Step into the world of Barbarian in Diablo 4! Explore our in-depth Barbarian class guides, including the best gear, builds and legendaries.

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<p>Blizzard has released a hotfix for Diablo 4 doubling the drop rates for Uber Uniques from Echo of Duriel until January 8th!</p>



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        <p><strong>HOTFIX 5 &#8211; December 20, 2023 &#8211; 1.2.3a</strong></p>
<p><strong>Game Updates</strong></p>
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<li>Echo of Duriel drop rates for Uber Uniques will now be doubled until January 8th.</li>
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<p><em>Developer Note: We’re boosting Duriel Uber Unique drop rates until January 8th to help all those looking for that special piece of gear. Happy Holidays!</em></p>
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<li>Vampire Power Update:
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<li>Metamorphosis: Unstoppable duration changed to a flat rate instead of scaling with Vampiric power level.
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<li>Unstoppable duration changed to 2.5 seconds at all levels. No longer increases per level.</li>
<li>Damage increased from 80%/120%/160% to 110%/180%/250%</li>
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<li><em>Note: Metamorphosis in-game tooltip will not reflect these new values, and will be updated at a later date through a client update.</em></li>
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<p><strong>Bug Fixes</strong></p>
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<li>Fixed an issue where in extreme cases, Charged Bolts would result in stability and performance issues.</li>
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Uber Uniques from Duriel Doubled Until January 8th


<p>Barbarians are getting a whole host of changes in Season 4, so it&#8217;s time to check them all out! </p>



<p>Dust Devils were dominating the Public Test Realm for the class, but got nerfed a little. The normalization of all Dust Devil-related powers was certainly a boon for them, nerf notwithstanding. They&#8217;ll definitely still be very popular when the season itself comes out, as they didn&#8217;t get hit quite that hard. Charge also took a hit, but it&#8217;s had quite the season already, so perhaps it was time to let go anyway! </p>



<p>There&#8217;s plenty to see, with Deathblow still looking good, thorns being viable, and more. Let&#8217;s dive in.</p>



