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A group of Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred players hijacked the top leaderboard ranks not for glory, but to promote their expertise at making the strongest character builds

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(Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment) As fun as it is to see bigger damage numbers than you probably should in action RPGs, Blizzard has been able to keep players from completely trivializing Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred's satisfying character progression, and—most surprisingly—its work-in-progress competitive leaderboards system. Lord of Hatred has a mode called The Tower where you slay monsters to fill a progress bar as fast as you can. There are 150 levels of difficulty so players can measure how powerful their characters are compared to others on its leaderboards. Article continues below (Image credit: Tyler C. / Blizzard Entertainment) Marketing yourself through a leaderboard might get the attention of players who do actually care about that sort of thing, but the real challenge will be finding a foothold in Google (and YouTube) search results—which is where most people go looking for guides.…

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