Folytassa Diablo 30! – Diablo IV 3.3.0 PTR Patch Notes

Legendary Aspects

Moonrise Aspect

• Increased damage from 40-60%[x] to 60-80%[x].

Unique Items

Messerschmidt's Reaver

• Changed forced affix from Life on Hit to Critical Strike Damage Multiplier.

Thundergod's Blessing

• Damage increased from 250-300%[x] to 300-350%[x].

Temerity

• Barrier duration reduced from 8 to 4 seconds.

Banished Lord's Talisman

• Critical Strike Damage reduced from 130-150%[x] to 80-100%[x].

Signet of Pelghain

• Now only usable by Necromancers, Sorcerers, and Rogues.

Barbarian Skills

Frenzy

• Throwing Variant: Increased Iron Shrapnel chance from 30% to 50%.

• Raging Variant: Increased fiery explosion chance from Lucky Hit from 75% to 100%, and explosion now triggers on the target instead of the player.

Double Swing

• Damage increased from 75% to 150% per swing.

• Slice and Dice Variant: Removed Cast Speed penalty.

War Cry

• Added diminishing returns to each rank, up to a maximum of 15%.

Charge

• Battering Ram Variant: Burning damage decreased from 252% to 126%.

Barbarian Weapon Expertise

One-Handed Axe Expertise

• Removed Injured requirement from base effect.

One-Handed Mace Expertise

• Damage bonus now also affects Bosses.

• Lucky Hit no longer requires hitting a stunned enemy.

One-Handed Sword Expertise

• Lucky Hit no longer requires hitting a Crowd Controlled enemy.

Barbarian Paragon

Ambidextrous Glyph

• Damage increased from 8%[x] to 15%[x].

Barbarian Legendary Aspects

Limitless Rage Aspect

• Now only works from Fury generated from Basic Skills.

• Increased damage bonus from 0.15-0.2%[x] to 0.5-0.75%[x].

Aspect of Incendiary Fissures

• Damage increased from 40-60%[x] to 80-120%[x].

Barbarian Unique Items

Hooves of the Mountain God

• Now works with Frenzy – Throwing Variant.

Barbarian Talisman

Arms of Arreat Horadric Seal Affix

• Before: +7-10% Damage when swapping weapons.

• After: +7-10%[x] Vulnerable Damage.

Bul-Kathos Pride Horadric Seal Affix

• Before: +5-12% Damage while Call of the Ancients is active.

• After: +7-10%[x] Direct Damage.

Berserker’s Crucible Horadric Seal Affix

• Before: +7-10% Damage while Berserking.

• After: +7-10%[x] Elite damage.

Sescheron's Fury

• 3-Piece Set Bonus increased from 30% to 40%.

Druid Skills

Skills will no longer gain the Nature Magic or Shapeshifting tags from their upgrades and variants. These tags will become tied to the base skill. For example, Lightning Claw only grants the Storm tag, not the Nature Magic Tag.

Landslide

• Resolve Upgrade: Renamed to Overpower

  • Previous: Landslide grants 1 stack of Resolve when hitting the first enemy.

  • Now: Consume up to 2 stacks of Overpower to gain an additional pillar per Overpower stack consumed.

Earthen Bulwark

• Travertine Bulwark Variant

  • Previous: Earthen Bulwark grants 3 stacks of Resolve. In addition, Earthen Bulwark summons Tectonic Spikes that deal Damage to enemies around you.

  • Now: Extends the Barrier duration by 6 seconds. Earthen Bulwark Summons Tectonic Spikes that deal Damage to enemies around you.

  • Additionally, this ability spawns tectonic spikes more frequently, and this frequency scales with attack speed.

Debilitating Roar

• Increased Duration Upgrade

  • Previous: Increase the Duration of Debilitating Roar by 1 second or by 3 seconds if you are Fortified.

  • Now: Increase the Duration of Debilitating Roar by 0.5 seconds for each Resolve stack.

Blood Howl

• Additional baseline effect added: For every 10% Maximum Life that you overheal, also gain a stack of Ferocity.

• Spirit Howl Variant:

  • Previous: Blood Howl instead restores 1 Spirit for every 1% of Life that would have been healed.

  • Now: Blood Howl now restores Spirit first, then Heals with the remainder.

Boulder

• Critical Strike Chance Upgrade: Removed Resolve scaling, increased bonus Crit Chance to 12%.

• Dolmen’s Will Variant no longer grants the Core Skill tag.

Grizzly Rage

• Immunity Variant: Increased to 10 seconds of Immunity. This immunity doesn’t refresh itself on reapplication.

• Unstoppable Upgrade: Increased to 5 seconds of Unstoppable

• Fortify Upgrade:

  • Previous: Grizzly Rage grants 100% Fortify when cast.

  • Now: Grizzly Rage grants 8 stacks of Resolve when cast.

Petrify

• Base Stun Duration increased to 10 seconds.

