Diablo 4 PTR Patch 1.5.0 Notes!

Diablo 4 PTR Patch 1.5.0 Notes and game system updates have been posted shortly after the Season 5 Campfire Chat. There are an absolute ton of changes, updates, and adjustments to go over! See below for all the information.

This is just a preview of the PTR Patch Notes. The PTR will open on the June 25th.
Don't forget to take a look at the Season 5 Campfire Chat Wrap-Up to learn even more !

New Items and Tempering Recipes

All Classes

Barbarian

Druid

Necromancer

Rogue

Sorcerer

Balance Updates

Barbarian

Druid

Necromancer

Book of the Dead

Necromancer Minion attacks can now Overpower.
Minions are now more aggressive and will automatically engage nearby enemies.

Golem

Active ability - If the Golem is far from the targeted location, it will now leap to the target.
Iron Golem - Slam size increased by 56%.

Skills

Sever

Primary damage increased from 80% to 110%.
Secondary damage increased from 30% to 45%.
Lucky Hit Chance increased from 20% to 25%.

Blight

Damage over time increased from 105% to 135%.

Blood Wave

Damage increased from 150% to 450%.

Passives

Shadowblight

Hits required reduced from 10 to 8.
Damage increased from 22% to 44%.

Hellbent Commander

Previous - Your Minions deal 15/30/45%[x] increased damage while you are Close to them.
Now - While you control at least 7 Minions, they deal 10/20/30%[x] increased damage.

Legendary Aspects

Blighted Aspect

Bonus damage after triggering Shadowblight 10 times reduced from 60-120%[x] to 35-50%[x].

Developer’s Note: Blighted Aspect has been a disproportionately large source of damage for Shadowblight based Necromancers, giving far more power than we normally give for a single Aspect. To compensate for this change, we are increasing the baseline power of the Darkness Core Skills and Shadowblight with the goal of keeping these builds at approximately the same overall power level.

Aspect of Bursting Bones

Bone Prison Burst damage increased from 9-12.2% to 75-120% of Weapon Damage.

Aspect of Empowering Reaper

Chance for Sever to create Blight increased from 10-25% to 15-30%.
Blight bonus damage increased from 40-100%[x] to 60-120%[x].

Aspect of Hungry Blood

Additional Blood Lance damage increased from 33-48% to 40-70%.

Aspect of Grasping Veins

Critical Strike Chance after casting Corpse Tendrils reduced from 10-25% to 5-20%.
Critical Strike Damage to enemies damaged by Corpse Tendrils reduced from 20-50% to 10-40%.
Critical Strike Damage bonus now lasts for 6 seconds, rather than indefinitely.

Cadaverous Aspect

Previous - Consuming a Corpse increases the damage of your next Core Skill by 5-10%[x], up to 25-50%[x].
Now - Consuming a Corpse increases the damage of your Core Skills by 3.5-6%[x] for 5 seconds, up to 17.5-30%[x].

Torturous Aspect

Previous - Iron Maiden is now also a Darkness Skill and deals Shadow damage. Enemies afflicted by Iron Maiden have a 10-25% chance to be Stunned for 1 second when they deal direct damage.
Now - Iron Maiden is now also a Darkness Skill and deals Shadow damage. Enemies have a 10-25% chance to be Stunned for 1 second when they take damage from Iron Maiden.

Unique Items

Blood Moon Breeches

Bonus Overpower Damage to Cursed enemies increased from 70%[x] to 100%[x].

Cruor's Embrace

Core Skill Damage Affix replaced with Ranks to Tides of Blood Passive.

Ring of Mendeln

Lucky Hit Chance Affix replaced with Summoning Skill Damage.

Deathspeaker's Pendant

Summoning Skill Damage Affix replaced with Movement Speed.

Paragon

Wither Legendary Paragon Node

Intelligence scaling is now capped at 1200 Intelligence.

Rogue

Maximum Arrow Storms increased from 5 to 7.
Preparation
- Previous – Every 75 Energy you spend reduces your Ultimate Skill's Cooldown by 5 seconds. Using an Ultimate Skill resets the Cooldowns of your other Skills.
- Now – Spend 75 Energy to reduce your Ultimate Skill's Cooldown by 5 seconds. Ultimate Skills reset other Cooldowns and grant 15% Damage Reduction for 8 seconds.

