In this guide, I want to go through every Druid Paragon Board using the Abattoir of Zir unique glyph, the Tears of Blood, to find out which one gives us the most damage period in Diablo 4. 

Only by becoming strong enough will you have the opportunity to obtain more Diablo 4 Gold!

Starting Paragon Board

Kicking things off at the starting board, every single node selected that could give you increased multiplicative damage, on the starting board. This glyph will yield 3636.1% increased multiplicative damage. 

There are two rare nodes in range of these Tears of Blood at level 200:

• Impel, which will receive 69.8% Increased Damage and 35 Willpower
• Resolve, which will give you 20.9% Resistance to All Elements and 35 Willpower

Thunderstruck Paragon Board

Next up is Thunderstruck Paragon Board.

If you selected every single node that could give you more multiplicative damage for the Tears of Blood at cap being level 200, that’s going to yield 3880.9% increased multiplicative damage. 

The two rare nodes on Thunderstruck that get impacted by this unique Tears of Blood glyph are going to be:

• Hubris, which will yield 27.9% Damage Reduction from Vulnerable Enemies and 35 Willpower
• Stormcaller, which will give you an additional 69.8% Storm Skill Damage and 35 Willpower

Survival Instinct Paragon Board

The next board we’re going to check out is Survival Instinct Paragon Board.

With every node selected, you can expect to get 4370.5% increased multiplicative damage. 

The two rare nodes on the Survival Instinct board that get impacted are:

• Battleworn Hide, which will give you 14% additional Total Armor while in Werebear Form and 35 Willpower
• Grizzly, which will give you 69.8% Damage while you’re in Werebear Form with 35 Willpower

Constricting Tendrils Paragon Board

Let’s check out Constricting Tendrils Paragon Board.

With everything selected for Constricting Tendrils, you get 3717.7% increased multiplicative damage, with the following two rare nodes also getting kind of juiced up:

• Nature’s Will, at 69.8% increased Nature Magic Skill Damage and 35 Willpower
• Courage, which gives you 27.9% increased Maximum Life and 35 Willpower

Earthen Devastation Paragon Board

Delving into the Earthen Devastation Paragon Board.

With every single node selected, you can appreciate 4207.3% increased multiplicative damage. 

Also, two rare nodes on this board that would get affected by that would be:

• Earthen Power, which will yield 104.7% increased Critical Strike Damage with Earth Skills and 35 Willpower
• Resolve, which will give you 20.9% Resistance to all Elements and 35 Willpower

Heightened Malice Paragon Board

Let’s review the Heightened Malice board. 

With all of our nodes selected that could give us increased multiplicative damage, Heightened Malice yields 4044.1% increased multiplicative damage. 

The two rare nodes the Tears of Blood beefs up are going to be:

• Sinking Fangs, which will give you 69.8% Damage to Poisoned Enemies and 35 Willpower
• Nature-born, which will give you 27.9% Damage Reduction to Poisoned Enemies and 35 Willpower

Inner Beast Paragon Board

Next one is Inner Beast Paragon Board.

With everything selected, it looks like you’re going to get 3962.5% increased multiplicative damage. 

And the two rare nodes that are also going to get beefed up are going to be: 

• Shapeshifter, which gives you 69.8% Shapeshifting Skill Damage and 35 Willpower
• Determination, which gives you 698 Armor and 35 Willpower

Lust For Carnage Paragon Board

Next up, Lust For Carnage Paragon Board.

The Lust For Carnage board, when maxed out with all of the nodes selected that could give you more damage, you’re going to appreciate 4125.7% increased multiplicative damage. 

These two rare nodes are:

• Regenerative, which is going to give you 27.9% increased Healing Received and 35 Willpower
• Feral, which will give you 69.8% increased Werewolf Skill Damage and 35 Willpower

Ancestral Guidance Paragon Board

Finally, we reached the Ancestral Guidance Paragon Board.

With every single node selected trying to get the absolute best juice out of the squeeze, we can see that we get 3880.9% increased multiplicative skill damage with the following two rare nodes being capped out with a level 200 Tears of Blood:

• Harmony, which will give you 97.7% increased Core Skill Damage and 35 Willpower 
• Resolve, which gives you 20.9% Resistance to All Elements and 35 Willpower

Paragon Board Rankings

Since we’ve checked out every single Paragon Board with the maxed out Tears of Blood, let’s evaluate first to last to find out which boards are actually going to yield the most benefit if it were to be capped out with every single node selected. 

• 1st - Survival Instinct Paragon Board
• 2nd - Earthen Devastation Paragon Board
• 3rd - Lust For Carnage Paragon Board
• 4th - Heightened Malice Paragon Board
• 5th - Inner Beast Paragon Board
• 6th - Thunderstruck Paragon Board
• 7th - Ancestral Guidance Paragon Board
• 8th - Constricting Tendrils Paragon Board
• 9th - Starting Paragon Board

Select these Paragon Boards in order and your Druid will become more powerful. This way you can get better Diablo 4 Items from Abattoir of Zir!

