The Evade build in Diablo 4 has been nerfed and is now significantly slower. While some players switch to stronger builds, others still find it worthwhile.
The Evade build for Spiritborn fully relies on the Evade ability, that is, the dodge button. The Thorn Spike skill is configured to trigger as soon as you evade. Due to a bug, players were able to cancel the Evade animation and spam it easily.
Why was the build nerfed? As players, you zipped around the map with Evade, consistently dealing damage and mowing down everything around you. However, this caused issues for other players and their gaming experience. Because the Evade build only worked due to a bug, Blizzard nerfed it on October 17.
Players are currently discussing the nerf on Reddit. Some believe that the Evade build is still a strong choice – just slower than before. But that, for many, is the problem.
“From The Flash to a Sunday stroll”
What do fans say about the nerf? In a post on Reddit, “PM_ME_HUGE_CRITS” shows a 30-second clip where he slices through the Pit at level 65 with the Evade build. In the title of the post, he writes: “After the patch, Evade is still strong, but significantly slower.”
In the comments, users discuss the topic. utterbbq2 jokes: “Great, now this build is only 2 times better than any other build of the other classes. Before, it was about 10 times better.”
Endgame3213 believes the developers could have increased the damage, and it would still have been a good, playable build. However, others find that damage or strength was not the reason they played the Evade build. It was mainly about the speed. In a comment, Old-Supermarket8413 notes that this is quite a big contrast. “From The Flash to a Sunday stroll,” he says.
Additionally, reanima writes: “Yes, [the Evade build] is now about as fast as a Thorn Spike build. [It] was anyway stronger than Evade, and now Evade no longer even has speed as an advantage.” The Thorn Spike build currently ranks among the strongest builds in Diablo 4’s endgame.
Some players simply no longer enjoy the Evade build. Many mention other builds to which they apparently want to switch now. However, Pullumpkin already sees the next problem: The only way to have two builds without major respecs is a second character. Although the collected Paragon points are transferred, it is still too cumbersome. With loadouts, one could have had an alternative build ready a long time ago, he writes.
The skill loadouts allow you to save combinations of skills and items and easily retrieve them. Indeed, Blizzard recently commented on loadouts, or also armories. More on this here: Diablo 4: “Is in development” – Blizzard promises one of the features fans have been requesting since release
