Diablo III Patches

The following is a list of all the official patch notes and hotfixes that have been released for Diablo III.

Retail Patches

Patch 2.0.5a

Patch 2.0.5 - v2.0.5a.24017 (May 14, 2014)
CRAFTING Mystic Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that allowed crafted set items to roll for class specific properties that were not available to your class when Enchanting Return to Top BUG FIXES Fixed an issue that could cause your client to run out of memory and cause it to crash Fixed an issue with Sound Settings that could cause your game client to crash

Patch 2.0.5

Patch 2.0.5 - v2.0.5.23920 (May 13, 2014)

GENERAL Increased the radius of "Strength in Numbers" (multiplayer buff) from 100 to 200 yards Gold Find on items will now stack multiplicatively with the Gold Find bonus provided from game difficulty This significantly increases the gold reward most players will see when playing on higher difficulty levels or wearing Gold Find gear. Example: Suppose you are playing on Master (+200% Gold Find) and have 50% Gold Find awarded from items. A pile of gold drops that would normally be 50 gold. Your Difficulty bonus increases the 50 gold to 150 gold. Your 50% Gold Find will now increase the 150 gold to 225 gold. The 300% Gold Find cap applied to items and Paragon Points has been removed The Vote Kick system has received several changes to make it less restrictive: Vote Kicking is now available after you have been in a game for 2 minutes (down from 5 minutes) Killing a champion or rare pack no longer disables vote kicking for 15 seconds After a boss kill, vote kicking is disabled for 15 seconds (down from 3 minutes) Some additional restrictions were also relaxed Known Issue: The tooltip will not reflect these changes Tyrael will now chat about his poor eating habits with less frequency Return to Top CLASSES Barbarian Philosophy To better support character builds based on a specific damage type we are changing the damage type of a few select runes. This is an ongoing goal - additional changes may be made in the future to any of our classes to make damage types an interesting consideration for character building. Rend is being changed to make the damage more consistent. The difference between getting a Critical Hit or not on Rend made the ability too unpredictable. This is particularly important when the player has the option of reapplying the Damage over Time effect. Finally, we are buffing the least used Fury spender - Seismic Slam. While there will always be a least used skill, we feel the aesthetic of Seismic Slam is very strong, and we would love for more people to enjoy using it. To this end we are making the skill mechanically easier to use as well as directly buffing the damage. Active Skills Frenzy Skill Rune - Sidearm Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Overpower Skill Rune - Crushing Advance Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Rend Rather than rolling for a Critical Hit, Rend will now calculate an average damage augmented by your Critical Hit Chance and Critical Hit Damage on application and apply that damage evenly over the duration of the entire DoT Note: Since the skill can no longer deal a Critical Hit, it will no longer trigger effects that occur on Critical Hit. Revenge Skill Rune - Best Served Cold Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Seismic Slam Now also hits enemies in a 10 yard wide, 10 yard long area in front of you in addition to the existing cone Base weapon damage increase from 550% to 620% Altered the duration of the cast animation to be the same as most other Barbarian abilities. Removed the short knock up Will now ignore line of sight blockers (such as the walls created by the Waller monster affix) when dealing damage Skill Rune - Permafrost Weapon damage increased from 710% to 755% Slow duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second Skill Rune - Shattered Ground Weapon damage increased from 710% to 735% Changed the 5 yard knockback to a short knock up Skill Rune - Stagger Has been redesigned: Now reduces the Fury cost from 30 to 22 War Cry Range increased from 50 to 100 yards Whirlwind Skill Rune - Hurricane Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Wrath of the Berserker Skill Rune - Arreat's Wail Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - Striding Giant Has been redesigned: Now reduces all damage taken by 50% Passive Skills Inspiring Presence Range increased from 50 to 100 yards Relentless Now has a buff icon when it's active The damage reduction provided will now be reflected in your Toughness Return to Top Crusader Philosophy Crusaders should be the toughest class in the game and currently they are not. We've increased the 15% damage reduction to 30% to match that of the Monk and Barbarian. In addition we are removing the movement speed penalty on Heavenly Strength while also changing Fervor to be a very strong passive for Crusaders who want to play with a 1-handed weapon. Together these changes should solidify the Crusader fantasy of a powerful tank wielding a giant shield. To better support character builds based on a specific damage type we are changing the damage type of a few select runes. This is an ongoing goal - additional changes may be made in the future to any of our classes to make damage types an interesting consideration for character building. Akarat's Champion has been redesigned. Many of the runes were lackluster while Rally was both too strong but also promoted a style of play that consisted primarily of mashing buttons mindlessly. We've redesigned Rally and buffed the skill and all the other runes. Overall builds that used certain skills such as Judgment - Resolved could do solid damage (though somewhat inconsistent), but if you did not take specific skills or have access to specific Legendary items the damage would fall behind. We are nerfing Judgment - Resolved significantly. A change this large is never easy but this was a mistake we should have caught. To keep Crusader damage competitive we are buffing most of the Crusader's damage abilities across the board. While a few skills have come down slightly in damage, the vast majority are being increased, some by a large margin. Fist of the Heavens and Blessed Shield both fill a similar role of being ranged multi target skills. In order to provide better differentiation we are adjusting Fist of the Heavens to be better at damaging a single target, with the area damage component being a peripheral bonus. To this end the damage of the primary strike of Fist of the Heavens has been increased, while the damage of the secondary bolts has been decreased. Finally, we have done significant redesign to the Crusader's passive abilities. We feel there was an overall lack of interesting passive choices on the Crusader. Rather than try to simply change numbers on existing passives we've tried to provide interesting and compelling choices. General Crusaders now take 30% less damage from all sources Active Skills Akarat's Champion Has been redesigned: This skill now: Increases your damage by 35% Increases Wrath regeneration by 5 per second Makes you immune to crowd control effects Skill Rune - Embodiment of Power Has been redesigned: Now increases the bonus Wrath regeneration to 10 per second Skill Rune - Fire Starter Has been redesigned: Dealing damage now burns enemies with the power of Akarat, for 460% weapon damage as Fire over 3 seconds Skill Rune - Hasteful Has been redesigned: Now gain 15% attack speed while Akarat's Champion is active Skill Rune - Prophet Now also returns you to full health the first time you take fatal damage Skill Rune - Rally Has been redesigned: Now reduces the remaining cooldown of your other abilities by 12 seconds when Akarat's Champion is activated Blessed Hammer Weapon damage increased from 200% to 320% Skill Rune - Burning Wrath Scorched ground weapon damage increased from 150% to 330% per second Skill Rune - Icebound Hammer Explosion weapon damage increased from 75% to 380% Skill Rune - Thunderstruck Arc weapon damage increased from 40% to 60% Blessed Shield Weapon damage increased from 340% to 430% Skill Rune - Combust Explosion weapon damage increased from 270% to 310% Explosion radius increased from 8 to 10 yards Skill Rune - Divine Aegis Damage type changed from Holy to Physical Skill Rune - Shattering Throw Fragment weapon damage decreased from 333% to 170% Bombardment Rather than a random variance, there is now a static 0.35 second delay between Bombardment assaults. This should make the damage more consistent and more reliable. Skill Rune - Annihilate Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - Mine Field Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - Targeted Damage type changed from Physical to Holy Bug Fix: Fixed an issue causing the proc coefficient to be lower than intended Condemn Skill Rune - Reciprocate Damage type changed from Holy to Fire Skill Rune - Shattering Explosion Damage type changed from Holy to Physical Bug Fix: Fixed an issue causing the proc coefficient to be lower than intended Consecration Skill Rune - Shattered Ground Weapon damage increased from 95% to 155% Damage from this rune can now trigger procs Falling Sword Weapon damage increased from 1100% to 1700% Replaced the knockback effect with a small knock up Skill Rune - Flurry Sword weapon damage increased from 60% to 230% Damage type changed from Physical to Holy Skill Rune - Part the Clouds Cloud weapon damage increased from 165% to 605% Skill Rune - Rapid Descent Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Skill Rune - Rise Brothers Avatar weapon damage increased from 143% to 280% Skill Rune - Superheated Superheated ground weapon damage increased from 200% to 310% per second Bug Fix: Fixed an issue causing the proc coefficient to be lower than intended Bug Fix: Fixed an issue causing the impact to always deal Physical damage, regardless of the Rune chosen Fist of the Heavens Explosion weapon damage increased from 340% to 545% Bolt weapon damage reduced from 340% to 255% Skill Rune - Divine Well Bolt weapon damage reduced from 80% to 40% Skill Rune - Fissure Fissure weapon damage increased from 400% to 410% over 5 seconds Arc weapon damage reduced from 185% to 135% Skill Rune - Heaven's Tempest Weapon damage reduced from 150% to 100% per second Damage type changed from Lightning to Fire Skill Rune - Retribution Pierce weapon damage reduced from 350% to 270% Explosion weapon damage increased from 150% to 435% Bolt weapon damage reduced from 350% to 185% Minimum cast range removed Damage type changed from Lightning to Holy Heaven's Fury Weapon damage increased from 1260% to 1710% Skill Rune - Ascendency Weapon damage increased from 1680% to 2766% Skill Rune - Blessed Ground Scorched ground weapon damage increased from 975% to 1550% Skill Rune - Fires of Heaven Weapon damage increased from 735% to 960% Skill Rune - Split Fury Weapon damage increased from 1440% to 1980% Skill Rune - Thou Shalt Not Pass Damage type changed from Holy to Lightning Bug Fix: Fixed an issue causing the proc coefficient to be lower than intended Iron Skin Skill Rune - Explosive Skin Weapon damage increased from 1050% to 1400% Judgment Skill Rune - Resolved Critical Hit Chance bonus reduced from 80% to 20% Justice Weapon damage increased from 240% to 245% Skill Rune - Burst Explosion weapon damage increased from 30% to 60% Skill Rune - Crack Additional hammer weapon damage increased from 175% to 245% Proc chance increased from 80% to 100% Skill Rune - Hammer of Pursuit Weapon damage increased from 300% to 335% Damage type changed from Holy to Physical Skill Rune - Sword of Justice Damage type changed from Holy to Physical Changed from 5 stacks of 3% Movement Speed to 3 stacks of 5% Movement Speed. Total bonus is still 15%, but can now be reached with fewer attacks. Laws of Hope Cooldown reduced to 30 seconds Laws of Justice Cooldown reduced to 30 seconds Laws of Valor Cooldown reduced to 30 seconds Skill Rune - Answered Prayer Has been redesigned: Now each enemy killed while the law is empowered increases the duration by 1 second, up to a maximum of 10 seconds Phalanx Weapon damage increased from 380% to 490% Enemies can now be hit by multiple Phalanx avatars Skill Rune - Bowmen Weapon damage increased from 160% to 185% Skill Rune - Bodyguard Weapon damage increased from 285% to 560% Skill Rune - Stampede Reduced the distance enemies are knocked back Skill Rune - Shield Bearers Reduced the distance enemies are knocked back Provoke Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that allowed Provoke to proc other powers Skill Rune - Charged Up Bug Fix: The chance to deal damage is now, properly, based on the damaging power's proc coefficient Punish Weapon damage increased from 270% to 335% Skill Rune - Fury Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Skill Rune - Retaliate Weapon damage dealt when you block increased from 94% to 140% Damage type changed from Physical to Holy Skill Rune - Roar Explosion weapon damage increased from 40% to 75% Bug Fix: Fixed an issue preventing the base attack from dealing Fire damage Shield Bash Shield Bash should now more reliably hit targets close to the Crusader If Shield Bash causes the player to charge an enemy, the enemy will now be rooted for 1 second on cast Shield Bash now has smart targeting If you are targeting an area more than 10 yards away from you and click on nothing, the closest target to your click point, within 10 yards, will be charged Skill Rune - Crumble Damage type changed from Holy to Fire Skill Rune - One on One Damage type changed from Holy to Lightning 3 Second immobilize effect has been replaced with a 1.5 second stun Skill Rune - Pound Weapon damage increased from 740% to 1200% Damage type changed from Holy to Physical Should now always hit the chosen target Skill Rune - Shattered Shield Fragment weapon damage increased from 380% to 740% Skill Rune - Shield Cross Additional shield weapon damage increased from 135% to 155% Damage type changed from Holy to Physical Slash Weapon damage increased from 190% to 230% Skill Rune - Carve Should now more reliably hit targets next to the Crusader Skill Rune - Zeal Increased maximum number of stacks from 5 to 10 Smite Weapon damage increased from 165% to 175% to primary target Weapon damage increased from 125% to 150% to secondary targets Increased range to 30 yards Now destroys destructible objects, but prioritizes enemies Skill Rune - Shared Fate Damage type changed from Holy to Lightning Skill Rune - Shatter Explosion weapon damage increased from 20% to 60% Skill Rune - Surge Has been redesigned: Now increases the number of additional targets hit by 2 Steed Charge Duration increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds Steed Charge should now start its cooldown immediately when used Steed Charge now goes through and destroys destructible objects and doors Skill Rune - Draw and Quarter Damage type changed from Physical to Holy Skill Rune - Endurance Increases the duration to 3 seconds up from 2 seconds Sweep Attack Weapon damage increased from 440% to 480% Width of the cone increased from 120 to 180 degrees to match the visual Skill Rune - Blazing Sweep Additional weapon damage reduced from 170% to 120% Damage over time from Blazing Sweep can now stack with itself Skill Rune - Gathering Sweep Damage type changed from Physical to Holy Passive Skills Fanaticism New Passive Skill: Replaces Nephalem Majesty Increases the attack speed of Justice, Punish, Slash, and Smite by 15% Fervor Has been redesigned: While wielding a one-handed weapon, your attack speed is increased by 15% and all cooldowns are reduced by 15% Finery Has been redesigned: Gain 1.5% Strength for every gem socketed into your gear Heavenly Strength Removed the movement speed penalty Holy Cause Damage bonus now applies to all weapons, not just Holy weapons Indestructible Has been redesigned: When you receive fatal damage, you instead become immune to damage, gain 35% increased damage and (82,526 @L70) Life per Kill for 5 seconds This effect may occur once every 60 seconds Insurmountable Has been redesigned: Blocking an attack generates 6 Wrath Iron Maiden Has been redesigned: Your Thorns has been increased by 50% Nephalem Majesty Has been removed Towering Shield Has been redesigned: Increases the damage of Blessed Shield, Punish, and Shield Bash by 20% Reduces the cooldown of Shield Glare by 30% Vigilant Increased Non-Physical damage reduction from 5% to 20% Return to Top Demon Hunter Philosophy Demon Hunter survivability is lower than we would like. While the Demon Hunter is not as tough as other classes, this can be frustrating when taken to an extreme. The change to the Awareness passive is a first step; we will be keeping an eye on this and making additional changes as needed in the future. The Marauder's Set bonuses are attractive, but often the pets would get in each other's way or Sentries would not use your spenders often enough. To help improve this set's functionality, Companions have received collision box revisions and the rate at which Sentries use your Hatred spenders has been increased. Active Skills Companion Companions's collision boxes should now more closely match their actual size, and allow them to more effectively surround enemies Grenade Will now more reliably explode when an enemy is near the thrown grenade Explosion radius increased from 5 to 6 yards Collision radius of the projectile has been significantly increased Will now explode closer to your click location if it did not explode before reaching it Max range increased from 45 to 75 yards Hungering Arrow Skill Rune - Devouring Arrow Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Passive Skills Awareness Has been redesigned: Armor is now increased by 30% of your Dexterity Return to Top Monk Philosophy To better support character builds based on a specific damage type we are changing the damage type of a few select runes. This is an ongoing goal - additional changes may be made in the future to any of our classes to make damage types an interesting consideration for character building. We want to give Monks more options for spending their Spirit. The damage on Wave of Light is being increased to encourage its use as an alternative to the existing popular Spirit spenders. Active Skills Crippling Wave Skill Rune - Rising Tide Damage type changed from Physical to Holy Deadly Reach Skill Rune - Keen Eye Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - Scattered Blows Bug Fix: Fixed an issue preventing the first and second hits from dealing Lightning damage Skill Rune - Strike from Beyond Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Fists of Thunder Skill Rune - Bounding Light Damage type changed from Lightning to Holy Skill Rune - Lightning Flash Has been removed Skill Rune - Quickening Damage type changed from Lightning to Physical Skill Rune - Wind Blast New Skill Rune: Replaces Lightning Flash Every third hit Freezes enemies for 1 second Deals Cold damage Mantra of Conviction Bug Fix: Fixed an issue causing this to provide less bonus damage than intended Sweeping Wind Skill Rune - Inner Storm Damage type changed from Physical to Holy Wave of Light Impact weapon damage increased from 473% to 605% Skill Rune - Blinding Light Has been removed Skill Rune - Explosive Light Weapon damage increased from 731% to 830% Damage type changed from Holy to Fire Skill Rune - Numbing Light New Skill Rune: Replaces Blinding Light Critical Hits Freeze enemies for 4.5 seconds Deals Cold damage Skill Rune - Pillar of the Ancients Has been redesigned: Now deals 635% weapon damage as Lightning, followed by 785% weapon damage as Lightning over 3 seconds to enemies who remain in the area Skill Rune - Wall of Light Impact weapon damage increased from 709% to 870% Damage type changed from Holy to Physical Way of the Hundred Fists Skill Rune - Blazing Fists Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - Hands of Lightning Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Skill Rune - Spirited Salvo Damage type changed from Physical to Holy Return to Top Witch Doctor Philosophy To better support character builds based on a specific damage type we are changing the damage type of a few select runes. This is an ongoing goal - additional changes may be made in the future to any of our classes to make damage types an interesting consideration for character building. We are changing the way Fetish Sycophants works. Previously it triggered while casting. This caused it to create twice as many fetishes with certain skills such as Firebats (which trigger on-cast effects at double the normal rate), and also create fetishes even when there was no target available. We want to preserve the existing Fetish builds while allow Fetish Sycophants to be combined with all skills in the Witchdoctor arsenal. Fetish Sycophants now works with all skills and triggers on hit rather than on cast. While this means you can no longer get fetishes by simply casting at nothing, you will now get more fetishes if casting against large groups of enemies. In the case of spells other than Firebats, you will generally get more Fetishes than before. In the case of Firebats, you will get less Fetishes than before versus 1-3 targets, and more fetishes than before when facing groups of 5 or more. Haunt and Locust Swarm are being changed to make the damage more consistent. The difference between getting a Critical Hit or not made these abilities too unpredictable. This is particularly important when the player has the option of reapplying the Damage over Time effect. The Witchdoctor sometimes had trouble keeping up in a party situation. At the same time, we feel each class should feel unique. To this end we are redesigning Fierce Loyalty to improve the Witchdoctor's mobility in a uniquely Witchdoctor way. Active Skills Corpse Spiders Skill Rune - Leaping Spiders Damage type changed from Physical to Poison Skill Rune - Medusa Spiders Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Firebats Initial cost reduced from 225 to 150 Mana Skill Rune - Dire bats Weapon damage increased from 300% to 495% Skill Rune - Hungry Bats Weapon damage increased from 350% to 635% Skill Rune - Vampire Bats Now increases the initial cost from 150 to 225 Mana Gargantuan Skill Rune - Humongoid Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Skill Rune - Bruiser Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - Wrathful Protector Replaced the knockback effect with a small knock up Bug Fix: All Gargantuan attacks and abilities now correctly benefit from +% Elemental Damage gear Haunt Jump distance increased to 70 yards Rather than rolling for a Critical Hit, Haunt will now calculate an average damage augmented by your Critical Hit Chance and Critical Hit Damage on application and apply that damage evenly over the duration of the entire DoT Note: Since the skill can no longer deal a Critical Hit, it will no longer trigger effects that occur on Critical Hit Hex Skill Rune - Angry Chicken Replaced the knockback effect with a small knock up Now allows you to walk through enemies while transformed Skill Rune - Toad of Hugeness Weapon damage increased from 24% to 580% per second Damage type changed from Physical to Poison Will now calculate your Critical Hit Chance and Critical Hit Damage on application and divide that damage evenly over the duration of the entire DoT Note: As a side effect of this change, this skill will no longer proc "on crit" effects Horrify Radius increased from 12 to 18 yards Cooldown reduced from 16 to 12 seconds Duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds Now Immobilizes enemies Skill Rune - Phobia Removes the Immobilize effect Locust Swarm Rather than rolling for a Critical Hit, Locust Swarm will now calculate an average damage augmented by your Critical Hit Chance and Critical Hit Damage on application and apply that damage evenly over the duration of the entire DoT Note: Since the skill can no longer deal a Critical Hit, it will no longer trigger effects that occur on Critical Hit Piranhas Skill Rune - Bogadile Weapon damage increased from 840% to 1100% Damage type changed from Poison to Physical Spirit Walk Now allows you to walk through obstacles created by the Waller monster affix Wall of Zombies Skill Rune - Offensive Line Maximum cast range increased from 24 to 28 yards Skill Rune - Unrelenting Grip Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Summon Zombie Dogs Weapon damage per bite increased from 12% to 30% Bug Fix: Bite damage dealt by Zombie Dogs now correctly benefits from +% Elemental Damage gear Passive Skills Fetish Sycophants Now procs on hit rather than on cast, and will be affected by proc coefficients The chance to summon has been increased from 5% to 10% to compensate Fierce Loyalty Has been redesigned: Now while you have a Zombie Dog, Gargantuan, or Fetish following you and are not in combat, your movement speed is increased by 30% Now also allows you to have 1 additional Zombie Dog summoned at a time Spirit Vessel Now allows you to go through obstacles created by the Waller monster affix while you are in the Spirit Realm Zombie Handler Now also increases your health by 20% in addition to your Zombie Dogs and Gargantuan Return to Top Wizard Philosophy To better support character builds based on a specific damage type we are changing the damage type of a few select runes. This is an ongoing goal - additional changes may be made in the future to any of our classes to make damage types an interesting consideration for character building. Wormhole is by far the most common rune choice on Teleport. While we like the functionality and frequency with which it allows you to cast Teleport, we do not like the frustration it sometimes produces: players are often left clicking wildly, feeling punished for misclicks, or increased frustration if you find yourself up against an obstacle that wastes your second and third Teleport. To improve this experience we are reducing the cooldown on Teleport to 11 seconds and changing Wormhole to only give one additional cast, but increasing the window of time you have to use your second Teleport to 3 seconds. This affords the same number of Teleport casts overall as before while allowing you to be more thoughtful and deliberate about how to use your second Teleport. With the base cooldown on Teleport coming down to 11 seconds, all runes should now be more appealing. While the effect on some runes has been reduced, this should be more than made up for by the reduced cooldown in all cases. Active Skills Archon Skill Rune - Arcane Destruction Has been renamed Combustion Skill Rune - Combustion Damage type changed from Arcane to Fire Explosion now deals Fire damage Converts all of Archon's abilities to Fire damage Skill Rune - Pure Power Damage type changed from Arcane to Lightning Converts all of Archon's abilities to Lightning damage Skill Rune - Slow Time Damage type changed from Arcane to Cold Converts all of Archon's abilities to Cold damage Hydra Skill Rune - Blazing Hydra Bug Fix: Damage now properly scales with attack speed Magic Weapon Skill Rune - Force Weapon Knockback effect has been removed Meteor Skill Rune - Molten Impact Impact area increased from 12 to 20 yards Slow Time Bug Fix: Fixed an issue causing Slow Time to persist after its caster died or expired Teleport Cooldown reduced from 16 to 11 seconds Skill Rune - Safe Passage Damage reduction reduced from 27% to 25% Skill Rune - Wormhole Delay before the cooldown begins increased from 1 to 3 seconds Maximum number of allowed teleports reduced from 3 to 2 Skill Rune - Reversal Now also reduces the remaining cooldown to 1 second if you use Teleport to return to your original location Skill Rune - Fracture Decoy duration reduced from 8 to 6 seconds Skill Rune - Calamity Weapon damage reduced from 252% to 175% Stun duration reduced from 1.5 to 1 second Return to Top ITEMS Legendary potions may now be traded with other players who were present for the drop for up to 2 hours after the item is acquired Cinder Switch The fireball proc now deals 250% weapon damage, up from a flat amount of approximately 750 damage at level 70 Bug Fix: Fixed an issue causing this item to ignore its internal cooldown Istvan's Paired Blades Fixed an issue preventing The Slanderer and Little Rogue from dropping for Barbs and Monks Pride's Fall Bug Fix: Fixed an issue causing the Pride's Fall buff to persist indefinitely while a Unity was also equipped Puzzle Ring The goblins have been scouring Sanctuary for better loot to drop: Legendary drop chance doubled Rare items dropped will now always have six affixes The counter for picking up normal-quality items will now persist through death, act transitions, and un-equipping the item It still will not persist across game sessions The goblin will now play a sound when its counter reaches max and it drops an item Sanguinary Vambraces The Thorns damage dealt by these bracers will now benefit from your main stat damage increase at a 25% rate, as normal Thorns damage does Radius reduced from 25 to 15 yards Spectrum Bug Fix: Fixed an issue preventing this item from having a chance to drop off a certain unique monster Tasker and Theo Will now reduce the time between Hydra attacks Windforce Bug Fix: Fixed an issue preventing the knockback effect from activating the Strong Arm bracers Legendary Power Class-Specific Items Barbarian Might of the Earth Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that allowed Earthquakes caused by this set to generate Fury via the Earthen Might passive Crusader Level 70 Legendary Crusader Shields now roll with higher Block Amount ranges than level 70 Magic and Rare Crusader Shields This change will affect existing Legendary Crusader Shields Fate of the Fell Fixed an issue preventing the damage from multiple Heaven's Fury beams from stacking Hellskull Has been redesigned: Now grants you 10% increased damage while wielding a two-handed weapon Demon Hunter Danetta's Spite Clones now deal 25% weapon damage instead of the attacks being a purely cosmetic effect Embodiment of the Marauder The frequency at which Hatred spenders are cast by your sentries has been increased; the rate varies by Hatred Spender, but overall your sentries should be using them about twice as often as before Hatred spenders cast by Sentries now receive the benefits of the corresponding +% damage affixes on items The Cloak of the Garwulf The buff applied by this item will now display the correct number of wolves Monk Inna's Mantra Bug Fix: Fixed an issue preventing the four-piece set bonus from working properly Witch Doctor Level 70 Legendary Mojos now roll with higher damage ranges than level 70 Magic and Rare Mojos This change will affect existing Legendary Mojos The Grin Reaper Images summoned by the Grin Reaper are now more aggressive and use a larger arsenal of your skills The Tall Man's Finger Damage dealt by the single dog that is summoned is now significantly greater than the damage of your individual dogs combined Wizard Level 70 Legendary Orbs now roll with higher damage ranges than level 70 Magic and Rare Orbs This change will affect existing Legendary Orbs Atrophy Bug Fix: Fixed an issue causing this item to have lower damage values than intended Chantodo's Will Bug Fix: Fixed an issue causing this item to have the incorrect number of primary and secondary stats Vyr's Amazing Arcana Will now choose which element to use based on the player's highest +% Elemental Damage type Bug Fix: Fixed an issue preventing the set bonus from properly granting the effects of the Pure Power and Improved Archon runes Bug Fixes +% Damage on weapons will now correctly apply to all +% elemental types of damage instead of just Physical Level 70 Legendary shields now roll with higher Block Amount ranges than level 70 Magic and Rare shields This change will affect existing Legendary shields Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause bracers to roll a Critical Chance affix that was far below its level range during enchanting Fixed an issue that allowed several auto-casted Legendary item powers to trigger proc effects Fixed an issue that allowed Legendary items to roll from higher stat ranges than were appropriate for their level Return to Top ADVENTURE MODE Horadric Caches Now have an increased chance to drop Legendary items on Torment II - VI Bounty Rewards Lowered rewards for Hell Rift Bounties in Act IV Kadala Can now drop Torment only Legendary items Will now always give you weapon types that your character can equip with an emphasis on class specific weapon types Bug Fix: Fixed an issue causing Kadala to sometimes give common quality Crusader Shields Nephalem Rifts Increased the number of Blood Shards that can drop from Horadric Caches The number of Blood Shards dropped by Rift Guardians on Torment II - VI now increases with each level of difficulty Return to Top CRAFTING Greatly increased the drop rate of Legendary crafting plans Plan: Reaper's Wraps Malthael will now always drop the plan for Reapers' Wraps when killed at level 60 or higher if the player does not have the recipe, instead of only on the first kill Blacksmith Legendary crafted recipes no longer require specific Common armors or weapons and instead now require Common crafting materials Jeweler Sovereign Rings and Amulets now require Marquise gems instead of Imperial gems Unsocket costs for top tier gems have been reduced Flawless Imperial: 150k to 125k gold Royal: 250k to 150k gold Flawless Royal: 500k to 175k gold Mystic It is no longer possible for the same affix to be randomly selected as the replacement for both of your new rolls When Enchanting an item, the original affix will now be forced into the pool of possible replacement affixes This will allow Legendary items with affixes that are normally unavailable on that slot to roll for that affix when Enchanting Bug Fix: Fixed an issue preventing items from being properly marked as enchanted when starting the Enchanting process Return to Top FOLLOWERS Followers are now available at level 1 in Adventure Mode Templar Inspire Reduced Wrath regeneration from 1.8 to 1.1 per second Return to Top MONSTERS Chiltara will now spawn more often Reduced the clickable height of the Death Maiden Champions and Rares can no longer spawn with four of the following monster affixes and the frequency at which they can spawn with three has been reduced Arcane Enchanted Desecrator Fire Chains Frozen Frozen Pulse Molten Mortar Orbiter Plagued Poison Enchanted Wormhole Champions and Rares can no longer spawn with both Plagued and Desecrator at the same time Return to Top USER INTERFACE Friends who are currently playing Diablo III will now be sorted to the top of the friends list Legendary items received from Kadala will now broadcast to the clan Elite kill messages will now also appear in single player games Bug Fixes Fixed an issue preventing the icons for Health Wells and Pools of Reflection from properly updating states on the minimap Fixed an issue that could somtimes cause icons on the minimap to display their unusable state when players were temporarily unable to use them, when using Steed Charge for example Fixed an issue that could prevent your cursor from being displayed in fullscreen mode if high dpi was detected Return to Top BUG FIXES Fixed an issue that could cause lag for clan members when a large amount of Legendary items were identified via the Book of Cain Fixed an issue that allowed players to continue to send requests to start boss encounters after one had already been sent to the group Fixed an issue preventing Resource Cost Reduction from being considered when determining whether or not you have the minimum resources necessary to cast a spell Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause Teleport powers to prevent quests from progressing