Skills

Blade Shift

Damage increased by 50% (0.2 to 0.3).
Previous – Quickly stab your victim for damage and shift, allowing you to move freely through enemies for 4 seconds.
Now – Quickly stab your victim for damage and shift, making you Unhindered for 4 seconds.

Developer’s Note: Unhindered allows you to move through enemies and prevents your Movement Speed from being lowered.

Fundamental Blade Shift
- Enemies moved through needed to activate Daze reduced from 5 to 3.
Primary Blade Shift
- Control Impairing Effect Duration Reduction increased from 20% to 30%.

Invigorating Strike

Damage increased by 20%.

Enhanced Twisting Blades

Return damage bonus increased from 30% to 35%.

Shadow Step

Damage increased by 11% (0.72 to 0.8).
Enhanced Shadow Step
- Previous – Damaging an enemy with Shadow Step increases your Critical Strike Chance against them by 8% for 3 seconds.
- Now – Damaging an enemy with Shadow Step Dazes and applies Vulnerable to them for 3 seconds.
Methodical Shadow Step
- Previous – Enemies damaged by Shadow Step are Stunned for 2 seconds.
- Now – After Shadow Stepping, you gain 20% Damage Reduction for 3 seconds.
Disciplined Shadow Step
- Previous – Shadow Step's Cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds when it damages an enemy you have not hit with Shadow Step in the last 4 seconds.
- Now – Damaging an enemy with Shadow Step Stuns them for 2 seconds and reduces its Cooldown by 3 seconds.

Dash

Damage increased by 25% (0.32 to 0.4).
Additional functionality: Dash Slows enemies hit by 30% for 3 seconds.
Enhanced Dash
- Previous – Enemies damaged by Dash take 15% increased Critical Strike Damage from you for 5 seconds.
- Now – Casting Dash increases your Critical Strike Chance by 10% for 5 seconds.
Disciplined Dash
- Previous – Dash Slows enemies it hits by 30% for 3 seconds. Any enemy already Slowed will be Dazed for 2 seconds instead.
- Now – At the end of Dash, Knock Down surrounding enemies for 2 seconds and deal 350% of its damage to them.
Methodical Dash
- Previous – Dealing damage to Crowd Controlled enemies with Dash reduces its Charge Cooldown by 0.5 seconds, up to 4 seconds per cast.
- Now – Dash has 1 additional Charge and its Charge Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds.

Flurry

Lucky Hit Chance increased from 10% to 13%.

Enhanced Flurry

Previous – Each time Flurry damages a Crowd Controlled or Vulnerable enemy, you are Healed for 1% of your Maximum Life, up to 12% Maximum Life per cast.
Now – Each time Flurry damages an enemy, it has a 10% chance to apply Vulnerable for 3 seconds and deals 1% increased damage for 5 seconds after hitting a Vulnerable enemy, up to a total of 50%.

Advanced Flurry

Previous – Evading through an enemy will cause your next Flurry to deal 30% increased damage and Stun enemies hit for 2.5 seconds.
Now – Successive casts of Flurry increase its damage by 15% and reduce its Energy cost by 10%, up to 3 times.

Improved Flurry

Previous – Flurry deals 20% increased damage to Vulnerable targets. If Flurry hits any Vulnerable enemy, it will make all enemies hit by that cast Vulnerable for 3 seconds.
Now – Casting Flurry dashes you to the target and Heals 10% of your Maximum Life.

Caltrops

Damage increased by 13% (0.4 to 0.45).
Disciplined Caltrops
- Critical Strike Chance bonus increased from 5% to 10%.

Dark Shroud

You can now only lose 1 Dark Shroud shadow every 1.5 seconds.
Enhanced Dark Shroud
- Previous – Dark Shroud's shadows have a 14% chance to not be Consumed.
- Now – Each active Dark Shroud shadow grants you 5% increased Movement Speed and also has a 15% chance to not be Consumed.
Subverting Dark Shroud
- Previous – Each active shadow from Dark Shroud grants you 4% increased Movement Speed.
- Now – You Heal for 10% of your Maximum Life when a Dark Shroud shadow is removed.
Countering Dark Shroud
- You only need 1 active shadow to get the bonus Critical Strike Chance instead of 2.
- Critical Strike Chance increased from 8% to 10%.

