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Diablo 4 Season 6, released alongside the Vessel of Hatred Dlc, is here and players will likely want to know which classes are the best ones to deal with the new mechanics. With some fairly massive gameplay changes in this Season, players can look forward to figuring out how the new classes work. You can look at these picks for the best builds so far in Season 6, but some of this will change as the Season evolves and players figure out new combinations.

With a brand new class in Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred, players will have a different challenge when it comes to figuring out which class is the best. Figuring out a brand-new class is always fun, and it adds some variety to a game that might have started to feel boring to some older players. With so many new mechanics and new things in this Season, the game feels...

The Druid is the most versatile class in Diablo 4. Alongside elemental-focused casting builds, Druid players can also elect to spec into shape-shifting melee characters. With so many potential options, it is often difficult to decipher what the best endgame build for Druids might be, let alone the required gear, aspects, and other items players also need to gather.

Druids are admittedly the hardest class in Diablo 4 to level up to the endgame. If players manage to persevere through the grueling leveling process, they will then have access to some of the best endgame options in Diablo 4. No matter whether you are playing on Hardcore or World Tier Four, endgame Druids can make short work of high-level content with the right build. Although all Druid builds in season four Loot Reborn are viable, one certainly stands out among the rest.

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After a small delay, Diablo 4‘s Season 2 update is finally here. Whether the update is enough to bring a legion of lapsed fans back to the game is a question that will hopefully be answered in the coming days and weeks. What I can tell you is that the update introduces a number of necessary changes to the game that affect each of Diablo 4‘s five character classes in various ways.

Before we dive into where all of those classes stand at the moment, please note that these rankings are broken down into “Leveling” and “Endgame” sections. As before, “Leveling” accounts for Levels 1-50, whereas “Endgame” is focused on Levels 51-100. For what it’s worth, though, the 1-50 leveling process is significantly faster than it’s ever been in Diablo 4‘s Season 2 update. That being the case, you may put slightly less stock into each class’ power level during...

Despite numerous nerfs, Barbarians remain one of the most powerful classes in Diablo 4. However, before you can unleash that class’ full potential, you’re going to have to find a way to get them to Level 50 and World Tier 3. While there is no truly “easy” way to do that, the build we’re looking at today will make that process significantly more enjoyable.

Before we dive into that, though, keep in mind that this is a pure leveling build. It will not get you to World Tier 4 without some serious modifications, and it only utilizes Legendary Aspsects you can find in the Codex. If you’re just looking to get started on your Barbarian journey, though, it will more than do the job.

Diablo 4 Season 1: Best Barbarian Leveling Build – Iron Maelstrom/Walking Arsenal

Skills: Flay, Rend, Rallying Cry, Challenging Shout, Death Blow, Iron Maelstrom

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As you may know, Druids have been one of Diablo 4‘s best endgame classes since the game launched. What you may not know is that Diablo 4‘s Season 1 update actually made leveling a Druid significantly less annoying than it used to be.

Before we take a look at the leveling build that actually makes Druids fun before Level 50, please keep in mind that this is a pure leveling build. In other words, it’s designed to get you to World Tier 3. While you can probably use a variation of this build beyond that point, you’ll want to start taking advantage of the increasingly powerful Legendary Aspects, Gear, and Paragon Points you’ll slowly gain access to in higher World Tiers. Even then, there are better options.

Diablo 4 Season 1: Best Druid Leveling Build – Furious Subterranean Aspect

Skills: Storm Strike, Landslide, Earthern Bulwark, Poison Creeper, Wolves, Hurricane

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Druids and Barbarians are the two “worst” leveling classes in Diablo 4 by a considerable distance. Both classes excel in the Endgame, but getting them there requires a ton of patience and a lot of gear. Of course, having the right leveling build doesn’t hurt. That’s obviously what we’re here to talk about today.

Just note that this is a pure leveling build for Barbarians. That is to say that it’s intended to get you from level 1-50 as painlessly as possible. While you can continue using this build in World Tier 3, its power level falls off considerably at higher difficulty levels. At that point, you’ll want to consider swapping to one of Barbarians’ best Endgame builds.

Diablo 4: Best Barbarian Leveling Build – Bleeding Death Blow

Skills: Frenzy, Rend, Rallying Cry, War Cry, Death Blow, Call of the Ancients

Key Legendary Aspects: Aspect of the Umbral,...

Druids might be the best Endgame class in Diablo 4. Druids are also almost certainly the worst class to level in Diablo 4. Learning to love the former means learning to deal with the latter. That’s why we’re here.

While these builds will help you get through the painful process of leveling a Druid, please note that these are pure leveling builds. They’re builds that you can realistically aspire to achieve between levels 1-50 (the Diablo 4 “leveling” range). They will not last you into the endgame, and you will need to replace them with a proper Endgame build as soon as you are able. That said, they help make the painful leveling process just a little easier.

Diablo 4: Best Druid Leveling Build – Lightning Storm Companions

Skills: Storm Strike, Lightning Storm, Blood Howl, Poison Creeper, Wolves, Hurricane

Key Legendary Aspects: Overcharged Aspect, Nighthowler’s Aspect, Aspect of the Tempest,...

Much like Druids, Barbarians struggled during Diablo 4‘s betas. However, long-time Diablo fans knew that the class would find its way once the game really started to open up. Well, that’s exactly what happened. In fact, Barbarians have arguably been the most “nerfed” class in Diablo 4 since the game’s launch.