Patch 2.0.4

Patch 2.0.4 - v2.0.2.23119 (Apr 08, 2014)

GENERAL Greatly increased the survivability of pets summoned by several items and skills, including: Skycutter Maximus The Gidbinn Genzaniku Litany of the Undaunted Call of the Ancients Falling Sword - Rise Brothers All Town hubs have had the placement of the Nephalem Rift Obelisk, Orek, and Kadala adjusted to help reduce the chance of accidental clicking The Blacksmith's Belongings box in Act I no longer has collision CLASSES [Barbarian] Philosophy Many skills that spend Fury feel great, but when it comes time to generate Fury the single-target options don't feel meaty compared to the generators that can hit more than one target at a time. As a result, we are increasing the potency of those single-target generators to be more competitive. Active Skills Bash Increased base damage from 170% to 215% weapon damage Skill Rune - Clobber Increased chance to stun for 1.5 seconds from 30% to 35% Skill Rune - Onslaught Increased additional damage from 80% to 100% weapon damage Frenzy Increased base damage from 120% to 155% weapon damage War Cry Bug Fix: Fixed an issue preventing the 5 seconds of paused Fury degeneration after casting War Cry from working. Weapon Throw Increased base damage from 150% to 185% weapon damage Skill Rune - Mighty Throw Increased damage from 210% to 270% weapon damage Skill Rune - Throwing Hammer Increased chance to stun from 30% to 40% [Crusader] Philosophy Many of the Crusader's Wrath spenders are below where we would like, while Heaven's Fury - Fires of Heaven was over-performing. We are toning back Fires of Heaven while increasing the potency of most of the other Crusader spenders to encourage greater build exploration. The single-target Wrath generator spells, Punish and Justice, don't feel meaty compared to generators that can hit more than one target at a time. As a result, we are increasing the potency of Punish and Justice to be more competitive. We are making a few adjustments to improve Steed Charge. The cooldown and duration of the skill have both been reduced. Overall, this makes the total uptime for the skill slightly higher and, more importantly, you'll be able to hit the button more often. We're removing the ability for Steed Charge to break stuns, which allows us to focus on Steed Charge being primarily a mobility skill that can still get you out of root effects, such as Jailer. We still want Steed Charge to be useful in combat, so we're also increasing the damage on damage-focused runes. General Crusaders now take 15% less damage from all sources Active Skills Akarat's Champion Skill Rune - Rally Fixed an issue where Rally would not reduce the cooldown of Condemn Blessed Hammer Skill Rune - Burning Wrath Increased radius from 5 to 8 yards Increased pool damage from 95% to 150% weapon damage Skill Rune - Icebound Hammer Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Icebound Hammer wasn't chilling enemies Icebound Hammer no longer goes away when exploding Blessed Shield Increased base skill damage from 280% to 340% weapon damage Skill Rune - Combust Increased damage from 105% to 270% weapon damage Skill Rune - Shattering Throw Increased damage from 50% to 333% weapon damage Known Issue: The tooltip for this skill rune does not reflect this change Fist of the Heavens Increased base skill's impact damage from 250% to 340% weapon damage Increased base skill's bolt damage from 210% to 340% weapon damage Skill Rune - Divine Well Increased damage from 14% to 80% weapon damage Increased bolt zap search radius from 12 to 18 yards Skill Rune - Fissure Increased area of effect damage from 80% to 400% weapon damage over 5 seconds Increased Arc capsule damage radius from 3 to 6 yards Skill Rune - Heaven's Tempest Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Heaven's Tempest was not moving around in its intended pattern Heaven's Fury Skill Rune - Fires of Heaven Reduced damage from 950% to 735% weapon damage Justice Increased base skill damage from 175% to 240% weapon damage Skill Rune - Burst Increased damage from 25% to 30% weapon damage Skill Rune - Hammer of Pursuit Hammer of Pursuit now seeks targets more quickly after cast Increased damage from 200% to 300% weapon damage Phalanx Increased base skill damage from 295% to 380% weapon damage Skill Rune - Bowmen Increased damage from 85% to 160% weapon damage Skill Rune - Bodyguard Increased damage from 200% to 285% weapon damage Skill Rune - Shield Charge Increased damage from 75% to 180% weapon damage Skill Rune - Stampede Increased Stun chance from 25% to 30% Punish Increased base skill damage from 200% to 270% weapon damage Skill Rune - Retaliate Increased damage from 70% to 94% weapon damage Shield Bash Increased base skill damage from 325% to 370% weapon damage Skill Rune - Crumble Increased on death proc damage from 550% to 660% weapon damage Skill Rune - Pound Increased damage from 550% to 740% weapon damage Increased bonus damage from shield Block Chance from 150% to 500% Steed Charge Reduced base skill cooldown from 25 to 16 seconds Reduced base skill duration from 2 to 1.5 seconds No longer breaks Stun Skill Rune - Endurance Reduced duration from 3 to 2 seconds Skill Rune - Ramming Speed Increased damage from 475% to 515% weapon damage Skill Rune - Nightmare Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the Fire pools were not lasting their full intended duration Skill Rune - Draw and Quarter Increased damage from 125% to 185% weapon damage Sweep Attack Increased base damage from 400% to 440% weapon damage Passive Skills Lord Commander Now reduces the cooldown of Steed Charge by 25% and Bombardment by 35% [Demon Hunter] Philosophy Many skills that spend Hatred feel great, but when it comes time to generate Hatred the single-target options don't feel meaty compared to the generators that can hit more than one target at a time. As a result, we are increasing the potency of a few single-target generators to be more competitive. Active Skills Evasive Fire Increased base middle shot damage from 160% to 200% weapon damage Increased base side shot damage from 80% to 100% weapon damage Skill Rune - Covering Fire Bug Fix: Fixed a bug causing the side shot damage to be lower than the amount listed Increased the damage of the side shots from 160% to 200% weapon damage Increased the range of the side shots from 50% to 80% to match the range of the middle shot Hungering Arrow Increased base damage from 125% to 155% weapon damage Sentry Skill Rune - Guardian Turret The damage reduction from this rune will now be reflected in the Toughness display [Monk] Philosophy Monks are working as intended and Dashing Strike is perfectly balanced. There are no Monk changes at this time. Monks are currently in a fairly comfortable place, but as with all aspects of the game, we will continue to monitor them and make changes as needed. [Witch Doctor] Philosophy The Witch Doctor was lacking good options for when they were low on Mana. A lack of attractive Signature spells results in builds primarily focused on sustaining Mana for long periods of time. We are increasing the potency of a few single-target Signature spells to be more competitive so that there are still aggressive options while waiting for Mana to regenerate. Haunt has received some changes to provide a low-Mana option as well as to emphasize options for a damage-over-time (DOT) play style. Active Skills Poison Dart Increased base skill damage from 155% + 40% to 185% + 40% weapon damage Skill Rune - Splinters Increased damage from 65% to 105% weapon damage per dart Skill Rune - Spined Dart Increased amount of Mana returned from 25 to 50 Skill Rune - Flaming Dart Increased damage from 275% to 425% weapon damage over 4 seconds Damage over time from Flaming Dart can now stack with itself Skill Rune - Snake to the Face Stun chance increased from 25% to 33%-35% Corpse Spiders Increased base skill damage from 216% to 324% weapon damage Skill Rune - Leaping Spiders Increased damage from 238% to 383% weapon damage Skill Rune - Blazing Spiders Increased damage from 259% to 400% weapon damage Firebomb Skill Rune - Pyrogeist Increased damage from 560% to 880% weapon damage Haunt Reduced Mana cost from 200 to 50 Increased base skill damage from 1465% over 6 seconds to 4000% over 12 seconds [Wizard] Philosophy Two skills on the Wizard, Arcane Orb - Frozen Orb and Electrocute, have bugs with their implementation. Unfortunately, these bug fixes do have the side effect of weakening these skills. Ultimately, this brings these skills back in line with other Wizard skills, which is why we chose to implement these fixes. Teleport is receiving some changes to allow it to work in more situations. The range is being increased overall for each cast of Teleport. As a result, the Wormhole rune is receiving a reduction in the number of successive casts that can be completed. Previously, you could cover 140 yards in 4 casts and now you can cover 150 yards in 3 casts. Overall, this is a buff. Active Skills Arcane Orb Frozen Orb Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Frozen Orb was chilling for longer than intended Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the Frozen Orb bonus damage radius was hitting a larger area than intended Electrocute Skill Rune - Surge of Power Reduced proc scalar from 0.25 to 0.166 Teleport Increased range from 35 to 50 yards Skill Rune - Wormhole Reduced maximum allowed teleports from 4 to 3 Passive Skills Arcane Dynamo Bug Fix: Arcane Dynamo now properly grants bonus damage to channeled spells Prodigy Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Electrocute was granting double the intended amount of Arcane Power when used with Prodigy ADVENTURE MODE The Nephalem Obelisks now have a short cast time before they activate Nephalem Rifts Adjusted the potential layouts for Sewer and Aqueduct style dungeons to include more randomized options CRAFTING Level 70 crafted sets no longer require Flawless Royal gems and instead now require Marquise gems The drop rate of unique Legendary crafting materials has been significantly increased This matches the drop rate of Death's Breaths Death's Breaths are no longer required for level 61-70 Rare crafting recipes Bug Fix: Legendary crafted shields now provide the correct amount of Block Value for their level ITEMS The treasure from Resplendent Chests has been improved to feel more resplendent Bug Fix: Legendary Follower relics will no longer roll incorrect Primary stats Malthael is now much more afraid, and will more consistently drop the Reaper's Fear Legendary crafting material Bug Fix: Gloves of Worship no longer grant 60 minute buffs for Empowered or Fleeting Shrines MONSTERS Damage from ghosts with the Soul Siphon ability has been reduced Poison Enchanted Duration of each Poison Enchanted globule reduced from 8 to 6 seconds. Maximum number of Poison Enchanted globules has been reduced from 4 to 3 per cast Poison Enchanted is now triggered with more variation in timing from Champion packs The "Kill Malthael" quest is now required to be completed before Malthael will drop loot QUESTS The Crazy Climber event now requires players to kill the monsters spawned during the event to complete The Jar of Souls event now spawns additional monsters in Torment I and higher The Matriarch's Bones event now spawns additional monsters in Torment I and higher In Campaign Mode, Manglemaw now only drops loot and gives XP before the player progresses to the Chancellor's Tomb quest USER INTERFACE Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where game objects were prioritized over chat links in the chat window Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where players were sometimes unable to click on chat links at the bottom of the chat window

Patch 2.0.3

Patch 2.0.3 V.2.0.3.22427 (Mar 11, 2014)

GENERAL The area of effect for the Fire Trenches in the Halls of Agony now better match their animations There is now a short delay before Fire Trench damage is dealt Followers Enchantress Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Erosion was causing Electrified to proc too frequently BOSSES Act Bosses now always drop a rare quality item The Skeleton King no longer drops a Legendary item after using the "Reset Quests" button for level 60 characters This bonus has been moved to Diablo for level 60 characters CLASSES Wizard Active Skills Hydra Bug Fix: Hydras should now properly dissipate when the owner dies or leaves the game Familiar Increased the internal cooldown attack rate to roughly match the player's attack speed to a maximum of approximately 2 attacks per second. Magic Weapon Skill Rune - Deflection Added an internal cooldown to the proc rate to be roughly once per attack CRAFTING Blacksmithing Level 1-60 crafted Legendary and Set pieces now require 2 Fiery Brimstones to craft All low level crafted Legendary and Set pieces now require at least 1 Demonic Essence to craft Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Legendary crafting recipes were rolling Rare level stats In addition, a pass was made to ensure all Legendary crafted items are rolling with 6 total affixes ITEMS New Affix: +Max Spirit for Monks This affix rolls on Fist Weapons, Spirit Stones, and Combat Staves Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where 2-Handed Legendary weapons were rolling damage appropriate to 1-handed Legendary weapons

Patch 2.0.2

Patch 2.0.2 V2.0.2.22274​ (Mar 4, 2014)

GENERAL Experience requirements for Paragon 500 and above have been increased Disabled sound notifications for Clan and Community chat Bug Fixes Gold can once again be purchased and sold on the Real Money Auction House Level 60 Crafted Amulets now properly require Fiery Brimstone to craft Sokahr the Keywarden now reflects a more reasonable amount of damage with his whirlwind attack The portal leading from the second Hell Rift to the Gardens of Hope 2nd Tier now functions properly The experience bar has been removed from the Followers UI The Siegebreaker Assault Beast no longer performs other actions during his grab attack animation

Patch 2.0.1

Patch 2.0.1 - V.2.0.1.22044 (Feb 24, 2014)

