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Diablo III Season 28 First Week: Most Popular Builds on Leaderboards
Diablo
Опубликовано
03.03.2023 в 07:54
RenataKane
Looking at the first week of Diablo III Season 28's leaderboards has been interesting, particularly watching how players are beginning to migrate away from the free Haedrig's Gift sets to those gearing strategies to ensure high-tier success. Although you can get the full Haedrig's Gift set within several hours of play, not one of these sets is leading their class in overall Leaderboards. In all cases but one, the Haedrig's Gift set is falling to second place, and in one case (Necromancer), it's already fallen to third place.
The numbers presented are a snapshot taken on Friday, March 3rd, and will go out of date quickly. These are meant to examine overall trends we're seeing on the top-tier Normal Seasonal leaderboards. These are not meant to say that you cannot make any class or build viable or fun. With aggressive gearing and deep class knowledge, you can probably make nearly anything "work". Not all players choose to push high-tier content and that's fine. But for those who do wish to see the highest levels of the game, these can help provide some insight into what other players are doing.
It will be interesting to see how these change over the course of the season. What sets will continue to rise? Which will fall in favor of other builds?
The Most Popular Diablo 3 Classes and Sets in Season 28 Week 1
The most popular classes in Diablo 3 based on high-tier play are as follows.
Wizard
Necromancer
Demon Hunter
Barbarian
Monk
Witch Doctor
Crusader
We will look at the most popular sets in high-tier play within these classes, in order by class popularity.
In addition to sets, there are also leaderboards for "No Six Piece Set Bonus". These are generally legendary gear collections that use the Legacy of Dreams gem, which gives damage increases/reductions based on having no set items equipped. Without this gem equipped and pushed to the highest levels, this build does not work at all -- and it goes without saying that equipping any set pieces that give even 2-piece bonuses will render the LoD gem useless. There is actually one class where the LoD "set" is the dominant choice for high-tier players, rather than any of the traditional class sets.
Best Wizard Sets for Diablo 3 Season 28
To no one's surprise, the Wizard remains the most popular and prolific top tier character in Diablo 3. With amazing damage output and unparalleled mobility, Wizards dominate high-tier play. As the first week comes to a close, 787 Wizards have achieved the maximum solo rift Tier 150. As of this writing, the lowest tier to get onto the Wizard Solo Leaderboard is 148, with a rift time of 13:19.
The eternal champion set of the Wizard remains Tal Rasha's Elements. This is almost universally played with
Meteor
with the
Comet
rune as the centerpiece ability -- and no wonder, with amazing Legendary support items such as The Grand Vizier/The Smouldering Core Staffs (one on Kanai's), Nilfur's Boast Boots and the Mempo of Twilight Helmet helping convert your wizard into a one-person nuclear arsenal. It's not a coincidence that
all but two Wizards who have achieved Tier 150 thus far
are using the Tal Rasha set, and likely some version of this build. (The remaining two are using LoD gem builds with Ancient gear and no set pieces at all, a strategy that falls between the top three and bottom two sets).
Also not a surprise is the #2 set, The Typhon's Veil, which is Haedrig's Gift this year. While many players have and will continue to convert to the more powerful Tal Rasha's set, Typhon revolves around
Hydra
with the
Frost Hydra
rune. It's more relaxing and safer to play than Tal Rasha's Meteor build, yet still effective, making it a great farming build. Key items you'll need to make this build sing are the Serpent's Sparker Wand, Tasker and Theo Gloves, and The Magistrate Hat. While so far the highest Typhon's player has made it to 145, 150 is not going to be far off.
With two such strong sets in the Wizard's arsenal, it's no wonder that the three remaining sets aren't as popular. Firebird's Finery ranks third, likely since if you're going to play with fire, Tal Rasha's Meteor build is a much more effective route to go. Neither of the two remaining sets -- Delsere's Magnum Opus and Vyr's Amazing Arcana -- have high overall representation in the leaderboards (55 is all that's required to get on with those sets), likely due to more complicated playstyles for less overall output than is offered by the other sets.
