With Season 6 came new difficulty levels in Diablo 4. An expert tested how far he could get with his character in hardcore mode – without strong endgame loot and with poor defensive stats.
What are these new difficulty levels? In early October, Season 6 started in Diablo 4 and introduced a new level system to the game. The maximum level for player characters is now 60, after that you collect Paragon levels – up to 300 levels. In addition, Blizzard has removed the often-criticized world tiers and replaced them with new difficulty levels:
- Normal & Hard – unlocked by default
- Expert – unlocked after completing the prologue of Diablo 4
- Repentant – unlocked after the campaign/after skipping the campaign of Diablo 4
- Torment Levels 1-4 – unlocked in the Pit
The Torment levels basically represent the endgame of Diablo 4. There you can farm the Torment bosses to obtain materials, runes, and uniques. Many players also go into the Pit to test their builds and maximize their potential.
The Diablo expert wudijo, one of the heads at maxroll.gg, has taken on a challenge again. This time he went through all Torment levels with a pre-leveled character – and weak gear.
Going through all four Torment levels with “Low Level” gear
What was the challenge? wudijo explains in his YouTube video from November 9th, that he wants to try to reach Torment Level 4 with his Spiritborn to attempt a run in the Pit at level 100. This level is already quite challenging and hardly feasible without a strong build and good gear.
Equipped, wudijo only has “Low Level” gear. Specifically, this means: His equipment has an item power between 60 and 70. Only the rings and the amulet have an item power of 200, as he did not acquire any with lower levels. He did not exchange the gear. Moreover, he plays in hardcore mode – a death of his character is permanent.
Gear at Torment Level 4 has an item power of about 750. This is also linked to the values of the affixes and the armor on the items. For the initial difficulty levels, his gear is sufficient, but not for the later Torment levels. Only the defensive values like armor and resistances to damage types become too weak due to the reduction as the difficulty increases.
“Trying a boss fight would be fun right now”
How did the challenge go? The expert starts with a Spiker Salve build of the Spiritborn at the “Repentant” level. The build is one of the strongest builds for the endgame in Season 6 of Diablo 4. The build is easy to play and equally useful against large groups and bosses. To test the difficulty levels, wudijo enters the nightmare dungeon “Ghoaruinen”.
At “Repentant” the expert has no problems, even Torment Level 1 goes smoothly. In the video, wudijo explains that he has to pay more attention at Torment Level 2, as his resistances are not well developed. “The damage is good, that’s a plus,” he notes. Still, his Spiritborn gets through the “Ghoaruinen” dungeon at Torment Levels 2 and 3 quite well.
Fights at Torment Level 4 take significantly longer. His defensive values also look pretty bad at this level due to the reduction – his armor is at 565 (1,000 is recommended). He increases his Spiritborn’s maximum health with a potion.
His strategy: End boss fights quickly before they become too dangerous. His Spiritborn also finishes the last dungeon. Afterwards, wudijo remarks: “So, that was the Torment Level 4 dungeon […]. Now I could attempt the pit run.” Then he realizes: It would actually be more fun to take on a fight against one of the Torment bosses now.
Many of the Torment bosses deal certain types of damage – Grigoire for example, deals lightning damage. Due to the poor resistances to elements, the expert chooses a boss that primarily deals physical damage. The massive damage and the poor defensive values of his heroine ultimately lead to his demise.
How did the challenge end? The expert doesn’t even make it to the Pit because: In the fight against the Boss Lord Zir, his Spiritborn meets her end after just 10 seconds. Wudijo laughs and says: “Okay, all clear. […] I didn’t expect to take this much damage from the area effect.” He did not want to sacrifice a scroll of escape that would have saved his character from death for the run.
In a similar challenge, the Diablo expert wudijo leveled up in hardcore mode to the maximum level. He did not exchange his gear when he found stronger items, but only improved his starting gear. With that, he accomplished hard endgame content – but then failed at a particular activity in Diablo 4.
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