GENERAL Pools of Reflection have been added to the game Pools of Reflection provide a 25% bonus to experience This bonus persists until you reach a set amount of bonus experience (equal to approximately 10% of the current amount of Paragon experience needed to reach the next Paragon level) or your character dies Gathering additional Pools of Reflection bonuses increases the amount of total experience bonus a character can receive until character death, stacking up to 10 times This experience bonus persists on logout Nephalem Glory has been added to the game Occasionally during battle, monsters will drop Power Globes when damaged or killed Power Globes grant the Nephalem Glory buff, which causes players to deal additional damage in the form of golden lightning bolts and increases their movement speed for a short time This buff can stack up to three times New Character statistics have been introduced These include Toughness, Healing, Splash Damage, Cooldown Reduction, and Resource Cost Reduction Life Steal has been redesigned and is now less effective at higher character levels At level 60, Life Steal is reduced to 10% effectiveness Players now have the ability to resurrect in multiple places when they die in non-Hardcore games You may choose to either resurrect at your body, in town, or at the last checkpoint you encountered Players may not resurrect at their body during a Boss encounter Players may only resurrect at their body a maximum of three times in a row Player hit boxes have been adjusted to more closely represent character models Both male and female models of the same class share the same size hit box Followers now automatically level with characters Quests now occasionally grant item rewards when completed during the leveling process Gold can no longer be traded Nephalem Valor has been removed from the game Graphics engine has been updated to support reflections Reflections can be turned on in the Options > Video menu Note: This setting is not recommended for players running minimum system specifications BOSSES Many bosses have had their mechanics revisited and retuned The following bosses have received the largest changes to their encounters Maghda Siegebreaker Azmodan Iskatu In addition, the enrage timers for the following Bosses will only be enabled in Torment I and above The Butcher Zoltun Kulle Belial Ghom Siegebreaker Rakanoth CLASSES Barbarian Active Skills Bash Decreased Fury per Attack from 8 to 6 Increased damage from 165% to 170% weapon damage Removed knockback effect Skill Rune - Onslaught Increased total reverberation damage from 50% to 80% Skill Rune - Punish Lowered the damage increase from 8% to 4% for 5 seconds Skill Rune - Instigation Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Now Increases Fury generated per Attack to 8 Skill Rune - Pulverize Increased shockwave damage from 38% to 70% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Cleave Increased damage from 140% to 150% weapon damage Skill Rune - Rupture Increased explosion damage from 85% to 160% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - Reaping Swing Decreased fury gained from each enemy hit from 3 to 1 Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - Scattering Blast Increased knockback from 9 to 10 yards Increased damage from 60% to 80% weapon damage Skill Rune - Broad Sweep Increased damage from 175% to 210% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Frenzy Increased damage from 110% to 120% weapon damage Skill Rune - Sidearm Increased damage from 110% to 130% weapon damage Skill Rune - Triumph Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Berserk Increases the duration of the Frenzy effect to 10 seconds Skill Rune - Smite Increased chance to call down lightning from 20% to 30% Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Skill Rune - Maniac Lowered damage increase from 4% to 2.5% per stack of Frenzy Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Weapon Throw No longer costs Fury Now generates 6 Fury per attack No longer slows enemies Increased damage from 130% to 150% weapon damage Now unlocks at Level 17 (previously 14) Skill Rune - Mighty Throw Increased damage from 169% to 210% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Skill Rune - Ricochet Decreased ricochet range from 20 to 15 yards Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - Throwing Hammer Reduced chance to stun from 50% to 30% Lowered stun duration from 1.5 seconds to 1 second Skill Rune - Stupefy Reduced chance to Confuse from 20% to 15% Reduced duration of Confusion from 6 seconds to 3 seconds Skill Rune - Dread Bomb Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Balanced Weapon Increases Fury generated per attack to 8 Damage type becomes Fire Hammer of the Ancients Increased damage from 325% to 535% weapon damage Skill Rune - Rolling Thunder Increased damage from 275% to 505% weapon damage Skill Rune - Smash No longer strikes a smaller area Increased damage from 406% to 640% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - The Devil's Anvil Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Skill Rune - Thunderstrike Reduced stun duration from 3 to 2 seconds Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Skill Rune - Birthright No longer has a chance to drop treasure Rend Increased base damage from 925% to 1000% weapon damage Skill Rune - Blood Lust Skill has been reworked Heal for 0.5% of your maximum Life per second for each affected enemy Skill Rune - Lacerate Increased damage from 903% to 1350% weapon damage Skill Rune - Mutilate Increased movement speed reduction from 60% to 80% Skill Rune - Bloodbath Increased damage from 100% to 1000% weapon damage Seismic Slam Damage increased from 240% to 550% weapon damage Now knocks enemies into the air instead of back Skill Rune - Stagger Chance to stun increased from 70% to 80% Stun duration lowered from 1.5 seconds to 1 second Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Skill Rune - Shattered Ground Damage increased from 288% to 710% weapon damage Changes the knock up effect to a 5 yard knockback Skill Rune - Rumble Increased damage from 60% to 230% weapon damage Skill Rune - Strength from Earth No longer reduces Fury cost Skill has been reworked Gain 1% of your maximum Life for every enemy hit Skill Rune - Cracking Rift Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Permafrost Create a sheet of Frost that deals 710% weapon damage as Cold and Slows enemies by 60% for 2 seconds Whirlwind Damage increased from 145% to 275% weapon damage Skill Rune - Dust Devils Damage increased from 40% to 80% weapon damage Skill Rune - Hurricane Skill has been reworked Pull enemies from up to 35 yards away towards you while Whirlwinding Skill Rune - Blood Funnel Life restored on Critical Hits reduced from 2% to 1% of your maximum Life Skill Rune - Wind Shear Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Skill Rune - Volcanic Eruption Increased damage from 189% to 325% weapon damage Ancient Spear No longer has a cooldown No longer generates Fury Now costs 25 Fury No longer reduces target's movement speed Increased damage from 185% to 500% weapon damage Now pierces enemies Now unlocks at Level 26 (previously 9) Skill Rune - Grappling Hooks Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Ranseur Enemies hit are knocked back 5 yards Unlocks at Level 29 Skill Rune - Skirmish Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Jagged Edge Increases the damage to 640% weapon damage as Fire. Skill Rune - Dread Spear Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Boulder Toss Expend all remaining Fury to deal 20% weapon damage for every point of Fury expended to enemies within 9 yards of the impact location Unlocks at Level 48 Skill Rune - Harpoon Skill has been reworked Add a chain to the spear to drag all enemies hit back to you and Slow them by 60% for 1 second Now unlocks at Level 34 (previously 39) Skill Rune - Rage Flip Skill has been reworked Add a chain to the spear to throw all enemies hit behind you and Slow them by 60% for 1 second Now unlocks at Level 59 (previously 49) Ground Stomp Increased range from 12 to 14 yards Skill Rune - Deafening Crash Increased amount of enemy movement speed slowed from 60% to 80% Increased duration of Slow from 3 to 8 seconds Damage type changed to Cold Skill Rune - Trembling Stomp Increased damage from 76% to 575% weapon damage Damage type changed to Fire Skill Rune - Avalanche Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Jarring Slam Enemies hit have a 10% chance to drop a health globe Leap Damage increased from 85% to 180% weapon damage Skill Rune - Iron Impact Additional Armor gained reduced from 100% to 50% per enemy hit Skill Rune - Toppling Impact Now also increases the damage done by Leap to 450% Sprint Reduced movement speed increase from 40% to 30% Skill Rune - Marathon Reduced movement speed increase from 50% to 40% Reduced movement speed increase duration from 5 seconds to 4 seconds Ignore Pain No longer generates Fury Cooldown increased from 10 seconds to 30 seconds Damage reduction reduced from 65% to 50% Skill Rune - Bravado This skill has been reworked Breaks the effects of Stun, Fear, Immobilize, and Slow when Ignore Pain is activated Skill Rune - Ignorance is Bliss This skill has been reworked While Ignore Pain is active, gain 826 Life per Fury spent Overpower Increased cooldown from 10 seconds to 12 seconds Increased damage dealt from 165% to 380% weapon damage Now unlocks at Level 9 (previously 26) Skill Rune - Storm of Steel Increased damage from 50% to 380% weapon damage for each axe Now unlocks at Level 15 (previously 29) Skill Rune - Killing Spree Reduced bonus Critical Hit Chance from 10% to 8% Reduced duration of bonus Critical Hit Chance from 6 seconds to 5 seconds Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Now unlocks at Level 23 (previously 26) Skill Rune - Crushing Advance Increased duration of damage reflect from 4 seconds to 5 seconds Now unlocks at Level 32 (previously 42) Skill Rune - Momentum Reduced Fury generated per enemy hit from 12 to 5 Now unlocks at Level 39 (previously 48) Skill Rune - Revel This skill has been reworked Increases damage of Overpower to 760% weapon damage as Fire Now unlocks at Level 49 (previously 59) Revenge Reduced amount of damage healed from 5% to 2% of maximum Life Skill Rune - Vengeance is Mine Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Blood Law Increase healing to 4% of maximum Life for each enemy hit Skill Rune - Best Served Cold Reduced Critical Hit Chance increase from 10% to 8% Reduced Critical Hit Chance duration from 12 seconds to 6 seconds Skill Rune - Retribution Increased damage from 286% to 480% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - Grudge Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Skill Rune - Provocation This skill has been reworked Increase the maximum number of charges to 3 Furious Charge Increased damage from 195% to 360% weapon damage Skill Rune - Battering Ram Increased damage from 283% to 760% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - Stamina Fury generated per target hit increased from 8 to 10 Skill Rune - Bull Rush All targets hit are now stunned instead of only targets that are critically hit Skill Rune - Dreadnought This skill has been reworked All enemies hit are pulled to your destination Threatening Shout Now unlocks at Level 14 (previously 17) Skill Rune - Intimidate Movement speed reduced increased from 30% to 60% Skill Rune - Falter Attack speed reduction increased from 15% to 20% Skill Rune - Demoralize Taunt duration increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds Skill Rune - Terrify Increased chance to Fear from 35% to 100% Increased Fear duration from 2.5 seconds to 3 seconds Battle Rage Reduced damage increase from 15% to 10% Skill Rune - Marauder's Rage Damage bonus increase lowered from 30% to 15% Skill Rune - Ferocity This skill has been reworked Increases the duration of Battle Rage to 300 seconds Skill Rune - Swords to Ploughshares Increased chance to cause enemies to drop Health Globes from 5% to 8% Skill Rune - Into the Fray This skill has been reworked Gain 1% Critical Hit Chance for each enemy within 10 yards while under the effects of Battle Rage War Cry Skill Rune - Charge! Increased Fury gained from 40 to 50 Skill Rune - Invigorate Increased Life regeneration from 620 to 2025 per second Earthquake Cooldown reduced from 120 seconds to 60 seconds Damage increased from 2000% to 2600% weapon damage Skill Rune - Giant's Stride Damage increased from 65% to 160% weapon damage Skill Rune - Chilling Earth Now Freezes enemies instead of Slowing Skill Rune - The Mountain's Call Reduced cooldown from 105 seconds to 50 seconds Damage type changed from Fire to Lightning Skill Rune - Aftershocks Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Molten Fury Increase Earthquake's damage to 4500% weapon damage as Fire Skill Rune - Path of Fire Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Cave-In All enemies within 24 yards are pulled in towards you Call of the Ancients No longer costs Fury Damage increased from 60% to 180% weapon damage Talic can now also use Leap Attack Korlic can now also use Furious Charge Madawc can now also use Seismic Slam Skill Rune - The Council Rises This skill has been reworked The Ancients deal 360% weapon damage as Fire with each attack Skill Rune - Duty to the Clan Duration increased from an additional 20 seconds to 45 seconds Ancients now also gain 200% Armor Skill Rune - Korlic's Might Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Ancients' Blessing Heal for 65% Life when the Ancients are called Skill Rune - Madawc's Madness Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Ancients' Fury Gain 3 Fury every time an Ancient deals damage Skill Rune - Talic's Anger Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Together as One 50% of all damage dealt to you is instead divided evenly between the Ancients. The Ancients' damage turns into Lightning Wrath of the Berserker No longer costs Fury Increased duration from 15 seconds to 20 seconds Skill Rune - Arreat's Wail No longer knocks back enemies Increased damage from 430% to 3400% weapon damage Skill Rune - Insanity Reduced increased damage from 100% to 50% Skill Rune - Slaughter Increased damage from 155% to 300% weapon damage Skill Rune - Striding Giant Dodge bonus increased from 60% to 80% Skill Rune - Thrive on Chaos This skill has been reworked While active gain 826 Life per Fury Spent Passive Skills Pound of Flesh No longer increases the chance to find Health Globes Decreased additional Life from Health Globes from 100% to 50% Ruthless This skill has been reworked You deal 40% additional damage to enemies below 30% health Nerves of Steel Reduced amount of Armor gained from 100% to 50% of your Vitality Weapons Master Reduced Swords/Daggers bonus from 15% to 8% increased damage Reduced Maces/Axes bonus from 10% to 5% Critical Hit Chance Reduced Polearms/Spears bonus from 10% to 8% attack speed Reduced Mighty Weapons bonus from 3 to 1 Fury per hit Inspiring Presence Reduced Life regeneration from 2% to 1% of maximum Life per second Bloodthirst This skill has been reworked Each point of Fury spent heals you for 116 Life. Heal amount is increased by 1% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus Animosity Reduced Fury generation bonus from 20% to 10% Superstition Reduced Fury gain from 3 to 2 No Escape This skill has been reworked Increase the damage of Weapon Throw and Ancient Spear by 25% against enemies more than 20 yards away from you Relentless Ability now activates at 35% Life, up from 20% Brawler Reduced damage increase from 30% to 20% Juggernaut Increased the reduction of control impairing effects from 20% to 30% Increased Life recovery from 15% to 20% Boon of Bul-Kathos Reduced Earthquake cooldown reduction from 30 seconds to 15 seconds Demon Hunter Active Skills Hungering Arrow Increased base damage from 115% to 125% weapon damage Skill Rune – Cinder Arrow Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune – Serrated Arrow Increases Hatred generated to 6 Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune – Shatter Shot Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Skill Rune – Devouring Shot Name changed to "Devouring Arrow" Skill Rune – Spray of Teeth Increased AoE explosion damage from 50% to 60% weapon damage Entangling Shot Increased base damage from 90% to 200% weapon damage When Entangling Shot hits an enemy, the Slow effect is now refreshed on all entangled targets Skill Rune – Chain Gang Damage type changed from Physical to Poison Skill Rune – Shock Collar Increased bonus chain damage from 70% to 80% weapon damage Skill Rune – Heavy Burden Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Skill Rune – Justice is Served Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune – Bounty Hunter Skill has been reworked Increases the Slow amount to 80% Bola Shot Name changed to "Bolas" Skill Rune – Thunder Ball Lowered Stun duration from 1.5 seconds to 1 second Skill Rune – Bitter Pill Damage type changed from Fire to Lightning Imminent Doom Secondary AoE damage type changed from Arcane to Fire Evasive Fire Discipline cost removed Skill has been reworked Shoot a spread of bolts that hits the primary enemy for 160% weapon damage and two additional enemies for 80% weapon damage. If an enemy is in front of you at close range, you will also backflip away 15 yards. You may backflip once per 3 seconds. Now a Primary skill Skill Rune – Parting Gift Increased poison bomb damage from 55% to 150% weapon damage Skill Rune – Covering Fire Skill has been reworked Increased the damage for all shots from 130% to 160% weapon damage Skill Rune – Displace Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Skill Rune – Surge Removes cooldown on backflip, but each backflip now costs 2 Discipline Grenades Name changed to "Grenade" Skill has been reworked Throw out a grenade that bounces and explodes for 160% weapon damage as Fire Skill Rune – Cluster Grenades Increased damage from 112% to 200% weapon damage Skill Rune – Fire Bomb Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune – Grenade Cache Throw out 3 grenades that explode for 160% weapon damage as Fire each Skill Rune – Stun Grenades Name changed to "Stun Grenade" Lowered Stun chance from 25% to 20% Damage type changed from Fire to Lighting Now hurls a single grenade (rather than multiple) Skill Rune – Gas Grenades Increased explosion damage from 95% to 160% weapon damage Increased poison cloud damage from 25% to 120% weapon damage Now hurls a single grenade (rather than multiple) Impale Hatred cost lowered from 25 to 20 Hatred Increased base damage from 265% to 620% weapon damage Skill Rune – Impact Knockback chance lowered from 65% to 50% Skill Rune – Chemical Burn Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune – Overpenetration Damage type changed from Physical to Poison Skill Rune – Awareness Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune – Ricochet The knife ricochets to 2 additional nearby enemies within 20 yards of each other Changes damage type from Physical to Lightning Skill Rune – Grievous Wounds Increased critical hit damage from 100% to 130% weapon damage Rapid Fire Increased base damage from 438% to 525% weapon damage Skill Rune – Web Shot Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Skill Rune – Bombardment Increased explosion damage from 414% to 465% weapon damage Chakram Increased base damage from 170% to 380% weapon damage Skill Rune – Twin Chakrams Increased individual Chakram damage from 114% to 220% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune – Serpentine Increased damage from 230% to 500% weapon damage Skill Rune – Razor Disk Increase damage from 187% to 380% weapon damage Damage type changed from Arcane to Physical Skill Rune – Boomerang Increased damage from 230% to 400% weapon damage Skill Rune – Shuriken Cloud Increased damage per second from 34% to 200% weapon damage Elemental Arrow Increased base damage from 155% to 300% weapon damage Skill Rune – Ball Lightning Increased damage from 155% to 300% weapon damage Skill Rune – Frost Arrow Increased damage from 170% to 330% weapon damage Skill Rune – Screaming Skull Increased damage from 155% to 300% weapon damage Lowered Fear duration from 1.5 seconds to 1 second Skill Rune – Lightning Bolts Increased damage from 155% to 300% weapon damage Lowered Stun duration from 1.5 seconds to 1 second Skill Rune – Nether Tentacles Increased damage from 155% to 300% weapon damage Now returns 0.4% of maximum Life for each enemy hit instead of 3% of damage dealt as Life Caltrops Skill Rune – Carved Stakes Discipline cost reduction changed from 4 Discipline to 3 Discipline Smoke Screen Now has a 2 second cooldown Skill Rune – Displacement Increased movement speed bonus from 35% to 100% Skill Rune – Breathe Deep Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune – Healing Vapors Regenerate 15% Life while invisible Skill Rune – Special Recipe Skill has been reworked Now removes the Discipline cost, but adds a 12 second cooldown Smoke Screen – Choking Gas Damage type changed from Physical to Poison Shadow Power Skill has been reworked Draw in the power of the shadows, gaining 1651 Life per Hit for 5 seconds Skill Rune – Nightbane Skill has been reworked Now slows the movement speed of enemies within 30 yards by 80% for 5 seconds Skill Rune – Blood Moon Skill has been reworked Now increases Life per Hit gain to 3303 Skill Rune – Well of Darkness Skill has been reworked Now removes the Discipline cost, but adds a 14 second cooldown Skill Rune – Gloom Incoming damage reduction lowered from 35% to 15% Vault Skill Rune – Action Shot Now shoots 4 arrows for 75% weapon damage, and all shots are guaranteed critical hits Skill Rune – Rattling Roll Now only affects enemies you Vault through Skill Rune – Acrobatics Added cooldown duration lowered from 10 seconds to 8 seconds Preparation Now only restores 30 Discipline when activated Skill Rune – Invigoration Skill has been reworked Permanently increase maximum Discipline by 15 while rune is "equipped" Skill Rune – Punishment Now only restores 75 Hatred when activated Skill Rune – Battle Scars Life gain lowered from 60% to 40% Companion Discipline cost has been removed Skill has been reworked and now has both an active and a passive ability Active: Your raven deals an additional 500% weapon damage on its next attack Passive: Summons a raven companion that pecks at enemies for 100% of your weapon damage as Physical Skill Rune – Spider Companion Skill has been reworked and now has both an active and a passive ability Active: Your spider throws webs at all enemies within 25 yards of you and him, Slowing them by 80% for 5 seconds Passive: Summons a spider companion that attacks enemies in front of him for 100% weapon damage as Physical. The spider's attacks Slow enemies by 60% for 3 seconds. Skill Rune – Bat Companion Skill has been reworked and now has both an active and a passive ability Active: Instantly gain 50 Hatred Passive: Summons a bat companion that attacks for 100% of your weapon damage as Physical. The bat grants you 1 Hatred per second. Skill Rune – Boar Companion Skill has been reworked and now has both an active and a passive ability Active: Your boar charges to you then taunts all enemies within 20 yards for 5 seconds Passive: Summons a boar companion that attacks for 100% of your weapon damage as Physical. The boar increases your Life regeneration by 826 per second and increases your resistance to all damage types by 20%. Skill Rune – Ferret Companion Skill has been reworked and now has both an active and a passive ability Active: Instantly pick up all health globes and gold within 60 yards Passive: Summons a pair of ferret companions that each attack for 100% of your weapon damage as Physical. The ferrets collect gold for you, increase gold found on monsters by 10%, and increase your movement speed by 10%. Skill Rune – Wolf Companion Skill has been reworked and now has both an active and a passive ability Active: Your wolf howls, granting you and your allies within 60 yards 30% increased damage for 10 seconds Passive: Summons a wolf companion that attacks for 100% of your weapon damage as Physical Marked for Death Increased base damage from 12% to 20% Skill Rune – Contagion Now can only affect targets within 30 yards Skill Rune – Grim Reaper Increased divided damage from 12% to 15% Skill Rune – Mortal Enemy Increased Hatred generated from 3 to 4 Fan of Knives Hatred cost removed Now unlocks at Level 14 (previously 17) Increase base damage from 320% to 450% weapon damage Affected area increased from 10 yards to 20 yards Lowered Stun duration from 2 seconds to 1 second Skill Rune – Crippling Razors Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune – Pinpoint Accuracy Increases the cooldown to 15 seconds and increases damage to 1200% weapon damage Skill Rune – Retaliate Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune – Bladed Armor Gain 65% additional armor for 4 seconds Skill Rune – Hail of Knives Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune – Knives Expert Removes the cooldown but adds a 30 Hatred cost Skill Rune – Fan of Daggers Skill has been reworked Enemies are now knocked back and stunned for 2.5 seconds Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Skill Rune – Assassin’s Knives Increased damage from 70% to 450% weapon damage Spike Trap Now unlocks at Level 17 (previously 22) Increased arming duration from 1.2 seconds to 2 seconds Lowered trap damage from 275% to 180% weapon damage The trap now has a 2 second re-arming time and can explode up to 3 times Skill Rune – Echoing Blast Skill has been reworked Now increase the damage of each explosion to 250% weapon damage and turns the damage into Poison Skill Rune – Sticky Trap Trap now explodes after 2 seconds Increase damage from 404% to 680% weapon damage Skill Rune – Long Fuse Now increases arming/re-arming time to 3 seconds Lowered damage bonus from 371% to 300% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune – Lightning Rod Increase damage from 275% to 280% Sentry Lowered cooldown from 8 seconds to 6 seconds Increased base damage from 175% to 200% Skill Rune – Spitfire Turret Increased homing rocket damage from 30% to 70% weapon damage Skill Rune – Vigilant Watcher Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune – Impaling Bolt The turret now fires a bolt with a 100% chance to pierce Skill Rune – Chain of Torment Increased tether damage from 125% to 240% weapon damage Skill Rune – Aid Station Heal amount lowered from 2.0% to 1.0% of nearby allies’ Life Strafe Increased base damage from 156% to 340% weapon damage Skill Rune – Emberstrafe Increased damage from 65% to 80% weapon damage Skill Rune – Stinging Steel Increased bonus damage on Critical Hits from 100% to 130% weapon damage Skill Rune – Rocket Storm Increased damage of homing rockets from 60% to 90% weapon damage Skill Rune – Demolition Increased damage of bouncy grenades from 187% to 340% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Multishot Lowered Hatred cost from 30 to 25 Increased base damage from 165% to 360% weapon damage Skill Rune – Fire at Will Hatred cost reduced to 18 (up from 15) Skill Rune – Burst Fire Increased damage from 65% to 200% weapon damage Damage type changed from Arcane to Poison Skill Rune – Suppression Fire Now limited to a maximum of 6 Discipline gained per Multishot Skill Rune – Full Broadside Increased damage from 215% to 460% weapon damage Skill Rune – Arsenal Increased rocket damage from 60% to 160% weapon damage Cluster Arrow Lowered Hatred cost from 50 to 40 Increased base damage from 225% to 550% weapon damage Increased miniature bomb damage from 100% to 220% weapon damage Skill Rune – Dazzling Arrow Increased Stun chance from 55% to 100% Lowered Stun duration from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning Skill Rune – Shooting Stars Increased rocket damage from 175% to 400% weapon damage Skill Rune – Maelstrom Skill has been reworked Instead of releasing grenades, now releases up to 5 shadow tendrils that each deal 220% weapon damage as Physical to nearby enemies. You