Best Necromancer Sets for Diablo 3 Season 28
Necromancers come in second for the most players already at Tier 150, with over 84 players enjoying that level. Getting onto the overall solo leaderboard for Necromancers currently requires a minimum Tier 136.
There is one clear preference for most high-tier Necromancers, and that's the iconic Trang'Oul's Avatar set. Every current Tier 150 Necromancer uses the Trang'Oul's build except two (one uses Bones of Rathma, and the other uses a LoD build), and it's no wonder with the enormous fun of the amazing AoE you can push out with this set. The two key abilities are
Siphon Blood
with the
Power Shift
rune and
Death Nova
with
Blood Nova
, with the support of such Legendary items as Funerary Pick weapon and the Iron Rose offhand. If there's one weakness of Trang'Oul's set, it's potential issues with the big solo bosses that don't spawn adds for your to blow up.
The second most popular set for high-tier Necromancers is Bones of Rathma, a formidable set built around massive undead armies at your command. While iconic and satisfying, it's also dependent on cooldown and pet management, which affects both gearing and playstyle. The Bonds of C'Lena Bracers are very important to the major focus of this build,
Army of the Dead
with the
Death Valley
rune, which gives those truly amazing roundups. One thing that's nice is that it shares similar secondary items with the Trang set, such as the Funerary Pick weapon (cubed off this time) for
Siphon Blood
/
Power Shift
.
Third on the list for necromancers is this season's Haedrig's Gift set, Masquerade of the Burning Carnival. This set has suffered in reputation because of several reworks that led to buffs and nerfs and removed bonuses, but Season 28 has seen this reworked again with the triple damage
Simalcrum
bonus being returned to the 6-piece set bonus. Still, it lives in the shadow of its more competitive builds, particularly Trang'Oul's.
Bringing up the back are Grace of Inarius and Pestilence Master's Shroud at #4 and #5 respectively. Inarius has many possible flavors, but the most popular build seems to be the
Death Nova > Blood Nova
build that has been folded into the Trang'Oul's build as well. It's a fun build, but simply outclassed by Trang'Oul's for similar mechanics. Pestilence is a very distant last, with only 800 players even on the leaderboard for this set. While it's a fun build, it's a generalist build that doesn't excel at any particular type of gameplay.
LoD builds fall somewhere in the middle; while its most devoted adherents are doing well in high end tier play, there don't seem to be a ton of players with this build. There's enough to fill a leaderboard, but with 75 as the minimum requirement to get on, it's not as competitive as the first three sets.
Best Demon Hunter Sets for Diablo 3 Season 28
Demon Hunters are well represented and have three players at Tier 150. Solo overall tier board requires at least a 131 even to appear.
The meta has not changed for Demon Hunters; the Sentry-focused Embodiment of the Marauder set is still the most popular high tier build. All three of the Tier 150 players and most of the high 140s players are using Marauder's. This is a case where one of the original sets has stood the test of time to become the go-to build for Seasons and off-Seasons alike. This build centers on killer
Sentry
turrets with the
Polar Station
rune, which Chills and reduces movement speed in a 16-yard radius. This is exactly what you do
not
want against the fast and furious Demon Hunter. The key support item is the Bombadier's Rucksack, which allow you to have 2 more Sentries out at a time. Top players are divided on whether to use
Cluster Arrow
or
Multishot
as the main attack, but either are viable for this build.
From here, Natalya's Vengeance and this season's Haedrig's Gift set, Gears of the Dreadlands, are functionally tied for second place. Natalya's focuses on
Spike Traps
, and while Gears can work with any Primary skill,
Hungering Arrow
is the most solid choice here. Natalya's is a stronger AoE build, while Gears is a little easier to pick up.
Unhallowed Essence has strong similarities to Gears since it's focused on generators, but isn't really strong in any particular type of gameplay. At a distant fifth, The Shadow's Mantle isn't nearly as popular as the other sets, likely due to its close-range style and relatively poor AoE performance.
