Sunder Charms remain some of the most sought-after items in Diablo 2 Resurrected. With the Reign of the Warlock expansion and Patch 3.11 live on Season 13, a new Herald-based farming system has changed how players pursue these powerful grand charms. Not every build handles Heralds equally, though, and choosing the right one can mean the difference between a smooth farm and hours of frustration.

How To Farm Sunder Charms in D2R RotW & Season 13?

In the current patch, Sunder Charms drop from Heralds, powerful monsters that spawn when you kill elite packs inside Terror Zones. The most efficient approach involves terrorizing an entire game, then systematically killing every elite, champion, named monster, quest boss, and act boss to maximize how many Heralds appear in a single session. On average, a fully terrorized game produces around 17 total Heralds, with roughly 11–12 reaching Tier 5 and one or two hitting Tier 4.

Tier 4 and Tier 5 Heralds carry a special treasure class that dramatically improves the odds of a Sunder Charm drop compared to Tier 1 through Tier 3 Heralds, which can only produce one through the standard grand charm unique-roll method. Even with optimal play, expect roughly one Sunder Charm every three and a half to four fully terrorized games, translating to about 10–15 hours of farming depending on your build and execution speed.

The new Reign of the Warlock Sunder Charms can also be upgraded using cheap recipes (a Worldstone Shard, a rune, and a gem), resulting in charms with up to eight affixes, stats like enemy fire pierce, life, gold find, and even magic find. These upgraded "Renewed" Sunder Charms are extraordinarily valuable in trade, often fetching multiple high runes on ladder. That value is what drives the demand for efficient Herald farming.

Player count plays a massive role. Moving from Players 1 to Players 3 is a large jump in drop odds, and Players 3 to Players 7 is another major leap. Builds that can comfortably farm at Players 7 while killing Tier 5 Heralds safely will always outperform those forced to lower the difficulty.

D2R Season 13 Best Builds for Heralds & Sunder Charm Farming

With all of that in mind, here is a full breakdown of how every endgame D2R build performs when it comes to Herald kills and Sunder Charm farming efficiency.

This tier list ranks builds on three main factors:

Elite targeting speed - how quickly the build can teleport between elite packs and spawn Heralds across the entire game.

Herald kill speed - how fast the build can actually destroy Tier 4 and Tier 5 Heralds and their minion packs at high player count.

Survivability - whether the build can reliably survive Herald encounters, especially on Players 7, without frequent deaths or near-death situations.

All builds are evaluated assuming endgame, min-maxed gear, and the kind of setups you would find on sites like Maxroll or Icy Veins. Builds that function well even without perfect gear earn a slight edge in the rankings.

1. Support Barbarian (S Tier)

The Support Barbarian does not kill Heralds. It does something arguably better — it Horks them. With maxed Find Item and Find Potion (the synergy), a Support Barb paired with a party that clears Heralds gives you a second roll on every Herald corpse. This functions the same way as Horking the Cow King. You effectively double-dip the loot table on every Herald kill. In a party setting, no other approach comes close to this level of return on investment for Sunder Charm hunting. Even without high player count or heavy magic find stacking, the raw efficiency of getting two chances per Herald corpse puts this strategy in a league of its own for group play.

2. Echoing Strike Warlock (S Tier)

Echoing Strike operates as though it was purpose-built for Herald farming. It holds a three-part advantage over every other skill in the game for this content.

First, the damage output is enormous. The build deals primarily physical damage and can auto-proc curses through the Demon summon, allowing it to cut through physical immunes without needing a physical Sunder Charm. The Hexes add substantial magic damage on top. Items like Mephisto's Book can push magic damage even higher.

Second, the Demon summon acts as a nearly indestructible tank. Heralds and their minion packs hit the Demon instead of you, which removes most of the danger from these encounters entirely.

