Antosha (Anton Stepanov)
Antosha has played World of Warcraft for over 15 years, across PvP, raids, and seasonal content. He's an 11-time Rank 1 Gladiator and a regular competitor in Blizzard's official PvP tournaments, and a former official Blizzard tournament caster who called Arena matches live for the WoW community.
Away from arena, he's raided at a high level for years, with deep experience in modern Mythic progression and the endgame eras before it. On NextTier he writes guides about what wins games at the top of the ladder: meta picks, comps, real cutoffs, and the small things most guides skip past.
Articles by Antosha (197)
Diablo 4 Bloodless Scream (S14): Effect, Necro Build & Farm
Full Bloodless Scream guide for Diablo 4 Season 14: exact effect and freeze mechanics, the stats and affixes to chase, the Darkness Necromancer build and pairings, where to farm it, and how to Temper and upgrade it to Mythic.
Diablo 4 Doombringer (S14): Sword Effect, Changes & Is It Worth It
Full Doombringer guide for Diablo 4 Season 14: its exact Shadow and damage-reduction effect, the affixes and stats to chase, whether the defensive 1H sword is worth using, the builds that want it, where to farm it, and how to craft it.
Diablo 4 Andariel's Visage (S14): Poison Nova Effect & Farm
Full Andariel's Visage guide for Diablo 4 Season 14: its exact poison nova effect and mechanics, the stats and affixes to chase, the poison Rogue build and pairings, where to farm it, and how to craft and upgrade it.
Diablo 4 Tyrael's Might (S14): Effect, Changes & Is It Worth It
Full Tyrael's Might guide for Diablo 4 Season 14: its Divine Barrage and 20% Damage Reduction effect, what the 3.1 rework and bug fix changed, the guaranteed affixes and stats, whether it is worth using, and how to craft it.
Diablo 4 Shroud of False Death (S14): Cheat Death & Nerfs
Full Shroud of False Death guide for Diablo 4 Season 14: its cheat-death effect, the 3.1 nerfs (lost +1 passives, disabled until town), the affixes, whether it is still worth using, where to farm it, and how to craft it.
Diablo 4 Heir of Perdition (S14): Nerf, Effect & Is It Worth It
Everything about Heir of Perdition in Diablo 4 Season 14: its Mother's Favor effect cut from 80% to 15%, the lost Critical Strike Chance, why a legacy copy is secretly better, whether it is still worth using, and how to get it.
Diablo 4 Harlequin Crest (Shako) S14: Effect, Builds & Farm
Everything about the Harlequin Crest (Shako) in Diablo 4 Season 14: its reworked +6 All Skills effect and lost Damage Reduction, whether it is still good, the builds that use it, where it drops, and the Blacksmith recipe that targets it.
Diablo 4 War Plans (Season 14): Best Nodes for Every Activity
The complete Diablo 4 Season 14 War Plans guide: how the system and reward tiers work, Group War Plans and refreshing for Mythic nodes, the activity tier list, and the best skill-tree nodes for Helltides, Undercity, Lair Bosses, Nightmare Dungeons, the Pit and more.
Diablo 4 Paragon Leveling (Season 14): Fastest XP & Glyphs
The fastest way to level Paragon in Diablo 4 Season 14: reach the Level 70 cap, farm all 342 Paragon Points from the densest high-Torment content, and level your Glyphs to 150 in The Pit - with an advanced Hellwyrm XP method.
Diablo 4 Across the Threshold (S14): Realmwalker Quest Guide
How to complete Across the Threshold in Diablo 4 Season 14: force a guaranteed Realmwalker at the world event south-east of Zarbinzet, clear the Deathtoll Chamber, return to Dannica, and unlock the Corrupted Reaper and Mythic farm.
Diablo 4 Ring of Starless Skies (S14): Effect & Builds
Everything about Ring of Starless Skies in Diablo 4 Season 14: its resource-spend damage effect, why it is still best-in-slot for many builds, which classes use it, where it drops, and the Blacksmith recipe that targets it.
Diablo 4 The Grandfather (S14): Effect, Builds & How to Get
Everything about The Grandfather in Diablo 4 Season 14: its Critical Strike Damage and Chance effect, why it is the top Iconic Mythic, the Barbarian and Necromancer builds that use it, where it drops, and the Blacksmith recipe that targets it.