First Ring

Legendary Aspect

Smiting Aspect: Both of the components of this aspect are really important. First, you get increased Critical Strike Chance against enemies below 35% health, making finishing them off much, much easier. The second part of this skill makes it so that you have 40% increased Crowd Control Duration whenever you are Healthy. Doing so will keep enemies Immobilized longer, meaning you damage them more and more. 

Affixes

• +Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Overpower Damage
• +Critical Strike Chance

Second Ring

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of the Umbral: This works extremely well with the number of sources of Crowd Control you have at your disposal. Aspect of the Umbral restores a small portion of your Spirit whenever you Immobilize a target, which we will do so regularly, whether via Poison Creeper, or just by dealing Lightning Damage. This is one of the best ways to alleviate the Druid’s Spirit management problems. 

Affixes

• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
• +Critical Strike Damage
• +Lucky Hit Chance

Gems

For gems, you’ll want to slot:

• Weapon: Emeralds to increase Critical Strike Damage against Vulnerable enemies.
• Armor: Topaz to reduce the damage taken when CCed and Rubies to boost your Maximum Life.
• Jewelry: Skulls to boost your Defense value.

Paragon and Glyphs for the Druid Build

When it comes to Paragon Boards, we are mainly going to aim for Rare Nodes that increase our damage output, as well as Glyphs that synergize with our Build. Please note that the order in which I get the Nodes is just a general guideline, and you can adjust it to your current needs.

First Paragon Board – Base

The first Glyph you’ll want to slot on your Base Board here is the Exploit Glyph. This makes it so that whenever you damage enemies, they become Vulnerable for three seconds. It also increases your Vulnerable Damage. Exploit gives a huge boost to this build’s damage, because Lightning Storm constantly makes things on the entire screen Vulnerable.

Second Paragon Board – Constricting Tendrils

For your Second Paragon Board, you’re going to take Constricting Tendrils as mentioned earlier. This makes it so that all of your Nature Magic Skills have a chance to immobilize targets and poison them as well. Since we’re also using the Envenom passive, all Critical Strike Damage against poisoned enemies will be greatly enhanced. 

The Glyph we’ll be placing here is Spirit, which further boosts the Critical Strike Damage of our Core Skill, Lightning Storm. Its secondary effect also gives Critical Strikes a ramping debuff that makes enemies take up to 12% increased damage from us for 20 seconds. 

Last on the Second Board are two really good rare nodes. You will want to get Devastation and Nature’s Will as soon as possible as both drastically increase our Nature Magic Skill Damage. Devastation, in particular, also increases our Damage to Elites. 

Third Paragon Board – Ancestral Guidance

So then you’ll move on to Ancestral Guidance for our third Paragon Board. The Legendary Node on this board makes it so that after spending 75 Spirit, you deal 30% increased damage for 5 seconds. While the Node by itself is already extremely powerful, we are actually after the rare Reclamation node and the magic nodes around it. Reclamation and the nodes directly around it increase your Maximum Spirit and also grant you Spirit on Kill. These two are huge for this build, as they really help you generate a lot of Spirit. I would even go as far as recommend that you take Ancestral Guidance for your second Paragon Board in case you don’t have enough points to get to these nodes. 

The next Glyph we’re using is Human. This increases the damage you do while in Human form, but also decreases the damage you take while in this form. While you do change into a Werewolf briefly to use two skills, you immediately shift back to Human form to cast your Lightning Storm. 

Final Tips

This build absolutely destroys. It is extremely strong and satisfying, particularly when there are lots of enemies on the screen and there’s lightning bolts going everywhere. It is tons and tons of fun to play, and for those of you that would look great looking for an upgrade to The Tempest build, here you go.

Be sure to check out our Diablo 4 Wiki for any other questions you have about the game and the Builds page if you are looking for more Diablo IV Builds, as well as our Ultimate Beginner Guide and All Classes Overview if you are looking for more Diablo 4 content!

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Diablo 4 Solo Necromancer Build – Grim Reaper: In this Diablo 4 Necromancer Build, I’ll show you how to play a LvL 70+ Grim Reaper Necromancer that’s aimed at World Tier 4, and is an evolution of our Reaper Build from World Tier 3. If you’re looking for a Build that absolutely demolishes enemies with Shadow Damage, then this Diablo 4 Grim Reaper Necromancer Build Guide is for you!

Diablo 4 Solo Necromancer Build – Grim Reaper

So the general strategy with this Diablo IV Build is to continue to use the Blighted Corpse Explosion upgrade to put Shadow Damage Over Time (DoT) on enemies. This will then be stacked to trigger the Shadowblight Key Passive to deal a ton of damage that will hit like a truck. For your Core Skill, you’ll make use of Sever to deal damage to a target as well as the others who get caught in the path of your Scythe as you throw it out. And for every 4th cast, this applies Vulnerable on them.

There are a few reasons why Sever is the better Core Skill over Blight. Blight does Shadow Damage and Shadow DoT, and you can even get the Aspect of the Void to pull enemies in. However, there are some things that Sever does for you that Blight doesn’t. First, you get burst damage. Blight is pretty much DoT or alternating with Corpse Explosion. And when you’re talking about clear speed, you want things to die quickly so getting burst in there is really nice. Second, it has an exceptional range and attacks faster. As such, you can clip through multiple targets, especially those who are buffing the other enemies to make them damage resistant. 

What’s more, is the Vulnerable Damage that Sever does. Ideally, you would have this Stat on both of your Rings and Weapon if you’re not using Black River for this D4 Necro Build to make the most of the applied Vulnerability. And at some point, you’ll be using the Exploit Glyph to further boost your Vulnerable Damage.

The general strategy for most fights is to walk in and use Reap, particularly taking advantage of the Acolyte’s Reap modifier, in order to drop a Corpse. And then you’re going to hit Corpse Tendrils to pull enemies, Stun them, and apply the Vulnerable effect. When they’re all grouped up, you’re going to attack them with Sever until they start dying. Once Corpses are on the ground, you’ll use Corpse Explosion to put more DoTs on those who are still alive while reapplying Vulnerable while they’re standing in those AoE puddles.  

Finally, I’m using Blood Mist for this Diablo 4 Solo Necromancer Build. Not only does it give you a way to get out of bad situations by making the Grim Reaper Immune, but you can also use it to kite enemies. 

Diablo 4 Solo Necromancer Build – Grim Reaper

Once you hit Tier IV you’ll want to start thinking about min/maxing to get the most out of your Build, and that starts with Skills. Thanks to Paragon Boards and to the increased Equipment affixes, you’ll be able to bypass most of the restrictions you previously faced while leveling up. I also won’t get too deep into Skills, as you most probably know how they work by now.

Book of the Dead / Unique Specialization

• Skeletal Warriors – Sacrificed Reaper for more Shadow Damage.
• Skeletal Mages – Sacrificed Cold for additional Vulnerable Damage.
• Golems – Sacrificed Iron for more Critical Strike Damage.

Diablo 4 Solo Necromancer Build: Equipment, Gems, and Aspects

Equipment is the most important part of any Endgame Build, and It’s important to understand that it’s a long-term goal. You won’t have all Paragon Boards available right away, and getting all uniques will probably take a lot of farming, so try to use Legendary Aspects to adjust to your needs while you farm levels and better gear.

Legendary Aspects and Unique Powers

I’ll divide the Equipment into different slots, so it’s easier to understand what you should be using and what affixes you should be looking for. Remember that unique equipment has fixed affixes and powers, so if you are using one, you might need to re-slot a Legendary Aspect into a different piece.

Another important thing to notice is that, when looking for stats, you’ll want to make sure you are fulfilling your Paragon Rare Node requirements. Some rare nodes have very high requirements, and equipment is what allows you to fulfill them. These bonuses often double the rare node effect so, for example, getting an Equipment piece with +100 Dexterity might unlock one or more Node bonuses, giving you a massive bonus as a result.

Helm

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of the Protector: This gives the D4 Solo Necro Build – Grim Reaper a damage shield upon damaging Elites and Bosses, and provides you with a good option to protect yourself.

Affixes

• +Maximum Essence
• +All Stats
• +Maximum Life
• +Total Armor

You can also get Cooldown Reduction here if you can find it in order to further reduce the cooldown of your Corpse Tendrils, Blood Mist, and Bone Storm.

Chest Armor

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Disobedience: This increases your Armor by up to 50% upon dealing damage and since you deal a ton of damage, you’re going to be tankier. 

Affixes

• +Total Armor
• Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Affected By Shadow Damage Over Time
• +Damage
• +Darkness Skill Damage

Gloves

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Decay: This makes it so that each time the Shadowblight Key Passive deals damage to an enemy, it increases the next Shadowblight Damage within 10 seconds by up to 40%, stacking up to 5x. So this would be up to 200% each time you deal Shadow Damage to an enemy 10x. You’ll even notice it during a Boss fight when their Health just suddenly disappears, meaning, that your Key Passive is popping. But the effect of the Aspect of Decay won’t be as noticeable against regular mobs.

Affixes

• +Critical Strike Chance
• +Dexterity
• +Attack Speed
• +Ranks of Sever

You’ll also want to have Intelligence here if possible.

Pants

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Shielding Storm: This allows you to gain a huge Barrier every time you damage an enemy with Bone Storm. So the Aspect of Shielding Storm makes you super tanky. Remember to pop in Bone Storm when going into a dangerous situation or if things aren’t looking too dicey, pop in Blood Mist, followed by this Ultimate Skill if the circumstance is still bad. 

Affixes

• Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Affected By Shadow Damage Over Time
• Damage Reduction from Close Enemies
• +Damage for 4 Seconds After Killing an Elite
• +Dodge Chance

Now, Dodge Chance is really good for this Grim Reaper Diablo IV Necromancer Build because the other way to keep your Essence topped up besides triggering Corpse Explosion and using Black River is through the Assimilation Aspect. This increases your Dodge Chance versus enemies affected by Shadow DoT so when you dodge, you gain 10 of your primary resource back. So you’ll want it to stack. And if you keep your Shadow DoTs on targets, then you’re going to have a higher Dodge Chance against them to receive more Essence. 

Boots

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Explosive Mist: This makes it so that you automatically consume Corpses while moving around when Blood Mist is active, which is fantastic because it’ll put Shadow Damage all over the ground. For every detonated Corpse, the cooldown of Blood Mist is reduced by up to 5 seconds. And one of the nice things here is that the Aspect of Explosive Mist synergizes very well with Black River as it lets you consume up to 4 Corpses at a time.

Affixes

• Essence Cost Reduction
• +Cold Resistance
• +Dodge Chance
• +Ranks of Corpse Tendrils

Unique Equipment

Greaves of the Empty Tomb: This is a great Unique if you happen to get it. What Greaves of the Empty Tomb does is provide you with Max Evade Charges, Intelligence, Essence Cost Reduction, Lucky Hit applies Shadow DoT, which reduces the damage taken from affected enemies. But more importantly, it creates a desecrated ground underneath your Sever specters as they travel. So when you throw out your blade, it’s going to place these DoT pools to create DoT on targets and helps you trigger Shadowblight more.

One-Handed Weapon

Legendary Aspect

Cadaverous Aspect: This makes it so that for each consumed Corpse, you’re going to increase the damage of your next Core Skill. It lets you concentrate on using Sever and Corpse Explosion, and then back to Sever to deal a lot more damage.

Affixes

• +Intelligence
• +Damage to Distant Enemies
• +Damage to Healthy Enemies
• +Rank of the Fueled by Death Passive

If you’re not using Black River, then I recommend using another One-Handed Scythe because of Life On Kill. When you stand there and destroy enemies as you’re taking damage, you’re also replenishing your Health simultaneously to remain alive in the middle of combat. You sometimes don’t even realize you’re gaining Life since you stay topped up constantly. 

Unique Equipment

Black River: This makes Corpse Explosion deal way more damage, consumes up to 4 additional Corpses, and expands the AoE. Black River allows you to efficiently ramp up the damage you deal. 

Offhand Weapon

Legendary Aspect

Blood-Soaked Aspect: This makes it so that you deal Shadow Damage as you move through enemies while increasing your speed. The Blood-Soaked Aspect is optional though compared to the Aspect of Explosive Mist since you want Blood Mist to come off cooldown quicker and deal damage while you’re moving around to consume Corpses, which also replenishes Essence. 

OR

Aspect of Ultimate Shadow: This makes enemies take massive Shadow DoT with Bone Storm. In fact, the Shadow DoT is kind of overkill at this point so you’ll probably swap between the Blood-Soaked Aspect and the Aspect of Ultimate Shadow as you go higher in the Nightmare Dungeon tiers since you’ll probably need Bone Storm against most Elites. Additionally, Bone Storm is great because it increases this Diablo IV Solo Necromancer Build – Grim Reaper’s Critical Strike Damage while hitting everything around you to also help build Shadowblight. This Ultimate also reduces the damage you take. As such, enemies will periodically explode for damage.

Affixes

• +Resource Generation
• +All Stats
• Essence Cost Reduction
• +Strength

I’m using a Focus here instead of a Shield due to the native Cooldown Reduction on top of the additional Offensive Aspect you can slot instead of a Defensive one when wielding a Shield. 

Amulet

Legendary Aspect

Blighted Aspect: This increases your total damage by 6 seconds after Shadowblight triggers 10x so it can be huge. You can even max roll it at 180%! That’s an insane amount of damage, especially when you’re up against big groups with numerous enemies.

Affixes

• +Ranks of All Macabre Skills
• Damage Reduction
• +Ranks of Fueled by Death Passive
• +Darkness Skill Damage

You should also consider increasing the Ranks of your other Corpse Skills. 

First Ring

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Grasping Veins: This is going to boost your Critical Strike Chance for 6 seconds as well as your Critical Strike Damage against targets. The Aspect of Grasping Veins is great at amplifying your damage a lot, particularly if you drop Corpse Explosion afterward.

