Patch 2.1.0 PTR Patch Notes (Updated August 5) - Diablo III

by DHAdmin on August 5th, 2014 at 11:19 pm
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Updates to patch notes can be found in red. Last updated August 5, 2014 @ 7:00 p.m. PDT.

Below you'll find the preliminary PTR patch notes for patch 2.1.0. Please note that this isn't the final version of the patch notes and that some changes may not be documented or described in full detail.

PTR PATCH 2.1.0 - v2.1.99.26067

To provide feedback on patch 2.1.0, please visit the PTR Feedback forum.
To report any issues you experience while playing, please visit the the PTR Bug Report forum.
For additional information about the PTR, click here.

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PATCH FEATURES

New Feature: Seasons
Seasons are an optional, recurring game mode that offers players the opportunity to periodically start fresh, leveling Normal or Hardcore characters from scratch without gold, resources, or previously earned Paragon experience. Similar to the separation between Normal and Hardcore game modes, Seasonal characters will have their own shared stash and artisan progression as well. Any items, gold, or Paragon experience earned during a Season will be rolled over to a player's non-Seasonal characters once the Season concludes.

Seasons offer unique rewards and new challenges for players, including new Legendaries, an exclusive Transmogrification set only available to those who compete in each Season, and new achievements called Conquests. Progress within a given Season will be tracked in our new Leaderboard system. 

To learn more about Seasons, click here.   

New Feature: Greater Rifts
Formerly referred to as Tiered Rifts, Greater Rifts are a special type of timed Nephalem Rift. There are an infinite number of Greater Rift levels, and each Greater Rift level will be progressively more difficult than the last. 

Completing a Greater Rift within its alloted time will allow players to progress to the next level (and if your time is exceptionally good, you may even skip multiple levels at once). Players can continue progressing through Greater Rift levels so along as they complete the Rift before its timer expires. Once a timer expires, players will reach the end of their current Greater Rift journey and their best results will be tracked in our new Leaderboard system. 

To learn more about Greater Rifts, click here. 

New Feature: Leaderboards
With the addition of Seasons and Greater Rifts, we want to provide players with a way to measure their progress within each of those environments. To do so, we've created Leaderboards. 

Leaderboards will track a variety of competitive player data including Greater Rifts clear times, Seasonal achievement point totals, and Seasonal Conquest completion ranking across several different game styles. Designed to be informative and detailed, Leaderboards will also allow you to compare your progress to that of players within your gameplay region, on your friends list, and in your clan roster.

To learn more about Leaderboards, click here. 

New Feature: The Cesspools
In patch 2.1.0 and moving forward, players will now have a chance to spawn a new level environement while in a Nephalem Rift or Greater Rift: The Cesspools.  

Originally designed as the sewers of Westmarch, we weren't quite able to include the Cesspools in the list of playable environments in Reaper of Souls by the time the expansion launched. Still, we loved the look and feel of this festering, dank underworld and have spent some time polishing it up for use in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts. We hope you enjoy this new randomized landscape!

To learn more about the Cesspools, click here. 

