The gates of hell are open and Sanctuary is calling! Diablo IV is now available, and it is incredibly fun and complex. But don’t worry, KontrolFreek is your guardian angel with the best equipment, settings, and gameplay recommendations to help you prepare for your epic fights against countless demonic hoards for control of Sanctuary in the latest installment of the beloved Diablo franchise! In this article we’re going to provide a build recommendations for levels 1-50 for each of the five classes in Diablo IV.

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Builds for Each Class

Now that you’ve upgraded your controller and the rest of your gaming setup, you’re ready to hop into Diablo IV and start conquering the hoards of Sanctuary. Before that however, you need to select your class, and while you are deciding that you may want to look at what combat looks like for that class while leveling and at higher levels. If you are playing on World Tier 1 for your first character, which we recommend, you have some freedom to experiment with skills and find a build that is fun for you. The builds we provide are not the only meta builds for each class and by no means should you feel limited to these skills, but if you want to take advantage of some of the most potent mechanic/combos for each class here are our recommendations:

Sorcerer

Sorcerers are the classic mage spellcasters of Diablo IV. This class has ranged and AOE abilities for all the elements. If you want to freeze groups of enemies and then explode them with Fire or Ice spells than Sorcerer is the class for you. They tend to be more glass cannons however and can have survivability problems in more challenging content. Sorcerers can also use enchantments to gain passive bonuses.

Build: Ice Shards

Spells: Teleport, Frost Nova, Ice Armor, Inferno, Ice Shards, Frost Bolt

Level 1-50

1. N/A
2. Frost Bolt
3. Enhanced Frost Bolt
4. Ice Shards
5. Glinting Frost Bolt
6. Enhanced Ice Shards
7. Destructive Ice Shards
8. Teleport
9. Frost Nova
10. Ice Armor
11. Ice Shards
12. Ice Shards
13. Hydra
14. Enhanced Frost Nova
15. Mystical Frost Nova
16. Ice Shards
17. Ice Shards
18. Glass Cannon
19. Glass Cannon
20. Glass Cannon
21. Enhanced Teleport
22. Shimmering Teleport
23. Align the Elements
24. Protection
25. Enhanced Ice Shards
26. Respec Destructive Ice Shards to Greater Ice Shards
27. Respec Hydra for Inferno
28. Prime Inferno
29. Permafrost
30. Hoarfrost
31. Hoarfrost
32. Hoarfrost
33. Fire Bolt
34. Precision Magic
35. Precision Magic
36. Precision Magic
37. Avalanche
38. Icy Touch
39. Icy Touch
40. Icy Touch
41. Icy Veil
42. Snap Freeze
43. Snap Freeze
44. Snap Freeze
45. Frigid Breeze
46. Frigid Breeze
47. Frigid Breeze
48. Devastation
49. Elemental Dominance
50. Elemental Dominance
51. Elemental Dominance
52. Protection

Enchantments: Ice Shards (Lvl 15), Fire Bolt (Lvl 30)

Aspects: Get Piercing Cold early

Rogue

Rogues are the fastest class, with a lot of skills to quickly get around the battlefield, avoid attacks, and deal massive damage from melee and ranged attacks. This class is arguably the fastest to level due to how quickly you can get around the map, which makes a big difference before you get a mount. Rogues can infuse their attacks with poison, cold, or shadow damage with Imbuements.

Build: Twisting Blades

Skills: Puncture, Twisting Blades, Poison Trap, Dark Shroud, Shadow Step, Dash

1. N/A
2. Puncture
3. Enhanced Puncture
4. Twisting Blades
5. Enhanced Twisting Blades
6. Fundamental Puncture
7. Advanced Twisting Blades
8. Dash
9. Shadow Step
10. Twisting Blades
11. Twisting Blades
12. Twisting Blades
13. Poison Trap
14. Dark Shroud
15. Enhanced Dark Shroud
16. Subverting Dark Shroud
17. Twisting Blades
18. Poison Trap
19. Poison Trap
20. Poison Trap
21. Poison Trap
22. Exploit
23. Exploit
24. Exploit
25. Adrenaline Rush
26. Haste
27. Haste
28. Haste
29. Weapon Mastery
30. Weapon Mastery
31. Weapon Mastery
32. Enhanced Shadow Step
33. Enhanced Dash
34. Enhanced Poison Trap
35. Momentum
36. Subverting Poison Trap
37. Methodical Shadow Step
38. Disciplined Dash
39. Malice
40. Malice
41. Malice
42. Trap Mastery
43. Trap Mastery
44. Trap Mastery
45. Deadly Venom
46. Deadly Venom
47. Deadly Venom
48. Sturdy
49. Siphoning Strikes
50. Sturdy