Affixes

• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Critical Strike Chance
• +Maximum Life
• +Damage to Stunned Enemies

You’ll also want to look for Shadow Damage and Critical Strike Damage if possible. 

Second Ring

Legendary Aspect

Assimilation Aspect: This makes it so that you have increased Dodge Chance against enemies affected by DoT effects, which in this case, is Shadow DoT. When you dodge, you gain a portion of your Essence.

Affixes

• +Critical Strike Damage
• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Damage to Slowed Enemies
• +Critical Strike Chance

Gems

For gems, you’ll want to slot:

• Weapon: Amethysts to increase your Damage Over Time.
• Armor: Rubies to boost your Maximum Life.
• Jewelry: Skulls to boost your Defense value.

Paragon and Glyphs for the Necromancer Build

When it comes to Paragon Boards, we are mainly going to aim for Rare Nodes that increase our damage output, as well as Glyphs that synergize with our Build. Please note that the order in which I get the Nodes is just a general guideline, and you can adjust it to your current needs.

First Paragon Board – Base

The first Glyph you’ll want to slot on your Base Board here is the Essence Glyph, which raises your Critical Strike Damage with your Core Skill. This also makes it so that Critical Strikes still deal 22% increased damage to enemies that are below 80% Health, and is great for getting burst damage with Sever. One of the drawbacks of Shadow D4 Necromancer Builds is they usually don’t have burst so this solves that problem. 

Second Paragon Board – Wither

For your Second Paragon Board, you’re going to take Wither. What it does is it gives you a 5% chance to deal 50% bonus damage with your Shadow DoT. Now this chance increases by 1% and the bonus damage increases by 2.5% for every 50 Willpower you have, which you should since there are a lot of other nodes that require this attribute. There’s really no other Shadow Board so Wither is the way to go to amplify your Shadow Damage.

You’ll also gain access to a lot of good Rare Nodes here but you need to focus on those that deal Shadow Damage first because it not only boosts the damage of Sever but also enhances the damage of Corpse Explosion and Shadow DoT. You’ll then supplement it with Shadow DoT later on.

Next, you’ll want to drop the Darkness Glyph and level it up to further improve Shadow Damage, which applies to all sources of this damage type, versus Scourge, which only applies to Shadow DoT. However, I’ve swapped to Scourge here because I’m using Darkness on my third Paragon Board, and I can get more nodes like Malediction to improve Shadow Damage. Meanwhile, Lingering Shadows improves both Shadow Damage and Shadow DoT. 

Gnawing Darkness is also fantastic because it raises your damage to enemies affected by Shadow DoT as well as damage to Elites. 

Third Paragon Board – Scent of Death

So then you’ll move on to the Scent of Death, which has an average Legendary Node. But what you’ll really focus on are the Rare Nodes like Corrective. Corrective will give you increased Critical Strike Damage to boost Sever’s damage even though DoTs cannot crit and more Potion Healing. Also, Ruin is fantastic because it allows you to deal extra damage and Critical Strike Damage against Healthy enemies. 

Also, Deathbringer and Deathmark will enhance your damage to Injured targets whose Health is below 35%. This might not seem helpful because they’re probably going to die in a couple of hits anyway but when your DoT is doing a lot of your damage as with this Diablo IV Necromancer Build – Grim Reaper, it can make that 35% go by really fast so they’ll just drop to serve as Corpses. You can then use these to generate more Essence and deal greater damage.

Fourth Paragon Board – Bone Graft

Lastly, you’ll take Bone Graft for the Reinvigorate Node Cluster, which gives Maximum Essence and Essence On Kill. And here, you can get up to 4 Essence On Kill if you take some of the nearby Magic Nodes, helping with your sustain in addition to Corpse Explosion, the Grim Harvest passive, Black River, and the Assimilation Aspect. You won’t encounter many Essence management problems. 

Final Tips

In the next 17 levels or so, you’ll want to invest in the rest of the Magic Nodes you’ve missed in these 3 Paragon Boards to further boost your Shadow Damage and Shadow DoT. Some even let you reduce the damage you take. And then if you have more leftover points, then you might want to check out another board.

So that wraps up the Grim Reaper Diablo 4 Solo Necromancer Build, which also allows you to not only solo The Butcher in 10 seconds but also melt Bosses with large packs of enemies.

Stay tuned for more Diablo 4 Build Guides as we continue our way through World Tier 3 Builds. Be sure to check out our Diablo 4 Wiki for any other questions you have about the game and the Builds page if you are looking for more Diablo IV Builds, as well as our Ultimate Beginner Guide and All Classes Overview if you are looking for more Diablo 4 content!

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Diablo 4 Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian – Lvl 70 Juggernaut Build Guide: In this Diablo 4 Barbarian Class Build, I’ll show you how to play a Lvl 70 – Hammer of the Ancients Barbarian, which is made around the Walking Arsenal key passive. This build doesn’t use a single shout, and instead encourages you to constantly swap weapons to deal massive damage to both groups of enemies and single targets. If you are looking for a build to get you from the beginning of Tier IV up to the very late game, then this Diablo 4 Hammer of the Ancients Build guide is for you!

Diablo 4 Juggernaut Barbarian Build – HOTA

This build continues our Lvl 50 Hammer of the Ancients Juggernaut build, making some adjustments to maximize performance thanks to the paragon boards and glyphs. The general idea with the build remains the same, we’ll use Lunging Strike to close the gap with the enemies, followed up by Ground Stomp to stun them. Then, we’ll use Hammer of the Ancients to deal massive AoE damage, and finally use Death Blow to finish off any remaining enemies. For big groups of enemies, we’ll be using Iron Maelstrom, which decimates everything on the screen while cycling through all weapons.

The best thing about this build is how engaging it is to play compared to most Barbarian Builds. Most Barbarians rely on shouts to provide you with passive bonuses and increased damage, leaving you with only 1 or 2 active skills that you actually use in combat, which becomes boring very fast. This build on the other hand gives you a ton of active skills that you can use depending on the situation, making it feel fresh and rewarding at the same time.

Both Hammer of the Ancients and Death Blow deal an insane amount of damage, and you’ll be often seeing damage by the millions on the screen when landing critical strikes.

Diablo 4 HOTA Barbarian Build LvL 70+: Skill Distribution

As previously stated, the main improvements for this build will come from Paragon Boards and Glyphs as well as the increased item affixes. If you’ve been using our Lvl 50 Juggernaut Barbarian you’ll only have to make one change and that’s the upgrade for Death Blow.

We were initially using Death Blow as a Fury Generation mechanic to keep up with Fury spending when constantly using the HOTA. This changes once you unlock the “Core Reserve” and “Hungering Fury” rare nodes located on the Warbringer Paragon Board, as these not only increase your maximum fury, but also provides you with fury on kill, allowing you to constantly generate fury no matter what ability you are using to kill enemies.

Once you unlock those nodes, the Fighter’s Death Blow becomes irrelevant, and that’s when you’ll want to change the upgrade into Warrior’s Death Blow. The new upgrade will give you 3 seconds of Berserking if you hit at least 1 enemy, meaning that you’ll be berserking all the time while in combat. This is very useful both for the Berserking mechanic itself, but also because you’ll be able to get the most out of your “While Berserking” affixes on your equipment.

The other 2 skills that you might be tempted to swap out, but I don’t recommend you do, are Furious Impulse and Expose Vulnerability.

Furious Impulse is important as it will allow you to get started with your fury, which happens both at the beginning of a dungeon, and when fighting Bosses or Resource Burn enemies. On top of that, it will allow you to maintain your fury at max all the time, which increases the effect of Furious Hammer of the Ancients and the Edgemaster’s Aspect.

The other skill is Expose Vulnerability, which is somewhat replaced by the Exploit glyph, as you’ll be ably to apply vulnerable on everything as soon as the fight starts. But once again, this becomes useful against Bosses or during long fights where you are fighting many groups at the same time.

Weapon Technique

For the weapon technique, we’ll take Two-Handed Axe Expertise, as we’ll be able to constantly maintain vulnerable on enemies.

Diablo 4 Juggernaut Barbarian Build: Equipment, Gems and Aspects

Equipment plays a huge role on all builds as it allows you to build up damage thanks to the equipment affixes, but it is crucial for this build as you won’t have any shouts to support you and all your damage output and damage mitigation will come from your equipment.

The main thing you’ll want to look for is maximum fury, as this will increase the damage to your HOTA, and will reduce the percentage of Fury you are using. The other stats you should prioritize are the ones related to damage, such as Vulnerable Damage, Damage to close enemies, etc, as we are mainly focusing on killing stuff as quick as possible.

The last thing you should be looking for is Dexterity and Willpower, as these will allow you to unlock the Bonuses of your rare paragon boards, greatly increasing their bonuses and thus your overall power.

Legendary Aspects and Unique Powers

Helmet

Legendary Aspect

Luckbringer Aspect: This greatly increases the Lucky Hit chance while all passives of the Walking Arsenal are active. This is especially useful in combination with Concussion, which allows you to stun enemies while attacking with HOTA, and with Weapon Master’s Aspect, which allows you to Stun while using Death Blow as well.

Aspect of Numbing Wrath: This aspect allows you to quickly fill the Fortify Bar, which will increase the damage to your Overpower skills, as well as allowing you to use some paragon board nodes that require that you are fortified.

Affixes

• + Maximum Fury
• + Ranks of Death Blow
• + Stats
• + Damage While Berserking
• + Total Armor

Chest

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of the Protector: This provides you with a barrier when you damage an elite, allowing you to keep going at the beginning of a fight before you clear out most of the regular enemies.

Affixes

• + Damage
• + Damage to skills that swap to New Weapon
• + Physical Damage
• + Total Armor

Gloves

Legendary Aspect

Weapon Master’s Aspect: This aspect is a must for this build, as it provides an additional charge to Death Blow allowing you to use it more freely. The lucky hit stun effect is also amazing thanks to the Luckbringer Aspect.

Affixes

• + Ranks Hammer of the Ancients
• + Critical Strike Chance
• + Stats

Waist

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of the Iron Warrior: This aspect is also crucial for this build, as it will be your only Unstoppable mechanic. It’ll also give you increased damage reduction while Iron Skin is active.

Affixes

• + Damage after killing an elite
• + Total Armor
• + Stats
• Damage Reduction
• + Healing Received

Greaves

Legendary Aspect

Wind Striker Aspect: This greatly increases your movement speed after you critically strike, which allows you to compensate for the lack of mobility of this build.

Affixes

• + Movement Speed
• + Stats

Unique Equipment

100,000 Steps: These boots provide everything we need for our build. For starters, it’ll give you damage to stunned enemies and damage with skills that changes weapons. The added dexterity is great for the rare paragon nodes, and the +rank to ground stomp will reduce its cooldown.

Its unique effect will trigger when you get a full Walking Arsenal cycle (even if it’s still active), generating a ton of fury, and triggering a free Ground Stomp that stun enemies (the Strategic Ground Stomp will also apply, reducing the ultimate cooldown)

Two-Handed Bludgeoging

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Retribution: This aspect massively increases the damage you deal against stunned enemies, while also giving you a chance to stun enemies when they attack you from a distance, which helps with survivability.

Affixes

• + Damage to close enemies
• + Core Skill Damage
• + Vulnerable Damage
• + Critical Strike Damage
• + Damage to Stunned Enemies
• + Strength
• + Stats

Unique Equipment

Overkill: This mace is amazing for this build, increasing the damage to your Death Blow thanks to the +Ranks and to the unique effect that creates shockwave allowing you to deal AoE damage with it, rendering it as useful as HoTA.

First One-handed

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Limitless Rage: This aspect allows you to increase the damage of your next HOTA attack when generating fury beyond your max level.

Affixes

• + Damage to close enemies
• + Core Skill Damage
• + Vulnerable Damage
• + Critical Strike Damage
• + Damage to Stunned Enemies
• + Strength
• + Stats

Unique Equipment

The Butcher’s Cleaver: This unique axe is amazing when combined with the Luckbringer Aspect and the Mortal Draw glyph. Its unique effect has a lucky hit chance to both fear and slow enemies when you hit them with a critical strike, meaning that they won’t attack you and that they’ll be crowed controlled which can trigger many of your equipment affixes.

Second One-handed

Legendary Aspect

Conceited Aspect: This aspect increases all your damage while you have a barrier active. You’ll be able to achieve this by using either the Aspect of the Protector or Iron Skin.

Affixes

• + Damage to close enemies
• + Core Skill Damage
• + Vulnerable Damage
• + Critical Strike Damage
• + Damage to Stunned Enemies
• + Strength
• + Stats

Two-Handed Slashing

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Encroaching Wrath: This aspect massively increases the damage of your Death Blow after you spend 100 Fury (3 HOTA attacks). This allows you to one shot elites and sometimes to even one shot bosses if used in combination with the Earthstriker’s Aspect.

Affixes

• + Damage to close enemies
• + Core Skill Damage
• + Vulnerable Damage
• + Critical Strike Damage
• + Damage to Stunned Enemies
• + Strength
• + Stats

Amulet

Legendary Aspect

Edgemaster’s Aspect: This aspect increases the damage to all your skills based on the available fury you had when you cast them. You’ll often be on max fury, so this provides a flat damage increase to all your attacks.

Affixes

• + Rank to Passives
• + % Damage
• + Damage with Two-Handed Slashing Weapons
• + Damage after killing an elite
• + % Stats
• + Total Armor

First Ring

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Ancestral Force: This provides an AoE to our Hammer of the Ancients, not only dealing damage but also applying all damage effects like stuns as well. It’s not necessary to slot it into a two-handed weapon, as you’ll be direct hitting elites, and you’ll want to finish off the other enemies with Death Blow anyway.