• Resolve Upgrade: Renamed to Stopping Power

  • Previous: Petrify grants 4 stacks of Resolve. 1 additional stack of Resolve is granted if an enemy is killed while Petrified. Resolve bonuses from Petrify may exceed the maximum.

  • Now: Petrify prevents enemies from becoming Unstoppable for 5 seconds.

Cataclysm

• Tectonic Spikes Variant: Selecting this skill variant replaces the Storm tag with Earth for Cataclysm.

Druid Spirit Boons

Deer

• Prickleskin: Renamed to Forest Stride.

  • Previous: Deal 15% increased damage to enemies for 5 seconds after they attack you

  • Now: Gain 25% Dodge Chance and Movement Speed.

• Gift of the Stag

• Previous: Gain 30 maximum Spirit. You gain 5 Spirit every second

• Now: Gain 100 maximum Spirit.

Developer’s Note: The goal is to keep this a strong leveling option for the Druid, while highlighting the difference between Spirit and other classes’ resources.

• Advantageous Beast

  • Previous: Gain 15% Movement Speed and 15% Impairment Reduction

  • Now: Gain 25% Deadly Strike Chance and Movement Speed.

Eagle

• Scythe Talons: Increased the Lucky Hit bonus to 35%

Wolf

• Pack Leader

  • Previous: Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes have up to a 15% chance to reset the Cooldowns of your Companion Skills

  • Now: After you cast a Skill with a Cooldown, each other Companion Skill has a 40% chance to reset its Cooldown

• Energize

  • Previous: Lucky Hit: Dealing Damage has up to a 15% chance to restore 15 Spirit.

  • Now: Lucky Hit: Dealing Damage has up to a 15% chance to restore 15% Maximum Spirit.

Snake

• Obsidian Slam

  • Previous: Casting an Earth Skill grants 1 stack of Resolve. Gaining or losing Resolve increases the damage Earth Skills deal by 20% for 4 seconds.

  • Now: Casting an Earth Skill grants 1 stack of Overpower.

• Masochistic

  • Previous: Critical Strikes with Shapeshifting Skills have up to a 30% chance to grant Berserking for 4 seconds.

  • Now: Berserking increases the damage of your Shapeshifting Skills by 20%

• Calm Before the Storm

  • Previous: Nature Magic Skills have up to a 10% chance to reduce the Cooldown of your Ultimate Skill by 2 seconds.

  • Now: Lucky Hit: Nature Magic Skills have up to a 30% chance to reduce the Cooldown of your Ultimate Skill by 5 seconds.

Druid Paragon

Developer’s Note: c these changes is to allow a wider variety of Druid builds to flourish without as many strict requirements to unlock the power of these Paragon nodes

Thunderstruck: Renamed to Howling Thunder

• Now affects both Storm and Werewolf Skills

Earthen Devastation: Renamed to Devastation.

• Previous: Your Earth Skills deal 70% increased Critical Strike Damage

• Now: Your Earth and Werebear Skills deal 85% increased Damage to Elites.

Rare Node: Crushing Earth renamed to Crushing Weight.

• Previous: Your Skills deal more damage to Crowd Controlled enemies.

• Now: Your Werebear Skills deal more damage.

Survival Instincts

• Previous: While in Werebear form, you deal 45% increased damage, as well as an additional 1% increased damage, up to 25%, for every 1% difference in current Life percent and Fortified Life percent between you and the enemy.

• Now: While in Werebear form, you deal 50% increased damage and take 25% decreased Damage.

Lust for Carnage

• Previous: Critical Strikes with Werewolf Skills restore 2 Spirit and deal 70% increased damage

• Now: Your Werewolf Skills restore 2 Spirit and deal 70% increased damage to Poisoned Enemies.

Heightened Malice

• Previous: While a Poisoned enemy is Nearby, you deal 35% increased damage, plus an additional 5% for each additional Poisoned enemy, up to 4.

• Now: While Fortified, you deal 35% increased damage, plus an additional 5% for each Nearby enemy, up to 10.

Inner Beast

• Previous: After Shapeshifting, your Spirit costs are reduced by 5% for 10 seconds, up to 45%. If you reach 10 stacks, this bonus resets and reduces the Cooldown of your Ultimate Skill by 5 seconds.

• Now: Your Shapeshifting Skills deal 65% more damage. After dealing Damage with a Shapeshifting Skill, your Spirit costs are reduced by 1% for 10 seconds, up to 50%. After you Shapeshift, this bonus resets and reduces the Cooldown of your Ultimate by that many seconds.

Constricting Tendrils

• Previous: Deal 60% increased damage against Poisoned enemies.

• Now: Lucky Hit: Nature Magic and Companion Skills have up to a 40% chance to Immobilize enemies and inflict 750% bonus Poisoning damage over 5 seconds.

Ancestral Guidance

• Previous: After spending 75 Spirit, you deal 40% increased damage for 5 seconds. Your Ultimate Skills deal 1% increased damage per Spirit when cast.