The build we’ll be bringing you today is Ice Poison Rogue build, which doesn’t require the use of Harlequin Crest. I named this build “IP Bomb”.

In this build we’ll freeze enemies and bombard them with poison! I think it would be useful in Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeon and Abattoir of Zir.

Like my other tutorials, this one is for players with experience in the game. As always, if the response is good, I might make a more beginner-friendly, more in-depth explanation. Now, let’s take a look!

Skill Tree

This Skill Tree includes points earned by Renown, so if you don’t have enough points, check your reward progress.

Basic Skills: Puncture, Enhanced Puncture and Fundamental Puncture, I used 1 point each.

Core Skills: Master Penetrating Shot, and I also used points to get Advanced Penetrating Shot. Also, we invest 1 point in Rapid Fire to get Advanced Rapid Fire. Penetrating Shot can quickly clear the groups of enemies, and use Rapid Fire on individual adds, Elite, or Bosses with Passive Section Sturdy. This will help you clear everything quickly and harvest large amounts of Diablo 4 Gold.

Agility Skills: In this build, instead of using Harlequin Crest, I used 1 point in Dash and Weapon Mastery.

Subterfuge Skills: I use 1 point each on Dark Shroud, Subverting Dark Shroud, Exploit and Malice to get more damage. Because I use Umbrous Aspect, we always get damage reduction and movement speed increase.

Imbuement Skills: Poison Imbuement and Blended Poison Imbuement. I used 3 points on Deadly Venom, 2 points on Alchemical Advantage, and 3 points on Frigid Finesse.

Ultimate Skills: In this build, we are not using Ultimate skills. Since we set Lucky Hit Chance very high, in the passive part, I got Master Innervation, Alchemist’s Fortune, and Second Wind. This can help you regain energy faster. When combined with Doombringer, Lucky Hit has a chance to provide health-draining abilities. I used 1 point on Adrenaline Rush and Master Haste.

Key Passives Skills: In this build we will be using Close Quarters Combat. When using Close Quarters Combat, we can gain faster attack speed and do more damage to Crowd Control enemies.

Specialization: Since I used a combination of Tibault’s Will and Condemnation, we can use Combo Points here. With my item setup, I have 22 Combo Points available, so I can do quite a little of damage.

Item Setting

Next, let’s talk about the item setup for this build.

• Helm: Cowl of the Nameless
• Chest Armor: Umbrous Aspect
• Gloves: Frostburn
• Pants: Tibault’s Will
• Boots: Aspect of Shared Misery
• Rings: Trickshot Aspect and Aspect of Bursting Venoms
• Amulet: Aspect of Disobedience
• Crossbow: Aspect of Corruption
• Swords: Condemnation and Doombringer

Their option priority is this: As you can see, I have selected 3 different resistance and movement speeds. I set this movement speed to increase attack speed in combination with Ravenous.

Since I was using so many unique items, it was difficult to set 70% for all the resistance options, so I chose 3 different resistances. I put Ruby Gem on Armor, Amethyst on Weapons, and other Jewels on Accessories to get 70% resistance.

Paragon Board

My Paragon Board is based on a level 15 rare glyph.

• Starter Board: Devious.
• Second Board: Control on Eldritch Bounty.
• Third Board: Efficacy on No Witnesses.
• Fourth Board: Turf on Tricks Of the Trade.
• Fifth Board: Bane on Cunning Stratagem.
• Sixth Board: Versatility on Leyrana’s Instinct.
• Seventh Board: Ranger on Cheap Shot.

Vampiric Power

The survivability of Undying and the attack speed of Ravenous, combined with Hectic, give your Poison Imbuement more uses. Since I use Tibault’s Will, I also use Metamorphosis and Flowing Veins to deal with more poison damage.

How To Play Tier 100 Nightmare Dungeon?

This build is really easy to play. As I said before, it can use Poison Imbuement and Penetrating Shot on groups of mobs. Due to Frostburn’s effect, the mobs will be frozen, and combined with Aspect of Shared Misery, it will spread to surrounding mobs. This way, you don’t need a tank.

Meanwhile, Aspect of Bursting Venoms creates a pool of poison. Enter the pond and continue using Poison Imbuement, Puncture and Penetrating Shot on the group. Use Rapid Fire again to kill stray mobs.

For the gameplay of this build, we first use Puncture for full Combo Points, then Evade for Curse, combined with Poison Imbuement and Rapid Fire. This way, you can quickly eliminate the boss.