Affixes

• + Maximum Fury
• + Damage
• + Damage to Close Enemies
• + Critical Strike Chance
• + Vulnerable Damage
• + Physical Damage
• + Damage while Berserking

Second Ring

Legendary Aspect

Earthstriker’s Aspect: This aspect will provide you with a guaranteed overpower attack with any of your skills after swapping weapons 10 times. The idea is to use it with Death Blow for single target damage, or with HOTA when dealing with big groups.

Affixes

• + Maximum Fury
• + Damage
• + Damage to Close Enemies
• + Critical Strike Chance
• + Vulnerable Damage
• + Physical Damage
• + Damage while Berserking

Gems

For gems, you’ll want to slot:

• Weapon: Emeralds to increase critical damage against vulnerable enemies.
• Armor: Rubies to boost your maximum life.
• Jewelry: Skulls to boost your defense value.

Paragon and Glyphs for HOTA Barbarian Build

When it comes to Paragon boards, we are mainly going to aim for rare nodes that increase our damage output, as well as glyphs that synergize with our build. Please note that the order in which I get the nodes is just a general guideline, and you can adjust it to your current needs.

First Paragon Board – Base

On the first paragon board, you’ll want to make a zigzag, first taking the rare node on the right and then taking the one on the left (make sure to grab the physical damage magic nodes as well). On the glyph socket, you’ll want to slot the “Territorial” glyph and assign 25 dexterity around it. The normal effect will increase damage to normal enemies, while the bonus effect will provide you with 10% damage reduction against close enemies. From here, head to the attachment gate and continue into the next board.

Second Paragon Board – Bone Breaker

On this board you’ll want to rotate until you have the “Bludgeoner” rare node on the bottom right.

Start by heading into the Bludgeoner node and getting all the magic nodes as well. Once you have it, head back and turn left aiming for the glyph socket. Here you’ll want to slot the “Exploit” glyph and assign at least 25 dexterity around it. This will increase your Vulnerable Damage, while its bonus effect will allow you to make enemies vulnerable as soon as you hit them. Once you get the Glyph to lvl 15, make sure to continue adding Dexteirty to maximize its efficiency.

Once you have the socket, take the “Brutality” rare node and its magic nodes, which increases your Overpower Damage as well as the “Vigor” rare and magic nodes that provide you with damage reduction while you are healthy.

Now that this section is covered, head back to the “Bludgeoner” rare node and continue right until you reach the attachment gate, where you’ll slot the Warbringer Board.

Third Paragon Board – Warbringer

You’ll want to rotate the board until you have the “Core Reserve” rare node on the top left side. Head straight for it and take it in combination with all its magic nodes. As previously stated, this node in combination with Hungering Fury allows you to swap your Death Blow’s upgrade, so try to prioritize getting these before the rest on this board.

From there, head right and get the glyph socket. Place the “Mortal Draw” glyph and assign at least 25 dexterity around it. This glyph massively increases your damage when using a skill that swaps to a new weapon, as well as providing the skill with an 18% chance to critically strike. This glyph provides the most amount of damage for this build, so make sure to assign as much Dexterity as possible once you upgrade it to lvl 15 and its range increases.

From here, head straight down and take the “Hungering Fury” node and the magic nodes around it, which will allow you to swap from Fighter’s Death Blow into Warrior’s Death Blow.

The last thing you’ll want to take from this board is the rare Raw Power located on the right of the glyph socket. Once you have that, head to the attachment gate on the right and attach the Weapon Master board.

Fourth Paragon Board – Weapon Master

Rotate the board until the socket is on the bottom left part. First, make your way towards the middle, where you’ll get the “Hunter Killer” nodes.

From here, head down and take the Raw Power nodes and then head for the glyph socket where you’ll put the “Crusher” glyph which increases your damage with Maces as well as the overpower damage while using maces. Make sure to assign at least 40 strength around it.

Now head back to the “Hunter Killer” node, and make your way down through the middle to get the “Brute” node and its magic nodes.

Using your remaining Paragon Points

Now that you have the most important parts of each board covered, you’ll want to go back and start getting the remaining rare nodes “Fortified” nodes.

For starters, get the unique “Warbringer” Legendary Node, which provides you with 12% fortify for every 75 fury you spend. Once you have this, head for the “Guarded Advance” node located on the same Warbringer Board.

Now that this board is complete, head back to the Bone Breaker Board, and take the Inner Strength node located near the middle and then the Bulwark node on the top right to finish the board.

Final Tips

When starting a fight against elites, it’s best to use lunging strike and then ground stomp as quick as possible. Elites are usually close to each other, and if you stun them you’ll be able to hit all of them at the same time for the maximum possible damage.

Iron Maelstrom leaves you very exposed until you finish the sequence, so if you are facing many enemies, try to use an evade to step back a little bit instead of using it right in the middle of a pack of enemies.

Make sure you avoid Melee Defender and Resource Burn affixes while running Nightmare Dungeons, as these have a very negative effect on the build.

Remember to keep an eye on your Encroaching Wrath and Overpower bonuses, as these will often allow you to one shot elites and even bosses.

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Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Marksman: In this Diablo 4 Rogue Build, I’ll show you how to play a LvL 70+ Marksman Rogue that’s aimed at World Tier 4. If you are looking for a Build that focuses on the use of Rapid Fire and is an evolution of the Freezing Rain and Cold Archer Rapid Fire Builds, then this Diablo 4 Marksman Rogue Build Guide is for you!

Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Marksman (Lvl 70+)

So generally, what’s changed from the previous version of this Diablo IV Build is that even though I’m still using Cold, you’re free to use whichever element you want, whether it be Poison or Shadow. The focus here is really more on Critical Strike Damage and Vulnerable Damage as well as how to get a lot of damage out of Rapid Fire. And then your chosen element is the icing on the cake. 

Every time you attack an enemy, you’re going to apply Vulnerable for 3 seconds. What’s great about this is you’ll be gaining access to the Improved Rapid Fire upgrade in order to gain 15 Energy back every time you hit a Vulnerable target. As such, you won’t need to use any Basic Skill on this Build plus, you won’t encounter Energy management issues. You also don’t have to make use of any Equipment to further boost your Energy regeneration as a result. So you’re free to fire at will with Rapid Fire. 

Another good way to amplify your Vulnerable Damage is by using a Crossbow because this damage type comes with it by default. If you’re using a Bow, like myself though, make sure to get this Stat on it. Additionally, you’ll also want to look for Critical Strike Damage, Core Skill Damage, and ideally, Dexterity. When it comes to your Melee Weapons, Swords are preferable over Daggers to give you that Critical Strike Damage multiplier, Damage to Distant Enemies, and more Dexterity. On your Jewelry, at least on your Rings, you can have Critical Strike Chance to help boost your damage together with Critical Strike Damage and Vulnerable Damage.

Should your Vulnerability be down if you didn’t kill enemies within the 3-second timeframe, you can hit Concealment. You’ll be swapping to the Countering Concealment upgrade as it gives you a guaranteed Critical Strike when you come out of Concealment. So if you can’t finish off an Elite in time, pop this Skill to not only grant more Energy but also to make you invisible for a couple of seconds. And then follow through with your Imbuement Skill to go to town and finish them off with 6 more seconds of Vulnerability. If they’re not yet dead, you can activate Rain of Arrows with Concealment to reactivate the cycle of applying Vulnerable on these stronger targets.

Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Marksman

Once you hit Tier IV you’ll want to start thinking about min/maxing to get the most out of your Build, and that starts with Skills. Thanks to Paragon Boards and to the increased Equipment affixes, you’ll be able to bypass most of the restrictions you previously faced while leveling up. I also won’t get too deep into Skills, as you most probably know how they work by now.

Specialization

For the Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Marksman, you’re going to select Preparation as the Specialization. This makes it so that every 100 Energy you spend reduces your Ultimate’s cooldown by 4 seconds, and using that same Ultimate resets the cooldowns of the rest of your Skills.

Diablo 4 Rogue Build: Equipment, Gems, and Aspects

Equipment is the most important part of any Endgame Build, and It’s important to understand that it’s a long-term goal. You won’t have all Paragon Boards available right away, and getting all uniques will probably take a lot of farming, so try to use Legendary Aspects to adjust to your needs while you farm levels and better gear.

Legendary Aspects and Unique Powers

I’ll divide the Equipment into different slots, so it’s easier to understand what you should be using and what affixes you should be looking for. Remember that unique equipment has fixed affixes and powers, so if you are using one, you might need to re-slot a Legendary Aspect into a different piece.

Another important thing to notice is that, when looking for stats, you’ll want to make sure you are fulfilling your Paragon Rare Node requirements. Some rare nodes have very high requirements, and equipment is what allows you to fulfill them. These bonuses often double the rare node effect so, for example, getting an Equipment piece with +100 Dexterity might unlock one or more Node bonuses, giving you a massive bonus as a result.

Helm

Affixes

• +Dexterity
• Cooldown Reduction
• +Crowd Control Duration
• +Maximum Energy

Unique Equipment

Cowl of the Nameless: This gives you Maximum Energy so you don’t run out as easily together with the Lucky Hit Chance against CCed enemies. If you’re not playing a Cold Archer, this can be replaced with another Helm that gives bonuses to Skills, Maximum Energy, Cooldown Reduction, and other Stats. 

Chest Armor

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Siphoned Victuals: This makes it so that damaging Vulnerable enemies with a Core Skill has up to a 20% chance to give you a healing potion, which happens all the time.

OR

Aspect of the Protector: This is useful if you want to get some more damage protection.

Affixes

• +Marksman Skill Damage
• +Total Armor
• +Physical Damage
• Damage Reduction from Close Enemies

These affixes are great for the Marksman Diablo 4 Rogue Build because you don’t use Imbued Skills all the time. 

Gloves

Affixes

• +Attack Speed
• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Shadow Clone Damage
• +Ranks of All Core Skills

Unique Equipment

Grasp of Shadow: This makes it so that your Shadow Clone Damage is increased, which helps sometimes because of the proc of Shadow Clone but otherwise, we’re not really using it. And the Grasp of Shadow provides you with +3 Ranks to Core Skills, specifically Rapid Fire. The ability on Grash of Shadow is that upon damaging a Vulnerable enemy with a Marksman or Cutthroat Skill, you have a chance to summon a Shadow Clone that mimics your attack. This is really good for this D4 Rogue Build since you damage Vulnerable targets all the time. 

Pants

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Disobedience: This basically increases your Armor. 

Affixes

• +Dodge Chance Against Close Enemies
• Damage Reduction while Injured
• Imbuement Skill Cooldown Reduction
• +Total Armor

Boots

Legendary Aspect

Frostbitten Aspect: This makes it so that Chilled enemies that get hit by my Smoke Grenade have a chance to be Frozen. Also, you deal up to 25% Critical Strike Damage against Frozen targets so it’s great for this Cold Marksman Diablo IV Rogue Build. 

Affixes

• +All Stats
• +Ranks of Caltrops
• +Movement Speed for 4 Seconds After Killing an Elite
• +Dodge Chance Against Distant Enemies

Unique Equipment

Penitent Greaves: This makes it so that you basically create a Frost trail when you walk to Chill targets and increase your damage against them. The Penitent Greaves alternative allows you to CC them easily.

Two-Handed Weapon

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Repeating: This makes it so that when you use Rapid Fire, it has a 90% chance to ricochet, meaning that you’re going to get 5 ricochets if you fire it. 

OR

Rapid Aspect: This boosts the Attack Speed of your Basic Skills.

Affixes

• +Dexterity
• +Damage to Frozen Enemies
• +Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
• +Vulnerable Damage

Unique Equipment

Windforce: This makes it so that Lucky Hit: Hits with this weapon have up to a 10-20% chance to deal double damage and Knock Back the target. Windforce is an alternative here so you’ll want to put your Aspect of Repeating on the Amulet if you get this. It’ll have a lower ricochet rate though. However, if you have Word of Hakan like I do, then it’s best to imprint the Aspect of Repeating on a Ring. 

OR

Skyhunter: This makes it so that the first direct damage you deal to an enemy is a guaranteed Critical Strike. If you have maximum stacks of the Precision Key Passive when you cast the Skill, you gain 15-25 Energy once per cast. The problem with Windforce or Skyhunter is that the Vulnerable Damage of your Crossbow will most likely outperform it. Although, Skyhunter has Critical Strike Damage at least but you need to experiment with these to see how much damage they actually do.

First One-Handed Weapon

Legendary Aspect

Vengeful Aspect: Making an enemy Vulnerable has up to a 50% chance to grant a 3% Critical Strike Chance up to 9%. This happens all the time so you’ll at least get a 9% Critical Strike Chance.

Affixes

• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Core Skill Damage
• +Damage to Chilled Enemies
• +Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies

Second One-Handed Weapon

Legendary Aspect

Accelerating Aspect: This gives your Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Marksman 25% increased Attack Speed when you critically strike so you’ll be able to fire Rapid Shots faster. 

Affixes

• +Core Skill Damage
• +Damage to Slowed Enemies
• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Dexterity

Amulet

Affixes

• +Non-Physical Damage
• +Ultimate Skill Damage
• +Critical Strike Damage with Imbued Skills
• +Ranks of All Imbuements

Unique Equipment

Word of Hakan: You basically have all Imbuements when using Rain of Arrows. But if you’re using Shadow Clone, you can replace it with something else.

First Ring

Legendary Aspect

Smiting Aspect: This makes it so that you have up to a 20% Critical Strike Chance against enemies below 35% Health. Also, while you’re over 80% Health, your Crowd Control Duration is up to 40%, which is great for this Frost Marksman D4 Rogue Build. 

OR

Aspect of Corruption: If you’re not playing a Frost Build, I recommend replacing the Smiting Aspect with the Aspect of Corruption. This makes it so that your Imbuement Skill Effects have up to 40% increased potency against Vulnerable enemies. So if you’re using Shadow, this is going to him them harder and if you’re using Poison, you’ll be able to deal more damage on Poisoned targets.