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<p><b>General</b></p>
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<li>Barbarian’s 10% innate Damage Reduction has been removed.</li>
<li>Legendary powers that require Call of the Ancients to be equipped no longer have that requirement.</li>
<li>Previously, Dust Devils would have varying durations, speeds, and movement patterns based on which legendary Aspect created them. Now, they all behave consistently regardless of which Aspect they are from. Additionally, the following updates have been applied for Dust Devils:</li>
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<li>The maximum number of Dust Devils that can be active at once is now 15. Dust Devils now move more quickly and dissipate sooner.</li>
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<p><strong>Skills</strong></p>
<p>Charge</p>
<ul>
<li>Damage reduced from 250% to 180%.</li>
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<p>Power Charge</p>
<ul>
<li>Cooldown Reduction per Target Hit reduced from 3 to 2 seconds.</li>
<li>Cooldown Reduction for hitting a Boss reduced from 6 to 4 seconds.</li>
<li>Maximum Cooldown Reduction reduced from 9 to 6 seconds.</li>
</ul>
<p>Furious Hammer of the Ancients</p>
<ul>
<li>Previous – Hammer of the Ancients deals 1%[x] increased damage for each point of Fury you had when using it.</li>
<li>Now – Hammer of the Ancients gains 2%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance for every 10 Fury you had when using it.</li>
</ul>
<p>Violent Rend</p>
<ul>
<li>Rend’s Damage against Vulnerable enemies increased from 12%[x] to 25%[x].</li>
</ul>
<p>Rupture</p>
<ul>
<li>The initial damage dealt from Rupture is now guaranteed to Overpower.</li>
</ul>
<p>Call of the Ancients</p>
<ul>
<li>Korlic Leap damage increased from 104% to 156%.</li>
<li>Korlic Frenzy damage increased from 39% to 59%.</li>
<li>Talic Whirlwind damage increased from 65% to 98%.</li>
<li>Madawc Upheaval damage increased from 195% to 293%.</li>
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<p>Kick</p>
<ul>
<li>Range of damage increased from 2.2 meters to 3 meters.</li>
<li>Additional damage when enemy is knocked into a wall increased from 70% to 105%.</li>
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<p>Power Kick</p>
<ul>
<li>Damage per 10 Fury consumed increased from 20% to 25%.</li>
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<p><b>Passives</b></p>
<p>Unbridled Rage</p>
<ul>
<li>Bonus damage reduced from 135%[x] to 100%[x].</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Weapon Expertise</b></p>
<p>Polearm Expertise</p>
<ul>
<li>Lucky Hit chance increased from 10%[x] to 15%[x].</li>
<li>Damage while Healthy increased from 10%[+] to 15%[x].</li>
</ul>
<p>Two-Handed Mace Expertise</p>
<ul>
<li>Fury gain increased from 2 to 5.
<ul>
<li>Previous – You deal 15%[x] increased Critical Strike damage to Stunned and Vulnerable enemies while Berserking.</li>
<li>Now – You deal 15%[x] increased Critical Strike damage while Berserking.</li>
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</li>
</ul>
<p>Two-Handed Axe Expertise</p>
<ul>
<li>Vulnerable Damage reduced from 15%[x] to 10%[x].</li>
</ul>
<p>One-Handed Axe Expertise</p>
<ul>
<li>Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies increased from 5%[+] to 10%[+].</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Paragon</strong></p>
<p>Marshal Glyph</p>
<ul>
<li>Cooldown reduction reduced from 4 to 2 seconds.</li>
</ul>
<p>Blood Rage Legendary Node</p>
<ul>
<li>Damage increased by Berserking bonus reduced from 25% to 10%, and caps at 30%[x] damage bonus.</li>
</ul>
<p>Crusher Glyph</p>
<ul>
<li>Additional Bonus: Overpower damage reduced from 30%[x] to 20%[x].</li>
</ul>
<p>Dominate Glyph</p>
<ul>
<li>Bonus Overpower Damage per 5 Willpower reduced from 39.9% to 14.9% at Glyph level 21.</li>
<li>Additional Bonus
<ul>
<li>Previous – After not Overpowering for 30 seconds, your next attack will Overpower.</li>
<li>Now – Every 30 seconds, your next attack will Overpower.</li>
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</li>
</ul>
<p>Seething Glyph</p>
<ul>
<li>Additional Bonus: Fury gain on enemy kill increased from 3 to 5.</li>
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<p><strong>Legendary Aspects</strong></p>
<p>Aspect of Sundered Ground</p>
<ul>
<li>Description reworded for clarity, no functional change.
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<li>Previous – Every 25 seconds, Upheaval is guaranteed to Overpower and deals 10–25%[x] increased damage. This timer is reduced by 4 seconds when Upheaval Overpowers a Boss or an Elite enemy.</li>
<li>Now – Every 25 seconds, your next Upheaval cast is guaranteed to Overpower and deals 10-25%[x] increased damage. This timer is reduced by 4 seconds when Upheaval Overpowers a Boss or an Elite enemy.</li>
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</li>
