The 12. Diablo 3 season is imminent (November 9th at 5 p.m.). Thanks to the gigantic patch 2.6.1, a number of character builds have been enormously strengthened and are now among the best.
The famous Diablo 3 YouTuber Rhyker has also created a tier list of the best builds for this season, taking into account their potential for Great Nephalim Portals.
Diablo 3 Season 12 - The best character builds with guides
In a 30-minute video, the YouTuber presents the strongest builds and explains why, for example, barbarians are at the fore again this time.
Here is his first assessment:
Stand with it Necromancer still right at the front, but only 2-5 portal levels behind are already Barbarians with rush or whirlwind. Also the popular one Captain America Build for crusaders with Holy Shield is competitive again.
We have put together a small compilation of the best and most popular character builds for you. There is also an extra video from Rhyker and the Diablo 3 character planner link. Objects, gems, skills, paragon points and all other relevant information can be found here. The planner can also be switched to German in the menu bar at the bottom.
Necromancer
Carcass lance
There are two variants, one with the Vestments of the Plague Master Set which is slightly better than with the Trag'Ouls Avatar Set.
Video for Garb of the Plague Area:
Video for Trag'Oul:
wizard
Here comes one of the classic builds from Diablo 2: Frozen Orb aka arcane sphere with the rune frost sphere
Video:
monk
Robes of the Monkey King with a wave of light
Video:
Barbarian
There are 2 top builds here:
The Raekor's legacy Set with angry rush:
Wrath of the Wastes with whirlwind:
Crusader
Two older builds have been greatly improved:
Captain America :
Condem / guilty verdict:
Demon Hunter
This time there are even 3 builds at the fore:
Unholy essence with multi-shot
Unholy essence with cluster grenades
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSrFU8smq9U
Close combat with impaling and The mantle of the shadow
Witch doctor
The witch doctors have builds with them Fire bats in the top places that have changed little since the last few seasons:
Fire bats with Spirit of Arachyr Set:
Fire bats with the Hell tooth armor Set:
Those who prefer to play with their servants can also do the variant Hell tooth armor + Use Koloss which has proven itself in the past seasons.
This was a small selection of the top builds for Diablo 3 patch 2.6.1 and Season 12which starts on Thursday, November 9th at 5:00 p.m. our time.