Affixes

• +Cold Damage
• +Maximum Life
• +Critical Strike Chance
• +Vulnerable Damage

Second Ring

Legendary Aspect

Edgemaster’s Aspect: This makes it so that when you have higher resources, you’re going to deal more damage, which happens all the time. 

OR

Aspect of Inner Calm: This gives you up to a 30% damage increase the longer you stand still so it’s a great way to boost your damage.

Affixes

• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Damage to Injured Enemies
• +Critical Strike Chance
• +Damage to Frozen Enemies

Gems

For gems, you’ll want to slot:

• Weapon: Emeralds to increase Critical Strike Damage against Vulnerable enemies.
• Armor: Rubies to boost your Maximum Life.
• Jewelry: Skulls to boost your Defense value.

Paragon and Glyphs for the Rogue Build

When it comes to Paragon Boards, we are mainly going to aim for Rare Nodes that increase our damage output, as well as Glyphs that synergize with our Build. Please note that the order in which I get the Nodes is just a general guideline, and you can adjust it to your current needs.

First Paragon Board – Base

So you’re going to employ a similar strategy that you’ve done in the World Tier 3 version of this D4 Rogue Build by taking the Exploit Glyph, which has been moved to the first Paragon Board. Additionally, you’ll be unlocking every single Strength Node to further boost your Vulnerable Damage together with Damage to Injured Enemies, which are those with below 35% Health.

Second Paragon Board – Exploit Weakness

On your Second Paragon Board, you’ll take Exploit Weakness, which makes it so that when you deal damage to a Vulnerable enemy, they take increased damage from you. Apart from this Legendary Node, what you’ll really want are the Rare Node Passives like Artifice. This lets you have increased Vulnerable Damage, and if you have 270 Strength, you’re going to get additional 20% Vulnerable Damage. It also gives 10 Dexterity, which is fantastic.

Hunter Killer is also really good as it raises your damage to Elites as well as your Movement Speed after killing them. If you have up to 345 Dexterity, you’ll gain an extra 16% damage against them. 

The Glyph you’re going to place on your Second Paragon Board is determined by the Imbuement you’ve selected. For instance, if you’ve chosen Cold like I have then slotting the Control Glyph is what you should do. I get up to 110% damage against CCed enemies at Level 15 when I Freeze them. And then you’ll be able to deal increased damage thanks to the Frigid Finesse passive. 

If you’re going with Poison or Shadow Imbuement, then I suggest getting the Combat Glyph to considerably amplify your Critical Strike Damage with your Core Skill. But you’ll need to get this up to Level 15 to take advantage of its bonus effect. 

Third Paragon Board – Tricks of the Trade

For the next board, you’re going to take Tricks of Trade. I don’t want this Legendary Node but there are a lot of good Rare Node clusters here. First is Havoc, which increases your Critical Strike Damage and Physical Damage, which means all the shots you fire that aren’t Imbued. And you use Rapid Fire frequently imbued because you’re just applying Vulnerable while killing enemies really quickly. 

Additionally, there’s the Focused Node that grants more damage against Elites, and if you meet the secondary requirement, it’s up to 32% damage! So that’s 64% damage between this and the other nodes from the previous tree. Brawler isn’t also a bad node since a lot of times when you’re playing solo, you need to deal damage to close targets you just can’t get far enough away from. It even has Damage Reduction to Close Enemies to help keep you alive. And then up in the corner, there’s Ranger, which raises your Damage to Distant Enemies while lowering the damage you take from them. This is great because anything outside of the melee range is considered distant. 

For the glyph socket, this is going to be determined by your playstyle. So since I’m playing Cold, then I’ll place the Combat Glyph there because I have Control on my second board. However, if you have the Shadow Imbuement, you’d probably want to take Infusion, which makes it so that Imbued Skills deal increased damage. Because this is Shadow Damage, you really need to get it as high as you can with Shadow Attacks in order to cause those explosions and cause chain reactions. 

Alternatively, for Poison Imbuement, you’ll have to slot Bane, which makes it so that you deal increased Poison Damage and have a chance to deal double the amount of Poison Damage. 

Final Tips

Remember that attacking enemies and then applying Vulnerable will only give you a 3-second window so you want to try to burst them down as quickly as possible. This means that if you start hitting a target, be sure to focus on it. You don’t want to try and hit everything, otherwise, you’ll only end up weakening them. What will happen here is the Vulnerable effect will wear off so you’ll have a hard time killing enemies. 

So that wraps up the Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Marksman. I hope I showed examples of how you can change the Build. 

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Diablo 4 Frost Orb Sorcerer – Lvl 70 Ice Build Guide: In this Diablo 4 Sorceress Class Build, I’ll show you how to play a Lvl 70+ Ice Sorcerer. This is a thematic build focused on keeping your gameplay fun while still giving you quick clears of content and keeping you alive. If you are looking for a control mage build to both get you from the beginning of Tier IV up to the very late game, then this Diablo 4 Ice Shards Mage Build guide is for you!

Diablo 4 Perfected Permafrost Build – Frost Orb & Ice Shards

I made this build because I prefer to have lots of fancy effects on screen, and I wanted to recreate the classic D2 Frozen Orb build where possible. With a clever combination of skills and some unorthodox choices, you’ll be playing a very powerful build that that doesn’t just rely on mindlessly pressing Ice Shards, and has fantastic AoE capabilities. You will be clearing content very fast without losing engagement, and of course, you’ll be looking stylish while you do it.

This is an advanced version of our level 50 Permafrost Sorcerer, with some key differences based mainly around the focus of your skill allocation and the optimization of the gear you should use. The advanced paragon boards bring in extra damage and survivability that you really need.

Your gameplay rotation is simple: You can run through or past enemies to get them chilled, then when in the middle of the group use Frost Nova and quickly unleash a Frozen Orb + free Ice Shards. Or if you prefer you can cast Blizzard from outside the room and then simply funnel in Frozen Orbs to clear out a room. You get survivability from Ice Armor and a double cast of Frost Nova that can CC everything around you and let you get away with ease.

And if you run into single mobs that are moving out of your Frozen Orb: use the Ice Shards skill to quickly take them down.

The Ice Sorcerer is one of the most powerful builds in the whole game, but the gameplay can get rather boring if you opt for the more traditional Ice Shards focused build. With the Frozen Orb approach, you’ll have a lot of gameplay fun while still being able to clear rooms very quickly.

The build is simple to set up, and has a wide variety of options to further improve it, making it a good choice for both players that are just starting with Tier IV, and those engaged in the endgame grind.

Diablo 4 Ice Sorcerer Build LvL 70+: Skill Distribution

Once you hit Tier IV you’ll want to start thinking about min/maxing to get the most out of your build, and that starts with skills. Our skill choices are very similar to the Ice Sorcerer level 50, with specific adjustments based on how the endgame actually plays. The most important part of skill selection is that this build, as all the builds I make, is FLEXIBLE. If you are just starting and can’t find specific gear and want to put a point into a shield, do it. You can swap it later. If you want to use teleport, you can do it too.

My objective was to create and demonstrate an exclusively ice sorc that was viable at this point in the game, so I have focused and redoubled on ice only, but the build will work even if you change small aspects.

And of course, keep in mind your skillpoints should also move if you don’t have all of them yet and have found equipment with the skill. For example if you’re trying to build this from the start of the game, or if you are missing reputation skillpoints, you can find a head piece with +Frozen Orb – then you could not put extra points into it yet and up your Ice Shards damage first, etc.

The skill allocation speaks for itself, you will be mostly using your Blizzard to reduce your mana cost and inflict some chill, while your Orbs and Frost Nova make sure everything is vulnerable and ready to take massive damage as soon as its frozen. If you run into survivability problems, you’ll be swapping some aspects around to give yourself Unstoppable with Ice Armor, but I didn’t find this necessary so far.

Enchantments

The sorceress enchantment system is full of opportunity and can also be very tempting for opportunistic assignment. You may get a piece of gear with a free Ice Blades that we did not put any points in, and it may slot beautifully into your build. The same can be said for Teleport, etc.

That said, you absolutely must put one of the enchantments as Ice Shards. This enchantment is very powerful and the key binding aspect behind the build’s elite-deleting capabilities. Ice Shards auto-cast and seek Frozen enemies, requiring no aiming or resources, which lets you fill the room with frozen orbs as they go.

For my second enchantment, if you want to stick to my recommendation, we’ll use Frozen Orb. There’s a 20% chance of a free Frozen Orb being cast together with any non-basic skill you cast. It’s a very good mana saver and they proc often as all your skills can trigger this effect.

Diablo 4 Perfected Permafrost Sorc Build: Equipment, Gems and Aspects

Equipment is the most important part of any endgame build, and It’s important to understand that it’s a long term goal. You won’t have all paragon boards available right away, and getting all uniques will probably take a lot of farming, so try to use Legendary Aspects to adjust to your needs while you farm levels and better gear.

Legendary Aspects and Unique Powers

My current build is making use of two unique items. In practice they can be very rare drops, bad rolls, or you may get a godtier item some other way, so you can always adapt based on your own drops.

As a general note, try to prioritize Cooldown Reduction, Mana Cost Reduction, Cold / Vulnerable / Frost Skill Damage, and damage reduction from X.

Another important thing to notice is that, when looking for stats, you’ll want to make sure you are fulfilling your Paragon Rare Node requirements. Some rare nodes have very high requirements, and equipment is what allows you to fulfill them. These bonuses often double the rare node effect so, for example, getting an equipment piece with +100 Intelligence might unlock one or more node bonuses, giving you a massive bonus as a result.

Helmet

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of the Unwavering: Taking direct damage has a [2-6%] chance to reset the Cooldown of one of your Defensive Skills. This is really awesome for this build, as any direct damage you take may reset your Frost Nova or Ice Armor cooldowns, giving you a great bubble, AoE freeze and +10% damage for 4 seconds.

or

Aspect of the Protector: Damaging an Elite enemy grants you a Barrier absorbing up to [x] damage for [10] seconds. This effect can only happen once every [30] seconds. You want to have a high roll on this to maximize the usefulness of the barrier. You will engage elites all the time and 30 seconds is a quick cooldown, plus ten seconds is usually enough to decimate an elite group.

Affixes

• Cooldown Reduction (If you want more frost novas)
• +Intelligence
• +Willpower
• +Dexterity
• Life on Kill
• Maximum Life
• + Total Armor

Chest

Legendary Aspect

Frostblitz Aspect: Frost Nova gains an additional Charge but the Cooldown per Charge is increased by 30-40%. This means your maxed out 17 second Frost Nova will actually be in a ~24 second cooldown, but you’ll get an extra cast. I strongly recommend getting this aspect as the extra wait is manageable with cooldown reduction on your Helm, Amulet or Offhand. If you want to minimize the impact of the cooldown increase, you can apply this on your amulet instead.

Affixes

• + Damage
• + Frost Skill Damage
• + Cold Damage
• + Stats
• + Damage Reduction from X (if you get max damage reduction rolls they can be excellent for keeping you alive)
• + Total Armor

Gloves

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Inner Calm: Deal [3.0-10.0]%[x] increased damage for each second you stand still, up to [30]% [x]. You want to roll 9 or 10% for this to be worth it, but this aspect adds 30% damage after 3 seconds of standing still, which is completely doable if you are managing your positioning and making good use of your barrier and Frost Nova. It will also pile onto the 10% damage increase we get after using either of those skills, making your Freeze combo truly deadly.

or

Conceited Aspect: Deal [15-25%] increased damage while you have a Barrier active. If you have trouble standing still, the conceited aspect is also a good choice as you will be getting barriers whenever a frozen enemy dies, and you will also be able to use Ice Armor as a double damage boost during boss fights.

Affixes

• + Critical Strike Chance (I strongly recommend this)
• + Frozen Orb (I strongly recommend this: get up to 4 ranks)
• + Ice Shards (I strongly recommend this: get up to 4 ranks)
• + Intelligence
• + Willpower
• + Dexterity
• + Attack Speed

Unique Equipment

Unique Gloves “Frostburn” are a tempting option for this slot but I don’t think that they are as impactful as having straight up 4 ranks of both of your core skills. You’ll be freezing everything anyway, and we aren’t building for Lucky Hit so it’s overall an underwhelming choice. It’s better to get a customized aspect and the ranks to skills + stats

Waist

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Disobedience: You gain [0.25-0.50]%[x] increased Armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to [25.00-50.00]%[x]. This is essentially a big boost to your survivability, but you want to get a high roll to really make it count. You’ll be dealing damage constantly and greatly benefit from it.

or

Snowveiled Aspect: Casting Ice Armor makes you Unstoppable for [2.0-3.0] seconds. This can be very useful to break CCs and escape dicey situations in dungeons. This aspect can only be applied to helms, chest pants and amulets so I don’t run it in favor of other damage stats, but if you are having survivability issues you can consider it.

Affixes

• + Blizzard
• + Damage Reduction (all types)
• + Stats

Unique Equipment

Unique Pants “Iceheart Brais” are an excellent choice and my recommendation for this slot. It gives you a significant chance to make frozen enemies unleash a Frost Nova, which will extend the effect of your Freeze-Damage combo, and has excellent extra stats such as Intelligence and Damage to Frozen Enemies.

Boots

Legendary Aspect

Wind Striker Aspect: Critical Strikes grant [8.0-16.0]% Movement Speed for 1 second, up to 6 seconds. This slot is rather underwhelming until you get the unique boots that match the build. You can use this to move around faster if you’d like.

or

Ghostwalker Aspect: Only take this if you are using Snowveiled Aspect. While Unstoppable and for 4 seconds after, you gain [10- 25%] increased Movement Speed and can move freely through enemies. This aspect greatly increases your movement speed everytime your Ice Armor pops. In addition, it will allow you to freely move through enemies, so you can use Ice Armor to break CC and this aspects will allow you to move away from the spot.

