Category: Diablo 3

Diablo 3 Greater Rift Pushing Guide by Kayge Special Thanks to M1PY, Slizer36, Rawapple, NerdRage, Battlechess, Essentialist and Rhykker for all your help! Table of Contents  Introduction  Mob Density, Elite Density, and Mob types  Sheet...

Diablo 3 Jade Doc Wormwood Guide by ronincast Greetings fellow Nephalem – Ronin here, with my first written guide ever created! My goal is to create quick, concise guides for classes and specs that go...

Diablo 3 Monk Leveling Guide (Season 2) by unsaintlyx Hey guys, with Monks being really strong right now a lot of people will probably roll a Monk who have never played one before, I...

Diablo 3 Witch Doctor First 24 Hours Guide by DeboSc2 Hey guys I’m Debo, I Main the Witch Doctor class, ever since the beta for Diablo 3 Vanilla. Encouraging players to try out the Witch...

Diablo 3 Historian of Westmarch Achievement Guide by SignsOfKelani Video Guide Books anyone? Specifically some on the history of pandemonium and sanctuary, which seem to have been hoarded by a specific ancient demon beast who...

Diablo 3 Item Type Max Affix Stats Guide Item type Weapon Off-hand Shield Ring Amulet Shoulders Helm Pants Gloves Chest Bracer Boots Belt Demon Hunter Cloak Barbarian – Mighty Belt Monk – Spirit Stone...

Diablo 3 Leoric’s Signet Farm Route Guide by elocut I will explain my methods and how I was able to farm 11 Leoric Signets in a 3 week period. Upper Alcarnas -> Lower Alcarnas...

Diablo 3 What Rares to Pick Up Guide by Beanbagchair I’ve noticed while farming extensively that there are a large group of rare items that will never roll good enough to sell. If you...

Diablo 3 Monk Low Level Legendary Farming Guide by Bloodseeker Are you are a monk who wants to farm a for those legendary items not found in Inferno? Leoric’s Signet Nargelring Puzzle Ring Band...

Diablo 3 Legendary Hunting Guide by Stimmer Greetings my fellow Legendary hunters! For the past few weeks I’ve kept track of some data from my runs to give a little insight on drop rates...

Diablo 3 Wizard Archon Speed Farming Build Guide by Tdime Hi there, since 1.04 came out I have been playing with different builds trying to optimize farming/paragon leveling speed. Pre 1.04 I have been...

Diablo 3 Defeating Reflect Damage Guide by LordRaahl So I’ve been seeing many people having trouble with Reflect Damage, So here is a guide to how to overcome this elite affix for every class....

Diablo 3 Acronyms List by ultimateballoon I’ve noticed some people are confused with some of the acronyms and Terminology used for Diablo so I thought I’d make a list to help out our newbies....

Diablo 3 Tips and Tricks Compilation by Arthur, Thunderclaww and kallell Controls and shortcuts: You can display the FPS (frames per second) with CTRL+R; You change the ALT key behavior (toggle or hold) in...

Diablo 3 Leoric’s Signet Farming Guide for Monks by JackKnife Lots of max threads about LS so I thought I would start a quick and dirty guide to farming it using a Monk (my...

Diablo 3 Barbarian Inferno Comprehensive Guide by Daith I am creating this guide for all of the Barbarians out there who love the class, but are struggling through certain parts of the game.  This...

Diablo 3 Shield Blocking Analysis for Barbarians Guide by DreadTalon I have been seeing a lot of people posting about how they have great block gear (Stormshield, Justice Lantern, Helm of Command) and they...

Diablo 3 Radiant Star Gem Crafting Cost Guide This is some basic math to show how much it costs to craft a Radiant Star Gem and you can manipulate the numbers to show any...

Diablo 3 Gem Profitability Guide by pepsi So quite a few people have been asking on this forum if Gem crafting is in fact profitable. To answer this question myself I have come up...

Diablo 3 Demon Hunter Life on Hit Percentages for All Skills Guide All coefficient values in % Tested with 100, 400 and 500 LoH hand crossbows Many attacks with HIT + DOT will proc...

Diablo 3 Monk Inferno In Depth Guide by Chris This is not the end-all be-all monk guide of the world. This is what works for me. This is what I can explain. This is...

Diablo 3 Monk Inferno Solo Success Guide by tongxinglian A few days ago I managed to solo all of Inferno and since then I have been getting spammed with with questions from fellow monk...

