What are the best Aspects in Diablo 4? Was there every any doubt that Diablo 4 would give players an enormous amount of freedom to customise their equipment how they like? One of the ways you can easily bolster gear is by using Legendary Aspects (also just called Aspects). These Aspects offer very powerful, often class-specific benefits, but finding the best Aspects for you isn’t always easy.
In this guide we’ll go over 12 of the very best Aspects in Diablo 4, covering every class so you’ll come away with plenty of options for your character’s gear. For those who are unsure about how Aspects work, keep reading and we’ll also go over how to find, imprint, and extract Aspects. Finally, at the bottom of this guide is a full list of all 225 Legendary Aspects in the game, detailing the powerful effects of each one!
Legendary Aspects in Diablo 4 are categorised by class. A Druid, for example, might be able to equip an item imprinted with a Barbarian Aspect, but they won’t gain the benefits of that Aspect because they’re not the right class.
Because of this, we’ve scoured the entire game for the very best Aspects for each Diablo 4 class. Below you can read about our top 12 Aspects in Diablo 4 – 2 for each class, plus 2 more that can be used by any class you like.
Edgemaster’s Aspect is a very potent Aspect for nearly any class and build, giving you a significant damage bonus based on how much energy you have in the tank. The overall damage output you get during extended fights thanks to this Aspect is well worth clearing the Oldstones dungeon to obtain it.
Aspect Of Might is the only Defensive Aspect in this list. It earns its place here by offering you a substantial amount of protection from all incoming damage whenever you use any Basic Skill, and the ease with which it’s activated means the damage reduction is nearly always active during a fight.
Bold Chieftain’s Aspect can’t be found in the Codex so it’s harder to come across than some, but if you’re lucky enough to find it as a Shout-heavy Barbarian, this single Aspect will catapult your build into the top tiers of Barb setups. With Bold Chieftain’s Aspect you can essentially spam Shouts forever.
Entire builds have been created that stem from this one Legendary Aspect. The Aspect Of Ancestral Force amplifies the range and effect of Hammer of the Ancients, turning it into a tremendously strong crowd control and pure damage ability. A must-have for HOTA-focused Barbarians.
Similar to the previous Aspect in this list, if you’re lucky enough to come across the Shockwave Aspect as a Druid, it will greatly increase your AOE damage potential by extending the range of Pulverize by a considerable amount. Pulverize is already a very strong skill and path for Druids to take, and if you’re one of these players then Shockwave Aspect is the perfect tool for you.
Stormchaser’s Aspect is the backbone of the Tornado-spamming Druid builds that are cropping up all over the place at the moment. This Legendary Aspect forces your Tornados to seek enemies, making it much less work to clear out whole rooms of enemies. A fantastic tool for a fantastic leveling setup.
Splintering Aspect dramatically enhances the power of Bone Spear to clear rooms by inflicting Vulnerable upon enemies and then allowing Bone Shards to pierce and deal massive extra damage to Vulnerable targets. If you’re going down the Bone Necromancer build route then pick up this Aspect as soon as possible.
Blighted Aspect is the perfect Aspect for any Necromancer who relies upon Blight and Corpse Explosion to clear armies of enemies quickly. With this Legendary Aspect you’ll gain a huge boost to damage once you’ve inflicted Blight upon enemies 10 times – which can happen in the blink of an eye for a Blight-heavy Necro.
Bladedancer’s Aspect is a perfect match for the Twisting Blades Rogue, one of the strongest builds in Diablo 4 at the moment. If you pump enough strength into Twisting Blades then it deals simply incredible amounts of damage, so equipping this Aspect in order to make them orbit for extra damage is a no-brainer.
Trickshot Aspect is a must-have Aspect for Rogues who prefer to finish off their enemies at range with the Penetrating Shot skill. Once you can split your Penetrating Shot into three arrows which all hit the same target at once, your nuking potential against bosses goes off the charts.
Aspect Of Control is a brilliant pick for pretty much any Sorcerer build, as it simply gives you a huge damage boost to all enemies afflicted by any of the major status effects available to the Sorcerer. It can slot nicely into almost any Sorcerer’s kit, allowing them to blitz through Dungeons and other dangerous areas in no time at all.
Aspect of The Unbroken Tether is exclusively useful to Lightning-focused Sorcerers, but the effects are well worth its inclusion in this list. Giving Chain Lightning two additional bounces makes a huge difference in the potency of this skill, allowing the Sorcerer to remove whole groups of enemies from the map in but a moment.