</ul>
<p>Earthstriker’s Aspect</p>
<ul>
<li>Bonus Overpower Damage reduced from 35-50%[x] to 15%-30%[x].</li>
</ul>
<p>Aspect of the Relentless Armsmaster</p>
<ul>
<li>Fury Generation while all three Walking Arsenal bonuses are active increased from 20-35% to 35-65%.</li>
</ul>
<p>Windlasher’s Aspect</p>
<ul>
<li>Previous – Casting Double Swing twice within 1.5 seconds creates a Dust Devil that deals 0.22-0.32 damage to enemies behind the target.</li>
<li>Now – Casting Double Swing creates a Dust Devil that deals 0.35-0.5 damage to enemies in its path.</li>
</ul>
<p>Devilish Aspect</p>
<ul>
<li>Previous – After generating 100 Fury, your next attack that deals direct damage creates a Dust Devil that deals 0.24-0.38 damage to enemies behind the target.</li>
<li>Now – After generating 100 Fury, your next direct damage creates 3 Dust Devils that deal 0.4-0.6 damage to enemies in their path.</li>
</ul>
<p>Dust Devil’s Aspect</p>
<ul>
<li>Previous – Whirlwind leaves behind Dust Devils that deal 0.22-0.32 damage to surrounding enemies (1 Dust Devil every 1.5 seconds).</li>
<li>Now – Whirlwind leaves behind Dust Devils that deal 0.4-0.6 damage to enemies in their path (1 Dust Devil every 0.75 second).</li>
</ul>
<p>Aspect of Fierce Winds</p>
<ul>
<li>Dust Devils created reduced from 5 to 3.</li>
</ul>
<p>Veteran Brawler’s</p>
<ul>
<li>Now increases the damage for Charge, Leap, and Kick.</li>
<li>The timer on the buff has been removed.</li>
</ul>
<p>Of Giant Strides</p>
<ul>
<li>Previous – Reduces the Cooldown of Leap by 3-5 seconds per enemy hit, up to a maximum of 9 seconds.</li>
<li>Now – Reduces the Cooldown of Leap by (2.5-5) seconds per enemy hit, up to a maximum of 9 seconds. Hitting a Boss with Leap provides the maximum cooldown reduction.</li>
</ul>
<p>Of Anemia</p>
<ul>
<li>Previous – Lucky Hit: Direct damage against Bleeding enemies has a 15-30% chance to Stun them for 2 seconds.</li>
<li>Now – Lucky Hit: Damaging Bleeding or Vulnerable enemies has a 15-30% chance to Stun them for 2 seconds.</li>
</ul>
<p>Of Vocalized Empowerment (Previously Of Echoing Fury)</p>
<ul>
<li>Now equippable by both Barbarians and Druids.
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<li>Previous – Your Shout Skills generate 2-4 Fury per second while active.</li>
<li>Now – Your Shout Skills generate 5-10 Primary Resource per second while active.</li>
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</li>
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<p><b>Unique Items</b></p>
<p>Rage of Harrogath</p>
<ul>
<li>Previous – Lucky Hit: Up to a 20-40% chance to reduce the Cooldowns of your non-Ultimate Skills by 1.5 seconds when you inflict Bleeding on Elites.</li>
<li>Now – Lucky Hit: Inflicting Bleeding on an enemy has up to a 20-40% chance to reduce the Cooldowns of your Skills by 1 second.</li>
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<p>Azurewrath</p>
<ul>
<li>Damage dealt when Freezing enemies increased from 2.0-3.0 to 3.0-4.5.</li>
<li>Can now trigger from Non-Core skills.</li>
</ul>
<p>Fields of Crimson</p>
<ul>
<li>The blood pool now makes enemies take increased damage from all damage types.</li>
<li>Damage bonus increased from 20% to 30%.</li>
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<p>Ancient’s Oath</p>
<ul>
<li>Bonus damage duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds.</li>
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<p>Bug Fixes</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Fixed an issue where Iron Skin did not benefit from bonus Barrier Generation sources.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where Upheaval cast by Madawc with Call of the Ancients would not stun with the Supreme Upgrade enabled.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where the tooltip for the Aspect of Ancestral Charge did not denote that the damage bonus is multiplicative.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where the Rumble Glyph did not fully give bonus damage to all Earthquake effects.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where some non-skill damage effects, such as Metamorphosis or Gohr’s Devastating Grips, could grant stacks of Furious Upheaval.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where the Aspect of Ancestral Charge legendary could occasionally stop functioning properly.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where the guaranteed Overpower from the Earthstriker’s Aspect could not be used by Ground Stomp.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where each hit from Ancients summoned by the Aspect of Ancestral charge would grant stacks of the Flawless Technique Legendary Paragon node.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where Call of the Ancients was not properly scaling with Ultimate Skill Damage affixes.</li>
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The New Barbarians: Nerfs and Buffs in Season 4


