Diablo 4 Season 9 PTR Best Build - S Tier Builds for D4 S9 (2.3 PTR)

5/27/2025 10:45:58 AM

The PTR version of the next season in Diablo IV started today and is set to run for a week. To get the best performance in the Diablo 4 Season 9 PTR (2.3.0), here are the best builds to try.

Diablo 4 Season 9 PTR Best Build

Diablo 4 Season 9 PTR Best Builds

In Diablo 4 Sins of the Horadrim, the strongest character may still be in doubt, but based on their buffs and nerfs in the PTR version, these builds are powerful for endgame content.

D4 Season 9 Sorcerer Build: Hydra Sorc

For Sorcerer, there are significant changes to its skills in the S9, basically big buffs. The damage of base skills such as Spark, Fire Bolt will be increased, and the burning skill also receives a 25% damage boost. The newly added unique item - Ophidian Iris - will allow Hydra to become a Core Skill, always summoning a 3-headed Hydra whose attacks explode on impact. For each head above 3 that the Hydra would have had, it will instead grow larger and deal 50-100% increased damage.

Gear

Helm: Harlequin Crest
Amulet: Ophidian Iris
Chest Armor: Shroud of False Death
Gloves: Flash Fire Aspect
Ring 1: Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop
Ring 2: Ring of Starless Skies
Pants: Axial Conduit
Boots: Aspect of the Orange Herald
2H Weapon: Serpentine Aspect

Runes

Neo + Ohm
Nagu + Ceh

Horadric Spells

Catalyst: Celestial Surge, Hydra
Infusion: Smoldering Ember
Arcana: Bloody Charm, Sapping Crux, Fractured Core

Skill Tree

Basic: Fire Bolt -> Enhanced Fire Bolt
Core: Devastation, Elemental Dominance
Defensive: Flame Shield -> Enhanced Flame Shield -> Mystical Flame Shield, Teleport -> Enhanced Teleport -> Mystical Teleport, Ice Armor -> Enhanced Ice Armor -> Shimmering Ice Armor, Glass Cannon
Conjuration: Hydra -> Enhanced Hydra -> Invoked Hydra, Familiar -> Enhanced Familiar - Invoked Familiar, Ice Blades -> Enhanced Ice Blades -> Summoned Ice Blades, Lightning Spear -> Enhanced Lightning Spear -> Invoked Lightning Spear, Primordial Binding, Mana Shield
Mastery: Inner Flames -> Devouring Blaze
Ultimate: Inferno -> Prime Inferno -> Supreme Inferno, Permafrost, Hoarfrost, Icy Touch, Elemental Synergies, Evocation, Coursing Currents, Convulsions
Key Passive: Esu’s Ferocity

Paragon

Starting Board (Eliminator)
Searing Heat (Tactician)
Ceaseless Conduit (Destruction)
Enhancement Master (Elementalist)
Elemental Summoner (Pyromaniac)

Mercenaries

Primary: Subo, The Drunken Archer
Reinforcement: Raheir, The Shieldbearer
Subo Skill Tree: Seeker -> Molotov -> Scorched Earth -> Snipe -> Incendiary Bolt
Raheir Skill: Ground Slam
Opportunity: Fire Bolt

D4 Season 9 Spiritborn Build: Quill Volley

Spiritborn also gets a new item - Balazan’s Maxtlatl. The effect is that each attack damages nearby enemies for 200-300% of your Thorns and deals 100% of this damage as Poison over 3 seconds. Each time you retaliate with Thorns, for 5 seconds, the Poison damage increases by 100%, up to 300%. There are also skill adjustments to the class; the Spiritborn's Deflection Aspect now provides multiplicative damage to Razor Wings; Spiritborn builds can achieve higher damage output. The Hunter Ultimate reset has been redesigned.