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The best Malignant Hearts provide game changing abilities that will greatly empower your Season 1 character in Diablo 4 (D4). Read on to learn more about the best Malignant Hearts and how to get them!

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Best Malignant Hearts

Best General Malignant Hearts

Best Malignant Hearts by Class
All ClassesGeneral Diablo 4 - Barbarian IconBarbarian Diablo 4 - Druid IconDruid
Diablo 4 - Necromancer IconNecromancer Diablo 4 - Rogue IconRogue Diablo 4 - Sorcerer IconSorcerer
Malignant Heart Class, Type, and Effect
Tempting FateTempting Fate Class: General
Type: Vicious
Effect: You gain 40-60% Critical Strike Damage but your Non-Critical Strikes deal 20-15% less damage.
RevengeRevenge Class: General
Type: Brutal
Effect: 10-20% of incoming damage is instead suppressed. When you use a Defensive, Subterfuge or a Macabre skill, all suppressed damage is amplified by 250% and explodes, dealing up to 1360-2040 Fire damage to Nearby enemies.
Creeping DeathCreeping Death Class: General
Type: Wrathful
Effect: Your damage over time effects are increased by 30-40% for each different Crowd Control effect on the target. Unstoppable monsters and Staggered bosses instead take 110-130% increased damage from your damage over time effects.
The BarberThe Barber Class: General
Type: Wrathful
Effect: Critical Strikes and all subsequent damage within 2.0-4.0 seconds is absorbed by your target. Then, the absorbed damage erupts onto surrounding enemies. Stored damage is increased by 10% per second.

Best Barbarian Malignant Hearts

Best Malignant Hearts by Class
All ClassesGeneral Diablo 4 - Barbarian IconBarbarian Diablo 4 - Druid IconDruid
Diablo 4 - Necromancer IconNecromancer Diablo 4 - Rogue IconRogue Diablo 4 - Sorcerer IconSorcerer
Malignant Heart Class, Type, and Effect
Focused RageFocused Rage Class: Barbarian
Type: Vicious
Effect: After spending 100-60 Fury within 2 seconds, your next Non-Basic Skill's Critical Strike Chance is increased by 20-30%.
Ignoring PainIgnoring Pain Class: Barbarian
Type: Wrathful
Effect: Incoming damage has a 5-15% chance of being ignored and instead Healing you for 17-68.

Best Druid Malignant Hearts

Best Malignant Hearts by Class
All ClassesGeneral Diablo 4 - Barbarian IconBarbarian Diablo 4 - Druid IconDruid
Diablo 4 - Necromancer IconNecromancer Diablo 4 - Rogue IconRogue Diablo 4 - Sorcerer IconSorcerer
Malignant Heart Class, Type, and Effect
Inexorable ForceInexorable Force Class: Druid
Type: Devious
Effect: Up to 30-50 Distant enemies are pulled toward you while you have an Ultimate Skill active.
The Unconstrained BeastThe Unconstrained Beast Class: Druid
Type: Wrathful
Effect: When you are hit with a Stun, Freeze or Knock Down effect, there is a 40-60% chance to automatically activate Grizzly Rage for 3 seconds.

Best Necromancer Malignant Hearts

Best Malignant Hearts by Class
All ClassesGeneral Diablo 4 - Barbarian IconBarbarian Diablo 4 - Druid IconDruid
Diablo 4 - Necromancer IconNecromancer Diablo 4 - Rogue IconRogue Diablo 4 - Sorcerer IconSorcerer
Malignant Heart Class, Type, and Effect
The SacrilegiousThe Sacrilegious Class: Necromancer
Type: Vicious
Effect: Walking near a Corpse automatically activates an equipped Corpse Skill every second, dealing 40-30% reduced damage.
The Decrepit AuraThe Decrepit Aura Class: Necromancer
Type: Brutal
Effect: When at least 5 enemies are near you, gain an aura that automatically curses surrounding enemies with Decrepify for 5-15 seconds.
The Great FeastThe Great Feast Class: Necromancer
Type: Wrathful
Effect: Each Minion drains 1.0-2.0 Essence per second but deals 50-75% increased damage. With no Minions, this bonus applies to you and drains 5 Essence per second.

Best Rouge Malignant Hearts

Best Malignant Hearts by Class
All ClassesGeneral Diablo 4 - Barbarian IconBarbarian Diablo 4 - Druid IconDruid
Diablo 4 - Necromancer IconNecromancer Diablo 4 - Rogue IconRogue Diablo 4 - Sorcerer IconSorcerer
Malignant Heart Class, Type, and Effect
TrickeryTrickery Class: Rogue
Type: Brutal
Effect: When you use a Subterfuge Skill, leave behind an unstable Shadow Decoy Trap that Taunts enemies. The Shadow Decoy Trap will explode after 6.0 seconds dealing 680-1020 Shadow damage. Cannot occur more than once every 5 seconds.

Best Sorcerer Malignant Hearts

Best Malignant Hearts by Class
All ClassesGeneral Diablo 4 - Barbarian IconBarbarian Diablo 4 - Druid IconDruid
Diablo 4 - Necromancer IconNecromancer Diablo 4 - Rogue IconRogue Diablo 4 - Sorcerer IconSorcerer
Malignant Heart Class, Type, and Effect
Tal’RashaTal’Rasha Class: Sorcerer
Type: Vicious
Effect: For each unique element you deal damage with, you deal 7-12% increased damage for 3-10 seconds.

How to Get the Best Malignant Hearts

Complete Malignant Tunnel Dungeons

Diablo 4 - Malignant Tunnel

Malignant Tunnel Dungeons are new end-game dungeons that will allow you to target farm Heart types that you want. Completing these Tunnels will give you the best odds to get the specific Heart that you are looking for!

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All Malignant Hearts

All Malignant Hearts by Type

List of Brutal Hearts
Prudent Heart
(General) 		Resurgent Life
(Barbarian)
Revenge
(General) 		Spellbreaking
(Sorcerer)
The Agitated Winds
(Druid) 		The Decrepit Aura
(Necromancer)
The Lionheart
(General) 		Trickery
(Rogue)
List of Devious Hearts
Determination
(General) 		Frozen Terror
(Necromancer)
Inexorable Force
(Druid) 		Punishing Speed
(Barbarian)
Retaliation
(General) 		Spite
(Sorcerer)
The Calculated
(General) 		The Clipshot
(Rogue)
List of Vicious Hearts
Cluster Munitions
(Rogue) 		Focused Rage
(Barbarian)
Tal’Rasha
(Sorcerer) 		Tempting Fate
(General)
The Dark Dance
(General) 		The Moonrage
(Druid)
The Picana
(General) 		The Sacrilegious
(Necromancer)
List of Wrathful Hearts
Creeping Death
(General) 		Ignoring Pain
(Barbarian)
Omnipower
(Sorcerer) 		The Barber
(General)
The Great Feast
(Necromancer) 		The Malignant Pact
(General)
The Unconstrained Beast
(Druid) 		The Vile Apothecary
(Rogue)

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