gain 1% Life per enemy hit. Skill Rune – Cluster Bombs Increased bomb damage from 230% to 525% weapon damage Skill Rune – Loaded for Bear Increased damage from 304% to 770% weapon damage Rain of Vengeance Increased base damage from 715% to 1250% weapon damage Skill Rune – Dark Cloud Increased damage from 792% to 2650% weapon damage Skill Rune – Beastly Bombs Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune – Shade Fire a massive volley of arrows at a large area. Arrows fall from the sky dealing 2400% weapon damage as Lightning over 5 seconds to all enemies in the area Skill Rune – Stampede Damage changed from 120% weapon damage per beast to 4200% total weapon damage across all 10 beasts Skill Rune – Anathema Damage changed from 3300% weapon damage over 15 seconds to 5400% over 5 seconds Skill Rune – Flying Strike Damage changed from 100% weapon damage per Shadow Beast to 3200% total weapon damage over 5 seconds Passive Skills Vengeance Name changed to "Blood Vengeance" Increased Hatred gain from 20 to 30 Increased Discipline gain from 2 to 3 Cull the Weak Increased bonus damage to Slowed targets from 15% to 20% Brooding Skill has been reworked Gain 1.5% Life regeneration per second for every second you remain stationary, stacking up to 3 times. This bonus is reset 5 seconds after you move Hot Pursuit Skill has been reworked Increases movement speed by 20% for 2 seconds when you hit an enemy Archery Lowered "Bow" bonus from 15% to 8% increased damage Lowered "Hand Crossbow" bonus from 10% to 5% Critical Hit damage Added new bonus: 2nd Hand (or Off-Hand) Crossbow 1 Hatred per second Numbing Traps Skill has been reworked Enemies you Slow or hit by Fan of Knives, Spike Trap, Caltrops, Grenades and Sentry fire have their damage reduced by 25% for 3 seconds Grenadier Skill has been reworked Increase the damage of grenades by 10%. Increase the explosion size of grenades by 20%. Upon death, you drop a giant grenade that explodes for 1000% weapon damage as Fire Sharpshooter Increased Critical Hit change bonus from 3% to 4% every second Ballistics Increased bonus damage to rockets from 50% to 100%In addition, you have a 20% chance to fire a homing rocket for 150% weapon damage when you attack Monk Active Skills Fists of Thunder Increased Spirit per attack from 6 to 14 Increased damage from 110% to 122 % weapon damage Removed knockback effect Skill Rune - Thunderclap Increased damage from 35% to 95% weapon damage Removed teleport Added knockback effect to every third hit Skill Rune - Lightning Flash Increased chance to dodge from 16% to 17% Increased duration from 2 seconds to 3 seconds Skill Rune - Static Charge Skill has been reworked Fists of Thunder applies Static Charge to enemies hit for 6 seconds. Each time and enemy with Static Charget gets hit, there is a chance that every other enemy with Static Charge within 40 yards takes 125% weapon damage as Lightning Skill Rune - Quickening Decreased additional Spirit generated per hit from 15 to 4 Skill Rune - Bounding Light Chain Lightning damage increased from 73% to 195% weapon damage Now hits up to 3 additional enemies Deadly Reach Increased Spirit per attack from 6 to 12 Decreased damage from 110% to 109% weapon damage Every third hit now has a 50% chance to knock enemies up into the air Skill Rune - Piercing Trident Now increases the chance of every third hit to knock enemies up into the air by 66% Skill Rune - Keen Eye Reduced Armor increase from 50% to 40% Reduced duration of the effect from 4 seconds to 3 seconds Skill Rune - Scattered Blows Now randomly damages enemies within 25 yards Damage decreased from 170% to 156% weapon damage Skill Rune - Strike from Beyond Decreased additional Spirit generated per Critical Hit from 10 to 3 Skill Rune - Foresight Reduced the damage increase from 18% to 15% Reduced the duration of the effect from 30 seconds to 3 seconds Crippling Wave Increased Spirit per attack from 6 to 12 Increased damage from 110% to 143% weapon damage Now dazes enemies within 11 yards on every third hit Skill Rune - Mangle Now increases damage to 216% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - Rising Tide Decreased additional Spirit generated per Critical Hit from 5 to 4 Skill Rune - Tsunami No longer increases the movement speed reduction Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Way of the Hundred Fists Increased Spirit per attack from 8 to 12 Increased damage from 140% to 192% weapon damage Skill Rune - Hands of Lightning Now also increases damage to 429% weapon damage Skill Rune - Fists of Fury Reduced additional damage from 100% over 5 seconds to 60% over 3 seconds Additional damage can now stack several times on the same enemy Skill Rune - Spirited Salvo Increased chance to gain additional Spirit from 15% to 40% Reduced additional Spirit from 15 to 6 Skill Rune - Windforce Flurry Reduced damage from 250% to 191% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Lashing Tail Kick Increased damage from 470% to 624% weapon damage Removed knockback effect Skill Rune - Vulture Claw Kick Increased damage from 517% to 624% weapon damage Removed knockback effect Skill Rune - Sweeping Armada Now increases damage to 671% weapon damage No longer increases knockback distance Skill Rune - Spinning Flame Kick Increased damage from 588% to 677% weapon damage Skill Rune - Scorpion Sting Increased chance to stun from 50% to 85% Skill Rune - Hand of Ytar Increased duration of slow effect from 2 to 3 seconds Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Tempest Rush Increased damage from 155% to 240% weapon damage while running No longer slows enemies Skill Rune - Northern Breeze Now increases damage to 285% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Holy Skill Rune - Flurry Now slows enemies hit by 80% Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Skill Rune - Slipstream Lowered the damage reduction while running from 25% to 20% Skill Rune - Bluster Now adds a knock back effect Now reduces damage of enemies hit by 20% for 1 second Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Wave of Light Decreased initial damage from 829% to 473% weapon damage Decreased additional damage from 96% to 79% weapon damage Skill Rune - Wall of Light Now increases initial damage to 709% weapon damage Now adds a knockback effect Skill Rune - Explosive Light Decreased damage from 914% to 731% weapon damage Skill Rune - Blinding Light Increased stun duration from 3 seconds to 4.5 seconds Skill Rune - Pillar of the Ancients Decreased initial damage from 595% to 498% weapon damage Decreased additional damage from 595% to 498% weapon damage Changed damage type from Holy to Physical Blinding Flash No longer costs Spirit Skill Rune - Self Reflection Increased the duration of the blind effect from 4 to 6 seconds Skill Rune - Blinded and Confused Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Blinding Echo Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Searing Light Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Mystifying Light Blinded enemies are also slowed by 80% for 5 seconds. New Skill Rune - Replenishing Light Each enemy you Blind restores 7 Spirit. New Skill Rune - Soothing Light Increases the Life regeneration of allies within the Blinding Flash by 11,966 for 3 seconds The heal amount is increased by 90% of your Life per Second Skill Rune - Faith in the Light Lowered the damage increase from 30% to 29% Breath of Heaven No longer costs Spirit Increased heal amount from 6202 - 7442 to 13,161 - 17,210 Life Heal amount is now increased by 30% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus Skill Rune - Circle of Scorn Increased damage from 80% to 505% weapon damage Skill Rune - Circle of Life Now increased healing power to 26,321 - 34,420 Life Heal amount is now increased by 30% of Health Globe Healing Bonus Skill Rune - Blazing Wrath Lowered the damage increase from 15% to 10% Lowered duration from 45 seconds to 9 seconds Skill Rune - Infused with Light Lowered the amount of additional Spirit per attack from 8 to 4 Skill Rune - Penitent Flame Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Zephyr Allies healed by Breath of Heaven have their movement speed increased by 30% for 3 seconds. Serenity No longer costs Spirit Skill Rune - Peaceful Repose Increased heal amount from 6202 - 7752 to 11395 - 12427 Life Heal amount is now increased by 40% of Health Globe Healing Bonus Skill Rune - Reap What is Sown Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Unwelcome Disturbance While under the effects of Serenity, enemies within 20 yards take 438% weapon damage as Physical every second Skill Rune - Tranquility Increased duration from 1 second to 3 seconds Skill has been reworked Grants a protective shield to allies, redirecting up to 22,677 damage to you Shield amount is increased by 40% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus Skill Rune - Instant Karma Skill has been reworked While under the effects of Serenity, your movement is unhindered. Inner Sanctuary No longer costs Spirit Increased duration from 5 seconds to 6 seconds Skill has been reworked Circle of protection on the ground can now be passed by enemies Allies within the circle of protection receive 55% less damage for the duration of the effect Skill Rune - Safe Haven Increased heal amount from 1550 to 2279 Life per second Heal amount is now increased by 30% of your Life per second. Skill Rune - Sanctified Ground Skill has been reworked Increases duration of Inner Sanctuary to 8 seconds Enemies cannot pass the circle of protection Skill Rune - Forbidden Palace Skill has been reworked Increases damage taken by enemies inside Inner Sanctuary by 30% Lowers the movement speed of enemies inside Inner Sanctuary by 80% Skill Rune - Consecration Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Circle of Protection Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Temple of Protection Allies inside Inner Sanctuary are also immune to control impairing effects. New Skill Rune - Intervene Dash to the target location Grant a shield to allies within 11 yards and then create Inner Sanctuary Shield absorbs up to 16,765 damage for 3 seconds Absorb amount is increased by 28% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus Dashing Strike Skill has been reworked No longer costs Spirit Costs 1 Charge Quickly dash up to 50 yards, striking enemies along the way for 305 % weapon damage as Physical You gain a charge every 6 seconds and can have up to 2 charges stored at a time Skill Rune - Way of the Falling Star Skill has been reworked Gain 20% increased movement speed for 3 seconds when using Dashing Strike Skill Rune - Flying Side Kick Skill has been reworked Perform a flying kick that has a 40% chance to stun enemies hit for 4 seconds Skill Rune - Quicksilver Skill has been reworked Increases maximum Charges to 3 Skill Rune - Soaring Skull Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Barrage The last enemy hit by Dashing Strikes takes additional 498% weapon damage as Physical over 2 seconds Skill Rune - Blinding Speed Increased additional chance to Dodge from 20% to 29% Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Exploding Palm Increased damage from 745% to 1179% weapon damage over 9 seconds Skill Rune - The Flesh is Weak Increased the additional damage taken by enemies hit from 12% to 20% Skill Rune - Strong Spirit Increased the amount of Spirit gained for each enemy caught in the explosion from 5 to 10 Skill Rune - Creeping Demise Increased the duration of the slow effect from 3 seconds to 9 seconds Skill Rune - Impending Doom Damage increased from 745% weapon damage over 15 seconds to 2149% weapon damage over 12 seconds Skill Rune - Essence Burn Damage increased from 745% weapon damage over 9 seconds to 1623% weapon damage over 9 seconds Increased burn damage done to enemies caught in the explosion from 60% weapon damage over 3 seconds to 258% weapon damage over 3 seconds Sweeping Wind Increased continuous damage per stack from 20% to 30% weapon damage Skill Rune - Master of Wind Lowered the increased vortex duration from 20 seconds to 15 seconds Changed damage type from Physical to Cold Skill Rune - Blade Storm Increased the additional damage per stack from 26% to 40% weapon damage Skill Rune - Inner Storm Increased the amount of Spirit gained per second while at 3 stacks from 3 to 4 Skill Rune - Cyclone Decreased the damage done by lightning tornados from 26% to 23% weapon damage Cyclone Strike Increased the maximum number of enemies pulled in from 8 to 16 Reduced damage from 313% to 261% weapon damage Skill Rune - Eye of the Storm Reduced Spirit Cost reduction from 30 to 26 Spirit Damage type changed from Holy to Lightning Skill Rune - Sunburst Skill has been reworked Blast enemies with an explosion that deals 454% weapon damage as Fire. Skill Rune - Wall of Wind Damage type changed from Holy to Cold Skill Rune - Soothing Breeze Increased amount healed from 1240 Life to 4778 Life Heal amount is now increased by 17% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus Seven-Sided Strike Increased damage from 1777% to 5677% weapon damage Skill Rune - Sudden Assault Increased damage from 2310% to 6477% weapon damage Skill Rune - Several-Sided Strike Increased the number of strikes from 9 to 10 Skill Rune - Pandemonium Increased chance to stun from 25% to 100% Skill Rune - Sustained Attack Reduced the cooldown reduction of Seven-Sided Strike from 23 seconds to 17 seconds Skill Rune - Fulminating Onslaught Increased damage from 254% to 977% weapon damage Mystic Ally Skill has been reworked 30 second cooldown Active: Your mystic ally has its damage increased by 50% for 10 seconds Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side. The ally deals 40% of your weapon damage as Physical per swing. When the ally dies, it is reborn after 5 seconds. Skill Rune - Water Ally Skill has been reworked Active: Your mystic ally performs 7 wave attacks in quick succession, each dealing 190% weapon damage as Cold Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side that infuses your attacks to Slow enemies by 60% for 3 seconds Skill Rune - Fire Ally Skill has been reworked Active: Your mystic ally splits into 10 allies that explode for 149% weapon damage as Fire Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side that increases your damage by 10% Skill Rune - Air Ally Skill has been reworked Active: You gain 100 Spirit Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side that increases your Spirit Regeneration by 2 Skill Rune - Eternal Ally Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune- Enduring Ally Active: Your mystic ally sacrifices itself to heal you for 100% of your maximum Life. The cooldown on Mystic Ally is increased to 50 seconds Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side that increases your Life per Second by 1012 Skill Rune - Earth Ally Skill has been reworked Active: Your mystic ally turns into a boulder for 8 seconds. The boulder deals 333% weapon damage as Physical every second and rolls toward nearby enemies, knocking them up Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side that increases your Life by 20% Mantra of Evasion Skill has been reworked Costs 50 Spirit Active: You and nearby allies gain an additional 17% increased Dodge Chance for 3 seconds Passive: You and your allies within 60 yards gain 17% increased Dodge Chance Only one Mantra may be active at a time All Skill runes now affect Mantra of Evasion's Passive ability Skill Rune - Wind through the Reeds Movement speed increased from 8% to 10% Mantra of Retribution Skill has been reworked Costs 50 Spirit Active: Increase the amount of damage dealt to 202% for 3 seconds Passive: You and your allies within 60 yards deal 101% of your weapon damage as Holy to attackers when blocking, dodging, or getting hit Only one Mantra may be active at a time All Skill runes now affect Mantra of Retribution's Passive ability Skill Rune - Retaliation Increased damage reflection bonus from 60% to 202% weapon damage Damage type changed from Holy to Fire Skill Rune - Transgression Attack speed increased from 8% to 10% Skill Rune - Indignation Increased chance to stun from 10% to 20% Increased stun duration from 2 seconds to 3 seconds Skill Rune - Collateral Damage Increased chance for feedback blast from 30% to 75% Increased Holy damage done from 45% to 101% Mantra of Healing Skill has been reworked Costs 50 Spirit Active: Shroud you and your allies with a mystical shield that absorbs up to 9554 damage for 3 seconds. Absorb amount is increased by 15% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus Passive: You and your allies within 60 yards gain 1012 increased Life regeneration. The heal amount is increased by 30% of your Life per Second Only one Mantra may be active at a time All Skill runes now affect Mantra of Healing's Passive ability Skill Rune - Sustenance Increased Life regeneration from 1240 to 2025 Life per Second Heal amount is now increased by 30% of your Life per Second Skill Rune - Boon of Inspiration Increased amount healed when hitting an enemy from 186 to 551 Life per hit Heal amount is now increased by 20% of your Life per Hit Mantra of Conviction This skill has been reworked Costs 50 Spirit Active: Damage bonus is increased to 20% for 3 seconds Passive: Enemies within 30 yards of you take 10% increased damage Only one Mantra may be active at a time All Skill runes now affect Mantra of Conviction's Passive ability Skill Rune - Overawe This skill has been reworked Passive: Increases the strength of Mantra of Conviction so that enemies take 16% increased damage Skill Rune - Intimidation Increased damage reduction from 10% to 15% Skill Rune - Dishearten Increases movement speed Slow from 30% to 80% Skill Rune - Reclamation Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Annihilation Passive: Killing an enemy that is affected by Mantra of Conviction grants you and your allies 30% increased movement speed for 3 seconds Skill Rune - Submission Increased damage done from 12% to 38% weapon damage per second Passive Skills Transcendence Reduced Life per Spirit spent from 62 to 50 Now scales with 0.4% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus Chant of Resonance This skill has been reworked The Spirit costs of Mantra activation effects are reduced by 50% and you gain 2 Spirit every second when you have a Mantra learned Seize the Initiative Decreased Armor bonus from Dexterity from 50% to 30% Sixth Sense Increased Dodge chance gained from Critical Hit Chance from 30% to 42.5% Pacifism Has been removed from the game New Passive - Provocation The duration of control-impairing effects on you are reduced by 25%. Whenever you are hit by a Stun, Freeze, Fear, Immobilize or Charm, you gain 15% increased damage for 10 seconds Guiding Light Skill has been reworked Your heals and shields grant increased damage equal to the percentage of Life missing, up to a maximum of 30% for 10 seconds Combination Strike Increased bonus damage from 8% to 10% Near Death Experience Now also increases Health Globe Healing Bonus, Life per Second, and Life per Hit by 35% when Near Death Experience is on cooldown Witch Doctor Active Skills Poison Dart No longer costs Mana Increased damage from 100% to 155% weapon damage and an additional 40% damage over 2 seconds Skill Rune - Splinters Increased damage of each dart from 60% to 65% weapon damage Skill Rune - Spined Dart Decreased Mana gained from each enemy hit from 29 to 25 Skill Rune - Flaming Dart Skill Rune has been reworked Ignite the dart dealing 275% weapon damage as Fire over 4 seconds Skill Rune - Snake to the Face Decreased the chance to Stun an enemy from 30% to 25% Corpse Spiders No longer costs Mana Increased damage from 120% to 216% weapon damage Skill Rune - Leaping Spiders Increased damage from 144% to 238% weapon damage Skill Rune - Spider Queen Increased damage from 630% to 1575% weapon damage Skill Rune - Widowmakers Decreased Mana gained from each hit from 4 to 3 Skill Rune - Medusa Spiders Increased the chance for spiders to Slow enemies movement from 25% to 100% Skill Rune - Blazing Spiders Increased damage from 156% to 259% weapon damage Plague of Toads No longer costs Mana Increased damage from 130% to 190% weapon damage Skill Rune - Explosive Toads Increased damage from 169% to 245% weapon damage Skill Rune - Toad of Hugeness Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Rain of Toads Increased damage from 130% to 182% weapon damage to enemies in area over 2 seconds Skill Rune - Addling Toads Increased damage from 130% to 190% weapon damage and have a 15% chance to confuse enemies for 4 seconds Skill Rune - Toad Affinity Skill Rune has been reworked Gain 9 Mana every time a toad hits an enemy New Skill Rune - Piercing Toads Mutate to frogs that pierce through enemies for 130% weapon damage as Poison Firebomb No longer costs Mana Increased damage from 110% to 155% weapon damage Skill Rune - Fire Pit Increased damage from 36% to 60% weapon damage Skill Rune - Pyrogeist Decreased damage from 640% to 560% weapon damage Increased the number of Pyrogeists that you may have active from 1 to 3 Grasp of the Dead Increased Mana cost from 123 to 150 Increased damage from 320% to 560% weapon damage Skill Rune - Groping Eels Increased damage from 416% to 880% weapon damage Skill Rune - Rain of Corpses Increased damage from 80% to 420% weapon damage Firebats Increased initial Mana cost from 221 to 225 and channeling Mana cost from 66 to 75 Increased damage from 385% to 425% weapon damage Skill Rune - Dire Bats Skill Rune has been reworked Summon fewer but larger bats that travel a long distance and hit for 300% weapon damage as Fire Skill Rune - Vampire Bats Skill Rune has been reworked Firebats no longer has a channeling cost Skill Rune - Plague Bats Increased damage from 578% to 638% weapon damage Skill Rune - Cloud of Bats Decreased initial damage from 501% to 425% weapon damage Haunt Increased Mana cost from 98 to 200 Increased damage from 575% to 1465% weapon damage Damage type changed from Arcane to Cold Skill Rune - Consuming Spirit Increased Life returned per second from 155 to 413 Damage type changed from Arcane to Cold Skill Rune - Resentful Spirit Skill Rune name changed from Resentful Spirit to Resentful Spirits Damage type changed from Arcane to Cold Skill Rune has been reworked Releases two spirits with each cast Skill Rune - Lingering Spirit Damage type changed from Arcane to Cold Skill Rune - Grasping Spirit Increased the Slow amount from 30% to 60% Damage type changed from Arcane to Cold Skill Rune - Draining Spirit Increased the amount of Mana returned per second from 20.4 to 25 Damage type changed from Arcane to Cold Locust Swarm Increased Mana cost from 196 to 300 Increased damage from 360% to 1040% weapon damage Skill Rune - Devouring Swarm Decreased Mana gained for every enemy affected by the swarm from 37 to 25 Skill Rune - Cloud of Insects Skill Rune has been reworked Increases the duration of the swarm to deal 2080% weapon damage over 16 seconds Skill Rune - Searing Locusts Increased damage from 468% to 1480% weapon damage Summon Zombie Dogs No longer costs Mana Increased damage per hit from 9% to 12% weapon damage Skill Rune - Rabid Dogs Increased damage from 9% to 30% weapon damage Skill Rune - Burning Dogs Increased damage from 2% to 20% weapon damage Skill Rune - Leeching Beasts Skill Rune has been reworked Your Zombie Dogs heal you for 100% of your Life On Hit with every attack Horrify No longer costs Mana Skill Rune - Ruthless Terror Increased Mana gained for every horrified enemy from 27 to 55 Spirit Walk No longer costs Mana Skill Rune - Honored Guest Skill Rune has been reworked Gain 20% of your maximum Mana when you activate Spirit Walk. Skill Rune - Umbral Shock Increased damage from 310% to 750% weapon damage Skill Rune - Healing Journey Skill Rune has been reworked Gain 14% of your maximum Life when you activate Spirit Walk Hex No longer costs Mana Skill Rune - Hedge Magic Increased Life healed from 2171 to 4954 Skill Rune - Angry Chicken Decreased transformation period from 5 seconds to 2 seconds Increased damage from 215% to 1350% weapon damage Skill Rune - Painful Transformation Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Toad of Hugeness Summon a giant toad that swallows enemies whole for up to 5 seconds digesting for 31% of your weapon damage per second as Physical Soul Harvest No longer costs Mana Skill has been reworked Feed on the life force of up to 5 enemies within 16 yards. Gain 2% Intelligence for each affected enemy. This effect lasts 30 seconds. Skill Rune - Swallow Your Soul Skill Rune has been reworked Gain Mana and increase maximum Mana by 5% for every enemy harvested Skill Rune - Siphon Increased Life gained for every enemy harvested from 2171 to 4954 Skill Rune - Languish Skill Rune has been reworked Reduces the movement speed of harvested enemies by 80% and attack speed by 50% for 5 seconds. Skill Rune - Vengeful Spirit Increased damage from 230% to 630% weapon damage Sacrifice Only summoned Zombie Dogs may be sacrificed Decreased damage dealt by each dog from 275% to 185% weapon damage Skill Rune - Pride Decreased Mana gained for each sacrificed Zombie Dog from 294 to 60 Skill Rune - For the Master Increased Life gained for each sacrificed Zombie Dog from 6202 to 16515 Mass Confusion No longer costs Mana Skill Rune - Mass Hallucination Increased damage from 22% to 195% weapon damage Zombie Charger Increased Mana cost from 140 to 150 Increased damage from 205% to 560% weapon damage Skill Rune - Leperous Zombie Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Undeath Increased damage from 205% to 360% weapon damage Skill Rune - Wave of Zombies Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Explosive Beast Increased damage from 236% to 532% weapon damage Skill Rune - Zombie Bears Increased damage from 236% to 392% weapon damage New Skill Rune - Pile On Summon a tower of zombies that falls over dealing 800%weapon damage as Physical to any enemies it hits New Skill Rune - Lumbering Cold Zombie winter bears crawl out of the ground and run in all directions, dealing 196% weapon damage as Cold to nearby enemies Spirit Barrage Decreased Mana cost from 108 to 100 Skill has been reworked Bombard a target with 4 spirit bolts hat deal 425% weapon damage as Cold Skill Rune - The Spirit Is Willing Decreased Mana gained from 44 to 12 Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Skill Rune - Well of Souls Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Skill Rune - Phantasm Skill Rune has been reworked Summon a spectre that deals 675% weapon damage as Cold over 5 seconds to all enemies within 10 yards. You can have a maximum of 3 Phantasms out at one time Skill Rune - Phlebotomize Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Skill Rune has been reworked Each spirit bolt has 4% chance to charm its target for 4 seconds Skill Rune - Manitou Damage type changed from Physical to Cold Increased damage from 1667% to 2900% weapon damage Acid Cloud Increased Mana cost from 172 to 175 Increased initial damage from 115% to 300% weapon damage and following pool damage from 150% to 360% weapon damage Skill Rune - Lob Blob Bomb Increased damage from 250% to 600% weapon damage Skill Rune - Slow Burn Increased damage from 300% to720% weapon damage Skill Rune - Kiss of Death Increased initial damage from 127% to 330% and follow-up damage from 165% to 396% Skill Rune - Corpse Bomb Increased damage from 230% to 525% weapon damage Wall of Zombies No longer costs Mana Decreased Cooldown from 20 seconds to 8 seconds Skill has been reworked Raise a line of zombies 28 yards wide from the ground that attacks nearby enemies for 200% weapon damage as Physical over 4 seconds Skill Rune - Pile On Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Dead Rush Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Wrecking Crew The line of zombies taunt the enemies to attack them New Skill Rune - Offensive Line Knock all enemies behind the wall Gargantuan No longer costs Mana Skill Rune - Wrathful Protector Increased damage from 110% to 575% weapon damage Skill Rune - Big Stinker Increased damage from 15% to 45% weapon damage Fetish