Third, Echoing Strike is a ranged ability. You deal all of your damage from a safe distance. Combined with the second-best teleport breakpoints in the game (behind only Barbarian and Sorceress at 125 FCR), you can target and kill elites at high speed to spawn Heralds quickly. The skill even scales its own area of effect, and running Defilers (additional Demon summons) expands that AoE further to shred 20-minion Herald packs with ease.

No other single build combines this level of damage, safety, mobility, and immunity coverage. It does not require a Sunder Charm, does not require Pride on the mercenary, and still destroys Players 7 Tier 5 Heralds. It sits alone at the top of this list for solo play.

3. Fire Warlock (A Tier)

The Fire Warlock brings Apocalypse and Flame Wave — two abilities that annihilate monster packs with huge AoE. The build has built-in fire pierce and built-in Conviction through the skill tree, so Infinity is not required. Gear options for additional fire pierce are plentiful: Flickering Flame, Phoenix, Mang Song's Lesson, and even Obedience for early progression. The Demon summon provides a tanking layer and access to auras and curses, just like Echoing Strike. Warlock teleport breakpoints are also strong at 125 FCR. The main gap compared to Echoing Strike is that Fire Warlock needs more raw power investment in gear and skillers, whereas Echoing Strike can afford to stack magic find and still perform.

4. Fire Druid (A Tier)

Volcano plus Fissure produces outstanding damage — in some ways, Fissure even outperforms Apocalypse and Flame Wave for raw output. The Fire Druid also brings both physical and fire damage through Volcano and Armageddon, giving it an edge in damage versatility over the Fire Warlock. However, the Druid has noticeably slower teleport frames, which slows down elite targeting across a full terrorized game. The animal summons (Bears) can tank Herald hits but will die, unlike the Warlock's Demon. Infinity on the mercenary is more or less required. Once fully geared, though, this build handles Heralds comfortably at Players 7.

5. Berserk Barbarian (A Tier)

Berserk Barbarian takes a different angle. You may want to limit yourself to Players 1 or Players 3 because the single-target nature of Berserk combined with Herald HP pools at Players 7 can make things painfully slow or outright unkillable. Build it tanky — Grief, Storm Shield, max damage reduction, and high HP from Battle Orders (which is a Berserk synergy). The real strength is Find Item. Even at lower player count, Horking every Herald corpse gives you a second shot at the loot table. That double-dip largely compensates for not running Players 7. Barbarians also have Sorceress-tier teleport breakpoints when weapon-swapping to fast cast rate items like Hoto or Wizard Spike, so elite targeting speed is excellent.

6. Lightning Fury Amazon (A Tier)

Lightning Fury excels against tightly packed, ultra-tanky enemies — a perfect description of Herald packs. Charge Strike handles single-target Herald damage with absurd efficiency. Dodge, Avoid, and Evade no longer lock you in animations (a change from original D2), making Amazons surprisingly durable. You can weapon swap to Spirit for teleporting, then switch back to Storm Shield for maximum tankiness during Herald fights. The one clear weakness is that Amazon has the slowest Enigma teleport frames in the game. Elite targeting across a full terrorized game will be noticeably slower than on a Warlock, Paladin, or Barbarian. Despite that, the raw killing power against Heralds is almost S-tier level once you have Griffon's, Infinity, and Thunderstroke.

7. Blessed Hammer Paladin (A Tier)

Blessed Hammer Paladin remains a powerhouse. Magic damage means very few immunity problems, and new items have opened up ways to get negative enemy magic resistance (Black Cleft, the new Sunder Charm, and the Abyss runeword). Hammerdin is naturally tanky with high defense, damage reduction options, and strong hit recovery. The 125 FCR breakpoint matches Warlock and Necromancer, giving solid elite targeting mobility. You do need to teleport into or very close to Herald packs to land hammers, but the build's defensive profile handles that well. Against ranged Herald packs like archers, teleporting directly into the middle and spamming hammers is often the best approach anyway.

