Best Legendary and Set Items in Patch 2.1

An archive of the most popular Diablo III equipment during patch 2.1.0 and patch 2.1.1

Note: this is historical data! These charts show the best Legendary and Set items for level 70 characters in Diablo III who played during patch 2.1.0 and patch 2.1.1.
Select a Diablo III class below, to see the historical most popular armor and weapons for that class.
See the Best Items for All Classes section below for items that were the most popular across all the classes in patch 2.1. View the current charts of Top Legendary and Set Items for the items that are most popular right now.

Best Items for All Classes

The charts here list the Legendary and Set items that were the most popular across all classes in Diablo III during patch 2.1.0 and patch 2.1.1. These charts contain the best Legendary items across all the Diablo III classes, while the class-specific pages list the best items for each individual class.
This data is based on account and character scans of over 5 million Diablo III characters.
There are three charts of items, representing three groups of level 70 Diablo III characters:
1. Most Popular Items in the Top 25% - Softcore level 70 characters who were in the top 25% of elite monster kills.
2. Most Popular Items in the Lower 75% - Softcore level 70 characters who were in the lower 75% of elite monster kills.
3. Most Popular Items in Hardcore - Hardcore level 70 characters, regardless of elite monster kills.
This is a snapshot of historical data from characters during patch 2.1. See the current charts of Top Legendary and Set Items for the recent data.

Charts Last Updated: January 22, 2015

These were the most popular Legendary and Set items used by softcore level 70 Diablo III characters of all classes, who were among the top 25% for Elite Monster Kills.
These best Diablo III items are ranked by popularity, under the Total % column.
The columns on the right show the percentage of Top 25% characters in each class who were wearing that item.

Item		Total %	Slot	Barbarian %	Crusader %	Demon Hunter %	Monk %	Witch Doctor %	Wizard %
1	Ring of Royal Grandeur	68.1	Finger	65.4	62.5	84.5	71.5	63.8	62.1
2	Stone of Jordan	40.4	Finger	41.4	35.8	43.9	27.7	38.0	54.4
3	Strongarm Bracers	23.5	Wrists	35.3	22.4	6.7	16.2	31.6	35.3
4	Reaper's Wraps	22.1	Wrists	14.0	41.0	26.5	10.7	4.0	9.1
5	The Witching Hour	21.0	Waist	4.3	8.0	50.9	18.4	25.4	21.8
6	Pauldrons of Akkhan	20.8	Shoulders		70.3
7	Gauntlets of Akkhan	20.5	Hands		69.3
8	Breastplate of Akkhan	19.9	Torso		67.5
9	Aughild's Search	19.6	Wrists	15.5	8.8	3.3	49.0	44.3	25.5
10	Cuisses of Akkhan	18.9	Legs		63.8
11	Sabatons of Akkhan	18.8	Feet		63.4
12	Tasker and Theo	18.5	Hands	2.5	0.8	63.6	0.2	47.0	2.6
13	Unity	17.2	Finger	21.1	14.1	17.3	19.5	14.3	20.2
14	Marauder's Spines	17.1	Shoulders			89.8
15	Marauder's Encasement	17.0	Legs			89.1
16	Marauder's Treads	16.6	Feet			87.2
17	Marauder's Visage	16.4	Head			86.1
18	Marauder's Carapace	15.7	Torso			82.5
19	Aughild's Power	14.8	Shoulders	12.4	7.4	2.5	13.3	47.1	22.9
20	Leoric's Crown	13.9	Head	21.4	30.3	1.3	10.8	0.4	3.8
21	Bombadier's Rucksack	13.3	Off-Hand			69.7
22	Helm of Akkhan	12.0	Head		40.6
23	Magefist	11.3	Hands	10.5	5.8	9.8	5.6	3.9	33.4
24	Cindercoat	11.3	Torso	16.3	6.0	7.4	3.7	2.5	33.1
25	Ouroboros	9.5	Neck	10.8	10.3	9.5	7.3	10.2	7.7
Item		Total %	Slot	Barbarian %	Crusader %	Demon Hunter %	Monk %	Witch Doctor %	Wizard %

These were the most popular Legendary and Set items used by softcore level 70 Diablo III characters of all classes, who were among the lower 75% of Elite Monster Kills.
The items are listed by total popularity under the Total % column.
The columns on the right list the percentage of Lower 75% characters of each class who are wearing that item.

