In Diablo 4’s latest update, Season of the Infernal Hordes, Blizzard reworked the highly sought-after Uber Uniques, now known as Mythic Uniques.
These items are immensely powerful, offering buffs that can transform your build, but their utility varies.
Some are exceptional all-rounders, while others serve niche roles. Here’s a breakdown of the top 8 Mythic Uniques, ranked from weakest to strongest in terms of general usefulness.
8. Doombringer
- Role: Survivability Stat Stick
- Effect: Provides +35% maximum life and generic damage reduction.
- Downside: Lacks a strong unique effect and doesn’t fit into most damage-heavy builds. Best used for Barbarian builds where survivability is a priority.
- Conclusion: While it’s great for increasing tankiness, most players will find better offensive options in other Legendaries.
7. Melted Heart of Selig
- Role: Resource Pool and Defense Boost
- Effect: Increases your character’s maximum resource (mana, fury, essence) and uses it as a secondary health pool.
- Strengths: Fantastic for tanky builds that don’t rely on constant resource drain. Can tank bosses like Uber Lilith and T120 Pit bosses.
- Weakness: Not ideal for resource-heavy builds. Easier to use a defensive chest piece like Tyrael’s Might instead.
- Conclusion: Great for specific survivability-focused builds but too niche for widespread use.
6. Ahavarion, Spear of Lycander
- Role: Buff and Utility Weapon
- Stats: Grants +160% critical strike, vulnerable, and Overpower damage, +33% movement speed, +66% resistances, and +18% to all stats.
- Effect: Killing an Elite triggers a random Shrine effect for 20 seconds (with a 30-second cooldown).
- Strengths: Useful buffs like movement speed and critical damage boost. The shrine effect can be very powerful if luck is on your side.
- Weakness: Inconsistent due to the random nature of the shrine effect. Better suited for utility rather than raw damage output.
- Conclusion: Underrated but situational. Great if you can make use of its shrine effect.
5. Andariel’s Visage
- Role: Attack Speed and Poison Nova Proc
- Stats: Boosts attack speed and life on hit.
- Effect: Lucky hits have a chance to trigger a powerful poison nova.
- Strengths: Ideal for attack speed-focused builds, especially Rogues who can trigger the poison nova rapidly.
- Weakness: The poison nova’s effectiveness depends on your build’s lucky hit rate. Less useful for classes like Sorcerers or Druids.
- Conclusion: Excellent for damage-over-time (DoT) builds but underwhelming if your class can’t proc its effect reliably.
4. Ring of Starless Skies
- Role: Core Skill Booster
- Stats: Increases Core skill ranks, boosts attack speed, and critical chance.
- Effect: Spending resources builds a stacking buff that reduces resource cost and increases damage by up to 50%.
- Strengths: Fits into almost any build that consumes resources. Offers a massive boost to damage and efficiency.
- Conclusion: One of the most versatile Mythic Uniques, perfect for nearly every build.
3. The Grandfather
- Role: Critical Damage Multiplier
- Effect: Increases critical damage by a multiplicative 100%, effectively doubling your crit damage potential.
- Strengths: Works for any build that can stack critical damage. Also provides boosts to life, damage, and maximum resources.
- Conclusion: Extremely powerful for crit-focused builds, making it one of the best two-handed weapons in the game.
2. Tyrael’s Might
- Role: Ultimate Damage Resistance Chest Piece
- Stats: Provides +20% global damage reduction, +80% resistances (pre-masterwork), and increases max resistance.
- Effect: Launches divine arrows when at full health, similar to an Artillery Shrine but with less damage.
- Strengths: The best armor piece for tanky builds, offering near-capped resistances and significant damage mitigation.
- Conclusion: The best option for builds that need to maximize survivability, making it a go-to chest piece.
1. Harlequin Crest (Shako)
- Role: Cooldown Reduction and All-Around Buff
- Stats: Provides +20% cooldown reduction (up to +55% with masterwork), +4 to all class skills, boosts to HP, armor, and resources, and +20% global damage reduction.
- Strengths: Every build benefits from its cooldown reduction and skill buffs. Fits into almost any endgame build effortlessly.
- Conclusion: Hands-down the most powerful Mythic Unique in the game. If you’re aiming to optimize your build, Harlequin Crest is a must-have.