Spec: Inner Sight (Lvl 20)

Aspect: Unlock Bladedancer’s Aspect early

Necromancer

Necromancers are widely considered to be a great starter class in Diablo IV because they can summon a lot of minions to aid them in combat. This helps Necromancers stay alive by drawing aggro away and they can kill enemies pretty effectively. Some of the most potent Necromancer builds forgo the summons to use more poison and bone powers. The build we’re going to recommend is a classic Necromancer summon build that utilizes one of their most powerful spells, Bone Spear.

Build: Bone Spear Summoner

Spells: Bone Splinters, Bone Spear, Corpse Tendrils, Army of the Dead, Raise Skeleton, Golem

1. N/A
2. Bone Splinters
3. Enhanced Bone Splinters
4. Bone Spear
5. Enhanced Bone Spear
6. Supernatural Bone Spear
7. Initiate's Bone Splinters
8. Corpse Explosion
9. Enhanced Corpse Explosion
10. Bone Spear
11. Bone Spear
12. Bone Spear
13. Bone Spear
14. Grim Harvest
15. Grim Harvest
16. Grim Harvest
17. Blood Mist
18. Corpse Tendrils
19. Enhanced Corpse Tendrils
20. Plagued Corpse Tendrils
21. Respec Supernatural Bone Spear for Paranormal Bone Spear
23. Paranormal Bone Spear
24. Skeletal Warrior Mastery
25. Skeletal Warrior Mastery
26. Skeletal Warrior Mastery
27. Skeletal Mage Mastery
28. Skeletal Mage Mastery
29. Respec Enhanced Corpse Explosion for Skeletal Mage
30. Respec Corpse Explosion for Army of the Dead
31. Prime Army of the Dead
32. Supreme Army of the Dead
33. Bonded in Essence
34. Death's Defense
35. Golem Mastery
36. Golem Mastery
37. Golem Mastery
38. Inspiring Leader
39. Hellbent Commander
40. Ossified Essence
41. Hellbent Commander
42. Hellbent Commander
43. Inspiring Leader
44. Bonded in Essence
45. Hewed Flesh
46. Hewed Flesh
47. Hewed Flesh
48. Fueled by Death
49. Fueled by Death
50. Fueled by Death
51. Unliving Energy
52. Imperfectly Balanced
53. Imperfectly Balanced
54. Imperfectly Balanced

Aspects: Unlock Splintering Aspect early

Druid

Druid is a hybrid class that can shapeshift into beasts and use spells to do ranged and melee damage. Druids can transform into Werewolf to move fast, close the gap, and deal poison damage. Druids have overpowered attacks with increased damage at the cost of mobility while in Werebear form. Similar to Sorcerer, Druids also have Lightning spells to control the battlefield.

Build: Werebear Pulverize

Spells: Storm Strike, Pulverize, Poison Creeper, Trample, Blood Howl, Earthen Bulwark

1. N/A
2. Storm Strike
3. Storm Strike
4. Enhanced Storm Strike
5. Tornado
6. Pulverize
7. Respec Tornado for Enhanced Pulverize
8. Pulverize
9. Fierce Storm Strike
10. Blood Howl
11. Enhanced Blood Howl
12. Innate Blood Howl
13. Pulverize
14. Pulverize
15. Poison Creeper
16. Wolves
17. Clarity
18. Clarity
19. Pulverize
20. Respec Wolves for Trample
21. Enhanced Trample
22. Earthen Bulwark
23. Enhanced Poison Creeper
24. Ferocious Poison Creeper
25. Natural Trample
26. Enhanced Earthen Bulwark
27. Quickshift
28. Quickshift
29. Quickshift
30. Defiance
31. Natural Disaster
32. Resonance
33. Resonance
34. Resonance
35. Heart of the Wild
36. Wild Impulses
37. Earthen Might
38. Wild Impulses
39. Wild Impulses
40. Preserving Earthen Bulwark
41. Raging Pulverize
42. Predatory Instinct
43. Predatory Instinct
44. Predatory Instinct
45. Iron Fur
46. Iron Fur
47. Iron Fur
48. Heightened Senses
49. Heightened Senses
50. Heightened Senses
51. Natural Disaster
52. Natural Disaster