• Now: After spending 75 Spirit, your next 5 Human Skill Casts deal 75% increased Damage.

Untamed

• Increased damage per Companion skill from 20% to 25%

Druid Legendary Aspects

Wildrage

• Additionally grants Companion Skills +1 charge.

Human Ingenuity

• Increased bonus human damage from 35-50%, to 60-75%.

Nature’s Reach

• Previous: Human Skills deal an additional 40-60% bonus damage to distant enemies. This bonus increased by an additional 25% if the target is also Hindered.

• Now: Human Skills deal an additional 65-85% damage to distant enemies

Stampede

• Increased the bonus companion damage from 15-35% to 35-55%.

Druid Unique Items

Insatiable Fury

• Now allows chaining Trample casts instead of granting just 1 free cast.

Dolmen Stone

• Additionally grants the Core Skill tag to Boulder and makes it cost 60 Spirit.

Druid Talisman

Storm Shepherd

• 2 Piece Set Bonus

  • Previous: Storm Skills no longer cost Spirit to cast. Casting a Storm Skill consumes all available Spirit to increase Storm Skill damage by 0.25% per spirit consumed, cumulatively stacking up to 80% for 4 seconds

  • Now: Storm Skills deal 40% increased damage and have a 20% chance to Double Cast and a 5% chance to Triple Cast.

• 5 Piece Set Bonus

  • Previous: Storm Skills deal 100% increased damage and have a 20% chance to Double Cast and a 5% chance to Triple Cast. Double and Triple Casts gain a 350% damage bonus.

  • Now: Storm Skills Deal 1% increased damage per Spirit when cast.

Song of the Old Mountain

• 5-Piece Set Bonus: Increased Explosion damage from 200% to 300%

Red Wolf Moon

• 5-piece Set Bonus: Description correctly states that Feral Rage grants Cast Speed rather than Berserking.

Blood Orbs

• Healing Reduced from 15% to 10% of Maximum Life.

• Blood Orbs now also heal your Minions for 10% of their Maximum Life.

Necromancer Skills

Bone Spear

• Damage increased from 160% to 175%.

• Pierce Damage Bonus Upgrade

  • Renamed to Critical Strike Chance.

  • Previous: Bone Spear deals 10% increased damage per enemy pierced, up to 50%[x].

  • Now: Bone Spear gains 10%[+] Critical Strike Chance.

Blood Lance

• Damage increased from 160% to 175%.

Blood Surge

• Nova damage increased from 125% to 140%.

Sever

• Scythe attack damage increased from 100% to 120%.

Decrepify

• Life Tap Variant - Healing reduced from 10% to 5% of Maximum Life. 

Skeleton Warriors

• Healing Upgrade - Healing reduced from 2% to 1% of Maximum Life.

Blood Wave

• Damage Bonus upgrade reduced from 30%[x] to 20%[x].

Necromancer Book of the Dead

Skirmishers Sacrifice Bonus

• Previous: Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by 5%[+], but the amount of Skirmishers you can Summon is reduced by 50%.

• Now: You gain 5%[+] Critical Strike Chance and 10%[+] Attack Speed, but the amount of Skirmishers you can Summon is reduced by 50%.

Defenders Warriors Sacrifice Bonus

• Resistance gain increased from 40%[+] to 100%[+].

Reapers Warriors Sacrifice Bonus

• Previous: You deal 15%[x] increased damage, but the amount of Reapers you can Summon is reduced by 50%.

• Now: Your Core Skills deal 40%[x] increased damage, but the amount of Reapers you can Summon is reduced by 50%. 

Shadow Mages Sacrifice Bonus

• Maximum Essence increased from 20 to 40. 

Shadow Mages Upgrade 2

• Barrier amount per attack reduced from 3% to 1%.

Cold Mages Sacrifice Bonus

• Previous: You deal 20%[x] increased damage to Vulnerable enemies, but the amount of Cold Mages you can Summon is reduced by 50%.

• Now: You gain 15% Damage Reduction, but the amount of Cold Mages you can Summon is reduced by 50%.

Bone Mages Sacrifice Bonus

• Damage bonus increased from 20%[x] to 40%[x].

Blood Golem Upgrade 1

• Amount of health drained from friendly Minions reduced from 30% to 15% of their Maximum Life.

• Range at which it can drain from friendly Minions increased from 5 to 10 meters.

Necromancer Paragon

Flesh Eater Legendary Node

• Damage bonus increased from 60% to 70%.

Scent of Death Legendary Node

• Damage bonus increased from 45% to 60%.

Bone Graft Legendary Node

• Damage bonus increased from 60% to 70%.

Wither Legendary Node

• Chance for increased damage increased from 20% to 25%.

Frailty Legendary Node

• Damage bonus increased from 60% to 70%.

Necromancer Legendary Aspects

Aspect of the Great Feast

• Damage increased from 35-55%[x] to 70-110%[x].

