Barbarian and the new Spiritborn Class are the best classes in our Vessel of Hatred Class Tier List in Diablo 4 (D4). Read on to learn more about the best classes for the expansion and Season 6 according to their strengths and weaknesses!

Vessel of Hatred Class Tier List

Best Classes for Vessel of Hatred

Season 5 Class Tier List
		Barbarian									Spiritborn
		Rogue						Druid						Necro
		Sorcerer

Note: This class tier list was created using info from Patch 2.0.1. Stay tuned for endgame updates as the team progresses through the Vessel of Hatred expansion and the new Season 6 content in Diablo 4.

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Barbarian Class	Spiritborn Class	Rogue Class
Druid Class	Necro Class	Sorcerer Class

Barbarian Class Tier Overview

Class	Tier Placement	Rating
Barbarian
	Damage: ★★★★★ Survivability: ★★★★★ Ease of Use: ★★★

The Barbarian's DPS is still one of the highest possible among all classes in the game despite several nerfs. It's also a unique class as it can wield 4 weapons and utilize all of its stats at the same time compared to other classes that have a main hand and an off-hand.

However, it does suffer from the early game progression as it requires a good set of gear to start capitalizing on its gear slot advantage.

Spiritborn Class Tier Overview

Class	Tier Placement	Rating
Spiritborn
	Damage: ★★★★★ Survivability: ★★★★ Ease of Use: ★★★★

The Spiritborn is a Hyper-Mobile class that's capable of using multiple stances to gain numerous benefits while fighting in the field. Thanks to its stances, it can also choose which damage type to specialize on (or scale with multiple attributes) making its damage capability soar.

Aside from being the Spiritborn's stances, these summoned spirits can also provide passive benefits to the Spiritborn via its class specialization which can be customized to push your DPS capability further or round off your build's weaknesses.

Rogue Class Tier Overview

Class	Tier Placement	Rating
Rogue
	Damage: ★★★★★ Survivability:★★★ Ease of Use:★★

Thanks to the rebalanced bow uniques, bow builds are now stronger and much more viable than in the previous seasons. Flurry also got buffed and gained added survivability which is one of the Rogue's core weaknesses.

Its key passives also got buffed all around which makes the Rogue a better class than its previous iterations. However, it still suffers from survivability issues, especially at the end game and it also has a higher skill ceiling than other classes.

Druid Class Tier Overview

Class	Tier Placement	Rating
Druid
	Damage: ★★★★ Survivability: ★★★★★ Ease of Use: ★★★★

The Druid is one of the more balanced classes when it comes to DPS as it can excel in both AoE damage and single-target damage. It also has several synergies for its skills and unique gear combinations.

However, it is also holding back the Druid as it's extremely item reliant which makes its leveling suffer and its early game power cumbersome.

Necro Class Tier Overview

Class	Tier Placement	Rating
Necromancer
	Damage: ★★★★★ Survivability: ★★★ Ease of Use: ★★★★

Have a much more diverse selection of builds than ever before thanks to buffs to its weaker build archetypes and new build-defining skills. Its Skeletal Minion builds are also much better which cements its status as a Minion-based class. Lastly, its fragility gained a lot of workarounds such as Runewords granting mobility and its new ultimate granting shields.

However, each build requires hyper-specific setups to really push the Necromancer's capability to the upper limit, and it's still reliant on external sources for mobility skills to save itself from bad positioning.

Sorcerer Class Tier Overview

Class	Tier Placement	Rating
Sorcerer
	Damage: ★★★★ Survivability: ★★★ Ease of Use: ★★★

The Sorcerer still excels in mobility while having good damage with specific builds to push its DPS to endgame levels of capability. However, it received several nerfs that once again, weakened the class while being a high-skill ceiling class due to its low durability (without proper usage of its defensive utility skills).

In addition to this, it also has low single-target capability compared to its strong AoE damage.

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