8. Fireball/Meteor Sorceress (A Tier)

Fireball and Meteor together provide huge ranged damage output. Meteor also adds physical damage on top of fire. Sorceresses have the best teleport breakpoints in the game — 200 FCR is achievable on many setups, making elite targeting blisteringly fast. The weakness is fragility. You need a fully built Energy Shield setup with high Telekinesis to survive Herald hits. Avoid terrorized games with Mana Burn monsters. With proper defensive investment (ES, block, damage reduction), this is one of the fastest builds for spawning and killing Heralds at Players 7.

9. Blizzard Sorceress (A Tier)

Same mobility advantages as all Sorceresses. Blizzard puts out massive cold damage, and the build can kite effectively from range. The downside is a near-mandatory need for Cold Rupture (the cold Sunder Charm) due to the high number of cold immunes across a full terrorized game. You also need high Cold Mastery and ideally Infinity. Without those pieces, too many Heralds will be unkillable. With them, Blizzard Sorceress is a strong Herald farmer — just gear-dependent compared to physical or magic damage builds.

10. Lightning Sorceress (A Tier)

Chain Lightning and Lightning offer tremendous damage at range with full-screen coverage. The same Sorceress mobility and ES tankiness advantages apply. Like Blizzard, you will need a lightning Sunder Charm and Griffon's/Infinity to handle immunities across a full game. Once geared, the damage output rivals or exceeds Fire Sorceress against clustered Herald packs.

11. Mosaic Assassin (Not Available on Ladder) (A Tier)

Mosaic Assassin is currently disabled on ladder and only playable on non-ladder or single player. With all charges retained and detonated simultaneously, the damage output is staggering — every element is available, so immunities are irrelevant. The build can one-shot Herald packs in many Players 7 situations. The downsides are third-tier teleport breakpoints (slower than Warlock or Paladin but better than Druid) and the melee requirement. You must jump into Herald packs, which means you need heavy damage reduction and as much life as possible. Assassins do have solid HP pools and access to Fade. A bad Herald pack can still kill you, but for the most part, the damage is high enough to end fights before that becomes an issue.

12. Lightning Sentry Assassin (A Tier)

Lightning Sentry combined with Death Sentry gives you lightning damage plus corpse explosion (fire and physical). This is one of the safest Herald farming approaches in the game. You place traps from a distance, use Mind Blast to convert enemies and create chaos in the pack, and have Fade plus Shadow for additional defense. Lightning pierce now actually works on this build, so Griffon's adds real value. The teleport frames are not great (same third-tier as Mosaic), and the kill speed is a step below Mosaic's burst. But the safety factor is enormous — and safety matters even on softcore, because Herald packs regularly destroy strong builds that get too aggressive.

13. Mirrored Blades Warlock (A Tier)

Mirrored Blades is functionally a weaker version of Echoing Strike. It still benefits from the Demon tank, auto-curse procs, and Warlock's strong 125 FCR teleport frames. The damage output is less reliable and less consistent, though. The build also uses a different casting mechanic that does not synergize as cleanly with Enigma teleport since it does not share the faster cast rate stat. That clunkiness in build construction, needing different stats for teleporting versus attacking — pushes it down from S tier. It could arguably sit at the top of A tier, but the gap between this and Echoing Strike is real.

14. Summon Necromancer (A Tier)

Run Beast runeword (or multiple damage auras), max Skeletons and Revives, teleport-stack everything on top of the Herald pack, cast Amplify Damage, and chain Corpse Explosion. Once the minion pack melts, your army dogpiles the Herald itself. Revives with Crushing Blow (Urdars, Blunderbores, Death Lords) accelerate Herald kills significantly. The Necromancer has second-tier teleport breakpoints (125 FCR is easy to reach), and you never need to put yourself in danger — teleport to the edge of the pack and let your army work. Physical damage plus fire from Corpse Explosion gives good damage type coverage. The main cost is maintaining Revives throughout a long terrorized game, which adds some downtime.