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PTR-ONLY CHANGES

  • General
    • Portals to the Treasure Realm can now only spawn in Adventure Mode at level 70
    • Goblin rift portals will now only allow players who were present when the portal was created to enter
  • Greater Rifts
    • The Greater Rift difficulty curve has been adjusted
    • Players may now change skills, items and teleport to, or in from other locations after the Greater Rift Guardian has been killed
    • A countdown timer will now be displayed when you start a Rift of Trials
    • Players may now open their inventory while in Greater Rifts, but items cannot be moved or equipped
    • Players participating in a Greater Rift are now restricted from swapping items, skills and passives in town until the rift guardian has been defeated
  • Healing
    • The amount of Life on Hit granted by items and Paragon points has been further increased
  • Items
    • Depth Diggers
      • The damage bonus provided by this item's Legendary Power no longer includes Witch Doctor and Wizard Signature Spells
    • Madstone
      • The Exploding Palm applied by this item will now use the Skill Rune you're currently using
      • Fulminating Onslaught will now only apply Exploding Palm to the primary target of each strike
    • Legendary Gems
      • Legendary gems now start at rank 0
      • Changes have been made to the frequency at which Legendary gems are upgraded
        • Note: Because of this change the power of each upgrade has been reduced, but the overall rate at which gem power is gained through upgrades should remain roughly the same
      • Enforcer
        • Has been redesigned
          • Increases the damage of your pets by 25%
          • Secondary Power: Your pets take 30% reduced damage
    • Bug Fixes
      • Fixed an issue preventing players from upgrading Legendary gems located in their Stash
      • Fixed an issue preventing Legendary gems from displaying their name and rank when socketed in an item
      • Fixed an issue that preventing the Frostburn Guantlets Freeze effect from being triggered by Sentry - Polor Station attacks
      • Damage dealt by pets will now properly contribute to the Firebird's Finery (6) Set Bonus
      • The infinite DoT applied by Firebird's Finery will now properly stack when applied by two different Wizards
      • Fixed an issue that prevented Legendary Gems from contributing to the bonus granted by the Crusader passive Finery
      • Ramaladni's Gift
        • Players will now properly be prompted with a confirmation dialog before using Ramaladni's Gift
        • Fixed and issue that caused items to re-roll their affix values when Ramaladni's Gift was used on that item
        • Will now properly be Account Bound
        • Fixed an issue that allowed sockets to be rolled back on to an item via Enchanting after Ramaladni's Gift was used on that item
        • Fixed and issue preventing this item from being used on low level items
  • User Interface
    • Greater Rifts now have a unique icon that displays when a Greater Rift is open or when a player is inside a Greater Rift
    • Greater Rift completion times should now always be broadcast to you chat window
    • Legendary Gem upgrade success chance will now show on the Greater Rift scorecard
    • Bug Fixes
      • Fixed an issue that caused the Greater Rift countdown timer to continue to display after the rift guardian was killed
      • Fixed an issue causing Greater Rift portals to display the names of Nephalem Rifts
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that prevented players from changing the difficulty of a game after a Greater Rift had been completed
    • Fixed an issue that was causing monsters in Greater Rifts to grant more Experience than intended
    • Fixed an issue that caused the Greater Rift countdown timer to continue to display after the Rift Guardian was killed
    • Player pets no longer improperly gain bonuses based on the difficulty of a Greater Rift
    • Fixed an issue that caused timestamps to be displayed improperly on Leaderboards
    • You can now properly teleport to other players inside a Greater Rift if you have paid the entry cost
    • Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent The Swami's buff from being applied after Archon ended

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GENERAL

  • An additional Stash Tab is now available for all players with Reaper of Souls
  • Players will now be disconnected from Diablo III upon being inactive for 30 minutes while outside of a game
  • Healing Changes
    • The amount of Life restored by Health Globes from Rare monsters has been reduced from 30% to 15%
    • The amount of Life restored by Health Globes from Champion and Minion monsters has been reduced from 20% to 15%
    • The amount of Life Regeneration and Life On Hit granted by items has been increased
      • These changes apply to all items from level 1 to 70
      • These changes are retroactive and will apply to existing gear
    • The amount of Life per resource spent granted by items has been significantly increased
      • These changes are retroactive and will apply to existing gear
    • Life on Hit is no longer affected by proc coefficients and will now only be triggered once per attack, as long as that attack dealt damage
      • Channeled attacks will provide an amount of healing over any given period of time that is equivalent to a non-channeled attack
  • Cooldown Reduction now affects the recharge time of skills with charges

