As July draws to a close, Monopoly GO players are enjoying the final festivities of The Simpsons collaboration. However, all good things must come to an end, and the highly popular The Simpsons album is set to officially wrap up on July 29. The official end-of-season releases of Sticker Boom and the community-voted Golden Blitz event undoubtedly send a strong signal: time is running out for players to collect stickers and complete The Simpsons album. It is time to make way for the next adventure! During this pivotal transition, the question on every Monopoly GO fan's mind is: what fantastical world will the next album transport us to after The Simpsons? Let's speculate on the upcoming season's theme by looking at current business partnerships, past seasonal trends, and insider leaks. Dream Collaboration with Toy Story or Other Classic Disney IPs Among all potential themes, a collaboration featuring Toy Story or other classic Disney animated franchises is currently the most requested by Monopoly GO community and makes the most sense from a business perspective. This confidence stems largely from the deep commercial partnership currently shared by Monopoly GO developers and Disney. Observant players who keep an eye on official rewards likely noticed a key detail: during the current The Simpsons season, Disney distributed exclusive D'oh-Nut Homer Shield redemption codes to subscribers via its Disney+ Perks promotion. Notably, the contract for this collaboration is set to expire on July 29. Transitioning seamlessly to another major IP within Monopoly GO ecosystem immediately after The Simpsons collaboration concludes, while the current contract window is still active, would not only maximize commercial returns but also represents the most logical next step. More importantly, looking at the game's track record, Monopoly GO has experienced the massive success that comes with partnering with top-tier external IPs, and it is unlikely to stop there. Especially after the phenomenal success of Marvel GO album and the unprecedented hype generated by the subsequent Star Wars and The Simpsons collaborations, Monopoly GO development team has honed a mature mechanism for IP crossovers. Given that The Simpsons - an animated series aimed at a more mature audience - could anchor a massive content lineup spanning 21 sticker sets, a mega-franchise like Toy Story (with its even deeper roster of characters) would be the perfect successor to maintain the game's current momentum. Furthermore, Monopoly has previously released a physical Toy Story edition board game; a digital collaboration now feels just as natural as the earlier Harry Potter crossover. You might be thinking, This is all just speculation, right? Well, concrete evidence has surfaced to back up this theory. In recent updates to the game's underlying code, data miners discovered unclassified placeholder icons. Not only do they feature a vibrant, 3D cartoon toy aesthetic, but the associated text tags explicitly include names like Woody and Buzz. While these codenames were initially misidentified by some as Star Wars-related, the timing now makes their true connection unmistakable. Original Summer Theme Of course, if Monopoly GO doesn't plan to launch such a heavyweight external IP collaboration after Sanrio and The Simpsons, they might choose to launch a warm and healing original summer vacation theme on July 29th as a buffer period after the high-intensity collaboration events. From early July to late August last year, Monopoly GO ran the highly acclaimed Summer Escape album. Players have just finished grinding through The Simpsons album, dodging Chief Clancy Wiggum's antics, and keeping up with a rapid-fire narrative, leaving the community feeling somewhat burnt out. Introducing a more laid-back summer adventure or travel theme - one that focuses on the simple details of everyday life - could effectively alleviate player stress and help prevent churn. Leaked information also lends weight to this theory. Even before The Simpsons collaboration officially launched, the developers had shown a highly polished summer-themed album to a small group of beta testers. However, because the major collaboration with The Simpsons was put on the agenda at the last minute, this original season has most likely been postponed to the present as a backup plan. Returning to Classic Mechanics Beyond the two options mentioned above, returning to the game's core universe - featuring Mr. Monopoly and his dog, Scottie - is a reliable fallback for Monopoly GO after a string of collaboration seasons. This is especially appealing if the developers want to take a break from paying licensing fees after two consecutive high-profile IP partnerships. Paying for top-tier IP rights back-to-back represents a massive financial outlay for any game company. After launching two major collaborations, retreating to an original world fully under their own control allows developers to save on hefty licensing fees while enjoying absolute creative freedom. Given that August falls right in the middle of summer vacation, there is a strong possibility they will