15. Abyss Warlock (A Tier)

Abyss Warlock deals heavy magic damage through Miasma Chain plus Abyss at range, similar output profile to Blessed Hammer but castable from a safe distance. With Black Cleft and negative enemy magic resistance stats, the damage scales well. The new Void runeword and Mephisto's Book push this build even further. Blood Oath and Consume give Warlock-class tankiness, and the Demon summon handles frontline duty as always. Compared to Echoing Strike, the damage output is lower and the AoE is not as wide. Compared to Blessed Hammer, you trade having to stand in the middle of packs for slightly less consistent output. This build sits roughly between A and S tier in practice; it is less dependent on a Sunder Charm than Fire Warlock and has strong Players 7 viability.

16. Enchant Sorceress (B Tier)

Uses normal attack with explosive bolts and a massive Enchant bonus. The piercing bolts can tear through Herald minion packs faster than Fireball Sorceress in some scenarios. However, the firing animation is clunky and leaves you exposed to ranged Heralds. Reaching 105 FCR is a challenge; 200 FCR is out of the question. You lose the Meteor option for single-target Herald damage. It works, but it is a clear step down from standard Fire Sorceress.

17. Wind Druid (B Tier)

Wind Druid can be very tanky — max Oak Sage, high Cyclone Armor, Summon Bear for tanking, Hurricane for slowing monsters. Tornado does strong physical damage, and Reaper's Toll or Dreadfang on the mercenary handles physical immunes. The two weaknesses are that you must get close to land Tornados and that Druid teleport frames are slow. Damage output can also fall off at high player count. You may need to drop to Players 5 or Players 3 to farm efficiently, while A-tier builds handle Players 7 comfortably.

18. Whirlwind Barbarian (B Tier)

Whirlwind provides constant life leech, making you very hard to kill as long as you are not one-shot. Dreadfang with Amplify Damage on the mercenary adds massive damage. The build handles Herald packs well through crowd control and sustained physical damage. Fine Item gives the usual Barbarian bonus. The risks come from undead monsters you cannot leech from and from being unable to use potions mid-Whirlwind. Weapon-swapping to fast cast rate items gives Sorceress-tier teleport breakpoints. Strong overall, just slightly less focused than Berserk for pure Herald farming.

19. Double Throw Barbarian (B Tier)

Double Throw is a ranged physical build that has received multiple buffs in D2R. Lacerator provides an Amplify Damage proc, and the damage output is solid at Players 5 or even Players 7. No immunity issues. Barbarian teleport breakpoints. Fine Item access. The ranged nature keeps you safer than Whirlwind or Frenzy against Herald packs. A well-rounded approach that does not have any single glaring weakness but also does not have the burst potential of the top-tier builds.

20. Wake of Fire Assassin (B Tier)

A weaker version of Lightning Sentry in most respects, less damage, only fire damage (Death Sentry adds some hybrid), and struggles in high player count. You still have Mind Blast for safety and can kite effectively. Purist setups can push decent fire damage. It is a functional Herald farmer, just noticeably slower than Lightning Sentry at killing Tier 5 Heralds.

21. Dream Paladin (B Tier)

Double Dream with Grief provides strong damage and high Conviction aura for reducing enemy resistances. The problem is that two Dream items mean no damage reduction on your shield or helmet. Jumping into a Herald pack at Players 7 becomes a coin flip on survival. You might need to lower to Players 5 to avoid random deaths. Elite targeting is hampered by difficulty reaching 125 FCR without sacrificing too much defense.

22. Zeal Paladin (B Tier)

Similar melee approach to Dream Paladin but trades raw damage for much better defensive options. You can run Storm Shield and stack damage reduction. Reaper's Toll or Dreadfang on the mercenary solves physical immunity issues. Zeal Paladin handles single targets and small packs well, which suits Herald fights. The same teleport frame and FCR limitations apply. Solid for Herald farming, but Blessed Hammer does everything better with more range and versatility.