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CLASSES

  • General
    • Made a number of improvements to the AI of several pets:
      • Pets that belong to other players will now be less visible
      • Fixed a number of issues which could sometimes cause pets to not attack a nearby enemy or stand still and stop attacking the enemy they were currently attacking
        • Pets affected by these improvements include:
          • Call of the Ancients
          • Companion
          • Fetish Army
          • Gargantuan
          • Mystic Ally
          • Phalanx
          • Zombie Dogs
  • Barbarian
    • Active Skills
      • Bash
        • Weapon damage increased from 215% to 320%
        • Skill Rune - Clobber
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Frostbite"
            • Each hit freezes the enemy for 1.5 seconds, enemies can only be frozen once every 5 seconds
            • Deals Cold damage
        • Skill Rune - Instigation
          • Fury generated increased from 8 to 9
        • Skill Rune - Pulverize
          • Shockwave weapon damage increased from 70% to 100%
        • Skill Rune - Onslaught
          • Has been redesigned
            • The enemy hit has a 10% increased chance to be Critically Hit for 3 seconds
            • Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
      • Call of the Ancients
        • Weapon damage increased from 180% to 270%
        • Duration reduced from 30 to 20 seconds
        • Ancients should now more reliably hit moving targets
        • Korlic's Furious Charge ability now deals damage to enemies he passes through
        • Mawdawc's Seismic Slam ability now has a small knock up effect instead of the knock back
        • Skill Rune - Ancients' Fury
          • Fury gained per hit increased from 3 to 4
        • Skill Rune - Duty to the Clan
          • Has been redesigned
            • Enemies hit are now chilled reducing Movement Speed by 30% for 2 seconds
            • Chilled enemies have a 10% increased chance to be critically hit
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
        • Skill Rune - The Council Rises
          • Weapon damage increased from 360% to 540%
        • Bug Fixes
          • Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause the ancients to never use their bonus abilities
          • Fixed an issue that allowed the Ancients to snapshot attack speed when summoned
      • Cleave
        • Weapon damage increased from 150% to 200%
        • Fury generated increased from 5 to 6
        • Damage area has been increased from 120 to 180 degrees to more closely match the visual
        • Skill Rune - Broad Sweep
          • Weapon damage increased from 215% to 235%
          • Now hits all enemies around you
        • Skill Rune - Gathering Storm
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now Chills all enemies hit and causes them to take 10% increased damage from all sources for 3 seconds
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
      • Earthquake
        • Weapon damage increased from 2600% to 4200%
        • Skill Rune - Giant's Stride
          • Secondary tremor weapon damage increased from 160% to 200%
        • Skill Rune - Molten Fury
          • Weapon damage increased from 4500% to 5100%
      • Frenzy
        • Weapon damage increased from 155% to 220%
        • Skill Rune - Berserk
          • Has been redesigned
            • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
        • Skill Rune - Sidearm
          • Weapon damage increased from 130% to 300%
      • Furious Charge
        • Weapon damage increased from 360% to 540%
        • Maximum charge distance increased from 35 to 60 yards
        • Radius of final damage cone increased from 15 to 20 yards
        • Should now more reliably move around obstacles and corners
        • The travel speed has been significantly increased
        • The ending animation time has been significantly reduced and will now scale down with your attack speed
        • No longer alternates between using main hand and off-hand weapons
        • Skill Rune - Battering Ram
          • Weapon damage increased from 760% to 900%
        • Skill Rune - Bull Rush
          • The stun has been replaced with a freeze
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
          • Has been renamed "Cold Rush"
        • Skill Rune - Dreadnought
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
      • Ignore Pain
        • Now grants immunity to all crowd control effects while active
        • Skill Rune - Bravado
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now increases your run speed by 40% and knocks back enemies as you run
        • Skill Rune - Contempt for Weakness
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now instantly heals you for 35% of your maximum Life
      • Rend
        • Weapon damage increased from 1000% to 1100% over 5 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Lacerate
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
        • Skill Rune - Mutilate
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now causes enemies Chilled by Rend to take 10% increased damage from all sources
        • Skill Rune - Ravage
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Fire
      • Seismic Slam
        • Will now lock on to an enemy you targeted with your mouse if you hold down the button
      • Weapon Throw
        • Weapon damage increased from 185% to 275%
        • Skill Rune - Balanced Weapon
          • Fury generated increased from 8 to 9
        • Skill Rune - Ricochet
          • Slightly increased bounce range
        • Skill Rune - Mighty Throw
          • Weapon damage increased from 270% to 400%
      • Whirlwind
        • Weapon damage increased from 275% to 340%
        • Significantly increased proc coefficient
        • Skill Rune - Dust Devils
          • Tornado weapon damage increased from 80% to 120%
          • Tornadoes now travel approximately the same direction you are traveling
          • Increased duration and movement speed of the tornadoes
        • Skill Rune - Hurricane
          • Doubled the frequency at which enemies are pulled in
        • Skill Rune - Volcanic Eruption
          • Weapon damage increased from 325% to 400%
      • Wrath of the Berserker
        • Skill Rune - Slaughter
          • Damage caused by this rune can now trigger procs
    • Passive Skills
      • Berserker Rage
        • Changed from maximum Fury to at or above 95% Fury
      • Bloodthirst
        • Life per Fury spent increased from 825 to 3301
        • Health Globe Healing Bonus increased from 1% to 4%

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  • Crusader
    • Active Skills
      • Phalanx
        • Avatar run speed increased from 100% to 200%
        • Skill Rune - Bowmen
          • Bug Fixes
            • Fixed an issue that caused the Bowmen to stop attacking when an enemy was in range, but out of line of sight
      • Shield Bash
        • Movement speed while charging has been increased by 60%
        • Increased attack animation speed
        • Attack speed animation is now affected by Attack Speed
        • Skill Rune - Pound
          • Weapon damage increased from 1200% to 1320%
    • Passive Skills
      • Heavenly Strength
        • Now reduces your damage dealt by 20% while wielding a two-handed weapon
        • This is in response to an increase in damage to all two-handed melee weapons and the goal is for the damage of Crusaders using Heavenly Strength to stay the same or increase slightly
      • Indestructible
        • Bug Fixes
          • Fixed an issue that caused players to become immune to crowd control and interrupt effects while the immune buff was active
      • Wrathful
        • Life per Wrath spent increased from 825 to 3301
        • Health Globe Healing Bonus increased from 1% to 4%