In this guide, I’m going to compare every single Paragon Board with a maxed out Tears of Blood glyph available from the Abattoir of Zir launching on December 5th to find out what is the absolute best board we need to use for a Sorcerer class when the Abattoir of Zir drops to get the best benefit possible. You will also get a lot of Diablo 4 Gold for this.

Starting Paragon Board

Kicking things off with the starting board for the Sorcerer class, when you select every single node that yields the multiplicative damage, you’re going to get 3,636.1% increased multiplicative damage with a level 200 Tears of Blood glyph. 

The two rare nodes that are affected by this glyph are going to be:

• Elemental Balance, which will give you 69.8% non-physical damage and 35 intelligence.
• Erudite, which is going to give you 20.9% resistance to all elements and 35 intelligence. 

Burning Instinct Paragon Board

The next board to check out is the Burning Instinct board. And with all of the nodes selected, Burning Instinct will yield 4,044.1% increased multiplicative damage. 

The two rare nodes on the Burning Instinct board that get upgraded are:

• Cinders, which gives you 69.8% damage to burning enemies and 35 intelligence.
• Smoldering Embers, which will give you 34.9% damage reduction from burning enemies and an additional 35 intelligence.

Ceaseless Conduit Paragon Board

The Ceaseless Conduit board, when maxed out with all of the nodes that could affect its increased multiplicative damage, will provide 3,717.7% increased multiplicative damage. 

And the rare nodes that are affected by Tears of Blood at this range are going to be:

• Galvanic Catalyst, which gives you 69.8% increased lightning damage and 35 intelligence.
• Electro, which gives you 69.8% lightning resistance and 35 intelligence.

Elemental Summoner Paragon Board

The next board we’re going to check out is the Elemental Summoner board. 

With all the nodes selected that empower the Tears of Blood glyph at level 200, 4,125.7% increased multiplicative damage is something you could enjoy. 

The two rare nodes that are affected by this Paragon glyph are going to be:

• Erudite, which gives you 20.9% resistance to all elements and 35 intelligence. 
• Conjurer, which gives you 104.7% increased conjuration skill damage and 35 intelligence.

Enchantment Master Paragon Board

The Enchantment Master Paragon, with all nodes selected, is going to give you 3880.9% increased multiplicative damage. 

And the rare nodes affected by this maxed out glyph are going to be:

• Elemental Balance, which gives you an additional 69.8% non-physical damage and 35 intelligence.
• Erudite, which gives you 20.9% resistance to all elements and 35 intelligence.

Frigid Fate Paragon Board

Let’s check out the Frigid Fate board. With all of the nodes selected, Frigid Fate gives you 4,207.3% increased multiplicative damage. 

The two rare nodes on this board are:

• Weakness, which gives you 69.8% increased vulnerable damage and 35 intelligence.
• Chilling, which gives you 69.8% cold resistance and 35 intelligence.

Icefall Paragon Board

Next up, we’re going to check out Icefall. Icefall will yield 3,962.5% increased multiplicative damage when maxed out at level 200. 

And the two rare nodes in the radius of the Tears of Blood glyph that get impacted are going to be:

• Frosts, which increases your damage by 104.7% when hitting chilled enemies and 35 intelligence.
• Frigid, which gives you 41.9% damage reduction from chilled enemies and 35 intelligence.

Searing Heat Paragon Board

Let’s check out the Searing Heat board. With all the nodes selected, you can enjoy 3,880.9% increased multiplicative damage. 

Now, there’s two rare nodes that are affected by this maxed out Tears of Blood glyph. 

• Ashes, which gives you 69.8% fire resistance and 35 intelligence. 
• Flame-touched, which will increase your fire damage by 69.8% and give you 35 intelligence.

Static Surge Paragon Board

The Static Surge board, with all of the nodes selected, is going to give you 4,370.5% increased multiplicative damage. 

This will also affect two rare nodes on this board:

• Electro which will grant you an additional 69.8% lightning resistance and 35 intelligence.
• Incapacitate, which gives you 104.7% increased damage to stunned enemies with 35 intelligence.

Paragon Board Rankings

Now that I've compiled all the different Paragon Boards to evaluate all of the different multiplicative damage benefits they all enjoy with this maxed up glyph, let's take a look at the order to find out who got first and who got last.

• 1st - Static Surge Paragon Board
• 2nd - Frigid Fate Paragon Board
• 3rd - Elemental Summoner Paragon Board
• 4th - Burning Instinct Paragon Board
• 5th - Icefall Paragon Board
• 6th - Searing Heat Paragon Board
• 7th - Enchantment Master Paragon Board
• 8th - Ceaseless Conduit Paragon Board
• 9th - Starting Board Paragon Board

Select these Paragon Boards in order and your Sorcerer will become more powerful. This way you can get better Diablo 4 Items from Abattoir of Zir!

Are you still troubled by Druid’s inability to defeat Uber Lilith? Here we’ll talk about how to optimize and improve your Druid build to achieve the one-hit-kill Uber Lilith.

