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Leveling and Fresh 70

Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide

End Game

Support Build with Raekor SetGR 105+

Furious Charge Build with Raekor SetGR 95+

Leap/Earthquake Build with Might of the Earth SetGR 90+

Frenzy/Thorns Build with Legacy of Nightmares SetGR 85+

Hammer of the Ancients Build with Immortal King SetGR 80+

Whirlwind Build with Wrath of the Wastes and Bul-Kathos's Oath SetsGR 90+

Rend Build with Immortal King and Wrath of the Wastes SetsGR 80+

Leveling and Fresh 70

Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide

End Game

Bombardment Build with Legacy of Nightmares SetGR 95+

Blessed Hammer Build with Seeker of the Light SetGR 95+

Bombardment Build with Akkhan SetGR 85+

Thorns Build with Invoker SetGR 85+

Condemn Build with Akkhan SetGR 80+

Sweep Attack Build with Roland's SetGR 80+

Leveling and Fresh 70

Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide

End Game

Fan of Knives Build with Legacy of Nightmares SetGR 95+

Fan of Knives Build with Shadow's Mantle and Marauder SetsGR 90+

Sentry and Cluster Arrow Build with Marauder SetGR 90+

Shadow's Mantle Build with ImpaleGR 90+

Grenade Build with Unhallowed Essence SetsGR 90+

Multishot Build with Unhallowed Essence SetGR 85+

Rain of Vengeance Build with Natalya's SetGR 85+

Leveling and Fresh 70

Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide

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Support Build with Inna's Mantra and Raiment SetsGR 105+

Lashing Tail Kick Build with Sunwuko or LoN SetsGR 90+

Crippling Wave Build with Raiment and Shenlong SetsGR 90+

Seven-Sided Strike Build with Uliana's Strategem SetGR 85+

Exploding Palm and Mystic Ally Build with Inna's Mantra SetGR 85+

Wave of Light Build with Sunwuko SetGR 85+

Leveling and Fresh 70

Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide

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Firebats Build with Spirit of Arachyr SetGR 105+

Gargantuan Build with Helltooth SetGR 90+

Soul Harvest Build with Jade Harvester SetGR 85+

Zombie Bears Build with Helltooth SetGR 80+

Poison Dart Build with Zunimassa's Haunt SetGR 80+

Acid Cloud Build with Helltooth SetGR 80+

Leveling and Fresh 70

Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide

End Game

Manald Archon/Hydra with Vyr and Tal Rasha SetsGR 100+

Archon Build with Firebird SetGR 95+

Manald Channeling Build with Tal Rasha SetGR 90+

Arcane Orb Build with Delsere SetGR 85+

Archon Build with Vyr SetGR 80+

Spectral Blade Build with Tal Rasha SetGR 75+

Flashfire Wand of Woh Build with Tal Rasha SetGR 75+

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The Necromancer DLC Is Coming Tomorrow! The Necromancer is coming, so check out all the info surrounding the DLC.

The Necromancer DLC Is Coming Tomorrow!

We're only a day away from the Necromancer and we can also get the DLC with WoW gold! Check out when exactly the DLC will be available in your region, the current Wow Token prices, as well as a complete overview of the upcoming patch and DLC. Today at 20:16 by Starym

Deadly Roots: The Lore of the Necromancer

With the Rise of the Necromancer DLC pack coming next week on June 27th, it's high time we delved into the background of these mysterious characters. What is their involvement in the events of Diablo 3 and RoS, how did they get there and from where - today we get all of those answers and more!
In case you missed it, there's also a preview of the new zones coming with the patch. Jun 23, 2017 at 17:26 by Starym 6 comments

First Look: The Shrouded Moors & Beyond

The "First Look" series continues with a preview of new zones added in Patch 2.6.0 - Shrouded Moors, Temple of the Firstborn and Realms of Fate. Jun 22, 2017 at 17:25 by Stan 1 comment

Twitch Prime Rewards for Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch

Members of Twitch Prime can now get rewards in Overwatch, while they will be able to get more rewards in the future in Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm. Jun 20, 2017 at 21:08 by Zadina

Rise of the Necromancer Pack Arrives June 27!