<p>It&#8217;s time to take a look at the new tools of destruction players will be getting in Season 4! </p>



<p>Only a few days away, the May 14th launch of the biggest Diablo 4 season yet brings an incredible amount of new features and massive changes to the game, but it also brings us some new toys to play with. </p>



<p>Starting with a brand new and very powerful Uber Unique in Tyrael&#8217;s Might, it won&#8217;t be as hard to get as you&#8217;d think. With three new sources of the Resplendent Spark material from Season 4 (one from the Iron Wolves reputation, one from your first Tormented boss kill, and one for Uber Lilith), you will only need to find one Uber Unique of any kind to be able to craft any other you want! </p>



<p>Then there&#8217;s the 11 new Uniques (2 per class, 1 non-class-specific) and 8 new Legendary Aspects, giving us plenty of new builds to play with. Let&#8217;s take a look at all of them! </p>



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<p><b>Unique Items</b></p>
<p>Tyrael’s Might – Unique Chest Armor</p>
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<li>While at full Life, your Skills unleash a divine barrage dealing damage.</li>
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<p>Yen’s Blessing – Unique Boots</p>
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<li>Casting a Skill has a <b>40-60%</b> chance to cast a Non-Mobility, Non-Ultimate Skill that is currently on Cooldown. This effect can only occur once every <b>8</b> seconds.</li>
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<p><b>Legendary Aspects</b></p>
<p>Aspect of Frosty Strides</p>
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<li>While below 45-60% Life, Evade Freezes Close enemies for Cold Damage and applies Vulnerable to them for 3 seconds.</li>
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<p>Aspect of Concussive Strikes</p>
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<li>Lucky Hit: Damaging an enemy has up to a 20% chance to Daze them for 2 seconds. You deal 5-20% increased damage to Dazed enemies.</li>
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<p><b>Unique Items</b></p>
<p>Arreat’s Bearing – Unique Pants</p>
<ul>
<li>Ancients you summon are empowered.
<ul>
<li>Korlic creates an Earthquake that deals Physical damage over 4 seconds when he leaps.</li>
<li>Talic leaves behind Dust Devils that deal damage while he whirlwinds.</li>
<li>Madawc ignites the ground Burning enemies for an additional damage over 4 seconds when he upheaves the ground.</li>
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<p>Twin Strikes – Unique Gloves</p>
<ul>
<li>After casting Double Swing 4 times, your next Double Swing will hit 2 additional times, each dealing 10-25% increased damage.</li>
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<p><b>Legendary Aspects</b></p>
<p>Aspect of Fierce Winds</p>
<ul>
<li>Your Shout Skills create <b>3</b> <s>5</s> Dust Devils that deal damage to enemies along their path.</li>
<li>Your Dust Devils are <b>5%-20%</b> bigger and deal 1% increased damage for each 1% their size is increased.</li>
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Druid</h4>
<p><b>Unique Items</b></p>
<p>Earthbreaker – Unique Ring</p>
<ul>
