Diablo 4 is all about making the numbers go up, and few items can beat the Diablo 4 player to spot one in the wild, over three weeks after the full release.
The Grandfather s the other confirmed pickups, which began when Blizzard acknowledged the first appearance of one of Diablo 4's rarest items, the Andariel's Visage, and now we have a third.
The lucky roll has gone to a Chinese Necromancer player, who was already at level 100 and says the item dropped from an event chest while farming Diablo 4 uniques, it has fixed stats that will appear on it – although, as players on the Diablo Reddit where the item was shared note, not fixed rolls for those stats.
This led to some people joking that, while the stats are undeniably strong – boasting incredible damage and critical damage multipliers, and The Grandfather's unique benefit of having higher attributes than standard items – it falls basically in the middle of the potential ranges on every stat. One popular comment from 'baconsplash' simply says, "Midfather."
I don't think that'll stop players from wanting it, however, as the image we've translated above shows some impressive values nonetheless. I'm certainly a little envious, although my desire is quenched somewhat in the knowledge that my Rogue build wouldn't actually be able to use it anyway, because two-handed swords don't exactly fit into its quick-and-deadly toolkit.
With Diablo 4 patch 1.0.3 massively boosting the endgame XP grind, now's a great time to push into those high levels and try to nab one of these ultra-elusive desirables for yourself. Just promise me you won't get too hung up on the chase, okay?
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