Game Updates

Spiritborn

Skills

The Protector

• Damage increased from 80% to 140%.
• Barrier amount increased from 15% to 30% of Maximum Life.
• Rank 5 Upgrade Thorns damage increased from 100% to 150%.

Passives

Adaptive Stances

• Core Stat bonus increased from 50%[+] to 75%[+].

Vital Strikes

• Vulnerable damage bonus increased from 45%[x] to 80%[x].
• Healing amount increased from 2% to 5% Maximum Life.
• Vigor generation increased from 5 to 10.

Prodigy’s Tempo

• Skill Rank bonus increased from 2 to 4.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Tortured Gifts of Mysteries in pre-Torment difficulties didn’t drop appropriate equipment for Spiritborn.
• Fixed an issue where enemies behind a locked door in the Vile Hive Dungeon could damage the player.
• Fixed an issue where Subo’s Seeker perk could mark untargetable objects, such as totems in the Hall of the Penitent.
• Fixed an issue where the Damage over Time effect from Gorshak in the Dark Citadel could persist after the boss was defeated.
• Fixed an issue where the Hold your Ground event in the Field of Giants could fail to progress between waves.
• Fixed an issue where visual effects of Akarat could persist after defeating the Harbinger of Hatred.
• Fixed an issue where the Necromancer’s Bone Spirits could not damage Wolf Pack’s Gateways during the Harbinger of Hatred encounter.

BASE GAME

Balance Updates

Barbarian

Items

Ghor’s Devastating Grips

• Damage bonus is now based on the damage per second rather than damage per tick.

Developer’s Note: This results in a roughly 100% damage increase.

• Explosion Cooldown Reduction when Critically Hitting increased from 0.2 to 0.4.

Twin Strikes

• Damage increased from 70-100% to 110-140%.

Aspect Of Dire Whirlwind

• Now also grants the same amount as Critical Strike Damage while Whirlwinding.

Druid

Passives

Earthen Might

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

Perfect Storm

• Damage bonus increased from 60%[x] to 80%[x].

Humanity

• Now also reduces damage taken by 2% per rank while in Human Form.

Unique Item

Gathlen’s Birthright

• Required Critical Hits reduced from 400-200 to 300-150. Boss Critical hits reduced from 80-40 to 60-30.
• Movement Speed while in Human form increased from 17.5-23% to 24.5-30%.

Necromancer

Book of the Dead

Skeletal Priest

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

Items

Aspect of Reanimation

• Damage bonus increased from 25-45%[x] to 40-60%[x].

Sanguivor, Blade of Zir

• Inherent Summon Damage increased from 60% to 400%.

Rogue

Skills

Poison Trap

• Poisoning damage increased from 540% to 612%.

Items

Band of Ichorous Rose

• Poison Trap upgrade bonus boost increased from 50-100% to 50-150%.

Aspect Of Contamination

• Previous: Poison Trap bursts for Poison damage when it triggers. If this burst Critically Strikes, you deal 20-40% increased Poison damage for 5 seconds.
• Now: Poison Trap bursts for an additional 10-30% of its total normal damage when it triggers. If that Critically Strikes, you deal 20-40% increased Poison damage for 9 seconds.

Sorcerer

Passive

Shocking Impact

• Now triggers on Stun refresh.

Items

Hail of Verglas

• Increased damage per hit from 1.5% to 2%, up to a maximum of 75% to 100%.

Glacial Aspect

• No longer requires Blizzard to be cast, allowing it to be active from effects like Blizzard enchantment.

Game Updates

Season 8: Belial’s Return

• Sayeena has become a vendor that sells Oath Scrolls in exchange for Spectral Ash. Oath Scrolls can be consumed to gain Unveiler’s Oath reputation. Sayeena can be found near the Reputation Board in Tarsarak.
• The following Boss Powers have been adjusted.
  • Sinerat’s Flames: Increased Main Boss Power damage from 50% to 75%.
  • Hatred’s Embrace’s Haste: Modifier Boss Power no longer falls off when switching weapons.
• The icon for Apparition Incursions has been adjusted to be more easily visible.
• Betraying eyes now spawn more consistently near the Apparition Boss.
• Another objective has been added to better communicate that season’s reputation can be acquired from both the Apparition Incursion event and defeating any boss across Sanctuary.

Miscellaneous

• Having player names read aloud by the Screen Reader is now a toggleable option. This feature can be found under Accessibility Settings.

Bug Fixes

Accessibility

• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader didn’t mention the type of currency used when reading Reliquary items.
• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader didn’t continue reading while progressing through Reliquaries menus.
• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader couldn’t fully read certain error notifications.
• Fixed an issue where Belial could escape the trap set during the Masked Truths quest.
• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader didn’t read anything when first opening the Armory.
• Fixed an issue where the compass could overlap the player character’s head.

Season Journey and Seasonal Questline

• Fixed an issue where the rubble pile in the Buried Hope quest didn’t display an interact tooltip.
• Fixed an issue where Buried Hope quest descriptions would stop updating properly in the middle of the quest.
• Fixed an issue where the Belial’s Unveiling quest (previously Belial’s Apparition Incursion) could display as finished when it was not yet finished.
• Fixed an issue where progression for the Chasing Lies quest could be blocked if Belial was defeated too quickly.
• Fixed an issue where the Season Journey objectives for defeating various Belial variants didn’t specify which Belial variant was required to complete the objective.
• Fixed an issue where the Season Journey Objective for killing Elite enemies was also gaining progress when defeating any enemy.
• Fixed an issue with the Spanish dialogue audio quality in the Belial’s Return seasonal questline.