Necromancer Unique Items

Blood Moon Breeches

• Previous: Your Summons have a 7-10% chance to randomly inflict Decrepify or Iron Maiden when they deal damage. You deal 50-60%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage to enemies affected by your Curses.

• Now: Your Summons have a 5% chance to randomly inflict Decrepify or Iron Maiden when they deal damage. You gain 20-30% Damage Reduction from Cursed enemies.

Gospel of the Devotee

• When you hit an enemy with a Basic Skill, the bonus damage now applies to all Basic Skills, rather than Basic Skills other than the one you hit with.

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

The Mortacrux

• Macabre Skill Rank affix replaced with Core Skill Ranks.

• Previous: When consuming a Corpse, there is a 40-50% chance to also create a decaying Skeletal Simulacrum that seeks enemies but cannot attack. When it dies, it explodes for Shadow damage. This effect is treated as a Macabre Skill.

• Now: Every 10 Corpses you consume, your next base Core Skill is an Ultimate version that deals 120-140%[x] increased damage. You passively consume Corpses around you.

Necromancer Talisman

Radamant's Desecration

• 2-Piece Set Bonus: Damage increased from 50%[x] to 70%[x].

• 3-Piece Set Bonus: Damage reduction increased from 15% to 30%.

Peace of the Black Shroud

• 2-Piece Set Bonus: Damage increased from 75% to 90%.

• 5-Piece Set Bonus: Damage increased from 175% to 200%.

Paladin Skills

Fortress

• Resolve Damage Bonus Upgrade

  • Bonus reduced from 4% to 2% per stack of Resolve.

  • Now only applies to Juggernaut Skills.

Zenith

• Empyrean Edge Variant

  • Previous: Zenith is now a Mobility Skill that Dashes to Enemies and gains 25%[x] Critical Strike Damage.

  • Now: Zenith is now a Mobility Skill that Dashes to Enemies and grants you 50%[x] Critical Strike Damage for 8 seconds.

Heaven's Fury

• Damage Bonus Upgrade

  • Previous: Enemies hit by Heaven's Fury take 20%[x] increased damage from Heaven's Fury forever.

  • Now: Enemies hit by Heaven's Fury take 30%[x] increased damage from your Judicator Skills forever.

• Duration Upgrade

  • When taking the Final Justice Variant, this upgrade will now reduce Heaven's Fury's Cooldown by 4 seconds instead of increasing the duration.

Developer’s Note: Prior to this update, this upgrade did not work at all with the Final Justice Variant. Fixing it to increase the duration of the Final Justice variant would generally not be a positive upgrade since much of the damage comes from the detonation at the end. This upgrade reducing cooldown instead achieves the same goal of increasing the uptime of the skill.

Zeal

• Lucky Hit Chance increased from 3% to 5%.

• Death or Glory Variant

  • Damage bonus increased from 60% to 70%.

Advance

• Unhindered Upgrade

  • Previous: Casting Advance grants you Unhindered for 2 seconds.

  • Now: Advance deals 15% increased damage and grants your Unhindered for 2 seconds.

Paladin Oaths

Zealot Oath

• Damage increased from 35% to 45%.

• Now also grants 15% Damage Reduction while at Maximum Fervor.

• Fortify is now only granted on Zealot Skill Casts, and value increased from 1% of Maximum Life to 5% of Maximum Life.

Paladin Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Jacques' Fervor

• Previous: Each stack of Fervor increases your Critical Strike Damage by 15-20%[x].

• Now: Each stack of Fervor drains 5 Faith per second to increase your damage by 25-30%[x].

Revelator's Aspect

• Previous: Zealot Skills deal 12.5-32.5% increased damage, doubled while at 3 or more stacks of Fervor.

• Now: Hitting enemies with Zealot Skills increases the damage they take from you by 1.4-1.8%[x], up to 70-90%[x].

Paladin Unique Items

Red Sermon

• Damage bonus increased from 100-120% to 120-140%.

Arcadia

• Previous: Rally Fortifies you for 6-8% of your Maximum Life. When you recover 8% of your Maximum Life, gain a charge of Rally.

• Now: Rally converts up to 50% of your Fortify into Barrier and grants 15-25% damage reduction. Rally's Cooldown is reduced by 50%.

March of the Stalwart Soul

• Previous: Advance deals 60-80% increased damage, gains 3 Skill Ranks, and travels twice as far.

• Now: Advance deals 70-100% increased damage, cleaves in an area around you, and travels twice as far.

Wreath of Auric Laurels

• Damage bonus increased from 45-55% to 60-70%.

Sundered Night

• Aura Potency reduced from 160-200% to 140-180%.

Paladin Talisman

Cathan's Dauntless Faith

• 2-Piece Set Bonus: Critical Strike Damage per stack of Do or Die increased from 2.5% to 3%.

• 5-Piece Set Bonus: If Do or Die is triggered by Advance, the Afterimages will now use Advance rather than Zeal.

