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Building Effective Paragon Boards in Diablo 4 - Season 5
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Diablo 4’s Paragon system allows players to target specific Stats and enhancements to fine-tune their build. Paragon boards seem complicated at first glance, but the system is intuitive and mostly straightforward – until you attempt to achieve perfect optimization. A Paragon setup can make or break a build, so understanding interactions and priorities in the Paragon system is an important part of endgame success. This guide will cover the process of building a Paragon board to be as beneficial as possible, exploring everything from board selection and optimal pathing to Glyphs and Rare nodes. For an introduction to the Paragon system, a complete walkthrough of Paragon Glyphs, or a comprehensive look at every Paragon board’s Glyph Radius and nodes, please see our guides below.
Paragon Board Overview Paragon Glyphs Guide Paragon Board Glyph Radius Guide
Class Start Board
Each class begins their Paragon journey with their Start board. These are class-specific, have only one , and cannot be changed.
Start Board for Barbarians
Start boards contain four Rare nodes that are similar for each class and provide the following benefits:
Bottom Left: + Maximum Life | + Armor or Resistance to All Elements
Bottom Right: + Damage, Physical Damage, or Non-Physical Damage | + Maximum Life
Top Left: + Damage, Physical Damage, or Non-Physical Damage | + Dexterity, Intelligence, Strength, or Willpower
Top Right: + Dexterity, Intelligence, Strength, or Willpower | + Armor or Resistance to All Elements
The most common strategy for the Start board is to get one of the bottom Rare nodes, activate the to place your first Glyph, choose one of the top Rare nodes, and move on to the at the top of the Start board. The process of building an optimized Paragon setup will consist of the following steps, all of which will be thoroughly explored in this guide:
Choose the best four or five Paragon boards for your build.
Select the Glyphs that benefit your build most and determine which board each Glyph belongs in.
Identify which Legendary and Rare nodes you want to take on each board.
Create your path to establish the order of your Paragon boards and make final adjustments.
Choosing the Best Paragon Boards
Each class can choose from eight class-specific Paragon boards that focus on different abilities and playstyles. The most important factors for selecting a Paragon board are the Legendary node, Rare nodes, and their locations, but Magic nodes, location, and nodes within the Glyph Radius also play a role in determining the best boards for your build.
Blood Rage Paragon Board Description for Barbarians
Legendary Nodes
Look at the board’s Legendary node. Does this benefit your build? If so, is the benefit significant enough to justify the amount of Paragon Points required to reach it? Most Legendary nodes are at least decent, but location should factor into a Legendary node’s value. If the node requires 15 Paragon Points to reach, would that many Paragon Points prove more useful on another board? Unless a Legendary node is only a few Paragon Points off your optimal path, you want to make sure it provides something you couldn’t find elsewhere.
Rare Nodes
Identify how many of the Rare nodes are strong for your build. Do they address your current weaknesses or are they somewhat redundant? Are these nodes in the Glyph Radius or would they require too many Paragon Points to reach? What Magic nodes neighbor the best Rare nodes? You don’t need to have an exact answer for all these questions, but these are the things you should be thinking about for each board.
Board Location
Once you decide on a Paragon board, you still need to determine where it will go. How far are the board’s strongest features from one another? How far are they from the ? Beyond whether or not a board is strong for your build, you want to know how the board will fit into your overall Paragon setup. We will go into the different Paragon board layouts and how to capitalize on these in the Pathing section, but try to think of picking Paragon boards like playing chess: you should be planning your next few moves at all times.
Board Orientation
Paragon boards can be rotated to expedite activation, focus on specific nodes, or otherwise optimize pathing. Identify your targets, determine the most efficient path, and rotate the board in a way that allows you to get the most benefits a board has to offer while spending the fewest Paragon Points possible.
The Warbringer Paragon board for Barbarians has an imbalanced layout. The and are in the bottom right corner, is closest to the right Gate, and is closest to the bottom Gate. The other Rare nodes aren’t particularly exciting, and is less important for builds that already maintain high Fortify uptime. This rotation allows a direct line through the with efficient pathing to the best nodes on the board without requiring too many Paragon Points. Even if you were going to target , this rotation would minimize the amount of Paragon Points spent per beneficial node compared to using either of the other Gates. Always rotate Paragon boards to align with your targets and overall Paragon setup.
