The leaderboards are back in Diablo 4. In the associated activity “The Tower”, you can compete with others and show what you can do. However, the endgame feature is not particularly well received by the community.
What kind of endgame feature is this? The “new” feature is the leaderboards, which are back in Diablo 4. The leaderboards were introduced in Season 3 of Diablo 4, but Blizzard removed them from the game after a few seasons to bring them back later in an improved form.
For Season 11, they were finally announced along with the new activity “The Tower”, initially as a beta version. On Monday, January 12, 2026, the feature went live in Diablo 4, but it seems to still have some issues according to community feedback.
What players criticize about the leaderboards: If you scroll through the Subreddit for Diablo 4 or the Blizzard forums, you quickly come across numerous threads about the leaderboards and the Tower. Many players currently express similar criticisms, including:
- The Tower feels at its core like the Pit – but without loot or other rewards.
- The gameplay is overall simply too similar to the Pit and offers too little individuality.
- During the time-limited run, you have to collect particles, which slows down the flow of the game.
- The pylons, which are supposed to provide buffs, must first be “defeated” like enemies before you can activate them with a click.
- The leaderboard itself, which is supposed to be the main incentive for the competitive activity, is bugged. Names do not display correctly; sometimes you can only see that you have made it into the “Top 500”.
- Moreover, the activity offers relatively few experience points, making it hardly worth it for just that.
Blizzard plans to further improve the activity
Will it stay that way? Probably not. Blizzard has already made it clear that both the leaderboards and “The Tower” are still in the beta phase. In a blog post, the developers point out that players may encounter “one or two bugs”. Feedback from the community should be used to adapt and improve the player experience throughout the beta.
In the long term, Blizzard also wants to add rewards and expand both the Tower and the leaderboards with additional features. However, what those will look like is still open.
The plan is to design the activity so that players want to return season after season to compete anew.
While the leaderboards are currently facing a lot of criticism, another seasonal feature is generating significantly more enthusiasm. With Season 11, Blizzard has introduced the new crafting system Sanctification into the game, and the community is really enjoying it. Diablo 4 fans agree: The new crafting system must stay, as it finally gives them a reason to grind.
