Diablo 4 Season 8 Prediction: What Will Happen In The New Season?

It’s still a long, long time before Diablo 4 Season 8 arrives. There may be some official events during this period, and you can get a lot of unique items, but the drop rate of special items in this game is a bit too high to be exciting. Season 7 has been running for a long time, and most players may have reached the highest World Tier. However, Diablo 4’s mid-end game content is not as rich as Path of Exile 2. What can players do? Monsters When you create a character, the monsters in the game become an important part of the player’s entertainment. When the player defeats a monster for the first time, you will get gold, XP, and even equipment. When you reach World Tier 4, you need to defeat fierce monsters and get more gold, XP, and better equipment. It sounds like nothing has changed, but it is true. The level of the monster will rise as the player’s level rises. There is not much difference between the monsters that players hunt from low to high levels. The changes brought by World Tier 4 are as follows: Monsters will be between level 75 and 100. Some Ancestral items and Unique items will only drop at this difficulty. Legendaries, Uniques, and Mythic Uniques have a higher chance of dropping. Experience gained from defeating monsters increased by 250%. Monsters drop 20% more Diablo 4 Gold. Character resistance to all elements reduced by 50%. When you successfully reach Tier 4 difficulty, farming monsters is still your best option for leveling up. Echo Of Lilith When you reach level 90 and the world reaches Tier 4, you will unlock a quest: Capstone Dungeon: Echo of Hatred. This quest will lead you to the chapel in Nevesk. Here you can summon the most difficult boss in the entire game, Echo of Lilith. It is recommended that you challenge Echo of Lilith after reaching level 100 and completing most of the bosses challenges. Many of her attacks are deadly. If you are not prepared, a single hit from her may kill your character. Boss Ladder The best way to get gear for your character is by fighting bosses. Many core gear for your build is found in boss drops. In Diablo 4, bosses in Boss Ladder require you to collect special items to summon them. These bosses have unique loot lists, and some can only be summoned in World Tier 3 or even World Tier 4. Grigoire, The Galvanic Saint: Can only be summoned in World Tier 3 and above, requires Living Steel. Echo of Varshan: Can only be summoned in World Tier 3 and above, requires Malignant Heart. The Beast in the Ice: Can only be summoned in World Tier 4, requires Distilled Fear. Lord Zir: Can only be summoned in World Tier 4, requires Exquisite Blood. Echo of Duriel: Can only be summoned in World Tier 4, requires Mucus-Slick Egg and Shard of Agony. Andariel: Can only be summoned at World Tier 4, requires Pincushioned Doll and Sandscorched Shackles. Tormented Echoes Want to challenge yourself further? Then there are more powerful versions of these summonable bosses. They can appear as Tormented Echoes at level 200. Summoning these bosses requires the above summoning items and Stygian Stone. You can find Stygian Stone in The Pit. Since these bosses cost more to summon, they will also drop more rewards. All items you get from Tormented Echoes Boss will be item level 925. The first time you defeat Tormented Echoes Boss, it will drop a Resplendent Spark. Helltides When you reach Tier 4, Helltides will become more challenging. You will need to face a constant stream of enemies from Hell. Here is some information about Helltides: The more monsters you kill, the more dangerous the Helltides will be. You will eventually be besieged by a swarm of demons and a Hellborn. Killing Hellborn will drop Baneful Hearts. You can use them to summon Blood Maiden. Profane Mindcage Elixir can increase the level of monsters in Helltides. It can be increased to a maximum of 130. Gauntlet Gauntlet is a non-linear dungeon, where the distribution of monsters and the dungeon layout will not change during the week. You have eight minutes to complete the dungeon, and the system will give you a score based on your performance. The highest scorer will receive a Cache of Trials or Cache of Worthy at the end of the week. Players with lower scores can also receive a Cache of the Gauntlet as a reward. The Pit The Pit is one of the ultimate challenges in the endgame. You can think of The Pit as a randomized dungeon, which means that the monsters and dungeon layout are different on each floor. It consists of 150 levels, and the difficulty and rewards will vary. To unlock new levels, players must defeat the boss within 15 minutes. The longer the remaining time after killing the boss, the more levels will be unlocked. If you die in The Pit, the timer will increase by 30 seconds. Infernal Hordes This is a special survival challenge. You need to deal with waves of monsters. Finally, the boss is defeated. Each wave has a one-minute battle time. You can collect Burning Aether during the battle. Burning Aether can be used to unlock Spoils of Hell chests, which contain equipment, summoning materials, and gold. The above is about what you can do in Diablo 4 endgame. There is a lot of content to play actually. But compared with the endgame content of Path of Exile 2, the endgame content of Diablo 4 seems too loose, and I hope this will change in Season 8.

