General

Aspect of Heavenly Strength

• Damage reduction reduced from 30-40% to 20-30%.
• Now available to Spiritborn.

Eluding Aspect

• Previous: Becoming Crowd Controlled while Injured grants you Unstoppable for 4 seconds. This effect has a 6-4 second Cooldown.
• Now: Becoming Crowd Controlled grants you Unstoppable and 10-15% Damage Reduction for 4 seconds. This effect has a 6 second cooldown.

Aspect of Audacity

• Previous: When there are at least 5 Close enemies, Stun them for 3-5 seconds. Can only occur once every 20 seconds.
• Now: When there are at least 5 Close enemies, Stun them for 5 seconds. Can only occur once every 20 seconds. Gain 15-20% damage reduction against Close enemies.

Aspect of Rallying Reversal

• Previous: You have a 60-80% chance to gain 1 Ferocity when you Crowd Control an enemy or apply any Stagger to a Boss.
• Now: When you Crowd Control an enemy or apply any Stagger to a Boss, gain 1 Ferocity and 10-15% Damage Reduction for 4 seconds.

Aspect of the Expectant

• Damage bonus per Basic attack increased from 4-6% to 6-8%, stacking up to 10 times.

Wyward's Aspect

• Previous: Lucky Hit - Lightning damage has up to a 25-35% chance to Stun enemies for 1.5 seconds.
• Now: Gain 50%[+] Lightning Resistance. Lucky Hit - Lightning damage has up to a 25-35% chance to Stun enemies for 1.

Uniques

Azurewrath

• No longer Explodes enemies and instead only damages the frozen target.
• Damage increased from 100-120% to 120-150%.

Barbarian

Skills

Core stat scalar reduced from 1.1 to 0.8.

Developer’s Note: This change reduces Damage per 10 points of Strength from 1.1% to 0.8%. We're continuing to evaluate how the balance of each class holistically differs, and the core stat scalar helps adjust for some of these differences.

Rallying Cry: Madawc Variant

• Damage decreased from 200% to 100%.

Call of the Ancients

• Madawc damage decreased from 240% to 120%.

Class Mechanic

Two-Handed Sword Expertise

• Bleeding bonus decreased from 30%[x] to 15%[x].

Paragon

Disembowel Glyph

• Damage decreased from 20%[x] to 15%[x].

Crusher Glyph

• Damage decreased from 20%[x] to 15%[x].

Hemorrhage Node

• Damage decreased from 75%[x] to 60%[x].

Blood Rage Node

• Damage decreased from 60%[x] to 45%[x].

Flawless Technique Node

• Damage decreased from 50%[x] to 45%[x].

Legendary Aspects

Writhing Aspect

• Damage decreased from 7.5-12.5%[x] to 6-9%[x].

Battle-Mad Aspect

• Damage bonus reduced from 15-20% to 10-15%.

Raid Leader's Aspect

• Now also grants 7-10% Damage Reduction.

Uniques

Ring of the Ravenous

• Duration decreased from 6-8 to 4-6 seconds and Damage decreased from 60-80% to 40-60%.
• Now only applies 1 stack of Rend.
• Cooldown decreased from 1 second to 0.5 seconds.
• If Scorching Variant is selected with Rend, it will create a wave of fire instead of Bleeding the target.

Ring of Red Furor

• Fury requirement to activate guaranteed Critical Strike bonuses reduced from 100 to 30 Fury.
• Bonus Critical Strike Damage is increased by an additional 1%[x] for each Fury above 30 used to apply this bonus.

Nomad's Longing Heart

• Double damage bonus now also includes Healthy enemies.

Ramaladni's Magnum Opus

• Now drains 10% of Maximum Fury instead of 10 Fury Per Second.

Rage of Harrogath

• Cooldown Reduction reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds.

Druid

Core stat scalar increased from 1.25 to 1.625.

Developer’s Note: This change increases Damage per 10 points of Willpower from 1.25% to 1.625%. We're continuing to evaluate how the balance of each class holistically differs, and the core stat scalar helps adjust for some of these differences.

Human Form

• Previous: Gain 5 Spirit per second and 15% Cooldown Reduction.
• Now: Gain 15% Resource Regeneration and 15% Cooldown Reduction.
• Damage increased to 10%[x] on applicable skills.

