Diablo 4 season 11's best tower build is already complete

The tower and leaderboards have finally debuted Diablo 4 Season 11 after being teased ahead of the season's December launch. After Leaderboards were removed from the game, along with Diablo 4s former competitive dungeon, The Gauntlet, back in Season 6, players have been waiting for some sort of replacement. Now that the Tower fills this void, Diablo 4 players are likely looking for the perfect build to reach the top spot on the leaderboard, and Paladins have a clear best choice.

With the debut of Paladin in Season 11, the meta of Diablo 4 has changed dramatically. The previous powerhouse that was Spiritborn is still a viable option with its amazing Evade build, but Paladin has overshadowed the class in terms of build potential. As such, there will likely be a huge push to gain the top spot on the Paladins Leaderboard when The Tower goes live, and Auradin will likely be the build to reach this position.

The tower and leaderboards are set to go live in beta on January 12th, at 11:00 a.m. PST, so Blizzard warns that there may be some bugs in the initial experience.

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Diablo 4 Season 11's Tower will be dominated by Auradin Paladins

While Paladin has been blessed with several built-in metas Diablo 4 Season 11, the Auradin build has been moved to be the best of the bunch. This construction is an adaptation of Diablo 2s iconic Paladin build that uses the passive buffs and damage from the class's Aura mechanic to deal damage without having to swing a weapon. Since the Paladin is already built to be a tanky, it is classed as “sword and board”. Diablo 4being able to survive an onslaught of enemies while dealing passive damage in return makes Auradin's playstyle appealing to many players.

What makes Auradin Paladin so strong

Defy Aura – 75% armor and resistance increase
Fanaticism Aura – 12%+ Attack Speed, 4.8%+ Crit Chance, weakens enemies for 4 seconds
Holy Light Aura – Deals damage to 3 nearby enemies every 1 second
Dawnfire unique gloves –Holy Light passive offers now [150- 300%] Fire damage every second around you. Each time an enemy dies within this aura, its damage increases by 50%[+] for 15 seconds, up to 10 times.

There are some important components to the success of the Aurdin build i Diablo 4 Season 11. As the name suggests, this build gets the majority of its power from the Paladin's three Aura skills. Defiance Aura and Fanaticism Aura buffs the player's armor, resistance, attack speed, and crit chance, while buffing enemies, and Holy Light Aura damages enemies within range of the Paladin. Adding Dawnfire Unique to the mix changes the Holy Light Aura's damage to Fire damage that scales for each enemy killed within the Paladin's Aura area. As a result, the player can essentially snowball kills to create a powerful ring of death around them that allows them to remain tanky at the same time.

The tower seems made for Auradin buildings to thrive

In The Tower, players must race against the clock to complete the multi-story dungeon within 10 minutes, using Pylons to gain buffs and increase their score before time runs out. With the launch of The Tower in Diablo 4the game will have a total of 3 time-based dungeons along with The Pit of the Artificer and Kurast Undercity. All of these dungeons favor classes that can clear hordes of enemies quickly for the best chance of success. This makes Auradin the perfect candidate for a Tower powerhouse as it thrives on creating a zone where incoming enemies are quickly melted.

Although the leaderboards are divided by class, Auradin seems poised to hold the top spots for Paladin leaderboards. Other builds likely to find spots on their respective classes' top lists are Evade Spiritborn and Earthquake Barbarian. Both of these builds emphasize speed and mobility while dealing heavy AoE damage. Diablo 4 builds that emphasize these features will see the most success during the two-week rounds when the leaderboards are active throughout the season.