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  • Demon Hunter
    • Dexterity no longer grants Dodge chance
    • Dexterity now grants 1 Armor per point
    • Active Skills
      • Bolas
        • Skill Rune - Acid Strike
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Freezing Strike"
            • Enemies have a 50% chance to be Frozen for 1 second when the Bolas trigger
            • Deals Cold damage
      • Cluster Arrow
        • Skill Rune - Maelstrom
          • Tendrils have been replaced with Rockets
          • Rocket weapon damage increased from 220% to 450%
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
        • Skill Rune - Shooting Stars
          • Rocket weapon damage increased from 400% to 600%
      • Companion
        • Skill Rune - Boar Companion
          • Now cleaves enemies in front of him
        • Skill Rune - Ferret Companion
          • Ferret movement speed has been increased by 150% when picking up gold
      • Elemental Arrow
        • Skill Rune - Frost Arrow
          • Slow effect changed to a Chill effect
        • Skill Rune - Screaming Skull
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Immolation Arrow"
            • Shoot a fiery arrow that hits an enemy for 300% weapon damage then explodes, immolating the ground for 315% weapon damage over 2 seconds in a 10 yd radius
      • Entangling Shot
        • Skill Rune - Chain Gang
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Physical
      • Evasive Fire
        • Removed cooldown on backflip
        • Backflip distance reduced from 15 to 5 yards
        • Skill Rune - Displace
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Focus"
            • Instead of backflipping, increases Hatred generated by 7
        • Skill Rune - Surge
          • Has been redesigned
            • Increases the backflip distance to 15 yards
      • Fan of Knives
        • Weapon damage increased from 450% to 620%
        • Skill Rune - Assassin's Knives
          • Weapon damage increased from 450% to 620%
          • Removed cast delay on the long-range knives
          • Long-range knives now seek out targets within a larger radius
        • Skill Rune - Bladed Armor
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
        • Skill Rune - Fan of Daggers
          • Stun duration increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds
          • Damage type changed from Lightning to Fire
          • Removed Knockback
        • Skill Rune - Knives Expert
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Fire
        • Skill Rune - Pinpoint Accuracy
          • Weapon damage increased from 1200% to 1600%
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
      • Impale
        • Weapon damage increased from 620% to 750%
        • Skill Rune - Chemical Burn
          • Weapon damage increased from 220% to 500% over 2 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Grievous Wounds
          • Additional damage on Critical Hit increased from 130% to 330%
        • Skill Rune - Impact
          • Stun chance increased from 50% to 100%
        • Skill Rune - Overpenetration
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
      • Multishot
        • Skill Rune - Arsenal
          • Rocket weapon damage increased from 160% to 300%
        • Skill Rune - Burst Fire
          • Initial explosion radius increased from 12 to 15 yards
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
      • Preparation
        • Skill Rune - Punishment
          • The Discipline cost has been removed
          • Now has a 20 second cooldown
      • Rain of Vengeance
        • Weapon damage increased from 1250% to 1500% over 5 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Anathema
          • Weapon damage increased from 5400% to 5800% over 5 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Dark Cloud
          • Weapon damage increased from 2650% to 3500% over 8 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Flying Strike
          • Weapon damage increased from 3200% to 3800% over 5 seconds
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
        • Skill Rune - Shade
          • Weapon damage increased from 2400% to 2800% over 5 seconds
        • Sill Rune - Stampede
          • Weapon damage increased from 4200% to 4600% over 6 seconds
      • Rapid Fire
        • Weapon damage increased from 525% to 685%
        • Skill Rune - Bombardment
          • Weapon damage increased from 465% to 545%
        • Skill Rune - High Velocity
          • Pierce chance increased from 40% to 50%
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Lightning
        • Skill Rune - Web Shot
          • Slow duration increased from 1 to 2 seconds
          • Slow effect changed to a Chill effect
          • Has been renamed "Frost Shots"
      • Sentry
        • Weapon damage increased from 200% to 280%
        • Skill Rune - Aid Station
          • Has been removed
          • New skill rune added: Polar Station
            • Chills all enemies within 16 yards, reducing their movement speed by 60%
            • Deals Cold damage
        • Skill Rune - Chain of Torment
          • Weapon damage increased from 240% to 300% per second
        • Skill Rune - Impaling Bolt
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
        • Skill Rune - Spitfire Turret
          • Weapon damage increased from 70% to 120%
      • Shadow Power
        • Life on Hit increased from 8253 to 12379
        • Skill Rune - Blood Moon
          • Life on Hit increased from 16505 to 24758
        • Skill Rune - Gloom
          • Damage reduction increased from 15% to 35%
        • Skill Rune - Well of Darkness
          • Cooldown reduced from 14 to 10 seconds
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now reduces the cost to 10 Discipline
      • Smoke Screen
        • Skill Rune - Special Recipe
          • Cooldown has been removed
          • Now reduces the Discipline cost to 10
      • Spike Trap
        • Weapon damage increased from 250% to 340%
        • Skill Rune - Echoing Blast
          • Weapon damage increased from 250% to 420% per explosion
        • Skill Rune - Lightning Rod
          • Weapon damage increased from 280% to 500%
        • Skill Rune - Long Fuse
          • Weapon damage increased from 300% to 520% per explosion
        • Skill Rune - Sticky Trap
          • Weapon damage increased from 680% to 800%
      • Strafe
        • Weapon damage increased from 400% to 675%
        • Skill Rune - Demolition
          • Weapon damage increased from 340% to 460%
        • Skill Rune - Drifting Shadow
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
        • Skill Rune - Emberstrafe
          • Weapon damage increased from 80% to 220% over 2 seconds
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Icy Trail"
            • Leave an icy trail in your wake that deals 300% weapon damage as Cold over 3 seconds and Chills enemies by 60%
        • Skill Rune - Rocket Storm
          • Weapon damage increased from 90% to 130%
          • Damage type changed from Fire to Cold
        • Skill Rune - Stinging Steel
          • Extra damage on Critical Hit increased from 130% to 140%
      • Vault
        • Skill Rune - Acrobatics
          • Cooldown reduced from 8 to 6 seconds
      • Vengeance
        • Skill Rune - From the Shadows
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
    • Passive Skills
      • Awareness
        • Has been redesigned
          • Now when you receive fatal damage, you instead vanish for 2 seconds and regenerate 50% of maximum life
            • This effect has a 60 second cooldown
      • Cull the Weak
        • Clarified tooltip to state that it includes Chilled enemies
      • Perfectionist
        • No longer increases your Life by 10%