launch a World Tour themed season, letting Mr. Monopoly and Scottie guide Tycoons as they travel freely between famous global landmarks. With 100% autonomy over their own IP's design and mechanics, they can transform the game board into world-famous sites or campus corners, centering the experience on the iconic characters' global adventures, an approach that offers plenty of freshness. Get Ready for the New Album! Following Monopoly GO's usual promotional habits, the team tends to save the real reveal for the very end. They typically release the first major teaser on official social media channels just three to five days before the current season concludes. Regardless of whether the July 29 launch brings a Disney Toy Story theme (featuring Woody and Buzz) or a relaxed, original summer vibe, the smartest strategy right now is clear. Make the most of this remaining time: buy Monopoly GO stickers from IGGM to complete The Simpsons set, and strive to accumulate the highest-tier Star Vault. Carrying a stockpile of resources into the new season is the best way to get a head start on the next album collection. Breaking News! An Unexpected Move: Farm Fortunes Officially Announced!  Just moments ago, the official Monopoly GO team revealed the big surprise: taking over from The Simpsons on July 29th won't be Disney's Toy Story or a summer vacation theme, but an all-new Farm Fortunes album featuring a collaboration with Bugs Bunny! It must be said that the developers' secrecy and unexpected move really caught data miners and players off guard. Yet, looking back, this rustic farm theme brilliantly combines the best elements of our earlier predictions: after the high-intensity, high-pressure events of The Simpsons season, the laid-back atmosphere of the countryside offers the community a perfect, relaxing breather. Seeing Mr. Monopoly and Scottie decked out in overalls and driving tractors during Farm Fortunes season is sure to be a delightful treat! While the new season's theme took everyone by surprise, the game's core mechanics and the logic behind the seasonal transition remain unchanged. With Farm Fortunes season kicking off on July 29th, the priority right now is to make the most of these final few days to rapidly stockpile resources. Get your farming gear ready - on July 29th, let's start sowing seeds and reaping big rewards together in the brand-new Farm Fortunes!

Diablo 4 Season 14 Patch 3.1.1a finally removes the notorious restriction on Mythic Unique items, so you can now equip crafted Mythic items without any limitation, and this change makes all class builds considerably stronger. As a result, more classes have managed to reach Tier 150 of The Pit, and below, based on the rankings, we present the 10 strongest builds currently available. The following are the 10 best-performing builds that do not rely on exploits: Clash Paladin Command Fallen Lunatic Warlock Blood Wave Necromancer Whirlwind Barbarian Rend Barbarian Rain of Arrows Rogue Firewall Sorcerer Shred Druid Charge Barbarian Evade Counterswarm Spiritborn No. 10 Clash Paladin Paladin has not been saved in Season 14, and it currently performs the worst among all classes, reaching a maximum of Tier 134 even with top-tier gear; with average equipment, it might only manage around Tier 120. The best-performing variant is Clash Paladin, a build centered on basic skills, and its key mechanism lies in stacking Resolve. The core skill Clash, through its Seize Them modification, grants 8% increased damage per stack of Resolve, up to a maximum of 16 stacks. To maximize basic attack damage, this build uses Diablo 4 items such as Shard of Verathiel, Paingorger's Gauntlets, and Aspect of the Moonrise to boost basic skill damage. Clash Paladin is easy to gear up, but it has limited competitiveness against top builds; nevertheless, it handles T12 content without any trouble. No. 9 Command Fallen Lunatic Warlock Warlock received a modest boost after Mythic item restriction was lifted, but its overall standing is only slightly better than Paladin's. Lunatic Warlock can reach up to Tier 137 in The Pit, and its core mechanic revolves around the basic skill Command Fallen, which summons a Fallen Lunatic that charges out and explodes to deal damage to enemies. With the unique item Cage of Madness, Evade action transforms your character into an angry Lunatic for up to 15 seconds. During this transformation, movement speed increases by 60%, and every second the explosion damage of Fallen Lunatic increases by 100%. Therefore, the gameplay focus is to maintain the transformation as long as possible to obtain the highest damage bonus, culminating in a final explosion that clears the area. This is also a basic-attack build, using the usual basic-attack damage amplifiers, and the overall experience is quite enjoyable. No. 8 Blood Wave Necromancer Although the golem Necromancer is very interesting to play, the best performer in The Pit is Blood Wave Necromancer. Thanks to Hematolagnia variant of Blood Wave, this skill changes from an ultimate ability into a frequently castable core skill. In the skill reset from Lord of