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The Season of Witchcraft brings more than just the additional powers to enhance player power. We&#8217;re also getting gems socketable into jewelry which enhance those powers!



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">How to get Occult Gems</h2>



The gems will be crafted at the Tree of Whispers, where Gelena will require seasonal materials to create them. Fugitive Heads are the rarest of these materials, and they will drop from the main seasonal activity, Headhunts. These new Helltide-like zones will appear in multiple locations across Sanctuary and by completing Whisper Bounties you will unlock Exposed Roots, which can hold bosses that drop Fugitive Heads. 



You&#8217;ll also need the main seasonal currency, Restless Rot, and regular old Gem Fragments to complete the Occult Gems. You can get Restless Rot from the Headrotten enemies in the seasonal zones and Roothold dungeons. Higher-tier Occult Gems can also be crafted by using lower-tier ones. 







<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Gems</h2>



All Occult Gems grant 160 Armor and 8% Resist All by default, so you won&#8217;t be losing any defensive stats from those spent jewelry sockets. 



Wicked Pact



<ul>
<li>Your Non-Unique Eldritch Witch Powers gain 25% Potency.</li>
</ul>



Heart of Anima



<ul>
<li>Your Non-Unique Psyche Witch Powers gain 25% Potency.</li>
</ul>



Toadling’s Wish



<ul>
<li>Your Non-Unique Growth &amp; Decay witch Powers gain 35% <s>25%</s> Potency.</li>
</ul>



Phantom String



<ul>
<li>You deal 15% <s>40%</s> more Overpower damage to Hexed enemies.</li>
</ul>



Elder Sigil



<ul>
<li>Your Agility, Corpse, Incarnate, Mastery, Weapon Master, and Wrath Skills deal 25% increased direct damage to Hexed enemies. This Skill now has a Potency skill tag instead of Potency.</li>
</ul>



Killing Wind



<ul>
<li>While you have three or more Eldritch Witch Powers slotted, gain 25% Movement Speed and 15% Critical Strike Chance.</li>
</ul>



Witching Hour



<ul>
<li>While you have three or more Eldritch Witch Powers slotted, every 1 <s>5</s> seconds, the next Core Skill you cast gains the Eldritch tag.</li>
</ul>



Raging Enigma



<ul>
<li>Your Unique Witchcraft Powers deal 40% more damage.</li>
</ul>



Voice of the Stars



<ul>
<li>While you have an Aura active, your Ultimate Skills gain each Grimoire tag and deal 10% more damage.</li>
</ul>



Mind Wreath



<ul>
<li>While you have three or more Psyche Witch Powers slotted, your Defensive, Macabre, Trap Skills gain 20% Cooldown Reduction.</li>
</ul>



Spiral Coin



<ul>
<li>While you have three or more Psyche Witch Powers slotted, gain 30% Control Duration and 20% Lucky Hit Chance.</li>
</ul>



Cornucopia



<ul>
<li>While you have three or more Growth % Decay Witch Powers slotted, you generate 30% more Barrier, gain 30% more Fortify and have 30% more Thorns.</li>
</ul>



Vulture Talon



<ul>
<li>While you have an Aura active, you deal Damage Over Time 50% <s>35%</s> faster.</li>
</ul>



Pointed Finger



<ul>
<li>Your Summons deals 15% <s>25%</s> more direct damage to Hexed Elites.</li>
</ul>



Vile Phylactery



<ul>
<li>While you have a Witch Power with the Summon tag slotted, if you would take fatal damage, instead prevent that damage. Then gain a Barrier equal to 100% of your Maximum Life and disable your Witchcraft Powers with the Summon tag for 6 seconds. This can only occur once every 75 seconds.</li>
</ul>



Friend of the Bog



<ul>
<li>While you have three or more Growth &amp; Decay Witch Powers slotted, you gain 10% primary stat, 10% Maximum Life and you are always Unhindered.</li>
</ul>



Moonlight Ward



<ul>
<li>For each rank in your slotted Unique Witchcraft Power, you gain 3% Damage Reduction and 0.5% <s>1%</s> Maximum Resistance to All Elements.</li>
</ul>