23. Dragon Tail Assassin (B Tier)

Dragon Tail retains charges with dual Mosaics, similar to Mosaic Assassin. The single-target kick damage is absurd, potentially on par with Echoing Strike against individual Heralds. The AoE from the explosion is more limited though, so the Herald minion pack does not die as fast. You must jump into melee range, and the minion pack can kill you before you finish. Strong elite targeting due to the burst damage. The risk factor keeps it out of A tier, but the raw Herald kill speed is impressive at lower player counts.

24. Frozen Orb Sorceress (B Tier)

A weaker Blizzard Sorceress. Less damage means you are more likely to need lower player count. You still benefit from Sorceress teleport frames and ranged safety. Not much more to add, if Blizzard is A tier, Frozen Orb is B tier for the same content with the same gear.

25. Blood Boil Warlock (B Tier)

Blood Boil lets you explode your Demons for damage without being near the enemy yourself. The Demon tanks, the Demon deals damage, and you stay safe. The damage output is lower and clunkier than other Warlock builds, you need time to set up demon explosions, and the kill speed on Heralds themselves lags behind Fire, Abyss, or Echoing Strike. Fire and physical damage coverage is good. The Demon's aura and curse access applies as always. A case could be made for near-A tier, but the clunkiness of the damage delivery holds it back at high player count.

26. Lightning Strike Amazon (B Tier)

A weaker version of Lightning Fury for Herald farming. Lightning Strike requires you to get closer to enemies, reducing your kiting ability. The damage is good but not as high as Lightning Fury's multi-hit output against packed groups. You still suffer from the slowest teleport frames in the game. Charge Strike remains strong for single-target Herald damage if you go spear, but that makes you more vulnerable. Functional, just outclassed by its Fury counterpart.

27. Hydra Sorceress (B Tier)

Very safe, you place Hydras and kite indefinitely. Sorceress teleport frames for elite targeting are excellent. The problem is damage output. Hydra deals only fire damage, and the DPS against tanky Heralds at high player count is slow. You will likely need to reduce player count. A reasonable choice for hardcore players who value safety above speed, but the kill times keep it firmly in B tier.

28. Strafe Amazon (B Tier)

With Enigma, Strafe Amazon becomes a surprisingly capable Herald farmer. Atma's Scarab procs Amplify Damage reliably, and the build can run damage auras on the mercenary. Knockback from Windforce, Giant Skull, or Hit Power crafted gloves adds a strong defensive layer alongside Dodge, Avoid, and Evade. The damage at high player count takes a while to chew through Herald packs, and Amazon teleport frames are the worst in the game, making elite targeting slow. Most players underestimate this build for Herald farming, but it has real defensive and offensive capability.

29. Freezing Arrow Amazon (B Tier)

Similar to Strafe but trades knockback for freeze and chill. Freezing enemies prevents most deaths and provides incredible crowd control for party play. Pairs especially well with a Support Barbarian in group farming. You will likely need a Cold Sunder Charm. The same slow teleport frames and moderate damage output apply. A strong defensive option that keeps your party alive.

30. Poison Nova Necromancer (B Tier)

Poison Nova Necromancer is a borderline B/C tier placement. The build has great teleport breakpoints (125 FCR easily), three damage types (poison, physical from Corpse Explosion, fire from Corpse Explosion), Lower Resist, Amplify Damage, and Revives for tanking. The core problem is that poison damage does not perform well against the massive HP pools of high player count Heralds. You will almost certainly need to stay at Players 3. The kiting ability and safety are far better than Nova Sorceress — you never have to stand in the middle of a pack. But the inability to farm at Players 7 puts a hard ceiling on efficiency.

31. Exploding Arrow Amazon (C Tier)

Fire-only damage with no crowd control advantages. Slow teleport frames. Damage output exists but is not high enough to justify the limitations. A step below Freezing Arrow and Strafe for this specific farm.