Selecting and Placing Paragon Glyphs
All Rare Glyphs have a Bonus and Additional Bonus.
Bonus: increases damage or empowers nearby nodes. A damage-increasing Bonus scales with the amount of a designated Stat acquired within the Glyph Radius.
Additional Bonus: provides an offensive, defensive, or utility-focused benefit when the required amount of a designated Stat is met.
Glyphs like have a Bonus that scales with nearby Normal, Magic, and Rare Stat nodes to increase damage output. This type of Glyph should be placed on a board with as many of the supporting Stat nodes in the Glyph Radius as possible, not only to maximize the Bonus, but also to receive the Additional Bonus as this provides a notable amount of Fury Generation.
Glyphs that empower nearby nodes, such as , are best used to capitalize on a board with strong Magic nodes within the Glyph Radius. The fact that the Bonus does not scale means you only need enough Dexterity to enable the Additional Bonus before moving on.
Glyph Selection
Glyph selection takes both the Bonus and Additional Bonus into account. Druid builds running will want to use as it provides both offensive and defensive benefits with nearly permanent uptime. Barbarian builds that maintain high Berserking uptime will use and satisfy the Additional Bonus for similar reasons. Choosing the best Glyph isn’t always this obvious, but the Bonus and/or Additional Bonus should provide something
extremely
strong for your build.
Glyph Placement
Glyph placement requires a bit more planning than Glyph selection. You want your strongest Glyphs placed on boards that provide as much synergy as possible. An Overpower-focused Barbarian build like Hammer of the Ancients will want to place on a board like Decimator as it has eight nodes and two nodes within the Glyph Radius, combining for a significant +54 Willpower that scales with the Overpower Damage this Glyph grants. Glyphs with a scaling Bonus should go on a board with as much of the scaling Stat as possible within the Glyph Radius.
, a Glyph with a node-empowering Bonus, has an Additional Bonus that is strong enough to earn a Glyph spot in most meta Barbarian builds. Its Bonus shouldn’t be overlooked though – placing this Glyph on the Bone Breaker board at maximum Glyph Level grants a significant boost to Overpower Damage and Damage Reduction while Healthy and increases Willpower and Dexterity to help reach Rare node Bonuses. The fact that both and provide Strength to help satisfy ’s Additional Bonus means you can reach the requirements with fewer Paragon Points.
For more information on Paragon Glyphs and an in-depth analysis on every Paragon board’s Glyph Radius for all classes, check out the guides below.
Paragon Glyphs Guide Paragon Board Glyph Radius Guide
Rare, Magic, and Normal Paragon Nodes
One of the most important parts of building an effective Paragon board is taking the time to fully understand how your Glyphs and nodes interact with one another. Barbarians prioritize Strength and gain virtually nothing from Intelligence, so it would make sense to avoid nodes. It might seem obvious that taking two nodes to avoid a node would be the smarter play, but every Paragon Point you spend while pathing to your next target is one less Paragon Point you can use to pick up a Rare or Magic node, empower a Glyph’s Bonus, or activate a Glyph’s Additional Bonus.
Nodes can provide more than they show on their tooltip. is a great Rare node for Barbarians, but this isn’t just because of the increased Damage while Berserking and Strength. When this node is selected within ’s Glyph Radius, that Strength provides
additional
Damage while Berserking, and thanks to , that 20.6% increased Damage while Berserking (at maximum Glyph Level) translates to over 5% additional damage done
overall
.
Similar to Glyphs, Rare nodes also have a Bonus, but these Bonus requirements factor in
all sources
- Paragon, Gear Affixes, and even Elixirs. If you have ever wondered why +All Stats is the preferred Weapon Affix for most builds, look at the Bonus requirements on the Rare node on the top left of this Paragon board.
