WhenDiablo 3first started, the best gear in the game was truly a matter of opinion. So long as it could beat the game, and every set in the game was plenty capable of doing so, the “best” gear matched whatever player preference was. YetDiablo 3was completely overhauled and pro players are no longer guided by intuition; they have to come to grips with cold, hard, facts.
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The game has evolved in large part due to the addition of the Greater Rifts. Players can push their limits and improve their times. Additionally, when somebody sets a high score, every other player can see their build, from abilities to gear. This creates a rather concrete list of what the best armor sets in the game actually are, especially because the leaderboards are organized by these sets.
Updated on November 25th, 2021, by Jeff Drake:The recent release of the remastered version ofDiablo 2has many gamers revisiting their abandoned characters from the other Diablo games. One thing that many will be reminded of while doing this is how close they were to completing an item set in Diablo 3. The item sets in this game, at least some of them, are beyond overpowered and make the game too easy at times. However, considering how many hours a player needed to put into this game to actually get enough of one of these sets to active its powers, this ease of play was well earned. This update will add five additional entries that deserve to be recognized as among the best item sets in Diablo 3.
14Seeker Of The Light
This is a set for the Crusader, and it makes that class extremely deadly to concentrated groups of enemies. When two pieces are worn the Crusader’s Blessed Hammer skill reduces the cooldown time of the Falling Sword skill. Falling Sword is one of the Crusader’s best skills, and as such, has a long cooldown time of 30 seconds.
Combining four pieces reduces damage taken after performing Falling Sword for eight seconds. Wearing six pieces of this armor set increases the damage of Blessed Hammer by 15,000%, and Falling Sword by 1,000%.
13Bones Of Rathma
Every other set of gear on this list exists because of very strong pushing ability in Greater Rifts. But the only reason they are capable of doing such a thing is because of the Bones of Rathma set.
This set is the best in the game for farming paragon experience points in a group. Everybody needs to either have the Bones of Rathma set or know somebody who does. It might not have all of the high scores, but the high scores owe their status to this set.
12Might Of The Earth
Make no mistake, Barbarians are the best class in the game as far as groups go. This isn’t arguable. But that group build doesn’t use a complete set because it isn’t responsible for doing any damage.
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Thankfully, Might of the Earth is here to the rescue for solo Barbarians, capable of clearing Greater Rift 141 by itself due to great mobility from Leap and area damage from Earthquake.
11The Typhon’s Veil
Many players who tried running a Wizard inDiablo 3grew fond of the Hydra spell. This spell summoned three hydra heads from the ground that spit firebolts at the enemy. This was a great crowd-control measure, and also helped chip away at a boss' life-bar.
The Typhon’s Veil increases the number of hydra heads by two - if two pices are worn. With four pieces the player takes 8% less damage per hydra head currently out; six pieces increase the hydras' attack by 2,000%. With the Serpent’s Sparker wand (not part of this set) two Hydra spells can be active at a time. This would give an 80% reduction of damage - as well as ten hydra heads spitting firebolts at the enemy at 2,250% damage.
10Mundunugu’s Regalia
If it had just a little bit more single target damage, Mundunugu’s Regalia would likely compete for the top spot on this list. The gear stalls after clearing Greater Rift 142 solo, but that’s plenty powerful for the Witch Doctor.
The set is even better in four-person group play, where the Witch Doctor is in charge of taking down groups. With a good Barbarian to help, this is likely the best set at taking down mobs in the game.
9Inna’s Mantra
The Monk class was probably the least favorite among players ofDiablo 3. The class was a bit lacking in defense if swarmed by enemies, and didn’t have many overly powerful skills for boss fights. ThisDiablo 3armor set makes the Monk not only more viable, but downright scary.
Combining two pieces merely increases the passive skill of the Monk’s Mystic Ally; with four pieces the Mystic Allies no longer take damage. With six pieces of this set ten Mystic Allies can be summoned, and each one summoned increases their attack strength by 3,000%. This set was made forsolo runs.
8Gears Of The Dreadlands
Right now, it’s hard to argue that Demon Hunter’s should wear anything in the game besides the Gears of the Dreadlands set. The extra damage to Hungering Arrow pierces enemies and makes for solid group and single target damage.
By taking down Greater Rift 142 on its own, it’s the best Demon Hunter gear already, but this doesn’t even account for farming. When it comes to solo play, not gear set on any class in the game can touch this one.
7Monkey King’s Garb
The player base certainly aches for the Monk class in the current state of the game. After being the top support class for so long, they’ve been completely replaced by Barbarians and Demon Hunters in the group metagame.
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The Monkey King Garb seems like an attempt to repurpose the class from support to damage. So far, it hasn’t gone too badly, enabling the class to take down Greater Rift 144 on its own.
6Aegis Of Valor
The Crusader class should feel a tad spoiled, having two sets in the top five, but that’s just how the status of the game is right now. It’s little wonder as to why they topthe charts ofDiablo 3’s best classes.
The set boosts Fist of the Heavens so much so that the class is indisputably the best single target damage in the game. Experts are still devising a way to add more group damage with the set, but for now, it’s got a respectable solo high score of 146 in Greater Rifts.
5Wrath Of The Wastes
For a class that has been almost entirely reduced to the support role, it’s nice that Barbarians have access to the Wrath of the Wastes set. If it weren’t for this set, solo Barbarian players would begin todebate whetherDiablo 2orDiablo 3is the better game.
This is the set that is core to the vaunted Whirlwind build, enabling Barbarians to deal damage all around themselves. As a result, this set is capable of clearing Greater Rift 147 solo.