Legendary Aspects

Shifter's Aspect

• Now grants 7-10% Damage Reduction for 5 seconds when shifting into any form.

Uniques

Greatstaff of the Crone

• Damage increased from 60-80%[x] to 120-150%[x].

Fleshrender

• Damage bonus from returning Tornadoes increased from 40-50%[x] to 100-135%[x].

Gathlen's Birthright

• Now also grants Cyclone Armor's passive, but Damage Reduction only applies if you are in Human form.

Might of the Ursine

• Damage bonus reduced from 10-13%[x] to 2-4%[x] and now only applies to Werebear skills.

Airidah's Inexorable Will

• Damage increased from 7-10%[x] to 30-45%[x].

Talisman

Storm Shepherd's Call

• 2-Piece Set Bonus:
  • Damage per consumed Spirit decreased from 0.5% to 0.25%.
  • Maximum damage bonus increased from 60% to 80%.
  • No longer stacks more than once, but can be refreshed.
  • Duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds.

Nafain's Bestiary

• 2-Piece Set Bonus: Cooldown on Battle Roar reduced to 5 seconds.
• 5-Piece Set Bonus: Now also increases Companion Damage by 250%[x]. Your Companions now slightly grow in size.

Rush of the Red Wolf Moon

• Feral Rage now requires a target to Dash.

Necromancer

Core stat scalar increased from 1.25 to 1.625.

Developer’s Note: This change increases Damage per 10 points of Intelligence from 1.25% to 1.625%. We're continuing to evaluate how the balance of each class holistically differs, and the core stat scalar helps adjust for some of these differences.

Skills

Sever

• Updated projectile targeting so that it more consistently hits your primary target with both the initial projectile damage as well as the scythe attack.
• Reaping Lotus Variant:
  • Slightly increased the Radius of the secondary attacks.
  • Damage increased from 40% to 60%.

Bone Prison

• Plunging Darkness Variant’s Desecrated Ground damage increased from 300% to 450%.

Blood Wave

• Path of Darkness Variant’s Desecrated Ground damage increased from 600% to 800%.

Blight

• Piercing Darkness Variant now also increases Blight's damage against Bosses by 75%.
• Whirlpool Variant now also reduces Blight's Essence cost by 10.

Soulrift

• Damage increased from 300% to 350%.
• Soul Vortex Variant now also reduces Soulrift's Cooldown by 15 seconds.

Talisman

Peace of the Black Shroud

• 2-Piece Set Bonus: Duration reduced from 30 seconds to 10 seconds.

Radamant's Desecration

• 2-Piece Set Bonus: Damage increased from 30% to 50%.
• 5-Piece Set Bonus: Damage increased from 225% to 250%.

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Debilitating Darkness

• Desecrated Ground damage bonus increased from 15-25% to 30-40%.

Aspect of Necrotic Carapace

• Previous: When a Corpse is formed from your Skills or your Minions, Fortify for 5-7% of your Maximum Life.
• Now: Gain 10-15% Damage Reduction. When a Corpse is formed from your Skills or your Minions Fortify for 7% of your Maximum Life.

Aspect of Shielding Bones

• All Resistance increased from 20-30% to 30-40%.

Aspect of the Embalmer

• Blood Orb Healing increased from 30-45% to 60-75%.

Uniques

Ebonpiercer

• Damage increased from 40-50% to 60-70%.

The Unmaker

• Damage increased from 200-250% to 300-350%.

Paladin

• Core stat scalar increased from 1.25 to 1.625.

Developer’s Note: This change increases Damage per 10 points of Strength from 1.25% to 1.625%. We're continuing to evaluate how the balance of each class holistically differs, and the core stat scalar helps adjust for some of these differences.

• Damage Over Time affixes no longer usable and no longer appear on items for Paladins.
• X'fal's Corroded Signet is no longer equippable for Paladins.

Skills

Holy Bolt

• Judgement Upgrade
  • Changed Upgrade name from Judgement to Damage Increase.
  • Previous: Holy Bolt now applies Judgement.
  • Now: Holy Bolt deals 20%[x] increased damage.

