Recently, leaderboards have arrived in Diablo 4 and players are climbing the rankings of the five classes. You can find out which builds are at the top here on MeinMMO.
With patch 1.3.3, leaderboards came to Diablo 4 along with the “Gauntlets”. There, you can compete with other players in a dungeon that changes weekly.
In addition to strategy and pace, your builds also play an important role in gathering points and climbing the leaderboard. We will take a look at which builds players are using in solo runs and list the best ones for each class.
In our article, you will learn how the Gauntlet works and how to get on the leaderboard. Here you can see a video about the leaderboards:
The best builds for each class in the Gauntlet
Below, we list the builds that are at the top of the leaderboards for each class. The order is the same as the rankings in the game. There are two things to keep in mind:
- Some profiles are private, meaning we have to rely on builds from players in lower ranks.
- While equipment and skills can be viewed, that does not mean that this exact build was used in the Gauntlet.
Barbarian: Hammer of the Ancients (HotA)
In the upper places of the leaderboards, both in softcore and hardcore mode, mostly HotA builds can be found. With Hammer of the Ancients (HotA), you deal damage to groups as well as to single targets. You focus everything on this one skill, which you enhance with buffs and shouts until it deals damage in the billions.
“MASA”, the currently best player on the list, plays a HotA build with the following skills:
- Hammer of the Ancients
- Charge
- Battle Cry
- War Cry
- Wrath of the Berserker
- Whirlwind
Necromancer: Blood Surge
Many necromancer players at the top use a Blood Surge build in both softcore and hardcore, which they combine with skills from the Infinimist build. The Blood Surge build focuses on AoE attacks and overpowering and allows for huge damage and continuous healing, even without the “Endless Blood Mist” from the Infinimist build.
The second-ranked SC player on the list (“Vega”) uses the following skills:
- Blood Surge
- Corpse Explosion
- Corpse Tendrils
- Bone Storm
- Altars
- Plague
Sorceress: Arc Lash/Lightning Spear
The profile of the currently highest-ranked softcore player, “Mekuna”, is set to private. In an interview, he mentioned that he believes one will be most successful if one focuses on the most popular lightning skills: Arc Lash, Lightning Spear, or a mix of both. He also advises to bet on a seemingly “useless stat” in the Gauntlets .
With the Arc Lash build, you summon arc lightning that circles around you and then simply walk through enemies that are grilled by the lightning.
The top-ranked hardcore player (“powerPL”) uses the following skills:
- Arc Lightning
- Unstable Current
- Flame Shield
- Ice Armor
- Teleportation
- Ice Armor
Rogue: Barrage
In the upper ranks of the Rogues, mostly Barrage builds can be found. With this build, you have the choice to attack enemies from a distance with many arrows or to rush to an enemy and attack it. The top three players on the softcore list also use a Shadow Clone and various Infusions to enhance attacks with cold or shadow.
The currently top-ranked SC player uses the following skills:
- Barrage
- Rush
- Camouflage
- Shadow Step
- Shadow Clone
- Cold Infusion
Druid: Shred/Pulverize
Among the Druids, Shred builds can be found predominantly among the top players in both softcore and hardcore, using skills from the Pulverize build, thus playing a combination of both builds. Pulverize has been one of the best builds in every season so far. With it, you transform into a Werebear and make the earth tremble, literally.
The second-ranked players in both HC and SC lists both use the following skills:
- Shred
- Pulverize
- Trample
- Earthen Bulwark
- Blood Howl
- Stoneform
The best classes in the current ranking
Of course, there are also differences among the classes regarding total points in the Gauntlet. Below, we list the classes in a current ranking (as of March 9) in softcore and hardcore:
Softcore Ranking:
- Sorceress: 1,243,304 points
- Barbarian: 1,082,550 points
- Druid: 993,600 points
- Rogue: 988,240 points
- Necromancer: 945,393 points
Hardcore Ranking:
- Sorceress: 1,205,555 points
- Barbarian: 960,112 points
- Necromancer: 864,596 points
- Rogue: 802,612 points
- Druid: 778,762 points
How this develops in the coming days until the dungeon switch and also in the next weeks in the Gauntlets remains to be seen. However, it is exciting to note that several classes seem to share the strongest builds for the Gauntlets. You can find the strongest builds in our tier list for the endgame in season 3 of Diablo 4.