32. Holy Freeze Paladin / Holy Fire Paladin (C Tier)

Similar concept to Dream Paladin with less favorable stats. Damage output is not high enough to reliably kill Heralds at anything above low player count. Holy Freeze at least provides some crowd control through the slow effect, but neither build reaches the level of Dream Paladin, let alone Blessed Hammer.

33. Firewall Sorceress (C Tier)

Firewall can melt a Herald if placed correctly, but it is clunky to position against moving elite targets. You need weaker secondary abilities to handle Herald minions. Sorceress mobility is still a plus for elite targeting. Viable but frustrating to execute consistently.

34. Nova Sorceress (C Tier)

This is the biggest fall from grace on the list. Nova Sorceress was the top-tier Terror Zone elite farmer in the previous patch. Against Heralds, it collapses. The build requires standing directly on top of the enemy pack, and Sorceresses do not have the defensive tools to survive that against Tier 5 Heralds at Players 7. Even with max Telekinesis Energy Shield, the incoming damage is too high. You must lower to Players 3 to make this playable, and at that point, you are far behind A-tier builds in efficiency. The self-wielding Infinity version is even more dangerous due to having no shield. On hardcore, do not attempt this. On softcore, expect frequent deaths. A great build for regular Terror Zone farming that simply does not translate to Herald content.

35. Fist of the Heavens Paladin (C Tier)

Fist of the Heavens Paladin is normally a strong, fast-clearing build. The problem is beast-type monsters. Holy Bolts only hit demons and undead, so against beast-type Heralds — which you cannot control, the build loses its primary damage tool entirely. You are left with just the Fist of the Heavens bolt itself, which kills slowly. In a farming strategy that requires killing every elite and Herald in the game, having entire zones where your build barely functions is crippling. If future changes remove the need to clear everything, this build would rise substantially. For now, it is too inconsistent.

36. Summon Warlock (C Tier)

Even the Warlock's pure summoning approach lands in C tier — a testament to how strong the class is overall. Summon a Lissiter Demon, support it with additional demons, and let them do the work. It is extremely safe and completely reliable. The issue is pure speed. Herald kills take noticeably longer than any active-damage Warlock build. If you have patience and value safety above all else, this works fine.

37. War Cry Barbarian (C Tier)

War Cry Barbarian has great elite targeting mobility (Sorceress-tier teleport breakpoints with weapon swap) and the ability to permanently stun entire packs. Herald minions will never touch you. The problem is damage output — War Cry simply does not deal enough damage to kill high player count Heralds in a reasonable time. Dreadfang on the mercenary helps with physical damage, but the Herald itself may resist stun, and if your mercenary dies, your damage plummets. You might need to self-wield Insight just to sustain mana during the extended fights. Safe but slow. Find Item still adds value.

38. Multishot Amazon (C Tier)

Multishot offers strong crowd control through knockback and decent damage. The issue compared to Strafe is that Amplify Damage only procs on the center arrows, making it less reliable against Stone Skin Heralds with physical immunity. Strafe hits the same target repeatedly and procs Amp quickly. The argument for B tier exists, but the Amp inconsistency is enough to keep it here. Same slow Amazon teleport frames apply.

39. Bone Necromancer (C Tier)

Magic damage means no immunity problems. The issue is raw damage output — Bone skills in D2R simply do not scale well into high player count. Items like Abyss runeword, Gheed's Wager belt, and other new additions help, but the build still cannot kill Heralds at Players 7 in any reasonable timeframe. Lower the player count and it works. At Players 3 or below, Bone Necro is functional. Above that, the damage is not there.

40. Blade Fury/Sentinel Assassin (C Tier)

Physical damage with decent range. Damage output is similar to Fire Blast — present but not impressive. Works at lower player count. Nothing about this build is terrible for Herald farming; nothing about it is particularly good either.

41. Fire Blast Assassin (C Tier)

A weaker Wake of Fire. Damage output is a real struggle at high player count. You have safety from range and Mind Blast. It functions at Players 1 to Players 3 but falls off sharply above that.