Apparition Incursions and Belial Encounters

• Fixed an issue where Wargs summoned by the Apparition of Beastmaster appeared before the boss spawned.
• Fixed an issue where the Apparition of Beastmaster didn’t drop potions as expected.
• Fixed an issue where the Apparition of Blackmailer didn’t drop bombs in the intended way.
• Fixed an issue where the Apparition of Allek’s feathers could delay progression of an Incursion.
• Fixed an issue where Apparition of Kirma could teleport out of the boss arena.
• Fixed an issue where Apparition of Kirma could get stuck on ladders.
• Fixed an issue where a Betraying Eye would remain present but couldn’t be interacted with.
• Fixed an issue where Belial could appear prematurely when being summoned in an Apparition Incursion.
• Fixed an issue where players could escape during the Rage Phase circle of a Belial Ambush encounter.
• Fixed an issue where dying to Belial during an encounter after defeating another boss could cause Belial to not properly reset.

Boss Powers

• Fixed an issue where some of the Barrier granted by Blackmailer’s Sabotage persisted for an indefinite amount of time, instead of the intended 6 seconds.
• Fixed an issue where Varshan’s Life Steal Main Boss Power didn’t spawn its stream correctly.
• Fixed an issue where Belial’s Eye Beams Modifier Boss Power didn’t consistently apply Overpower. The bonus now lasts for 2 seconds after entering stealth.
• Fixed an issue where Beastmaster’s Training Main Boss Power only caused summoned entities to stun if another one was already active.
• Fixed an issue where Andariel’s Flaming Skull Main Boss Power inconsistently damaged enemies.
• Fixed an issue where Harbinger of Hatred’s Volley Modifier Boss Power would trigger off automatically cast Basic skills.
• Fixed an issue where Barbarian’s Iron Maelstrom didn’t consistently trigger Beast in the Ice’s Sleet Main Boss Power.
• Fixed an issue where Aspect of Unyielding Hits would not properly increase the damage of Varshan’s Life Steal, Belial’s Crystal Decoy, and Ashava’s Poison Modifier Boss Powers.
• Fixed an issue where the Haste Modifier Boss Power from Hatred’s Embrace expired when switching weapons.
• Fixed an issue where the following Boss Powers could be activated while mounted.
  • Skerg’s Toxins
  • Avarice’s Explosive Ore
  • Lord Zir’s Blood Pool
  • Varshan’s Life Steal

Boss Lairs and Dungeons

• Fixed an issue where bosses could rarely regain health.
• Fixed an issue where Tormented Echo of Varshan’s arena-wide attack sometimes didn’t deal damage when expected.
• Fixed an issue where staggering Tormented Echo of Varshan when he summons minions could cause the minions to lose their functionality and cause Varshan to not use that power again.
• Fixed an issue where poison projectiles coming from the walls while fighting Belial, Lord of Lies could be avoided in certain positions.
• Fixed an issue where Effigies of Anguish, while fighting Andariel, could be feared by Necromancer’s Paranormal Sever and move around.
• Fixed an issue where Effigies of Anguish could start to move while the player was stealthed.
• Fixed an issue where Belial’s Hoard could not be opened when playing on controller.
• Fixed an issue where Duriel could become invincible if too much damage was dealt to him before he first begins burrowing.
• Fixed an issue where the gate in the Flood Depths could be opened manually without using the Gate Release.
• Fixed an issue where the Skeletal Construct in the Sunken Ruins and Maulwood dungeons could be destroyed prematurely, which would block dungeon progression.

General

• Fixed an issue where certain elite enemy affixes could damage players in town.
• Fixed an issue where the visual effect from the Hellhammer did not match the area of effect for its damage.
• Fixed an issue where Barbarian’s Leap did not avoid damage when jumping over puddles spawned by Belial.
• Fixed an issue where Druid Werewolves and Ravens attacks would not grant stacks of Anima of the Forest when using Storm’s Companion or Stormcrow’s Aspect in conjunction with Gathlen’s Birthright.
• Fixed an issue where Cold Skeleton Mage’s Upgrade effects randomly stopped working.
• Fixed an issue where Skeleton Reapers would sometimes fail to generate Corpses from their upgrade.
• Fixed an issue where Poison Trap would consume Combo Points even without using Bands of Ichorous Rose.
• Fixed an issue where the Damage Reduction against enemies affected by Trap Skills affix, granted by Scoundrel’s Leathers, applied even when the enemy was not affected by a trap skill.
• Fixed an issue where the Accursed Mark effect did not reset after using an Accursed Altar and then teleporting away.
• Fixed an issue where the experience bonus from incense would disappear after teleporting or moving between zones.
• Fixed a rare issue where a Vessel of Hatred exclusive item could be acquired when imprinting on a rare item.
• Fixed a rare issue where the player was not able to revive.
• Fixed an issue where Crown of Lucion was gaining infinite bonus damage from Channeled Skills.
• Fixed an issue where Crown of Lucion was only granting its bonuses to active player Skills rather than all damage.

Developer’s Note: With these two changes, Crown of Lucion will now be re-enabled with this patch.

User Interface and User Experience

• Fixed an issue where materials didn’t consistently update in the materials tab.
• Fixed an issue where some Infernal Hordes bosses didn’t have icons on the minimap.
• Fixed an issue where the description for Forgotten souls did not indicate that they could be acquired from Whisper Caches.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed multiple instances of visual intensity increases for multiple skills didn’t behave properly.
• Fixed an issue where a quicklist Party Finder entry couldn’t be made off of the Helltide icon on the map.
• Fixed an issue where the Chimimoryo pet could become unstoppable and run away from the player. (That Schnoz has a mind of its own!)
• Various visual, audio, UI, stability, and Reliquary improvements.