Diablo 4 has 115 dungeons to farm, but even that can get tedious and boring after a while. Nightmare Sigils are dungeon modifiers that raise the difficulty and apply between three and five affixes. This Diablo IV guide will outline the best affixes you can possibly roll on Sigils.
What Are Nightmare Sigils In Diablo 4?
Currently, there are over a hundred known affixes that can be potentially rolled on a Nightmare Sigil, of which a small group are beneficial to the player. Of the larger pool of detrimental affixes, there are a number which can be mitigated with either the right build or smart tactical play. The ideal combination will let you run a Nightmare Dungeon almost as easily as you would a regular one.
Damage Boosting Affixes: Best Diablo 4 Nightmare Sigils
Frost Damage
- You deal [5-15]% more Frost damage.
Lightning Damage
- You deal [5-15]% more Lightning damage.
Poison Damage
- You deal [5-15]% more Poison damage.
Shadow Damage
- You deal [5-15]% more Shadow damage.
Fire Damage
- You deal [5-15]% more Fire Damage.
Physical Damage
- You deal [5-15]% more Physical Damage.
These are a no-brainer, since they provide an outright percentage buff to your damage output.
Best Nightmare Sigils: Looting And Farming Affixes
Gold Find
- You find [10-30]% more gold.
Magic Find
- You find more items from enemies.
Nightmare Dungeons are heavily populated with monsters, and loot buffs like these exponentially increase the drop rate from a dungeon run.
Defensive Affixes: Best D4 Nightmare Sigils
Control Impaired Explosions
- Being hit by Control Impairing Effects creates an explosion around you.
Lightning Caller
- You occasionally call down lightning strikes that damage nearby enemies.
Poisonous Evade
- Using Evade leaves a pool of Poison behind, damaging enemies.
Thorns
- Your Thorns are increased by [249-491].
Defensive retaliation and passive area of effect attacks are great for thinning out the mobs of monsters that will surround you.
Negative Affixes
For every positive affix on a Sigil, you will be saddled with two or more negative affixes that buff the monsters in the dungeon or otherwise hinder you in some way. Ideally you will roll negative affixes that are countered by your class, build, gear, or tactical sense.
Diablo 4 Best Nightmare Sigils: Neutral Affixes
Double Bosses
- Spawns two bosses instead of one!
- If you’re confident in your abilities to beat the end-boss of a dungeon, this negative affix might actually prove to be a farming opportunity for additional drops.
Lightning Storm
- Lightning gathers above the player. Get into the protection dome to avoid severe outcomes.
- While being struck by lightning is annoying, the dome provides some respite if you can time it correctly.
Blood Blister
- Monster death will sometimes spawn a Blood Blister. After a short time, it explodes, dealing heavy area damage.
- If you can avoid the explosion, the area of effect damage will do you a service versus the monster hordes.
Nightmare Portals
- Red portals periodically spawn in the dungeon, unleashing more hellish demons from any region in Sanctuary.
- As long as your skills are up to it, more monsters to kill and farm is always a good thing, especially in conjunction with either of the looting and farming affixes.
Any Monster Damage Resistance Affixes
Monster Physical Resist
- Monsters take [15-30]% less Physical damage.
Monster Cold Resist
- Monsters take [20-40]% less Cold damage.
Monster Fire Resist
- Monsters take [20-40]% less Fire damage.
Monster Lightning Resist
- Monsters take [20-40]% less Lightning damage.
Monster Bleeding Resist
- Monsters take [30-60]% less Bleeding damage.
Monster Burning Resist
- Monsters take [30-60]% less Burning damage.
Monster Corruption Resist
- Monsters take [30-60]% less Corruption damage.
Monster Overpower Resist
- Monsters take [30-60]% less Overpower damage.
Monster Poison Resist
- Monsters take [30-60]% less Poison damage.
Monster Shadow Resist
- Monsters take [20-40]% less Shadow damage.
Melee Defenders
- Monsters take [20-40]% less damage from close targets.
Ranged Defenders
- Monsters take [30-60]% less damage from distant targets.
As long as your particular class and chosen skills aren’t actually dependent on one of these damage types anyway, the negative affix will have no impact whatsoever on the damage type that you do deal. Conversely, you can also hold on to Sigils with negative affixes that buff monster attacks with specific elemental damage (of which there are just as many as listed above), as long as your build and gear has the corresponding resistance.
That’s everything you need to know about rolling the best affixes on a Sigil to run Nightmare Dungeons in Diablo 4! Check out our guide on farming Helltides for Aberrant Cinders.
