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Leveling and Fresh 70

Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide

End Game

Support Build with Raekor SetTop Tier

Whirlwind Build with Wrath of the Wastes SetTop Tier

Leap/Earthquake Build with Might of the Earth SetHigh Tier

Furious Charge Build with Raekor SetHigh Tier

Frenzy/Thorns Build with Legacy of Nightmares SetMid Tier

Hammer of the Ancients Build with Immortal King SetLow Tier

Rend Build with Immortal King and Wrath of the Wastes SetsLow Tier

Leveling and Fresh 70

Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide

End Game

Blessed Hammer Build with Seeker of the Light SetTop Tier

Bombardment Build with Legacy of Nightmares SetHigh Tier

Sweep Attack Build with Roland's SetHigh Tier

Bombardment Build with Akkhan SetMid Tier

Thorns Build with Invoker SetMid Tier

Condemn Build with Akkhan SetLow Tier

Leveling and Fresh 70

Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide

End Game

Grenade Build with Unhallowed Essence SetsTop Tier

Fan of Knives Build with Legacy of Nightmares SetHigh Tier

Shadow's Mantle Build with ImpaleHigh Tier

Fan of Knives Build with Shadow's Mantle and Marauder SetsHigh Tier

Sentry and Cluster Arrow Build with Marauder SetHigh Tier

Multishot Build with Unhallowed Essence SetMid Tier

Rain of Vengeance Build with Natalya's SetLow Tier

Leveling and Fresh 70

Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide

End Game

Crippling Wave Build with Raiment and Shenlong SetsTop Tier

Support Build with Inna's Mantra SetTop Tier

Exploding Palm and Mystic Ally Build with Inna's Mantra SetHigh Tier

Lashing Tail Kick Build with Sunwuko or LoN SetsHigh Tier

Seven-Sided Strike Build with Uliana's Strategem SetMid Tier

Wave of Light Build with Sunwuko SetMid Tier

Leveling and Fresh 70

Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide

End Game

Command Skeletons Build with Inarius SetTop Tier

Corpse Lance Build with Trag'Oul SetTop Tier

Bone Storm Build with Inarius SetHigh Tier

Skeletal Mages Build with Rathma and Jesseth SetsHigh Tier

Corpse Explosion Build with Inarius SetMid Tier

Skeletal Mages Build With Trag'Oul and Jesseth SetsMid Tier

Leveling and Fresh 70

Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide

End Game

Spirit Barrage Build with LoN SetTop Tier

Firebats Build with Spirit of Arachyr SetHigh Tier

Gargantuan Build with Helltooth SetHigh Tier

Soul Harvest Build with Jade Harvester SetHigh Tier

Zombie Bears Build with Helltooth SetMid Tier

Acid Cloud Build with Helltooth SetMid Tier

Carnevil Poison Dart Build with Zunimassa SetMid Tier

Leveling and Fresh 70

Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide

End Game

Manald Lightning Archon Build with Vyr and Tal Rasha SetsTop Tier

Archon Build with Firebird SetHigh Tier

Arcane Torrent Build with Manald and Tal Rasha SetMid Tier

Arcane Orbit Build with DMO SetMid Tier

Archon Build with Vyr SetLow Tier

Explosive Blast Farming Build with Tal Rasha SetLow Tier

Crafting

Staff of Herding

Hellfire Amulet/Ring

Normal/Legendary Gems

Seasons

Beginner Seasonal Guide

Special

20th Anniversary Event Guide

Barbarian

Basic Mechanics

Stats Priorities

Paragon Points Priorities

Gearing Up While Leveling

Demon hunter

Basic Mechanics

Stats Priorities

Paragon Points Priorities

Gearing Up While Leveling

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Battle.net App Update: Sep 22

Blizzard has updated the Battle.net app today with emoji support, chat history and friends listing. Sep 22, 2017 at 23:53 by Stan 12 comments

Samwise Didier Reddit AMA Summary: Sep 21

Senior Art Director Samwise Didier conducted an AMA on reddit yesterday and we looked at the most interesting answers to your questions. Sep 22, 2017 at 15:42 by Stan 4 comments

Patch 2.6.1 PTR Hotfix: Demon Hunter Impale Buffs

Game Designer Don Vu posted a hotfix recently applied to 2.6.1 PTR that increases Impale's damage bonus on Karlei's Point and Impale's weapon damage bonus on the Shadow's Mantle 6-piece. Sep 16, 2017 at 13:31 by Stan 14 comments