Developer’s Note: These Afterimages use the skill that triggered the Do or Die stack, but previously could only use Zeal, Divine Lance, or Zenith. We are adding Advance to the options for these Afterimages to better support it as a build-around skill.

Cathan's Iron Conviction

• 2-Piece Set Bonus: Aura Potency reduced from 55% to 40%.

Cathan's Righteous Will

• 5-Piece Set Bonus: Duration increased from 15 seconds to 20 seconds.

Rogue Skill Tree

Barrage – Succession Variant

• Damage increased from 20% to 30%.

Dance of Knives

• Artillery Shrine now triggers at the player's location.

Penetrating Shot

• Ferocity Upgrade damage bonus reduced from 7% to 4%.

Rain of Arrows

• Ferocity Upgrade damage bonus decreased from 10% to 4%.

• Flash Flood Variant’s Arrow Storms will now always try to find a Nearby target.

Rapid Fire

• Ferocity Upgrade damage bonus reduced from 7% to 4%.

• Breakneck Quiver Variant’s damage increased from 30% to 38%.

• Explosive Shot Variant now benefits with AoE size increase effects.

Shadow Imbuement

• No longer refreshes on reapplication. Instead, additional applications of Shadow Imbuement now stack to deal additional damage.

• Infection Explosions can stack.

• Dark Dance Variant now also works when using Dash through an enemy.

• Endemic Variant is now also a Cutthroat skill.

• Shadow Play Variant’s expired Infections now explode.

Shadow Clone

• Sentry is now also a Trap skill

Shadow Step

• Artifice Variant no longer snaps to a target.

Rogue Unique Items

Assassin's Stride

• Split up Shadow Imbuement potency having to require a Mobility skill.

Orphan Maker

• Damage increased from 80-100%[x] to 150-180%[x].

Skyhunter

• Damage increased from 80-100%[x] to 135-175%.

Pitfighter's Gull

• Before: Smoke Grenade bounces and detonates a second time. Smoke Grenade's damage is increased by 15-20%[x] and Duration is increased by 7.5-10%.

• After: Smoke Grenade's Duration and Size are increased by 18.7-25.0% and bounces and detonates a second time. Grenade Skills deal 45-60% increased damage.

Rogue Talisman

Nilfur's Narrow Eye

• Vengeance duration increased from 4 seconds to 8 seconds.

Spellbound Steel

• 3-Piece Set Bonus: Maximum Life when drinking a Health potion increased from 30% to 40%.

Sorcerer Skills

Incinerate

• Damage Bonus gained from Channeling Incinerate now termed Intensity.
• Previous: Channel a beam of fire, dealing 14% damage and an additional 70% Burning damage over 4 seconds. Incinerate's damage increases by 50% every second you channel it, up to 100%.
• Now: Channel a beam of fire, dealing 14% damage and an additional 70% Burning damage over 4 seconds. While Channeling, Incinerate builds Intensity every second, increasing its damage dealt by 50%[x] up to 100%[x]. While at maximum Intensity, this bonus persists for 3 seconds after Channeling.
• Flamethrower Variant
  • Previous: Incinerate gains 2 additional beams and deals its Burning damage 50% faster but its range is reduced
  • Now: Incinerate gains 2 additional beams and deals its Burning damage 50% faster but its range is reduced. Intensity persists for an additional 1 second.
• Disintegration Variant
  • Previous: Incinerate becomes a Shock Skill that deals Lighting damage. Incinerate's beam no longer penetrates enemies and now deals 140% damage to the first enemy hit and an additional 140% damage distributed among up to 5 enemies around them.
  • Now: Incinerate becomes a Shock Skill that deals Lighting damage. Incinerate's beam no longer penetrates enemies and now deals 140% damage to the first enemy hit and an additional 140% damage distributed to them and among up to 5 surrounding enemies.
• Healing Upgrade
  • Renamed to Damage Reduction
  • Previous: Incinerate heals you for 2% of your Maximum Life per enemy hit.
  • Now: While channeling Incinerate, gain 15% damage reduction. While Injured, Incinerate heals you for 2% of your Maximum Life per enemy hit.

Ball Lightning

• Implosion Variant
  • Removed Mana Cost.
  • Increased Duration from 2 to 3 seconds.
  • Reduced Cooldown from 12 to 10 seconds.

Familiar

• Healing Flames Variant
  • Renamed to Lucky Light
  • Previous: Casting Familiar Grants 1 stack of Overpower and restores 1% of your maximum life per second while active.
  • Now: Casting Familiar Grants 1 stack of Overpower. Each active Familiar increases your lucky hit chance from Pyromancy Skills by 1.00%.

Meteor

• Overpower Upgrade
  • Previous: Meteor's Impact damage now grants 1 stack of Overpower per enemy hit.
  • Now: Meteor's Impact damage now grants 1 stack of Overpower per enemy hit, up to 2 times.
  • Damage and Size Bonus Upgrade
  • Reduced cooldown from 15 to 10 seconds

Flame Shield

• Overpower Upgrade
  • Previous: Flame Shield grants 1 stack of Overpower.
  • Now: Flame Shield increases your minimum Overpower by 1 for 2 seconds.