Smoke Grenade

Additional functionality: Smoke Grenade now deals 45% Physical damage, has a 25% Lucky Hit Chance, and its Skill Ranks now give increased damage and Cooldown Reduction.
Enhanced Smoke Grenade
- Previous – Enemies affected by Smoke Grenade take 25% increased damage from you.
- Now – Enemies hit by Smoke Grenade take 25% increased damage from you for 5 seconds.
Countering Smoke Grenade
- Previous – Lucky Hit: Dealing direct damage to enemies affected by Smoke Grenade has up to a 25% chance to reduce its Cooldown by 1 second, or by 3 seconds instead if the enemy is Vulnerable.
- Now – Hitting an Elite or Boss with Smoke Grenade reduces its Cooldown by 5 seconds.
Subverting Smoke Grenade
- Previous – If an enemy is Vulnerable, Slowed, or Chilled then Smoke Grenade will Daze them for 20% longer.
- Now – Smoke Grenade now deals Poison damage and applies another 45% Poisoning damage over 5 seconds.

Poison Imbuement

Poisoning Duration increased from 5 to 6 seconds.
Enhanced Poison Imbuement
- Previous – Poison Imbuement's Poisoning Duration is increased by 1 second.
- Now – Casting Poison Imbuement generates 30 Energy, increased by 2 for each Nearby Poisoned enemy.

Poison Trap

Damage increased by 36% (0.11 to 0.15).
Subverting Poison Trap
- Poison damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%.
Countering Poison Trap
- Chance to reset Imbuements increased from 30% to 40%.

Penetrating Shot

New functionality: Now deals 10% increased damage per enemy it pierces.
Enhanced Penetrating Shot
- Previous – Penetrating Shot deals 10% increased damage for each enemy it pierces.
- Now – Casting Penetrating Shot and hitting a Boss or Elite with it has a 25% Chance to fire an additional shot for free.

Rain of Arrows

Casting Speed has been increased by 30%.
Lucky Hit Chance increased from 2% to 4%.
Cooldown reduced from 55 to 50 seconds.

Passives

Concussive

Renamed to Unstable Elixirs.
Previous – After Knocking Back or Knocking Down an enemy, you gain 4% increased Critical Strike Chance for 4 seconds.
Now – Using a Healing Potion Stuns surrounding enemies for 2 seconds and increases your damage by 6% for 5 seconds.

Rapid Gambits

Previous – Your Evade Cooldown is reduced by 0.5 seconds when you Daze an enemy.
Now – Evading through an enemy Dazes them for 2 seconds. Your Evade Cooldown is reduced by 0.25 seconds when you Daze an enemy.

Trick Attacks

Previous – When you Critically Strike a Dazed enemy they are Knocked Down for 0.5 seconds.
Now – Dazing or Stunning an enemy increases your Critical Strike Chance by 2% and Critical Strike Damage by 2% for 5 seconds, both up to 12%.

Impetus

New functionality: Added visuals to show when the effect is ready.
Previous – After moving 12 meters, your next Non-Basic attack deals 7% increased damage.
Now – After moving 15 meters, your next Core or Ultimate attack deals 8% increased damage. While the damage bonus remains, your Agility and Subterfuge Skills deal 4% increased damage.

Malice

Previous – You deal 3% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.
Now – You deal 4% increased damage to Vulnerable or Knocked Down enemies.

Alchemical Advantage

Previous – You gain 1% increased Attack Speed for each enemy you've Poisoned, up to 15%.
Now – Dealing Poison damage increases your Attack Speed and Lucky Hit Chance by 1% for 8 seconds, up to 5%.

Developer’s Note: The maximum stack potential increases by 5% with each Skill Rank.

Second Wind

Previous – Every 100 Energy you spend grants you 5% increased Lucky Hit Chance for 5 seconds.
Now – Every 100 Energy you spend grants 15% of your Maximum Life as a Barrier for 3 seconds.

Aftermath

Previous – After using an Ultimate Skill, restore 30 Energy.
Now – While an Ultimate Skill is on your Action Bar, you Heal for 0.5% Maximum Life every second. After using an Ultimate, restore 25 Energy.

Weapon Mastery

Dagger damage to Healthy enemies increased from 5% to 6%.