Army Increased damage of Fetish attacks from 20% to 180% weapon damage Skill Rune - Tiki Torchers Increased damage of Fetish casters attacks from 15% to 85% weapon damage Skill Rune - Head Hunters Increased damage of Fetish attacks from 20% to 130% weapon damage Passive Skills Spiritual Attunement Decreased the amount by which the Maximum Mana is increased from 20% to 10% Gruesome Feast Increased the duration of the Intelligence bonus from 10 seconds to 15 seconds Zombie Handler Skill has been reworked You can have 1 additional Zombie Dog summoned at one time. The health of your Zombie Dogs and Gargantuan are increased by 20% Blood Ritual Decreased Mana costs paid with Life from 15% to 10% Decreased maximum Life per second regeneration from 2% to 1% Rush of Essence Increased Mana returned by spells over 10 seconds from 49 to 100 Grave Injustice Skill has been reworked Gain 1% of your maximum Life and Mana and reduce the cooldown of all of your skills by 1 second when an enemy dies within 20 yards Wizard Active Skills Magic Missile Increased damage from 125% to 170% weapon damage Skill Rune - Charged Blast Increased damage from 163% to 240% weapon damage Skill Rune - Split Increased damage for each missile from 56% to 80% Now unlocks at Level 31 (previously 13) Skill Rune - Penetrating Blast Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Attunement Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Glacial Spike Cast out a shard of ice that explodes on impact, causing enemies within 4.5 yards to take 175% weapon damage as Cold and be frozen for 1 second. Enemies cannot be frozen by ****Glacial Spike more than once every 5 seconds Unlocks at Level 13 New Skill Rune - Conflagrate Missiles pierce through enemies and cause them to burn for 55% weapon damage as Fire over 3 seconds. Burn damage will refresh all existing stacks of Conflagrate to its maximum duration Unlocks at Level 52 Skill Rune - Seeker Increased damage from 138% to 211% weapon damage Now unlocks at Level 42 (previously 52) Shock Pulse Increased damage from 150% to 194% weapon damage Skill Rune - Explosive Bolts Increased explosion damage from 105% to 184% weapon damage Damage type changed from Lightning to Cold Skill Rune - Fire Bolts Increased damage from 195% to 274% weapon damage Skill Rune - Piercing Orb Increased damage from 105% to 214% weapon damage Skill Rune - Lightning Affinity Renamed to Power Affinity Damage type changed from Lightning to Arcane Hits now restore 2 Arcane Power, down from 3 Skill Rune - Living Lightning Increased damage from 53% to 165% weapon damage Spectral Blade Increased damage from 165% to 168% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Arcane Skill Rune - Deep Cuts Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Impactful Blades Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Healing Blades Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Siphoning Blade Increased damage from 53% to 168% weapon damage Hits now restore 2 Arcane Power, down from 3 Now unlocks at 24 (previously 35) Skill Rune - Thrown Blade Increased damage to 231% weapon damage Now unlocks at 35 (previously 57) New Skill Rune - Flame Blades Changes damage type to Fire Each enemy hit increases the damage of your Fire spells by 1% for 10 seconds New Skill Rune - Barrier Blades With each cast, gain a protective shield for 3 seconds that absorbs 8253 damage New Skill Rune - Ice Blades Chilled enemies have a 5% chance to be Frozen and Frozen enemies have a 5% increased chance to be critically hit by Spectral Blade Unlocks at Level 57 Electrocute Increased damage from 90% to 138% weapon damage Skill Rune - Chain Lightning Increased maximum number of hit enemies from 6 to 10 Skill Rune - Forked Lightning Lowered damage from 55% to 44% weapon damage Skill Rune - Lightning Blast Increased damage from 86% to 140% weapon damage Skill Rune - Arc Lightning Increased damage from 115% to 310% weapon damage Ray of Frost Now affects enemies within 5 yards of the first enemy hit Increased damage from 280% to 510% weapon damage Slow effect now lasts 3 seconds, down from 4 Skill Rune - Numb Now has a 10% chance to Freeze enemies for 1 second Slow effect now lasts 3 seconds, down from 4 Now unlocks at 15 (previously 7) Skill Rune - Snow Blast Skill Rune has been reworked Enemies hit by Ray of Frost now take 15% increased damage from Cold for 4 seconds Now unlocks at 53 (previously 15) Skill Rune - Cold Blood Skill now costs 11 Arcane Power, up from 10 Now unlocks at 7 (previously 28) Skill Rune - Sleet Storm Increased damage from 364% to 375% weapon damage The Storm now grows up to a 22 yard radius Skill Rune - Black Ice Increased damage from 504% to 1204% weapon damage Now unlocks at 28 (previously 53) Arcane Orb Decreased Arcane Power cost from 35 to 30 Increased damage from 200% to 381% weapon damage Increased range from 10 yards to 15 Skill Rune - Obliteration Skill Rune has been reworked Now increases the speed of the orb Reduces the area of effect to 8 yards Increased damage from 260% to 509% weapon damage Skill Rune - Arcane Orbit Increased damage from 80% to 236% weapon damage Skill Rune - Arcane Nova Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Tap the Source Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Celestial Orb Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Spark Lob an electrified orb over enemies that zaps them for 349% weapon damage as Lightning and increases the damage of the next Lightning spell you cast by 2% for every enemy hit New Skill Rune - Scorch Launch a burning orb that deals 221% weapon damage as Fire. The orb leaves behind a wall of Fire that deals 734% weapon damage as Fire over 5 seconds New Skill Rune - Frozen Orb Create an orb of frozen death that shreds an area with ice bolts, dealing 393% weapon damage as Cold Arcane Torrent Increased damage from 285% to 573% weapon damage Skill Rune - Death Blossom Increased damage from 670% to 1452% weapon damage Skill Rune - Arcane Mines Increased damage from 340% to 688% weapon damage Increased movement and attack speeds reduction from 30% to 60% Skill Rune - Cascade Chance reduced from 100% to 12.5% Increased damage from 285% to 582% weapon damage Disintegrate Increased damage from 220% to 511% weapon damage Skill Rune - Chaos Nexus Increased damage from 44% to 115% weapon damage Now unlocks at Level 48 (previously 30) Skill Rune - Volatility Increased damage from 395% to 750% weapon damage Now unlocks at Level 30 (previously 39) Skill Rune - Entropy Increased damage from 235% to 649% weapon damage Now unlocks at Level 39 (previously 48) Skill Rune - Intensify Skill Rune has been reworked Enemies hit by Disintegrate now take 15% increased damage from Arcane for 4 seconds Frost Nova Cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 11 seconds Freeze time reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds Skill Rune - Shatter Increased chance from 50% to 100% Skill Rune - Cold Snap Cooldown reduced from 9 seconds to 7.5 seconds Now also increases the Freeze time to 3 seconds Skill Rune - Frozen Mist Increased damage from 160% to 915% weapon damage Skill Rune - Deep Freeze Critical Hit Chance bonus reduced from 15% to 10% Skill Rune - Bone Chill Increased damage taken by enemies from 15% to 33% Diamond Skin Now lasts 3 seconds, down from 6 Damaged absorbed increased from 10854 to 14368 Skill Rune - Crystal Shell Damaged absorbed increased from 21707 to 28736 Skill Rune - Prism Arcane Power cost reduction increased from 7 to 9 Skill Rune - Mirror Skin Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Sleek Shell Increases your movement speed by 30% while Diamond Skin is active Skill Rune - Enduring Skin Now lasts 6 seconds, down from 9 Skill Rune - Diamond Shards Damage type changed from Physical to Arcane Increased damage from 210% to 863% weapon damage Slow Time Duration increased from 8 seconds to 15 seconds Skill Rune - Miasma Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Time and Space Slow Time is now cast at your target location up to 60 yards away Unlocks at Level 29 Skill Rune - Time Warp Damage increase reduced from 20% to 10% Now unlocks at 39 (previously 29) Skill Rune - Time Shell Now reduces the cooldown to 12 seconds Now unlocks at 23 (previously 39) Skill Rune - Perpetuity Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Point of No Return Enemies that enter or leave the Slow Time area are stunned for 3 seconds Unlocks at Level 47 Teleport Removed Mana cost Skill Rune - Safe Passage Duration increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds Damage reduction decreased from 30% to 27% Skill Rune - Calamity Damage reduced from 265% to 252% Now stuns nearby enemies for 1.5 seconds Wave of Force Skill has been reworked, and now no longer repels projectiles, knock back nearby enemies or Slow enemies Cooldown removed Damage type changed from Physical to Arcane Increased damage from 200% to 351% weapon damage Skill Rune - Impactful Wave Skill Rune has been reworked Now adds a 5 second cooldown Wave of Force repels projectiles back toward their shooter, knocks back nearby enemies and Slows them by 60% for 3 seconds Skill Rune - Force Affinity Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Forceful Wave Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Teleporting Wave Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Exploding Wave Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Debilitating Force Enemies hit deal 10% reduced damage for 3 seconds Unlocks at Level 22 New Skill Rune - Arcane Attunement Each enemy hit increases the damage of your next Arcane spell by 2% Unlocks at Level 32 New Skill Rune - Static Pulse Damage type changed to Lightning Enemies hit by Wave of Force take 15% increased damage from Lightning for 4 seconds Unlocks at Level 39 New Skill Rune - Heat Wave Damage type changed to Fire Increase the damage to 427% weapon damage Unlocks at Level 49 Energy Twister Increased damage from 360% to 1000% weapon damage Skill Rune - Mistral Breeze Damage type changed to Cold Changed reduced casting cost from 20 Arcane Power to 28 Arcane Power Skill Rune - Gale Force Damage type changed to Fire Skill Rune reworked Enemies hit by Energy Twister now take 15% increased damage from Fire for 4 seconds Skill Rune - Raging Storm Increased damage from 360% to 1935% weapon damage Skill Rune - Wicked Wind Increased damage from 252% to 743% weapon damage Skill Rune - Storm Chaser Damage type changed to Lightning Now grants Lightning Charges instead of Wind Charges Instead of a Giant Energy Twister, when releasing the Lightning charges you will cast a bolt of lightning Increased damage from 75% to 196% weapon damage per charge Hydra Increased damage from 28% to 66% weapon damage Skill Rune - Arcane Hydra Increased damage from 60% to 111% weapon damage Skill Rune - Lightning Hydra Increased damage from 64% to 138% weapon damage Skill Rune - Venom Hydra Has been removed from the game Skill Rune - Frost Hydra Increased damage from 36% to 108% weapon damage Skill Rune - Mammoth Hydra Increased damage from 67% to 178% weapon damage New Skill Rune - Blazing Hydra Summon a Blazing Hydra that spits bolts of Fire that burn enemies near the point of impact, dealing 108% weapon damage as Fire over 3 seconds. Burn damage can stack multiple times on the same enemy Unlocks at level 38 Meteor Mana cost reduced from 50 to 40 Increased damage from 260% to 501% weapon damage Increased damage over time from burn effect from 60% to 167% Skill Rune - Molten Impact Increased damage from 390% to 1648% weapon damage Increase damage over time from 90% to 549%weapon damage Now unlocks at 58 (previously 29) Skill Rune - Star Pact Casting cost reduced from 35 Arcane Power to 30 Arcane Power Skill Rune - Meteor Shower Increased damage from 104% to 228% weapon damage Now unlocks at 48 (previously 43) Skill Rune - Comet Increased damage from 312% to 590% weapon damage Increased damage from the mist cloud from 72% to 197% weapon damage Now has a 20% chance to freeze enemies for 1 second upon impact Now unlocks at 43 (previously 48) Skill Rune - Liquefy Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Lightning Bind If the initial impact causes a Critical Hit, the electrified Meteor duration is increased to 8 seconds and enemies are Immobilized for 5 seconds. Meteor's damage turns into Lightning Unlocks at Level 29 Ice Armor Freeze and Chill effect now lasts 3 seconds, up from 2 Duration increased from 120 seconds to 10 minutes Skill Rune - Chilling Aura Movement speed reduction increased from 30% to 80% Skill Rune - Jagged Ice Increased damage from 130% to 189% weapon damage Skill Rune - Ice Reflect Increased chance from 25% to 40% weapon damage Skill Rune - Frozen Storm Reduced damage from 30% to 28% weapon damage Storm Armor Increased damage from 100% to 147% weapon damage Duration increased from 120 seconds to 10 minutes Skill Rune - Reactive Armor Increased damage from 70% to 189% weapon damage Skill Rune - Thunder Storm Increased damage from 130% to 194% weapon damage Skill Rune - Shocking Aspect Increased damage from 35% to 51% weapon damage Magic Weapon Duration increased from 5 minutes to 10 minutes Damage type changed from Physical to Arcane Skill Rune - Electrify Increased damage from 10% to 61% weapon damage Skill Rune - Force Weapon Increased damage bonus from 15% to 20% Damage type changed from Physical to Arcane Skill Rune - Venom Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Ignite Attacks burn enemies, dealing 86% weapon damage as Fire over 3 seconds Skill Rune - Blood Magic Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Deflection When you perform an attack, gain a protective shield for 3 seconds that absorbs 1651 damage Familiar Increased damage from 20% to 179% weapon damage Duration increased from 5 minutes to 10 minutes Skill Rune - Vigoron Has been removed from the game New Skill Rune - Icicle The Familiar's projectiles have a 35% chance to Freeze the enemy for 1 second Skill Rune - Cannoneer Increased damage from 20% to 240% weapon damage Energy Armor Duration increased from 120 seconds to 10 minutes Explosive Blast Increased damage from 225% to 616% weapon damage Damage type has been changed from Physical to Arcane Skill Rune - Unleashed This skill has been reworked Increases the damage of Explosive Blast to 970% weapon damage Damage type has been changed from Physical to Arcane Skill Rune - Time Bomb Increased damage from 315% to 1039% weapon damage Damage type has been changed from Physical to Arcane Skill Rune - Short Fuse Increased damage from 225% to 909% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Skill Rune - Obliterate Increased damage from 225% to 760% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Arcane Skill Rune - Chain Reaction Increased damage from 97% to 320% weapon damage per explosion Damage type changed from Physical to Fire Mirror Image Images now taunt for 1 second when they are summoned Mirror Image health increased from 25% to 50% of your total Life Spells cast by Mirror Image now do 10% of the damage done by your own spells Skill Rune - Simulacrum Increased the amount of Mirror Image health from 100% to 200% of your own Skill Rune - Duplicates Reduced number of extra Mirror Images from 5 to 4 Mirror Images now taunt for 1 second Mirror Image health increased from 25% to 50% of your total Life Skill Rune - Mocking Demise Increased damage done on death explosion from 45% to 309% weapon damage Damage type changed from Physical to Arcane Skill Rune - Extension of Will Mirror Image health increased from 29% to 100% of your total Life Skill Rune - Mirror Mimics Increased amount of damage done by Mirror Images from 10% to 20% of the damage of your own spells Blizzard Increased damage done over 6 seconds from 510% to 807% weapon damage Skill Rune - Grasping Chill Increased the amount Blizzard slows enemies from 60% to 80% Skill Rune - Frozen Solid Increased chance to Freeze enemies from 20% to 40% Reduced Freeze duration from 3 seconds to 1.5 seconds Skill Rune - Snowbound Reduced the casting cost of Blizzard from 20 to 13 Arcane Power Skill Rune - Stark Winter Increased damage from 510% to 941% weapon damage Skill Rune - Unrelenting Storm Increased damage from 680% to 1296% weapon damage Archon Increased duration of Archon from 15 seconds to 20 seconds Reduced Armor and Resistance bonus from 40% to 20% Now also increases damage done while in Archon form by 20% Killing an enemy no longer increases the duration of Archon Every enemy killed now grants a 6% damage bonus for the remaining duration of Archon Skill Rune - Arcane Destruction Increase damage done by the explosion from transforming into Archon from 1600% to 3680% weapon damage Skill Rune - Teleport Reduced cooldown of Teleport while in Archon form from 10 seconds to 3 seconds Skill Rune - Slow Time This skill has been reworked Can now cast a Slow Time effect that follows you Skill Rune - Improved Archon Reduced damage increase of Archon abilities from 25% to 22% Passives Power Hungry This skill has been reworked Being healed by a health globe causes the next Arcane Power Spender you cast to be cast for free. You can have up to 10 charges of Power Hungry Blur Reduced melee damage reduction from 20% to 17% Evocation Increased cooldown reduction from 15% to 20% Prodigy Increased amount of Arcane Power granted by Signature spells from 4 to 5 Illusionist This skill has been reworked When you take more than 15% of your maximum Life within 1 second, the cooldowns on Mirror Image, Slow Time and Teleport are automatically reset. When you use Mirror Image, Slow Time, or Teleport, your movement speed is increased by 30% for 3 seconds Cold Blooded Reduced damage bonus versus Chilled and Frozen targets from 20% to 10% Conflagration This skill has been reworked Fire damage dealt to enemies applies a burning effect, increasing their chance to be critically hit by 6% for 3 seconds Paralysis Increased chance for Lightning damage to stun targets from 8% to 15% Galvanizing Ward This skill has been reworked As long as you have not taken damage in the last 5 seconds you gain a protective shield that absorbs the next 12551 damage Temporal Flux Increased amount enemies are Slowed by Arcane damage from 60% to 80% Reduced duration of Slow from 3 seconds to 2 seconds Critical Mass Has been removed from the game New Passive - Dominance Killing an enemy grants a shield that absorbs 2477 damage for 3 seconds. This effect can stack up to 10 times. Refreshing Dominance will set the shield to its maximum possible potency and each stack will increase its total duration by 0.5 seconds Arcane Dynamo Reduced amount of additional damage to your next non-Signature spell from 75% to 60% CRAFTING AND ARTISANS Crafting has received several quality of life changes Crafting materials have been condensed into two item level tiers: 1-60 and 60-70 This change is to reduce the amount of stash space consumed by crafting materials and simply older crafting recipes All crafting materials currently in character inventories and stash have been converted accordingly All crafted items will now roll with stats appropriate to the character crafting them, using the Loot 2.0 Smart Drop system Please note that items designed to roll specific stats, such as the Archon Armor patterns, are exempt from this system Items purchased from vendors are now flagged as such, and cannot be salvaged DIFFICULTY The difficulty system has been completely revised Nightmare, Hell, and Inferno modes have been removed Difficulty is now dynamic and monsters will level up with your characters There are now five difficulty settings to choose from: Normal, Hard, Expert, Master, and Torment (1-6) Master unlocks upon completing Act IV Torment unlocks upon reaching level 60 Torment level includes a difficulty slider, offering an additional six adjustments with increasing rewards and more powerful monsters Each level offers new bonuses and rewards, visible in the difficulty selection menu You can now lower your difficulty setting in-game However, increasing your difficulty still requires exiting your current game This option is disabled in Hardcore mode To account for these changes, monster density has been adjusted across all Acts EVENTS Cursed Chests Chests and Shrines around Sanctuary now have a chance to be cursed, starting an event once they are inspected Like other events, completing a Cursed Chest or Shrine provides a small gold and experience reward, as well as either a Radiant Chest or a random Shrine buff These events offer a variety of challenges, including endless monster waves and timed events Infernal Machines Torment level difficulty is now required to use Infernal Machines ITEMIZATION (LOOT 2.0) Itemization has undergone a major overhaul Legendary and Set items are now Bind on Account Players in multiplayer games may trade Legendaries and Set Items they find with others who were present for the drop for up to 2 hours after the item is acquired The Smart Drop system has been implemented All items that drop have a chance to roll as "Smart Loot" Smart Loot items roll intelligently based on the character being played (example: A Wizard is more likely to find items with Intelligence or bonuses to Wizard skills than a Barbarian) Class specific items will no longer roll stats inappropriate to their class (example: Intelligence will no longer appear on Mighty Weapons or Belts) New item affixes have been added to the game This include Splash Damage, Cooldown Reduction, Resource Cost Reduction, +% damage to Physical damage skills, and specific Class Skill Bonuses Item properties have been separated into two categories: Primary and Secondary Primary Stats include: Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Vitality, Critical Hit Damage, Critical Hit Chance, Attack Speed, Life per Second, Armor, +% Life, Bonus Damage to Elites, Bleed Damage, All Resistance, Sockets, and all new affixes listed above Secondary Stats include: Gold Find, Thorns, Bonus Experience per Monster Kill, Chance for (Fear, Stun, Blind, Freeze, Chill, Slow, Immobilize and Knockback), Ignore Durability Loss, Bonus Healing to Health Globes and Potions, Bonus Pickup Radius, Single Resist, Life After Kill, and Level Requirement Reduction This is to prevent stats that directly and indirectly increase character power from competing with one another Stat ranges on items have been narrowed significantly (example: instead of an item having a stat range of 1-200 Strength, its range might now be something like 140-200) Legendary powers now roll in a range, instead of a static amount Example: The Legendary Spirit Stone "The Laws of Seph" has the legendary affix "Using Blinding Flash restores [75-100] spirit" Players can now view the stat ranges of items by pressing and holding CTRL while an item's tooltip is open All Legendary items have been reworked with one or all of the above points in mind Please note that all of these changes will only affect new items that drop after the patch is live. Existing items will not be affected. Potions have been condensed to a single type; they now provide 60% of your total health when consumed All Potions currently in character inventories or stashes will be converted to the new Potion type Legendary and Set items can now be dyed MONSTERS Monster affixes have been revisited and retuned Arcane Enchanted Spawn effect now shows which direction it will start rotating Desecrator Damage now begins low, but quickly ramps up to its maximum damage Frozen Increased the number of Frozen crystals spawned by monsters with this affix Frozen no longer increases how many crystals are spawned based on the number of players in the game Frozen crystals now deal area of effect damage over time to players as they build up to their explosion Jailer Now does a small amount of damage when applied to the player Vortex Now does a small amount of damage when applied to the player Mortar Now has an outer impact area that does less damage than the center of impact Now detonates if they vertically hit a wall Plagued Monsters with this affix now sometimes drop a pool under players as well as under themselves Reflects Damage No longer reflects a portion of incoming damage Now reflects a fixed amount of damage per attack Elite and Champion monsters now have five new possible affixes Frozen Pulse: A shard of ice follows targets around before freezing in place and pulsing cold damage in a small area Orbiter: A nexus of electrical energy appears, surrounded by additional balls of lightning that orbit in a large area Poison Enchanted: Summons globules of poison matter that spread in a cross pattern, dealing damage to those caught in their wake Thunderstorm: A powerful bolt of lightning strikes the ground, emanating a small wave of electrical energy Wormhole: A pair of portals appears, dealing damage as it tears unfortunate targets from their location and transports them elsewhere Monster density has been revisited Density has been retuned around the new Difficulty system Elite and Champion packs can now spawn in a larger variation of pack sizes Wasp projectiles can now be dodged and blocked PARAGON (PARAGON 2.0) The Paragon leveling system has been completely revamped There is no longer a cap on the number of Paragon levels a player can gain Paragon levels are now account-wide and shared across all characters Note that Paragon levels are tracked independently between Hardcore and Normal modes Players no longer gain static bonuses upon achieving Paragon Levels and bonuses currently earned by players have been removed Players now earn Paragon points each level to spend in one of four separate categories: Core, Offense, Defense, and Utility Players with existing Paragon levels have been granted the appropriate number of points to distribute amongst these categories With these changes in mind, the Paragon leveling curve has been updated Note that all Paragon experience earned across all characters prior to this patch has been totaled and recalculated into your new account-wide Paragon level Paragon points can be allocated by clicking the Paragon button in the Character Paper Doll and Inventory screen (Default Hotkey C) SOCIAL FEATURES Clans and Communities have been added to the game Clans Anyone may create a Clan, and doing so gives access to the Clan window (default hotkey N) Joining or creating a clan displays your clan tag next to your name Clan members can view the Members Roster, a private chat channel, and a News & Info tab for Clan affairs and information in the Clan window Clans support up to 120 members and require an invitation to join Players may only be a member of one Clan at a time Communities Anyone may create a Community, and can view their Community details in the Social tab (default hotkey SHIFT + O) Community members have access to their Members Roster, a dedicated chat channel, and a News & Info tab for sharing stories and Community information Players may join any number of Communities they wish Communities do not have a membership limit; however, if the number of members exceeds 100, only Officers and above will be displayed in the Members Roster Communities can be designated as Private or Public; Private Communities require invitation to join Communities are organized by categories, including but not limited to Classes, Regional, and Game Type USER INTERFACE Several quality of life changes have been applied to the User Interface The Difficulty and Game Creation menus have been completely redone The in-game Menu has been revised The waypoint list has been replaced with a waypoint map Skill tooltips now show damage type if Advanced Tooltips are enabled Several new social options have been added to support Clans and Communities These can be accessed in the Options > Gameplay menu New chat colors associated with Clans and Communities have been added There is now an option to enable icons for dropped items instead of text This can be enabled in the Options > Gameplay menu There is now an option to automatically skip all cut scenes This can be enabled in the Options > Gameplay menu Item labels for Gold piles are no longer displayed This is to reduce visual clutter; values are still displayed when gold is picked up

