Diablo 4 Best Endgame Class & Builds Tier List Guide - Updated D4 Tier List for Launch

6/12/2023 11:41:30 AM

Are you stumped as to which class you should play in Diablo 4? You've come to the right place for the greatest endgame tier list guide. In this detailed walkthrough, we'll take you through each Diablo 4 class and help you determine which one is most suited to your playstyle. This class guide will help you grasp the ins and outs of Diablo 4's dynamic class system, regardless of whether you are new to the world of Diablo or a seasoned veteran who has played the game for a long time.

 

Diablo 4 Best Endgame Class & Builds Tier List


S Tier

  • -Whirlwind Barbarian (S Tier)

The Whirlwind Barbarian build is a combat build with an area of effect that is focused on quickly cleaving down groups of opponents. The Whirlwind Barbarian is one of our preferred Barbarian leveling builds for the launch of Diablo 4, thanks to its high area-of-effect (AoE) damage and good mobility. In Diablo, Whirlwind is one of the most famous abilities available to the Barbarian class. It gives the user the ability to cut through large groups of foes without surrendering their mobility. This build also allows for the inclusion of Shouts and other group utility skills.

 

  • -Unheaval Barbarian (S Tier)

To put it simply, the Barbarian class is a great option in Diablo 4. The Barbarian is known for its unbridled strength and brutal way of fighting. Its devastating melee moves make it great at beating opponents. They are a powerful force on the battlefield because they can break down barriers and attack without stopping. Still, Barbarians do have some things they can't do. They have a limited range, can't move around, and have to take a lot of damage. Some of these problems are solved by the Upheaval Barbarian build, which makes the Barbarian a better class choice in Diablo 4.

 

  • -Twisting Blades Rogue (S Tier)

The Twisting Blades attack is a two-step close range one: First, you assault a single foe for a moderate amount of damage, and then, after a brief wait, the blades return to you from that foe's position where they were when you attacked them. These blades that keep coming back are the actual heart of the build, and they are what you need to work with to be successful. These returning swords provide significant damage to all foes along their path, and when paired with various mobility talents such as Evade, Dash, and Shadow Step, you can wipe out entire packs of foes at once while they are in flight.

 

  • -Ice Shards Sorcerer (S Tier)

This build capitalizes on the benefits offered by Paragon Boards and Glyphs, while maximizing the powerful area-of-effect (AOE) potential of Ice Shards through the usage of synergy with certain Aspects and the build's own Enchantment. This build makes use of Ice Shards' ability to quickly apply Vulnerability and combines defensive and offensive options with Deep Freeze and Inferno in order to successfully manage and damage opponent packs. Ice Shards' ability to quickly apply Vulnerability is also utilized.

 

  • -Landslide Druid (S Tier)

The Landslide Druid is a build for Druids that uses Nature Magic in the form of Earth and focuses on throwing. The Landslide Druid is strong on its own. They can use their power over the Earth to call up pillars and rocks to crush their enemies and keep themselves safe. Landslide Druids like to use nature magic from afar, and they have powerful Wolves with them to confuse their enemies. But they are just as good at fighting close up. Many people think of an Earth Druid build as a defensive mode, but Landslide Druids are strong at attacking and have a lot of health, so they can stay alive. The Landslide Druid build is based on using Slow, Stun, and Immobilize to control the field and Critical Strike to do more damage. Instead of the finicky Fortify mechanic, this build uses a Barrier called Earthen Bulwark, which can be used for both attack and defense. It has an easy-to-farm Legendary Aspect that makes it last longer. We're also adding a trait called "Vulnerable," which is only found in Druid Storm skills.

 

  • -Bone Spear Necromancer (S Tier)

When you have a bone spear in your hands, there is nothing that can stop you from reaching your goal. After penetrating any foes it comes into contact with, the Bone Spear shatters upon impact with an obstacle, sending three shards of shrapnel flying back in its direction. You are able to snipe foes, pursue and defeat Treasure Goblins, beat bosses, and do enough Area of Effect (AoE) damage to destroy everything in the game, even on World Tier 2 - Veteran, thanks to the incredible power of this talent alone.

 

A Tier

  • -Bleed Barbarian (A Tier)

This construct is optimized towards inflicting Damage-Over-Time effects on foes, more specifically the Bleed effect. It will take some time for the Bleed build to take effect, in contrast to the Hammer of the Ancients build or the Whirlwind build. Maintaining your Fury and dealing devastating damage to your foes is possible if you make the appropriate investments in talents and passives. Even if your range isn't as far as Hammer of the Ancients or Whirlwind's, you still have the ability to hit numerous foes at once.

 

  • -Penetrating Shot Rogue (A Tier)

The Core Skill known as Penetrating Shot allows the user to fire a single large and penetrating arrow. Pretty straightforward, to put it literally, and while this might not sound too fascinating at first, after you add some flavor to it with imbuements and the Trickshot Offensive Aspect, your nuclear weapon truly comes to life. As is the case with the majority of Rogue abilities, maximizing its potential will require proper positioning, as the amount of damage dealt increases proportionally with the number of foes hit in a straight line. If you are successful in doing so, you will be rewarded with a fireworks display consisting of various pieces of demons.

 

  • -Hydra Sorcerer (A Tier)

The Hydra ability is a pillar of the Diablo franchise and may be found in all three of its incarnations: D2, D2R, and D3. This is an updated version of an older build I did of a Firewall Hydra. You will begin as a Shock Sorcerer with Spark and Chain Lightning, but then you will branch out into Frost with Frost Nova, and then you will begin to strengthen your Fire talents.

 

  • -Shred Druid (A Tier)

This build for the Shred Druid is all on poisoning the victim as much as possible and then sprinting from enemy to enemy with Shred. Thanks to the Aspect of the Blurred Beast, you will deal all of the poison damage instantaneously, plus additional damage on top of that.

 

  • -Blood Surge Necromancer (A Tier)

You employ both forms of Resources, Essence and Corpses, in order to keep the screen shaking with MASSIVE DPS output! You just need to take down the first few foes, and then you can sit back and watch while your Corpse Explosions finish the job for you.

 

B Tier

  • -HotA Barbarian (B Tier)

This classic build for the Hammer of the Ancients (HotA) Barbarian is based on a straightforward premise: first, generate as much fury as possible as rapidly as you can, and then expend that fury on damaging HotA hits. This high-damage build is exceptionally robust thanks to its sizable Life pool, convenient access to Fortify, and numerous methods to stun enemies. This is a tutorial to one of the most reliable builds for the Barbarian class in Diablo 4, including the finest skills, gear, and Paragon Board selections you may make.

 

  • -Pulverize Druid (B Tier)

It is one of the most straightforward builds that we've devised, and its ease of use is comparable to that of the Whirlwind Barbarian. All you need to do is spam Pulverize and Trample into big groups of enemies. Keep a watch out for this item on Legendary drops at all times, as it deals significant area-of-effect damage and deals much more if you have the Shockwave Aspect.

 

  • -Corpse Explosion Necromancer (B Tier)

Instead of dealing damage over time across a wide area of effect like the Necromancer's Blight Commander build does, the Corpse Explosion build concentrates on dealing burst damage to groups of foes rather than single targets. The activation of the Corpse Explosion skill sets off a deadly chain reaction that is capable of clearing the screen in a matter of seconds once the linked skills have been leveled up by the players.