Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo franchise celebrates its 25th Anniversary today, December 31. There’s no better way to observe the occasion than to create some builds and return to those hallowed halls and fiery depths in Diablo III’s Season 25 – The Lords of Hell. This latest season spices things up with the addition of Soul Shards — a new type of powerful, socketable item. You can learn more about their effects and mechanics in this detailed guide to Soul Shards in Diablo III’s Season 25.
Whether you’re a hardened veteran looking to dominate yet another Season, or if this is your first visit to Sanctuary altogether, we’ve put together this list of the best builds for each class so you can dive right in and start raising some Hell. The seasoned Nephalem at Icy Veins, PCI’s sister site, have put countless hours into theorycrafting and in-game testing to determine the best performing builds for Diablo III‘s various endgame content.
Be sure to also check out IV’s Diablo III Seasonal Leveling Guide for the best advice to quickly get your character to max level and start building your favorite Diablo III class ASAP. Also, make sure you check out the build changes that are specific to Season 25.
Top solo Greater Rift pushing builds
These builds excel at effective solo clearing and competitively climbing the rankings of Diablo III’s Greater Rift endgame content.
- Barbarian: Wrath of the Wastes Rend Barbarian
- Crusader: Aegis of Valor Heaven’s Fury Crusader
- Demon Hunter: GoD Hungering Arrow Demon Hunter
- Monk: Inna Mystic Ally Monk
- Necromancer: LoD Singularity Mage Necromancer
- Witch Doctor: Mundunugu Spirit Barrage Witch Doctor
- Wizard: Firebird Wizard
Diablo III‘s Season 25 Complete Rankings and Tier List for Solo Greater Rift Pushing.
Top solo speed Torment 16 farming builds
These builds offer substantial AoE damage output, movement speed buffs, and abilities to quickly and efficiently complete bounties and farm Greater Rift Keys in solo Torment 16 content.
- Barbarian: Wrath of the Wastes Rend Barbarian
- Crusader: Aegis of Valor Heaven’s Fury Crusader
- Demon Hunter: GoD Hungering Arrow Demon Hunter
- Monk: Inna Mystic Ally Monk
- Necromancer: LoD Singularity Mage Necromancer
- Witch Doctor: Mundunugu Spirit Barrage Witch Doctor
- Wizard: LoD Frozen Orb Wizard
Diablo III‘s Season 25 Complete Rankings and Tier List for Solo Speed T16 Farming.
Top group Rift Guardian-Killer builds
These builds offer incredible single-target damage output capability for taking down Rift Guardians efficiently as possible as part of four-player group compositions.
- Barbarian: Horde of the Ninety Savages Frenzy Barbarian
- Crusader: Aegis of Valor Heaven’s Fury Crusader
- Demon Hunter: Impale Demon Hunter
- Monk: Inna Mystic Ally Monk
- Necromancer: LoD Poison Scythe Necromancer
- Witch Doctor: Arachyr Corpse Spiders Witch Doctor
- Wizard: Firebird Wizard
Diablo III‘s Season 25 Complete Rankings and Tier List for Group Rift Guardian-Killer Builds.
Top group trash-killer builds
These builds excel at bringing massive AoE damage output to clear Rift trash as quickly and efficiently as possible as part of four-player group compositions.
- Barbarian: Wrath of the Wastes Rend Barbarian
- Crusader: Aegis of Valor Heaven’s Fury Crusader
- Demon Hunter: GoD Hungering Arrow Demon Hunter
- Monk: Inna Mystic Ally Monk
- Necromancer: LoD Poison Scythe Necromancer
- Witch Doctor: Mundunugu Spirit Barrage Witch Doctor
- Wizard: Firebird Wizard
Diablo III‘s Season 25 Complete Rankings and Tier List for Group Trash-Killer Builds.
