At the start of Season 3 in Diablo 4, the Steward had to endure a lot of criticism from the community. Now, the third season is in full swing, and the construct is praised for its power: It even takes down powerful bosses on its own. And Blizzard will make your Companion even stronger in the next patch.
What is the Steward? The Steward, aka the construct, is the highlight of the third season in Diablo 4. Season 1 brought buffs in the form of Boshafte Hearts, while your character in Season 2 was impressive through Vampiric Powers.
You enhance the construct with rune stones that make it more powerful: You can equip your Steward with up to 2 so-called guiding stones that determine your companion’s behavior. Additionally, you can use up to 6 tuning stones. You have 12 guiding stones and 27 tuning stones to choose from.
Everything about the function of the Steward can be read here: Diablo 4 Season 3: How the new mechanism Steward works – All stones and their powers
The Steward is getting even stronger with Patch 1.3.1
How is Blizzard buffing the construct? The new Patch 1.3.1 for Diablo 4 goes live on February 1, 2024. Most of the patch focuses on the Steward, specifically buffs for your companion spider:
Blizzard via Blizzard.com, 26.01.2024
- Circling: Damage increased by 30%.
- Thrashing: Damage increased by 30%.
- Ambushing: Damage increased by 20%.
- Impaling: Damage increased by 30%.
- Focused Fire: Damage increased by 20%.
- Lightning Strike: Damage increased by 20%.
- Fireflies: Damage increased by 10%.
- Hurricane: Damage increased by 10%.
- Reconstruction: Healing increased from 22% to 32% of maximum life at level 1. At level 10, healing is increased from 40% to 50% of maximum life.
- Cold Support: Damage increased from 50% to 60% of the supported skill’s damage.
- Bleeding Support: Damage increased from 50% to 60% of the supported skill’s damage.
- Electric Support: Damage increased from 50% to 60% of the supported skill’s damage.
- Poisons Support: Damage increased from 50% to 60% of the supported skill’s damage.
- Dusk Support: Damage increased from 50% to 60% of the supported skill’s damage.
- Burning Support: Damage increased from 50% to 60% of the supported skill’s damage.
As you can see, the Steward is getting a lot of buffs. Combined with the recently discovered usefulness of the companion, it makes it an absolute powerhouse. With the patch, the Steward might become your new best friend in Diablo 4.
How has it gone with the Steward so far? The Steward is quite useless, especially at low levels. This led players to be very frustrated about the gimmick at the start of the third season. That was the status on January 25.
However, already on January 28, we could report about an exciting development: At higher levels, the Steward suddenly becomes extremely popular.
After an emergency patch for the season, guiding and tuning stones now drop twice as often as before. This, combined with faster possible build testing, led to a significant uptick in the popularity of the pet: It is now even wiping out bosses like Uber Duriel effortlessly.
Have you had fun with the little companion yet? Or do you still find the Steward useless even with the guides, high level, and the buffs? Let us know in the comments.
