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Diablo 3 Season 36: Top 3 Best Starter Class Guide (Based on Haedrig's Gift)
Introducing the Top 3 Starter Classes based on Haedrig's Gift in Season 36. Provides pros and cons, playstyles, and tips for the Season Journey for each class.
1. 🔥 Season 36 Intro: Lords of Hell Theme and Season Journey
- ✅ Season 36 features the Lords of Hell theme, utilizing powerful demonic soul shards to enhance builds and change the meta.
- ✅ Combined with the Altar of Rites, characters gain massive boosts, making the season more fun and engaging.
- ✅ A great opportunity for casual players to test the limits of their characters.
00:01 - 00:44
1. 🔥 Season 36 Intro: Lords of Hell Theme and Season Journey
- ✅ Season 36 features the Lords of Hell theme, utilizing powerful demonic soul shards to enhance builds and change the meta.
- ✅ Combined with the Altar of Rites, characters gain massive boosts, making the season more fun and engaging.
- ✅ A great opportunity for casual players to test the limits of their characters.
00:55 - 02:15
2. 7️⃣ 7th Place: Witch Doctor - Spirit of Arachyr Set
- ✅ Playable, but not optimized for speed farming or high Greater Rifts.
- ⚠️ Relies on periodic damage skills (e.g., Locust Swarm, Haunt), which can slow things down.
- ⚠️ Early on, may lack toughness bonuses, making survival difficult.
- ✅ Switching to Helltooth or Mundunugu sets makes farming content easier.
02:16 - 03:19
3. 6️⃣ 6th Place: Crusader - Seeker of the Light Set
- ✅ Increases Blessed Hammer damage by 15,000% and provides cooldown reduction.
- ⚠️ Not very useful for bounties or Nephalem Rifts.
- ⚠️ Vulnerable to attacks due to the stationary playstyle.
- ✅ Other Crusader sets are more versatile.
03:22 - 04:42
4. 5️⃣ 5th Place: Wizard - Vyr's Amazing Arcana Set
- ✅ A good choice this season, providing mobility and high damage.
- ⚠️ Vulnerable when not in Archon form due to the long Archon transformation cooldown.
- ✅ Prioritizing cooldown reduction makes it efficient in Nephalem Rifts and high Greater Rifts.
- ⚠️ Heavily reliant on rare items such as The Swami, Fazula's Improbable Chain, and Chantodo's Resolve.
- ✅ Typhon's Veil or Tal Rasha's Elements sets are more accessible.
04:54 - 06:11
5. 4️⃣ 4th Place: Necromancer - Trag'Oul's Avatar Set
- ✅ Provides high single-target damage against bosses and elites.
- ✅ Speed farming is possible using life-consuming skills.
- ✅ Synergizes well with legendary items such as Bloodtide Blade and Krysbin's Sentence.
- ✅ Provides high toughness and is easy to reach high Torment difficulties.
- ✅ Can secure mobility with Blood Rush and Steuart's Greaves.
- ⚠️ Relies on sacrificing health, so survival can be difficult without proper gear.
06:12 - 07:30
6. 3️⃣ 3rd Place: Barbarian - Immortal King's Call Set
- ✅ Beginner-friendly and performs well without deep game knowledge.
- ✅ Uses essential skills such as Call of the Ancients, Wrath of the Berserker, and shouts.
- ✅ Consists of 7 set items, and you might get lucky with an ancient weapon.
- ✅ Increases damage and toughness when Call of the Ancients and Wrath of the Berserker are active.
- ✅ Can maximize survivability with immunity rings.
- ⚠️ Whirlwind is effective in narrow areas but shows weaknesses in wide areas.
07:36 - 08:48
7. 2️⃣ 2nd Place: Monk - Uliana's Stratagem Set
- ✅ Provides fast speed and powerful damage.
- ✅ Deals strong damage to bosses and elites, centered around Seven-Sided Strike.
- ✅ Synergizes well with Shenlong's Spirit or Captain Crimson's Trimmings set.
- ✅ Can reset the cooldown of Seven-Sided Strike using In-Geom.
- ✅ Can start with just Az'Turrasq's Fist and The Crudest Boots.
- ✅ A simple yet effective playstyle of applying Exploding Palm and using Seven-Sided Strike.
- ✅ If speed farming feels slow, you can switch to Mystic Ally or Wave of Light.
08:54 - 10:47
8. 🥇 1st Place: Demon Hunter - Natalya's Vengeance Set
- ✅ Provides high damage and solid defense.
- ✅ A preferred set on the leaderboards.
- ✅ Provides 7 set items and a one-handed crossbow, allowing for combinations with various legendary items.
- ✅ Can destroy high Greater Rifts with a trap-laying playstyle.
- ✅ Can utilize mobility skills such as Vault, Shadow Power, and Smoke Screen.
- ✅ Provides a 75% damage reduction effect, resulting in high survivability.
- ✅ Speed farming may be slower compared to other sets, but you can grow quickly if you find the right tools.
- ✅ If you dislike complexity, you might consider the Gears of Dreadlands set.
10:48 - 12:23
9. 🏆 Season Conquest Goals: From Easy to Difficult Conquests
- ✅ On a Good Day: Can be achieved naturally through Greater Rift play.
- ✅ Thrill: Clear Greater Rift 45 without set items (using Legacy of Dreams).
- ✅ Curses!: Kill 350 monsters in the Cursed Chest event (requires a wide-area attack build).
- ✅ Boss Mode: Kill all story bosses within 20 minutes (requires fast movement and high damage build).
- ⚠️ The Thrill: Clear Greater Rift 55 with 6 different sets (requires a lot of time and effort).