In Diablo 4, constantly looking for more powerful gears to enhance the characters they use is a question that players have been thinking about. Among the many items, defensive armor or helmets are the top priority in exploration. For example, Soulbrand, a Unique Chest Armor in D4, provides you with special defense capabilities by generating some barriers.
This special mechanism makes it stand out among the many armors that can only provide attribute improvement or damage reduction and changes the core mechanism of the game, turning healing potions that are only useful for life recovery into a powerful barrier. Not only that, but other affixes from Soulbrand can also improve your survivability to varying degrees.
Although the game content is coming to Season 8 at this stage, the specific effect of this special Chest Armor and the affixes contained have not experienced a very significant weakening. Instead, it has been slightly improved in the previous PTR, which makes it still worthy of your cultivation and tempering in S8.
In order for you to get Soulbrand faster in Diablo 4 Season 8 released on April 29, and to maximize its effectiveness in your builds, this guide will introduce you to its specific effectiveness and how to obtain it.
Soulbrand Effects And Affixes
As mentioned just now, Soulbrand can make a huge change in the effect of your healing potion: Here your potion will no longer provide you with instant life recovery, but will provide you with a barrier that will allow you to obtain 200% of the healing effect of the potion in 4 seconds.
When you are in this barrier generated by the potion, you will receive a 10%-30% damage reduction. Under this mechanism, the rules of not being able to drink healing potions at full health have been changed, and some strategic defensive tactics are possible for you to try in challenges, so that you can effectively reduce damage from enemies in some difficulties.
In addition to this special effect, Soulbrand also has some affixes that can further enhance your survivability in class builds. For example, it can directly provide you with an additional maximum life of 425-457.
Of course, most of the affixes that Soulbrand has serve its own unique effects, so adding 1-2 potion capacity and increasing the barrier by 26.5%-40% will allow you to activate more frequently in combat with a barrier with stronger defense capabilities, which can farm Diablo 4 Gold in Season 8 more safe.
Not only that, when your character is in a healthy state (life above 80%), the damage reduction you have will increase by 8%-12.5%, which means that all the incoming damage you will suffer will be greatly reduced, thereby improving your survivability.
Given that the affixes Soulbrand has perfectly matched the unique effects, players who focus on survivability in battle should not miss this very useful Chest Armor.
How To Get Soulbrand?
As one of the rarest Uniques in Diablo 4, Soulbrand requires you to spend some effort and time farming, which is inevitable. However, this guide will introduce you to some more effective ways to cultivate Soulbrand in the game based on the principle of allowing all players to easily complete the game process.
Farming Specific Uber Bosses
The most effective and easiest way to farm Soulbrand is to defeat Bosses with this loot in Diablo 4, such as Duriel, the Maggot King, and Andariel, the Maiden of Anguish, and they all increase your chances of getting this powerful Chest Armor after the war.
Defeat Random Enemies Or Complete Activities
In Sanctuary, the opening world of D4, defeating monsters blocking your exploration path or opening some random loot chests are given to you, and you will randomly get some Diablo 4 Gold and Uniques, including Soulbrand.
In addition, participating in world events like Gathering Legions, defeating World Bosses or running Nightmare Dungeons will provide you with some treasure chests containing higher level loot, so you will have a higher chance of finding Soulbrand in it.
Not only that, you’ll also get some loot chests during Helltide Events that activate every hour, but it’s important to note that they require Aberrant Cinder that you earn after completing the event.
If you die during a Helltide Event, you’ll lose half of Aberrant Cinder you’ve collected in your inventory. And any Aberrant Cinder you don’t use before the event ends will disappear, so be sure to stay safe and use this currency as much as possible before it ends.
Gambling At Purveyor Of Curiosity
If you have enough Murmuring Obols in D4, you can also gamble this currency at Purveyor of Curiosity and rely on your luck to get Soulbrand Unique, as the rarities of Diablo 4 Items you can obtain there range from Magic to Mythic.
The above is the specific effect and acquisition method of Soulbrand in the current Diablo 4 Season 8. It is worth mentioning that all the attributes and statistics described here are based on S8 PTR that ended a few months ago, and some changes may occur in the official season. I hope that with the help of this guide, you can strategically improve your survivability and overall combat performance. I wish you a happy game!