Affixes

• + Frost Nova
• + Intelligence
• + Willpower
• + Stats

Unique Equipment (highly recommended)

Penitent Greaves: These greaves provide a massive boost to movement speed. On top of that, its unique power leaves a trail of frost behind you, chilling enemies. Enemies that are chilled will move and attack slower, and if they stand on top of the chill for too long, they’ll freeze. The boots have a built-in 10% damage to chilled enemies, which you will be doing often, so they are a very good match for this build.

Weapon: Two-Handed Staff

Legendary Aspect

Two-handed staves have “Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies” built-in and it is a huge boost for your build. Wands have Lucky Hit Chance, which is not very useful for our build. For this reason I recommend using the staff instead.

Aspect of Piercing Cold: Ice Shards pierce [7-9] times, dealing [13-10]% less damage per subsequent enemy hit. This is a very powerful aspect and it should be on your two-handed weapon to maximize its effect.

Affixes

• + Intelligence (You are looking to get a roll of 100+, which you will upgrade to ~170)
• + All Stats (You are looking to get a roll of 50+, which you will upgrade to ~75)
• + Core Skill Damage
• + Vulnerable Damage
• + Damage to Distant / Close Enemies depending on your preferred playstyle

Amulet

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Control: You deal [x]% more damage to Immobilized, Stunned, or Frozen enemies. You can use this on a ring or on your amulet, based on what rolls you get for your other aspects. You MUST have this on your build somewhere though.

or

Aspect of Frozen Orbit: Frozen Orb stays in place after reaching its destination and explodes 2 additional times for 30-45% of its damage. You can use this on a ring or on your amulet, based on what rolls you get for your other aspects. You MUST have this on your build somewhere though.

Affixes

• + Icy Touch Passive
• + Permafrost Passive
• + Hoarfrost Passive
• + % Damage
• + Cooldown Reduction
• + Frost Skill Damage
• + % Stats
• +Rank all defensive skills

First Ring

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Frozen Memories: The Avalanche Key Passive now applies to 1 additional cast. This means you’ll be getting 2 free casts of more powerful versions of your mana-hungry core skills often, because your spam of Frozen Orbs / Ice Shards / Blizzard will inevitably trigger Lucky Hits even if you haven’t gone out of your way to build for it.

Affixes

• + Vulnerable Damage
• + Damage
• + Cold damage
• + Critical Strike Chance
• + Damage to Chilled Enemies
• + Resource Regeneration
• + Damage to close/distant enemies depending on your playstyle

Second Ring

Use where whichever you did not pick for the Amulet. Make sure your build has: Two Frost Novas, Frozen Orb Explosion and Aspect of Control, plus the avalanche one.

Gems

For gems, you’ll want to slot:

• Weapon: Saphire to increase your critical damage to crowd-controlled enemies.
• Armor: Rubies to boost your maximum life for your Barriers.
• Jewelry: Skulls to boost your defense value because resistances don’t work well and having flat armor is actually better.

Paragon and Glyphs for Endgame Fire Sorceress Build

When it comes to Paragon boards, we are mainly going to aim for rare nodes that increase our damage output, as well as glyphs that synergize with our build. Please note that the order in which I get the nodes is just a general guideline, and you can adjust it to your current needs.

First Paragon Board – Base

On the first paragon board, you’ll want to first take the rare node on the right and then head up toward the Glyph socket. We will be completely ignoring any elemental resistance nodes as they are useless when compared to the flat % damage reduction ones available further up your boards. On the glyph socket, you’ll want to slot the “Control” glyph and eventually assign as much Dexterity as possible around it. The normal effect will boost damage to Crowd Controlled enemies per 5 dexterity invested, while the bonus effect will give you extra damage to chilled or Frozen enemies.

Continue up through the left of the board through the non-physical damage node, grab the ones around it too, and then unlock your second board.

Second Paragon Board – Icefall

On this board you’ll want to rotate until you have the “Frosts” and “Frigid” rare nodes and Glyph Slot on the bottom side as this will be the first nodes you’ll want to take before getting to the board’s legendary slot. Take the Damage to Chilled Enemies rare nodes then head right to grab damage reduction from chilled enemies.

For the Glyph Slot, we’ll use “Tactician” as it will boost the effects of the two rare nodes in range, increasing both your damage and defense against chilled enemies. You will need to select dexterity nodes within range to obtain the secondary boost, that will give you a 10% damage boost after you use Frost Nova or Ice Armor.

From here you’ll head up and left make a diversion to the left to grab the rare node “Polar Rime”, that increases your damage to Chilled enemies and non-physical damage. Its satellite nodes are also very good so grab them before heading up and toward the mastery glyph for the board: Icefall, that gives you 15% of your maximum life as a barrier for 5 seconds whenever you kill a frozen enemy, without any cooldowns!

Continue upward and left and unlock “Keeper of Winter” to improve your damage reduction vs chilled enemies, then head to the opposite side of the board and unlock “Cryomancy” to boost your Cold damage by 20-30% plus its satellites for Cold Damage. You probably don’t need the “Chill application” rare nodes so leave them untouched and go unlock your third board.

Third Paragon Board – Frigid Fate

You’ll want to rotate the board until you have the “Weakness” and “Oppressive” rare nodes and glyph slot on the bottom side. Head straight for Weakness and unlock it and its satellite Damage to Vulnerable Enemies nodes, and then obtain the glyph socket and assign “Unleash”, which will boost rare nodes within range, giving extra juice to the very valuable “vs Vulnerable” nodes. The secondary effect of Unleash will boost your damage by 6.7% and Mana Regeneration by 6.7% after one cast of a core skill, so it’s quite valuable.

From here, head right and down to unlock the “Oppressive” node to increase Vulnerable Damage and damage reduction from Vulnerable enemies, then get all the relevant rare nodes around it.

Return to Weakness and start making your way left toward “Guarded”, that will boost damage reduction from vulnerable enemies and improve your survivability. We won’t be taking the legendary node on this board, so head out the gate to the left onto your Fourth board.

Fourth Paragon Board – Enchantment Master

Enchantment Master should be rotated to get to “Ruinous” close to your gate, which gives + non-physical damage and damage to elites. Go there first, and then backtrack a little bit to go down toward the glyph socket.

You’ll want to assign “Exploit” here, and then take the dexterity nodes within its range to increase Vulnerable Damage. The added bonus of Exploit is a flat % increase to your damage whenever you have damaged a vulnerable enemy, which will play very well into the game’s damage calculations. If you max the range for this Glyph, you’ll be able to assign around 34 dexterity (+20%) or 39 dexterity if you reach for all nodes.

From the Glyph, unlock “Elemental Balance” and its satellite rare nodes including dexterity ones to maximize the use of this slot. Then head left and up to unlock a final node here: “Elementalist” that also gives you 20% non-physical damage and 4% max life, improving your barriers. Make sure you get the damage nodes around it before backtracking and heading down to the gate for your fifth board.

The Ceaseless Conduit board is next up, and the reason for picking this board is the “Hunter Killer” Rare node, that gives Movement Speed and increases damage vs Elites. There are also 3 other 8% damage to elites magic nodes here, so make sure to rotate the board so you can access these as soon as possible.

Final Tips

This is another successful sorceress build that does not use teleport, but has quite good run speed if you are using the unique boots.

Your playstyle should be focused on rounding up enemies to trigger satisfying mass-freeze-mass-explode-all-clear situations, so you will enjoy actually running into the middle of several packs of elites. All in all, you’ll get the benefits of one of the most powerful builds in the game without the downside of dreadfully boring “press one button” gameplay.

Using your freeze and barriers smartly is key when clearing higher level dungeons, but be mindful that the elements on the ground have a tendency to block out enemy or nightmare dungeon effects, so you may need emergency heals from explosions or the volcanic eruption affixes..

If you are struggling to get aspects and gear, remember that you can gamble for sacred and ancestral gear at the curiosities vendor, and you can run legions and helltide mystery chests with the help of randoms on the server. Overall, your drops seem to improve as you level so don’t worry if ancestrals are not coming in right away.

Remember to craft and drink Precision Elixirs, which increases both critical strike chance and critical strike damage, further boosting the build performance.

This build shines when you are facing large quantities of enemies, so try to run dungeons with tight corridors and big packs.

Lastly, whatever you do, NEVER run a nightmare dungeon that has -cold damage or -vulnerable duration!

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Diablo 4 Werewolf Druid Build – Dire Wolf: In this Diablo 4 Druid Build, I’ll show you how to play a LvL 70+ Dire Wolf Druid that’s aimed at World Tier 4. If you are looking for a Build that focuses on shifting into a Werewolf and using the Shred Ability, which is also a continuation of the Shredder Build, then this Diablo 4 Druid Build – Dire Wolf is for you!

Diablo 4 Werewolf Druid Build – Dire Wolf

So to recap, this Diablo IV Build focuses on using Shred with the help of 2 aspects, namely the Stormclaw’s Aspect and Aspect of the Blurred Beast. The Stormclaw’s Aspect lets you deal huge damage upon landing crits with Shred while the Aspect of the Blurred Beast allows you to use Poison Creeper to absolutely obliterate them. But the problem is it takes some setup since Poison Creeper has a long cooldown. Additionally, you have to let Rabies spread around so your clear speed will take a hit. As such, we also use the Stormclaw’s Aspect to jump right into enemies and deal huge damage whether they’re Poisoned or not. 

Every Druid has issues managing their Spirit, especially early on. First is by getting the Spirit Cost Reduction Stat, around 16-17% off your Amulet and 7.5-8% off Boots minimally. This significantly lowers the cost of Shred to spam it a lot more easily. Second is by taking the Energized Spirit Boon, which makes it so Lucky Hit dealing damage has up to a 15% chance to restore 10 Spirit. This is a good amount of resources and it’s going to trigger sometimes even without you knowing it. 

The third is by using the Aspect of the Umbral, which makes it so that when you crowd control an enemy, you get up to 4 Spirit. This is done with Poison Creeper and also from any Poison you do because of the Neurotoxin Passive to Slow down enemies. So any time you Poison them, they’re effectively CCed. Alternatively, the Starlight Aspect would be better since it restores a huge chunk of Spirit when you heal yourself, which happens often while you’re attacking targets.

Diablo 4 Werewolf Druid Build – Dire Wolf

Once you hit Tier IV you’ll want to start thinking about min/maxing to get the most out of your Build, and that starts with Skills. Thanks to Paragon Boards and to the increased Equipment affixes, you’ll be able to bypass most of the restrictions you previously faced while leveling up. I also won’t get too deep into Skills, as you most probably know how they work by now.

Spirit Boons

• Wariness – Take 10% reduced damage from Elites.
• Scythe Talons – Gain 5% increased Critical Strike Chance.
• Avian Wrath – Gain 30% Critical Strike Damage.
• Energize – Lucky Hit: Dealing damage has up to a 15% chance to restore 10 Spirit.
• Masochistic – Critical Strikes with Shapeshifting Skills Heal you for 3% Maximum Life (150).

Diablo 4 Druid Build: Equipment, Gems, and Aspects

Equipment is the most important part of any Endgame Build, and It’s important to understand that it’s a long-term goal. You won’t have all Paragon Boards available right away, and getting all uniques will probably take a lot of farming, so try to use Legendary Aspects to adjust to your needs while you farm levels and better gear.

Legendary Aspects and Unique Powers

I’ll divide the Equipment into different slots, so it’s easier to understand what you should be using and what affixes you should be looking for. Remember that unique equipment has fixed affixes and powers, so if you are using one, you might need to re-slot a Legendary Aspect into a different piece.

Another important thing to notice is that, when looking for stats, you’ll want to make sure you are fulfilling your Paragon Rare Node requirements. Some rare nodes have very high requirements, and equipment is what allows you to fulfill them. These bonuses often double the rare node effect so, for example, getting an Equipment piece with +100 Dexterity might unlock one or more Node bonuses, giving you a massive bonus as a result.

Helm

Legendary Aspect

Vigorous Aspect: This makes it so that you gain up to 15% Damage Reduction while Shapeshifted, which is 99% of the time. As a result, the Vigorous Aspect considerably improves the Dire Wolf D4 Druid Build’s survivability.

Affixes

• Cooldown Reduction
• +Ranks of Poison Creeper
• +Maximum Life
• +Total Armor

Chest Armor

Affixes

• +Physical Damage
• +Poison Damage
• Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Poisoned
• +Movement Speed
• Ranks of Werewolf Skills

Unique Equipment

Mad Wolf’s Glee: This gives +2 Ranks of Werewolf Skills as well as Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Poisoned, which can reach as high as 20%+. That’s a huge amount of Damage Reduction so make sure to Poison targets. This is one of the reasons why you’ll use the Raging Shred upgrade to apply Poison rather than Primal Shred, which increases your Critical Strike Damage. Additionally, Claw helps keep them Poisoned, thereby allowing you to stay alive in combat. 

Gloves

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of the Blurred Beast: This makes it so that when you Dash and attack with Shred, and actually teleport to a target, nearby Poisoned enemies instantly take Poison Damage, which is up to 90%. If this is slotted on an Amulet or Two-Handed Weapon, the damage would be up to 135% or 180%, respectively. 

Affixes

• +Rank of Shred
• +Attack Speed
• +Lucky Hit Chance
• +Critical Strike Chance

Pants

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of the Protector: This gives a Barrier when fighting Elites and Bosses.

OR

Aspect of Disobedience: This raises your Total Armor every time you deal damage.