If a build has 15-20 Rare nodes across their Paragon boards, +All Stats can help them reach these Bonuses to receive
significant
offensive and defensive benefits. The Bonus requirements for these nodes increase the further you get into your Paragon journey, meaning the amount of Dexterity required to activate ’s Bonus on the Barbarian Start board is going to be significantly lower than that of a on a fifth or sixth Paragon board.
For a complete breakdown of the nodes found inside the Glyph Radius of every Paragon board for all five classes, take a look at the guide below.
Paragon Board Glyph Radius Guide
Effective Paragon Board Pathing
Pathing is one of the most critical parts of building effective Paragon boards. Poor planning can easily result in wasted Paragon Points, missed clusters of Rare and Magic nodes, and gaps in a build that can ultimately lead to a clunky playstyle. Some Paragon boards may have the best nodes conveniently located around the Glyph Radius’ perimeter, making for an easily optimized path to the . Others may have several beneficial nodes for your build, including a game-changing Legendary node, but have a suboptimal layout that forces difficult decisions or heavy Paragon Point investments. We’re going to break Paragon board layouts into three categories:
Junctions
,
One-Ways
, and
Dead Ends
.
Junctions
The Carnage board is a perfect example of a
Junction
. This means that you can use three or potentially all four s to connect additional Paragon boards without having to invest too many Paragon Points in Normal nodes such as or . Using a Paragon board with this type of layout allows you to target a specific area of the boards you connect to the
Junction
board without needing to worry about further pathing; reach your destination Glyph or Legendary node and return to the
Junction
board to continue.
Junction
boards are especially useful when they have multiple strong Rare nodes that are located either within the Glyph Radius, near a strong Legendary node, or near a Gate.
One-Ways
The Bone Breaker board is commonly used as a
One-Way
Paragon board; acquire your target and move on to the next board.
One-Ways
typically have either a or Legendary node located in a corner that can be reached with only a handful of Paragon Points, allowing quick, easy access before continuing to the closest Gate. This isn’t to say that
One-Ways
only have one node worth picking up – detours are a cornerstone of the Paragon journey – but you will only activate the s you use to enter and exit these boards.
Dead Ends
The Blood Rage board is a solid example of a
Dead End
. is widely considered to be the best Legendary node for Barbarians and is used in nearly every competitive endgame Barbarian build. It’s also located fairly close to a , and is right between them. There is nothing else on this board worth the amount of Paragon Points necessary, so we don’t need to invest further. We call this a
Dead End
because you don’t need an exit strategy – you’re here for a good time, not a long time. Get your nodes and move back to your
Junction
board to continue your Paragon journey.
An optimized Paragon setup will typically consist of a Start board, one
Junction
board, and two or three
One-Ways
, and one or two
Dead Ends
. This is not always the case as some builds only use three Paragon boards in addition to their Start board, all of which they invest heavily in, but that’s a rare outlier.
Final Adjustments
Once everything is in place and you feel confident in your Paragon setup, go back and give everything another look. For example, if you have two Dexterity-based Glyphs on boards with plentiful nodes within their Glyph Radiuses, is the stronger Glyph on the board with the most supporting nodes? Did you prioritize nodes when pathing between boards but now realize you’re only a few Willpower short of a Rare node Bonus? In the event you finish empowering Glyphs and acquiring nodes but have a few Paragon Points left to spare, here are your best options:
Grab that last , , , or node in a Glyph Radius to give the Glyph a boost.
Look for useful Rare and Magic nodes close to your path that you skipped. It’s doubtful that a node that didn’t make the cut before will be worth spending more than a few Paragon Points to reach, but take a look around.
Check your Rare node Bonuses to see if you’re close enough to the requirements to justify picking up that or you skipped earlier. While the Stat increase alone is unlikely to make a big difference, doubling one of the benefits of a powerful Rare node certainly will.
Don’t be afraid to compare your Paragon setup to comparable builds. Seeing what someone else chose to do with a particular board or Glyph can give you inspiration or even help you resolve a problem you encountered. If you’re ready to start working on a new build, check out Wowhead’s Diablo 4 Build Planner and see what you come up with.
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