Those recent alternations leave Barbarians in a strange place. Their build diversity was already lacking, and their most viable early builds were quickly nerfed. However, it turns out that Barbarians are still ridiculously powerful in the Endgame., You just have to know what makes them tick and how to support that strategy. Of course, that’s what we’re here to do.

As with our other recent builds, this article will (temporarily) not cover Paragon Boards. That’s largely because Paragon boards are still being optimized and because

Diablo 4: Best Barbarian Endgame Build – Whirlwhind Shout Barbarian

Skills: Whirlwind,...

Druids were kind of a joke during the Diablo 4 betas. Arguably the most underpowered class at that time, Druid fans could only hope that full version of the game would unleash the class’ potential. As it turns out, that’s exactly what happened.

Druids may very well be the most powerful Endgame class in Diablo 4 at the moment. Some of the things they can do border on being genuinely broken. However, they are also arguably the hardest class in the game to understand from a technique standpoint and to properly build/gear once you do understand how the class is supposed to function. Of course, that’s why we’re here.

As before, we won’t be covering Paragon Boards quite yet with these builds, largely due to a lack of proper tools as well as the fact that part of the game is still being optimized. While we’re waiting to update that information,...

I never really had any doubt that Diablo 4 would be a fun game. It was easy to lose hours (even days) to Diablo 4’s betas. Through ups and downs, the Diablo games have long been fundamentally enjoyable to play.

What worried me most about Diablo 4 was the game’s live-service structure and all of the things that typically go along with that business model. Microtransactions, content gating, the exhaustion of keeping up with a game that never ends…you don’t have to dive too deep into hypotheticals to see how it could all go wrong. Just look at what happened to Diablo Immortal.

So after finally getting to play the (mostly) full version of Diablo 4, it’s my strange duty to report that Diablo 4’s best qualities often work because of the game’s live service nature rather than in spite of them. It’s an odd dynamic that...

We recently talked about why Druids are (statistically speaking) the least popular Dungeons and Dragons class. While Druids’ complexity, versatility, and unique fantasy design are part of their appeal, those same attributes can easily turn off other players (especially new players). That being the case, it probably won’t surprise you to learn that D&d’s most popular class probably seems a little more “boring.”

A previous report from D&d Beyond (the official digital toolset for D&d’s Fifth Edition) revealed that Fighters are the most popular class in the tabletop game by a fairly decent distance. Admittedly, that report is a few years old now, but it’s very much worth noting that the stats the D&d team recently cited when discussing Druids’ low pick rate seem to be similar to the ones found in this report. Anecdotally, fans of D&d’s older editions have long...

The Diablo 4 Open Beta is a sampling of the upcoming game’s experience. The limited-time trial will let audiences create ten characters, play through the opening areas, and progress up to level 25. While all player characters will be wiped after the beta, players are still encouraged to max out their adventurers because special awards await anyone who hits specific leveling and progress milestones.

However unless you participated in the Early Access beta, you will only have three days to reach max level and earn a special Beta Wolf Pack cosmetic. Is that enough time? Probably, but you’ll have to work fast and farm a little extra Xp.

Diablo 4 Beta: How Long Does It Take to Reach Level 25?

In many level-based games, character levels accrue quickly in the beginning, but that rate slows down exponentially the further you get in the journey. The same is true in Diablo 4. While you...

Dungeons & Dragons is a game of choices, but for many D&d players, deciding which class to play may be the toughest choice they make. The best class choice is almost always the class you want to play as most, but D&d players always end up being just a little curious about how popular their chosen class is in the grand scheme of the game. Well, we now at least know what the least popular class in D&d seems to be.

In a new video about some of the changes coming to One D&d‘s Unearthed Arcana update, Game Design Architect Jeremy Crawford talks about reworking the Druid class. He also reveals an interesting detail about the Druid class itself.

“In the last eight years, as we have looked at player data, we have found that for as beloved as the Druid is from a sentiment standpoint,...

Review Ron Hogan 4 Feb 2014 - 07:21

Jennifer Lynch directs this episode of Teen Wolf, which introduces Japanese mythology to the mix...

This review contains spoilers.

3.17 Silverfinger

Not long ago, I praised Teen Wolf for its cast. The longer a show stays on the air, the more connections you begin to see among cast members. For example, Sheriff Stilinski, aka Linden Ashby, isn't in this week's episode. However, a new character—the titular Silverfinger—is in the episode, played with typical style by Cary-Hiroyuke Tagawa. Tagawa is a veteran character actor, but I bring up Linden Ashby for a reason. Linden Ashby was Johnny Cage in the Mortal Kombat movie, alongside Cary-Hiroyuke Tagawa as Shang Tsung and one Christopher Lambert as Raiden. Christopher Lambert is the star of Highlander, which was directed by... Russell Mulcahy, who has been one of the leading figures in Teen Wolf's television renaissance.

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Where the hell is Michael Myers? Halloween 3 may not be a canonical Halloween movie, but it's much better than you remember.

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No matter how undeniably great a film the original Halloween was, by the middle of Halloween II some of us—seven or eight of us anyway—were already pretty bored with the idea of watching Michael Myers carving up even more teens. That’s why for that small handful, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, no matter how different and unexpected and strange it was (and precisely for those reasons), came as a blessed relief.

Following the mind-boggling success of the 1978 original, John Carpenter and Debra Hill had a clever idea. Instead of traditional repetitive sequels, they’d turn Halloween into an anthology series: each year a new film would come out...