We are playing around with a Pulverize Druid build. Before the battle begins, let me explain Gears, Skills, Paragon Board and Aspects of this build and give you a battle walkthrough.

Special Gear Explained

First, we increase the damage dealt by core skills by up to 38% based on Fortify level. This way we can Fortify with half of our health before Uber Lilith hits the ground. There’s also an 8% critical hit chance.

If you have enough Diablo 4 Gold budget, improving the effect of Debilitating Roar is a great option. Because it directly provides you with 22% of your maximum health and Fortify effect. Building on what we’ve already generated, you can hit 100% almost instantly.

Now with Sanguine Brace and critical hit potion, my critical hit rate has reached 68%-70%. Our defense then increases damage, and our critical strike increases damage by 120%.

Balanced Ring is very interesting. It allows us to increase the maximum Spirit by 70% and Spirit generation by 20% when Grizzly Rage is active. This allows me to smash even more with an active Grizzly Rage. Also, I increased the damage by 30% with 75% Spirit, so technically that’s pretty amazing.

When you strengthen your Earth skills and both rings, you can swap out Aspect of Quicksand on your boots. Because we’re not planning to confuse Lilith, we’re just planning to cause as much damage as possible. Don’t forget to use Elixir of Cruelty, which increases your critical chance by 15%.

Also Read: Which Is The Most Powerful Lightning Sorcerer In Diablo 4 Season 2? - Updated S-Tier Chain Lightning vs Ball Lightning & Charged Bolts

The Fight: Step By Step

Activate Grizzly Rage before the battle begins, and your defense will be greatly improved. Now we can use Trample and become unstoppable again.

Pulverize and Shockwave Aspect combine to cause damage in a cone in front of you. To increase damage to a single target, find the sweet spot between its own radius and the resulting shockwave so that it hits the enemy twice per cast. This build uses multiple sources of guaranteed suppression and multiplies its damage with Ursine Strength Key Passive.

Between ‍Earthen Bulwark, ‍Trample and Metamorphosis, you have three tools that make you unstoppable and make you virtually immune to Crowd Control! Also, you are fully reinforced in almost all situations.

Gear & Aspects

Once you’ve finished leveling up, you can farm Legendary Aspects and the unique items you need for your next progression point. Here we’re still trying to get the all-important, drop-only Shockwave Aspect, as it increases our AOE and damage.

• Put Defensive Aspects on pants and helmet.
• Place Aspect of Quicksand on your chest. When used in conjunction with Aspect of the Umbral, this will improve our Spirit generation.
• We can only place Aspect of the Umbral on rings.
• Alternate Aspect of the Ursine Horror and Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast on your second ring and glove.
• Put Ghostwalker Aspect on your boots.
• Place ‍Aspect of Retaliation on your weapon to maximize damage.
• Use Rapid Aspect on your amulets to increase your Spirit generation.

Paragon Breakdown

For Paragon Board, you don’t need to make any changes for Uber Lilith since you already have 16% more physical damage against non-elites and bosses. We also have 41.2% vulnerable damage, while enemies become more vulnerable.

And then we also have Dominate Glyph, which gives us more overwhelming power, which increases our Nature Magic skill damage here. And you can also deal more multiplied damage to Crowd Controlled or Vulnerable enemies.

Skill Changes

There are some skills that need to be changed, but first don’t forget to increase the damage of critical hits by 6% against melee enemies. Therefore, by standing closer to Uber Lilith, we can gain safety.

Nature Magic skills now deal 4% damage, and the bonus for Earth skills is the next skill used after Storm skills. But we’re not running Storm skills, so we might as well get a simple 4% multiplier. This multiplier isn’t much, but our current defense against Lilith is enough.

Following the above guide, we can complete the upgrade and optimization of Pulverize Druid build and beat Uber Lilith easily. Good luck!

As I’m sure all you Diablo fans know, we will be receiving some brand new endgame content on December 5th called Abattoir of Zir. 

In this guide, I’ll cover the basics of Abattoir of Zir event, as well as the best ways you can prepare for it, including the rewards you’ll receive from it. Without further ado, let’s get started.

Mother’s Blessing Event Buff

The first thing we focus on is whether your character has reached level 100. Don’t worry if you haven’t reached that level yet. We got a great opportunity to level up quickly.

From November 20th to 27th, they will have an event week called Mother’s Blessing. During this period, it will provide you with a 35% gold buff, helping you accumulate Diablo 4 Gold quickly. But most importantly, experience gains have also been increased by 35%, and already have a 40% buff. This means this will give you a 75% experience gain. So reaching level 100 is very easy to achieve.

How Does It Work?

Abattoir of Zir works similarly to Diablo 3’s Greater Rifts. You will have 10 minutes, during which you must kill as many monsters and demons as possible. You will then summon a boss at the end of the dungeon, and Abattoir of Zir when defeated in the boss.