Patch 1.0.8

Patch 1.0.8a – v.1.0.8.16603 (May 14, 2013)

GENERAL Made improvements to address "rubberbanding" issues encountered when using movement-based abilities like Tempest Rush, Strafe, and Whirlwind AUCTION HOUSE The stack size of gold on the real-money auction house has been increased again to 10 million (up from 1 million) CLASSES Barbarian Passive Skills Inspiring Presence Will once again be displayed under Life per Second on the character sheet USER INTERFACE Bug Fixes Fixed an issue introduced in Patch 1.0.8 that prevented Item Label Display preferences from being saved BUG FIXES Fixed an issue introduced in Patch 1.0.8 causing dungeon exits to sometimes be placed in abnormally close proximity to the entrance Fixed an issue introduced in Patch 1.0.8 that prevented players with Starter Edition accounts from being upgraded when playing in an IGR

Patch 1.0.8 – v.1.0.8.16416 (May 7, 2013)

GENERAL Players can now identify all items in their inventory by speaking to Deckard Cain or by using the Book of Cain that can be found near the shared stash in all Acts The cooldown incurred by changing skills outside of town on Inferno difficulty has been reduced to 30 seconds (down from 60 seconds) The bonus experience granted by Enlightened shrines is now also calculated multiplicatively The Magic and Gold Find granted by Fortune shrines can now exceed the 300% cap There is now an option in Video Settings to lock the cursor to the window when in fullscreen windowed mode, if Diablo III is the active window Multiplayer Co-Op Players now receive a 10% bonus to Magic Find, Gold Find, and Experience per additional player in a multiplayer game, up to a maximum of 30% in a four-player game The Magic Find and Gold Find bonuses can exceed their respective 300% caps The Experience bonus can stack with other bonuses from items and Monster Power (the bonuses will stack multiplicatively) A notification is now sent to all players in a multiplayer game whenever a party member engages an Elite monster or Treasure Goblin in combat, and their location will be shown on the mini-map In addition to this, an icon will also appear over player banners in town to indicate if they're in combat with a monster, Elite monster, or Treasure Goblin ACHIEVEMENTS Bug Fixes The "Massive Blow" achievement should once again be obtainable The "Fallen Angel" achievement now only requires the player to kill Izual within 120 seconds The "Bashanishu" achievement no longer requires the player to use Basic Attack to complete it The "Hero's New Clothes" achievement no longer requires the player to deliver the fatal blow to meet the criteria Fixed a bug that prevented monsters killed by a follower or pet, before being attacked by a player, from counting toward achievement criteria AUCTION HOUSE General The stack size for gold sales on the auction house has been increased from 1 million to 10 million User Interface Tooltips in the Auction House will now show an item comparison for a player's currently selected character BATTLE.NET Matchmaking Players will now be able to search for games that were started on any quest once they have reached level cap Matchmaking "Tags" have been added In addition to selecting your Difficulty, Monster Power, and Quest, players will also be able to choose from the following tags when searching for Public Games: Monster Slaying, Brawling, and Key Warden Note: When the Brawling tag is selected, your Monster Power selection will not be taken into account Social Players can now add a note about a friend by right-clicking the name in their Friends List Players can now enter a message that will be broadcast to their friends Players can now create multi-user conversations There are multiple ways to start a conversation or invite other players to an existing conversation: To start a conversation, open Public Chat Options, then select Invite Friends > Start Conversation or use the "Start a Conversation" option in the Social window by right-clicking on a friend's name To invite or add friends to an existing conversation, open Public Chat Options, then select Invite Friends or use the "Invite to a Conversation" option in the Social window by right clicking a friend's name and selecting the desired conversation Similar to public channels, private conversations can support up to 99 players A new section has been added to the friends list called "Players Near You" Any player who is on your local network will be displayed here (even if they're not currently your friend) If needed, this feature can be disabled from the Social Options of the Game menu Players may now be marked as a "Party Guide" The Party Guide is assigned to the first person who joins a Public Game If multiple characters join a Public Game at the same time, the game will choose the hero with the highest level or Paragon level to be Party Guide When a Party Guide leaves the Public Game, a new one will be chosen automatically Alternatively, the Party Guide can right click on a party member's portrait and pass them the Party Guide title The Party Guide will have a unique icon that will appear on the mini-map Names in your "Recent Players" list will now expire if they become older than a month Blocked players will no longer appear in your "Recent Players" list BOSSES Bug Fixes Skeleton King The Skeleton King and The King of the Dead will now play an animation when performing their Whirlwind attack CLASSES Barbarian Active Skills War Cry Skill Rune – Invigorate Now regenerates 620 life per second (up from 310) Passive Skills Inspiring Presence Now affects all party members Bug Fixes The sound that plays whenever a Barbarian's Overpower ability comes off cooldown is no longer similar to a Legendary item dropping Male Barbarians no longer run faster than the other heroes while feared Demon Hunter Active Skills Companion Skill Rune – Boar Companion Now regenerates 310 life per second (up from 155) Rapid Fire Base weapon damage increased from 276% to 438% Hatred cost while channeling has been reduced from to 6 (down from 10) Skill Rune - Bombardment Weapon damage increased from 345% to 414% Explosion radius increased to 8 yards (up from 4) Skill Rune - Fire Support Weapon damage of Homing Rockets increased from 35% to 145% Skill Rune - Withering Fire Now reduces the initial Hatred cost to 10 (up from 5) Sentry Skill Rune – Aid Station Now heals nearby allies for 2% of max life per second (up from 1%) Passive Skills Brooding Now regenerates 2% of maximum life per second (up from 1%) Monk Active Skills Mantra of Healing Now causes party members to regenerate 620 life per second (up from 310) Skill Rune – Sustenance Now increases Mantra of Healing’s life regeneration to 1240 per second (up from 620) Passive Skills Guiding Light Damage bonus increased from 16% to 20% Witch Doctor Active Skills Firebats Now has a larger initial cost but a much lower continual cost while channeling Base weapon damage increased from 180% to 385% Skill Rune – Cloud of Bats Initial damage increased from 234% to 500% weapon damage Skill Rune – Plague Bats Maximum damage increased from 270% to 578% weapon damage Passive Skills Blood Ritual Now regenerates 2% of maximum life per second (up from 1%) Wizard Active Skills Arcane Torrent Base weapon damage increased from 210% to 285% Skill Rune - Arcane Mines Weapon damage increased from 180% to 340% Skill Rune - Cascade Weapon damage of bonus missiles increased from 210% to 285% Archon The duration of Archon should now be extended by assists from players in multiplayer games, in addition to kills Disintegrate Base weapon damage increased from 170% to 220% Skill Rune - Entropy Weapon damage increased from 196% to 253% Skill Rune - Intensify Maximum damage increased from 221% to 286% weapon damage Familiar Skill Rune – Vigoron Now regenerates 620 life per second (up from 310) Ray of Frost Base weapon damage increased from 215% to 280% Skill Rune – Black Ice Ice patch weapon damage increased from 387% to 504% Skill Rune – Sleet Storm Weapon damage increased from 280% to 364% Skill Rune – Snow Blast Maximum damage increased from 280% to 364% weapon damage Teleport Players may now Teleport to any location within range, as long as a path is available Passive Skills Galvanizing Ward Now regenerates 620 life per second (up from 310) Bug Fixes Fixed a bug causing Teleport – Safe Passage to only reduce damage from physical attacks CRAFTING General Players can now queue up multiple items and gems at a time to be crafted, so long as they possess the necessary materials Players can now craft items using materials located in the shared stash Blacksmith Salvaged item information will no longer be displayed in the chat log Players can now disable the confirmation dialog when salvaging items of Rare quality Bug Fixes Fixed a bug preventing players from salvaging an item by dragging it onto the Blacksmith's anvil icon FOLLOWERS Templar Skills Loyalty Now regenerates 310 life per second (up from 155) MONSTERS General Players should now encounter more monsters in Acts I, II, and IV in Inferno difficulty when playing at Monster Power 1 or greater In multiplayer games, the increase in monster hit points per additional player has been reduced to 50% (down from 70%) The damage dealt by the fire pool left by Blazing Guardian attacks has been reduced by 50%, but it's minimum damage has been increased Poison damage dealt by Brood Hatchlings has been reduced by 40% Damage dealt by Tormented Stingers has been reduced by 75% The health of normal Spiderlings has been reduced by approximately 68% The health of Elite Spiderlings has been reduced by approximately: 4.5% for Champions 3% for Rares 9% for Rare minions The following monsters have their experience and chance to drop loot modified to better align with their hit points: Accursed, Betrayed, Bile Crawlers, Blazing Guardians, Blazing Ghouls Brood Hatchlings, Cavern Spiders, Charged Constructs, Chilling Constructs, Crazed Cultists, Crazed Summoners, Dark Conjurers, Dark Cultists, Dark Moon Clan Impalers, Dark Summoners, Dark Zealots, Deranged Cultists, Doom Wraiths, Dust Shamblers, Enraged Zealots, Fallen, Fallen Grunts, Fallen Peons, Fallen Soldiers, Foul Conjurers , Frost Guardians, Ghouls, Hungry Corpses, Moon Clan Impalers, Murderous Fiends, Noxious Guardians, Ravenous Dead, Retching Cadavers, Reviled, Savage Fiends, Spiderlings, Shade Stalkers, Shadow Vermin, Shock Guardians, Skeletal Crawlers, Smoldering Constructs, Spine Lashers Stygian Crawlers, Tormented Stingers, Toxic Constructs, and Vicious Ghouls Keywardens Nekarat the Keywarden now has a chance to drop a random Key (of Destruction, Hate, or Terror) in addition to the Infernal Machine plans All Keywardens will now only appear in Inferno difficulty Bug Fixes Monsters with the Avenger affix now correctly gain +25% damage each time a monster in their pack dies Monsters with the Vampiric affix now correctly heal for 200% of their damage done in all difficulties QUESTS General Experience earned by completing a quest is now granted to players that have reached the level cap USER INTERFACE General A maximum of eight buffs and debuffs will now be displayed on the UI The maximum number of debuffs that will be displayed is three Bug Fixes Fixed a bug preventing damage numbers from being displayed if a monster was affected by a spell such as Hex

Patch 1.0.7

Patch 1.0.7a – v.1.0.7.15295 (Mar 12, 2013)

Classes Wizard Bug Fixes Fixed an issue introduced in 1.0.7 that caused: Archon Disintegration Wave, Disintegrate, Energy Twister, Meteor and Ray of Frost to grant double the amount of Arcane Power when Arcane Power on Crit triggered Followers Bug Fixes The Enchantress should no longer sometimes cause an error to occur after casting Focused Mind Quests Bug Fixes Players are no longer prevented from progressing when another player joins or leaves the game during the “A Royal Audience: Talk to Asheara at the Gates of Caldeum” quest step Bug Fixes Fixed several issues that could cause crashes to occur Players will no longer be killed by DoT damage after zoning out of Scorched Chapel The Siege Breaker Assault Beast and The Savage Behemoth will no longer reflect damage from pets

Patch 1.0.7 – v.1.0.7.14633 (Feb 12, 2013)

