Antosha

Antosha (Anton Stepanov)

NextTier Guides Author

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 Ramaladni's Magnum Opus (S14): Effect & Builds

Diablo 4 Ramaladni's Magnum Opus (S14): Effect & Builds

Everything about Ramaladni's Magnum Opus in Diablo 4 Season 14: the per-Fury damage effect, why it scales with Maximum Fury and pairs with Melted Heart of Selig, the best Barbarian builds, where it drops, and how to farm or craft it fast.

~5 min
Diablo 4 Melted Heart of Selig (Season 14): Effect & Build

Diablo 4 Melted Heart of Selig (Season 14): Effect & Build

Everything about Melted Heart of Selig in Diablo 4 Season 14: how the low-Life immortal Whirlwind Barbarian loop works, why you run zero Maximum Life, the Ramaladni's Magnum Opus damage synergy, where it drops, and how to craft or farm it fast.

~6 min
Diablo 4 Tibault's Will (Season 14): Effect, Drops & Builds

Diablo 4 Tibault's Will (Season 14): Effect, Drops & Builds

Everything about Tibault's Will in Diablo 4 Season 14: the 15-20% Unstoppable damage and 50 Primary Resource effect, guaranteed affixes, the best Unstoppable builds, where it drops in the General Unique Pool, the fastest Horadric Cube farm, and how to upgrade it to Mythic.

~6 min
WoW Midnight Best Addons: Raids, Mythic+, PvP & Gold

WoW Midnight Best Addons: Raids, Mythic+, PvP & Gold

The full list of best WoW Midnight addons after the Secret Values reset - what survived for raids, Mythic+, PvP, healing, gold, UI and quality of life (DBM, BigWigs, OmniCD, Details!, Raider.IO, Mythic Dungeon Tools, WarpDeplete, VuhDo, ElvUI, WeakAuras and more), with CurseForge links.

~15 min
Diablo 4 Season 14 Lair Keys Guide: All Keys & Farming

Diablo 4 Season 14 Lair Keys Guide: All Keys & Farming

The complete Diablo 4 Season 14 Lair Keys guide: what Lair, Greater and Superior Lair Keys open, the Initiate-Greater-Exalted boss ladder, where each key drops (Helltides, Initiate bosses, Deathtoll Chambers), Stygian Stones, and which key to farm first.

~4 min
Diablo 4 Season 14 Best Gems & Gem Farming Guide

Diablo 4 Season 14 Best Gems & Gem Farming Guide

The complete Diablo 4 Season 14 gems guide: the best gem for every weapon damage type, armor and jewelry picks, the full tier ladder up to Flawless Horadric, how sockets and gem-versus-rune interactions work, and the fastest ways to farm gems.

~5 min
Diablo 4 Season 14 Loot Farming: Best Methods & Full Loop

Diablo 4 Season 14 Loot Farming: Best Methods & Full Loop

The complete Diablo 4 Season 14 loot farming guide: the best farms for Obols, gold, masterworking materials, gems, Mythic Uniques and Pandemonium Fragments, from Nightmare Dungeon Escalations and Kurast Undercity to Lair Bosses and the Corrupted Reaper, plus the full farming loop.

~6 min
Diablo 4 Season 14 Infernal Hordes Farming Guide

Diablo 4 Season 14 Infernal Hordes Farming Guide

The complete Diablo 4 Season 14 Infernal Hordes farming guide: how to unlock and run it, how to maximize Burning Aether, which Spoils of Hell to pick for gold, Obducite or gear, the Fell Council versus Bartuc choice, and the mistakes that waste your runs.

~6 min
Diablo 4 Season 14 Gold Farming: Fastest Methods

Diablo 4 Season 14 Gold Farming: Fastest Methods

The fastest gold farming methods in Diablo 4 Season 14: the new 999,999,999,999 gold cap, the best high-density farms (Helltides, Infernal Hordes, Pandemonium Ruptures), selling Horadric Seals, the sell-versus-salvage rule, the biggest gold sinks, and a day-1 routine.

~6 min
Diablo 4 Season 14 Torment 12: How to Reach It Fast

Diablo 4 Season 14 Torment 12: How to Reach It Fast

The fastest route to Torment 12 in Diablo 4 Season 14: unlock Legendary Nodes in Penitent, scavenge vendor gear, loop Seers Reach for set charms, hit the survivability targets, farm Pandemonium Fragments, and rebuild your Paragon board - with the full Torment ladder and mercenary picks.

~7 min
Diablo 4 Season 14: Ruptures, Realmwalkers & Loot Guide

Diablo 4 Season 14: Ruptures, Realmwalkers & Loot Guide

The complete Diablo 4 Season 14 endgame loop: Pandemonium Ruptures, Realmwalkers, Deathtoll Chambers, Betrayer's Husks and the Corrupted Reaper, plus how it all feeds Mythic Uniques 3.0, the fastest War Plans leveling, and the optimal farm routine.

~6 min
Diablo 4 Season 14 Runewords Tier List and Best Runes

Diablo 4 Season 14 Runewords Tier List and Best Runes

The best runes and runewords for Diablo 4 Season 14, tier-ranked. How the Ritual plus Invocation system works, S-tier combos like IgniXan and BacJah, the best Invocation and Ritual runes, per-class picks, and where to farm runes.

~5 min