In Challenge Rifts in Diablo 3, you need to complete Greater Nephalem Rifts with builds from other players. For this difficult task, you will be rewarded.
With new gameplay, the developers of Diablo 3 want to offer the community more variety in the game. Therefore, Challenge Rifts will be introduced in Patch 2.6.0.
In Challenge Rifts, you need to complete a Greater Nephalem Rift within a certain time and use the build (including equipment and skills) of another player. If you succeed, you will be rewarded. In the video, the developers give an insight into what this is all about.
Challenge Rifts in Diablo 3
The new Patch 2.6.0 is expected between the end of Season 10 and the start of Season 11. A special feature of this update is the new Challenge Rifts, where you can compete against other players.
Every Monday, a new Challenge Rift is released, which is an exact copy of a completed Greater Nephalem Rift of a player.
An “exact copy” means: Map, pylons, enemies, and dungeons in the portal look exactly like in the original run of the copied portal.
In addition, an exact copy of the character who completed this copied Greater Nephalem Rift will be created. The items, skills, Paragon levels, and equipment of the character will be copied and must be used to complete the Challenge Rift.
If you manage to beat the original player’s time, you will receive loot, crafting materials, and blood shards as a reward.
The Unique Aspect of Challenge Rifts – Explanation
Randomness plays an important role in Diablo 3. It determines what loot, monsters, or environments you will encounter in the game. Challenge Rifts are somewhat “abnormal” for Diablo 3, as they don’t involve as much randomness. On the contrary: All players get the same conditions for this new type of competition.
To succeed in Challenge Rifts, you must be able to handle many classes and prove your knowledge in the game. It is not enough to know every meta build of a class, as your task is to be adaptable. Unusual builds may also come into play, to which you will first need to acclimate.
Familiarize yourself with the map and memorize where certain groups of enemies are located and which ones you should skip. Knowing where the pylons are can help you plan an effective route, thus gaining a time advantage. This way, you can succeed in the challenge.
Handling New Builds
As previously mentioned, Challenge Rifts do not only use copies of characters with meta builds. Sometimes you will see something completely different that has nothing to do with the meta or popular builds on Icy Veins.
If the build is from the beginning of a season, you may have a mix of average legendary items that do not synergize. All players must then cope with this build and complete the portal while beating the time. Whether you play as a Whirlwind Barbarian or as a “crazy chicken“.
What Are Challenge Rifts? Summary
Here are the key points of Challenge Rifts summarized:
- Challenge Rift Rotation: Challenge Rifts change once a week (Every Monday)
- Loot: Once a week, you will be rewarded with a pouch for successfully completing a Challenge Rift. It contains equipment, blood shards, and crafting materials.
- Practice: Before you enter a portal, you can try out the character on mobs. There are single-target and AOE targets.
- Multiple Chances and Leaderboard: If you successfully complete the portal and beat the time, you can continue. If you like the portal and the character build, you can keep going to try to set an even better time. A leaderboard will keep track of the best players of the weekly Challenge Rift.
- Same Chance for All: The skills and equipment of a character cannot be altered. While you can assign different keys to the skills, the abilities remain the same.
How do you like the idea of Challenge Rifts?
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