<li>Landslide causes the ground to erupt in tectonic spikes which continue to deal 0.6-0.9 damage over 2 seconds. Casting Landslide in this area has a 20-30% chance to cause additional Landslide pillars to spawn within.</li>
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<p>Wildheart Hunger – Unique Boots</p>
<ul>
<li>When you Shapeshift into a Werewolf or a Werebear, you gain Wildheart for 5 seconds. Wildheart grants you 1%-1.5% increased damage with Shapeshifting Skills every 2 seconds, stacking 20 times.</li>
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<p><b>Legendary Aspects</b></p>
<p>Aspect of Fevered Mauling</p>
<ul>
<li>When you hit at least 1 enemy with Maul, increase its Attack Speed by <b>1%-2.5%</b> and you gain <b>1%-3%</b> Damage reduction for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.</li>
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Necromancer</h4>
<p><b>Unique Items</b></p>
<p>Ebonpiercer – Unique Amulet</p>
<ul>
<li>Blight also shoots 4 smaller projectiles that pierce enemies and deal Shadow damage over 3 seconds.</li>
</ul>
<p>Cruor’s Embrace – Unique Gloves</p>
<ul>
<li>Blood Surge consumes Corpses to cause mini novas, dealing damage. Damage is increased by 10% per target drained by the initial cast, up to 50%. Damage is also increased by 20% for each Corpse consumed.</li>
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<p><b>Legendary Aspects</b></p>
<p>Aphotic Aspect</p>
<ul>
<li>Skeletal Priests empower your Skeletal Warriors’ attacks to deal Shadow damage and have a <b>5%-20%</b><s> </s>chance to Stun enemies for 1.5 seconds.</li>
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Rogue</h4>
<p><b>Unique Items</b></p>
<p>Scoundrel’s Kiss – Unique Ring</p>
<ul>
<li>Rapid Fire now lobs exploding arrows that deal 15%-25% increased damage.</li>
<li><b>Scoundrel’s Kiss projectile pattern is now more predictable.</b></li>
</ul>
<p>Saboteur’s Signet – Unique Ring</p>
<ul>
<li>Casting Flurry has a 15-30% chance to release Stun Grenades that deal Physical damage and Stun enemies for 1 second. Your Grenade Skills have a <b>2%</b> Lucky Hit Chance.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Legendary Aspects</b></p>
<p>Aspect of High Velocity</p>
<ul>
<li>Barrage arrows now pierce through 1 enemy.</li>
<li>Barrage has 10%-20% increased Attack Speed.</li>
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Sorcerer</h4>
<p><b>Unique Items</b></p>
<p>Fractured Winterglass – Unique Amulet</p>
<ul>
<li>Casting Frozen Orb has a 35-50% chance to spawn a random Conjuration when it explodes. Lucky Hit: Your Conjurations have up to a <b>50-70%<s> </s></b>chance to launch a Frozen Orb at Nearby enemies.</li>
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<p>Flameweaver – Unique Gloves</p>
<ul>
<li>Casting Fire Bolt through your Firewall causes it to split into 4 bolts, each dealing 80-100% more damage.</li>
<li>Flameweaver now splits Firebolts to 3 instead of 4, and damage buffed to 30-70% from 10-30%.</li>
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<p><b>Legendary Aspects</b></p>
<p>Aspect Of Tenuous Destruction</p>
<ul>
<li>Deal 25-40% increased damage while you have no Defensive Skills on your Action Bar.</li>
</ul>
<p>Flamethrower’s Aspect</p>
<ul>
<li>Incinerate splits into 3 beams, each dealing 70-85% of normal damage.</li>
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Powerful New Unique, Uber Unique and Legendary Items Coming in Season 4