LoD builds fall well to the bottom of tier builds in Season 28, likely due to the dominant strength of Marauder's, as well as the other excellent choices in the #2 and #3 picks.
Best Barbarian Sets for Diablo 3 Season 28
Barbarians are at the very center of the pack in terms of popularity. Only one player has hit the Tier 150 cap, but several are pushing the 140s and will definitely be there by next week at the latest. It currently requires Tier 125 to make it onto the Barbarian Overall leaderboard, with most of the leaderboard sitting in the 130s.
The top Barbarian set so far this season is The Legacy of Raekor, centered on
Ancient Spear
with the
Boulder Toss
rune, an AoE hit that converts all remaining Fury into 20% AoE weapon damage for every Fury point spent. The key support pieces to this build are the Three Hundredth Spear and Arreat's Law weaspon, which increase Ancient Spear damage and helps manage the Fury expenditures by simultaneously generating additional Fury based on distance and refunding Fury based on numbers of enemies hit. The Skular's Salvation Bracers also increase Ancient Spear damage.
Pulling in a very close second is this season's Haedrig's Gift set, Horde of the Ninety Savages. This fun and popular
Frenzy
build is iconic to the Diablo franchise (as opposed to the class fantasy of Raekor's, where viable "throw barbs" are a fairly recent D2R invention). Most top tier players are running
Frenzy
with the
Berserk
rune, which increases Fury generation and converts damage to Cold. One of the most important support pieces of this build is worth mentioning -- the Band of Might ring, which helps offset the fact that this in-your-face build is also surprisingly vulnerable without it.
Wrath of the Wastes comes in third, not that far behind the other two. This is the second truly iconic barbarian build -- the Whirlwind barbarian. It's also referred to as the Rend Barb, since the Rend ability is also key to the success of this build. Like Savages, it's also dependent on Band of Might, and for the same reason. Coming in a very distant fourth and fifth are Immortal King's Call and Might of the Earth. Immortal Kings is definitely showing its age, with nerfs removing some of its more interesting mechanics. And while Might of the Earth's Leap and Earthquake abilities have high amusement and novelty factor, they just don't match the effectiveness of other builds, which is probably why there are fewer than 850 players on its leaderboard.
LoD builds don't have many adherents, although those few going this route are doing reasonably well, about midpack for overall success.
Best Monk Sets for Diablo 3 Season 28
Monks are the first class to have no current players at 150. As of today, the highest player is at 146 with 120 required to enter the overall leaderboard.
This is the only class where the most popular set in high tier play is the non-set LoD Wave of Light build, with the top 58 Monks on the leaderboards adopting this strategy.
Among the actual sets, Patterns of Justice, the Haedrig's Gift set, is currently reigning the boards. This set is built around
Tempest Rush
with the
Flurry
rune, which casts huge icy AoE blasts to bring in all the fun. Key items include the Won Khim Lau Fist Weapon, which procs
Cyclone Strike
when you hit with Tempest Rush, Cesar's Memento Bracers for increasing Tempest Rush damage after Freezing (thanks to your Flurry, you'll have plenty of that going on), and the Balance staff on Kanai's Cube for even more Tempest Rush damage, particularly on 3 or fewer targets. This last helps shore up this build's ability to take out single targets.
Inna's Mantra comes in a very close second, with an interesting pet build centered on the
Mystic Ally
. Having choices of Mystic Allies to handle whatever kind of content you need. It has the advantage over many other builds in that the secondary gearing requirements aren't as stiff. The remaining three builds -- #3 Monkey King's Garb, #4 Uliana's Strategem, and #5 Rainment of A Thousand Storms, are simply not as effective as the first two sets -- or in the Monk's case, no set at all. While these can be enjoyable (I'm personally fond of of Uliana's with Exploding Palm), they will hit walls in progression you won't face with the other choices. Uliana's and Storms don't even have full leaderboards at this time.
