After slogging through a straight 100 Tormented Andariel kills, I’m finally sitting here looking at the pile of loot wondering if it was worth the headache. I went in chasing those rare Uber Uniques, since she shares the same drops as Duriel, but the thought of quicker kills made her more appealing. Early on, dropping into her lair felt like a blur of poison clouds and fast mechanics, and my stash kept filling up faster than my patience ran out. Somewhere around run twenty-two, I saw the gorgeous outline of a Harlequin Crest pop onto the screen – that alone made me feel better about the grind, and sure, the extra Diablo 4 gold from selling drops didn’t hurt either.
Things got weird when, about thirty runs later, another Harlequin Crest landed. Double Shakos sound great on paper, but there’s that pang when RNG repeats itself instead of giving you something new. Still, the dry stretch eventually ended. On run eighty-five, Melted Heart of Selig showed up. Then, just a dozen kills later on run ninety-seven, a fresh Tyrael’s Might dropped – the new seasonal Uber that had been evading me. That one honestly made the whole session worth it; it felt like hitting the jackpot after hours of monotony.
Outside the big-ticket Ubers, the regular uniques were flooding in. Godslayer Crown and Tassets of the Dawning Sky practically stacked themselves in my inventory; by the twentieth kill I’d stopped bothering to count. Doombringer turned up twice the whole time, while I saw only one The Grandfather. They might not be endgame-perfect, but getting useful rolls on them can really help when kitting out alts or testing a new build. I don’t mind the variety – even if half of it goes straight into the stash I never clean up.
Looking at the numbers, four Ubers in a hundred runs gives me roughly a four percent drop rate, which is better than the usual two percent figure most people throw around. That said, the drops didn’t feel evenly spaced at all. Long stretches with nothing – sometimes thirty or more kills – followed by two big drops within minutes. If you’ve farmed bosses before, you know that’s just how RNG likes to tease. You could hit pay dirt in run one or feel cursed for hundreds with nothing to show.
So, would I tell someone to farm Andariel in Season 11? Yeah, if you value speed over the drama of Duriel’s fight, her runs are definitely easier. The material cost still stings, but you burn through kills fast enough to feel productive. If your eyes are on Shako or Tyrael’s Might, she’s as good a shot as anyone else. Just go in ready for cold streaks and moments of elation when the right orange text finally appears. And for me? I’ll enjoy wearing my new angelic chest piece while I take a break – maybe even buy Diablo 4 Items instead of farming for a while.