Key Passives

Victimize

The Explosion damage of Victimize has been increased by ~50% to compensate for a bug fix, detailed below.

Momentum

Previous – Cutthroat Skills grant a stack of Momentum for 8 seconds if they either hit a Stunned, Dazed, or Frozen enemy, or hit any enemy from behind. While at 3 stacks of Momentum you gain 20% increased Damage Reduction, 30% increased Energy Regeneration, and 15% increased Movement Speed.
Now – Casting a Cutthroat Skill grants a stack of Momentum. Casting a Non-Cutthroat Skill removes a stack of Momentum. For each stack of Momentum, you gain 3% Damage Reduction, 3% Maximum Energy, 3% Energy Regeneration, 3% Movement Speed, up to 30%.

Legendary Aspects

Enshrouding Aspect

Previous – Gain a free Dark Shroud shadow every 3 seconds when standing still. Each Dark Shroud shadow grants 2.5-4.0% increased Damage Reduction.
Now – Using a Healing Potion makes a free Dark Shroud shadow. Each shadow grants 2.5-4.0% increased Damage Reduction.

Of Arrow Storms

Previous – Lucky Hit: Your Marksman Skills have up to a 25% chance to create an Arrow Storm at the enemy's location, dealing Physical damage over 3 seconds. Your Arrow Storms deal 30-40% increased damage.
Now – Lucky Hit: Your Marksman and Cutthroat Skills have up to a 25% chance to create an Arrow Storm at the enemy's location, dealing Physical damage over 3 seconds. Your Arrow Storms deal 45-60% increased damage.

Vengeful

Arrow Storm Damage increased from 25-40% to 45-60%.

Ravager's

Damage bonus to Shadow Step increased from 2.5-10% to 4.5-12%.

Trickster's

Previous – Caltrops also throw a cluster of exploding Stun Grenades that deal total Physical damage and Stun enemies for 1 second. Your Stun Grenades deal 25-40% increased damage.
Now – Caltrops and Smoke Grenade receive Stun Grenade benefits and throw Stun Grenades that deal Physical damage and Stun enemies for 1 second. Your Stun Grenades deal 25-40% increased damage.

Of Noxious Ice

Poison damage bonus to Frozen enemies increased from 15-30% to 20-35%.

Of Bursting Venoms

Toxic Pool Poisoning damage increased by 24%.

Of Volatile Shadows

Dark Shroud shadow Explosion damage increased by 50%.

Of Stolen Vigor

Previous – Each stack of the Momentum Key Passive Heals you for Life per second and grants you 5% Damage Reduction.
Now – While at maximum stacks of the Momentum Key Passive, your Cutthroat Skills deal 20-35% increased damage and you become Unstoppable for 3 seconds every 8 seconds.

Unique Items

Saboteur's Signet

Previous – Casting Flurry has a 15-30% chance to release Stun Grenades that deal Physical damage and Stun enemies for 1 second. Your Grenade Skills have a 2% Lucky Hit Chance.
Now – Casting a Core Skill has a 15-30% chance to throw Stun Grenades that deal Physical damage and Stun enemies for 1 second. Your Stun Grenades gain 5% Lucky Hit Chance.

Windforce

Ranks of Concussive changed to Ranks of Malice.
Vulnerable Damage changed to Dexterity.
Previous – Lucky Hit: Hits with this weapon have up to a 30-40% chance to deal double damage and Knock Back the target.
Now – Barrage has a 30-40% chance to Knock Back or Knock Down enemies with each hit and deal double damage.

Scoundrel's Kiss

Explosion radius increased by 10%.
The visual effect for the Physical damage has been improved to be more consistent.

Writhing Band of Trickery

Decoy Trap damage increased by 8%.

Word of Hakan

Previous – Your Rain of Arrows is always Imbued with all Imbuements at once.
Now – Your Rain of Arrows is always Imbued with all Imbuements at once and receives your Arrow Storm benefits.

Paragon

Tricks of the Trade – Legendary Node

Previous – Your Marksman Skills grant your next Cutthroat Skill 25% increased damage. Your Cutthroat Skills grant your next Marksman Skill 25% increased damage.
Now – Your Marksman Skills grant your Cutthroat Skills 25% increased damage for 8 seconds. Your Cutthroat Skills grant your Marksman Skills 25% increased damage for 8 seconds.