You’ll then be able to earn Glyph XP and loot, as well as Sigil recipe for your next summons by Abattoir of Zir. Your cultists can craft these sigils.

You will notice a tab in Sigil Crafting called Bloodforged Sigil. You just open it and use the correct Sigil Powder to craft the item you want.

You will then craft your Bloodforged Sigil, which will summon a portal at Dry Steppes’ Ked Bardu when you use it. This will then grant you access to Abattoir.

Meanwhile, this new event will bring a brand new glyph, known as Tears of Blood Glyph. This differs from the glyphs we currently have. The glyph we are currently using only reaches level 21, however, we can upgrade this glyph to level 200.

And as a bonus for every 5 core stats purchased in range, it increased your damage buff by 2%. Also, it provides a 50% bonus to all red nodes within your range. Every 10 levels, this reward will increase by 10%.

How To Prepare?

We are now going to move to the second part of this guide. Here’s just how you can prepare for the release of Abattoir of Zir on December 5th. So first you should be level 100 or have a level 100 character. Most importantly, don’t forget to take advantage of the week’s events.

The second is to make sure you have the right specs and use a building that’s more suited to dealing with Abattoir of Zir. This way, when it comes to actual theory making and putting the build together, performance is at its best. You can also use the time now to start farming materials to summon these bosses.

Also, Helltides Chest has been updated. Players now have a higher chance of receiving additional Living Steel drops in World Tier 3 and 4. Also, Helltides Chest will reward 1 Living Steel at World Tier 4.

The developers have also fixed an issue related to Living Steel Chest not spawning correctly and have temporarily removed Chest Guardian monsters, with plans to reintroduce them once the issue is resolved. This means you’ll be able to earn more Living Steels during this period.

Tips

There are two final tips I want to review. These are very minor issues, but players can still forget about them. So that’s just a good little reminder to make sure you prioritize those as well.

We’ll start with your Elixirs and Incense. Obviously, these require resources to make. So make sure you pick enough Herbs and additionally Whispers, they can give you some resource bonuses.

The benefit of using these Elixirs and Incenses is that they provide buffs to your resistance and your offensive stats. Also, a recent patch update revealed that Incense buffs still apply even after death. Therefore, people are more motivated to accumulate these resources.

The last one that almost everyone should have covered or accomplished is leveling up your Renown in each region. You do this by exploring quest dungeons and each level you reach in the area.

You’ll receive small rewards, including skill points, potion capacity increases, and even Paragon Points to help with your endgame builds. And Abattoir of Zir itself will also contribute to your Renown, with almost every statue you find giving you a permanent buff. This will help your character’s power level increase further.

If you haven’t done so already, I highly recommend you start looking for these. Well, that concludes this Abattoir of Zir preparation guide. I hope you find any part of this Abattoir of Zir guide useful.

With Season of Blood in full swing, players are still perfecting their game-breaking builds. Therefore, experience and gold coins are urgently needed resources. The recent return of some events provides Diablo 4 players with the opportunity to gain more experience and gold coins in a short period.

Mother’s Blessing

The first part is a new activity. The popular Mother’s Blessing event is returning to Diablo 4 for a limited time. This event starts on November 20th at 10am PST and runs until November 27th at 10am PST.

During this time, players will receive a 35% increase in gold and experience points in Seasonal and Eternal Realms across all four World Tiers. Also, this boost stacks, so players can use it with Elixirs and Experience Urns to maximize their gains.

This 35% experience multiplier is actually pretty huge. Because one way they made leveling up faster in Season 2 was actually to make the experience multiplier, specifically multiplied by your World Tier experience.

So, just like in World Tier 4, you get a 200% experience increase when you get other percentage increases. This is also one way they upgrade after entering World Tier 4, so it won’t feel much slower than previous upgrades. So if you add up all the experience buffs, this will make you level up ridiculously fast.

Because one week after the event ends, Abattoir of Zir will be released. So I think they want people who haven’t reached level 100 to get there quickly. If you want to make alts, I highly recommend investing your time this week to get as many alts to level 100 as possible. Because there’s no better time than this.

And with the appearance of Abattoir of Zir, the difficulty becomes extremely difficult. You’ll need a lot of Diablo 4 Gold to re-roll, and this event will double your gold by 35%. Therefore, this is also the best way to earn coins in D4.

Now you can earn gold and experience by completing many activities. Of these, I recommend you complete Whispers of the Dead first, as it provides a lot of experience. They will give you the most gold, but not multiplied by 35%. You may earn over 10 million gold in World Tier 4 Whispers, maybe even more.

Living Steel Buff

Now, the second part is the hotfix that has been released to the live game. This is a huge buff to Living Steel drops.