Blessed Shield

• Shield of Justice Variant
  • Previous: Blessed Shield detonates Judgement and ricochets 5 additional times. Whenever Blessed Shield detonates Judgement, it empowers your next throw to deal 40%[x] increased damage, up to a maximum 5 times.
  • Now: Blessed Shield detonates Judgement and ricochets 5 additional times. Whenever Blessed Shield detonates Judgement, it empowers your next throw of Blessed Shield to deal 40%[x] increased damage, up to a maximum 5 times and it increases your Judgement damage by 50%[x] for 5 seconds.

Spear of the Heavens

• Fist of the Heavens Variant
  • Enemies hit by the main impact can now also be hit by one of the additional projectiles.
  • Enemies can now only be damaged by one of the additional projectiles.

Class Mechanic

Judicator Oath

• Added Effect: If Judgement only hits 1 enemy, it deals 100% increased damage.

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Watkin's Law

• Previous: Your Judicator Skills deal 45-65% increased damage to enemies affected by Judgement.
• Now: While using the Judicator Oath, Judicator Skills deal 45-65% increased damage to enemies affected by Judgement, then consume and reapply Judgement. Consuming and reapplying can only happen once every 3 seconds per enemy.

Aspect of the Judicator

• Judgement's damage and size bonus increased from 40-60% to 60-80%.

Uniques

Cathedral Song

• Previous: Lucky Hit - Casting Disciple Skills has up to a 8-10% chance to call down Spear of the Heavens onto a random enemy. Your Spear of the Heavens damage is increased by 80-100%.
• Now: Consuming Judgement 100 times calls down Spear of the Heavens onto a random enemy. Judgement on Bosses counts as 10. Your Spear of the Heavens damage is increased by 80-100%.

Talisman

Heaven's Radiant Fire

• 5-Piece Set Bonus:
  • Previous: Increases Judgement Day's maximum number of stacks to 40.
  • Now: Judgement Day's damage bonus is increased to 25%[x] and maximum number of stacks is increased to 20.

Rogue

Skills

Dash

• Shadow Play Variant
  • Changed Variant name from Shadow Play to Echo.

Smoke Grenade

• Shade Grenade Variant
  • Now gains Combo Point damage and Shade damage bonuses if using Combo Points.

Paragon

Tricks of the Trade

• Previous: Enemies damaged by your Marksman Skills take 60%[x] increased damage from your Cutthroat Skills, and vice versa.
• Now: Enemies damaged by your Marksman, Cutthroat, Mobility, or Trap Skills take 20%[x] increased damage each.

Legendary Aspects

Grenadier's Aspect

• Increased damage from 35-50%[x] to 45-60%[x], and 52.5-75%[x] to 75-100%[x] against Crowd Controlled enemies.

Aspect of Artful Initiative

• Damage increased from 25-30%[x] to 40-50%[x].

Aspect of Poisonous Clouds

• Added effect: Poisoned enemies deal 7-10%[x] less damage to you.

Uniques

Pitfighter's Gull

• Increased damage from 7.5-10%[x] to 15-20%[x].

Condemnation

• Added effect: Generating Combo Points allows you to generate the same amount of Combo Points for 1 second when you spend them.

Talisman

Nilfur's Narrow Eye

• 5-Piece Set Bonus: Marksman Skill range increased.

Applied Alchemy

• 5-Piece Set Bonus: Damage increased from 200%[x] to 250%[x].

Sorcerer

Core stat scalar increased from 1.25 to 1.625.

Developer’s Note: This change increases Damage per 10 points of Intelligence from 1.25% to 1.625%. We're continuing to evaluate how the balance of each class holistically differs, and the core stat scalar helps adjust for some of these differences.

Skills

Firewall

• Ring of Fire Variant
  • Now only affected by Direct Damage from Pyromancy Skills.
  • Will now spawn on you if used from the Enchantment.

Frozen Orb

• Great Orbs of Fire Variant
  • Now only consumes 1 stack of Overpower to explode 3 times.

Fireball

• Frostball Variant
  • No longer requires enemies to be Frozen to create Ice Spikes.
  • Reduced amount of Ice Spikes from 5 to 3.
  • Damage decreased from 170% to 85%.

Ball Lightning

• Orbital Variant
  • Can now be cast while moving.

Paragon

Pyromaniac Glyph

• Maximum Damage bonus reduced from 18%[x] to 15%[x].