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  • Monk
    • Dexterity no longer grants Dodge chance
    • Dexterity now grants 1 Armor per point
    • Maximum Spirit increased from 150 to 250
    • Active Skills
      • Blinding Flash
        • Skill Rune - Replenishing Light
          • Spirit gained for each enemy you Blind increased from 7 to 10
      • Breath of Heaven
        • Skill Rune - Infused with Light
          • Extra Spirit generated by Spirit Generating attacks increased from 4 to 14
      • Crippling Wave
        • Weapon damage increased from 143% to 175%
        • Increased the Attack Speed scalar of the first and second hits
        • Skill Rune - Mangle
          • Weapon damage increased from 216% to 265%
        • Skill Rune - Rising Tide
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now generates 3.5 2.5 additional Spirit for each enemy hit
        • Skill Rune - Tsunami
          • Every third hit now also Freezes enemies for 1.5 1 second
      • Cyclone Strike
        • Skill Rune - Wall of Wind
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now Freezes enemies for 1.5 seconds after pulling them in
      • Dashing Strike
        • Charge rate increased from 6 to 8 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Barrage
          • Weapon damage increased from 489% to 750% over 2 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Flying Side Kick
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Radiance"
            • Gain 15% increased Attack Speed for 3 seconds after using Dashing Strike
            • Deals Fire damage
        • Skill Rune - Quicksilver
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
        • Skill Rune - Way of the Falling Star
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Holy
      • Deadly Reach
        • Weapon damage increased from 109% to 120% 150%
        • Skill Rune - Foresight
          • Buff duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Keen Eye
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Searing Grasp"
            • Increases weapon damage dealt to 200% 206%
        • Skill Rune - Piercing Trident
          • Chance to knock enemies up on the third hit increased to 100%
        • Skill Rune - Scattered Blows
          • Third hit weapon damage increased from 156% to 185%
        • Skill Rune - Strike from Beyond
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now reduces the Spirit cost of your next Spirit spender by 8% for each enemy hit by the third hit
      • Epiphany
        • Skill Rune - Windwalker
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Insight"
            • Increases bonus Spirit regeneration from Epiphany to 45 per second
      • Exploding Palm
        • Weapon damage increased from 1179% to 1200% over 9 seconds
        • Explosion damage has been changed from a percentage of the enemy's maximum Life to % Weapon Damage
        • Now deals 2770% weapon damage as Physical if an enemy dies while bleeding
        • Skill Rune - Creeping Demise
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Shocking Grasp"
            • Exploding Palm now arcs to another target up to 15 yards away
        • Skill Rune - Essence Burn
          • Weapon damage increased from 1623% to 1875% over 9 seconds
          • Weapon damage of the explosion DoT effect increased from 258% to 3260% over 3 seconds
          • This effect can no longer happen multiple times
        • Skill Rune - Impending Doom
          • Has been redesigned
            • Explosion now deals 6305% weapon damage
            • Now only deals damage if the target is killed
        • Skill Rune - Strong Spirit
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Holy
          • Spirit granted per enemy hit by the explosion increased from 10 to 15
      • Fists of Thunder
        • First and second hit weapon damage increased from 122% to 255% 200%
        • Third hit weapon damage increased from 183% to 510% 400%
        • Increased the Attack Speed scalar of the first and second hits
        • Skill Rune - Bounding Light
          • Weapon damage increased from 195% to 240%
        • Skill Rune - Quickening
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now increases Spirit generated to 22 20
        • Skill Rune - Static Charge
          • Additional weapon damage dealt to enemies affected by Static Charge increased from 125% to 180%
        • Skill Rune - Thunderclap
          • Shockwave weapon damage increased from 95% to 105% 120%
        • Skill Rune - Wind Blast
          • Freeze duration increased from 1 to 2 seconds
      • Lashing Tail Kick
        • Weapon damage increased from 624% to 755%
        • Spirit cost increased from 30 to 50
        • Increased damage arc from 150 to 180 degrees
        • Skill Rune - Hand of Ytar
          • Significantly increased the damage radius
        • Skill Rune - Scorpion Sting
          • Stun chance increased from 85% to 100%
          • Stun duration increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Spinning Flame Kick
          • Weapon damage increased from 677% to 755%
          • Increased maximum projectile distance
          • Increased projectile speed
          • Significantly increased the Column's collision radius and height
        • Skill Rune - Sweeping Armada
          • Weapon damage increased from 671% to 825%
          • Significantly increased the damage radius
          • Removed the knockback and slow effects
        • Skill Rune - Vulture Claw Kick
          • Has been redesigned
            • Release a torrent of Fire that burns enemies within 10 yards for 755% weapon damage and an additional 230% weapon damage over 3 seconds
            • Deals Fire damage
      • Mantra of Evasion
        • Has been removed
        • Replaced with: "Mantra of Salvation"
          • Passive: You and your allies within 60 yards gain 20% increased resistance to all elements
          • Active: You and your nearby allies gain an additional 20% increased resistance to all elements for 3 seconds
          • Skill Rune - Agility
            • Passive: Mantra of Salvation also increases Dodge Chance by 35%
          • Skill Rune - Divine Protection
            • Mantra of Salvation also protects you and your allies when reduced below 25% Life, granting a shield that reduces damage taken by 80% for 3 seconds
              • Each target may be protected by this effect once every 90 seconds
          • Skill Rune - Hard Target
            • Passive: Mantra of Salvation also increases Armor by 20%
          • Skill Rune - Perseverance
            • Passive: Increases resistance to all elements bonus to 40%
          • Skill Rune - Wind through the Reeds
            • Passive: Mantra of Salvation also increases movement speed by 10%
      • Mantra of Healing
        • Skill Rune - Heavenly Body
          • Has been redesigned
            • Passive: Mantra of Healing also increases maximum Life by 20%