Cheap Shot – Legendary Node

Previous – You deal 5% increased damage for each Nearby enemy that is Crowd Controlled, up to 25%.
Now – You deal 5% increased damage for each Nearby enemy that is Crowd Controlled, up to 25%. A Nearby Staggered Boss provides the maximum bonus.

Exploit Weakness – Legendary Node

Previous – Whenever you deal damage to a Vulnerable enemy, they take 1% increased damage from you for 6 seconds, up to 25%.
Now – Lucky Hit: Direct damage to a Vulnerable enemy has up to a 45% chance to increase your damage by 1% for 25 seconds, up to 50%. At 50 stacks, this bonus resets and you Execute all Nearby Non-Boss enemies.

No Witnesses – Legendary Node

Is now capped at a maximum damage bonus of 35%.

Developer’s Note: This is to compensate for increased sources of Ultimate Skill Damage added to the Rogue Paragon Board this season.

Leyrana's Insinct – Legendary Node

Is now capped at a maximum damage bonus of 35%.

Culler – Rare Node

Execute Chance changed to Ultimate Damage.
Magic Nodes in this cluster that gave Execute Chance now give Ultimate Damage.

Ruin – Rare Node

Damage to Healthy changed to Ultimate Damage.
Magic Nodes in this cluster that gave Damage to Healthy now give Ultimate Damage.

Sorcerer

Crackling Energy base damage increased from 20% to 30%.

Skills

Ice Armor

Max Life Base Shield amount increased from 25% to 40%.
No longer gains increased Shield based on damage.

Charged Bolts

Base damage increased from 30% to 38%.
Enhanced Charged Bolts
- Explosion damage increased from 150% to 175% of Charged Bolt's damage.

Spark

Base damage per hit increased from 10% to 12%.
Enhanced Spark
- Damage increased from 8% to 10%.
Glinting Spark
- Previous: Spark grants 2% increased Critical Strike Chance per cast for 5 seconds, up to 8%.
- Now: Spark grants 2% increased Critical Strike Chance per cast for 5 seconds, up to 8%. At max stacks, your Spark hits grant 1 Mana.

Blizzard

Base damage increased from 130% to 150%.
Enhanced Blizzard
- Blizzard damage to Frozen enemies increased from 25% to 40%.

Hydra

Base damage increased from 14% to 16%.
Summoned Hydra
- Burn damage increased from 60% to 100%.

Inferno

Base damage increased by 20%.

Flickering Arc Lash

Previous: Gain 6% Movement Speed for 5 seconds for each enemy hit with Arc Lash, up to 18%.
Now: Arc Lash grants 5 Mana if your swipe hits at least one enemy. When you hit 3 or more enemies or a Boss, your next swipe also deals 50% more damage.

Chain Lightning

Now tracks how many Chain Lightnings are out.
Greater Chain Lightning
- Previous: Each time Chain Lightning bounces, it deals 5% increased damage for its duration.
- Now: Each time Chain Lightning bounces, it deals 10% increased damage for its duration, up to 30%.
Chain Lightning Enchantment
- Now has a 4 second Cooldown.
- No longer tracks Mana or sends out Chain Lightnings if the instance of Mana Drain is from an Auto Cast skill.

Ice Armor

Max Life Base Shield amount increased from 25% to 40%.
No longer gains increased Shield based on damage.

Flame Shield

Cooldown begins when Invulnerability ends.

Enhanced Lightning Spear

Previous: After Critically Striking, Lightning Spear gains a 5% increased stacking Critical Strike Chance for its duration.
Now: Casting Lightning Spear spawns an additional Lightning Spear and increases their Critical Strike Chance by 15%.

Wizard's Blizzard

Previous: While Blizzard is active, your Core Skills cost 20% less Mana.
Now: While Blizzard is active, you gain 1 Mana Regeneration for every 20 Maximum Mana.

Teleport

Cooldown increased from 11 to 14.
Base damage increased from 25% to 35%.

Passives

Convulsions

Stun chance increased from 5% to 7%.

Crippling Flames

Immobilize chance increased from 5% to 7%.

Snap Freeze

Freeze chance increased from 5% to 7%.

Static Discharge

Chance to spawn Crackling Energy increased from 5% to 6%.

Shocking impact

Damage for each Rank increased from 40% to 50%.

