Season 2 is just around the corner in Diablo 4, along with a long list of changes that players will have to deal with. One item on the list was the same builds and damage buckets you had used. Blizzard wants you to give other builds a chance.
What needed to be changed? Blizzard took your feedback to heart and distributed buffs for each class. While some overly strong builds for necromancers, druids, and barbarians had to be nerfed, especially weaker classes are enjoying a boost that makes them more powerful.
However, the problem with the builds was more about two damage buckets that, when used correctly, resulted in absurdly high damage numbers. This refers to critical and vulnerable damage. These were so powerful in combination in most builds that they could even destroy bosses like Uber-Lilith with just a few hits when using the right build.
To ensure that players do not get stuck on two values and also give other builds a chance, these have been adjusted.
Diversity is the new motto in Diablo 4
What does the change look like? Since both buckets were far too powerful, they have been modified. They are now added together. The damage caused by one of these values will still be multiplied. For critical hits, that’s 50 % and for vulnerable hits, 20 %. Overall, the damage will no longer be absurdly increased but will reach its cap at 80 %.
This is to ensure that you also give other builds a chance and do not rely solely on builds that focus only on these two damage values. Blizzard’s goal is not to make you weaker, but rather to open your eyes and focus on the core values of each build to create something strong.
Will opponents also be adjusted? Blizzard also plans to adjust the opponents in certain ways. Especially bosses like Uber-Lilith, which could only be defeated with a broken build, will be adjusted so that anyone with a reasonable build can defeat them if they put in enough effort.
Additionally, uniques and equipment, as well as the Paragon system, will become more powerful to close the gap of power that you are missing. However, you will only feel these changes on October 17th when Update 1.2.0 is released.
Do you think it’s good that Blizzard wants to bring more diversity to Diablo 4? Or do you already miss your overpowered builds? Let us know in the comments!
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