If you've been playing the Lord of Hatred expansion since its April 28 launch, you'll know the mood has shifted fast. What started as the usual early-season mess has turned into something much stranger after the May 13 patch. Players who were still sorting out builds, farming gear, and checking prices for Diablo 4 runes suddenly found one legendary power taking over the conversation: Aspect of Glynn's Anvil. It was weak, awkward, and half-broken at launch. Now it's making some characters feel almost impossible to kill.

The Resolve problem everyone noticed

The issue sits with Resolve, a defensive mechanic that's meant to be helpful but controlled. Under normal conditions, it tops out at eight stacks. That gives you a nice buffer against heavy damage, especially in pits and boss fights, but it doesn't let you ignore the game. After the latest patch, though, players found ways to push the cap much higher through tempering, upgraded affixes, and some odd stat interactions. Instead of eight stacks, people are talking about 44 stacks, and in some cases even 58. That's not a small tuning mistake. That's the sort of jump that changes how the entire endgame feels.

Why Glynn's Anvil is suddenly ridiculous

Aspect of Glynn's Anvil is the piece that turns the bug from funny into broken. The power gives damage reduction for each Resolve stack, somewhere around 4% per stack depending on the setup. On paper, that sounds fine when you're working with the intended cap. Once the stack count gets pushed far beyond that, the numbers get silly. A character sitting at around 9 million toughness can spike past 50 million during combat. Hits that used to chunk your health bar now barely move it. A boss slam that might have dealt 30,000 damage can drop to something like 4,000. You still aren't truly immortal, because Diablo 4's mitigation math doesn't work that way, but it can feel close enough.

Paladins and Spiritborn are eating well

The biggest winners right now seem to be Paladin and Spiritborn players. Those classes already have strong defensive tools, so when Resolve starts stacking out of control, the result gets messy fast. Some builds are also pairing the setup with block-focused powers, pushing block chance toward 100% in practical play. That means players can stand in attacks they'd normally dodge, tank mechanics that should punish sloppy movement, and farm higher pit tiers with far less stress. It's fun, no question. It also makes the game feel weird. When danger disappears, a lot of the build planning does too.

Enjoy it, but don't bet your stash on it

If you're new because you grabbed the game through the May Humble Choice deal, it's tempting to chase this setup straight away. I get it. Nobody wants to feel underpowered when other players are face-tanking endgame bosses. Still, this looks like a bug, not a balance choice. Blizzard hasn't said much yet, but exploits that flatten endgame difficulty usually don't survive for long. Before you spend every last material rerolling gear or looking to buy cheap Diablo 4 runes for a build that may get hit by a hotfix, keep some safer gear in your stash. The power trip is real, but it probably has an expiry date.