Dust Stone



<ul>
<li>For each of your Auras and Hexes an enemy is afflicted by, they take 2.5% <s>4%</s> increased damage from you.</li>
</ul>



Hungering Void



<ul>
<li>While you have an Aura active, pull Nearby enemies toward you every 8 seconds.</li>
</ul>

All Season 7 Occult Gems and How to Craft Them

Have a Lightning Ball: All Sorcerer Season 7 Class Changes

<h2 class="wp-block-heading">General</h2>



Developer’s Note: To better highlight the unique gameplay aspects of Runewords, we’ve reduced the average cost of Runes, and Overflow bonuses have been added to every Invocation Rune.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">New Runes</h2>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Ritual Runes</h4>



Nagu, Legendary (Tyrannical):



<ul>
<li>100 Offering generated.</li>



<li>Maintain at least 1 active Summon for 5 seconds, gaining Offering for each up to 6 Summons.</li>
</ul>



Igni, Legendary (Bomber):



<ul>
<li>25 Offering generated.</li>



<li>Stores offering every 0.3 seconds. Cast a non-Basic Skill to gain the stored offering. (Up to 500 Offering).</li>
</ul>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Invocation Runes</h4>



Chac, Rare (Cloudburst):



<ul>
<li>220% weapon damage.</li>



<li>Costs 20 Offering.</li>



<li>Invoke Druid Lightning Bolts, striking a nearby enemy.</li>



<li>Overflow: Spawn more.</li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Tuning Changes to Existing Runes</h2>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Ritual Runes</h4>



Noc



<ul>
<li>Can now gain half of the offering when inflicting a Slow or Chill.</li>



<li></li>
</ul>



CirOffering increased from 50 to 300.Previous &#8211; Cast the same non-channeled skill 3 times.Now &#8211; Cast 5 Skills then become exhausted for 3 seconds.Hidden name changed from &#8220;Grinding&#8221; to &#8220;Lethargic&#8221;. Developer’s Note: Exhausted in this case refers to a cooldown for the effect.



Moni



<ul>
<li>Hidden name changed from &#8220;Harmonic&#8221; to &#8220;Alacrity&#8221;.</li>



<li>Previous &#8211; Cast a Skill after moving.</li>



<li>Now &#8211; Cast 2 Mobility or Macabre Skills.</li>



<li>Offering increased from 35 to 100.</li>
</ul>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Invocation Runes</h4>



Ceh



<ul>
<li>Summoned Spirit Wolf now benefits from Summon and Companion bonuses.</li>
</ul>



Qua



<ul>
<li>Movement Speed increased from 7% (up to 35%) to 10% (up to 50%).</li>



<li>Changed from Rare to Magic.</li>
</ul>



Zec



<ul>
<li>Cool Down Reduction given reduced from 2 to 1.</li>



<li>Cost reduced from 200 to 100.</li>



<li>Cooldown reduced from 2 to 1 second.</li>
</ul>



Vex



<ul>
<li>Offering cost reduced from 1,000 to 150.</li>



<li><s>+3 to All Skills for 7 seconds.</s> +1 to All Skills for 10 seconds.</li>



<li>Overflow: More Skill ranks, up to 3.</li>



<li>Increased the cooldown from 1 to 5 seconds to avoid overriding overflow bonuses.</li>
</ul>



Xan



<ul>
<li>Offering cost reduced from 800 to 700.</li>



<li>Overflow: Cast increases damage by 1% per 10 Offering.</li>
</ul>



Jah



<ul>
<li>Offering cost reduced from 400 to 250.</li>



<li>Overflow: Store Excess Offering.</li>
</ul>



Yom



<ul>
<li>Overflow: Increase Stun Duration.</li>
</ul>



Teb



<ul>
<li>Hidden damage bonus reduced from 300% to baseline 100%.</li>



<li>Overflow: Increase damage by 1% per Offering.</li>
</ul>



Xal



<ul>
<li>Offering cost increased from 200 to 300.</li>



<li>Previous &#8211; Overflow: Increase duration.</li>



<li>Now &#8211; Overflow: Gain More Maximum Life.</li>



<li>Increased the cooldown from 1 to 3 seconds to avoid overriding overflow bonuses.</li>
</ul>



