Diablo 4 plans huge buffs for every class as 60% of players stomp as Spiritborn 

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The new Spiritborn class is overtaking Diablo 4 after the release of Vessel of Hatred. While the class has been slightly nerfed since release, the extremely powerful class has overtaken the RPG with 60% of players fighting as the new warrior. 

In a recent Campfire Q&A, Blizzard revealed that it won’t be nuking Spiritborn in response to fan feedback on social media. However, every other class will see huge buffs to keep in line with the current king of the game’s meta. 

Diablo 4 gets huge buffs 

In the latest Campfire chat, Blizzard confirmed that Diablo 4 is set to bring a host of buffs to every other class in the game. Every class’ damage output will be substantially increased to level the playing field, making it so that gamers aren’t too attracted to the new class. 

Releasing in a new mid-season patch, this update will significantly raise the floor of power for D4 players. While the patch focuses on providing satisfying power upgrades for other classes, Spiritborn will also see just a few buffs coming just to make sure it doesn’t fall too flat.

“In Season 7, we’re going to be fixing all the unintended interactions we found with Spiritborn,” explained class designer Adam Jackson in the latest Campfire stream. “You can expect a lot of changes there [but] until then, enjoy what you have.”

While Spiritborn launched with some rather hilarious and game-changing bugs and exploits, huge patches have already made the class more stable, as well as ravmping rewards across the board. With most exploits fixed, the true balancing comes, and buffing every class is a clever way of making sure everything feels right. 

When does it arrive?

The mid-season patch is quickly approaching with Blizzard set to launch the changes on November 15. Furthermore, the studio will be releasing another update specifically targeting Spiritborn sometime after November 18, but this will launch in a private test realm first before releasing for all players. 

After the launch of VoH, Blizzard has rapidly moved to address Diablo 4 issues, although some still remain. Currently, the game’s PC version is still plagued with crashing issues, causing some players to be unable to play the title without a band-aid fix. Furthermore, co-op issues are still so broken the studio has no idea how to fix them.

Diablo 4 is available right now for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and PC.

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Diablo 4

  • Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X
  • Genre(s): Action, Action RPG, RPG