<p>Loot isn&#8217;t the only thing that&#8217;s getting reborn in Season 4, as Blizzard are majorly shaking things up on all fronts on May 14th! </p>



<p>Among the many, many changes coming with the new season are XP adjustments. These will not only make leveling much, much faster, but will make Glyphs easier to level as well. There&#8217;s also the increased mob density in Helltides to take into account, as they will be your primary activity as you level up (and probably a little bit after that as well). </p>



<p>First, let&#8217;s get into the basic changes that affect the entire game:</p>



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<li>The bonus experience for World Tiers II, III and IV have been increased.
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<li>World Tier I: Unchanged.</li>
<li>World Tier II: Increased from 20% to 50%.</li>
<li>World Tier III: Increased from 100% to 150%.</li>
<li>World Tier IV: Increased from 200% to 250%.</li>
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<li>Experience rewards from completing Dungeon Events have been increased.</li>
<li>Glyph Experience gains have been increased by 25%.</li>
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<p><br>And here is the relevant information regarding Helltides and their density, which will greatly speed things up, especially with the above XP changes:</p>



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        <p><b>Helltide Threat</b></p>
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<li>As you battle through Helltides, you will generate Threat – how much will be determined by the difficulty of monsters and how often you’re securing Tortured Gifts within Helltide.</li>
<li>There are three Helltide Threat Tiers that each increase the danger <strong>and frequency of monster ambushes</strong>. At Tier 3, you will become Hell-Marked.</li>
<li>Achieving maximum Threat will initiate a brief <strong>ambush frenzy of maximum enemy density</strong>. The ambush will end with a final Hellborne spawn, an immensely powerful agent of Hell, resurrected from the tortured souls of Sanctuary’s most powerful champions.</li>
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<li>Monster density adjusted to match expected difficulty of World Tier III and IV.</li>
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<p><br>And finally, there are now rank 2 elixirs, which grant 8% increased experience, instead of the usual 5%.</p>



<p><br>So things are really looking up for those players that either find getting to level 100 a slog, or perhaps never even dinged that fateful max level at all in Diablo 4 yet! </p>


Major Leveling and Experience (XP) Changes Shake Things Up in Diablo 4 Season 4


<p>Blizzard have shared the latest hotfix batch, which addresses the issues where players were unable to claim Gauntlet Trial rewards. </p>



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        <h3>HOTFIX &#8211; May 9, 2024 &#8211; 1.3.5</h3>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/hotfix-may-9-2024-135/159925#bug-fixes-2" name="bug-fixes-2"></a>BUG FIXES</h3>
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<li>Fixed an issue where players were unable to claim Trial rewards.</li>
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<li>Players will likely see an additional week on the UI for this seasons Gauntlet. We do want to clarify that there is not an available Gauntlet as we noted in a <a href="https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/the-gauntlet-last-week-of-the-season/159815">thread</a> the other day. This is a visual bug that we will address in the future, but we wanted to ensure players did receive their Week 9 rewards in a timely fashion with this hotfix.</li>
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        <p>You can read the entire official news post <a target="_blank" href="https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/hotfix-may-9-2024-135/159925">HERE</a></p>
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Gauntlet Rewards Fixes: Season 3 Hotfixes, May 9th


<p>Players noticed a distinct lack of a Gauntlet this week, and Blizzard have now commented on the issue.</p>



<p>The final week of a season will never have a Gauntlet running during it. This is due to technical issues with the seasonal switch. The Gauntlet will return next week, however, when Season 4 launches.  </p>



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<p>Hi all &#8211;</p>
<p>We have seen a few reports of players not being able to see the Gauntlet for the final week of the season.</p>
<p>Gauntlets for this season and for future seasons will not occur during the final week of a season. This is due to the final week of the season would have some additional complexities during its wind down period before we begin each new season.</p>
<p>We apologize for not pre-informing on this but Gauntlet will be back for the first week of Season 4 next week.</p>
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        <p>You can read the entire official news post <a target="_blank" href="https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/the-gauntlet-last-week-of-the-season/159815">HERE</a></p>
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<p>There is also a separate issue with the previous week&#8217;s Gauntlet rewards not being delivered, and Blizzard have said they will be fixing the issue in the next few days.</p>



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<p>The team is working on a hotfix to have these delivered in the coming days. They unfortunately did not go out as planned.</p>
<p>Apologies on this!</p>
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        <p>You can read the entire official news post <a target="_blank" href="https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/where-are-the-rewards-for-week-9/159804/2">HERE</a></p>
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The Gauntlet Will Not Be Available on the Last Week of a Season

Diablo 4 Season 4: Loot Reborn Patch Notes


<p>Blizzard shared a new video covering the major features of Season 4: Loot Reborn! From the many itemization changes, the focus on both seasonal and Eternal, new endgame activities and more, we get a direct look at the big hitters coming with the release on May 14th.</p>



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Season 4: Loot Reborn Trailer and Featurette


<p>We&#8217;re liveblogging the latest Diablo 4 livestream dedicated to Season 4!</p>



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<li>Masterworking animations have been removed for ranks 1-3.</li>



<li>Based on PTR feedback, they&#8217;ve added material conversions for Masterworing, this is a temporary solution. A permanent one is coming in the future.</li>



<li>They have a star indicator for affixes on items, gone are the days of Roman numerals.</li>
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<li>The cost of imprinting affixes has been reduced from 75 to 16.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">PTR Lessons</h2>