Tzic



<ul>
<li>Offering cost reduced from 250 to 200.</li>



<li>Overflow: Increase damage by 1% per Offering.</li>
</ul>



Kry



<ul>
<li>Overflow: Increased size.</li>
</ul>



Tec



<ul>
<li>Offering cost reduced from 100 to 50 offering.</li>



<li>Damage increased from 700% to 1400%.</li>



<li>Overflow updated from 100% increased Radius to 100% increased Size.</li>
</ul>



Tun



<ul>
<li>Offering cost reduced from 100 to 25 offering.</li>



<li>Now drops one Stun grenade.</li>
</ul>



Tal



<ul>
<li>Offering cost reduced from 100 to 30 offering.</li>



<li>Now spawns one Pestilent Swarm.</li>
</ul>



Wat



<ul>
<li>Overflow: Increase duration.</li>
</ul>



Xol



<ul>
<li>Updated tooltips on runes that Invoke players skills to be more clear with the Xol rune effect.</li>
</ul>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Miscellaneous</h4>



<ul>
<li>Rune rarity has been adjusted on Tormented Bosses.</li>



<li>There is now a chance for the Infernal Hordes materials chest to drop an Undercity Tribute when opened with 200 or more Aether.</li>



<li>Runes are now guaranteed to drop from Augment Caches in Torment Difficulties and the amount scales with Torment Tiers.</li>
</ul>







<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Bug Fixes</h2>



<ul>
<li>Fixed an issue where the Nagu rune would gain offering with a mercenary equipped.</li>



<li>Fixed an issue where the Teleport from the Jah Rune did not grant Unstoppable.</li>



<li>Fixed an issue where the damage increase from the Qax Rune could be increased by 200% instead of 100%.</li>
</ul>

Major Rune Shakeup: All New Runes and Tuning for Existing Ones Coming in Diablo 4 Season 7

The Season of Witchcraft is almost upon us, so let&#8217;s take a look at what the Battle Pass brings. 



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Free Battle Pass </h2>



We have five weapon cosmetics, a mount trophy, and the Black Masquerade armor set coming along the free Battle Pass ranks. There&#8217;s a crossbow, mace, wand (or staff) and an off-hand on offer, plus a fifth weapon not shown below. The armor set has 6 pieces. 



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A new Town Portal animation, Twisting Obducite:



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Two new titles: &#8220;The Tree’s&#8221; and “Headhunter.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Premium Battle Pass</h2>



As always, there are many more things on offer in the Premium pass, with mounts and trophies, weapon and armor cosmetics, emotes, town portal skins, headstones, and emblems.



Grand High Witch Armor set:



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Whightscale and Nightwinder mounts and accompanying mount armor:



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Another armor set, 19 new weapon cosmetics, 5 new mount trophies, and emote for the five base classes, 4 new headstones, 3 new emblems, 2 new Town Portals, 2 titles, and 700 platinum. 



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Three new emblems:



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Accelerated Battle Pass</h2>



The Accelerated Battle pass offers and extra &#8220;Magic of Mushrooms&#8221; emote and 20 Tier Skips.



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All Diablo 4 Season 7 Cosmetic Free and Premium Battle Pass Rewards

We&#8217;re a day away from Season 7&#8217;s arrival! From new Witchcraft powers to new Unique items and Aspects, the Armory and loadouts finally arriving, Occult Gems for jewelry, class changes, a new reputation track, there&#8217;s so much coming with the season. You can find all that and more <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/season-7-guide/">here</a>, but for now, let&#8217;s just see when it launches in your region. 