Diablo 3 Demon Hunter Best Inferno Build Guide by Cwild This is obviously my opinion but as of right now I have completed the game on inferno.  I use this build for everything, from...

Diablo 3 Demon Hunter Comprehensive Guide by Banaritaz Guide Breakdown: A – Abilities/Runes/Skills Generators: 1) Hungering Arrow, lvl 1 2) Entangling Shot, lvl 3 3) Bola Shot, lvl 11 4) Grenades, lvl 15 5)...

Diablo 3 Demon Hunter Inferno Diablo Boss Guide by Plumse Hey everyone, first off this isn’t a 100% iwin-button guide, this is just my experience through countless of wipes and practicing. I know a...

Diablo 3 Auction House Money Making Guide by rollesroyce IMO the AH is the most enjoyable feature of D3 at the moment for me. I have invested some times and experimentation in the AH,...

Diablo 3 Wizard Disintegrate Damage Calculation Details Guide by Ciceronius Here are some things that I’ve tested regarding disintegrate, and here are my findings… Increased Attack Speed: 1-handed weapons generally have a faster attack...

Diablo 3 Elite Monster Affixes List Guide Arcane Enchanted – Monsters enchanted with Arcane Enchanted trait deal additional arcane damage, have more arcane resistance and have the ability to summon orbs which fire rotating...

Diablo 3 Wizard Comprehensive Guide by Rolfson Hey there everyone, Rolfson from MMO-Mechanics here. I’ve been around gaming for quite some time now, wouldn’t call myself an expert (and there are certainly some of...

Diablo 3 Wizard Inferno General Guide by Arktem Ok, time to clear up a lot of misinformation that is going around the forums. My experience includes Diablo 2 Hardcore for 5+ year, WoW Hardmode...

Diablo 3 Wizard Life on Hit Percentages for All Skills by Dekkar All of these tests were done in Act 1 of Inferno on the slow zombies. I need some help from the rest...

Diablo 3 Wizard Inferno Melee Build Guide by sme So I’ve been tinkering with a Critical Mass + Diamond Skin/nova build that revolves around healing while DS/Nova is up by stacking Life Per Hit....

Diablo 3 Wizard Inferno Cheap Poor Man’s Guide by N00bius Hey guys, I’m N00bius Maximus and I’m having some fun clearing inferno atm. I noticed on the forums alot of people talking about gear...

Diablo 3 Wizard Inferno Act 3 Siegebreaker Farming Guide by Ciroc This short guide will show you an effective way of gaining 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor before defeating Siegebreaker. I searched Siegebreaker guide...

Diablo 3 Effective HP, Armor, Resistance and Vitality Guide by TBD I am writing this post to help people understand the effect of armor.  I am posting it here because I play a barb...

Diablo 3 Witch Doctor Comprehensive Build Guide by Mookle Hey all, I see a lot of threads asking for help on builds, especially on what the build is missing, so I figured I’d write...

Diablo 3 Witch Doctor Life Leech Per Hit by Skill Guide by Karisu Did an experiment with a 100 life per hit weapon with various skills to see how much benefit each skill gets...

Diablo 3 Witch Doctor Pet Stats Scaling Guide by Peter Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Pet Defense Test Results 3. Pet Offense Test Results (work in progress) 4. Fierce Loyalty Skill Benefits 5....

Diablo 3 Whimsyshire Complete Guide by GoingPostal Please Read The Whole Guide So You Don’t Miss Important Information Please I figured I would do this so no one has to search for it anymore. ...

Diablo 3 Barbarian Inferno Ultimate Warrior Build Guide by Smusht Greetings Fellow Barbarians, I wanted to share a build that I feel is one of the most complete, all around builds a Barbarian has...

Diablo 3 Barbarian Inferno Success Guide by Spitloogies First off, here’s the build – http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#bYXVkg!beX!cZaccY Cleave – Gathering Storm (damage isn’t important here, but slowing 80% movement in frontal cone cleave is beyond amazing...

Diablo 3 Essential Tips and Tricks 1) Create more characters to store items Don’t spend any gold on increasing stash size. 2) Sell salvaged essence on the auction house Don’t sell the item itself...

Diablo 3 PvP Pure Archon Build Guide by Zeratul http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#adXjOm!Yfb!cZabYY From a previous post, I learned that the Wizard will have a minimalist hp of 1,546 at level 60. 35% of this is ~542...

