We know pretty much everything there is to know about Diablo 4’s Season of Witchcraft, the game‘s upcoming seventh season. Blizzard recently revealed all the new content and major changes coming to the game with the new season.
Last night, the Diablo team hosted their first livestream of the year to delve a little deeper into some of the finer details around class balance, gameplay adjustments, and many of the updates made since the December PTR.
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Class rebalancing is always one of the most interesting aspects of any new season of Diablo 4. Season of Witchcraft is no different, and it’s especially true in this case because it’s the first season where the new Spiritborn class will see some major changes. .
Spiritborn is the class introduced with the Vessel of Hatred expansion. Its release coincided with the start of Season 6, so the class hadn’t yet spent enough time in players’ hands to justify major changes to how it played.
However, once people started playing with it, it became clear that it was by far the most powerful class that season. Even putting aside the silly feats that players took advantage of early on (before they fixed them), the sheer power of Spiritborn’s various builds simply put him a tier above the rest.
Rather than alter that meta mid-season, Blizzard decided to let players have fun with Spiritborn, but warned that much of what players relied on to create their room clearing builds will be adjusted in Season 7.
Well, we’re now days away from the end of Season 6 and the beginning of Season 7, and Spiritborn has indeed had much of his power stripped away. The only surprise? Still looks like one of the most powerful classes!
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Spiritborn was already strong in Patch 2.1 PTR, and Blizzard hasn’t made any major changes to that iteration other than fixing some unwanted synergies that caused Season 6’s power spikes. That said, Razor Wings builds will have a new exclusive to play, as well as a new skin that should make that build more viable.
On the opposite end, the Sorcerer emerged as the weakest class in the Season 7 PTR, so Blizzard buffed many of its passives. Searing Heat and Icefall are two Legendary Paragon nodes that also received some love, mainly to make them compatible with a wider range of builds. Sorcerers will also receive two Uniques this season that appear to be designed for lightning builds.
Elsewhere in the patch, other classes have seen some adjustments of their own. The Druid has seen what could be his most shocking change yet. The class’s early game has traditionally been characterized by slow resource regeneration. Season 7 softens that curve, thanks in part to some updates to Spirit Boon. Fuzzy Beast has been reworked (again) to help with grinding builds as well.
The Barbarian’s Hammer of the Ancients has been buffed once again, which should nicely complement the power enabled by the new unique chest added to the game, for all your earthquake building needs. Whirlwind has also seen some numerical improvements.
For all the essential details, check out the 2.1.0 patch notes on the official blog. Witchcraft Season begins Tuesday, January 21.