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Season 7 Global Launch Times</h2>



Here are the global launch times for Season of Witchcraft:



Tuesday, January 21st, 2024:



<ul>
<li>Los Angeles (PST) – 10:00 AM</li>



<li>Mexico City (CDT) – 12:00 PM</li>



<li>New York (EDT) – 1:00 PM</li>



<li>Brasília (BRT) – 3:00 PM</li>



<li>London (BST) – 6:00 PM</li>



<li>Paris (CEST) – 7:00 PM</li>



<li>Berlin (CEST) – 7:00 PM</li>



<li>Cape Town (SAST) – 7:00 PM</li>



<li>Moscow (MSK) – 9:00 PM</li>



<li>New Delhi (IST) – 11:30 PM</li>
</ul>



Wednesday, January 22nd, 2024



<ul>
<li>Beijing (CST) – 2:00 AM</li>



<li>Tokyo (JST) – 3:00 AM</li>



<li>Sydney (AEST) – 5:00 AM</li>
</ul>



 Be sure to check out our preliminary <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/top-season-7-builds/">class and build tier lists</a>, the <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/full-diablo-4-season-7-season-of-witchcraft-patch-2-1-notes/">official patch notes</a>, and the <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/season-7-guide/">season preview</a>.

Diablo 4 Season 7, Season of Witchcraft, Global Launch Times

Dominate Diablo 4 Season 7: Top Builds and Tier Lists

<a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/diablo-4-latest-season/">The Season of Witchcraft</a> Battle Pass in D4 kicks off on January 21 at 10 a.m. PST, introducing 90 reward tiers, including 28 free tiers, and 62 premium tiers. Players can earn Smoldering Ashes through the free tiers and spend them on <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/season-blessings-in-diablo-4/">Season Blessings</a>, which provide valuable bonuses.



Season 7 introduces 3 new Blessings, specifically tailored to improve your Witchcraft experience:



<ul>
<li>Urn of Whispers &#8211; Boost the chance to receive a Greater Collection from <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/tree-of-whispers-guide/">Whisper</a> rewards.</li>



<li>Urn of Masterworking &#8211; Boosts the chance for existing sources to drop additional Obducite.</li>



<li>Urn of Rot &#8211; Boost the amount of Restless Rot dropped by slain Headrotten. Use Restless Rot to upgrade your<a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/witchcraft-guide/#:~:text=Witchcraft%20effects%20are%20Eldritch%2C%20psyche,decay%20are%20active%20at%20once."> Witchcraft Powers</a>.</li>
</ul>



Keep in mind that the bonuses from all 5 Season Blessings will expire at the end of the Season of Witchcraft, so make sure to take advantage of them while they last.

New Season Blessings in Season 7

Diablo 4&#8217;s first try at a leaderboard system seems to have failed. 



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Gauntlet So Far</h2>



The Gauntlet was introduced in Season 3. It was temporarily disabled a few times after that due to various exploits and bug issues with the maps. It was not brought back when the expansion launched, with the reasoning that the meta needed to settle down around the new class and expansion features. However, it was not brought back since then, meaning it missed the entirety of Season 6.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Future of the Gauntlet</h2>



The feature also is not returning for Season 7. It also seems it may be entirely scrapped from the game as well. Global Director of Community Adam Fletcher said that it was &#8220;probably&#8221; not returning, only 5 days ahead of the season launch:



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It&#8217;s slightly unclear whether he is referring to the Gauntlet probably not returning ever or in Season 7. However, it&#8217;s likely that he meant it will be replaced by a different leaderboard system in the future and will not be returning at all. 



Will you miss the Gauntlet? Did you think it had potential and should have been reworked? Or is it better that it is gone?

The Gauntlet Is Not Returning to Diablo 4 in Season 7, Possibly Ever

As with all other classes, Rogues are getting quite the number of changes and new toys to play with in Season 7. 



Twisting Blades is getting a buff as its damage bonus now stacks and lasts longer. Shadow Clone is will now trigger more effects and gets a new bonus at rank 5. Caltrops becomes more boring but also much easier to use, as it no longer makes the Rogue leap back and can be cast anywhere. Shadow Imbuement also got some buffs, to the core and to its upgrades. 



