When a new season of Diablo 4 begins, many players will be very focused on enormous weapons, aspects, or other items that will make their builds even more powerful so they can further fulfill their ultimate goal of slaying demons.

In Season 5, the most popular Unique among players is Shard of Verathiel, because this sword can be added to all builds and performs very well. Since it can be used in all builds, it means that all Classes can also use it. Its affixes can increase Maximum Resource and Basic Attack Speed, allowing you to have unpredictable damage. In addition, when you wield Shard of Verathiel, your basic skills will also increase damage, but it will cost 25 Primary Resources.

For its role, this Primary Resources is insignificant. This guide will show you how to get this powerful weapon in Season 5, as well as Offensive Aspects required for each Class.

How To Get Shard Of Verathiel?

Since Shard of Verathiel is one of the 15 new Unique items in Season 5, like all Unique items, you can find it in the seasonal event Infernal Hordes. To unlock Infernal Hordes, you need to complete the main questline of the season, including The Eyes of the Enemy and To the Edge of the Abyss. You can’t do it without both.

After you complete both quests, you will be rewarded with an Infernal Compass. This is your key to unlock Infernal Hordes, and you need an Infernal Compass of the corresponding level to enter Infernal Hordes.

After you fight in Infernal Hordes, you will be rewarded with Spoils of Equipment or Spoils of Greater Equipment chests. When you open these chests, you may find Shard of Verathiel and some Diablo 4 Gold.

There is no guarantee that Shard of Verathiel will appear in a certain chest in a certain level of Infernal Hordes, so all you can do is run as high-level Infernal Hordes as possible and fight more enemies in them, so that you have a better chance of getting the Shard of Verathiel.

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Best Offensive Aspects

As just mentioned, Shard of Verathiel can provide certain benefits to any Class and any build, mainly because this weapon focuses so much on basic skills. But it is still important to note that when you equip this weapon, you can also use some Offensive Aspects to enhance the unique ability of Shard of Verathiel and add more advantages to your battle.

The following are Offensive Aspects you can use in each Class.

For General

Aspect Of The Expectant: With this Aspect, your basic attacks will increase the damage of your next Core Skill by 5%-10%, up to a maximum of 30%.

Rapid Aspect: With this Aspect, your Basic Skills attack speed increases by 15%-30%.

Aspect Of The Moonrise: With this Aspect, after hitting an enemy with a Basic Skill, your attack speed increases by 4% for 10 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. At the maximum number of stacks, you enter Vampiric Bloodrage, increasing Basic Skill damage by 40%-80% and movement speed by 15%, for 10 seconds.

For Barbarian

Aspect Of Encroaching Wrath: With this Aspect and after spending 100 points of your Fury, your next Weapons Master Skill damage increases by 40%-60%.

For Druid

Raw Might Aspect: With this Aspect and after hitting 15 enemies with any Shapeshifting Skills, your next Werebear Skill will deal 40%-55% more damage to enemies. In addition, it will cause Stun to enemies for 3 seconds.

Runeworker’s Conduit Aspect: With this Aspect and use Critical Strikes with Storm skills, the surrounding air will be charged for 3 seconds, and Lightning Bolt will periodically hit enemies in the area. Each Lightning Bolt will deal 250%-300% Lightning damage to enemies.

Crashstone Aspect: With this Aspect, your Earth Skills will deal 40%-50% more Critical Strike Damage to enemies that are controlled.

For Necromancer

Shattered Spirit’s Aspect: With this Aspect, using Bone Spirit will launch 18 Bone Splinters around you, dealing 200%-400% additional damage. In addition, each Bone Splinter hits an enemy and generates 6 Essence for you.

Rotting Aspect: With this Aspect, Decompose skill can be continuous and burst up to 2 additional targets, and the explosion damage generated by Decompose is also increased by 15%-30%.

Aspect Of Swelling Curse: With this Aspect, Bone Spirit’s Critical Strike Chance is increased by 15%-25%, and each enemy hit increases your Maximum Essence by 2 for 15 seconds.

For Rogue

Aspect Of Artful Initiative: With this Aspect and have spent 75 Energy, you unleash a barrage of exploding Stun Grenades that deal Physical damage to enemies and grant them Stun for 0.5 seconds. Your Grenade Skills also increase damage by 25%-40%.

Aspect Of Pestilent Points: With this Aspect, every three times you cast Puncture is Poison, you inject poison into your next attack with 1x to 1.5x the normal poison strength.

The three general Aspects mentioned above are the best aspects of this weapon, because they can directly increase all the basic skills of Shard of Verathiel, allowing you to use dazzling skills without being busy during the battle. In addition to the above aspects, there are some other aspects connected to the build that use these basic skills, such as Puncture or Druid’s Shapeshifting, Storm, and Earth abilities, which can make your equipment more powerful.

That’s all about how to get Shard of Verathiel in Diablo 4 Season 5, and what Offensive Aspects you can choose for it. Hopefully, you can defeat more bosses with this powerful One-Handed Sword!