Rise of the Necromancer Pack is just one week away and will go live on June 27! Jun 20, 2017 at 14:16 by Stan 30 comments

Necromancer Beta Ends

Necromancer Beta has now ended according to an announcement by CM Nevalistis on the official forums. More information about the Necromancer DLC should be posted soon. Haedrig's Gift for Season 11 has Necromancer Sets listed, so maybe it will go live when Season 11 starts on Thursday, July 20. Jun 19, 2017 at 21:27 by Stan 3 comments

First Look: Challenge Rifts

Challenge Rifts are a weekly static version of a previously completed Geeater Rift. It's pulled directly from a player's account and you will need to beat the timer with the same skills, paragon levels, gear and layout as the original player to claim Blood Shards, and various Crafting Materials. This game mode will be introduced in Patch 2.6.0 and you won't need to purchase the Necromancer DLC Pack to unlock it. Jun 16, 2017 at 17:26 by Stan 7 comments

Brian Holinka Leaves World of Warcraft Team

After 5 years, Lead PvP Designer Holinka is leaving the World of Warcraft team. He was offered a new opportunity at Blizzard, so he's going to be working on another title. Jun 15, 2017 at 21:18 by Stan 10 comments

Destiny 2 PC Release Date, Pre-Order Announced

We already saw the big gameplay reveal and announcement that Destiny 2 was coming to PC via battle.net, but now we know when as well! It's the height of E3 at the moment, so it's no surprise the news came today: while the console versions will be out over a month and a half earlier on September 6th, the PC will be getting the game on October 24th and you can pre-order it now: Jun 13, 2017 at 02:54 by Starym 9 comments

First Look: Necromancer Set & Legendary Items

Sets being revealed in action along with a couple of legendaries, the DLC releasing with Season 11 seems more and more likely! Jun 12, 2017 at 18:09 by Starym 5 comments

New Job Posting Hints at Remastering of Old Titles

A new job posting by Blizzard hints at a remaster of old titles. While Starcraft remaster has been confirmed, will we see Diablo II & Warcraft III remastered as well? Jun 11, 2017 at 22:22 by Stan 11 comments

Season 10 Ending Soon, S11 Start Date

Season 10 is coming to an end and we got both the end date for it (June 23rd) and the start date for Season 11 (July 20th). Other than the usual Season end summary, the post stating the S11 start date is of particular interest, as it's possible/likely that the Necromancer DLC will be coming out with the new season, so we may be only a week and a month away! Jun 09, 2017 at 17:47 by Starym 6 comments

Rise of the Necromancer Pack Rewards

We still have no idea when we'll get to play the Necromancer (that is, those of us not lucky enough to get into the beta), but we now know what else we're getting with the Rise of the Necromancer pack! That cute little guy up there is the new "Half formed golem" pet, and we get the usual combo of wings, portait, banner stuff and pennant as well. Jun 05, 2017 at 17:46 by Starym 11 comments

Eternal Collection Coming to PS4 / Xbox One

It seems Blizzard will be selling Rise of the Necromancer DLC as part of the Eternal Collection, at least for PS4 / Xbox One. The collection contains the standard game, Reaper of Souls expansion and the Necromancer. Jun 05, 2017 at 09:39 by Stan

New Site Feature: Deck Import / Export

You can now directly import your favorite Icy Veins decks to Hearthstone or export them to our website should you need advice from the community. Jun 02, 2017 at 00:52 by Stan 9 comments

Necromancer Beta Patch Notes: June 1st

With the recent intro cinematics revealed and the new beta patch today, it's time to start getting slightly to very hyped for the release, or at least release date announcement for the Necromancer! We also got this comment at the end of the cinematics reveal post "Stay tuned, Sanctuary. More news is on the horizon!", which may mean nothing, but at this point we're grabbing onto any hint! Presumably they don't mean the Horizon Lunar Colony from Overwatch, but you never know with Blizzard...

Anyway, today's beta patch features a lot of skill changes and a few for passives and set bonuses changes, as well as the big change making Necro Golems and WD Gargantuas destroy breakables they walk over! Jun 01, 2017 at 19:33 by Starym 2 comments

Blizzard Joins Instagram!

The social media presence of big blue is spreading, as Blizzard heads to Instagram! There's two separate entries at the moment, with the company's official page and a lifeatblizzard page featuring photos of the devs and other employees having fun at the campus! Here are a couple of the photos: May 31, 2017 at 20:23 by Starym

Male and Female Necromancer Intro Cinematics

IGN got a hold of a couple of Diablo 3 devs for a chat and also managed to get the intro cinematics for both the male and female Necromancers. Valerie Watrous, lead lore writer for the DLC, also said we'd be seeing the events of the game from a new perspective, as Necromancers (obviously) have a different view on death. May 31, 2017 at 16:24 by Starym 1 comment

Unannounced Mobile Project Is Warcraft-related

There are actually at least two unannounced projects that we know of, the very mysterious first person game (very likely shooter) and the mobile game that we now know has ties to the Warcraft universe. A new job announcement for an FX artist has a line calling for "Passion for creating imagery synonymous with the Warcraft IP", which looks pretty self-explanatory. While some of the speculation was previously going around a Hearthstone spin-off with a StarCraft or Diablo thematic, this dispels them and puts the focus back on the big franchise. It would seem a Pet Battle-like completely new game, or direct extension of the WoW version is the front-runner in the speculation race.