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 <h2>Skills</h2>
Disciplined Dance of Knives
<ul>
<li>Pierce chance increased from 20% to 35%.</li>
</ul>
Shadow Step
<ul>
<li>Cleave area increased when using Shadow Step Cleaves Tempering affix.</li>
<li>Radius increased by 15%.</li>
<li>Angle increased by 33%.</li>
</ul>
Rain of Arrows
<ul>
<li>Rank 5 Bonus: Damage to Distant Enemies scaling bonus reduced from 100 to 80%.</li>
</ul>
Twisting Blades
<ul>
<li>The 8%[X] bonus damage to targets impaled by Twisting Blades duration increased from 1.5 to 3 seconds and now stacks.</li>
</ul>
Enhanced Penetrating Shot
<ul>
<li>Chance to shoot an additional arrow when hitting an Elite or Boss increased from 25% to 40%.</li>
</ul>
Enhanced Shadow Imbuement
<ul>
<li>Previous – You gain 15%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement.</li>
<li>Now – You gain 15%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance against enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement.</li>
</ul>
Blended Shadow Imbuement
<ul>
<li>Previous – Shadow Imbuement’s primary explosion makes enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.</li>
<li>Now – Shadow Imbuement’s damage makes enemies Vulnerable for 3 seconds.</li>
</ul>
Blended Cold Imbuement
<ul>
<li>Previous – Lucky Hit: Cold Imbued Skills have up to a 35% Chance to instantly Freeze enemies for 3 seconds.</li>
<li>Now – Cold Imbuement applies to 2 additional Imbueable Skills and reduces their Energy cost by 35%.</li>
</ul>
Caltrops
<ul>
<li>Can now be cast at a target location, rather than always at the Rogue’s feet.</li>
<li>Casting animation updated to no longer moves you backwards.</li>
<li>No longer has the Mobility Skill Tag.</li>
</ul>
Death Trap
<ul>
<li>New Functionality: Enemies are Pulled into Death Trap when it activates.</li>
<li>Damage increased from 250% to 300%.</li>
<li>Rank 5: Death Trap has an additional Pull In effect when it appears.</li>
</ul>
Prime Death Trap
<ul>
<li>Previous – Enemies are Pulled into Death Trap when it activates.</li>
<li>Now – Death Trap Slows all surrounding enemies by 85% for 5 seconds when it activates.</li>
</ul>
Supreme Death Trap
<ul>
<li>Damage to enemies who resist its Pull In increased from 120% to 180% of its damage.</li>
</ul>
Disciplined Shadow Step
<ul>
<li>Damage increased from 200%[X] to 300%[X].</li>
</ul>
Shadow Clone
<ul>
<li>Is now also considered a Summoning Skill.</li>
<li>Damage from the Shadow Clone is now attributed to the Rogue, allowing it more consistently trigger effects and benefit from damage bonuses.</li>
<li>Rank 5: Casting Shadow Clone will Daze surrounding enemies for 3 seconds and deal 200% damage to them. Your Shadow Clone becomes a Cutthroat Skill on cast.</li>
</ul>
Rain of Arrows
<ul>
<li>Previous – Arrows rain down over a large area 2 times, each wave dealing damage. Rain of Arrows’ first wave Knocks Down enemies for 3 seconds.</li>
<li>Now – Arrows immediately rain down over a large area dealing damage and Knocking Down all enemies hit for 3 seconds.</li>
<li>Damage increased from 220% to 450%.</li>
<li>Delay before arrow impact reduced from 1 second to 0.25 seconds.</li>
<li>Casting animation has been smoothed out and improved.</li>
<li>Lucky Hit Chance increased from 4% to 12%.</li>
<li>Rank 5: Rain of Arrows damage is increased by <s>100%</s> 80% of your Damage to Distant bonus.</li>
</ul>
Supreme Rain of Arrows
<ul>
<li>Previous – Rain of Arrows deals 60% increased damage to Crowd Controlled enemies.</li>
<li>Now – Rain of Arrows deals 60% increased damage to both Vulnerable and Crowd Controlled enemies.</li>
</ul>
The following Skills Tree Upgrades which directly dealt damage will now scale up their damage with increased Skill Ranks of the base skill.