Aspects: Get Ursine Horror Aspect early

Barbarian

Barbarians are the classic tanky melee class in Diablo IV. These brutes charge headlong into battle screaming at the top of their lungs and waving around massive weapons with reckless abandon. Barbarians can equip more weapons for more stat bonuses and aspects and they easily swap weapons mid-fight to perform bludgeons, slashes, and stabs and other special weapon based attacks. The build we are going through focuses on the barbarian’s all-purpose “spin to win” attack, Whirlwind.

Build: Whirlwind

1. N/A
2. Lunging Strike
3. Enhanced Lunging Strike
4. Whirlwind
5. Enhanced Whirlwind
6. Furious Whirlwind
7. Battle Lunging Strike
8. Rallying Cry
9. Enhanced Rallying Cry
10. Tactical Rallying Cry
11. Whirlwind
12. Whirlwind
13. Leap
14. Enhanced Leap
15. Power Leap
16. War Cry
17. Enhanced War Cry
18. Death Blow
19. Enhanced Death Blow
20. Fighter's Death Blow
21. Whirlwind
22. Whirlwind
23. Booming Voice
24. Raid Leader
25. Booming Voice
26. Respec Fighter's Death Blow for Blooming Voice
27. Respec Enhanced Death Blow for Hamstring
28. Respec Death Blow for Wrath of the Berserker
29. Prime Wrath of the Berserker
30. Supreme Wrath of the Berserker
31. Aggressive Resistance
32. Battle Fervor
33. Battle Fervor
34. Battle Fervor
35. Prolific Fury
36. Prolific Fury
37. Prolific Fury
38. Mighty War Cry
39. Respec Battle Lunging Strike for Unconstrained
40. Raid Leader
41. Raid Leader
42. Pit Fighter
43. Pit Fighter
44. Pit Fighter
45. Pressure Point
46. Pressure Point
47. Pressure Point
48. Heavy Handed
49. Heavy Handed
50. Heavy Handed
51. No Mercy
52. No Mercy
53. No Mercy
54. Thick Skin

Aspects: Get the Dire Whirlwind Aspect early

Leveling Tips

Using these builds as a guide will help you beat the campaign and level up to level 50, but don’t feel like you have to rush or use the meta builds right away. One of the beautiful things about Diablo is there are so many ways to play any of these classes, so feel free to try out skills and builds outside of the ones we listed here!

Diablo IV is a massive game with a lot of information to take in, so online resources can be very useful to help you build your collections and manage your time to get the most out of your playing experience. One of our favorite tools to use is d4builds.gg. This site has an awesome interactive map that allows you to track your progress as you collect valuable chest, altars, and quest items around the map. They also have plenty of build recommendations like the ones we shared in this article for Leveling, Midgame, and Endgame.

Diablo IV’s first seasonal content is going to launch sometime next month and when it does all players will need to start a new character to be able to play the seasonal content. As such, don’t worry too much about grinding to level 100 and getting the best gear to prepare for new content. Here are some things you should focus on doing before Season One:

1. Play the Main Quests and Unlock Mounts

Once you unlock mounts for one character you can easily get them on another character, making questing that much faster.

1. Visit Every Altar of Lilith

Altars of Lilith are scattered around the map and each provide a stat bonus to all of your characters on all classes. This means when the new season starts your new character will have all of the stat bonuses from any Altars of Lilith you’ve found before then. Use the interactive map on d4builds.gg to search for any altars around you and track which ones you’ve already visited.

1. Renown and Map Discovery

As you are exploring the map, completing missions, and visiting Altars of Lilith, you will be acquiring Renown for each of the regions you are in. Collecting the rewards for the tiers of renown you reach in each region will earn you bonus potions, stats, and other boosts to make your character more powerful. Your Renown will reset when Season One starts, except the renown earned for visiting Altars of Lilith. Additionally, areas of the map that you’ve uncovered will remain so after the seasonal reset.

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