Enchantment Master Legendary Node

• Damage increase reduced from 100%[x] to 60%[x].
• Removed increased damage for second Enchantment if it is a different element.

Developer’s Note: We want to simplify this node by removing the need to decide if having different elemental enchantments was worth more than having the same elemental enchantments.

Legendary Aspects

Shivering Aspect

• Damage increased from 60-90%[x] to 90-120%[x].

Frozen Wake Aspect

• Damage increased from 2-3%[x] up to 60-90%[x] to 3-4%[x] up to 90-120%[x].

Blasting Aspect

• Damage increased from 60-90%[x] to 80-100%[x].
• Normalized ranks to 21.

Elemental Constellation

• Damage reduced from 80-120%[x] to 45-60%[x].
• Normalized ranks to 21.

Uniques

Blue Rose

• Damage increased from 40-60%[x] to 80-100%[x].

Talisman

Tirahj's Uncanny Insight

• Added a 60%[x] Conjuration bonus damage multiplier to the 2-Piece Set Bonus.
• 5-Piece Set Bonus: Damage increased from 175%[x] to 200%[x].

Breath of the Frozen Sea

• 3-Piece Set Bonus: Increased Maximum Life and Barrier Generation from 20% to 30%.
• 5-Piece Set Bonus: Now also reduces Mana Cost of Frost skills by 30%.

Spiritborn

Skills

Rock Splitter

• 3rd attack damage increased from 80% to 110%.
• Inner Ferocity damage increased from 75% to 100%.

Thunderspike

• 3rd attack damage increased from 65% to 90%.
• Infected Ground damage increased from 40% to 60%.

Thrash

• 3rd attack damage increased from 70% to 100%.
• Storm Conjurer Variant
  • 3rd attack damage increased from 100% to 135%.
  • Spirit Storm damage increased from 100% to 200%.

Withering Fist

• 3rd attack damage Poisoning damage increased from 65% to 85%.
• Fist of the Forest Variant
  • Damage increased from 50% to 150%.

Counterattack

• Counterattack of the Swarm Variant
  • Pestilent Swarm damage reduced from 150% to 75%.

Paragon

New Paragon Board: Swarm of Storms

• Legendary Node
  • Swarm of Storms: Skills that create Pestilent Swarms and Spirit Storms deal 80%[x] increased damage. Your Storm Feathers deal 150% increased damage.
• Rare Nodes
  • Avian: +10% Eagle Skill Damage, +10 Dexterity
  • Arthropodal: +10% Centipede Skill Damage, +10 Dexterity
  • Flash Fire: +10% Damage, +1.3% Attack Speed
  • Haven: +3.0% Total Armor, 4.0% Maximum Life
  • Training: +3.0% Resistance to All Elements, 4.0% Maximum Life
  • Sentinel: 2.5% Lucky Hit Chance, +3.0% Resistance to All Elements

Talon Glyph

• Eagle Critical Strike damage increased from 15% to 25%.

Jagged Plume Glyph

• Bonus Movement Speed per Storm Feather reduced from 5% to 2%.
• Maximum Stacks increased from 5 to 10.

Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Endless Talons

• Damage increased from 80-100% to 100-120% of Spirit Storm's damage.

Aspect of Fleet Wings

• Eagle Skill damage increased from 20-30% to 25-35% of your Movement Speed.

Aspect of Combined Strikes

• Damage bonus per unique Basic skill increased from 25-35% to 30-40%.

Raider's Aspect

• Previous: Heal for 10-15% of your Maximum Life when you Poison a Healthy enemy.
• Now: Heal for 10-15% of your Maximum Life when you Poison a Healthy enemy. Gain 50%[+] Poison Resistance.

Warlock

Skills

Metamorphosis

• Destruction Demon Variant
  • Now applies burning when any type of Skill is cast.
  • Bonus to Hellfire Skills increased from 4% to 6%.

Sigil of Summons

• Summon Hellwyrm Variant
  • Now deals 50% of the damage of the Skill effect it regurgitates (+2% per rank).
• Summon Succubus Variant
  • Attacks now Weaken enemies.

Sigil of Chaos

• Sigil of Smoke Variant
  • Now makes enemies Vulnerable on hit.
• Hellfire Aura Variant
  • Can now be cast while moving.