When it comes to the most versatile class in Diablo 4, I think it has to be Druid, which has the option of shape-shifting melee roles besides an elemental-focused spell-casting build. This variety of options also means that it is often difficult for players to determine which is the best endgame build for Druid, not to mention the bonuses that some of the extra gear, aspects, and other items bring to the build. Because of these factors, Druid is widely known to be one of the most hard classes to successfully upgrade to the endgame in Diablo 4. But if players complete this difficult upgrade process, they will have the best endgame build in the game. While basically all Druid builds in Loot Reborn are viable, one definitely stands out: Werewolf Tornado Druid. Here, we will talk about everything you need to know about completing this build. Whether you’re a fan of Hardcore or you’re happy to challenge Uber bosses in World Tier 4, this Werewolf Tornado Druid can help you do it easily. Let’s take a look! Pros & Cons Werewolf Tornado is an extremely high-damage build that allows Druid to compete for the best class in Diablo 4. The goal of Werewolf Tornado is to attack quickly while still dealing a lot of damage to multiple targets. This build also allows Druid to maintain mobility and considerable stamina while dealing significant damage without sacrificing almost anything. However, this build is not without its flaws, as it relies entirely on one Diablo 4 item. Without Tempest Roar Unique Helm, this build would not be possible. Given the rarity and unpredictability of unique item drops, the barrier to entry for starting this build is extremely high and is basically reserved for players who are already fully in endgame content. Gear And Aspects To complete this top-tier Druid build, choosing the right gear and aspects is absolutely essential. But as I said before, the most important item in this build is undoubtedly Tempest Roar Helm. This Unique item converts all Storm skills into Werewolf skills and significantly increases their damage when shapeshifted. The following are also the key items you need to focus on as you complete this build: Helm: Tempest Roar Chest: Aspect of Might Hands: Stormchaser’s Aspect Legs: Tibault’s Will Boots: Aspect of Metamorphosis Amulet: Aspect of the Changeling’s Debt Ring: Aspect of the Stampede & Hunter’s Zenith Weapon: Shepherd’s Aspect While Tempest Roar makes this build possible, many of the gear and aspects listed above overshadow the relative shortcomings of Werewolf Tornado. Especially compared to melee tanking classes like Barbarian, Druid can take significantly less damage. Therefore, picking up Aspect of Metamorphosis and Aspect of Might is particularly helpful in increasing your damage resistance and using Unstoppable status effect more often. More importantly, this build has few weaknesses when paired with the appropriate skills and passives. While this is a very gear- and skill-dependent build, it’s a great fit for any Druid player looking to change up their play style in the late game. Skills Next, let’s talk about Werewolf Tornado’s skills. Note that the primary skills you keep on the action bar become your core and companion skills. Tornado: Summons a whirling Tornado at the enemy. Wolves: Summons two wolves that focus on attacking one enemy. They become Unstoppable and jump onto the enemy to attack, dealing 200% damage. Poison Creepers: Vines emerge from the group, incapacitating nearby enemies for two seconds, and enemies infected by vines are poisoned. Ravens: A swarm of Ravens swarms in, dealing 300% damage to all enemies in the target area for six seconds. Storm Strike: Your weapon charges up, dealing 20% ​​more damage to the target, chaining up to three enemies. It also increases damage reduction by 15% for three seconds. Debilitating Roar: The character transforms into a Werebear and roars, reducing damage taken by 70% for four seconds. The name of the build makes it easy to tell that Tornado will be your major function and tool when fighting large groups or single targets. In addition, Wolves, Ravens, and Poison Creepers are all very useful. Despite only being situational summons, all three are valuable abilities, with Poison Creepers providing Crowd Control and Poison effects, Wolves dealing increased single-target damage, and Ravens providing much-needed AoE attacks. Spirit Boons In addition to these active abilities, there are a few Spirit Boons worth looking at as well, especially Bestial Rampage, Masochistic, Wariness, Energize, Iron Feather, and Avian Wrath are all excellent additions to this build. Of note, since you’ll be spending most of your attacks in shapeshifted form, Bestial Rampage is definitely the most important additional passive ability for Werewolf Tornado. Besides this, Masochistic also provides an incredible sustained ability to trade damage output for health. The core gameplay loop of this build only comes into play when paired with Tempest Roar, but after that it’s a non-issue. Paragon Board Paragon Board is a post-campaign leveling system designed to improve the overall play style and damage output of your character and build. Much like Passive effects or Spirit Boons, these are primarily passive benefits that provide stat bonuses or effects. Once you’ve acquired Tempest Roar, it’s best to go through Werewolf Form Board to get abilities that synergize with your new Shapeshifting bonuses. Additionally, it’s important to prioritize Spirit-generating abilities, as you’ll be constantly using Tornade and summoning abilities to deplete your Spirit bar. While this is largely dependent on getting the right gear, it can be worth it. That’s all for today. As Diablo 4 Season 4 draws to a close, try out Werewolf Tornado Druid to gain a foothold and make a name for yourself in the endgame!