        • Skill Rune - Time of Need
          • Has been redesigned
            • Mantra of Healing also reduces damage taken by 30% when below 50% Life
      • Mystic Ally
        • Weapon damage per hit increased from 40% to 130%
        • Skill Rune - Air Ally
          • Spirit generated increased from 2 to 4
        • Skill Rune - Earth Ally
          • Boulder weapon damage increased from 333% to 380%
        • Skill Rune - Enduring Ally
          • Passive Life Regeneration is now increased by 30% of your Life per Second
        • Skill Rune - Fire Ally
          • Explosion weapon damage increased from 149% to 290%
        • Skill Rune - Water Ally
          • Wave attack weapon damage increased from 190% to 625%
          • Wave attack now Freezes enemies hit for 3 seconds
      • Seven-Sided Strike
        • Significantly increased proc coefficient
        • Skill Rune - Fulminating Onslaught
          • Explosion weapon damage reduced from 977% to 877% per hit
          • Significantly increased proc coefficient
          • Bug Fixes
            • Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause Fulminating Onslaught to end early even if there were valid targets remaining
        • Skill Rune - Pandemonium
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now removes the Spirit cost and Freezes all enemies hit for 7 seconds
          • Significantly increased proc coefficient
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
        • Skill Rune - Several-Sided Strike
          • Has been removed
          • New skill rune added: Incinerate
            • Seven-Sided Strike causes enemies to burn for 630% weapon damage as Fire over 3 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Sudden Assault
          • Weapon damage increased from 6477% to 8285%
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
          • Significantly increased proc coefficient
        • Skill Rune - Sustained Attack
          • Cooldown reduced from 17 to 14 seconds
          • Significantly increased proc coefficient
      • Sweeping Wind
        • Weapon damage increased from 30% to 60% per stack
        • Skill Rune - Blade Storm
          • Weapon damage increased from 40% to 85% per stack
        • Skill Rune - Cyclone
          • Tornado weapon damage increased from 23% to 35%
        • Skill Rune - Inner Storm
          • Spirit generated at maximum stacks has been increased from 4 to 8
        • Skill Rune - Master of Wind
          • Has been redesigned
            • Enemies damaged by Sweeping Wind for 3 consecutive seconds while the vortex is at 3 stacks will now be Frozen for 2 seconds
              • Enemies cannot be Frozen by Sweeping Wind more than once every 3 seconds
      • Tempest Rush
        • Weapon damage increased from 240% to 390%
        • Initial resource cost removed
        • Channeling resource cost increased to 30 Spirit (up from 10)
        • Skill Rune - Bluster
          • Buff duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Flurry
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now creates an icy blast that deals 135% weapon damage as cold to all enemies within 15 yards when you stop channeling
            • While channeling you periodically build stacks that increase the damage of the blast
            • Each stack increases the weapon damage of the blast by 135% up to a maximum of 100 stacks
        • Skill Rune - Northern Breeze
          • Weapon damage increased from 285% to 500%
          • Reduces the channeling cost to 25 Spirit
        • Skill Rune - Slipstream
          • Has been removed
          • Replacd with: "PH Lightning Rune" (name TBD)
            • Enemies within 20 yards are shocked for 135% weapon damage as Lightning every second while channeling
      • Wave of Light
        • Removed the additional damage dealt in a line
        • Weapon damage increased from 605% to 835%
        • Reduced delay from 1.4 to 1 second
        • Skill Rune - Empowered Wave
          • Has been redesigned
            • Increases bell weapon damage to 960% 1045% and projectile weapon damage to 125%
        • Skill Rune - Explosive Light
          • Significantly increased the size of the projectiles
        • Skill Rune - Numbing Light
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Shattering Light"
            • Frozen targets have a 20% increased chance to be critically hit by Wave of Light
            • Has been redesigned
              • Wave of Light is followed up by an additional 165% weapon damage as Cold in a line
        • Skill Rune - Wall of Light
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now has a 40% 100% chance to stun enemies for 1 second
            • Removed knockback
      • Way of the Hundred Fists
        • Weapon damage increased from 192% to 220% 190%
        • Removed the target cap on the third hit
        • Increased the Attack Speed scalar of the first and second hits
        • Skill Rune - Hands of Lightning
          • Weapon damage increased from 429% to 490%
        • Skill Rune - Spirited Salvo
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Assimilation"
            • Each enemy hit by the third hit increased your damage by 5%
        • Skill Rune - Windforce Flurry
          • Wave of wind weapon damage increased from 191% to 285% 500%
    • Passive Skills
      • Chant of Resonance
        • Spirit generated increased from 2 to 4
      • Exalted Soul
        • Spirit generated increased from 2 to 4
        • Maximum Spirit bonus reduced from 100 to 50
      • Guiding Light
        • Has been removed
        • Replaced with: "Alacrity"
          • Increase the attack speed of Spirit Generators by 15%
      • One With Everything
        • Has been removed
        • Replaced with: "Harmony"
          • 30% of your single elemental resistances from items instead increases your resistance to all elements
      • Provocation
        • Has been removed
        • Replaced with: "Determination"
          • Your damage is increased by 4% for each enemy within 12 yards of you up to a maximum of 20%
      • Relentless Assault
        • New passive skill
        • Available at Level 30
        • You deal 20% more damage to enemies that are Blind, Frozen, or Stunned
      • Resolve
        • Duration increased to 4 seconds
        • Added a spell effect for enemies that are affected by the debuff
      • Seize the Initiative
        • Has been redesigned 
          • Damage dealt to enemies above 80% 75% Life will now increase your Attack Speed by 15% 30% for 4 seconds
        • Sixth Sense
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now reduces all non-Physical damage taken by 25%
        • The Guardian's Path
          • Dodge chance increased from 15% to 35%
        • Transcendence
          • Life per Spirit spent increased from 825 to 1568
          • Health Globe Healing Bonus increased from 1% to 2%