42. Frenzy Barbarian (C Tier)

Frenzy is a dual-wield, no-shield, pure melee build. You must stand directly in front of the Herald and trade blows. No option for Storm Shield, no kiting ability like Double Throw, no AOE spin like Whirlwind. You can War Cry to stun or Howl to scatter minions before engaging the Herald, but execution is tight and dangerous. The damage output is higher than War Cry Barbarian, and Find Item still applies. Against a bad Herald pack at Players 7, this character dies. Playable with expert execution at lower player count. Not recommended for hardcore.

43. Plague Javelin Amazon (D Tier)

Poison damage with the worst teleport breakpoints, no Corpse Explosion, and far less protection than Poison Nova Necromancer. A worse version of an already-struggling archetype.

44. Summon Druid (D Tier)

Decent damage through summons, but the pets die constantly and require frequent resummoning. Druid teleport frames are slow. Herald kills take a very long time.

45. Zeal Sorceress / Werebear Sorceress (D Tier)

Both can deal impressive single-target damage — Werebear Sorceress in particular hits like a Dream Paladin on steroids. The problem is survivability. Neither has the recovery frames or defensive layers to take Herald hits at high player count. Werebear Sorc can swap to caster form for Sorceress teleporting, but then must re-enter melee to fight. Getting caught in hit recovery is often fatal.

46. Fury Druid (D Tier)

Cannot teleport to target elites efficiently, even with Enigma and transform swapping. Must melee Heralds with no safe fallback. The combination of slow mobility and dangerous positioning makes this a frustrating experience.

47. Frost Nova Sorceress (D Tier)

Insufficient damage output at any meaningful player count. Must stand in melee range like Nova Sorceress but with even less damage to show for it.

48. Leap Attack Barbarian (D Tier)

Extremely clunky against single targets and Herald packs. Even Frenzy offers better burst damage. Find Item is the only saving grace, and it is not enough to compensate for how slow and awkward the gameplay is.

49. Rift/VoR/Stormlash Kick Assassin (D Tier)

Static Field procs and runeword effects are interesting but require melee kicks into Herald packs. A Storm Shield makes it survivable, but kill speed is poor compared to every other Assassin build. Expert-level play only.

50. Whirlwind Assassin (D Tier)

Lacks the damage output, leech efficiency, and Find Item access of Whirlwind Barbarian. Poison and physical damage coverage is decent. Adjusted to Players 1 or Players 3 only.

51. Maul Druid (D Tier)

Very tanky in bear form. Clunky attack frames make Herald fights painfully slow. Can deal good damage per hit but struggles to land hits efficiently against a pack that is hitting back just as hard.

52. Jab/Fend/Impale Amazon (D Tier)

Too vulnerable in melee. No meaningful defensive advantage over other melee builds. Damage output is there in theory but the risk-reward is terrible against Herald packs.

53. Blaze Sorceress (D Tier)

A surprise entry above F tier. In terrorized games with the Extra Fast modifier, monsters run directly into your Blaze trail and die quickly, including Herald minions. The damage against monsters running at you is genuinely high. Pair Blaze with Firewall for elite kills. The catch: you cannot run a mercenary (it disrupts monster pathing), you self-wield Infinity, and you are extremely fragile. One wrong teleport or running into a wall means instant death. A fun and engaging playstyle until it kills you. Definitely not for hardcore.

54. Werewolf Barbarian (F Tier)

Cannot deal enough damage to Heralds. Cannot reach them through minion packs efficiently. Struggles with elite targeting. The damage output is simply not there for this content.

55. Rabies Druid (F Tier)

Poison damage over time against Herald-tier HP pools at any player count is functionally useless. No burst, no AoE for minions, no safe engagement option. Cannot teleport effectively to target elites.

56. Fire Claw Druid (F Tier)

Must melee Heralds in bear form with slow, clunky attack frames. A Tier 1 Herald can kill a fully built Fire Claw Druid. No amount of gear fixes the combination of low damage, slow attacks, and no escape tools.