The world's fastest Diablo 4 player won't tell you his secret because he's still trying to figure it out too

Mekuna holds the top rank in the world for Diablo 4's new challenge dungeon, The Gauntlet, but he's not done pushing for a better score.

Despite sitting firmly in rank 1 above every single Diablo 4 player in the world right now with a score of 1.1M, Mekuna is busy trying to push it to 1.2M. «I think there is always room for improvements/optimization,» he told PC Gamer. «Someone could optimize their path/gear better, and anything could happen.»

Blizzard released The Gauntlet yesterday and everyone is still working out the fastest way through the 8-minute dungeon. All the bosses and monsters in it are the same every run, but your character's gear and build dictate your approach. Sorcerer players, like Mekuna, are all using Teleport to blast through the dungeon quickly, but the other skills they use vary.

You can view the current gear and build players are using on the leaderboards to get an idea of what's popular. Most people in the top 10 are using variants of the lightning-based builds that Mekuna and a few others already theorized would be effective in The Gauntlet. Mekuna, however, has decided to keep his current setup a secret because he believes theorycrafting a build is part of the competition.

Mekuna says he's tried several different sorcerer builds so far—and plans to test more—but thinks you'll have the most success with one centered around the most popular lightning skills: Arc Lash, Ball Lightning, or a hybrid of the two. No other builds can compete with their attack speed and synergy when using Teleport to jump from monster to monster.

You'll also need exceptional gear, too, which Mekuna says was a bigger factor than he expected it to be. This is because the Gauntlet is full of shrine pillars that give you powerful buffs to play around. One of them causes monsters to drop more items that increase your score, which means you want to maximize your benefits from it before it runs out.

«The first thing I tested was if the pillars benefit from „shrine buff