Affixes

• +Maximum Life
• Damage Reduction while Injured
• +Total Armor
• +Dodge Chance

Boots

Legendary Aspect

Stormshifter’s Aspect: This makes it so that while Hurricane is active, you gain +2 to Shapeshifting Skills like Claw. Hurricane is another amazing Skill that further reduces the damage you take by 20% when you gain access to the Savage Hurricane modifier, allowing you to run into a group of enemies, essentially unscathed.

Affixes

• +Dodge Chance
• +Movement Speed
• Spirit Cost Reduction
• +Movement Speed for 4 Seconds After Killing an Elite

Two-Handed Weapon

Legendary Aspect

Stormclaw’s Aspect: This lets you deal up to 30% damage when you Critically Strike as Lightning Damage to the target and surrounding enemies. When imprinted on a Two-Handed Weapon, it can be up to 60%, which is a huge amount of damage upon landing a crit, especially if you have a high Critical Strike Chance. 

Affixes

• +All Stats
• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Core Skill Damage
• +Willpower

Unique Equipment

Waxing Gibbous: This is a good alternative for this Diablo 4 Werewolf Druid Build as it provides you with increased Critical Strike Damage, Life on Kill, and Ranks of Shred. So if you have the Waxing Gibbous equipped, then you’ll want to place the Stormclaw’s Aspect on your Amulet to still considerably raise the damage you deal by 45%. 

Amulet

Legendary Aspect

Accelerating Aspect: This allows you to shred enemies very fast.

Affixes

• Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies
• +Ranks of Envenom Passive
• +Damage while in Human Form
• Damage Reduction from Close Enemies

First Ring

Legendary Aspect

Dire Wolf’s Aspect: This allows you to turn into a Dire Werewolf when you activate the Grizzly Rage Ultimate, which is normally a Werebear Skill. As such, your Movement Speed is improved while the Spirit cost of your abilities is reduced. The Dire Wolf’s Aspect also heals you for 10% of your Maximum Life upon killing enemies. And this synergizes very well with Starlight’s Aspect. Going back to Grizzly Rage, you have Unstoppable while it’s active, meaning you can stand in CC without this affecting you. This, combined with your Damage Reduction from Skills and gear add up to make you extremely tanky. 

Affixes

• +Physical Damage
• +Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
• +Critical Strike Chance
• +Vulnerable Damage

Second Ring

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of the Umbral: Every time you CC an enemy, you gain X amount of Spirit. But it’s not that great since you’re just flying around without getting a hefty resources from each enemy, plus you need to CC a lot of them to make the Aspect of the Umbral worth it.

OR

Starlight Aspect: This makes it so that you gain up to 20 Spirit for every 25% of your Health you heal. And constantly, you’re going to heal with this Diablo 4 Werewolf Druid Build because of Blood Howl and Shred. You’ll jump into enemies, attack, and heal via attacks. Additionally, the Masochistic Spirit Boon restores HP every time you land crits with a Shapeshifting Skill. If you can obtain a max roll on Starlight Aspect, you’ll receive way more Spirit as compared to the Aspect of the Umbral.

Affixes

• +Physical Damage
• +Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
• +Damage to Close Enemies
• +Critical Strike Chance

Gems

For gems, you’ll want to slot:

• Weapon: Emeralds to increase Critical Strike Damage against Vulnerable enemies.
• Armor: Rubies to boost your Maximum Life.
• Jewelry: Skulls to boost your Defense value.

Paragon and Glyphs for the Druid Build

When it comes to Paragon Boards, we are mainly going to aim for Rare Nodes that increase our damage output, as well as Glyphs that synergize with our Build. Please note that the order in which I get the Nodes is just a general guideline, and you can adjust it to your current needs.

First Paragon Board – Base

The first glyph you’ll be taking for this Dire Wolf Diablo IV Druid Build is Exploit. This makes it so that when you damage an enemy, they become Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Vulnerable is a huge way to deal damage so you should have it for every Build. So when you teleport to a group of enemies with Shred and then use Poison Creeper, they’ll all become instantly Vulnerable.

Second Paragon Board – Lust for Carnage

Moving over to your second Paragon Board is Lust for Carnage. This makes it so that when you critically strike with Werewolf Skills, you restore Spirit, allowing you to mitigate the resource issues for this Diablo 4 Werewolf Druid Build – Dire Wolf, especially since Shred is very expensive. Wild’s Call is a good Rare Node in this tree that provides you with increased Attack Speed and Maximum Spirit. You, therefore, have a bigger pool to drain. There are also other nodes that amplify your Werewolf Damage and Critical Damage so make sure to invest in those. 

For my second socket, I have the Fang and Claw Glyph so that enemies take 12% increased damage from you since you might struggle to deal damage with this D4 Druid Build sometimes. Next, this glyph boosts the Magic Nodes around it, particularly Werewolf Skill Damage, Healing Received, and additional Dexterity and Intelligence after expanding it to Level 15. Both attributes are needed to gain the extra bonuses from your Rare Nodes. There are probably other boards out there where your Dexterity-based sockets will fit but you essentially need Lust for Carnage to manage your Spirit well. 

Third Paragon Board – Ancestral Guidance

Ancestral Guidance makes it so that after spending 75 Spirit, you deal 30% increased damage for 5 seconds. That’s a huge amount of damage but more importantly, there are a couple of Rare Nodes that you really need. First is Reclamation to gain Maximum Spirit and more of this resource on kill. It follows that the nearby Magic Nodes give additional Spirit on Kill so, between Lust for Carnage, Reclamation, and the node clusters around it, you’re going to receive a lot of resources from attacking and killing enemies, helping you offset the Spirit problems of this Diablo IV Druid Build – Dire Wolf.

Furthermore, you’re also going to take Natural Attunement to receive Maximum Spirit and Maximum Life. You can always top yourself off before rushing into a fight to be able to trigger Shred frequently. What’s more, is that there are other nodes in the Ancestral Guidance Tree that provide you with additional Core Skill Damage as well as another glyph socket. 

Final Tips

A great alternative to the Accelerating Aspect is the Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast, which makes it so that you extend the duration of Grizzly Rage by up to 5 seconds. Now if you have this on your Amulet, it’ll be 7.5 seconds. And if you have Cooldown Reduction on any of your Equipment, you’ll be able to activate Grizzly Rage more often, probably every 20 seconds. 

So that wraps up our Diablo 4 Werewolf Druid Build – Direwolf, which I enjoyed playing. This and the Rapid Fire Archer Rogue Build are probably my two favorites since I’m able to zip around the screen while dealing huge burst damage and having good survivability. You’re very tanky, especially when you pop in Direwolf. 

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In this Diablo 4 Necromancer Build, I’ll show you how to play a LvL 70+ White Walker Necromancer that’s aimed at World Tier 4. If you are looking for a Build that uses Minions and the Frost element in order to not only boost your damage but also Freeze enemies, then this Diablo 4 White Walker Necromancer Build Guide is for you!

Diablo 4 Summoner Necromancer Build – White Walker

A lot of people have been asking me to make an endgame Minion Build that can keep Minions alive where they can actually do something in combat. So my primary objective with this Diablo IV Build is to incorporate them but it’s worth noting that they don’t deal a ton of damage in this game even after acquiring all of the summon nodes. However, these Minions are able to provide Corpses and Freeze enemies, making it easier for you to kill them while providing decent Essence. What’s more, is that they act as meat shields, and once you get the Ring of Mendeln Unique Ring, they’ll be able to deal a lot more damage upon exploding on enemies, making them viable than before.

So the first thing to consider with this Diablo 4 White Walker Necromancer Build is how you get your Minions to survive. It took a while to balance survivability with damage but you can tweak this around a little as you see fit depending on the Equipment you have. So in terms of the Paragon Boards, which I’ll discuss in detail later on, I’ve taken the Cult Leader to focus on boosting Minion Damage and protection. 

Next, I have Maximum Minion Life on a lot of my gear to give them Health to avoid dying quickly. There’s still the maxed-out Bonded in Essence, which makes it so that your Skeletal Priest heals for 60% more of your Maximum Minion Life. You’ll also notice that there’s no more Death’s Defense, and that’s simply because your summons usually doesn’t take up to 30% of the Health in one hit anymore. 

As such, I’ve opted to put my points into Inspiring Leader, which makes it so that after you’ve been Healthy for 4 seconds, your Minions gain 12% Attack Speed. Attack Speed is beneficial because when Cold Mages deal damage, they give back Essence on top of Chilling and Freezing enemies. So the faster they attack, the more often that’s going to happen. In effect, there will be more opportunities to create Corpses to activate Corpse Explosion or to heal your Minions.

Diablo 4 Summoner Necromancer Build – White Walker

Once you hit Tier IV you’ll want to start thinking about min/maxing to get the most out of your Build, and that starts with Skills. Thanks to Paragon Boards and to the increased Equipment affixes, you’ll be able to bypass most of the restrictions you previously faced while leveling up. I also won’t get too deep into Skills, as you most probably know how they work by now.

Book of the Dead / Unique Specialization

• Skeletal Warriors – 2nd Node of the Reaper
• Skeletal Mages – 1st Node of the Cold
• Golems – Sacrificed Iron

Diablo 4 Necromancer Build: Equipment, Gems, and Aspects

Equipment is the most important part of any Endgame Build, and It’s important to understand that it’s a long-term goal. You won’t have all Paragon Boards available right away, and getting all uniques will probably take a lot of farming, so try to use Legendary Aspects to adjust to your needs while you farm levels and better gear.

Legendary Aspects and Unique Powers

I’ll divide the Equipment into different slots, so it’s easier to understand what you should be using and what affixes you should be looking for. Remember that unique equipment has fixed affixes and powers, so if you are using one, you might need to re-slot a Legendary Aspect into a different piece.

Another important thing to notice is that, when looking for stats, you’ll want to make sure you are fulfilling your Paragon Rare Node requirements. Some rare nodes have very high requirements, and equipment is what allows you to fulfill them. These bonuses often double the rare node effect so, for example, getting an Equipment piece with +100 Dexterity might unlock one or more Node bonuses, giving you a massive bonus as a result.

Helm

Legendary Aspect

Blood Getter’s Aspect: This is an alternative if you don’t acquire the Deathless Visage Unique Helm, allowing you to increase the number of Skeletal Warriors you summon.

OR

Aspect of the Protector: This gives more protection by letting you conjure a damage shield upon hitting Elites or Bosses.

Affixes

• +Total Armor
• +Physical Damage
• +Critical Strike Damage with Bone Skills
• +Maximum Essence

Unique Equipment

Deathless Visage: This makes Bone Spear even more deadly. When you send it through a pack of enemies, the explosions trail behind it to wipe everything out. 

Chest Armor

Legendary Aspect

Viscous Aspect: This increases the number of Skeletal Mages you have by 2, giving you 5 of them.

Affixes

• Damage Reduction from Distant Enemies
• +Damage
• +Physical Damage
• +Intelligence

Unique Equipment

No unique Equipment is recommended for this category.

Gloves

Legendary Aspect

No Legendary Aspect is recommended for this category.

Affixes

• +Critical Strike Chance
• +Cold Damage
• +Freeze Duration
• +Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore X Primary Resource

If you don’t have Frostburn yet, you’re going to want Gloves that give Critical Strike Chance and Ranks of Bone Spear. 

Unique Equipment

Frostburn: This makes it so that you have a Lucky Hit Chance to Freeze enemies for 2 seconds, which follows the frost theme portion of our Diablo 4 Necromancer Build. You have the Blizzard Skill from your Skeletal Mages as well as their cold attacks from the Book of the Dead. And now, with Frostburn, you yourself are able to Freeze targets as well. So this prevents them from dealing damage to you and from doing a lot of things while boosting your damage against CCed enemies because of the Control Glyph.

Pants

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Disobedience: This increases your Armor by up to 50% if you have a max roll, for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage.

OR

Aspect of the Protector: This gives more protection by letting you conjure a damage shield upon hitting Elites or Bosses.

Affixes

• +Maximum Minion Life
• Damage Reduction
• +Damage for 4 Seconds After Killing an Elite
• +Dodge Chance

Unique Equipment

No unique Equipment is recommended for this category.

Boots

Legendary Aspect

Coldbringer’s Aspect: Every 10 seconds, your Cold Skeletal Mages may cast Blizzard to deal Cold Damage and continuously Chill targets for 8% for 6 seconds. This is fantastic in terms of dealing damage and keeping them alive, especially if you have Damage vs Crowd Controlled Enemies. However, because I already have the Coldbringer’s Aspect for my Boots, I don’t have room for extra Skeletal Warriors, which you may want, so that’s the tradeoff here. 

You can have more Skeletal Warriors but I simply find that the Skeletal Mages are more beneficial to this Diablo IV White Walker Necromancer Build to enhance your Crowd Control Damage. This is especially true since you’re going to make use of the Control Glyph to increase your damage and that of your Minions against Chilled and Frozen enemies.

Affixes

• +All Stats
• +Ranks of Corpse Tendrils
• +Movement Speed

Unique Equipment

No unique Equipment is recommended for this category.

One-Handed Weapon

Legendary Aspect

No Legendary Aspect is recommended for this category.

Affixes

• +Intelligence
• +Damage to Distant Enemies
• +Damage to Healthy Enemies
• +Rank of Fueled by Death Passive

If you don’t have Black River yet, I suggest using any One-Handed Weapon that has Critical Damage, Vulnerable Damage, Core Skill Damage, or Damage to Distant Enemies. Or perhaps All Stats to boost your damage via Paragon Boards. 

Unique Equipment

Black River: This considerably boosts your Attack Speed, which is where your Minions’ Attack Speed is based on. It also enhances your damage to distant enemies as well as a rank to Fueled by Death Passive, thereby boosting damage upon consuming a Corpse. More importantly, Corpse Explosion consumes up to 4 additional Corpses and widens its explosion radius. At higher levels, this Skill starts to fall off since you need to constantly detonate a ton of Corpses. This is why a lot of people move to the Shadow version of it to enhance their damage even if it’s slower.