Best Witch Doctor Sets for Diablo 3 Season 28
Witch Doctor rolls in at #6 for overall popularity on high tier play, with 2 players currently maxxed at Tier 150 and the lowest tier level required to get on the ladder as 117. Few others are in the 140s or high 130s, with the bulk of the leaderboard sitting in the low 120s. Overall, the levels still place it slightly lower than Monks.
The top contender for high-tier play for the Witch Doctor is the Spirit of Arachyr set, which is built around various summoned creatures. This may surprise players who have returned from a D3 hiatus, since this used to be one of the worst sets in game. Recent reworks both to the set and to
Corpse Spiders
have turned this set into a powerhouse. While in the past,
Firebats
has been a main focus for the Arachyr build, nearly all the high-tier players with this set are using
Corpse Spiders
as their main attack, with the
Widowmakers
rune that gives 700% weapon damage as Physical. The key piece to this build is The Spider Queen's Grasp Ceremonial Knife, which gives a huge damage bonus and slowing effect to Corpse Spiders.
The Mundunugu's Regalia set was the Haedrig's Gift this season and is a close second for overall tier play popularity. It isn't surprising that this set has maintained its place, since it's a fast-paced and fun build built around
Spirit Barrage's Manitou
rune. This requires a balancing act with secondary pieces to get right; the Gazing Demise Mojo to increase damage and The Barber Ceremonial Knife to convert from direct damage to an explosion.
Of the remaining three, Zunimassa's Haunt plays a fairly distant third place, with Jade Harvester fourth and Helltooth Harness last. As one of the original sets that hasn't been touched much beyond a rename in Patch 2.1, Helltooth in particular has gotten long in the tooth. As of the first week, Jade Harvester and Helltooth Witch Doctors don't even fill the entire leaderboard for their sets. Zuni's probably enjoys some popularity due to it being one of the easier set dungeons to complete, although top-rated Arachyr is usually cited as the easist Witch Doctor set dungeon to complete.
LoD gearing strategies fall between the top three sets and the bottom two, which probably says more about the overall weakness of Jade Harvester and Helltooth rather than the strength of the other sets.
Best Crusader Sets for Diablo 3 Season 28
Crusaders are highly durable, but frankly the class can be dull to play depending on how it's built (and yes, I do play Crusader). This may be why the Crusader comes in at the bottom of the pack. One Crusader has hit 150, with most of the leaderboard sitting in the 120s and high 110s. Currently, the lowest level to get into the leaderboard is 110.
The most popular set for the Crusader in Season 28 is Armor of Akkhan. For players who have been away from the game for awhile, this may be news, since a rework in the last season turned Akkhan from a tepid midpack set into a frontrunner for the class. The most prevalent build for this set uses
Condemn
with
Unleashed
rune, which removes the charge time, as well as Phalanx with Shield Bearers, which deal Physical damage. Support items include the Blade of Prophecy sword, where two Condemned enemies trigger the explosion for increased damage, and Unrelenting Phalanx Crusader Shield, which casts Phalanx twice. On Kanai's Cube, Frydahr's Wrath Crusader Shield increases Condemn's damage and removes its cooldown while adding a Wrath cost, and Warhelm of Kassar increases Phalanx damage.
Like nearly all the other builds, the runner-up Haedrig's Gift offering this year, Aegis of Valor, comes in at the #2 spot. This build uses
Fist of the Heavens
for AoE damage, although it suffers from the usual AoE build problem with single-target damage.
The remaining three sets aren't even filling their leaderboards. #3 Thorns of the Invoker can be an amusing spectacle of watching your enemies tear themselves apart on your armor, but it's not built for speed or long-term interest (the novelty wears off quickly). #4 Seeker of the Light using the Blessed Hammer build is iconic, but adds in a layer of damage unpredictability that makes it hard to run. #5 Roland's Legacy is a fast and fun build, but lacks the sheer damage output with a short-range AoE and poor single target damage to make it a good investment. It's an old school set that's in desperate need of a rework.
LoD builds enjoy mid-popularity with Crusaders, coming out ahead of the three bottom sets for top tier, but well behind the top two sets.
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