Additionally, Belial will take his rightful place at the top of the newly reworked Lair Boss ladder.

We asked Deric Nunez, Lead Seasons Designer, to tell us himself.

I mean, it makes sense for an iconic character!

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And why is he specifically being brought back as the antagonist for Season 8?

Nunez had an answer.

We sat down with Colin Finer, Lead Live Game Designer, on how this all came to be.

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We want you to have some interesting choices to really level up the build of your choice."

“We want it to feel like a completely new class when you do that.

Theres also the customization side of things.

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Finer is up to the challenge: “Its a tricky balance, right?

There’s more to it!

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  • Colin Finer

How does this work, stat-wise?

“Since then, we have heard a ton of feedback and played it ourselves.

We havent pulled back all the way, it’s still a little more difficult than Season 7.

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It’s a lot to balance!

So positionally, that is also sort of evident in terms of how we structure the bosses.

We have our lower tier bosses that then lead into higher tier bosses like Duriel.

Diablo 4 Season 8 Belials Return image of a character fighting a smaller version of Belial

We really want to confirm that the player time investment is well paid off inDiablo 4.”

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