Patch 2.6.1 PTR Patch Notes: Sep 13

In this week's 2.6.1 PTR build, many class sets were buffed and the amount of mats from the Challenge Rift Cache was increased. Sep 14, 2017 at 01:52 by Stan 18 comments

Developer Chronicles: Patch 2.6.1 Balance Goals

In the latest installment of developer chronicles, Don Vu (Game Designer on Diablo III) talks about main goals of Patch 2.6.1 and changes that the team plans to incorporate on PTR. Sep 14, 2017 at 00:15 by Stan 8 comments

BlizzCon 2017 Virtual Ticket Rewards: Stormwind Skychaser & Orgrimmar Interceptor

The Virtual Ticket is now on sale for $39.99 USD // 29.99 EUR. What caught our attention are Warcraft rewards! Alliance & Horde are getting multi-passenger faction mounts called Stormwind Skychaser and Orgrimmar Interceptor. Sep 13, 2017 at 18:51 by Stan 15 comments

BlizzCon 2017 Goody Bag (via IGN)

The BlizzCon 2017 goody bag will be available for the first time to buy on the official Blizzard Gear Store and IGN.com looked at what's inside. Sep 13, 2017 at 17:11 by Stan 2 comments

BlizzCon 2017 Pre-Show Livestream: Sep 13

BlizzCon 2017 is two months away. Tune in to BlizzCon.com this Wednesday, September 13 at 12 p.m. PT for a special livestream kickoff of the Virtual Ticket 2017. Sep 11, 2017 at 19:02 by Stan

First Look: Season 12

Catch a glimpse of what to expect in Season 12. Read on for the details on Season rewards & Haedrig's Gift sets. Sep 10, 2017 at 23:43 by Stan 18 comments

Blizzard Arena Opens in Los Angeles

The Overwatch Contender Playoffs and the HCT Summer Championship finals will be hosted there. Sep 08, 2017 at 13:26 by Zadina 2 comments

The Son of The Storm: A Samwise Didier Interview

Blackheart's Tavern have scored a massive interview with Blizzard Senior Art Director Samwise Didier, the man responsible for the "Blizzard look". From defining the art style of the Warcraft universe to, more recently, Heroes of the Storm and basically everything else in between, he's one of the most veteran people at Blizzard today and has quite a few stories to tell, stories that Blackheart's Tavern were nice enough to share with the rest of us! Sep 05, 2017 at 12:52 by Starym 10 comments

Patch 2.6.1 PTR Patch Notes: Aug 30

A new 2.6.1 PTR build was deployed to test servers yesterday, with changes to Witch Doctor's Creeping Death passive and Wizard's Frozen Orb projectile range and many tweaks for Legendary items. Aug 31, 2017 at 12:40 by Stan 9 comments

Destiny 2 Open Beta Is Live + Videos

Today isn't just a big day for WoW with patch 7.3, but we are also getting the Destiny 2 open beta! The consoles have had their go and the PC beta has already been improved based on the feedback from the console players. If you pre-ordered the game then you've been playing the beta since yesterday, but for the rest, you can now start downloading it on the Blizzard/Battle.net app and it will last through August 31st, so you'd better get in there in the three days that it's up! Aug 29, 2017 at 17:32 by Starym 6 comments

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Patch 2.6.1 PTR Patch Note Updates: Aug 22nd

The latest PTR patch is getting some updates, as Monks and Wizards get some skill tweaks, items get only a few changes, sets get a bit more and there's a whole lot more itemand adventure mode bug fixes. Aug 22, 2017 at 19:33 by Starym 29 comments

BlizzCon 2017 Contest Registration

Registration for BlizzCon 2017 is now open!. The deadline to submit your entry (regardless of content) is August 31, 2017. Aug 18, 2017 at 23:28 by Stan

Blizzard at gamescom 2017 Event Schedule

See when we may or may not get to see the next WoW expansion announcement and everything else going on at gamescom! Aug 17, 2017 at 16:17 by Starym 11 comments

Patch 2.6.1 PTR Patch Notes

We have a brand new PTR up for D3 and there's quite a few skill changes for Barbarians, Crusaders and especially Necromancers, not just to their stats but to how the actually work. There's also a LOT of legendary item and set number tweaks, the general gist of which is higher numbers! And finally we also get some bug fixes and some GR map tuning as well. Aug 15, 2017 at 21:24 by Starym 37 comments