Because it has increased the number of Living Steels in Living Steel Chest in World Tier 3 from 1 to 2, and there is an additional chance to drop 1-2 additional Living Steels. Then World Tier 4 Living Steels has been increased from 3 to 5. There is then an additional chance to drop an additional 5 Living Steels. This means you can get up to 10 Living Steels. So this is a pretty ridiculous buff to Living Steels drop.

Living Steel is a material used by players to summon Grigoire. More specifically, players need two Living Steels to spawn a World Tier 3 boss, and 5 Living Steels to spawn a World Tier 4 boss.

This means that you can gain a lot of resources to challenge Duriel by killing Grigoire. But Living Steels will completely limit you. Because Helltide is a limited event, you can’t do this all the time. This will only create a greater obstacle to continued acquisition of Living Steels.

The buffs brought by the new hotfix will be of great help. One of the biggest buffs is that you can get five Living Steels just by opening a Living Steel Chest. This means that every Living Steel Chest you open to give you enough resources to kill Grigoire once.

Now you can also try your luck on Grigoire and get the two resources needed to summon Duriel. So sometimes five Living Steels can actually give you a full ongoing battle, and then you’ll have a chance to double the reward.

Final Thoughts

So I think this is actually one of the best changes since Season 2 was released. They also fixed an issue with Living Steel Chest not spawning correctly. So I highly recommend dedicating a lot of time to farming at least the week of the 20th to the 27th. This is absolutely huge for progress.

If you also enjoy playing Eternal Realms, these enhanced resources, especially the 35% gold multiplier, will be very important to you, even if you just want to test the alt at the end or beginning of the season.

So whether you’re a season-only guy or a rotation guy, the buffs this week can be pretty ridiculous. But that's all I want to say. Come join us now!

Diablo 4 patch 1.2.2’s Hotfix addresses several issues in the game, but mainly the changes and buffs to Living Steel during Helltides. In addition to this, Living Steel Chests now generate correctly with this hotfix.

Hotfix Changes

Here you can see that it has increased World Tier 3 Living Steel Chest from 1 Living Steel to 2 Living Steels per chest. There has also been a corresponding increase in World Tier 4, from 3 Living Steels to 5 Living Steels. In addition to this, you have an additional chance to get 5 additional Living Steels drops.

With Hotfix, Living Steel has gained 66%. So this is actually insane for your gear materials and Living Steel income.

Basically, in Living Steel Chest, 1 Living Steel will cost 60 Cinders, and in the 75 Cinders box, there will be 1 Living Steel.

As you can see here, the values are almost the same. But obviously, when you use 150 Cinders boxes to go up, you still only get one Living Steel. The cost of Diablo 4 Gold and time to open these boxes will rise sharply.

So if you have a lot of Cinders left during Helltides, you can try opening the 75 Cinders box, but there’s absolutely no need to continue spending time on that.

This change is also great for now, as dual-character farming in Helltides may no longer be necessary. For example, you could focus your Cinders on one character but be completely outside of its scope. That’s about 600 more Cinders than you’ll have available when you open the chest. But after Hotfix, your Living Steel may be higher than your Varshan Materials.

New Method

Early in the season, I made a guide on how to get 300 Cinders every 10 minutes. Although this method still works for now, I will improve it.

First, let’s start with the highest density area, which is the area with the highest Cinders farmed per minute. As you can see, there is often a very high density of Cinders farming areas in Diablo 4. But there is no point in just staying in that dense area and continuing to farm. Because the regeneration speed of mobs is not that fast.

So, ideally, you can rotate between two high-density areas and control when mobs respawn. But it’s not a big deal here, so there’s absolutely no need to strictly plan your route in Helltides.

In the previous method, we could easily get 300 Cinders every 10 minutes. It’s probably higher now because the equipment has gotten better and players have become more skilled at farming.

Now you can also throw this method into the mix of running your Helltides and killing monsters, which is definitely doable.

I found this to be a rule of thumb. If there is an event that covers many areas and is actually a big event. These are very useful when it comes to Cinders per minute, and they won’t actually slow you down. Whatever you currently get, just ignore them. Some of them will actually increase this speed.

So if you see a big event that covers a lot of ground, be sure to stay for that event and try to complete it. Because this usually has a few more avenues to farm Cinders than smaller activities.

Now another pro tip is actually doing Legion Events that pop up in Helltides. If you’re lucky, the monster density here is actually insane, and monsters respawn pretty quickly.

It took me about 5 minutes to complete Legion Events and farmed about 350 Cinders, which is really insane.

As you can see here, we also have 75 Cinders boxes in Legion Events. So you can actually take Cinders you’ve earned while clearing out everything else. You can actually get an extra copy of Living Steel here.

But like I said before, there is absolutely no need to open all 75 Cinders boxes. Because after Hotfix, you will have enough Living Steels.

