Diablo 4 Red Dust

Diablo 4 Season 9 has been officially announced for more than a week. Some players who have progressed faster may have already challenged the high-level The Pit on Torment 4 difficulty, and most experienced players must have successfully reached the endgame and started farming Diablo 4 gold and unique items required for the build.

So whether you are an experienced player or a new Diablo 4 player, it’s time to see where the build you are playing now ranks among all the builds. Even if the build you are playing now is not the most powerful, it doesn’t matter, as long as you feel happy, then this build is suitable for you.

S Tier

• Balazan Rake Spiritborn Build
• Balazan Quill Spiritborn Build
• Balazan Crush Spiritborn Build
• Balazan Thrash Spiritborn Build
• Hydra Sorcerer Build
• Pulverize Druid Build
• Shadowblight Necromancer Build
• Blood Wave Necromancer Build
• Minion Necromancer Build

There are four Spiritborn builds in the S Tier builds, and yes, the class is back in this position again. This is mainly because of its newest unique item, Balazan’s Maxtlatl. You can see that the prefix of these 4 builds is this, which is enough to show the power of these Diablo 4 items.

They indeed have some similarities, but their play styles are very different, so they are divided into four builds here.

Hydra Sorcerer build in PTR has shown strong damage. Although there are some variants of the Hydra Sorcerer build, the core skill is Hydra, so there is only one here.

The strength of the Sorcerer has not changed much, and the power of Hydra Sorcerer build also comes from the new unique item, Ophidian Iris, but this cannot cover up the weakness of other Sorcerer’s builds. However, 90% of Sorcerer players in Season 9 may be Hydra Sorcerers.

Necromancer is as powerful as ever. You can find that Blood Wave Necromancer has been popular for several consecutive Seasons, but the developers have been trying to strengthen the summoning gameplay of Necromancer, so you can play a pure summoned necromancer in Season 9, but the damage may not be as high as that of Hydra Sorcerer.

A Tier

• Fleshrender Druid Build
• Penetrating Shot Rogue Build
• Touch of Death Spiritborn Build
• Twisting Blades Rogue Build
• Sever Necromancer Build
• Death Trap Rogue Build
• Companion Druid Build
• Chain Lightning Sorcerer Build
• Meteor Sorcerer Build
• Quill Volley Spiritborn Build
• Blight Necromancer Build
• Evade Spiritborn Build
• Bone Spirit Necromancer Build
• Bone Spear Necromancer Build
• Rain of Arrows Rogue Build
• Lunging Strike Barbarian Build
• Bash Barbarian Build

After several Seasons of adjustments, the most important of which is the adjustment of Overpower mechanism, Rogue finally has the power to compete with other builds. Builds such as Penetrating Shot Rogue and Twisting Blades Rogue have successfully reached A Tier.

The unique item given to Rogue in Season 9 is not useless. It can bring a considerable damage increase to Rogue, but the conditions for use are relatively harsh. If you don’t have a shield, you will die easily. Therefore, Rogue’s rise has nothing to do with the unique item.

B Tier

• Ice Shards Sorcerer Build
• Flay Barbarian Build
• Boulder Druid Build
• Earth Spike Druid Build
• Shred Druid Build
• Payback Spiritborn Build
• Rock Splitter Thorns Spiritborn Build
• Razor Wings Spiritborn Build
• Blood Lance Necromancer Build
• Stinger Spiritborn Build
• Shadow Step Rogue Build
• Whirlwind Barbarian Build
• Minion Barbarian Build
• Thorns Barbarian Build
• Landslide Druid Build
• Cataclysm Druid Build
• Frenzy Barbarian Build
• Earthquake Barbarian Build
• Lightning Storm Druid Build
• Stone Burst Druid Build
• Werewolf Tornado Druid Build
• Mighty Throw Barbarian Build
• Flurry Rogue Build
• Rupture Barbarian Build
• Inferno Sorcerer Build
• Blizzard Sorcerer Build
• Fire Bolt Sorcerer Build

You can see how much of an impact Season 9 has had on Druid and Barbarian in the B Tier. Barbarian only had two builds in A Tier, and most of the builds were demoted from their original levels to the B Tier.

This is not only because Overpower mechanic was nerfed, but it was also nerfed again by the developers before the official release of Season 9. This affected the Barbarian damage limit.

Another unlucky class in Season 9 is Druid, but his situation is not as bad as Barbarian, which he still has a build in the S Tier. Some builds of Druid, which have been powerful for several seasons, have received extra attention, such as Cataclysm Druid build, which can be said to be the evergreen of Druid, but was completely destroyed by the developers in season 9.

C Tier

• Poison Trap Rogue Build
• Lightning Spear Sorcerer Build
• Ball Lightning Sorcerer Build
• Fireball Sorcerer Build
• Incinerate Sorcerer Build
• Crushing Hand Spiritborn Build
• Invigorating Strike Rogue Build
• Blood Surge Necromancer Build
• Heartseeker Rogue Build
• Toxic Skin Spiritborn Build
• Double Swing Barbarian Build
• HotA Barbarian Build
• Frozen Orb Sorcerer Build
• Barrage Rogue Build
• Upheaval Barbarian Build
• Death Blow Barbarian Build

From C Tier, you can see that the strength of Sorcerer in Season 9 is just an illusion. Except for Hydra Sorcerer, the status of basically all Sorcerer builds has declined. Many Sorcerers that were still B tier in Season 8 have been downgraded to C Tier.

