Diablo – the best way to upgrade gear in Diablo 3

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I started playing on Torment with my Crusader and I'm not sure what would be the best way to upgrade my gear so I can play at higher Torment levels.

Should I aim for crafting recipes? Doing rifts? Bounties? Using blood shards? Going to a higher Torment level? Are there some bosses that are known to have a better drop rate (kind of like Mephisto was in Diablo 2) that I could farm?

Best Answer

Here is my typical priority while starting a new season (similar to starting out completely new):

  1. Fill every slot with a legendary. To do this, I will gamble using blood shards on every slot that doesn't have a legendary in it (other than weapon, I craft those). Once you have a complete set of legendary gear, no matter how bad, you can handle torment 1 no problem.
  2. Complete a class set. Any complete set, even the worst set, is drastically better than having no sets at all. Pick the set you are closest to completing after doing step #1. If you are on seasons, completing season journey chapter 2-4 will give you a free set.
  3. Complete the other items required for the class set (jewelry, weapons, etc). I typically use the kanai's cube to upgrade rare weapons into legendaries for the specific one I need. Also, completing the focus and restraint ring set is usually a huge damage boost.
  4. Collect some Legendary gems. Even level 1 gems can be a huge boost in damage if you pick the right ones (bane of trapped, zei's vengeance, bane of powerful, etc).
  5. Start farming for the best set of my class. I use blood shards to gamble for armor pieces, and kanai's cube to upgrade weapons for the one I need.
  6. Once you are using your class's best set and have the right legendary gear in every slot, you should be easily T10 capable at this point. After this, its the long grind of slowly getting better mods on your gear and pushing your way up to T13 and high GRs, upgrading gems, etc.
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