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  • Witch Doctor
    • The collision boxes for the following pets have had their radii reduced
      • Zombie Dogs
      • Gargantuan
      • Fetishes
    • User Interface
      • An icon has been added to display the number of Fetishes summoned by Fetish Army that are currently alive
      • An icon has been added to display the number of Fetishes summoned by Fetish Sycophants that are currently alive
      • An icon has been added to display the remaining duration of Gargantuan - Wrathful Protector
    • Active Skills
      • Acid Cloud
        • Skill Rune - Corpse Bomb
          • Damage type changed from Posion to Fire
        • Skill Rune - Slow Burn
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
      • Corpse Spiders
        • Weapon damage increased from 324% to 576%
        • Skill Rune - Blazing Spiders
          • Weapon damage increased from 400% to 700%
        • Skill Rune - Leaping Spiders
          • Weapon damage increased from 383% to 646%
        • Skill Rune - Spider Queen
          • Weapon damage increased from 1575% to 2625%
      • Fetish Army
        • Skill Rune - Fetish Ambush
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
        • Bug Fixes
          • Summoning your Fetish Army no longer unsummons fetishes summoned by Fetish Sycophants
      • Gargantuan
        • Skill Rune - Humongoid
          • Cleave arc increased from 120 to 180
        • Skill Rune - Wrathful Protector
          • Bug Fixes
            • Fixed an issue that caused the Gargantuan summoned by this Skill Rune to receive a greater damage bonus from Attack Speed than intended
      • Grasp of the Dead
        • Skill Rune - Death is Life
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Poison
        • Skill Rune - Desperate Grasp
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Poison
        • Skill Rune - Unbreakable Grasp
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
      • Locust Swarm
        • You will now move into range before casting if you are targeting an enemy that is out of range
        • Skill Rune - Devouring Swarm
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now grants 25 mana per second as long as the first enemy hit is still alive
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
        • Skill Rune - Cloud of Insects
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Physical
      • Mass Confusion
        • Skill Rune - Devolution
          • Chance to summon a Zombie Dog reduced from 50% to 30%
      • Poison Dart
        • Skill Rune - Flaming Dart
          • Weapon damage increased from 425% to 565% over 4 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Numbing Dart
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
        • Skill Rune - Spined Dart
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Physical
      • Sacrifice
        • Has been redesigned
          • Now sacrifices a single dog at a time
          • The dog will now be thrown to you cursor location and detonates on impact
        • Weapon damage increased from 185% to 1090%
          • If you're wearing The Tall Man's Finger, the damage is tripled to 3270% weapon damage for sacrificing your dog
            • You do not gain additional damage if your giant dog represents more than 3 normal dogs
        • Skill Rune - Black Blood
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now stuns enemies in the impact area for 3 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Pride
          • Mana gained increased from 60 to 280 per dog
        • Skill Rune - For the Master
          • Has been redesigned
            • All your dogs will now be sacrificed in a single cast for 1090% weapon damage each
        • Skill Rune - Provoke the Pack
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now gain 20% increased damage for 5 seconds when you sacrifice a dog
              • This buff gains a stack with each cast and has a maximum of 5 stacks
      • Spirit Barrage
        • Skill Rune - Well of Souls
          • Damage type changed from Cold to Fire
      • Wall of Zombies
        • Skill Rune - Creepers
          • Bug Fixes
            • Fixed an issue preventing this from spawning the full 3 creeper zombies
    • Passive Skills