The Battle.net Name Is Back

Not that it ever truly left, at least as far as players were concerned, but Blizzard have announced a return to the old naming convention, with a small addition. We will now have the "Blizzard Battle.net" name for the service! Aug 14, 2017 at 22:22 by Starym 14 comments

Activision Blizzard Investor Call - Q2 2017

Quarterly results of the Activison Blizzard Investor Call are here and Blizzard reached a new all-time record of Monthly Active Users (MAUs)! Aug 14, 2017 at 14:37 by Stan 12 comments

Gamescom 2017 Streamer Line-up

Gamescom is almost here and don't worry if you can't make it in person! Blizzard published a streamer line-up for all games, so chances are one of your favorite streamers will be livestreaming the event. Aug 10, 2017 at 15:35 by Stan 6 comments

Russel Brower Leaves Blizzard

Senior Audio Director Russel Brower has left Blizzard Entertainment. He explained in a Facebook post that with the success of a "sound-decentralization" initiative, his position was no longer relevant. Jul 21, 2017 at 11:28 by Stan 28 comments

Season 11 Has Arrived

The first Season of the Necromancer begins today and it's time to start anew! Jul 20, 2017 at 21:29 by Stan

2.6.0a Now Live + Patch Notes

The double XP weekend just ended today and now we get a new patch! This small patch fixes a number of issues, like anniversary transmogs not working properly, Rift progress orbs spawning closer to enemies, new Necromancer portraits and a few more minor fixes. Jul 18, 2017 at 01:33 by Starym 7 comments

Double XP Weekend Live in All Regions

The double XP weekend is live everywhere and will last from today, July 14th until July 17th. The exact end times are in the blue post below. If you'll recall, the reason for the weekend was due to the lateness of a hotfix that corrected exploits some players used to level up their legendary gems, so it is one of those rare occasions where exploiters actually did something good for the rest of us! In any case, head on down to Sanctuary and get those Paragon levels (or, like me, level your hardcore characters). Jul 15, 2017 at 00:06 by Starym

Double XP Weekend & Legendary Gem Rollback

The recently posted hotfixes should be live now and Blizzard's holding a double XP weekend as an apology for the delays starting this Friday. Jul 11, 2017 at 09:03 by Stan 9 comments

Patch 2.6.0 Hotfixes: July 7

The first batch of hotfixes for Patch 2.6.0 has arrived. The 6-piece Bones of Rathma set bonus now grants 625% damage to your minions and Army of the Dead skill (up from 250%) for each active Skeletal Mage with a total cap of 2,500%. Players only need to maintain 4 active Skeletal Mages for the 6-piece set bonus (down from 10). Hellcat Waistguard was fixed to drop again. Jul 07, 2017 at 18:54 by Stan 13 comments

First Look at Season 11

Blizzard has posted information on the upcoming Season 11 of Diablo III, including the new cosmetic rewards, the Seasonal conquests, the Season Journey tasks and the class sets from Haedrig's Gift. Jul 05, 2017 at 17:47 by Zadina

Digital Comic: The Chosen

A new digital comic called "The Chosen" was released recently, showing the Priests of Rathma on their road to embrace their devotion to the Balance. Jul 03, 2017 at 20:28 by Stan 1 comment

Behind the Necromancer

In the latest video, Blizzard goes behind the scenes with the Necromancer class. Diablo's developer team talks about how gameplay had to be invented to support the Necromancer - mainly by bringing back Corpse Explosion. Jun 30, 2017 at 23:31 by Stan

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CHANGELOG

07 Aug. 2017: Hellfire Amulet and Ring
- Adjusted drop rates.
20 Jul. 2017: Inarius Skeletons Necromancer Introduction
- Build added.
17 Jul. 2017: Rathma Skeletal Mages Necromancer Gear, Gems, and Paragon Points
- Guide updated with improved skill and gearing recommendations.
17 Jul. 2017: Rathma Skeletal Mages Necromancer Introduction
- Guide updated with improved skill and gearing recommendations.
17 Jul. 2017: Rathma Skeletal Mages Necromancer Skills and Runes
- Guide updated with improved skill and gearing recommendations.
17 Jul. 2017: Rathma Skeletal Mages Necromancer Speed Farming Variation
- Guide updated with improved skill and gearing recommendations.
15 Jul. 2017: Trag'Oul Corpse Lance Necromancer Speed Farming Variation
- Updated the speed farming guide with optimized suggestions.
12 Jul. 2017: Inarius Bone Storm Necromancer Introduction
- Tier position lowered due to lowered proc rate of legendary gems.

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