Diablo 3 Wizard Max DPS Builds Guide by Katrisa So I’m getting really excited about Diablo 3 coming and I started to do some theory crafting. Specifically I did my best to learn the...

Diablo 3 Wizard Inferno Basic Build Guide by Djuntas Link: http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#UcglOm!fXc!aYYYcb Primary: The way I see it Electrocute with chain lightning rune seems appealing for end-game. The spectral blade seems cool as well with...

Diablo 3 Witch Doctor Comprehensive Guide by uzr Hello! You might wonder what kind of fool writes a skillguide to a game that haven’t even been released yet. Well, to put it short I’m...

Diablo 3 Barbarian Group Play Build Guide by Rhaloz This time we will talk about the barbarian as a group member. There are two basic ways to confront grp playing. The first is the...

Diablo 3 Barbarian 3/3 Build Guide by Rhaloz Here is the second Spotlight. The topic is 3/3 builds. Lately I see only builds with 2 main damage skills and 4 support skills. These builds...

Diablo 3 Barbarian Hit and Run Build Guide by Rhaloz I want to promote some less used concepts for build making. Most barb builds are “stand your ground” setups. This is absolutly okay. The...

Diablo 3 Game Mechanics Complete Guide by Rhaloz Base Mechanics Armor Armor reduces all incoming damage by a certain percentage. Armor can be increased by items with armor and the attribute strength. Every point...

Diablo 3 Barbarian Complete Strategy Guide by Rhaloz Barbarian Mechanics Barbarian Special Traits The Barbarian, like any other class has a few special traits. The barb can dual wield one handed melee weapon and...

Diablo 3 Barbarian Inferno Offensive Build Guide by Rhaloz After writing tons of info about skills and character design I decided to make a showcase Character to show different ideas I metioned in my...

Diablo 3 Making a Build Guide by Rhaloz HOW TO: Make a Character build I think everybody understands that there is no single golden way to make a viable build for this game. It...

Diablo 3 Barbarian Defensive Passives Analysis Guide by Sei So I thought I’d make a list of the Survival Passives available to Barbarians, as well as show any synergies with other skills/runes/passives/gear that I...

Diablo 3 Demon Hunter DPS and Survivability PvP Build Guide by Bostoncreme Please Note: This build is done at first glance. I have studied every ability the Demon Hunter has, and I have made...

Diablo 3 Monk Basic Guide to Creating Builds by Tripwire Hey fellow Monks, Recently I have been seeing some builds come up on the forums some being very solid builds or some needing alot...

Diablo 3 Monk Combo Basics Guide by Lusus I thought I’d make a post on Monk Combos in order to explain the basics to newcomers, and confirm that my own understanding is correct. If...

Diablo 3 Monk Spirit Generator Attack Speeds Guide by Mechanical Since Fist of Thunder said it is a “series of extremely fast punches”, I wanted to see how much faster it was than other...

Diablo 3 Barbarian vs Monk Tanking Analysis by Endgame In Diablo III, two classes are standing out as the ‘go to’ classes for tanking groups of mobs in a party situation. As such, let’s...

Diablo 3 Witch Doctor Leveling 1 to 60 Strategy Guide by Uberstein I will play around with every rune and passive on my journey to 60, but will probably revert to this strategy or...

Diablo 3 Arcane Power Regeneration Guide by Beta Hello and Welcome. TL;DR version skip to conclusions. As an effort to help the Wizard community, I decided to do some math regarding Arcane Power Regeneration...

Diablo 3 Wizard Skills and Information by Sixen Miscellaneous Information: Character Page: http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/characters/wizard.xml Male Model: http://us.media.blizzard.com/diablo3/_flash/animations/wizard-male.swf Female Model: http://us.media.blizzard.com/diablo3/_flash/animations/wizard-female.swf Trailer: http://us.blizzard.com/diablo3/media/movies/wizard.xml Resource System The Wizard uses Arcane Power, an easily depleted yet fast regenerating...

Diablo 3 FAQ by Sixen Table of Contents 1: Official FAQ & Social Media Sites 2: General Information 3: Battle.net Information 4: Character & Artisan/Follower Information 5: Game Mechanics 6: Lore and Novels 1....

Diablo 3 is Psychologically Addictive Explanation by mjpw Hi I have been playing Diablo for three years and I cannot get enough of it. I have retired three times only to be tempted back...