Hydra

• Overpower Upgrade: Lowered the required overpower to gain an extra head from 3 to 2.

Fireball

• Frostball Variant: Ice Spikes increased from 3 to 5.

Firewall

• Ring of Fire Variant
  • Cooldown decreased from 12 to 8 seconds.
  • Duration increased from 3.5 to 5 seconds.
  • Damage reduced from 300% to 100%.

Inferno

• Pull Upgrade is now in the base skill. Upgrade changed to 20% increased damage for Inferno.
• Living Bomb Variant: Increased damage by 100%. Living Bomb damage increased from 106% to 225%.

Teleport

• Movement Speed upgrade now also grants Unstoppable.

Sorcerer Enchantments

Incinerate

• Previous: After Standing Still for 3 seconds summon a serpent that Incinerates enemies for 5 seconds
• Now: Dealing Burning Damage 150 times spawns a serpent that Incinerates enemies for 5 seconds. You can only have one Serpent at a time.

Ice Shards

• Previous: Ice Shards automatically conjure and fly towards Frozen enemies.
• Now: Ice Shards now automatically conjure and fly towards Incapacitated enemies.

Fire Bolt

• Previous: Dealing Burning damage has a 10% chance to heal for 4% of you Maximum Life and unleash a Fire Bolt at a nearby enemy.
• Now: Dealing Damage over Time has a 10% chance to heal for 4% of you Maximum Life and unleash a Fire Bolt at a nearby enemy.

Firewall

• Removed Burning requirement. Lucky Hit Chance reduced from 25% to 15%.

Sorcerer Paragon

Elemental Summoner Legendary Node

• Duration increased from 6 to 10 seconds.

Sorcerer Legendary Aspects

Overheating Aspect

• Previous: Slain Burning enemies have a 10% chance to grant Overpower. Your Fire Damage is increased by 15-20%
• Now: Your Fire Damage is increased by 15-20%. Lucky Hit: Fire Damage has up to a 15% chance to generate a stack of Overpower.

Scornful Aspect

• Previous: Your Pyromancy Skills deal 40-60% increased damage against Distant or Immobilized enemies. These Bonuses can stack.
• Now: Your Pyromancy skills deals 30-45% increased damage against enemies you have attempted to knockback or immobilize in the last 5 seconds. These bonuses can stack.

Sorcerer Unique Items

Molten Band

• Increased bonus against all enemies and Attack Speed bonus from 4 to 8 seconds after killing an enemy with Critical Strike.

Flamescar

• Previous: Incinerate gains one final charge, irradiating the area around you and increasing damage dealt by 200-300% but costing an additional 50 Mana per second
• Now: While Incinerate is at maximum Intensity, deal 80-100% of Incinerate's damage to surrounding enemies.

Emberfury

• Clarified wording on tooltip.

Strike of Stormhorn

• Ball Lightning damage increased from 40-60%[x] to 75-100%[x].
• Explosion bonus increased from 40% to 50%.

Raiment of the Sea

• Now also grants 25% damage reduction while standing in a blizzard and for 8 seconds after.

Sorcerer Talisman

Habaclava's Cauldron 5-Piece Set Bonus:

• Previous: You Overheat at maximum Heat, making your Pyrmancy Skills free to cast, deal 200% increased damage, and have a 20% chance to inflict area damage
• Now: You Overheat at maximum Heat, granting you 50 Mana Regeneration and making your Pyromancy Skills deal 200% increased damage as well as having a 20% chance to inflict area damage.

Spiritborn Skills

Stinger

• Damage reduced from 140% to 125%.

• Damage Bonus Upgrade reduced from 30%[x] to 25%[x].

• Weakened Damage Bonus Upgrade reduced from 25%[x] to 20%[x].

Counterattack

• Cooldown no longer begins until the active effect has finished.

Razor Wings

• Damage increased from 120% to 160%.

• Now has "Casting a Focus Skill restores a Charge. Casting an Ultimate Skill restores all Charges."

• Charge Cooldown Upgrade

  • Previous: Razor Wings' Cooldown is increased by 40% but it now regains all Charges at once.

  • Now: Razor Wings' Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds and spends all Charges at once.

• Refund Charges Upgrade

  • Renamed to Cooldown Reduction

  • Previous: Razor Wings has a 15% chance to regain a Charge when hitting an enemy. Double this chance when you have a Barrier.

  • Now: Lucky Hit: Razor Wings has up to a 15% chance to reduce one of your active Cooldowns by 1.0 seconds.

Spiritborn Paragon

Swarm of Storms

• Pestilent Swarm and Spirit Storm damage increased from 80%[x] to 100%[x].

• Storm Feathers damage increased from 150%[x] to 200%[x].

Talon Glyph

• Legendary bonus now grants Vulnerable damage rather than Lightning Damage.

