Diablo 4

Blizzard

With new patches and fixes and tech discovery, the meta of Diablo 4’s Lord of Hatred expansion continues to shift somewhat rapidly. Now, after a couple weeks, two specific classes are starting to pull away in the Maxroll list, and if you don’t believe that, you can check out the global The Pit ranking list where they’re almost entirely dominant. Here’s the new list as it stands, and I’ve linked the S+, S and A Tier builds if you want to go check out those top ones right away:

S+ Tier Lord Of Hatred Builds

• Barbarian – Whirlwind
• Barbarian – Minion
• Sorcerer – Ball Lightning

S Tier Lord of Hatred Builds

• Druid – Companion
• Spiritborn – Evade Counterswarm
• Barbarian – Rend
• Sorcerer – Firewall
• Rogue – Penetrating Shot

A Tier Lord of Hatred Builds

• Warlock – Lunatic
• Warlock – Apocalypse
• Rogue – Death Trap
• Rogue – Rapid Fire
• Rogue – Barrage
• Rogue – Heartseeker
• Sorcerer – Charged Bolt
• Spiritborn – Evade
• Necromancer – Blood Wave

B Tier Lord of Hatred Builds

• Barbarian – Mighty Maelstrom
• Barbarian – Frenzy Throw
• Druid – Pulverize
• Sorcerer – Blizzard
• Sorcerer – Meteor
• Warlock – Dread Claws
• Warlock – Minion
• Warlock - Eviscerate
• Warlock – Tyrant’s Grasp
• Paladin – Wing Strikes
• Paladin – Shield of Retribution
• Necromancer – Minion

C Tier Lord of Hatred Builds

• Warlock – Hell Fracture
• Warlock – Blazing Scream
• Rogue – Flurry
• Rogue – Twisting Blades
• Rogue – Dance of Knives
• Necromancer – AotD
• Necromancer – Blood Lance
• Necromancer Blood Surge
• Druid – Lightning Storm

D Tier Lord of Hatred Builds

• Paladin – Blessed Hammer
• Paladin – Auradin
• Paladin – Judgment
• Spiritborn – Quill Volley
• Necromancer – Blight
• Necromancer – Sever
• Rogue – Grenade

So, what’s going on now? Well, as we can see, there’s now an S+ tier when there wasn’t before, specifically made for those top-tier Sorc and Barb builds that little else can touch right now. They each have an S tier build as well, along with many more across the larger list. Druid and Spiritborn don’t have many on the list, but they do have a couple top ones, at least. Still a lot of Rogue builds everywhere.

Warlock has been bumped out of A Tier, interesting given how enormously strong Apocalypse Warlock specifically has been. Paladin is still lagging behind, only going as high as B Tier, and I believe it’s the only class to do so. I see my own personal build in there, Wing Strikes, which is doing quite well in Tier 12, minus some of the highest-end bosses that just have way too much health for the mostly mobbing build.

Diablo 4 tends to patch buffs in relatively frequently, and it definitely seems like Paladin, especially as a new class they want people to play, probably has some boosts in the pipeline. It’s unclear if Sorc or Barb may be heading for a nerf.

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