Now because of Black River, Corpse Explosion becomes meta again while ramping up your Essence regeneration because if you use it once and there are 5 Corpses on the ground, you’ll get back 30 Essence, which makes Bone Spear stronger.

The reason why Bone Spear is stronger when you have Maximum Essence is because of the Ossified Essence Key Passive. This makes Bone Skills deal 1% increased damage for each point of Essence you have above 50 upon cast. So try to cast Bone Spear when you’re at Maximum Essence, and keeping yourself topped up in between casts will make this Skill deal greater damage. And since you don’t need to fling these spears at a lightning rate with this Diablo 4 White Walker Necro Build, you would be fine to alternate it with Corpse Explosion.

Offhand Weapon

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Reanimation: This increases your Skeleton Damage after they have been alive for 10 seconds up to 30%. Since I had a max roll on the Aspect of Reanimation, I decided to keep it.

OR

Aspect of Frenzied Dead: However, since Minions don’t deal a ton of damage, you can make use of this aspect to increase their Attack Speed for 3 seconds after damaging an enemy, stacking up to 3x. As a result, they’ll be able to Freeze things faster while getting back your Essence quicker. It’s also going to create more Corpses from your Reapers that can be detonated with Corpse Explosion. So even though it’s not necessarily boosting their damage, the situation will be better. 

Affixes

• +Maximum Minion Life
• +Resource Generation
• Cooldown Reduction
• +Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies

Unique Equipment

No unique Equipment is recommended for this category.

Amulet

Legendary Aspect

Splintering Aspect: For this White Walker D4 Necromancer Build, you’re going to use Bone Spear to help support your Minions at range as well as Corpse Explosion without spending Essence. Because of Bone Spear, you’ll want to imprint the Splintering Aspect, which makes it so that enemies hit beyond the first Vulnerable are also Vulnerable for a certain amount of seconds, and that bone shards that splinter from Bone Spear deal increased damage to them. I’ve placed the Splintering Aspect on my Amulet to get more damage out of it. 

Affixes

• +Willpower
• Cooldown Reduction
• +Ranks of Compound Fracture Passive
• Essence Cost Reduction

Unique Equipment

No unique Equipment is recommended for this category.

First Ring

Legendary Aspect

No Legendary Aspect is recommended for this category.

Affixes

• +Lucky Hit Chance
• +Minion Attack Speed
• +Maximum Minion Life

Unique Equipment

Ring of Mendeln: All of its affixes are great for this D4 White Walker Necro Build except for Thorns. But if you’re playing a Thorns Minion Build with Razor Plate, it would be good. Now the Ring of Mendeln makes it so that while you have 7+ Minions, you gain Lucky Hit up to a 10% chance to empower them, causing their next attacks to explode for X amount of Physical Damage. This is fantastic because periodically, your Minions will just hit for huge damage against mobs. They don’t deal a ton of damage natively so having the Ring of Mendeln bypasses that problem.

Another thing that seems to happen with this Ring, although it needs more testing, is its synergy with the Army of the Dead Ultimate Skill. It seems to cause insane damage, allowing them to wipe out packs of enemies in a second. I’m not sure if that’s because they’re detonating or if it’s due to the high Lucky Hit Chance. But it makes Army of the Dead absolutely lethal. 

Second Ring

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Grasping Veins: This is one that should probably be in just about every Necromancer Diablo IV Build and it makes it so that you have up to a 20% increased Critical Strike Chance for 6 seconds after using Corpse Tendrils and you gain up to 60% Critical Strike Damage to enemies damaged by this Skill. The Aspect of Grasping Veins is another good candidate for your Amulet. Corpse Tendrils allow you to pull targets together, allowing you to Stun them and apply the Vulnerability effect. As such, this considerably raises your damage. And it lets you group them up nicely to then activate Bone Spear and Corpse Explosion. 

OR

Requiem Aspect: This provides a lot of Essence per active Minion, and since you have 9, that’s 45 Maximum Essence, which is a huge amount. This lets you further boost Bone Spear’s Damage by 45% if you cast at Maximum Essence. So the Requiem Aspect is worth getting as long as you get 4 or the max roll for it.

Affixes

• +Vulnerable Damage
• +Critical Strike Chance
• +Maximum Life
• +Damage to Stunned Enemies

Unique Equipment

No unique Equipment is recommended for this category.

Gems

For gems, you’ll want to slot:

• Weapon: Emeralds to increase Critical Strike Damage against Vulnerable enemies.
• Armor: Rubies to boost your Maximum Life.
• Jewelry: Skulls to boost your Defense value.

Paragon and Glyphs for the Necromancer Build

When it comes to Paragon Boards, we are mainly going to aim for Rare Nodes that increase our damage output, as well as Glyphs that synergize with our Build. Please note that the order in which I get the Nodes is just a general guideline, and you can adjust it to your current needs.

Second Paragon Board – Cult Leader

As mentioned earlier, the Cult Leader Paragon Board is focused on Minion Damage and protection so it doesn’t boost your D4 White Walker Necromancer Build’s damage in any way. There are a couple of really good Rare and Magic Nodes in this tree. First is Custody, which significantly reduces the damage your Minions take. Once you meet the Dexterity requirement, they’ll take lesser damage. Second is Overlord, which increases Minion Damage.

And what’s really great is a glyph socket positioned perfectly between these two clusters. Here, I recommend slotting the Deadraiser Glyph. This makes it so that Paragon Nodes within range gain plus a percentage bonus to your Minion Damage and Minion Damage Reduction modifiers. So Custody and Overlord are going to get affected as well as the Magic Nodes around them. Once you upgrade this to Level 15, its radius will expand to incorporate all Magic Nodes to further improve their performance in combat. 

Up until you have this Deadraiser Glyph, you probably need to use the Aspect of Hardened Bones to give your Minions enough damage reduction to stay alive. When this glyph reach Level 15, I was able to remove my Legendary Aspect. I find that healing them regularly improves their survivability. However, if you need more protection for them, then there’s a Rare Node in the upper left-hand corner called the Armor-Clad to provide your Minions with more Armor and Maximum Life.

Third Paragon Board – Bone Graft

From the Cult Leader Tree, I got the Skeletal Mages Nodes but had to sacrifice the Skeletal Warrior ones on the left to gain access to the Bone Graft Paragon Board. I then picked up some passives like Essence on Kill to keep my resources topped up as well as the Bone Graft Legendary Node to enhance both my damage and Maximum Essence the more Bone Skills I use. 

You’ll also unlock a third glyph socket to slot in Control and be able to deal more damage to Chilled, Frozen, and CCed enemies. 

Final Tips

With regard to node clusters, you’ll notice that there are several unused Magic Nodes on the way to the third glyph socket. The priority is to level up the Control Glyph to maximize the damage to CCed enemies while boosting your Minion Damage as well. So I intended to gain access to it first before going back to pick up these nodes. Also, you’ll need a bit more Dexterity there. My thought process will be to spend the next 20-30 Paragon points to flesh out this Bone Graft Tree with the things I missed, and then perhaps unlock more stuff in the Cult Leader Board, especially if I need more Minion survivability or want to get more Skeletal Warrior Damage.  

So that wraps up our Diablo 4 White Walker Necromancer Build. Even though Minions aren’t as strong as compared to sacrificing them, they continue to be viable in the endgame. They’re also fun to play with and contribute in other ways besides damage-dealing like Freezing enemies and providing Corpses for Corpse Explosion. 

Stay tuned for more Diablo IV Builds. We have another Druid and Barbarian Build coming along so you can look forward to those. Be sure to check out our Diablo 4 Wiki for any other questions you have about the game and the Builds page if you are looking for more Diablo IV Builds, as well as our Ultimate Beginner Guide and All Classes Overview if you are looking for more Diablo 4 content!

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Diablo 4 Paragon System Guide: In this Diablo 4 article, I’m going to explore the Paragon System. There are a lot of things that go into choosing which Paragon Boards and Glyphs to use regardless of what Class you are. If you’re looking for a comprehensive discussion to figure out what to do with your Paragon Boards for your Builds, then this guide is for you!

Diablo 4 Paragon System Guide

So once you reach Level 50 and unlock the Paragon Board, which is different for every Class, you’re going to only be able to head upward and toward your first glyph socket. As you keep playing from Level 50 onward, having unlocked the Paragon System, Glyphs will drop until you have acquired all of them such that there won’t ever be duplicates. You’ll always get a new one every time it drops, allowing you to slot them in a socket. 

Diablo 4 Paragon System Guide: How Glyphs Work

Now each Class has its own set of Glyphs even though some of them are named similarly and share the same bonuses. So the first thing you’ll want to do is to figure out a Glyph that benefits your playstyle. I have the Necromancer Paragon Board here with the Essence Glyph at the beginning. Essence is going to give me Critical Strike Damage with Core Skills for each Dexterity Node that I select inside the red radius. So the more Dexterity Nodes I unlock, the more Critical Strike Damage I’m going to gain. Additionally, if the amount of Dexterity adds up to at least 25, I’ll receive a secondary bonus that increases Critical Strike Damage against enemies who aren’t Healthy, so below 80% Health.

There are two parts to this. First is picking a Glyph that actually benefits me, and as a Blood Necromancer, there aren’t too many that affect Blood Skills specifically, except for Critical Strike Damage with Core Skills. And the second one is making sure that I can unlock the secondary bonus and that there are a good number of Dexterity Nodes around it in order to get as much Critical Strike Damage as I can. Had I slotted 2 more, if they were available, I would’ve further boosted my Critical Strike Damage with Core Skills.

Diablo 4 Paragon System Guide: Second Paragon Board

Once you’ve slotted the Glyph that best suits your playstyle while unlocking its additional bonus, and you don’t have Stats you can assign anymore, you should continue moving up the board. Here, I highly recommend prioritizing damage. Usually, one side of a board focuses on damage whereas the other is all about defense so you can do both if you like. Now once you get to the top, you’re going to attach and select another Paragon Board. You’ll be able to look through these and see what their Legendary and Rare Nodes do. 

A lot of new players make the mistake of selecting their next Paragon Board solely based on the Legendary Node available because the Rare Nodes inside often outshine this Legendary Node in many, many cases. What I suggest doing is previewing each and every board and looking through these Rare Nodes in terms of what they do and the magic clusters around each one to determine the bonuses they grant. Doing so will give you a really good picture of what you’re in for and if it matches your Build. As such, I highly recommend selecting a board that has 3-4 good node clusters. Four is better, of course, and then rotate the board to unlock the best nodes first. This will then be followed by mapping your route. 

You’ll essentially move from one Rare Node cluster to the next, picking up Magic Nodes around it, maybe dipping over and selecting up the Legendary Node if it’s not too far off. Avoid the ones you don’t want and head over to those you do as quickly as possible. As you’re gaining access to these Rare Nodes, one of the things you should pay attention to is the additional bonuses they provide as long as you meet their attribute requirements. Every single Rare Node in Diablo 4 has an additional secondary bonus that once you meet the Stat requirement, you unlock.

For instance, if it says 340 Willpower and your character already has this amount, you’ll gain the corresponding bonuses so you ought to be familiar with what they are to be able to target these attributes on your gear. A lot of times, you’ll unlock 2-3 bonuses at the same time because they have similar requirements. 

Now I really want to emphasize how important it is to pick a good Second Board because once you move on to your Third Board in any direction, those will cost more Stats to unlock secondary bonuses. This means that if there are bonuses you really like, you’ll want to double down and obtain them on your Second Board. It’s also worth noting that these choices will be less relevant as you progress further in Diablo IV but at the beginning, you need to pay close attention to focus on min-maxing your gear. 

Diablo 4 Paragon System Guide: Second Glyph

Next, I urge you to experiment with different Paragon Boards to see what works best for you. You don’t have to pick one and stick with it if it’s not working like with Skills. And it’s also because the Second Board is really going to be the backbone of your Diablo IV Build. So at some point, you’re going to come across another socket where you’ll place your next Glyph, meaning you need to move toward it. 

The Glyph you want to put here will based on the available Stats near it together with the additional bonus you gain that you couldn’t put on your First Board. When these Glyphs hit Level 15, and even though you’re b-lining from one node cluster to the next, you may consider changing your route to take advantage of your Glyphs’ expanded radius. Because remember that if you’re getting 6 or 7 Critical Strike Damage per Dexterity, and all of a sudden, the range has expanded, you can take more Dexterity Nodes to further amplify your Critical Strike Damage rather than unlocking the ones you don’t need. 

Other Boards

There’s also a lot of nuance that comes with picking your Third and Fourth Boards. For instance, on my Build here, I’ve dipped over into the Bone Graft Tree, which is not particularly applicable to a Blood Necromancer Build. However, it has one node cluster that I really like, which gives Maximum Essence and Essence on Kill. So I’ve taken this because my Blood D4 Necro has trouble with Essence management and one of the ways to rectify it is by making sure I have more when combat starts. I even regain some of it upon killing enemies. So you want to be on the lookout for little clusters like these, particularly if you’re encountering Essence, Spirit, or Energy management problems. 

However, here’s where things get tricky because I don’t need anything else from the Third Board. And so, I went back to the top of my Second Board to gain access to my Fourth Board. But those nodes are going to be more expensive Stat-wise to unlock the additional bonuses I want. Once I have enough Paragon points to reach the Rare Node on this Fourth Board, I’d actually be better off pulling all the node points out, detaching the board entirely, and instead, making it my Third Board. Doing so will turn my Bone Graft Tree into my Fourth Board since I’m only using one node cluster here. And this is exactly why you won’t want to do something like what I did because you would’ve made all the nodes and the Third Board more expensive. 

