Never, ever play a HC character, any class, with build that uses the Barrier.
Period.
It doesn’t matter if the Barrier is from the witchcraft powers, a skill or equipment.
You will die from the “unknown killer” instantly 100% to 0% in eye blink… No matter how cautious you are. This is only the matter of time.
The bug was reported many times, but obviously nobody cares.
I have tested a dozen different builds and couldn’t survive more than 10-15 hr of gameplay after applying the +/- 200 paragon tree. Playing even the Torment 1, where everything die just because I pass nearby.
This is ridiculous.
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Yeah… I’ve lost the will to play the game at all at this point. I can’t play non-HC Diablo IV… it’s a better sleep aid than Ambien. And the bugs in HC this season are off the chain crazy bad.
Honestly at this point I think Blizzard is trying to justify killing off HC completely. We’re only about 2-3% of the player base and actually doing the work to make the game stable enough for HC play is way beyond their ability.
I wouldn’t be shocked to see both HC and PvP yanked with the expansion in 2026. With some lame, “Since almost nobody played these modes the time and expense of keeping them active is no longer justified.”
There was too much traffic for me to see what went wrong but like you said barrier was not working. If it is a death glitch that’s D4 for you whether it is seasonal, hardcore or eternal realm. I swapped helmets last week and and it completely messed my skill set and points including 3 skills missing from the skill bar. I put back on the other helmet and it was still messed up. Respec was not working so I had to remove some skill points that were in the wrong spot and reallocate it. CG you got way past the minimal requirements for HC.
Riped twice at season start, oneshot from unknow kiiler. Used barrier. stoped use it, no oneshot for 1.5 month.