With leaderboards now live, we have a clear picture of the strongest builds this season. Here’s a breakdown of the top two builds for each class—so if the top pick doesn’t suit your playstyle, you’ve got a solid backup. If neither appeals to you… well, good luck, and you can always buy Diablo 4 Gold to ease your journey.

Necromancer – The “Edgy Emo”

While currently the weakest class on the leaderboards (if we ignore the Paladin’s existence), Necro isn’t far behind.

1. Shadow Blight

· Playstyle: A heavy-hitting build that stacks Shadow damage sources to trigger the Shadow Blight key passive, overwhelming enemies with exponential damage.

· Strengths: Exceptional for pushing high-tier content (Pit, Tower). It has consistently been strong since Season 9 and now claims the #1 spot.

· Weaknesses: Extremely slow. Avoid this if you plan on farming or doing anything besides pushing.

2. Bloodwave & Golem Stalker (Tie)

Due to similar power levels, we’re covering two options.

· Booty-Clapping Bloodwave: A fast (for Necro), high-damage, and fun build. Revolves around Fast Blood aspect and Blood Orbs to reset Blood Wave cooldown. Can be played as a relaxed one-button build.

· Golem Stalker: Empowered by the Grave Bloom Mace, this minion build is an all-rounder. Excellent for pushing, bossing, farming, and is easy to gear. A brain-dead effective choice.

Sorcerer – The “Sork”

The Sorcerer remains a fan favorite, dominated by one powerful mechanic.

1. Crackling Energy (Zaramos' Build)

· Playstyle: Transforms the typically weak Crackling Energy into a powerhouse using Isidora’s Overflowing Cameo. Stacks ranks in Shock skills for massive multiplicative damage.

· Key Item: Isidora’s Overflowing Cameo is completely build-defining.

· How it Works: Spam skills like Ball Lightning to spawn Crackling Energies, which then deal insane damage scaled by your Shock skill ranks.

2. Frozen Orb

· Playstyle: A classic, fan-favorite build that received significant buffs. Key changes to Fractured Winterglass now grant Frozen Orb ranks and a massive damage buff based on your summons.

· Strengths: Fun, powerful, and a great alternative to the meta. It’s finally in a very good spot after previous seasons.

Druid – The “Fat Wood Chopping Man”

1. Pulverize

· Playstyle: Simple and devastating. Press the Pulverize button, everything explodes. Enabled by the build-defining Rotting Lightbringer unique, which solves resource issues and guarantees Overpower.

· Strengths: Arguably the best build to play from level 1 to endgame. Consistently tops Druid leaderboards and is expected to be nerfed eventually.

2. Companion (Wolves/Ravens)

· Playstyle: Command your animal companions, who inherit all your buffs and damage. Wolves and Ravens are both strong, with Ravens getting a boost from the Kilt of Blackwing.

· Strengths: A chill, effective alternative to Pulverize. Great for farming and pushing, benefiting from multiple seasons of buffs.

Rogue

1. Heartseeker (with Orphan Maker)

· Playstyle: High-risk, high-reward. Orphan Maker provides a massive 4x multiplier but puts your Heartseeker on cooldown after each use, creating a "reload" playstyle.

· Note: For less clunky, fast farming, drop Orphan Maker for a legendary with an aspect. Heartseeker is incredibly strong this season.

2. Death Trapper

· Playstyle: An ultra-fast speed-farming and pushing build. Uses Scoundrel’s Leathers and Beastfall Boots with Preparation to reset Death Trap and Dash cooldowns continuously.

· Warning: Requires specific breakpoints to function. Consult a guide before attempting.

Barbarian – The “Barb”

1. HotA (Hammer of the Ancients)

· Playstyle: The classic barbarian powerhouse is back on top due to the return of Maximum Fury scaling. Abuse this with Ramaladni’s Magnum Opus, Melted Heart of Selig, and sanctified items to stack Fury for insane damage.

· Critical Note: Top versions use two Melted Heart of Selig for immortality. Without them, you will be squishy.

2. Lunging Strike

· Playstyle: A fast, teleporting build enabled by the Hooves of the Mountain God. Scales similarly to HotA with Maximum Fury and Adaptability Aspect.

· Strengths: Excellent all-rounder—great for speed, pushing, and is easy to get online. Incredibly satisfying to play.

Spiritborn – The “Soyborn”

1. Harambe Payback

· Playstyle: A incredibly fun and powerful resource-spending build. Uses Rod of Kelilik to spend Vigor for damage, which synergizes perfectly with Payback's own resource-draining mechanic. Add Adaptability Aspect and constant Overpower for monstrous damage.

· Strengths: Highly recommended. Fun, fast, satisfying, and one of the best builds in the game this season.

2. Evade Spiritborn

· Playstyle: The ultimate speed farmer. Evade around the map while your Spirit Hawk (Eagle) auto-targets enemies with feathers.

· Role: The essential build to have in your armory for farming. Use Payback for pushing, Evade for speed.

Paladin – The “Paladong” (Meta-Defining)

This class is miles ahead of all others this season.

1. Judgment Build (Roxy & Hysteria's Setup)

· Playstyle: A complex, ultra-high damage build focused on applying and detonating Judgment using Spear of the Heavens and Blessed Hammer, then spreading it with Judgment Day. Amplified by broken aspects and Seal of the Second Trumpet.

· Strengths: Capable of clearing Pit 140+, dealing quadrillions of damage. The unequivocal best build for serious pushing.

· Weaknesses: Clunky for anything other than pushing.

2. Zenith (Orange Zenith Sword)

Playstyle: A less-played but extremely cool build focusing on the ultimate skill Zenith. Uses Sermon of Steel and massive Attack Speed scaling to maintain high uptime, dealing incredible damage—perfect for farming Diablo IV gold for sale to fund your gear.

Strengths: Underrated, powerful, and very fun. A fantastic alternative to the Judgment spam, and a great way to efficiently farm resources for your account. Choose your favorite, experiment, and climb those leaderboards! For a safe and reliable way to enhance your character, consider purchasing in-game currency through our trusted partner, MMOEXP.