Blizzard has unveiled the theme for Diablo 4's Season 2: Season of Blood, set to coincide with Halloween. This chilling season introduces vampiric powers and exciting gameplay mechanics. Let's delve into what's new and when it arrives. Release Date and Season Format Diablo 4 Season 2, known as the Season of Blood, is scheduled to kick off on October 17, 2023. Following the established pattern of Diablo seasons, it will last approximately three months, providing unique themes, quests, and mechanics tailored for that period. Vampiric Abilities and Storyline The central theme of Season 2 is vampires. Players will gain vampiric powers to combat the menacing vampire threat that has emerged to threaten Sanctuary. The story revolves around an NPC companion, Erys, voiced by Gemma Chan, who is a vampire hunter. Erys seeks aid in confronting the invading vampire forces. Players must harness their newfound vampiric abilities to help her track down a powerful vampire lord, putting an end to this dark menace. Battle Pass and Rewards While details about Season 2's Battle Pass remain under wraps, it is expected to follow a similar structure to Season 1. The Season 1 Battle Pass offered both free and premium tracks, with various cosmetics and rewards. However, Season 1 faced criticism for underwhelming cosmetics and rewards, including the presence of Platinum, an in-game currency, in the pass. Blizzard may address these concerns in Season 2 to better cater to the community. Gameplay Mechanic Updates Season 2 of Diablo 4 will bring permanent quality-of-life updates that respond to community feedback. These include enhanced inventory management, a stash search and filter function, adjustments to how Paragon Points and Skill Points carry forward to Seasonal Realm characters, and updates to status effects functionality such as Elemental Resistances and Critical Strike. Character Progression As Season 1 concludes, characters from Seasonal Realms will retain their gear and progress but transition into regular non-Season characters. To partake in the Season of Blood, players will need to create new Seasonal Realm characters, providing an opportunity to explore different classes. The unique Malignant Hearts from Season 1 will vanish, including any socketed Caged Hearts, with sockets being transformed into traditional Gem sockets. Diablo 4 continues its tradition of delivering engaging seasonal content, with Season 2: Season of Blood adding a thrilling vampire narrative and vampiric powers to the mix. Expect this season to bring fresh challenges and rewards when it arrives on October 17, 2023.

The much-anticipated update to Blizzard's iconic action-RPG, Diablo IV, is here, featuring significant balance adjustments to the Classes in a bid to enhance the gaming experience and maintain the health of the game. Addressing the community, the game developers have clarified their vision behind the latest changes: to ensure an even more enjoyable, better balanced gameplay experience across the board. The updates can be broadly divided into three categories: Reduction in Class Build Power: Some Class builds and synergies were identified as being excessively powerful, to an extent that it was affecting the overall health of the game. Therefore, their effectiveness has been significantly reduced in this update. A notable instance was situations where players could endure extraordinarily high damage for extended periods, which did not align with the intended combat design in Diablo IV. Boost in Skill and Build Effectiveness: The developers recognized that certain skills and builds were not performing as effectively as they had envisioned. In response to this, buffs have been introduced to bolster their strength, enhancing the gaming experience for users employing these tactics. Paragon Glyphs Tweaked: The Paragon Glyphs were found to be providing an excessive boost to player power. To ensure a balanced gameplay, their overall effectiveness has been toned down in the new update. Here’s the list of changes to all classes: BARBARIAN -- Some pretty huge hits to Whirlwind Barbs, especially Gohr’s, which was creating a zillion explosions with activation and de-activation 1.Challenging Shout (Skill) - Damage Reduction gained from Skill Ranks reduced from 4% to 2% 2.Bold Chieftain’s Aspect - Cooldown reduction per Nearby enemy reduced from 2.7-5.4 seconds to 1.0-1.9 seconds. Maximum Cooldown reduction from 12 to 6 seconds. 3. Aspect of the Dire Whirlwind - Increased Critical Strike Chance per second reduced from 5-10% to 3-8%. Maximum Critical Strike Chance bonus reduced from 20-40% to 9-24%. 