Patch Features New Feature: Brawling For those who wish to test their mettle against fellow Nephalem, your time has come. Players will now be able to battle one another in a new zone designed specifically for this style of combat called "The Scorched Chapel." This zone can be accessed by speaking with Nek the Brawler in any of the four Act hubs, and supports 2 to 4 players in a Free-For-All format. General Nephalem Valor stacks will now persist through Acts Base pick-up radius for all characters has been increased from 1.5 yards to 3 yards The resurrection timer will no longer increase if a player is killed multiple times in a row Players should no longer play a flinching animation (causing them to briefly lose control of their character) if they are hit by multiple monsters at the same time The experience bonus rewarded for killing monsters on Monster Power levels 1-10 in Inferno has been increased: MP 1: 25% (up from 10%) MP 2: 50% (up from 20%) MP 3: 80% (up from 30%) MP 4: 120%(up from 45%) MP 5: 165% (up from 60%) MP 6: 215% (up from 75%) MP 7: 275% (up from 95%) MP 8: 340% (up from 115%) MP 9: 420% (up from 135% MP 10: 510% (up from 160%) When resuming a game, players will now be placed in town instead of at the last known checkpoint (a portal will be available to take you to your last known checkpoint, if desired) Characters will no longer have their movement restricted when being vote kicked from a Public Group Achievements Bug Fixes Subjugators now count towards the achievements "We are Champions" and "Champion's Collection" Rare Colossal Golgors will now count towards the “Rare Kill” achievements The Rockworm criteria has been removed from Hardcore monster slaying achievements Players can once again access the “Victory” dialogue option through Covetous Shen Auction House User Interface Cancelled PayPal auctions will now display a UI error Bug Fixes Stash Tab Art will now properly update when viewed in the Auction House Battle.net General A new PvP chat channel has been added Monster Power is now available for Public Games Players can now select their desired Monster Power level from a drop-down when joining Public Games provided that the "Enable Monster Power" box has been checked in the Options menu "Report Botting" has been added to the right-click > report player menus Bosses General Izual is now included in the list of bosses that grant an extra reward when you have 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor, and the overall reward for killing him has been increased Brawling General Brawls can be initiated by speaking with Nek the Brawler, a new NPC located in each Act hub Speaking with Nek will transport you and your party to the Scorched Chapel, a new zone featuring four different areas: the church, the graveyard, the river, and the lake The Scorched Chapel currently supports up to four players in a Free-For-All format, which means you can battle your friends either one-on-one, three-player FFA, or full four-player FFA Death is not permanent in the brawling world (not even for Hardcore characters) nor will players take any durability damage from PvP combat To leave the Scorched Chapel, players can take the exit portal or use their Town Portal ability Demon Hunters, Witch Doctors, and Wizards receive a 30% damage reduction while in the Scorched Chapel Barbarians and Monks receive an additional 5% damage reduction (in addition to the 30% they inherently receive, for a total of 35%) while in the Scorched Chapel Classes Barbarian Bug Fixes Threatening Shout – Grim Harvest should no longer cause monsters to drop loot multiple times Demon Hunter Bug Fixes The Reflects Damage affix will now properly reflect damage caused by Bola Shot Monk Active Skills Cyclone Strike Weapon damage increased from 100% to 313% Dashing Strike Weapon damage increased from 160% to 303% Exploding Palm Explosion damage increased from 30% to 50% of the target’s maximum health Inner Sanctuary Radius increased from 8 yards to 11 yards Skill Rune – Forbidden Palace Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15% Skill Rune – Sanctified Ground Now reduces enemy movement speed by 80% (up from 60%) Lashing Tail Kick Weapon damage increased from 235% to 470% Mystic Ally The amount of damage a Mystic Ally can take from a single hit is now capped The cap scales with the player's level, and is further reduced by the player's Armor and Resistance Skill Rune – Eternal Ally Weapon Damage increased from 40% to 60% The Eternal Ally now has a 100% chance to be reborn after 3 seconds (up from 50% and down from 5 seconds) Skill Rune – Fire Ally The cooldown of the Fire Ally’s special attack has been reduced from 8 seconds to 4 seconds Skill Rune – Water Ally The Water Ally’s special attack now reduces enemy movement speed by 60% (up from 30%) The cooldown of the Water Ally’s special attack has been reduced from 8 seconds to 4 seconds Sweeping Wind Base weapon damage increased from 15% to 20% per stack Skill Rune – Blade Storm Weapon damage increased from 20% to 26% per stack Skill Rune – Cyclone Weapon damage increased from 20% to 26% per stack Tempest Rush Weapon Damage increased from 85% to 155% Wave of Light Weapon damage increased from 390% to 829% Follow-up weapon damage (dealt to all enemies in a line) increased from 45% to 96% Skill Rune - Explosive Light Weapon damage increased from 430% to 914% Skill Rune - Pillar of the Ancients Now deals 595% weapon damage followed by an additional 595% weapon damage after 2 seconds (up from 280% weapon damage) Passive Skills Near Death Experience Dying will now reset the cooldown Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where Sweeping Wind was not actively updating its damage and attributes from the player Cyclones generated by Sweeping Wind should now travel roughly in the same direction that the player is facing Witch Doctor Active Skills Spirit Barrage Skill Rune – Well of Souls The secondary missiles fired by this rune can now hit the primary target Wizard Active Skills Arcane Orb Weapon damage increased from 175% to 200% Skill Rune – Obliteration Weapon damage increased from 228% to 260% Blizzard Weapon damage increased from 210% to 510% over 6 seconds Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125 Skill Rune – Grasping Chill Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125 Skill Rune – Frozen Solid Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125 Skill Rune – Stark Winter Proc coefficient increased to from 0.005 to 0.0125 Skill Rune – Snowbound Proc coefficient increased to from 0.01 to 0.0125 Skill Rune – Unrelenting Storm Weapon damage increased from 280% to 680% Shock Pulse Weapon damage increased from 105% to 150% Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8 Skill Rune – Fire Bolts Weapon damage increased from 152% to 195% Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8 Skill Rune – Explosive Bolts Weapon damage increased from 70% to 105% Proc coefficient increased from 0.5 to 0.8 Skill Rune – Lightning Affinity Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8 Skill Rune – Living Lightning Weapon damage increased from 37% to 52% Passive Skills Critical Mass Critical Mass now affects the cooldowns of Archon: Teleport and Archon: Slow Time while in Archon Form Temporal Flux Now reduces enemy movement speed by 60% for 3 seconds (up from 30% and 2 seconds) Unstable Anomaly Now activates upon receiving fatal damage (changed from when a player is reduced below 30% Life) Dying will now reset the cooldown Bug Fixes Blizzard Critical Hits now correctly have a chance to proc Arcane Power on Crit Crafting General A new crafting reagent, Demonic Essence, has been added to the game This reagent is account-bound and can be acquired from Elite monsters, Treasure Goblins, and bosses in Inferno difficulty Major in-game events that grant a stack of Nephalem Valor when completed also have a chance to drop Demonic Essence Note: Nephalem Valor will not be required in order for Demonic Essences to drop Each level of Monster Power will increase the drop chance of Demonic Essence from Elites and bosses according to the following values: MP 0: 15.0000% MP 1: 16.5000% MP 2: 18.1500% MP 3: 19.9650% MP 4: 21.9615% MP 5: 24.1577% MP 6: 26.5734% MP 7: 29.2308% MP 8: 32.1538% MP 9: 35.3692% MP 10: 38.9061% The drop rate for Blacksmithing Plans and Jeweler Designs has been increased by 400% Blacksmith Four Rare recipes have been added to the Blacksmith: Archon Spaulders (Shoulders), Archon Gauntlets (Gloves), Archon Armor (Chest Armor), Razorspikes (Bracers) Each crafted item will have the following characteristics: iLevel 63 6 Affixes Account-bound Similar to the Hellfire Ring, it will have four variants, each guaranteeing a fixed core stat which will have the highest range available in the game Crafting the item will require 1 Demonic Essence (other reagent costs will vary per recipe) Jeweler A new Rare recipe has been added to the Jeweler for an Amulet This amulet will have the following characteristics: iLevel 63 6 Affixes Account-bound Similar to the Hellfire Ring, it will have four variants, each guaranteeing a fixed core stat which will have the highest range available in the game Crafting the item will require the 1 Demonic Essence as well as: 100,000g 1 Perfect Square Gem (varied depending on which core stat you select) 1 Fiery Brimstone A new tier of account-bound gems of has been added to the game: Marquise Marquise Gems stats are as follows: Marquise Emerald Weapon: Increased Critical Hit Damage by 110% Helm: +33% Extra Gold from Monsters Armor: +62 Dexterity Marquise Topaz Weapon: Melee attackers take 2500 per hit Helm: 33% Better chance of finding magical items Armor: +62 Intelligence Marquise Amethyst Weapon: Each Hit adds +700 Life Helm: +19% Life Armor: +62 Vitality Marquise Ruby Weapon: +160 Minimum and +160 Maximum Damage Helm: Increases Bonus Experience by 33% Armor: +62 Strength These gems can only be created at the Jeweler and will require the following reagents: 3 Radiant Star Gems 20 million gold 10 Demonic Essence Un-socketing Marquise gems will cost 5 million gold The designs for the Marquise gems will drop randomly from all level 63 monsters Note: The designs are not account-bound All ruby gems have had their weapon bonuses increased (these changes will apply to both existing rubies, as well as new rubies): Chipped Ruby: +3 minimum damage/+3 maximum damage (up from +2/+2) Flawed Ruby: +6 minimum damage/+6 maximum damage (up from +4/+4) Ruby: +9 minimum damage/+9 maximum damage (up from +8/+8) Flawless Ruby: +12 minimum damage/+12 maximum damage (up from +10/+10) Perfect Ruby: +15 minimum damage/+15 maximum damage (up from +11/+11) Radiant Ruby: +18 minimum damage/+18 maximum damage (up from +12/+12) Square Ruby: +21 minimum damage/+21 maximum damage (up from +13/+13) Flawless Square Ruby: +25 minimum damage/+25 maximum damage (up from +14/+14) Perfect Square Ruby: +30 minimum damage/+30 maximum damage (up from +15/+15) Radiant Square Ruby: +40 minimum damage/+40 maximum damage (up from +16/+16) Star Ruby: +60 minimum damage/+60 maximum damage (up from +17/+17) Flawless Star Ruby: +80 minimum damage/+80 maximum damage (up from +18/+18) Perfect Star Ruby: +100 minimum damage/+100 maximum damage (up from +19/+19) Radiant Star Ruby: +130 minimum damage/+130 maximum damage (up from +20/+20) These rubies have also had their bonus damage calculations changed, and will now add damage flatly to both the minimum and maximum values on weapons For example, if you have a weapon that does 150-200 damage and you socket a Perfect Square Ruby (which adds +30 minimum damage/+30 maximum damage), your weapon will do 180-230 damage For more information, please click here Items General Crafting Plans and Jeweler Designs have been added for all of the new Rare recipes listed above These plans (excluding the chest piece) will drop randomly in the world and have a chance to drop off the following bosses when you have 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor: Skeleton King Spider Queen  Maghda Zoltun Kulle Ghom Cydaea Rakanoth Izual The drop rate from the above bosses will also scale according to your Monster Power level: MP 0: 20% MP 1: 23.2% MP 2: 26.912% MP 3: 31.218% MP 4: 36.213% MP 5: 42.007% MP 6: 48.728% MP 7: 56.524% MP 8: 65.568% MP 9: 76.059% MP 10: 88.228% The Archon Armor recipe can be purchased from Squirt the Peddler for 1.5 million gold each Please note that neither the Crafting plans nor the Jeweler Design are account-bound Holding shift while buying health potions will attempt to purchase 5 potions at once Follower items below iLevel 60 will now no longer drop in Inferno Goldskin now has a limit on the number of times it can proc on a single target Vanishing Dye and All-Soap’s Miraculous Dye Remover can now be used on Legendary items Hellfire Rings now salvage into Legendary crafting materials Vendors Squirt the Peddler no longer sells Dyes, but (as noted above) will now sell the plans for the Archon Armor recipe for 1.5 million gold each Bug Fixes Goldskin will no longer proc when attacking monsters that drop no loot Plans: Staff of Herding can now be dropped on the ground, or sold to a vendor for 0 gold All Staves of Herding can now be sold to a vendor for 0 gold Monsters General The Reflects Damage affix has been redesigned: It will now apply a short duration buff to the monster and will only reflect a percentage of damage dealt back to the player while that buff is active A visual effect will display whenever the durational buff is active Damage dealt by pets to monster with Reflects Damage affix will no longer be reflected back to the player Damage dealt by the Molten affix has been reduced by 40% Damage dealt by the Plagued affix has been increased by 120% Fallen Lunatics should now detonate in a more consistent manner The Triune Berserker before Alcarnus should no longer swing faster after a few attacks Keywardens: The Act II Keywarden (Sokahr) should now only use its mortar ability in Inferno difficulty The Act III Keywarden (Xah’Rith) should now only use its rain of corpses ability in Inferno difficulty The Act IV Keywarden (Nekarat) should now only use its earthquake and charge abilities in Inferno difficulty Bug Fixes Rare Sand Dwellers will now spawn in The Forgotten Ruins Champion Plague Swarms will now spawn in Cryder's Outpost Champion Fallen Cur will now spawn in The Storm Halls User Interface General Legendary items now have a new mini-map icon This icon should now persist properly and be shown on the mini-map so long as the player is in the same zone as the dropped item Note: The icon will only display when Legendary items are dropped by a monster, not a player Bug Fixes Fixed an issue causing the Enable Monster Power option to reset Fixed an issue affecting the scroll speed of text Vendors will now properly display an Armor tab when you are in an Inferno game with Monster Power set above 0 Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where new Hardcore characters were not labeled as Hardcore on the Main Menu Fixed an error that could occur when closing the World of Warcraft client while the Diablo III client was still running Players will now be properly removed from both the party and the game session whenever a Vote Kick has passed Players will no longer be disconnected from the game whenever vote kicked during a boss encounter

Patch 1.0.6

Patch 1.0.6a – v.1.0.6.13644 (Dec 11, 2012)
Bug Fixes Fixed an issue that could occur when attempting to upgrade from the Diablo III Starter Edition

Patch 1.0.6 – v.1.0.6.13300 (Nov 26, 2012)

General We will soon begin limited testing on minor updates to Battle.net’s communication and login functionality. Patch 1.0.6 includes some of the data for this testing, but please note that the changes will not be visible to players or impact your play experience in any way. For more information, please visit the Diablo III community site.   Bug Fixes Fixed an issue that allowed players to bypass the one-second trade timer when exchanging items via the Trade window Fixed an issue that caused the same item to occasionally drop for players using Threatening Shout with the Grim Harvest rune

Patch 1.0.5

Patch 1.0.5a – v.1.0.5.12811 (Oct 23, 2012)
Bug Fixes Fixed a crash that could occur on a machine with eight or more core processors Fixed some additional service crashes Fixed a variety of truncated tooltips (applies only to Italian, Polish, and Russian clients)

Patch 1.0.5 – v.1.0.5.12480 (Oct 16, 2012)