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  • Wizard
    • Active Skills
      • Arcane Orb
        • Weapon damage increased from 381% to 435%
        • Skill Rune - Arcane Orbit
          • Explosion weapon damage increased from 236% to 265%
        • Skill Rune - Obliteration
          • Weapon damage increased from 509% to 700%
      • Arcane Torrent
        • Now initially deals 400% weapon damage and increases by 305% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 895% 1010%
        • Skill Rune - Arcane Mines
          • Weapon damage increased from 688% to 825%
        • Skill Rune - Death Blossom
          • Now initially deals 1215% weapon damage and increases by 640% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 2495%
        • Skill Rune - Disruption
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Flame Ward"
            • You take 15% less damage from attacks while channeling, increasing by 5% every second up to a maximum of 25% damage reduction
            • Deals Fire damage
        • Skill Rune - Power Stone
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Static Discharge"
            • Each missile explodes into 2 piercing bolts of electricity that each deal 150% weapon damage as Lightning
      • Archon
        • Now makes you immune to all crowd control effects
      • Black Hole
        • Weapon damage increased from 360% to 700% over 2 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Blazar
          • Explosion weapon damage increased from 464% to 725%
        • Skill Rune - Supermassive
          • Weapon damage increased from 570% to 1290% over 2 seconds
      • Blizzard
        • Weapon damage increased from 807% to 1075%
        • Skill Rune - Frozen Solid
          • Freeze chance and duration increased from 40% for 1.5 seconds to 100% for 2.5 seconds
        • Skill Rune - Grasping Chill
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Lightning Storm"
            • Enemies affected by Blizzard take 20% 15% increased Lightning damage
            • Deals Lightning damage
        • Skill Rune - Snowbound
          • Arcane Power cost reduced from 13 to 10
        • Skill Rune - Stark Winter
          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with: "Apocalypse"
            • Increases the damage radius of Blizzard to 30 yards
            • Does Fire damage
        • Skill Rune - Unrele
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