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Combat Guide: How to Beat Hard Enemies

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Diablo 4 - Combat Guide (How to Beat Hard Enemies)

Diablo 4 (D4) features many hard-hitting enemies that can quickly take down careless players. Check out our combat guide and learn the best tips and strategies to beat hard enemies!

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How to Beat Hard Enemies
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How to Beat Hard Enemies

Tips and Strategies for Taking Down Tough Foes
Always Stay Mobile During Combat Practice Kiting Around the Environment Upgrade Gear to Level 3 or Higher Party Up With Other Players Consider Following a Strong Build Utilize Crowd Control Skills Craft and Drink Elixirs Look for Nearby Shrines

Always Stay Mobile During Combat

We highly recommend always staying mobile during combat to avoid taking unnecessary damage, especially against groups of enemies with plenty of ranged projectiles. While it's tempting to stand still and send a barrage of skills flying at your foes, you should only do this when you're sure the enemy can't retaliate.

Practice Kiting Around the Environment

We also recommend practicing kiting and leading around dangerous foes and groups of mobs. Putting your enemies in a disadvantageous position where you can sweep them all with a single area-of-effect or crowd control skill can quickly turn the tide of battle.

Upgrade Gear to Level 3 or Higher

Diablo 4 - How to Upgrade Weapons and Armor
One of the easiest ways to make fighting against foes easier is upgrading your gear at the Blacksmith. Enhancing your weapons and armor increases the stats they provide, which might just be enough for you to take out bosses and Elites that are giving you a hard time.

We recommend upgrading your gear at least three times, as the first three upgrades don't cost much while providing a decent boost to your weapons and armor's stats. You can save fourth and fifth-level upgrades for endgame gear, as they tend to cost a lot of high-rarity Upgrade Materials.

All Blacksmith Features | How to Upgrade Equipment

Party Up With Other Players

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If you're struggling to beat something alone, consider grouping up with friends or other nearby players. Playing in party not only increases your overall damage output and survivability, but it also provides you with a 10% EXP bonus buff.

Multiplayer Guide:
How to Play Co-Op With Friends

Consider Following a Strong Build

Diablo 4 - Consider Following a Strong Build
Having an imbalanced spread of skills and stats on your weapons and armor can be a source of difficulty when trying to clear tough dungeons and take down resilient foes. Check out our builds below for a solid set of skills, gear, Legendary Aspects, and Gems to use for every class!

Best Builds for PvE and PvP

Utilize Crowd Control Skills

We highly recommend having at least one source of Crowd Control in your set of skills, as abilities of this type often slow or disable enemies, making it easier to handle groups of mobs, Elites, and bosses. Some examples of Crowd Control skills for each class include Frost Nova, Ground Stomp, Petrify, Caltrops and Decrepify.

What Is Crowd Control?

Craft and Drink Elixirs

The craftable Elixirs at the Alchemist provide potent damage bonuses and resistance buffs when consumed, making a substantial difference when dealing with difficult enemies. If you have a surplus of Plants in your inventory, don't hesitate to make and drink Elixirs, especially since they all provide a 5% Experience bonus for 30 minutes!

Elixir Crafting

Look for Nearby Shrines

Diablo 4 - Look for Nearby Shrines

If you're about to face a particularly dangerous Elite or boss, try to look around for a nearby Shrine. While the effects they give can vary, the additional movement speed and unique buffs provided by each Shrine can give you a massive edge against hard-to-take-down enemies.

List of Shrine Effects

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Skill Tree Explained	List of Controls
Character Customization Options	How to Make a Battle.Net Account
Best Settings for PC	Best Settings for Console
Difficulty Settings and World Tiers Guide	Best World Tier: Adventurer or Veteran?
List of All Status Effects: Buffs and Debuffs	Compatible Video Card List
Best Equipment for Early Game	Can You Play Split Screen?
PC Controller Support	Best Quest Order
What to Spend Gold On	Combat Guide: How to Beat Hard Enemies
Stat Guide: All Stats Explained	Early Game Guide: What to Do First
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Respec Cost Guide	EXP Farming Guide
Battle Pass Guide	Renown System Guide
Where to Sell Items	Faded Plaque Puzzle Solutions
How to Summon the Golem	What is Hardcore Mode?
How to Get a Whispering Key and Open Silent Chests	How to Highlight All Interactables
Elective Mode: How to Assign Skills	Can You Change Classes?
How to Stagger Bosses	How to Create a Clan
List of Shrine Effects	How to Get Missed Legendary Drops
Legendary Farming Guide	List of Challenges and Titles
Trophies and Achievements Guide	Multiplayer Guide: How to Play Co-Op With Friends
How to Use Aspects	How to Skip Campaign and What Carries Over
How to Claim All Rewards and Preorder Bonuses	How to Farm Expertise Quickly
How to Teleport to a Party Member's Location	How to Evade
Party Bonuses and Group Scaling Explained	What is Level Scaling?
Mutterlock Chest Puzzle: How to Open	How to Get the Darkblade
What Does Mark For Blood Do?	Powerleveling Guide
How to Make a Build	How to Clear Dungeons Fast
How to Trade	Best Season Blessing for Season 1
How to Hunt for Treasure Goblins	Close vs Distant Explained
What is Strength	What is Dexterity
What is Intelligence	What is Willpower
How to Reset Dungeons	What is the Armor Cap?
How to Unlock Pets	How to Use the Party Finder Feature
How to Skip Cutscenes	How to Level Mercenaries Fast
The Armory Explained	-
Endgame Content
What to Do After the Campaign	Leaderboards Release Date
Ancestral Items Guide	How to Farm Uniques
Class Specializations
Barbarian Arsenal System	Rogue Specialization
Sorcerer Enchantments	Druid Spirit Boons
Necromancer Book of the Dead	-
FAQs
What is the Max Level?	Should You Uninstall the Beta?
Can You Zoom Out?	Do You Need to Play Diablo 3 First?
Are There Set Items in Diablo 4?	Does Diablo 4 Have Followers?
Can You Change Your Name?	How to Use Two-Handed Weapons
What Is the Maximum Party Size?	Can You Augment Equipment?
Where is Kyovashad?	What to Inscribe into the Wood in Kyovashad
Is There WASD Movement?	How to Update Graphics Drivers
How to Change Voice and Text Language	List of Accessibility Features
Should You Use Keyboard or Controller?	How to Show FPS and Latency
Campaign Length: How Long to Beat	Should you Sell or Salvage?
How to Save	What Happens If You Die?
What Happens When Items Break?	Is There A Guest Pass?
How to Use Voice Chat	List of Hairstyles and Hair Colors
Can You Minimize the Map?	How to Save Outfits
How to Take Screenshots on PC	Rarity Explained: What Does Rarity Affect?
Is Deckard Cain in Diablo 4?	Is There a Monthly Fee?
Is Loot Shared Between Characters?	Missables and One-Time Events Guide
Best Character Name: Are Names Unique?	List of Secrets and Easter Eggs
Are There Private Servers?	Is There a Loot Filter?
What Are Archetype Caches?	Paragon Migration Explained
What are Extractable Aspects?	-

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Always Stay Mobile During Combat

Practice Kiting Around the Environment

Upgrade Gear to Level 3 or Higher

Party Up With Other Players

Consider Following a Strong Build

Utilize Crowd Control Skills

Craft and Drink Elixirs

Look for Nearby Shrines

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