Jagged Plume Glyph

• Legendary bonus now grants Eagle damage rather than Lightning Damage.

Spiritborn Legendary Aspects

Aspect of Wild Claws

• Damage per stack increased from 0.6-0.8% per stack to 0.7-0.9%, and maximum increased from 60-80% to 70-90%.

Aspect of Infestation

• Percent of damage as Poisoning reduced from 80-100% to 60-80%.

Spiritborn Unique Items

Sunstained War-Crozier

• Now also has "Your Potency Skill gain 1 additional Charge." 

Jacinth Shell

• Previous: Spending Vigor Heals you for 7-10% of your Maximum Life. Every second, you active Cooldowns each drain 10% Maximum Life from you to reduce their durations by 2 seconds.

• Now: Each of your active Cooldowns grants 4-7% Damage Reduction, and each second, they drain 10% of your Maximum Vigor from you to reduce their durations by 1.5 seconds.

Loyalty's Mantle

• Previous: While your Spirit Hall choices match: Their bonuses are 100% more potent. Skills of their Base Spirit gain 50-60% Vigor Cost Reduction. Skills of their Base Spirit gain 50-60% Cooldown Reduction.

• Now: While your Spirit Hall choices match: Their bonuses are 100% more potent. Skills of their Base Spirit gain 50-60% Vigor Cost Reduction and Cooldown Reduction. Skills of their Base Spirit deal 50-60%[x] increased damage.

Harmony of Ebewaka

• Damage bonus reduced from 25-30%[x] to 20-25%[x].

Band of the First Breath

• Damage bonus increased from 50-60%[x] to 60-70%[x].

Peacemonger's Signet

• Damage bonus increased from 15-20%[x] to 30-40%[x].

• Armor gain increased from 60-80%[+] to 80-100%[+].

Protection of the Prime

• Now has a 2 second grace period after moving before losing the Dodge chance and Damage Reduction.

Spiritborn Talisman

Bliss of the Multitude

• 2-Piece Set Bonus reduced from 20%[x] to 15%[x].

• 5-Piece Set Bonus reduced from 50%[x] to 40%[x].

Kwatli's Grace

• 5-Piece Set Bonus increased from 200%[x] to 225%[x].

Warlock Skills

Nether Step

• Increased animation speed

• Portals Variant swapped with Extra Charge Side Upgrade.

• New Variant: Perpetual Darkness

  • Nether Step gains 2 extra charges and grants 1 Shadowform every 0.5s while its Movement Speed Bonus is active.

• Vacuum Swap Upgrade: Swapped enemies are now additionally Knocked Down and Vulnerable.

• Shadow Recall Variant now works for Laalish Terror Realm.

Tortured Wretch

• Domination Variant

  • Cost Reduced from 15 to 10.

  • Damage Increased from 50% to 100%.

  • Dominated effect now works for Shadow of Harash’s 5-Piece Set Bonus.

Rampage

• Abyssal Titan Variant

  • Adjusted to show Smash Base Damage instead of bonus modifier %.

  • Recast Smash adjusted from 192% (x1.5) -> 288%.

  • Automatic Smashes increased from 64% (x1.5) -> 288%.

Blazing Scream

• Base damage reduced from 130% to 115%.

• Abyssal Oppression Variant damage increased from 227% to 259%.

Umbral Chains

• Periodic Chain Damage increased from 25% to 60%.

Hell Fracture

• Lava Fissures Variant updated to allow fissures to hit targets closer to the center.

Sigils

• Sigil Life Upgrade costs reduced from 48% to 24%.

• Visual FX reduced for other players, coop, and via Reduce Strobing Accessibility setting.

Sigil of Summons

• Summon Succubus Variant: Bloodstar Impact Damage increased from 96% to 144%.

Tyrant's Grasp

• Rate of repeated casts is now 33% slower.

Fiend of Abaddon

• Abyssal Colossus Variant

  • Swipe damage increased from 455% to 630%.

  • Smash damage increased from 700% to 1000%.

Apocalypse

• Annihilation Variant 

  • Max Stacks increased from 100 to 200.

  • Damage bonus per stack decreased from 40% to 20%.

• Abyssal Minefield Variant adjusted scaling of Damage to not benefit exponentially from Skill Ranks.

• Survivor Damage Upgrade

  • Damage bonus decreased from 25% to 6.66%.

  • Bonus now stacks up to 12 times per hit with Apocalypse.

Metamorphosis

• Basic Attack

  • Now also a Greater Demon Skill.

  • Base Damage increased from 65% to 95%.

  • Attack rate increased by 15%.

• Damage Scaling Upgrade

  • Threshold increased from 1200 to 1500 Maximum Life.

  • Now only affects Greater Demon Skills.

Warlock Soul Shards

Mastermind Shard

• Recast skills no longer cost Shadowform.

• Command Laalish

  • Laalish is now a Recast Skill and his Terror Realm can be repositioned while active.