<p>The developers are now sharing the lessons learned during PTR testing.</p>



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<li>End-game survivability issues:
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<li>Enemies are kinda easy, then they 1-shot you.</li>



<li>Hard to balance top-end survivability.
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<li>Variability in player defensiveness is high.</li>
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<li>Armor is confusing.</li>
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<li>Some stats can get very hight, allowing for crazy things.
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<li>Blizzard likes crazy things, but have to take computer performance into account.</li>
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<li>Balance changes, bug fixes.</li>



<li>Here&#8217;s how armor works today.</li>
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<li>In Season 4, Armor caps when fighting level 100 monsters. Once you get 9230 Armor, you are finished with your journey.</li>



<li>New Caps
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<li>Cooldown Reduction cap &#8211; 75%.</li>



<li>Increased Area Size cap &#8211; 100%.</li>
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<li>Cooldown Reduction cap is only from gear &#8211; you can still get cooldown resets or additional cooldown reduction from other sources like the Skill Tree.</li>
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<p>Blizzard is making some balance changes ahead of Season 4 start based on PTR testing!</p>



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<li>Blizzard fixed a ton of bug fixes thanks to player reports!
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<li>Druid&#8217;s Hurricane incorrectly scaled damage.</li>



<li>Ebonpiercer&#8217;s extra missiles incorrectly had a Lucky Hit chance.</li>



<li>They fixed an issue where Flameweaver was able to split a Firebolt multiple times if the Fire Walls were stacked on top of each other.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Helltide Changes Based on PTR Testing</h2>



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<li>Cinder Drop Rebalancing
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<li>Issue: Gathered feedback revealed Cinder drop rates felt slower than expected.</li>



<li>Solution: iterate on Drop %&#8217;s to hit closer to expectations.</li>



<li>Result: Increased Cinder Drops</li>
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<li>Blood Maiden Rewards level Improvement
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<li>Blood Maiden&#8217;s overall value is greatly improved (Legendary&#8217;s, Forgotten Souls, lord Zir Mats, % Chance End-Game Boss Mats)</li>
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<li>Doomsayer &#8220;Chest of Doomsaying&#8221; Variants now just explode into the premium loot directly.</li>



<li>Reduced channel time to open Tortured Gifts from 3 seconds to 1.5.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Pit of the Artificer</h2>



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<li>The new permanent feature was too easy based on PTR feedback, so they made it more difficult by adjusting the rates.</li>



<li>The Obol cap has been raised to 2500.</li>
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<li>Season Journey will reward a curated list of legendaries for pre-made builds for each class.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Q&amp;A Time!</h2>



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<li>The team love the idea of Season Powers and we will see new ones in the future.</li>



<li>Season 4 builds new foundation on how end-game works in D4.</li>
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Season 4 Developer Livestream Summary: May 2nd

Diablo 4 Season 4: Loot Reborn Official Preview


<p>The next Developer Update begins on May 2 at 11 a.m. PDT and we will find out more about Season 4 and the mysterious Iron Wolves theme! The developers will also share their PTR learnings and talk more about tweaks to itemization and system updates.</p>



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        <p>Our next Developer Update begins on May 2 at 11 a.m. PDT and will give you a look into what the team has in store for the launch of Season 4 along with system features, balance updates, and learnings from our recent Public Test Realm period.</p>
<p>Join associate director of community Adam Fletcher, associate game director Joseph Piepiora, lead live class designer Adam Jackson, lead live game designer Colin Finer, and lead seasons designer Deric Nunez, as they delve into PTR learnings, including tweaks to itemization and system updates.</p>
<p>We’ll also be taking community questions for us to answer during a Q&#038;A at the end of the stream.</p>
<p>Visit our official Diablo Twitch and YouTube channels to watch live! Following the Developer Update broadcast, we’ll post another article with a video of the chat so you can still catch up on the details if you miss them.</p>
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        <p>You can read the entire official news post <a target="_blank" href="https://news.blizzard.com/en-gb/diablo4/24077225/tune-in-to-our-next-developer-update">HERE</a></p>
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