Whether you’re a new player or a veteran, knowing the improved Battle Trance Unique Amulet in Diablo 4 Season 2 can enhance your Frenzy Barbarian build. Let’s inspect how it can become an invaluable part of your Diablo 4 journey.

How To Get Battle Trance?

The new Uber Boss in Season 2 allows targeted farming of specific unique items. Players can continue to farm all Uber Bosses until they get the drops they want. Of course, this includes Battle Trance.

Upon reaching World Tier 3 or 4 in Diablo 4, players can get unique items by killing enemies and opening treasure chests. To increase your chances of getting Battle Trance, actively take part in World Events such as Gathering Legions, slay World Bosses, or run Nightmare Dungeons. Because these are the best ways to get high-level loot.

Ability

With the game’s recent update, Battle Trance can provide extra resistance to build. Because it can roll Sacred and Ancestral items by investing Diablo 4 Gold, making it extremely versatile. So for maximum resistance, look for a Battle Trance with top item power, which is capped at a respectable 28.5.

Fury Bonus

With this Unique Amulet, you also get a maximum Fury bonus of 5-14. If you want to get Ramaladni's Magnum Opus, try it for 14 max Fury stats.

Also, Battle Trance significantly reduces damage from close enemies by 13.9%. However, this modifier ranges from 10.3% to 20.2%, so you’ll need to keep farming until you find the damage that provides the greatest reduction.

It’s important to note that its cooldown reduction also ranges from 6.2% to 10.3%, but if you’re patient enough, you can always aim for that 10.3%.

Frenzy Stack

Also, Battle Trance provides Frenzy with a significant advantage, one of its most impressive features. It increases Frenzy’s maximum stack count by 2. When your Frenzy is maxed out, it will increase the attack speed of your other skills by 10%-20%.

With Battle Trance equipped, you can transform your Frenzy Barbarian build from just level 5 to a powerful level 14 warrior. It can boost Frenzy by 6-9 levels, increasing their efficiency.

Although Battle Trance increases Frenzy’s max stack count by 2, it’s a bit underwhelming in terms of secondary effects. When you reach the maximum 2 stacks, it increases the attack speed of your secondary skills.

For most Barbarian builds, Frenzy is the primary skill, so the secondary effects don’t directly affect it. But many players like the increased attack speed, and this applies to Frenzy as well.

Damage Reduction

It’s also worth noting that Battle Trance triples the stack capacity, which is a tremendous benefit. Combine this with Combat Frenzy to reduce damage taken by 8%.

You can also achieve 40% damage reduction by maxing out your stacks. This will significantly improve your survivability. Or, if you prefer Frenzy, the additional stacks mean it increases your attack speed by 5% for every stack of Frenzy on your other abilities.

But this bonus isn’t as useful as it sounds because it lasts only a short time. It only lasts 3 seconds, so its effect is limited.

Suggestions For Improvement

So it would be nice if Frenzy stack could degrade slowly rather than all at once. For example, it can reduce them by one level every 2 seconds, allowing players to maintain their stacks more efficiently. If this is improved, Frenzy bonuses and other skills may become more valuable.

Final Thoughts

Overall, Battle Trance is a must-have for a Frenzy Barbarian build in Diablo 4. It has great stats, baffling level bonuses, and max stacks. While improving secondary effects, this amulet increases damage reduction and attack speed, making it an excellent addition to any build.

In this guide, I want to talk about a rogue bug that has appeared in Diablo 4 this season, and I think many players are already aware of it. However, I believe this is still worth mentioning because if you play Rogue, you absolutely must try it.

I think that if you’ve been thinking about creating a Rogue, the existence of this bug might keep you from playing one.

Combo Points

Now, as you know, Rogue has the option of having Combo Points. It created these Combo Points when they attack with basic skills. Each Combo Point increases the damage of core skills such as Rapid Fire, Flurry and Twisting Blades.

Typically, you can have up to 3 Combo Points. You can find out the current number of Combo Points by looking at UI at the bottom of the screen. You can also determine the maximum number of Combo Points you can have by hovering over the graph at the bottom.

Tibault’s Will

The bug is related to Tibault’s Will Unique Pants. So in order to do this, these Combo Points are needed.

One statistic for this Unique Pant is Maximum Energy. However, in reality, this number is added to your maximum Combo Points. So instead of just 3 maximum Combo Points, you can have up to 22 Combo Points based on Tibault’s Will’s Maximum Energy statistic. Since Combo Points affect the damage of your core skills, this also means you’ll do more damage.

How To Get More Combo Points?

Now, you may ask, if you only get one Combo Point by casting a basic skill, then it will take a long time to get the maximum number of Combo Points.

This is true, but if you have the budget for Diablo 4 Gold, buying this Unique Dagger called Condemnation can help us solve this problem. This gives us a 30% chance to maximize each Combo Point on any basic skill cast.