Item		Total %	Slot	Barbarian %	Crusader %	Demon Hunter %	Monk %	Witch Doctor %	Wizard %
1	Ring of Royal Grandeur	47.0	Finger	45.2	32.6	55.9	51.2	47.7	42.2
2	Stone of Jordan	20.4	Finger	20.8	11.5	23.0	15.4	22.7	24.4
3	Aughild's Search	18.7	Wrists	12.9	10.0	6.5	33.8	28.4	17.6
4	Strongarm Bracers	15.6	Wrists	21.0	9.8	7.1	14.8	22.5	17.8
5	Aughild's Power	14.7	Shoulders	11.5	10.5	6.1	11.8	29.5	16.9
6	Reaper's Wraps	14.2	Wrists	13.8	21.7	23.3	9.7	7.0	11.8
7	Marauder's Spines	12.4	Shoulders			60.9
8	Marauder's Encasement	12.1	Legs			59.7
9	Marauder's Treads	11.6	Feet			56.9
10	Marauder's Visage	11.5	Head			56.7
11	Magefist	11.4	Hands	10.2	7.1	11.7	6.5	6.1	24.5
12	Hellcat Waistguard	11.4	Waist	5.8	8.8	18.4	8.4	12.4	11.3
13	Marauder's Carapace	10.8	Torso			53.2
14	Blackthorne's Jousting Mail	10.4	Legs	9.5	10.5	5.1	13.4	16.0	8.5
15	Aughild's Rule	10.3	Torso	6.5	7.2	2.1	28.7	12.6	4.5
16	Tasker and Theo	10.1	Hands	1.4	0.6	27.5	0.3	21.5	1.2
17	Leoric's Signet	8.9	Finger	9.5	9.8	8.4	9.1	6.8	10.3
18	Cindercoat	8.8	Torso	11.4	4.9	7.8	3.8	2.7	20.5
19	Blackthorne's Notched Belt	8.5	Waist	5.8	7.8	6.6	10.8	13.0	6.6
20	The Witching Hour	8.5	Waist	2.6	2.8	18.2	6.5	8.5	7.8
21	Bombadier's Rucksack	8.4	Off-Hand			41.5
22	Blackthorne's Surcoat	8.3	Torso	10.8	13.2	3.2	12.0	8.3	5.9
23	Ouroboros	8.3	Neck	9.0	7.1	9.7	7.1	9.0	7.2
24	Blackthorne's Duncraig Cross	8.1	Neck	7.8	7.3	9.0	10.7	7.3	6.3
25	Blackthorne's Spurs	7.9	Feet	6.2	8.1	3.3	15.2	9.9	5.7
Item		Total %	Slot	Barbarian %	Crusader %	Demon Hunter %	Monk %	Witch Doctor %	Wizard %

These were the most popular Legendary and Set items used by Hardcore level 70 Diablo III characters of all classes, regardless of Elite Monster Kills.
The items are ranked by total popularity under the Total % column.
The columns on the right list the percentage of Hardcore characters of each class who are wearing the item.

Item		Total %	Slot	Barbarian %	Crusader %	Demon Hunter %	Monk %	Witch Doctor %	Wizard %
1	Ring of Royal Grandeur	57.1	Finger	56.3	53.9	65.9	59.5	54.4	52.0
2	Aughild's Search	24.1	Wrists	21.7	13.5	10.9	38.7	39.9	23.1
3	Stone of Jordan	20.3	Finger	19.1	19.4	23.1	13.8	18.9	26.7
4	Aughild's Power	19.9	Shoulders	19.7	12.7	9.5	16.3	41.2	20.9
5	Reaper's Wraps	17.4	Wrists	15.0	35.4	20.7	11.0	6.7	11.8
6	Blackthorne's Notched Belt	13.8	Waist	8.3	10.4	14.2	16.3	20.4	11.9
7	Blackthorne's Jousting Mail	13.6	Legs	13.8	10.4	6.5	16.5	24.2	11.1
8	Blackthorne's Duncraig Cross	12.1	Neck	11.0	9.8	15.1	13.6	12.6	10.1
9	Marauder's Encasement	12.1	Legs			62.7
10	Marauder's Spines	12.1	Shoulders			62.6
11	Aughild's Rule	11.6	Torso	8.9	7.9	3.4	30.1	15.6	6.4
12	Marauder's Visage	11.6	Head			60.4
13	Marauder's Treads	11.3	Feet			58.8
14	Blackthorne's Surcoat	10.8	Torso	13.5	12.1	4.5	14.8	13.8	7.8
15	Marauder's Carapace	10.8	Torso			55.9
16	Strongarm Bracers	10.7	Wrists	15.0	9.3	4.6	9.6	12.7	15.2
17	Tasker and Theo	10.0	Hands	2.0	1.1	27.7	0.2	22.2	1.0
18	Blackthorne's Spurs	9.9	Feet	8.3	7.8	4.7	19.1	12.6	8.2
19	Magefist	9.4	Hands	8.0	5.8	8.6	5.2	5.6	24.1
20	Leoric's Crown	9.4	Head	9.0	23.3	4.2	11.3	2.3	5.2
21	Bombadier's Rucksack	9.2	Off-Hand			47.8
22	Leoric's Signet	8.9	Finger	10.1	9.3	7.8	9.5	7.3	9.9
23	Unity	8.6	Finger	8.5	7.7	10.9	8.0	6.8	9.5
24	Gauntlets of Akkhan	8.6	Hands		44.5
25	Pauldrons of Akkhan	8.5	Shoulders		43.8
Item		Total %	Slot	Barbarian %	Crusader %	Demon Hunter %	Monk %	Witch Doctor %	Wizard %

Want more data from patch 2.1? See the Archive of Data for Patch 2.1 for other charts.