<ul>
<li>Methodical Dance of Knives</li>
<li>Subverting Smoke Grenade</li>
</ul>
<h2>Passives</h2>
Deadeye
<ul>
<li>You deal 10/20/30%[X] increased damage to Distant enemies.</li>
</ul>
Exposure
<ul>
<li>Active Cooldown reduction for Trap Skills increased from 20% to 30%.</li>
</ul>
Shadow Crash
<ul>
<li>Previous – Lucky Hit: Shadow Damage has up to a 10% chance to Stun enemies for 0.5/1.0/1.5 seconds.</li>
<li>Now – Lucky Hit: Shadow Damage has up to a 10/20/30% chance to Stun enemies for 1.5 seconds.</li>
</ul>
Precision
<ul>
<li>Stacks required to activate the guaranteed Critical Strike reduced from 4 to 3.</li>
<li>Casting a Marksman Skill no longer generates an additional stack if the skill Critically Strikes.</li>
<li>Baseline Critical Strike Damage bonus increased from 50%[X] to 65%[X].</li>
</ul>
<h2>Legendary Aspects</h2>
Aspect of Star Shards
<ul>
<li>Damage increased from 100-120% to 100-200%.</li>
</ul>
Aspect of Bitter Infection
<ul>
<li>Periodic damage increased from 30-50% to 30-70% of Shadow Imbuement’s damage.</li>
<li>Shadow Imbuement bonus damage increased from 30-50%[x] to 30-70%[x].</li>
</ul>
Slice and Dice Aspect
<ul>
<li>Twisting Blades’ initial hit cleaves. Twisting Blades returns 25-45% faster.</li>
<li>Twisting Blades’ cleave area increased.</li>
<li>Radius increased by 15%.</li>
<li>Angle increased by 33%.</li>
</ul>
Aspect of True Sight
<ul>
<li>Now goes up to 21 ranks.</li>
<li>Bonus damage while Inner Sight is active increased from 21-30%[X] to 35-55%[X].</li>
</ul>
Aspect of Corruption
<ul>
<li>Previous – Your Imbuement Skills have 25-45%[X] increased potency against Vulnerable enemies.</li>
<li>Now – Your Imbuement Skills have 40-60%[X] increased potency.</li>
</ul>
Aspect of Siphoned Victuals
<ul>
<li>Previous – Lucky Hit: Damaging a Vulnerable enemy with a Non-Basic Skill has a 5-25% chance to drop a Healing Potion.</li>
<li>Now – Lucky Hit: Damaging a Vulnerable enemy has up to a 5-25% chance to drop a Healing Potion.</li>
</ul>
Aspect of Stolen Vigor
<ul>
<li>Time between Unstoppable Buffs reduced from 8 seconds to 6 seconds.</li>
</ul>
Aspect of Cruel Sustenance
<ul>
<li>Previous – Explosions from the Victimize Key Passive Heal you for 42-252 Life for each enemy damaged, up to a maximum of 126-755 Life.</li>
<li>Now – Explosions from the Victimize Key Passive grant you a Barrier for 5-15% of your Maximum Life for 5 seconds.</li>
</ul>
Clandestine Aspect
<ul>
<li>Skill Ranks of Agility and Subterfuge Skills increased from 1-3 to 3-5.</li>
</ul>
Trickster’s Aspect
<ul>
<li>Previous – Caltrops and Smoke Grenade receive your Stun Grenade benefits and throw Stun Grenades that deal Physical damage and Stun enemies for 1 second.</li>
<li>Now – Caltrops, Smoke Grenade, and Death Trap receive your Stun Grenade benefits and throw Stun Grenades that deal Physical damage and Stun enemies for 1 second.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Unique Items</h2>
Assassin’s Stride – Unique Boots
<ul>
<li>Affixes
<ul>
<li>Inherent: Casting a Mobility Skill grants +100% Movement Speed for 2 seconds</li>
<li>34.9-40% Shadow Resistance</li>
<li>10-15% Mobility Cooldown Reduction</li>
<li>2-3 Skill Ranks to Mobility Skills</li>
<li>3-4 Skill Ranks to Shadow Imbuement</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Power
<ul>
<li>Mobility Skills are always Shadow Imbued with 40-80% increased potency. Lucky Hit: Damaging an Elite or Boss with a Mobility Skill has up to a 40-80% chance to instantly trigger a free Shadow Imbuement explosion.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Grasp of Shadow
<ul>
<li>Affix
<ul>
<li>New Inherent: Shadow Clones Execute Injured Non-Elite Enemies</li>
