There is a lot to grasp while still being new to Diablo 4. While you make your way through the hellish hordes of the game and face overwhelming bosses, having the right consumables with you can determine the outcome of a battle before it has even started. There is more to battle than just having the best healing potions ready when things go wrong, and your Class also determines which consumables you should be focusing on.
Some classes may favor the damage benefits of Hit Effects, while others will focus on outputting raw damage directly with a reliance on how high one of their primary stats is. Some consumables can only be used while no other of the same type is currently in effect.
10 Individual Stat Increase Item
There is a specific item for different stats which grants the same bonus. Depending on which class you are playing is which one you will find most useful. Ancient Times for Strength, Sage’s Whisper for Intelligence, and Queen’s Supreme for Dexterity.
Each of these items will raise its related stat by 25 for each player ally near you and will have a duration of 20 minutes. This is a great item to just be better at your primary stat, and with a duration of 20 minutes, it is perfect for lengthier dungeons.
9 The Creatures Of The Night
This item will have the consumer gain an increase in all the damage from their Hit Effects. This increase will be 100 percent for every other player ally near the user. This is a Type 3 Incense item, meaning you cannot have any other Type 3 Incense items active to use.
The total duration of this item is 20 minutes. This item has a level requirement of 30, so don’t expect to be able to use it during the earlier parts of the game.
8 Blessed Guide
Blessed Guide will raise the Willpower stat by 25 for each other player ally that is near them. This is a Type 1 Incense item, meaning you cannot have any other Type 1 Incense items active to use. Willpower will grant the user a 0.1 percent increase in the Life they gain whenever they are healed.
It will also grant an increase of 0.25 percent overpower damage per point of Willpower. Lastly, the Barbarian and Sorceress classes will gain an increase in their resource generation for every point of this stat.
7 Reddmine Buzz
Reddmine Buzz is a solid choice of a Type 2 Incense item, as it will grant a maximum Life increase of 500 for each other player ally that is near them. This will last a total of 20 minutes, allowing it to pair well with other consumables of different types at the same time before beginning a dungeon.
A lot of characters feature health regeneration and are able to top up their health fairly quickly without the need for a healing potion. This will allow you to survive more often and have your healing potions ready when you need them most.
6 Scents Of The Desert Afternoon
Scents Of The Desert Afternoon is significantly better in some classes than others. What it will do is increase the Thorns by 250 for each other player ally that is near the user. Thorns will deal damage on anything that is hurting the player's character with it, making this a brilliant option for players that take a lot of damage and want their foes to take more damage faster.
This is a Type 2 Incense item, meaning you cannot have both this item and Reddmine Buzz at the same time; you will need to decide if you need survivability or if you want to kill everything before they can kill you.
5 Spirit Dance
This item will grant an additional 5 percent to the use of dodge for each other player ally that is near the user. This is a Type 1 Incense item, meaning you will not be able to use it with Blessed Guide.
What makes it such a better item comes down to the math of how often you are hit to how often the benefits of Blessed Guide come into effect. Blessed Guide may be more useful for its instant gratification, but when dealing with a long-running boss fight, Spirit Dance can be a literal life safer.
4 Superior Healing Potion
Healing potions are such a staple in Diablo that they are in a league of their own. You will be using healing potions more than any other potion in the game. Each healing potion will give you an instant amount of health, as well as heal you an additional 35 percent of your maximum life over 3 seconds afterward.
You will constantly need to upgrade your healing potions as you progress through the game. The weak healing potion only heals you 17, while this Superior one hits a value of 1274.
3 Soothing Spices
Do you know what is better than healing, taking less damage? Just like Redmine’s Buzz and Scents Of The Desert Afternoon, Soothing Spices is a Type 2 Incense item. This item will grant an increase to every one of your resistances by 10 percent. It will also give you 150 armor.
Furthermore, it will do this for each player ally that is near your character. Also, just like Redmine’s Buzz and Scents Of The Desert Afternoon, it has a duration of 20 minutes. This makes it one of the better options for players that find themselves surrounded a lot and need to take less damage in order to survive.
2 Spiral Morning
Spiral Morning is a testament to the saying, “Teamwork makes the dream work.” This item is a Type 2 Incense item similar to other single stat raising items. Instead of a single stat, however, this item will raise every stat by 15 for each other player ally near you.
What this means is that if every player uses this item, their total gains are far greater than the sum of their parts. With Strength granting Armour, Dexterity granting dodge chance, Intelligence granting resistance, and Willpower granting a bonus to healing and Overpower.
1 Chorus Of War
Chorus Of War will only be available once you have hit level 100. This makes it the final consumable you will unlock the ability to use. This is a Type 3 Incense item, meaning it can be used alongside a Type 2 Incense item, such as Spiral Morning, Blessed Guide, or one of the single stat boosting items.
This item will grant every stat an increase of 40 and raise the overpower and critical damage by 5 percent for every player ally near the user. This duration will last for 20 minutes and is hands down the best possible consumable you can use.