Diablo 3 Season 16 Review

Well Diablo 3 Season 16 just ended and I wanted to go over what I did for the season.  I had a fairly good season, I met most of my goals.  I wanted to reach a greater rift 100 for the first time and I ended up doing a greater rift 101.  I was mostly playing with the Helltooth set again and I was finally able to reach that greater rift 100.  I wanted to play a Zunimassa + Helltooth hybrid set but it was kind of hard to play with.  My greater rift 101 put me in rank 133 for the hardcore Witch Doctor leaderboard.  A lot of people were playing with the Jade set and that set was the strongest set for the season.  I think I only saw about 3 other Helltooth Witch Doctors above me in the rank.  I managed to do all of this while only playing 83 total hours this season.  This season ran pretty long, it was about 4 months long.  I was able to reach paragon 958 for the season and my overall paragon level now sits at 1864. I managed to reach Conqueror in the seasonal journey and I also managed to have no deaths this season as well.  So overall, I had a very good season.

My original plan this season was to play with the Zuni + Helltooth hybrid build.  This build was possible because this season gave you the Ring of Royal Grandeur for free.  That extra ring slot made it possible to run this hybrid set.  I started out experimenting with different skills.  At first, I used the Grasp of the Dead skill to proc the pet damage bonus for the 6 piece Zuni set.  This worked ok but it didn't have much output as the next one, which was to use Haunt (with Poisoned Spirit rune) instead of the Grasp of the Dead.  This one was better for the damage but it is a lot more trickier to use.  A lot the times, you had wait until the Haunt skill would tag an enemy before your pets did any damage to them.  With the Grasp of the Dead, it is more easier since it occupied an area when you cast it so several enemies would be hit at once.  As far as damage is concerned, I would say the hybrid set is about the same damage output as the Helltooth set.  The only difference between the hybrid set and the Helltooth set is that you take a lot more damage with the hybrid set and it is also a lot trickier to use.  Therefore, I just used the Helltooth set for most of the season since it is very easy to use and I feel really comfortable using this set.

For season 17, I am probably going to play with the Witch Doctor again.  I don't know which build I am going to try this season.  I might stick with Helltooth set for most of the season but I also want to try a Zunimassa Carnevil set or a Legacy of Nightmares (LoN) Carnevil set.  These sets look very fun to play with but I don't know which one is better.  The Legacy of Nightmare set might be too difficult to gear for so I probably won't do a LoN build.  I also want to reach the Guardian rank in the seasonal journey so I will probably have to run multiple characters to reach some of the seasonal goals.  If you reach the Guardian rank in the seasonal journey for season 17, you get the Galactic wings which I really want this season.  I hope everyone had a successful season 16 and I hope everyone does well in season 17.