Combustion

Base Burning damage increased from 20% to 40%.

Vyr's Mastery

Previous: Close enemies take 15% increased damage from your Shock Skills and deal 20% less damage to you. Critical Strikes increase these bonuses to 20% and 25% respectively for 3 seconds.
Now: When you Critical Strike an enemy with a Shock Skill you become Charged and take 25% less damage for 5 seconds. While Charged, Critical Strikes have a 10% chance to causes the damage to arc as Lightning damage to another Nearby enemy, or if there are no other targets you hit the target again for 250% of the damage.

Developer’s Note: Shock Sorcerer is often highly incentivized to play in close combat. This rework aims to open up the Shock Sorcerer playstyle, allowing for both close and ranged options while maintaining the defensive capability of the original design that players love.

Legendary Aspects

Charged Aspect

Movement Speed bonus increased from 10-20 to 15-25.

Aspect Of Efficiency

Mana Cost Reduction increased from 10-25% to 35-50%.

Aspect of Engulfing Flames

Burning damage to enemies below 50% Life increased from 15-30% to 30-45%.

Aspect Of Abundant Energy

Previous: Crackling Energy has a 35-50% chance to chain to an additional enemy.
Now: Crackling Energy has a 35-50% chance to deal 40%|x| increased damage and chain to an additional enemy.

Aspect Of Splintering Energy

Previous: Casting Lightning Spear always spawns an additional Lightning Spear and increases your damage with Shock Skills by X for Y seconds.
Now: Critical Hits with Lightning Spear cause Lightning to arc from it dealing X damage to its target and up to 5 other enemies. This damage is increased by your Critical Strike Damage Bonus.

Aspect of Binding Embers

Previous: Flame Shield lets you move unhindered through enemies. Enemies you move through while Flame Shield is active are Immobilized for X seconds.
Now: Flame Shield grants you unhindered for its duration. Enemies you move through while Flame Shield is active are Immobilized for X seconds.

Aspect Of the Frozen Wake

Ice Spike damage increased from 60%-80% to 80%-100%.
Now has 15% extra damage to Ice Spikes instead of 15% extra Chill.

Aspect Of the Frozen Tundra (Deep Freeze)

Ice Spike damage increased from 60%-80% to 100%-120%.

Glacial Aspect

Now has 15% extra Chill with Ice Spikes instead of 15% extra Damage.

Paragon

Burning Instinct

Burning Instinct Critical Strike bonus reduced from 1% per 25 Intelligence to 1% per 50 Intelligence and now caps at 40%|x|.

Ceaseless Conduit

Crackling Energy damage reduced from 3% per 20 Intelligence to 1% per 25 Intelligence and now caps at 60%|x|.

Elemental Summoner

Now caps at its damage bonus at 30%|x|.

Icefall

Damage with Frost Skills increased from 15%|x| to 18%|x|.

Unleash Glyph

Increased the damage bonus from 7% to 8%.
Increased the Mana Regeneration from 7% to 25%.

Tempering Updates

The following Tempering Affixes have been moved from existing Tempering Recipes onto new Recipes in the Utility Category. Developer’s Note: We are looking to expand what Affixes are available within the Utility Category to bring more depth and variety to Tempering.
- Barbarian Innovation – Barbarian Utility Recipe
  - Earthquake Duration - from Wasteland Augments
  - Kick Vulnerable Duration - from Furious Augments
  - Frenzy Duration - from Berserking Augments
  - Flay Duration - from Bleed Augments
- Nature Magic Innovation – Druid Utility Recipe
  - Hurricane Size - from Storm Augments
  - Lightning Storm Duration - from Storm Augments
  - Petrify Duration - from Earth Augments
  - Cyclone Armor Active Size - from Nature Magic Wall
- Rogue Innovation – Rogue Utility Recipe
  - Invigorating Strike Duration - from Basic Augments
  - Twisting Blades Return Time Reduction - from Core Augments
  - Flurry Size - from Core Augments
  - Heartseeker Duration - from Basic Augments

Endgame & UI

Endgame Bosses

For updates on our Endgame Bosses, you can read more about those changes here.

Helltide

For updates on Helltide, you can read more about those changes here.

Loot Rewards

For updates on Loot Rewards, you can read about those changes above here.