4. Gohr’s Devastating Grips (Unique Legendary) - Explosion damage gained from Whirlwind reduced from 50-70% to 16-26%. Damage against wreckable objects no longer increases explosion damage. Explosion damage is only increased by the first 100 hits of Whirlwind. DRUID -- This one is a mix of nerfs and buffs. Lightning-based builds in particular got a little bit of a buff, but there are definitely a lot of nerfs in here as well, which I’ve already seen some Druid players complaining about. 1.Pulverize (Skill) - Lucky Hit Chance reduced from 33% to 25%. 2.Lightning Storm (Skill) - Damage increased from 32% to 40%. 3.Grizzly Rage (Skill) - Damage bonus increased from 5/10/15% to 6/12/18%. 4.Obsidian Slam (Specialization) - Kills required for bonus increased from 10 to 20. 5.Calm Before the Storm (Specialization) - Lucky Hit Chance reduced from 15% to 10%. 6.Electric Shock (Passive) - Damage bonus increased from 5/10/15% to 6/12/18%. 7.Shockwave Aspect - Damage reduced from 90-130% to 60-100%. 8.Crashstone Aspect - Critical Strike Damage reduced from 40-50% to 30-40%. 9.Lightning Dancer’s Aspect - Flat damage increased from .5-.6 to .7-.8. NECROMANCER -- Out of all the classes, Necro actually got the most buffs by far. Most of these are focused on minion buffs including damage buffs to both skeletons and Golems, including a huge swing on an Iron Golem skill. I guess they were underperforming compared to the other classes a bit. 1.Blood Lance (Skill) - Damage increased from 67.5% to 80%. 2.Army of the Dead (Skill) - Damage increased from 30% to 45%. Cooldown reduced from 90 to 70 seconds. 3.Blood Wave (Skill) - Damage increased from 90% to 120%. 4.Shadowblight (Passive) - Damage increased from 20% to 22%. 5.Grim Harvest (Passive) - Essence gained reduced from 3/6/9 to 2/4/6. 6.Serration (Passive) - Critical Strike Chance reduced from .5/1/1.5% to .3/.6/.9%. 7.Death’s Defense (Passive) - Maximum Minion Life lost in a single damage instance reduced from 75/60/45% to 60/45/30%. 8.Raise Skeleton (Specialization) - Skeleton Warrior attack damage increased by 10%. 9.Golem (Specialization) - Golem attack damage increased by 10%. 10.Blood Golem (Specialization) - Blood Golem Life drain damage increased from 40% to 90%. 11.Blood Golem Life drain healing from enemies hit increased from 4% to 5%. 12.Iron Golem (Specialization) - Iron Golem slam damage increased from 25% to 175%. Iron Golem shockwave damage increased from 30% to 40%. 13.Hulking Monstrosity (Paragon Board) - Golem Life and damage bonus increased from 30% to 40% Life. 14.Cult Leader (Paragon Board) - Golem Life and damage bonus increased from 30% to 40% Life. ROGUE -- A couple buffs here, but the main thing is the decimation of the extremely popular Twisting Blades build, which was already emerging as a strong favorite. Too strong for Blizzard’s taste, and it’s getting hammered pretty hard here. 1.Twisting Blades (Skill) - Advanced Twisting Blades Cooldown reduction per enemy hit reduced from .25 to .1 seconds. Advanced Twisting Blades maximum Cooldown reduction reduced from 3 to 2 seconds. 2.Rapid Fire (Skill) - Damage increased from 24% to 30%. 3.Dark Shroud (Skill) - Damage Reduction per shadow gained from Skill Ranks reduced from .8% to .4%. 4.Dash (Skill) - Enhanced Dash Critical Strike Damage bonus from 20% to 15%. 5.Caltrops (Skill) - Damage increased from 30% to 40%. 6.Concussive (Passive) - Critical Strike Chance reduced from 5/10/15% to 4/8/12%. 7.Repeating (Affix) - Maximum Minion Life lost in a single damage instance reduced from 75/60/45% to 60/45/30%. SORCERER -- Sorcerer was barely touched. Either they think it’s pretty balanced or they haven’t had much time to dig into its potential issues yet. But no destroyed builds via nerfs here. 1.Arc Lash (Skill) - Lucky Hit Chance reduced from 30% to 14%. Glinting Arc Lash Cooldown reduction reduced from .25 to .15 seconds. 2.Teleport (Skill) - Shimmering Teleport’s Damage Reduction duration reduced from 5 to 3 seconds. 3.Aspect of Control - Bonus damage reduced from 30-40% to 25-35%. PARAGON BOARDS --  There are some huge, overall changes to Paragon Boards, where Blizzard thought that Glyphs were way, way too strong so they are getting somewhat slaughtered: 1.Rare Nodes - Player Attack Speed nodes reduced by 50%. Glyphs: 1.All Glyph Bonus scaling has been reduced by ~34%, except for the following: 2.Critical Strike Damage Glyphs’ Bonus reduced by ~66%. 3.Vulnerable Glyphs’ Bonus reduced by ~66%. 4.Glyphs' Bonus to Rare nodes reduced by ~50%. 5.Glyphs' Bonus to Magic nodes reduced by ~40%. 6.Glyphs' Bonus to Cold/Fire/Lightning/Non-Physical/Physical nodes reduced by ~62.5%. Most players are probably not even touching the Glyph system yet, so this is super hardcore speed levelers and their super builds, but I know many are not happy.