Note that in the item itself it says to only fill Combo Points up to 3, but that’s not actually the case. As you can see, this effect maximizes Combo Points regardless of the maximum number of Combo Points. So this way we can get up to 22 Combo Points instantly.

At this point, there’s nothing left to do but cast core skills to take advantage of our large pool of Combo Points.

Example

As you can see in this demo, I’m level 80 and Rogue is really poorly equipped. Normal 3 Combo Points Rapid Fire will do that much damage to the target dummy. And if we look at 22 Combo Points Rapid Fire, with the same outstanding gear, it does so much damage.

Again, this also applies to any other core skill, including Twisting Blades. To give you a more practical example, we’ll compare the damage of Varshan’s 3 Combo Points Rapid Fire to 22 Combo Points Rapid Fire.

So, with 3 Combo Points, you can imagine how long it takes to kill the boss. However, if you turn to Autohotkey Rapid Fire with bugs, it will die after a few uses.

That’s it! Hope these tips are useful to you. I really recommend you try this Rouge bug in Season 2 as I think there is a good chance they will fix it next season.

Despite the ongoing controversy in Season 1, Diablo 4 Varshan boss is back. To summon Echo of Varshan, players need to collect his Malignant Body Parts and throw them into a special altar. Like Grigoire, Echo of Varshan is one of the first bosses you can fight on Nightmare World difficulty, especially since his materials are easy to collect.

However, as Varshan’s Torment mode also drops Mucus-Slick Eggs, a necessary material for summoning Duriel. So fighting this boss early and using up what you’ve collected might be a bit of a waste. Therefore, you need to plan your battle route to avoid wasting Diablo 4 Gold.

Below, we’ll tell you more about Malignant Body Parts, how to get them, and how to use them.

Where To Find Malignant Body Parts?

Unlike other bosses like Beast in the Ice, there are actually a few different ways to get Malignant Body Parts needed to summon Echo of Varshan.

Complete Whispers Of The Dead

After completing Whispers of the Dead in World Tier 3 and World Tier 4, you will receive a cache. It contains guaranteed Malignant Body Parts, including Gurgling Head, Trembling Hand, Blackened Femur, and Malignant Heart.

After completing the campaign, you can unlock this Tree of Whispers and complete the mission easily. Meanwhile, you can also take part in events such as Helltide or Blood Harvest to collect Body Parts. This is the most efficient way to farm these materials since we can fetch multiple of them from a single cache.

However, it is important to note that you cannot get Malignant Heart if you only play in World Tier 3. It will only start dropping when you reach World Tier 4. Because it is a requirement for summoning Echo of Varshan in World Tier 4.

Kill Grotesque Debtors

Killing Grotesque Debtors will definitely result in Malignant Body Parts. You can easily find them in areas with Grim Favor rewards and areas with Blood Harvest events. This means you can fight these elite enemies while completing Whispers of the Dead missions.

Transfers To Your Stash

If you miss Malignant Body Parts drop, it will automatically be transferred to your stash. Therefore, be sure to check “Missed Equipment” tab in your Stash regularly.

Transmute Malignant Body Parts

Malignant Hearts are one material required to summon Varshan, but you can also convert them into any of the other three materials at Alchemist. By the same token, if you have duplicates of the items you need, you can also use the other three parts to make Malignant Body Caches, which will provide random materials.

Of these, the rarest material appears to be Malignant Heart, which is usually dropped from Grotesque Debtors enemies that appear after defeating World Boss.

How To Use Malignant Body Parts?

Malignant Body Parts can be used to summon Varshan within Malignant Burrow. The cave is located in Writhing Mire Map next to Tree of Whispers in Hawezar region. Note that Malignant Heart is only required when summoning Varshan in World Tier 4.

Although you can only fight Varshan in Nightmare or Torment World Tier, he is the only boss whose summoning cost does not increase when you move between them.

The major difference between World Tiers is that if you fight Varshan in Torment, Varshan will also drop Mucus-Slick Eggs.

How To Summon Varshan?

To successfully summon Varshan, Malignant Body Parts you need include:

• One Gurgling Head
• One Blackened Femur
• One Trembling Hand
• One Malignant Heart

Varshan is the most approachable boss. You just need to go to Malignant Burrow next to Tree of Whispers and go through a few corridors to find the arena and Malignant Altar. Deposit materials to activate the boss.

If you play the game in Season of the Malignant, Varshan hasn’t changed much. The main thing you need to pay attention to is his delayed AOE attack.

He will light up the arena floor red before exploding. However, you can avoid these entirely if you’re standing on the far left or right side of the arena when he starts casting. He will also periodically summon some elites, but these are easy to deal with, as Varshan will temporarily stop attacking.

The above is the best way to collect Malignant Body Parts and summon Varshan. Hope this guide is helpful.