Hatred expansion, the Necromancer's mobility has been greatly enhanced: Sever becomes a dash movement skill, and Blood Rush turns Blood Mist into a teleport effect. Furthermore, the Word of the Blood Binder Set is central to this build's power, because its two-piece set effect provides 60% increased damage, and the five-piece effect grants an additional 75% increased damage. No. 7 Whirlwind Barbarian Barbarian is the overall strongest class in Season 14, and Whirlwind Barbarian offers high versatility and very smooth gameplay, performing excellently in almost all scenarios; it can reach around Tier 140 in The Pit. For players who do not seek the absolute highest tier, Whirlwind Barbarian is the best overall choice. Its DPS is slightly lower than that of Charge Barbarian, but it wins in comfort and has top-tier clear speed. No. 6 Rend Barbarian Rend Barbarian can reach approximately Tier 147. This build is a typical DoT style, so it pairs very well with Mythic item Shattered Vow, which provides 120% increased DoT duration and can directly execute enemies whose remaining health is lower than their bleeding effect. Another core component of Rend Barbarian is the unique ring Ring of the Ravenous. This ring not only grants ranks to the Rend skill but also extends its duration by up to 8 seconds and increases its damage by up to 80%; moreover, when you damage enemies with Brawling Skills, it directly applies two layers of Rend's bleeding effect. No. 5 Rain of Arrows Rogue Rogue has multiple strong builds in Diablo 4 Season 14, but Rain of Arrows stands out because of its excellent aoe and single-target damage output, reaching Tier 150 with perfect gear. The biggest drawback of this build is its heavy reliance on equipment, so it is not suitable as a leveling or early-game build; rather, it is intended for late-game transition. The frost variant of Rain of Arrows is the strongest for pushing high tiers, though the poison variant is also viable. The good news is that, provided you have enough Lair Boss Keys, obtaining new Mythic Unique items is much easier than before the patch. You can join IGGM Diablo 4 Facebook Giveaway Group. You have a chance to win a large number of Lair Boss Keys for free. No. 4 Firewall Sorcerer Sorcerer rankings in The Pit for Season 14 are largely dominated by Firewall Sorcerer, which has also reached Tier 150. The core of Firewall Sorcerer is Ring of Fire, where players no longer cast firewalls under enemies' feet; instead, they cast the firewall under their own feet, and while standing in the fire ring, they transfer the firewall's damage to enemies through other attacks. Firewall Sorcerer can be used directly from the early game and later transition into an ultimate build specialized for pushing The Pit and The Tower. No. 3 Shred Druid Shred Druid's strength scales dramatically with gear. Its core is Storm Shepherd's Call set: the two-piece set effect boosts Storm skills' damage, and the 5-piece effect gives a chance to double-cast Storm skills. By activating skills and aspects in a specific sequence, Shred Druid can lock extremely high Overpower damage onto Shred skill, resulting in astronomical numbers. However, part of this build's power comes from a bug, because when you rapidly tap the skill button instead of holding it down, damage increases abnormally. The developers have confirmed that this snapshot bug will be fixed; even after the fix, Shred Druid will still have the capability to clear Tier 150. No. 2 Charge Barbarian Charge Barbarian is slightly stronger than Rend Barbarian. It is a fire DoT build, centered on Battering Ram modification of Charge skill, which turns Charge into a fire DoT skill. This build relies heavily on the unique pants Chainscourged Mail. Their effect is that after you cast a damaging Brawling Skill, that skill is disabled; when all Brawling Skills are disabled, they are immediately re-enabled and their cooldowns reset. If Charge is the only Brawling Skill on the action bar, its cooldown resets instantly after every cast, enabling infinite Charge. No. 1 Evade Counterswarm Spiritborn Evade Counterswarm also dominates Spiritborn leaderboard for The Pit. Its core item is the unique ring Ring of Writhing Moon, which generates a Pestilent Swarm from the player every 4 seconds; this swarm deals poison damage and flies around the player, while each hit reduces the cooldown of an equipped Eagle skill by 0.25 seconds. The other half of Evade Counterswarm's core lies in Counterattack of the Swarm modification of the skill Counterattack: after casting, it fires three additional pestilent swarms. As a result, the swarms generated by the ring and by the skill orbit around the player; combined with Evasive Swipe modification of the movement skill Rushing Claw, the player moves rapidly with the orbiting swarms, dealing continuous damage. Diablo 4 Season 14's fastest class on the leaderboard is actually Rogue, which clears Tier 150 in about 3 minutes, far ahead of other classes; however, this still exploits an infinite damage bug. If you prefer not to use bugs, you can refer to the powerful builds listed above.