  • Laalish Terror Realm duration increased by 50%.

• Unfathomable Fragment

  • Previous: Laalish also Weakens enemies. Laalish deals 100% increased damage and Executes enemies. When Laalish kills an enemy or when an enemy is Executed, the Cooldown of Command Laalish is reduced by 2 seconds.

  • Now: Laalish now Weakens and Executes enemies. Laalish passively increases your Maximum Shadowform by 4. Additionally, your Non-Recast Abyss Skills deal 20% increased damage and no longer break Shadowform Stealth at the cost of 1 Shadowform stack per cast.

  • Note: Shadowform is capped at a maximum of 14, matching the UI counter.

• Blasphemous Fragment

  • Previous: Recast Skills Hex enemies on hit and increase the damage they take from your Abyss Demonology Skills by 20%.

  • Now: Recast Skills Hex enemies on hit and have 20% reduced Resource Costs and Cooldowns. Your Abyss Summon Skills deal 35% increased damage to Hexed enemies.

• Subjugation fragment

  • Damage Bonus per Dominance increased from 1.75% to 2.50%.

  • No longer excludes Laalish.

Ritualist Shard

• Valloch Wrath Regen reduced from 100% to 50%.

• Abyssal Fragment

  • Previous: Hex stacks up to a maximum of 4. When a target gains stacks, 25% of the Occult Abyss Skill damage dealt to the target echoes after 4 seconds and removes all stacks of Hex. Command Valloch also causes Occult Abyss Skills to apply 1 additional stack of Hex to enemies while you've siphoned its power.

  • Now: Hex stacks up to a maximum of 4. When a target gains 4 stacks, 25% of the Occult Abyss Skill damage dealt to the target echoes after 4 seconds and removes all stacks of Hex. Command Valloch now causes Hexed enemies to take 100% of the Occult Abyss Skill damage instantly and killing enemies reduces your active Occult Abyss Skill Cooldowns by 0.5 seconds while you've siphoned its power.

• Twisted Fragment

  • Occult Hellfire Skill Hex damage now increased by your Hex Stack Damage Bonuses.

Vanguard Shard

• Inferno Fragment’s Fire Aura damage reduced from 30% of damage done to 25%.

Warlock Paragon

Overmind Legendary Node

• Previous: Abyss Skills deal 45% increased damage to Crowd Controlled enemies and 65% increased damage to Elites.

• Now: Abyss Skills deal 120% increased damage to Crowd Controlled enemies, increased by 100% against Elites. Hitting Elite enemies with Abyss Skills generates 0.1 Dominance.

Dynamism Legendary Node

• Demonform Damage Bonus decreased from 2.5% to 2.0%.

Demonic Spicules Legendary Node

• Maximum Damage bonus decreased from 120% to 110%.

Warlock Unique Items

Rictus of Terror

• Previous: Command Laalish is now an Ultimate Skill and deals 100-120% increased damage. Command Laalish's Terror Realm lasts 50% longer and while within your Abyss Skill casts do not break Shadowform Stealth.

• Now: Command Laalish is now an Ultimate Skill and deals 100-120% increased damage. You gain the effects of the Unfathomable Fragment for free with 100% increased Potency.

Footfalls of the Waning World

• Updated to be able to cancel the Abyss Walk variant early when triggered via Evade.

Scourge of Duriel

• Now additionally makes Umbral Chains a Greater Demonology Skill.

Litany of Sable

• Now casts a full Dread Claws when an effect grants more than one stack at once.

Hellbrand Signet

• Previous: Sigil of Chaos gains the Diabolic Rebuke Variant for free and deals [100 - 130]%[x] increased damage.

• Now: Sigil of Chaos gains the Diabolic Rebuke Variant for free and you always gain the benefits of being within Sigil of Chaos. Enemies hit by Sigil of Chaos take 60-75% increased Occult Skill damage for 4 seconds.

The Hemat Stone

• Ritualist Potency now rolls 77-154%.

Eightfold Idol

• Damage bonus decreased from 60-80% to 55-75%.

The Fecund Seal

• Now additionally makes Sigil of Summons and Occult Skill.

Elegy

• Reworked to only increase the Mini Skull damage for the Channeled Variants.

Hand of the Worldbreaker

• Damage bonus reduced from 290%-350% to 250-300%.

• Updated to work better with Sigils of Chaos created by the Rite of the Nameless Set.

• Adjusted tooltip to clarify you need to be within the Sigil of Chaos to gain the bonus.

Eye of Baal

• All damage bonus now rolls from 8-10% per stack (40-50% max).

Infernal Homunculus

• Damage bonus decreased from 80-110% to 75-100%.

Morlu Fleshward

• Life Limit now rolls from 60-75%.

Moloch’s Beating Flame.

• Damage per empowered Skill reduced from 20-30% to 15-20%

Developer’s Note: This is intended to be self-multiplicative due to the randomness of Volatility empowerment; however, we are reducing its value to account for improved tools for maintaining Volatility.