Diablo 4 Players Are Timing Boss Fights — And the Results Are Painful

Waiting is part of the grind in Diablo 4, but how much of your time is actually wasted just standing around?

Reddit user Sad_Dig3597 tracked the “dead time” during Season 8 boss fights, that means loading screens, intro animations, cutscene delays, and post-death animations. Basically, everything except the fight itself.

Some Bosses Waste Over a Minute of Your Time Each!

If you’re farming the Harbinger of Hatred, Duriel, or Andariel, you’re losing more than a full minute per run to non-combat fluff. Here’s the full breakdown from the experiment:

1. Harbinger of Hatred – 1:20.03
2. Duriel – 1:16.54
3. Andariel – 1:00.15
4. Belial – 0:21.26
5. Grigoire – 0:19.09
6. Beast in the Ice – 0:18.17
7. Lord Zir – 0:18.31
8. Varshan – 0:15.52
9. Urivar – 0:13.88

That’s over 5 minutes of wasted time if you’re farming all of them! The player also created a video with timers for all the encounters that you can watch here.

Source: Reddit