Using Aspects in Diablo 4 can be a bit confusing at first glance, but it’s worth figuring it out because of the incredible bonuses they can bestow on your gear. In order to use an Aspect, you need to imprint it onto a piece of equipment such as a sword, a helmet, a ring, or anything else you can equip. You may also find existing items in the world which already have Aspects imprinted on them – in which case you can choose to use them, or extract their Aspect to put onto a different item.
Each Dungeon you clear will give you an Aspect which is then saved in your Codex Of Power. To view your Codex Of Power and the Aspects you’ve unlocked, just hit “Y” on the keyboard, or open the pause menu and click “Collections” at the top, then “Codex Of Power”. Just bear in mind that the Codex Of Power doesn’t show every Aspect in the game! There are over 100 more Aspects which can only be obtained by extracting them from existing items.
To equip an Aspect, you need to visit an Occultist. Occultists are unlocked once you reach character Level 15, and the first Occultist you’re likely to find in Diablo 4 is Demyan in the hub city of Kyovashad.
Imprinting an item with an Aspect costs a hefty chunk of gold (around 20k), as well as Veiled Crystals, which can be earned by salvaging items at a Blacksmith.
Interact with the Occultist and select the “Imprint” tab. Place the item you want to house the Aspect in the top slot. After that you can either select an Aspect from the Codex, or sacrifice an existing piece of equipment in order to transfer its Aspect onto the item you placed in the top slot.
Select Imprint Aspect at the bottom of the window and your chosen item will be given the new Aspect. This will also turn the item into a Legendary item if it wasn’t already.
You can also choose to simply extract an Aspect from an existing item at the Occultist’s. This will save the Aspect in your Codex for future use, but doing so will force the Aspect’s effects to the lowest they can be. For example, if an Aspect in the table below states that you gain damage reduction for 2-6 seconds, then by saving it in your Codex the Aspect will automatically be lowered to 2.
To extract an Aspect, simply interact with an Occultist, click the “Extract” tab at the top, then place the item with the Aspect in the top slot and click “Extract Aspect” at the bottom of the window. Extracting an Aspect costs a similar amount of Gold to imprinting one, so make sure you’re flush with cash before you try it.
Below is a full list of every single Legendary Aspect in Diablo 4, including those that can only be obtained by extracting from existing items. In total there are 225 Aspects in the game, and you can view all their effects right here.
(Hawezar)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Kehjistan)
(Dry Steppes)
(Scosglen)
(Scosglen)
(Kehjistan)
(Scosglen)
(Kehjistan)
(Dry Steppes)
(Dry Steppes)
(Hawezar)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Scosglen)
(Kehjistan)
(Dry Steppes)
(Hawezar)
(Hawezar)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Kehjistan)
(Scosglen)
(Hawezar)
(Scosglen)
(Dry Steppes)
(Hawezar)
(Scosglen)
(Hawezar)
(Kehjistan)
(Scosglen)
(Kehjistan)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Kehjistan)
(Dry Steppes)
(Kehjistan)
(Dry Steppes)
(Kehjistan)
(Hawezar)
(Kehjistan)
(Hawezar)
(Hawezar)
(Hawezar)
(Dry Steppes)
(Scosglen)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Scosglen)
(Dry Steppes)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Dry Steppes)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Scosglen)
(Scosglen)
(Kehjistan)
(Kehjistan)
(Dry Steppes)
(Scosglen)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Scosglen)
(Scosglen)
(Hawezar)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Dry Steppes)
(Hawezar)
(Dry Steppes)
(Kehjistan)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Hawezar)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Kehjistan)
(Scosglen)
(Hawezar)
(Kehjistan)
(Hawezar)
(Scosglen)
(Hawezar)
(Scosglen)
(Hawezar)
(Kehjistan)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Scosglen)
(Dry Steppes)
(Dry Steppes)
(Scosglen)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Kehjistan)
(Scosglen)
(Hawezar)
(Dry Steppes)
(Kehjistan)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Dry Steppes)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Kehjistan)
(Hawezar)
(Scosglen)
(Dry Steppes)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Kehjistan)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Kehjistan)
(Scosglen)
(Hawezar)
(Dry Steppes)
(Dry Steppes)
(Scosglen)
(Kehjistan)
(Hawezar)
(Fractured Peaks)
(Hawezar)
(Dry Steppes)
(Scosglen)
(Fractured Peaks)
That’s everything you need to know about Legendary Aspects in Diablo 4, how to use them in various different ways, and the very best Aspects to use for each class. If you want some help getting to the level and areas that you require to get these Aspects, check out our other handy guides on how to get a mount in Diablo 4, how to upgrade the healing potion, the Diablo 4 level cap, and more.
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