User Interface and User Experience

Floating Combat Text has been updated to be more consistent and be more legible.
Settings for Floating Combat Text have been added to allow players to further customize what sort of floating text they want to see.
The Stats window now has a highlight for when the Armor Cap has been reached.
The sections in the Stats window can now be collapsed and expanded as desired.
Mythic Unique Items now have new visual effects and have a unique look in the Inventory for them to stand out more.
Legendary Aspects can now be favorited and filtered while interacting with the Occultist.
Shift-clicking a skill will now add 5 points (or as many as possible) to it in the Skill tree.
The notification for unlocking and upgrading Aspects has been improved to be more prominent.

Miscellaneous

Tortured Gifts in Helltide no longer contain Obols.
This season's Nightmare Dungeon rotation remains the same as the previous season.
World Bosses are now more resilient to damage.
Experience rewards for side quests, including Priority Quests(i.e. Gem Crafting Quest) and Class quests, have been increased.
Skills that grant Immunity, e.g. Flame Shield and Blood Mist, now only go on cooldown once the Immunity effect ends.
Potions can now be used while Crowd Controlled.
Certain tutorial quests, e.g. the quest for crafting a gem, are now tracked account-wide for completion status.
Various Dungeons have had tweaks to their layouts to further streamline them.
More Weapon Types are now available to more Classes.
- Druids can now use Polearms, 1-handed Swords, and Daggers.
- Necromancers can now use Maces and Axes. This includes Butcher's Cleaver being usable for Necromancers.
- Sorcerers can now use 1-Handed Swords and 1-Handed Maces. This includes Azurewrath and Doombringer being usable for Sorcerers.
Inherent Affixes on multiple Weapon Types have been changed.
- Axes inherent Affix changed from Damage to Healthy Enemies to Damage Over Time.
- Wands inherent Affix changed from Lucky Hit Chance to Vulnerable Damage.
- Scythes inherent Affix changed from Life on Kill to Summoning Damage.
- Staffs inherent Affix changed from Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies to Damage Over Time.
- Bows inherent Affix changed from Damage to Distant Enemies to Critical Strike Damage.
- Polearms inherent Affix changed from Damage to Injured Enemies to Vulnerable Damage.
- Focus and Totem inherent Affix changed from Cooldown Reduction to Lucky Hit Chance.

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

Barbarian

Druid

Necromancer

Rogue

Sorcerer

General

Fixed an issue where the Aspect of the Crowded Sage was calculating using base Life instead of Maximum Life.
Fixed an issue where Damage over Time effects were receiving the bonus from the %Damage Stat twice.
Fixed an issue where Needleflare Aspect was doing excessive amounts of damage to bosses when you were being hit a smaller enemies.
Fixed an issue where the Elixir of Antivenin could be active alongside other Elixirs.
Fixed an issue where Evade could trigger Yen's Blessing.
Fixed an issue where Elite Scorpion enemies with the Teleporter Affix didn't actually teleport.
Fixed an issue where the High Velocity Aspect was not restricted to Rogues.
Fixed an issue where Items could disappear when opening many caches at once.
Fixed an issue where Starlight did not properly work with Overhealing effects.
Fixed an issue where Aspect of Frosty Strides couldn't be imprinted onto Pants.

User Interface and User Experience

Fixed an issue where there was no indication on how to unlock Tempering if the player failed to pick up their first recipe. The quest now properly guides the player to pick up the free recipe.
Fixed an issue where, in certain circumstances, Legendary materials could appear in the Lost Items Stash but could not be withdrawn.
Fixed an issue where certain tooltips, such as for Berserking, did not properly indicate whether or not their damage was additive or multiplicative.
Fixed multiple instances where Aspect tooltips had inconsistent info in their descriptions.
Fixed an issue where many Unique Items did not display Class restrictions.
Fixed an issue where incompatible Mount armors could be selected in the Stablemaster menu.

Miscellaneous

Fixed an issue where materials from Season of the Malignant could drop in the Malignant Burrow.
Various performance, visual, and stability improvements.

Eager to Blast PTR!

The Maxroll Diablo 4 Team can't wait for the changes coming with the PTR and to test out all the new things coming our way in Season 5!

With that said, head over to our Discord and select the D4 role in #roles to stay up to date with our content development to make the most of your Season 4 experience!

Written by: Chewingnom