<li>Skill ranks of Core Skills Affix is now Skill ranks of Markman and Cutthroat Skills</li>
<li>Lucky Hit Chance Affix is now Critical Strike Chance</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Power
<ul>
<li>Previous – Lucky Hit: Damaging an enemy with a Marksman or Cutthroat Skill has up to a 24-44% chance to summon a Shadow Clone that mimics the Skill.</li>
<li>Now – Casting a Marksman or Cutthroat Skill has a 30-50% chance to summon a Shadow Clone that mimics the Skill.</li>
<li>Internal cooldown on summoning the Shadow Clone reduced from 3 seconds to 1 second.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Scoundrel’s Leathers
<ul>
<li>New inherent affix: Your Trap and Grenade Skills are now also considered Core Skills.</li>
<li>Unique effect now also grants 10-20%[x] Core Skill Damage.</li>
<li>Internal cooldown on triggering a trap reduced from 1 second to 0.75 seconds.</li>
</ul>
Word of Hakan
<ul>
<li>Additionally grants 30-50% increased Damage to Distant bonus.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Paragon</h2>
Ambush Glyph
<ul>
<li>Damage bonus to Trapped enemies increased from 10%[X] to 12%[X].</li>
</ul>
Canny Glyph
<ul>
<li>Non-Physical damage bonus stacking limit increased from 10%[X] to 15%[X].</li>
</ul>
Chip Glyph
<ul>
<li>Physical damage bonus stacking limit increased from 10%[X] to 15%[X].</li>
</ul>
Ranger Rare Node
<ul>
<li>Damage to Distant increased from 40% to 80%.</li>
</ul>
Danse Macabre Legendary Node
<ul>
<li>Damage bonus to your next Skill after casting a Mobility or Subterfuge Skill increased from 50%[X] to 75%[X].</li>
</ul>
Eldritch Bounty Legendary Node
<ul>
<li>Damage increase after using an Imbued skill increased from 20%[X] to 30%[X].</li>
</ul>
No Witnesses — Legendary Node
<ul>
<li>Ultimate Skill Damage bonus increased from 10% to 20%.</li>
<li>Maximum Bonus increased from 45% to 60%.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Tempering</h2>
Ultimate Efficiency — New Resource Tempering Recipe
<ul>
<li>Death Trap Cooldown Reduction</li>
<li>Rain of Arrows Cooldown Reduction</li>
<li>Shadow Clone Cooldown Reduction</li>
<li>Energy after Casting an Ultimate Skill</li>
</ul>
Assassin’s Stride
<ul>
<li>Ranks of Mobility Skills affix increased from 1-2 to 2-3 ranks.</li>
<li>Ranks of Shadow Imbuement affix increased from 2-3 to 3-4 ranks.</li>
</ul>
Imbuement Abundance — Resource Recipe
<ul>
<li>Changed to Utility Recipe.</li>
</ul>
Rogue Motion — Mobility Recipe
<ul>
<li>Removed Movement Speed Affix.</li>
</ul>
Specialist Evolution — Offensive Recipe
<ul>
<li>Stun Grenade Size Affix removed.</li>
</ul>
Rogue Innovation — Utility Recipe
<ul>
<li>Stun Grenade Size Affix added.</li>
</ul>
Agile Augments — Weapon Recipe
<ul>
<li>Chance for Shadow Clone to Deal Double Damage Affix added.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
<h2>Bug Fixes</h2>
<ul>
<li>Fixed an issue where Disciplined Shadow Step would not provide cooldown reduction if the target died before the Shadow Step dealt damage.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where Aspect of Imitated Imbuements was not functioning properly.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where Blended Cold Imbuement could cause the enemy to be instantly Frozen.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where Clandestine Aspect was not properly increasing its value with legendary ranks.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where Scoundrel’s Leathers did not properly treat all Trap and Grenade Skills as Core skills.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where Scoundrel’s Leathers did not properly grant bonus core skill damage.</li>
</ul>
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