Speaking of, what are your guesses and/or wishes for both the unannounced games? May 26, 2017 at 13:55 by Starym 6 comments

Necromancer Beta Patch Notes: May 23

This week's Necromancer Beta build brings many tweaks to Necromancer abilities, passives, runes and Legendary item affixes. May 23, 2017 at 19:36 by Stan 2 comments

Battle.net Name at Destiny Event: An Exception

A Blizzard rep says the mentions at the Destiny 2 event were a one time thing and it's still called Blizzard Launcher. May 20, 2017 at 15:51 by Starym 21 comments

Destiny 2 Is Coming to PC via Battle.net

Update: It seems the release date for Destiny 2 on PC will be a little later than the September 8th mark, as PCGamer found out. The actual PC release date will be announced "in the coming weeks".

The big Destiny 2 gameplay reveal stream just finished and had a surprise cameo by Blizzard's very own Mike Morhaime, announcing that the franchise's arrival on PC will happen exclusively via Blizzard's own Battle.net service. This means all your friends lists from Blizzard games will be right there on Destiny 2's launch, making it much easier to get going in this new MMO and you'll also be able to purchase the game using Blizzard balance! It also makes a lot of sense since Activision is publishing Bungie's Destiny franchise so Battle.net is the perfect fit. Here's a couple of trailers for the game in case you weren't familiar with it: May 18, 2017 at 18:20 by Starym 23 comments

Necromancer Beta Patch Notes: May 17

Necromancer Beta was updated with Patch v2.6.0.45634. Not so many changes are in this time. Blizzard reduced the likelihood of dead ends in Rifts & Greater Rifts floors using the Temple of the Firstborn map. May 17, 2017 at 22:43 by Stan 3 comments

Christie Golden Joins Blizzard

The NY Times bestselling author of many novels is joining the Blizzard team. Christie Golden reported yesterday on Twitter that she's very happy about her new position at Blizzard, but at the same time, she couldn't reveal what it was. May 16, 2017 at 10:13 by Stan 4 comments

The First New Rift Boss in Years

Welcome Vesalius, the first new Rift Boss in a long time! While it seemed he was entirely unique at first, it later turned out, as most Rift Bosses, that he was based off an Adventure Mode boss (Vidian from the Sanctum of Blood, a new area). Both bosses are giant Enslaved Nightmares, new models coming with the Necromancer pack and showing up now on the beta, so we can hope there will be even more new additions once it goes live. May 14, 2017 at 12:51 by Starym 8 comments

Necromancer Set Appearances & Bonuses

Necromancers have - as of the latest beta build - four different sets. In this preview, we're looking at their appearance and set bonuses. May 13, 2017 at 00:14 by Stan 1 comment

Patch 2.6.0 - Challenge Rifts

The Challenge Rifts game mode is added to the game in Patch 2.6.0. Players don't need to purchase Rise of the Necromancer as Challenge Rifts are standard patch content that launches alongside the Necromancer DLC. May 11, 2017 at 22:23 by Stan 1 comment

Necromancer Beta Patch Notes: May 10th

The latest beta patch is here and it brings lots of Necromancer changes for Bone Armor, Command Skeletons, as well as a couple of passives and we get to see a whole lot of new Necromancer legendaries and some changes to Necro sets! There's also a new NPC selling literal bags full of legendaries for 200 blood shards. May 10, 2017 at 22:59 by Starym

Activision Blizzard Earnings Call - Q1 2017

Activision Blizzard's earnings call was yesterday and we've got some interesting numbers! May 05, 2017 at 10:35 by Stan 8 comments

Necromancer Live Q/A Overview: May 3

Senior Game Designer Travis Day & Lead VFX Artist Julian Love answered questions related to Necromancers in a livestream Q/A yesterday. May 04, 2017 at 09:58 by Stan 4 comments

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26 Jun. 2017: Frenzy Thorns Barbarian Introduction
- Guide updated for 2.6 and moved to new format.
26 Jun. 2017: Furious Charge Barbarian Introduction
- Guide updated for 2.6 and moved to new format.
26 Jun. 2017: HotA Barbarian Introduction
- Guide updated for 2.6 and moved to new format.
26 Jun. 2017: Leap/Earthquake Barbarian Introduction
- Guide updated for 2.6 and moved to new format.
26 Jun. 2017: Rend Barbarian Introduction
- Guide updated for 2.6 and moved to new format.
26 Jun. 2017: Support Barbarian Introduction
- Guide updated for 2.6 and moved to new format.
26 Jun. 2017: Whirlwind Bul-Kathos Barbarian Introduction
- Guide updated for 2.6 and moved to new format.
31 Mar. 2017: Barbarian Beginner Guide
- Updated the guide with a starter build for the Season 10 free set, The Legacy of Raekor.

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