Dark Prison

• Chain Aura Variant
  • Can now be cast while moving.

Bombardment

• Endless Barrage Variant
  • Can now be cast while moving.

Dark Prison

• Calamity Variant
  • Damage increased from 30% to 200%.
  • Variant Is now also a Sigil Skill.

Doom

• Doomfire Ritual Variant
  • Burst Damage increased from 175% to 250%.
  • Burst is now considered a Sigil Skill cast.

Molten Bomb

• Cluster Bomb Variant
  • Now creates an area on impact that grants 4 Shadowform stacks per second for 7 seconds if it’s not split midair.

Infernal Breath

• Base Damage increased from 20% to 30%.
• Demonic Breath Variant
  • Damage increased from 35% to 60%.
• Explosive Death Variant
  • Damage increased from 100% to 200%.
  • Damage Bonus per Hit increased from 10% to 20%.
  • Radius increased by 66%.
• Abyssal Torrent Variant
  • Damage increased from 150% to 200%.

Dread Claws

• Ravenous Jaws Variant
  • Eviscerate Damage increased from 125% to 500%.

Class Mechanic

Summon Valloch

• Cost reduced from 10 to 5 Dominance.

Command Abodian

• Bite Attack Base Damage increased from 155% to 245%.
• Abodian is now Unhindered by enemies and prioritizes attacking Elites and other high priority targets Close to you.

Command Ae'grom

• Ae'grom is now Unhindered by enemies and prioritizes attacking Elites and other high priority targets Nearby.

Vanguard Shard

• Vanguard Rampage Brute Base Damage increased from 13% to 128%.
• Vanguard Infernal Breath Head Base Damage increased from 8% to 30%.
• Vanguard Profane Sentinel Eye Base Damage increased from 36% to 180%.

Legion Shard: Evisceration Fragment

• Lesser Demon Eviscerate Chance increased from 2% to 5%.
• Lesser Demon Eviscerate Damage increased from 200% to 1000% of their damage.

Paragon

Added new Glyph: Superiority

• Grants +30% bonus to all magic Nodes within range.
• Additional Bonus: You gain 10% Damage Reduction and your Dominance Regeneration is increased by 2.0% of your most recent Dominance spend.
• Legendary Bonus: Increase damage by 5.5%.

Control Glyph

• Now grants 15% increased damage to Slowed or Taunted enemies or instead deal 30% increased damage to Tethered or Knocked Down enemies.

Occultist Glyph

• Additional bonus reworded and damage bonus increased from 12% to 15%.

Legendary Aspects

Ignition Aspect

• Ignition Aspect increased to 50-70% chance to maintain Volatility.

Fathomless Dark Aspect

• Fathomless Dark Aspect increased to 65-85% of Shadow Resistance Damage Resistance.

Scorching Heat Aspect

• Scorching Heat Aspect increased to 65-85% of Fire Resistance Damage Resistance.

Deeper Shadows Aspect

• Deeper Shadows Aspect now also grants +50% Shadow Resistance.

Immolation Aspect

• Immolation Aspect now also grants +50% Fire Resistance.

Diabolic Armor Aspect

• Diabolical Armor Aspect increased to an additional 1.0-1.5%, up to 10-15% Damage Reduction.

Scorn Aspect

• Scorn Aspect now also grants 15% Damage Reduction.

Misfortune Aspect

• Misfortune Aspect now also reduces damage from Hexed enemies by 15%.

Sadistic Aspect

• Sadistic Aspect now also grants 1% Maximum Life on Kill.

Bane Link Aspect

• Bane Link Aspect now also grants 15% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.

Gorefeast Aspect

• Gorefeast Aspect now also grants 50% increased Bleeding damage while Fortified.

Overwhelming Aspect

• Now: Occult Skills deal 7-17% increased damage against Elite enemies per stack of Overpower you have. This bonus is doubled if the enemy is Hexed.

Misanthropic Aspect

• Now: If no more than 1 of your Demons has been alive for longer than 2 seconds, then you gain 25-45% Damage reduction and every 1% base Life you lose from Direct Damage generates 0.10 Dominance.

Enfeebling Aspect

• Now: Making an enemy Vulnerable also Weakens them for 3 seconds. Weakened enemies deal 10-20% reduced damage to you.