D Tier

• Dance of Knives Rogue Build
• Rapid Fire Rogue Build

Although these are two Rogue builds in the D Tier, they are usually used as leveling builds. Especially Dance of Knives Rogue, which is one of the Tier S leveling builds in Season 9, and it is fast to farm items and clear dungeons.

Some players will use Diablo 4 gold to reset skills and glyphs after reaching the endgame, and then exchange for another Rogue build.

The above is a simple ranking of Season 9 endgame builds. It may not be important for most ordinary players, because most of them have enough damage. However, higher-level builds will have higher damage and faster farming speed. If you haven’t decided on the final builds, you can choose one from the above.

Dear wanderers, every update of Diablo 4 always has some bugs, some of which can help players level up, and some can greatly increase the player’s damage.

In the PTR of Season 9, there was an abnormally high damage Barbarian, and its bug came from Horadric Spells. The latest bug is also partly from it, and this time the class that benefits is Sorcerer.

In the demonstration video, Hydra Sorcerer can melt 150 The Pit extremely quickly, probably in just one or two minutes. But in fact, any Sorcerer builds can take advantage of this bug because it is very simple.

How Does This Bug Work?

To achieve this bug, you don’t need any Diablo 4 items, you can even use this bug without any equipment. There are two conditions you need to achieve:

Key Passive: Enlightenment

Gives 1 Enlightenment per skill, 15 per skill if each skill uses unique elements. Caps at 100 and loses 10 per second. While Enlightened, the player gains Fire, Lightning, and Cold damage equal to the sum of those damage bonuses, and gains:

• 25% Damage (multiplier)
• 45% Mana Regeneration (increase)
• 20% Attack Speed ​​(increase)

Infusion: Smoldering Ember

When equipped, causes your Catalyst skills to deal Fire or Burn damage, allowing it to destroy enemy structures and has a chance to ignite the ground, dealing Burn damage over 5 seconds. Your Fire damage bonus is equal to your highest damage type bonus.

The Fire damage bonus from your Catalyst skills is replaced by your highest damage type bonus. When you are in Enlightenment state, you will get the bonus of three elements. Enlightenment will decay. When some players found that when you keep Enlightenment state through the portal, these two effects will have a wonderful reaction, allowing the damage to continue to stack.

Therefore, as long as you keep going through the portal, your damage will reach the limit. The damage caused by each of your skills is like dropping a heavy nuclear bomb in hell. Even 150 monsters in The Pit can’t stand in front of you for a breath.

However, since this bug requires you to keep going through the portal to trigger it, it is not suitable to use this bug, whether you are farming Diablo 4 gold or exploring dungeons. It can only be better triggered in The Pit.

Recommended Build: Hydra Sorcerer Build

• Lightning Spear (Rank 1)
• Ball Lightning (Rank 1)
• Ice Armor (Rank 1)
• Inferno (Rank 1)
• Ice Blades (Rank 1)
• Hydra (Rank 5)
• Key Passive: Enlightenment

Horadric Spells:

Catalyst

• Cosmic Anomaly

Infusion

• Smoldering Ember

Arcana

• Reactive Ooze
• Bloody Charm
• Tranquil Stone

In terms of equipment, just the right items are fine. The reason for recommending this build is that Hydra Sorcerer build may be one of the most powerful builds in this Season. Even if this bug is fixed, you can still use the powerful Sorcerer, and you just need to use Diablo 4 gold to reset your passive skills.

Should You Try This Bug?

As a player, I will try it without hesitation as long as I learn the bug. First, the triggering of this bug is indeed very simple, except for the level. You hardly need any Diablo 4 items, so this won’t waste too much time.

Second, this bug will be fixed soon, and The Pit is a tough challenge. Not all players can reach the 150th The Pit every season. As an ordinary player, don’t you want to see what power of the monsters on the 150th The Pit are?

For players, it doesn’t matter whether it is a bug or a game mechanism, because players are only looking for satisfaction. However, exploiting bugs is essentially a cheating behavior, and the pleasure of winning by exploiting bugs is far inferior to the pleasure collected them through hard work, and it will lead to boredom with the game quickly.

Therefore, as a player, I suggest that you can exploit this bug, but don’t make it your main class.

As a developer, this is a very serious bug (although there are always many bugs in each Season update). Although this bug will not have any impact on the player’s gaming experience, it will undoubtedly cause Sorcerer to be too strong in season 9, resulting in no one playing other classes, making their hard-earned class balance a joke, so this bug should not stay for too long.

The only thing that worries players is whether this will lead to a major nerf to Sorcerer in Season 10. After all, after several seasons of weakness, Sorcerer players have finally waited for a strong season, and I hope such a propitious time will not be limited to season 9.

This bug may be tried by many players, but the more players know and use this bug, the faster the developers will fix it. If you plan to try this bug, you’d better upgrade your Sorcerer to Level 60 as soon as possible and enter the Pit to enjoy it before it is fixed.