Final Tips

Make sure that you have the attributes around the glyph socket you’re using in order to get the secondary bonus. Once this expands, keep increasing the respective Stats to get more bonuses from it. And remember that the Second Board you pick is your primary board Stat-wise and early on in the Paragon levels. 

Now as you go higher and higher in the level scale of D4 from Level 80 to 90, it’s not going to matter much the order of Boards you pick. But if you’re between Level 50 to 75, it’ll be very important for your Build. Again, don’t choose your Second and Third Boards based on the Legendary Nodes but remember to look at the Rare and Magic Nodes as well to greatly benefit you.

So this wraps up our Paragon System Guide, I hope you found it useful. It’s not that complicated but there are a lot of different things you can do. You really have to pay attention though. I also don’t recommend sitting there trying to math it all out while you’re making your Build. Just pick a tree and see if it works. If it does, continue the route, otherwise, change the board and pick different nodes. 

If you have further questions about the Paragon System, please let me know. Be sure to check out our Diablo 4 Wiki for any other questions you have about the game and the Builds page if you are looking for more Diablo IV Builds, as well as our Ultimate Beginner Guide and All Classes Overview if you are looking for more Diablo 4 content!

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Diablo 4 Twisting Blades Rogue – Lvl 70 Shadowblade Build Guide: In this Diablo 4 Rogue Class Build, I’ll show you how to play a Lvl 70 – Twisting Blades Rogue. This build is very tanky and deals an insane amount of damage, allowing you to quickly clear content as soon as you hit Tier IV. If you are looking for a build to both get you from the beginning of Tier IV up to the very late game, then this Diablo 4 Shadowblade Build guide is for you!

Diablo 4 Rogue Build – Twisting Blades

This build continues our Lvl 50 Shadowblade Build, and makes the necessary adjustments to efficiently clear Tier IV content. These changes include swapping out some passive skills and our basic skill, as well as modifying a couple of Legendary Aspects.

Just like the original Shadowblade Build, the main focus is to use Twisting Blades in combination with Shadow Imbuement to create a chain reaction effect and explode big packs of enemies. This build is very engaging and fun to play, as it motivates you to move around the battlefield and to constantly use different active skills depending on the type of situation you are facing.

The main difference you’ll notice in Tier IV difficulty is the increased amount of damage that enemies deal to you. Damage output is not an issue for this build, so we’ll be mainly focusing on making sure we are very tanky and that we can survive any attack and keep going, even when clearing content many levels above your own such as Nightmare Dungeons.

Diablo 4 Twisting Blades Rogue Build LvL 70+: Skill Distribution

Once you hit Tier IV you’ll want to start thinking about min/maxing to get the most out of your build, and that starts with skills. Thanks to the increased affixes on Ancestral Equipment, in combination with some amazing Paragon glyphs, you’ll be able to kill enemies much faster, allowing you to mainly rely on Consuming Shadows to recover energy. This will free up some points that were used for Energy Regeneration that can now be slotted into other skills.

One of the most noticeable changes when comparing to our previous build is the replacement of Invigorating Strike for Puncture. The main reason for this change is that you can use Puncture from a distance, while Invigorating Strike is a melee skill. This will allow you to generate energy from a safe distance, and to trigger some passives before a difficult fight, such as the Aspect of Might or the Aspect of the Protector.

Another important change is that thanks to the Exploit Glyph, we’ll be able to replace the Blended Shadow Imbuement in favor of Mixed Shadow Imbuement greatly increasing our overall damage.

Specialization

Same as our previous build, we’ll keep the Preparation Specialization, which allows you to quickly reduce the cooldown of Shadow Clone by spamming Twisting Blades.

Diablo 4 Twisting Blades Rogue Build: Equipment, Gems and Aspects

Equipment is the most important part of any endgame build, and It’s important to understand that it’s a long term goal. As soon as you reach Tier IV you’ll first want to transition into Ancestral items, and then you’ll want to start looking for specific affixes in your equipment.

Legendary Aspects and Unique Powers

While I recommend a couple of uniques for this build, they will probably take a lot of farming, so try to use Legendary Aspects to adjust to your needs while you farm levels and get better gear.

As a general note on affixes, try to prioritize Cooldown Reduction over other stats, as it directly affects how often you can use your Shadow Imbuement, Dash and Shadow Clone. Your second priority should be damage, as we’ll be mainly using Legendary Aspects to increase our survivability.

Another important thing to notice is that, when looking for stats, you’ll want to make sure you are fulfilling your Paragon Rare Node requirements. Some rare nodes have very high requirements, and equipment is what allows you to fulfill them. These bonuses often double the rare node effect so, for example, getting an equipment piece with +100 Dexterity might unlock one or more node bonuses, giving you a massive bonus as a result.

Helmet

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Might: This aspect provides you a massive 20% damage reduction when you hit an enemy using Puncture, allowing you to trigger it from a distance before you begin a fight. This is a great option during your early 70’s allowing you to better handle the increased damage of Tier IV enemies.

Aspect of the Deflecting Barrier: This becomes a great option after you find Temerity, as you’ll constantly have a barrier active.

Mangler’s Aspect: This is another great alternative, allowing you Daze enemies almost all the time thanks to the Exploit Glyph.

Affixes

• Cooldown Reduction
• + Ranks to Shadow Imbuement
• Maximum Energy
• + Maximum Life
• + Total Armor

Chest

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Disobedience: This aspect massively increases your Armor value. Thanks to the constant AoE damage, you’ll be able to get max stacks as soon as the fight begins.

Affixes

• + Imbuement Skill Damage
• + Shadow Damage
• + Maximum Life
• + Total Armor

Gloves

Legendary Aspect

Accelerating Aspect: This aspect will greatly increase your attack speed whenever you critical strike with your Twisting Blades (which is all the time). The increased attack speed is great for both Puncture and Twisting Blades, increasing the rate at which you generate and spend energy.

Once you get the Grasp of Shadow Unique Gloves, you’ll want to relocate this aspect into one of your rings.

Affixes

• + Rank Twisting Blades
• + Critical Strike Damage with Imbued Skills
• + Attack Speed
• + Stats

Unique Equipment

Grasp of Shadow: These gloves are amazing for this build. Its unique effect will give you a chance to summon a Shadow Clone that mimics your attack each time you use Dash, Shadow Step or Twisting Blades. In addition, its passive affixes will greatly increase the Shadow Clone Damage, vulnerable damage and Twisting Blades damage.

Waist

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of the Protector: This aspect generates a barrier when you damage an elite enemy, giving you the opportunity to set up all your combo without having to worry about your health. This is an amazing aspect that has become a staple in most builds thanks to its low cooldown and reliable effect.

Affixes

• + Damage after killing an elite
• Damage Reduction from close enemies
• Damage Reduction from distant enemies
• Stats
• + Total Armor

Unique Equipment

Temerity: These pants greatly increase all the healing received and increase all your stats. The best part of it though, is the unique effect, which grants you a barrier when you heal beyond your maximum life. This synergizes perfectly with our Aspect of Stolen Vigor, allowing us to maintain a barrier at all times, which removes the need of the Aspect of the Protector. The barrier is great on its own, but it will also allow you to slot some aspects that depend on it, such as the Conceited Aspect which increases your damage or the Aspect of the Deflecting Barrier that gives you a chance to ignore direct damage from distant enemies.

Greaves

Legendary Aspect

Ravager’s Aspect: This aspect is essential for this build, as it provides you with an additional charge to Shadow Step, and also refunds a charge if you kill an enemy while using it. This allows you to freely use it to relocate during fights and increases the amount of Unstoppable triggers available.

Affixes

• + Ranks to Shadowstep
• + Ranks to Dash
• Energy Cost Reduction
• + Stats

Two-Handed Ranged

Legendary Aspect

Bladedancer’s Aspect: This aspect is also essential for this build, providing your Twisting Blades with the orbit effect.

Affixes

• + Core Skill Damage
• + Damage to close enemies
• + Vulnerable Damage
• + Critical Strike Damage with Imbued Skills
• + Critical Strike Damage
• + Stats

First One-handed

Legendary Aspect

Conceited Aspect: This increases your damage by a percentage while you have a barrier active. You can use it with Aspect of the Protector, but becomes active all the time as soon as you get Temerity.

Affixes

• + Core Skill Damage
• + Damage to close enemies
• + Vulnerable Damage
• + Critical Strike Damage with Imbued Skills
• + Critical Strike Damage
• + Stats

Second One-handed

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Imitated Imbuement: This aspect massively increases the effectiveness of Shadow Clone, allowing it to mimic your Shadow Imbuement and also increases its damage. Make sure to cast Shadow Imbuement just after casting Shadow Clone to get full benefit during difficult fights.

Affixes

• + Core Skill Damage
• + Damage to close enemies
• + Vulnerable Damage
• + Critical Strike Damage with Imbued Skills
• + Critical Strike Damage
• + Stats

Amulet

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Stolen Vigor: This is the best aspect when it comes to survivability, providing you a massive amount of health regeneration that increases with each stack of the Momentum that you have and making you almost immortal while at max charges. This only gets better with Temerity, allowing you to sustain max barrier at all times.

One important thing to remember, is that this aspect scales with your power level, meaning that you’ll probably need to replace it as you progress further into the game, even if you got a max roll early on. Also remember that we are slotting this Legendary Aspect into the Amulet to take advantage of the 50% increased effect.

Affixes

• Cooldown Reductions
• + Percentage of Dexterity
• + Damage with Dual Wielded Weapons
• + Imbuement Skill Damage

First Ring

Legendary Aspect

Aspect of Corruption: This increases the potency of your Shadow Imbuement against vulnerable enemies. Once again, thanks to the Exploit Glyph this will be happening at all times.

Affixes

• + Critical Strike Damage with Imbued Skills
• + Damage to Close Enemies
• + Vulnerable Damage
• + Critical Strike Damage
• + Critical Strike Chance
• + Maximum Life

Second Ring

Legendary Aspect

Energizing Aspect: This is great to generate Energy when you are left fighting against a single elite enemy. Once you get the Grasp of Shadow you should replace this with Accelerating Aspect.

Affixes

• + Critical Strike Damage with Imbued Skills
• + Damage to Close Enemies
• + Vulnerable Damage
• + Critical Strike Damage
• + Critical Strike Chance
• + Maximum Life

Gems

For gems, you’ll want to slot:

• Weapon: Emeralds to increase critical damage against vulnerable enemies.
• Armor: Rubies to boost your maximum life.
• Jewelry: Skulls to boost your defense value.

Paragon and Glyphs for Twisting Blades Rogue Build

When it comes to Paragon boards, we are mainly going to aim for rare nodes that increase our damage output, as well as glyphs sockets that will allow us to unlock their bonus effects. Please note that the order in which I get the nodes and the places where i put the Glyphs is just a general guideline, and you can adjust it to your current needs

First Paragon Board – Base

On the first paragon board, you’ll want to start by taking the rare node on the right and then taking the other two rare nodes near the middle. On the glyph socket, you’ll want to slot the “Combat” glyph and assign 25 Intelligence around it. Its normal effect will increase the Critical Strike Damage of your Twisting Blades, while the bonus effect will restore energy when you critical strike with them.

Second Paragon Board – No Witnesses

On this board, you’ll want to rotate until you have the “No Witnesses” legendary node on the top side. Make your way upwards, aiming for the “Knowledge” rare node and get all the magic nodes around it.

From here, turn right and get the socket where you’ll slot the “Exploit Glyph“. Its regular effect will increase your vulnerable damage, and once you allocate 25 Strength around it, you’ll be able to apply vulnerable to enemies as soon as you damage them, allowing you to trigger most of your passives and aspects from the beginning of the fights.

Make sure to also get the “Training” rare node on the right, as it’ll be close to some strength nodes required for the Glyph, and will only require a couple of extra points to unlock.

Now that the middle part is covered, you’ll want to start heading left from the Knowledge node. Head upwards and get the Ruin rare node and all the magic nodes around it. From here, continue up and turn right and head straight to the middle to unlock the “No Witnesses” legendary node.

Once you have all the previous nodes, head to the Board attachment gate located on the left to attach the next board.

Third Paragon Board – Eldritch Bounty

You’ll want to rotate the board until you have the “Imbuer” rare node on the top right side. Head straight for it and take it in combination with all its magic nodes.

From here, you’ll want to start moving in a diagonal line towards the bottom left part of the board, taking the Eldritch Bounty Legendary Node first, and then Ready Supply and all its magic nodes.

Once you reach the bottom, take the socket and slot the “Closer Glyph“, which increases the damage to all your cutthroat skills and provides you with 10% damage reduction once you assign 40 dexterity around it.

To finish this board, just head down and unlock the Potent rare node as well as the imbued skill damage magic nodes. Once those are unlocked, head to the bottom board attachment gate to continue to the next board.

Fourth Paragon Board – Exploit Weakness

Rotate the board until the socket is located on the upper left side. The first rare node you’ll want to get is the Hunter Killer node, with all its magic nodes.

Once you have that, go back and turn left, heading straight into the socket where you’ll slot the “Efficacy Glyph“. Assigning 25 intelligence around it will grant you with 20% increased potency on your Shadow Imbuement.

Once the glyph is complete, you’ll want to go straight upward and take the Artifice rare node and all its vulnerable magic nodes, which will greatly increase your vulnerable damage.

To finish this board, head downwards and get the “Exploit” rare node and all its magic nodes.

Final Tips

Remember to craft and drink Precision Elixirs, which increases both critical strike chance and critical strike damage, further boosting your overall damage.

Remember to always save at least one charge of Shadow Step in case you get crowd controlled, as it provides you with Unstoppable when cast.

This build works best when fighting multiple enemies at once, so try to group enemies together instead of fighting small packs, as this will both increase damage and energy generation.

While Shadow Step is more convenient to relocate, you should try to use Dash as your first relocate mechanic, as it’ll increase your Critical Strike Damage.



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