Cauterization Aspect

• Now: While you have Volatility, all incoming Direct Damage is converted into Fire Damage and has a 40% chance to Fortify you for 3-6% of your Maximum Life.

Nefarious Aspect

• Now: While you have Shadowform, all incoming Direct Damage is converted into Shadow Damage and has a 20-40% chance to steal Unstoppable from your attacker. While you have Stealth, small Missiles pass through you harmlessly.

Uniques

Sire of Sin

• Damage bonus increased to 120-130%.

Hellbrand Signet

• Damage bonus increased to 100-130%.

Night Terror

• Damage bonus increased to 9-12%.

Nails of Gore-Crowned

• Now: Hellion Sting deals 80-100% increased damage and bursts out of enemies when you Eviscerate them. Hellion Sting gains 0.5-2.5% Eviscerate Chance each second it has not Eviscerated.

Infernal Homunculus

• Now: Your Archfiend Skills deal 80-110% increased damage and casting any Archfiend Skill activates all their Lesser Demon Upgrades for free with 200% longer durations.

Hand of Apotheosis

• Now: Any Demonform grants you all Metamorphosis Upgrades for free and they are 50-100% more potent.

Scepter of the Three

• Now: You can now equip all base Ultimate Skills and gain 15 Ranks in them. Hitting enemies with Non-Ultimate Skills builds up your Ultimate Skill damage by 1.7-2.5%, up to 170-250%. After starting Ultimate Skills this damage bonus is reset once all have ended.

The Eightfold Idol

• Now: Blazing Scream leaves Sigil of Subversion Shadow or Lava trails behind. You deal 60-80% increased Abyss or Hellfire Skill damage to enemies on Sigil of Subversion trails based on their type.

Elegy

• Now: Blazing Scream is now an Archfiend Skill and deals 30-50% increased damage. Blazing Scream gains the Skull Splitter Variant at no cost and the Lesser Demon skulls deal the same damage as the main skull.

Gauntlets of Sheol

• Now: While Fiend of Abaddon is alive you periodically sacrifice all other Archfiend Summons, dealing Fiend of Abaddon's damage around them and increasing Fiend of Abaddon's damage by 40-50% per demon killed, up to 600-750% for 60 seconds.
• Fixed stat changed from Physical Damage to Critical Strike Chance.

Sashes of the Wretched

• Now: Summon a Tortured Wretch when your Current Life drops below 55% of your Maximum Life. Enemies Tortured Wretch attempts to Taunt take 10-15% increased damage and deal 10-15% less damage for 20 seconds.

Hellhound's Sabatons

• Now: Abodian deals 200-280% increased damage. Command Abodian periodically triggers your Non-Archfiend Hellfire Skills while moving and its Cooldown is reduced by 50%.

The Hemat Stone

• Now: Bonuses from Command Valloch and the Ritualist Shard and its Fragments have 200% increased Potency. Your Occult Skills deal 40-60% increased damage.

Cage of Madness

• Now: Your Evade transforms you into an angry Lunatic for up to 15 seconds that explodes dealing Command Fallen's Base damage and you gain 100-200% increased Command Fallen damage every second you are transformed. While you are an angry Lunatic, your Movement speed is increased by 60% and you periodically spawn a Mini Lunatic that seeks enemies. Command Fallen deals 100-200% increased damage.
• Final Angry Lunatic Explosion Radius increased by 66%.

Cowl of Malefic Torment

• Now: Hex dooms enemies, maintaining the Hex and dealing 100-200% of Doom's damage every second until they die. Doom deals 140-175% increased damage.

Bridle of Tor'baalos

• Now: Your Brimstones and Molten Bomb deal 160-200% increased damage. Molten Bomb explodes all Brimstones instantly if there are at least 4 total but enemy proximity no longer detonates them.

The Blade of Sight Aflame

• Now: Hitting a Lesser Demon with Bombardment explodes it for 400-600% of a Bombardment impact if the Demon has less than 3 seconds duration left. Bombardment deals 100-120% increased damage.

Talisman

Flesh of Abaddon's Set

• 3-Piece Set Bonus: Increased to 20% Maximum Demonform Life with an additional 0.55% Life per Demonic Strength.