Patch Features New System: Monster Power Similar to the "Players X" command in Diablo II, Monster Power is a system designed to give players more control over how challenging enemies are in each difficulty. With this system, players can choose to increase the health and damage of monsters according to different "power levels" and in return they’ll receive scaling bonuses to experience as well as boosts to Magic Find and Gold Find which will stack above the 300% cap. The option to increase Monster Power will be available to all players starting at level 1 in the Quest Selection window, and can be adjusted separately for Normal, Nightmare, Hell, and Inferno difficulties. For more information on how to enable and use Monster Power, click here New Event: Infernal Machine The Infernal Machine is a device that will allow level 60 players to battle "uber" versions of some of Sanctuary’s most nefarious bosses. While the rewards for defeating these bosses will be great, some assembly is required. Only the most powerful Nephalem can unlock the secrets to building the Infernal Machine,  but once forged the device can be used to open portals to special encounters featuring not one, but two bosses which have been augmented from their original versions, both in terms of difficulty and appearance. Defeating each boss pair will provide players with extra items and gold, as well as a chance to find components for a new Legendary ring.  For more information on the Infernal Machine event, click here General Resplendent Chests will now operate similarly to Elite packs in Inferno difficulty: When players open a Resplendent Chest, they will receive a reward based on how many Nephalem Valor stacks they have active at the time Opening a Resplendent Chest will grant one stack of Nephalem Valor Major in-game events will now grant one stack of Nephalem Valor when completed by a level 60 character in Inferno difficulty If completed in a multiplayer game, all eligible characters in the party will receive the buff regardless of whether they participated in the event or were close to the event's location Major in-game events in Inferno difficulty that involve a special chest or Unique monster will now also drop additional loot for every stack of Nephalem Valor a player has active at the time of the event’s completion Several events have had Unique monsters added to them for this purpose Experience Shrines can now appear in Inferno difficulty Two new shrines have been added to all difficulty levels: Empowered Shrine – Increased resource regeneration and reduced cooldowns Fleeting Shrine – Increased movement speed and pickup radius Followers, pets, and summoned creatures will no longer attack enemies that are in an idle state unless the player is within 10 yards of the enemy (note: Hydra heads and Sentry turrets are not affected by this change) The Watch Tower spawn has been moved from the Northern Highlands to the Southern Highlands The reduction of snare effects against Elite monsters has been reduced (in the player’s favor): Normal: 20% to 0% Nightmare: 30% to 15% Hell: 40% to 25% Inferno: 40% to 25% Crowd control effects will now be affected by diminishing returns. To learn more about how diminishing returns will work in Diablo III (and why these changes are an overall buff to player CC), click here Auction House Search parameters will now save when switching  between the gold and real-money auction house An option to display Auction House toasts including sales and expirations has been added to the Social options menu Players can now search for +Damage on off-hand items User Interface An additional sortable column has been added which will allow players to sort returned results by one of their indicated Preferred Stats To switch between Preferred Stats, right-click on the column and choose from the available drop-down menu The Preferred Stat list is now sorted alphabetically An "X"-out button has been added to allow players to quickly reset individual Preferred Stat filters A "Search for Similar" option has been added for items in the Sell tab Right-clicking on items in the tab and selecting “Search for Similar” will automatically populate the Search tab with that item’s stats as well as perform a search for all items currently up for auction that have similar stats Bug Fixes When claiming stackable items from the auction house, the claimed items will always attempt to fill out partial stacks completely before moving to an open slot in the stash The color-coding for the "Quality" drop-down menu for Pages & Recipes has been updated to match the color-coding for all other categories Fixed a bug that was causing the minimum value for the Spirit Regen affix to not filter items correctly Battle.net The "Friend of Friend" feature for finding and adding Real ID friends is now available for Diablo III A new item delivery system has been added that will allow Blizzard to send license-based items directly to players (for example, Collector's Edition rewards) Achievements An Achievement button has been added to the in-game navigation tray Players can now link Achievements in chat Banners Players can now customize their banner in-game while in town Each banner reward type now has sub-categories organized by the content they were rewarded from (Hardcore, Crafting, Challenges, etc.) New unlocked banner rewards are now highlighted so they can be found more easily Chat Players can now change font color (per channel) and size Clicking on items linked in chat will now provide a comparison tooltip based on what you are currently wearing Several additional improvements have been made to in-game chat to increase usability Multiplayer Leaving a multiplayer game will no longer remove you from the party This means that players can leave the game to browse the Auction House or switch characters without being removed from the group (picking a hardcore character or a character not eligible to go back into the game, however, will disable the "Resume Game" button) To leave a party while in-game, right-click on your hero portrait and select "Leave Game & Party" To leave a party while in the hero screen, right-click on your hero and select "Leave Party" Bosses General Bosses will now drop improved loot the first time they are killed in each difficulty All characters have had their "first kill" status reset for all bosses in the game Azmodan Bug Fixes Azmodan should no longer be able to cast Flame Meteors or continue channeling his Laser attack while stunned Classes General Defensive bonuses provided by certain class skills have been reduced. To learn more about these changes and why they were made, click here Barbarian Active Skills Battle Rage Duration increased from 30 seconds to 120 seconds Hammer of the Ancients Increased Critical Hit chance is now based on the amount of Fury the player has when Hammer of the Ancients is activated: For every 5 Fury a player has, Hammer of the Ancients has a 1% increased Critical Hit chance Skill Rune – Smash The radius of Smash has been slightly increased to help resolve an issue that caused Hammer of the Ancients to occasionally miss targets immediately in front of the player Skill Rune – The Devil's Anvil Movement speed reduction increased from 60% to 80% Leap Skill Rune – Iron Impact Now grants 100% bonus armor per enemy hit for 3 seconds Overpower Cooldown reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds Rend Rend should now more reliably hit enemies that are running away Skill Rune – Mutilate Mutilate has been redesigned to slow enemies by 60% for the duration of Rend Sprint Skill Rune – Run Like the Wind Proc coefficient reduced from 0.2 to 0.08 Threatening Shout Cooldown reduced from 15 seconds to 10 second Skill Rune – Grim Harvest Now also has a chance to drop a health globe War Cry Cooldown reduced from 30 seconds to 20 seconds Fury generated reduced from 30 to 20 Skill Rune – Charge! Fury generated reduced from 60 to 40 Skill Rune – Impunity Bonus resistance reduced from 50% to 20% Whirlwind Fury cost from 16 to 10 Attack speed no longer influences the cost of Whirlwind. The end result is that the cost discrepancy between slow weapons and fast weapons has been greatly reduced. Skill Rune – Blood Funnel Healing increased from 1% to 2% of Maximum Life per Critical Hit Passive Skills Animosity Bonus Fury regeneration increased from 10% to 20% Inspiring Presence Healing increased from 1% to 2% Maximum Life per second Unforgiving Fury regeneration has been quadrupled, increased to 2 Fury every 1 second (up from 1 Fury every 2 seconds) Demon Hunter Active Skills Bola Shot Explosion radius increased from 7 yards to 14 yards Skill Rune – Volatile Explosives Explosion radius increased from 14 yards to 20 yards Chakram Chakram will now always fire a projectile, regardless of distance or if an enemy is targeted Companion Added a 30-second cooldown Reduced each Companion's attack cooldown from 1.5/2 seconds to 1 second Weapon damage increased from 30% to 38%, but they can no longer critically hit Companion's damage now scales with attack speed Skill Rune – Wolf Companion Wolf Companion has been redesigned to be a more durable pet: Now has comparable durability to one Zombie Dog New attack: 120-degree Cleave with a 10-yard radius that hits for 94% weapon damage Skill Rune – Spider Companion Spider Companion has been redesigned to be a more durable pet: Has slightly more durability than the Wolf Companion New attack: 120-degree Cleave with a 10-yard radius that hits for 38% weapon damage and Slows every enemy it hits by 60% for 2 seconds Skill Rune – Boar Companion Boar Companion has been redesigned to be a more durable pet: Has more durability than the Spider Companion New attack: Single-target attack that hits for 38% weapon damage Provides (155 @ 60) Life per second and a 15% bonus to all resistances for the Demon Hunter Evasive Fire Skill Rune – Shrapnel has been renamed "Hardened" Hardened increases your Armor by 25% for 3 seconds and replaces the backflip Skill Rune – Parting Gift Weapon damage increased from 45% to 55% Poison bomb delay reduced from 1.2 seconds to 0.6 seconds Sentry Cost changed from 10 Discipline to 30 Hatred Increased from weapon damage from 55% to 175% Players can now have two turrets active at once, but an 8-second cooldown has been added to compensate Sentry can no longer critically hit Skill Rune – Spitfire Turret Weapon damage increased from 8% to 30% Skill Rune – Vigilant Watcher Vigilant Watcher has been redesigned and now reduces the cooldown of Sentry by 2 seconds instead of increasing the duration Skill Rune – Chain of Torment Weapon damage increased from 80% to 125% Shadow Power Base spell changed from 20% Life Steal for 3 seconds to 15% Life Steal for 5 seconds Skill Rune – Night Bane Changed from 4 Hatred per second for 3 seconds to 3 Hatred per second for 5 seconds Skill Rune – Blood Moon Changed from 30% Life Steal for 3 seconds to 25% Life Steal for 5 seconds Skill Rune – Gloom Changed from 65% damage reduction for 3 seconds to 35% damage reduction for 5 seconds Skill Rune – Shadow Glide Changed from 40% movement speed increase for 3 seconds to 30% movement speed increase for 5 seconds Spike Trap Skill Rune – Sticky Trap Explosion radius increased from 8 yards to 16 yards Skill Rune – Bandolier has been renamed "Echoing Blast" Echoing Blast gives your Spike Traps three charges with a minimum delay of 1 second between each explosion, and deals damage as Poison Strafe Movement speed increased from 65% to 75% Hatred cost reduced from 16 to 12 All rune variants now allow you to walk through enemies while active Skill Rune – Equilibrium has been renamed "Emberstrafe" Emberstrafe leaves behind fire trail that deals 65% weapon damage per second for 2 seconds Vault Can now be used while under the effect of roots, including Jailer (and will break the effect) Skill Rune – Trail of Cinders Reduced damage from 1500% to 300% weapon damage over 3 seconds Trail can now stack Skill Rune – Acrobatics Cooldown reduced from 15 seconds to 10 seconds Passive Skills Custom Engineering Adds the ability to have a third Sentry turret out a time Now also increases the maximum number of Spike Traps you can have out to 6 Numbing Traps Damage reduction reduced from 25% to 20%, but now also works with Grenades and Sentry Perfectionist Now also increases Life, Armor, and Resistances by 10% Thrill of the Hunt Thrill of the Hunt has been redesigned: Every 7 seconds, your next Hatred spender roots all targets hit by it for 2 seconds.  Enemies can only be rooted once every 7 seconds.  (This does not affect Sentry.) Now displays a buff icon when ready to use Bug Fixes Active Skills Rapid Fire Starting a channel at maximum range will no longer cause the channel to interrupt itself and attempt to close towards the mouse cursor Fixed a bug that caused Companion attack and Multishot to sometimes fail to hit targets that were at a different elevation than the player Monk Active Skills Breath of Heaven Skill Rune – Infused with Light Bonus Spirit regeneration increased from 6 to 8 additional Spirit per hit for 5 seconds Dashing Strike The strike animation after dashing now scales with attack speed Mantra of Evasion Skill Rune – Wind Through the Reeds Run speed bonus increased from 5% to 8% Passive Skills Beacon of Ytar Cooldown reduction increased from 15% to 20% Near Death Experience Cooldown reduced from 90 seconds to 60 seconds Pacifism Now also works on Freeze and Immobilize effects (note: the tooltip will not say Freeze, because Freezes are classified as a Stun) Resolve Damage reduction reduced from 25% to 20% Seize the Initiative Conversion of Dexterity to Armor reduced from 100% to 50% Bug Fixes Active Skills Mystic Ally Skill Rune – Earth Ally Earth Ally will now actively follow players Dashing Strike Players can no longer become stuck if they die to a damage-over-time spell while casting Dashing Strike Witch Doctor Active Skills Firebats Reduced Mana cost by 20% (from 122 to 98 per period at level 60) Haunt Weapon damage increased from 575% over 12 seconds to 575% over 6 seconds Skill Rune – Resentful Spirit Weapon damage increased from 287% to 383% over 2 seconds Spirit Barrage Skill Rune – Well of Souls Will now seek out targets up to 40 yards (up from 25 yards) Wall of Zombies Cooldown reduced from 25 seconds to 20 seconds Skill Rune – Pile On Changed from 745% weapon damage with a 25-second cooldown to 550% weapon damage with a 10-second cooldown and the radius has been slightly increased Passive Skills Gruesome Feast Now shows a buff icon when you have active stacks Fetish Sycophants Proc chance increased from 3% to 5% Jungle Fortitude Damage reduction reduced from 20% to 15% Bug Fixes Active Skills Haunt Damage now benefits from Intelligence and other skill bonuses Wizard Active Skills Archon: Slow Time Slow increased from 30% to 60% Blizzard Arcane Power cost reduced from 45 to 40 (Snowbound cost will remain the same at 20 Arcane Power) Disintegrate Arcane Power cost reduced from 20 to 18 per period Weapon damage increased from 155% to 170% Skill Rune – Chaos Nexus Weapon damage increased from 40% to 44% Skill Rune – Entropy Weapon damage increased from 178% to 196% Skill Rune – Intensify Weapon damage increased from 202% to 221% Energy Armor Armor bonus reduced from 65% to 35% Skill Rune – Prismatic Armor Resistance bonus reduced from 40% to 25% Energy Twister Skill Rune - Storm Chaser Proc coefficient reduced from 0.5 to 0.125 Familiar Skill Rune – Ancient Guardian Health threshold increased from 35% to 50% Skill Rune – Dartling has been renamed "Vigoron" Vigoron regenerates Life every second for the wizard Ice Armor Now reduces damage from melee attacks by 12% Skill Rune – Crystallize Armor bonus per stack reduced from 30% to 20% Magic Missile Weapon damage increased from 110% to 125% Skill Rune – Charged Blast Weapon damage increased from 143% to 162% Skill Rune – Split Weapon damage increased from 50% to 56% Angle of damage reduced from 30 degrees to 20 degrees Skill Rune – Seeker Weapon damage increased from 121% to 138% Skill Rune – Penetrating Blast Pierce chance increased from 70% to 100% Meteor Delay between cast and impact reduced from 2 seconds to 1.25 seconds Arcane Power cost reduced from 60 to 50 Proc coefficient (base skill + runes not listed) reduced from 0.25 to 0.125 Skill Rune – Star Pact Proc coefficient reduced from 0.25 to 0.10625 Skill Rune – Meteor Shower Proc coefficient reduced from 0.1 to 0.05 Skill Rune – Liquefy Proc coefficient reduced from 0.125 to 0.10625 Ray of Frost Movement speed reduction increased from 30% to 60% Duration of slow increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds Arcane Power cost reduced from 20 to 16 per period Skill Rune – Numb Movement speed reduction increased from 60% to 80% Skill Rune – Cold Blood Arcane Power cost reduced from 12 to 10 per period Skill Rune – Sleet Storm Weapon damage increased from 215% to 280% Proc scalar reduced from 0.25 to 0.1875 Skill Rune – Black Ice Weapon damage increased from 193% to 387% over 3 seconds Slow Time Cooldown reduced from 20 seconds to 15 seconds Movement speed reduction increased from 30% to 60% Skill Rune – Time Shell No longer reduces the size of Slow Time Skill Rune – Perpetuity Now reduces cooldown to 12 seconds (from 16 seconds) Spectral Blade Weapon damage increased from 135% to 165%Angle of damage increased from 60 degrees to 90 degrees Range increased from 10 yards to 15 yards (range of Thrown Blades will remain at 20 yards) Proc coefficient reduced from 0.222 to 0.14 Skill Rune – Deep Cuts Weapon damage from Bleed increased from 35% to 45% over 3 seconds Skill Rune – Healing Blades Removed Critical Hit requirement Heal amount reduced from 8% to 5% Skill Rune – Thrown Blades Proc coefficient reduced from 0.111 to 0.08 Storm Armor Ability has been redesigned to periodically deal 100% weapon damage as Lightning to nearby enemies Now triggers much more frequently Skill Rune – Reactive Armor Redesigned to deal 70% weapon damage as Lightning to ranged and melee attackers Skill Rune – Strike Back has been renamed "Thunder Storm" Thunder Storm increases your periodic damage to 130% weapon damage All other runes remain unchanged Teleport Now breaks roots Skill Rune – Reversal Now ignores line of sight when returning to the casting location Wave of Force Cooldown reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds Skill Rune – Force Affinity Cooldown from 12 seconds to 9 seconds Passive Skills Unstable Anomaly Increased health threshold from 20% to 30% Now heals the player to 45% of Maximum Life and slow targets that are knocked back by 60% for 3 seconds Bug Fixes Active Skills Archon It is no longer possible to bypass the cooldown of Archon by combining Arcane Orb, Diamond Skin, and Archon Archon: Teleport Now properly breaks roots when cast Hydra All runes now properly benefit from Arcane Dynamo's five-stack damage buff Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause the heads of the Hydra to become separated from the base when cast near a wall Magic Weapon Skill Rune – Blood Magic Blood Magic should now work with damage over time spells (such as Archon: Disintegrate, Ray of Frost, etc) Passive Skills Illusionist Illusionist should now reset the cooldown of Archon: Teleport when it procs Crafting Crafting materials can now stack to 500 Jeweler Designs that drop in the world will now show up as Rare quality (yellow) to make them more visible on the ground Crafting reagents can now be converted up to the next highest level at the Blacksmith at a ratio of 10:1 Tomes of Training can be converted up to the next highest level at the Blacksmith and Jeweler at a ratio of 10:1 Salvage now uses the required equip-level of the item instead of the base item level to determine what components the item will be salvaged into Example: If an item is an iLevel 60 and has a reduced level requirement of 52, the item will salvage into Hell crafting materials instead of Inferno crafting materials This is being done to accommodate the change of item affixes rolling at the monster's level rather than the item's level (detailed further in the Items section below) Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where crafted items were not displaying the correct Required Level to equip them Followers Templar Skills Heal Now heals both the Templar and the player when cast Can now be cast when the player is below 75% health (up from 50%) Inspire Mana regeneration bonus increased from 2 to 4 Mana per second Intervene Cooldown reduced from 60 seconds to 30 seconds Affected radius increased from 6 yards to 10 yards Removed the health threshold for when Intervene can be cast: Spell will now cast whenever the player is hit and off cooldown, regardless of the player's currently health %  Intimidate Now also reduces the movement speed of enemies that the Templar hits by 60% for 3 seconds Scoundrel Basic ranged attack weapon damage increased from 25% to 40% Skills Hysteria Cooldown reduced from 6 seconds to 5 seconds Poison Bolts Weapon damage of initial hit increased from 40% to 100% Poison now deals 40% weapon damage over 2 seconds (instead of over 3 seconds) Enchantress Skills Disorient Affected radius increased from 4 yards to 6 yards Cooldown reduced from 45 seconds to 25 seconds Mass Control Cooldown reduced from 60 seconds to 30 seconds Powered Armor Armor bonus reduced from 15% to 5% Reflect Missiles Reflect Missiles has been replaced with Missile Ward: Missile Ward reduces incoming damage from ranged attacks by 6% Bug Fixes Magic Find and Gold Find values inherited from Followers should now respect the 300% cap Followers will no longer run in place or run slowly when players perform abilities that augment their movement (ex: Leap, Teleport, Vault, etc.) Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause followers or quest NPCs to attack idle creatures (such as treasure goblins) if they were the closest target Items Affixes on items will now roll their level based on the level of the monster killed rather than the item's level (this applies to all items including random affixes on Legendary and set items) The location of Legendary items will now be marked by a column of light as well as a ping on the mini-map the first time they drop, and a new sound has been addedClass-specific items will now drop more often The chance for Legendary and set items to drop has been doubled Items below iLevel 58 no longer drop in Inferno difficulty Square-quality gems no longer drop in Inferno difficulty The cast time for identifying Rare items has been reduced to 1 second The cast time for identifying Legendary items has been increased to 4 seconds Lore books will now appear light blue instead of green when dropped on the ground Monk class Skill bonuses can now roll on shields "Extra Health From Globes" now also benefits health potions Bug Fixes The order in which you equip gear with a Legendary affix to add bonus Elemental Damage will no longer cause your damage output to change Mara's Kaleidoscope can now correctly roll 3 random affixes in addition to its 3 fixed affixes Fixed a bug with Nagelring and Unity legendary rings which caused them to not drop Fixed a bug where Mempo of Twilight could not roll 170-200 of a primary stat Fixed a bug where several +X damage item affixes were not correctly applying to skills These affixes include "Cold skills deal X% more damage", "Increase damage against elites by X%", and "+X% damage to beasts" NOTE: This bug fix will apply to all existing items and will not require new items to drop. Monsters Additional health per monster in multiplayer games has been reduced from 75% to 70% Damage and health of monsters levels 50-63 have been reduced to coincide with the addition of Monster Power Elite modifiers have been changed slightly at higher levels: The minimum stun duration required for most Elites is now 0.65 seconds (up from 0.5 seconds); stuns less than 0.65 seconds will have no effect The minimum stun duration required for Rares and bosses is now 0.85 seconds (up from 0.5 seconds); stuns less than 0.85 seconds will have no effect Sand Shark AI has been improved: Sand Sharks can now use an “Under Sand Attack” while burrowed, which causes the Sand Shark to charge to the player and do a 10-yard radius earthquake-like attack for low damage Sand Sharks can now walk toward you while above ground, which gives players more time to DPS them Skeleton Fire Mage fire pools, Wood Wraith spore clouds, and Oppressor fire breath attacks should now do reduced damages to pets and followers Two-handed skeleton executioners have had their escape radius reduced The "coolup" has been increased on the Fallen Lunatic's suicide power from 1-3 seconds to 2-5 seconds, giving players a more predictable time to kill them (or run away) before they explode Lacunis now have a cooldown on their combo attack Treasure Goblins will now play a sound whenever they become aware of a player Bug Fixes Damage caused by the Reflects Damage affix can no longer be dodged Fire Chains monsters should no longer link with burrowed monsters (if a monster burrows while linked with Fire Chains, the link will be removed) The explosion effect of a dying Molten monster and the damage done by the effect should now always occur at the same time Monsters with the Desecrator affix will no longer occasionally cast desecrator pools on players more than 50 yards away Damage done by the Arcane Sentry beam attack should now properly sync with the beam graphic Heralds of Pestilence will now abort their ranged attack if the player uses a power to make themselves un-targetable while the attack is casting (or "winding up") Rare Heralds of Pestilence will now spawn minions Arcane Enchanters will now properly reduced their damage based on a players Damage Reduction Against Elites modifier Flying Moloks can no longer go invisible and become untargetable The following monster types can now spawn as Rares and Champions, allowing certain achievements to be completed: Mallet Lord Skeletal Sentry Skeletal Raider Skeletal Marauder Armaddon Armored Destroyer Subjugator Dust Imp User Interface You can now change the icon for each tab in the shared stash The intent of this feature is to allow players the option to visually customize their stash tabs to better reflect its contents Bug Fixes Switching from a weapon to a shield in your off-hand will no longer cause your Damage stat to display less damage than your character actually deals in combat Bug Fixes Shrines will now buff all players that are within the shrine’s radius or in the same level area Nephalem Valor stacks are now restored whenever a player rejoins the last multiplayer game he/she was disconnected from The damage stat in the Hero page should now display the appropriate values when switching main and off-hand weapons with a shield Fixed a bug where buffs on other players weren’t displaying correctly in the party UI Fixed a bug that was causing players to not be able to rejoin a multiplayer game if they switched to a character that was saved to a difficulty level not yet unlocked by the other party members Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when mousing over the tooltip for crafting materials Removed the initial tick of damage from fire trenches in Keep Depths and slightly reduced the radius Installing and patching the PTR will no longer overwrite and reset the Diablo III retail preferences files (D3Prefs.txt); it is now saved as a separate file (D3PrefsPTR.txt) Acts: Act I Act I - Realm of Chaos: The cut-scene no longer hangs on a black screen when you begin the Realm of Chaos encounter Act I - Defiled Crypt: Loot can no longer fall inside the chest upon completion of the "Matriarch's Bones" event Act I - The Festering Woods: It is no longer possible for loot to fall inside the broken pillar bases. Act III Act III - Stonefort: It is no longer possible for the first soldier during the event "Protect and Serve: Protect the soldiers raising the catapult" to be killed by monsters before reaching the winch Act III - Rakkis Crossing: Captain Haile can no longer be killed during "Blaze of Glory: Talk to Captain Haile" Act IV Act IV - The Pinnacle of Heaven: Tyrael is now present in the cutscene during "Prime Evil: Climb to the Pinnacle of Heaven in the Silver Spire"

Patch 1.0.4

Patch 1.0.4 – v.1.0.4.11327 (August 21, 2012)

General New System added: Paragon Levels After a player reaches level 60, killing monsters and completing combat challenge streaks (Killing Blow, Massacre, etc) will begin to award experience towards Paragon levels There are 100 total Paragon levels to be earned Each Paragon level will reward you with: Core stats such as Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Vitality in amounts similar to what you'd gain from a normal level 3% Magic Find and 3% Gold Find In addition, a distinctive border will surround your character portrait in the in-game party frame to denote your Paragon progression, with a new frame earned after every ten levels. Your Paragon level will also be visible to other players wherever your normal level is shown. Pets with passive life regeneration (most notably Followers, Zombie Dogs, and Gargantuans) have had their life regeneration greatly increased from levels 30-60 Nephalem Valor now grants +15% Bonus Experience per stack, as well as +15% to Magic Find and Gold Find Magic Find will now cap at 300% (Nephalem Valor bonuses will still stack beyond this cap) Magic Find is no longer averaged among all players in a multiplayer game Players can now disable or enable music in the Sound Options Additional Sound Options including Sound Output and Speaker Setup has been added A new tutorial about "Elective Mode" will now appear when a player enters Nightmare, Hell, or Inferno difficulty for the first time Achievements Bug Fixes The achievement "Espionage" can now be completed as the Battlefield Reports lore can now drop in Act III The achievement "A Unique Collection" can now be completed (see the Bug Fixes in the Monsters section for more information) The "Kill Diablo" criteria for the achievement "Death From Afar” has been removed Auction House Auctions can now be cancelled at any point so long as they do not have any active bids Number of "Preferred Stats" allowed per search increased from 3 to 6 Number of digits allowed in the "Min Value" field for equipment searches increased from 3 to 5 "Minimum Damage" has been replaced with "Average Damage" as a searchable stat Bonus damage is calculated as the Average Damage: (Min Damage + Max Damage)/2 For example, searching for a Bonus Damage of 12 will find an item with 10-14 damage, 12 minimum damage, or 24 maximum damage. Stat increases which come from slotted gems are no longer taken into account when searching for equipment Armor, DPS, Buyout, and Time Left columns are now sortable in the Search tab The maximum stack size of gold per listing has been increased from 100,000 to 1,000,000 The following message has been added to the Item Purchase screen: "Item properties and values may change over time due to game balancing" Description text has been added or improved for several error messages UI Improvements Tooltips have been added for items in the Completed tab Tooltips have been added for commodities Item Compare tooltips have been added to the Recommended Items page The listing price of unsold and cancelled auctions will now display in the Completed tab The Auctions tab and Completed tab will now refresh when a player’s item has been purchased Bug Fixes Auction house search filters are now no longer case sensitive Players can now search for stats on Legendary items "Attack Speed" is now a searchable affix for quivers "Chance to Blind on Hit" is now a searchable affix for amulets Items with the "Level Requirement Reduced" affix will now properly appear in search results when specifying the level range Searches will now properly filter results according to the set Minimum and Maximum values for "Life per Spirit Spent" Witch doctor's Corpse Spider bonus is now listed when searching for mojos The Recommended Items page will now display quivers for demon hunters even if the player has a two-handed ranged weapon equipped Battle.net The "Report Spam" option is now available in the main menu when right-clicking on a player’s name (rather than being hidden in the "Report" sub-menu) Reporting another player for chat spam using "Report Spam" option will now also temporarily mute that player for the duration of your login session Reporting another player for friend request spam using the "Report Spam" option in the Friends List will now also automatically decline that player’s friend request The Quick Join window has been improved More information about Global Play (and its restrictions) has been added to the Account tab The game will now display both on the login and character select screen which region a player is currently logging into Chat Clicking on achievement toasts will now provide more information about the achievement The Public Chat menu will now indicate which channels a player has already joined /who and /invite commands can now be used in all channels "DND" and "AFK" tags have been added to the "You are now Busy" and "You are now Away" status messages (respectively) Shift-left-clicking on a player’s name will now display the following information: [Name]: [Level][Mode][Class] – [Act (difficulty)] (i.e. "[Pixie]: Level 45 Hardcore Barbarian – Act I (Nightmare)") Chat Channel and Party message formatting has been updated Bug Fixes Fixed a bug that caused items from the Normal gold auction house to display in the Hardcore gold auction house when a player switched between characters during periods of high latency The chat commands /p and /party now work correctly when joining Public Games Fixed a crash that could occur when clicking on a link to a fake item that contained more sockets than is possible Bosses Boss rooms have been standardized so that, after the boss fight is complete, players will always be able to do the following: Use Town Portal to leave the room Re-enter the room again via Town Portal as well as the room’s entrance portal Maghda Abilities Insect Swarm Projectiles can now be slowed Ghom Abilities Breath Attack Pets and Followers should now only take 10% damage from the breath attack Gas Cloud The rate at which Ghom spawns Gas Clouds has been reduced by approximately 20% The cooldown on Ghom's Gas Cloud attack has been increased from 6-10 seconds to 10-13 seconds Pets and Followers should now only take 5% damage from Gas Clouds Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where certain movement skills were granting immunity to Ghom’s gas clouds if cast while inside the cloud (and if the player never left the cloud’s area of effect) Cydaea Bug Fixes Players can no longer bypass the chains that appear during the “Heart of Sin: Kill the Daughters” event Azmodan Abilities Fire Ball Projectiles can now be slowed Izual Bug Fixes Skipping Izual’s cut-scene should no longer cause players to become trapped behind his ice barrier Fixed a bug where Izual’s Charge attack would not do any damage Fixed a bug where Izual’s Charge attack could damage players twice Fixed a bug where Izual could become immune to damage when at 30% health under rare circumstances Rakanoth Bug Fixes Rakanoth is now properly immune to crowd control effects when enraged in Inferno difficulty Diablo Bug Fixes Diablo’s Bone Cage debuff will now be properly removed from the player during a phase transition if the cut-scene is skipped Fixed an issue where triggering a phase transition while grasped by Diablo could cause both the player and Diablo to become temporarily invisible Fixed an issue that caused Diablo to not summon Shadow Clones of the player if Seven-Sided Strike was cast at the appropriate time Classes Barbarian Active Skills Ancient Spear Now also roots the target in place for 1.5. seconds Will now default to Basic Attack if on cooldown Bash Fury generated increased from 6 to 8 Weapon damage increased from 150% to 165% Skill Rune - Onslaught Weapon damage increased from 22% to 25% per reverberation Skill Rune - Punish Bonus damage per stack increased from 6% to 8% Skill Rune - Instigation Bonus Fury generated reduced from 6 to 4 Cleave Weapon damage increased from 120% to 140% Skill Rune - Reaping Swing Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8 Skill Rune - Broad Sweep Weapon damage increased from 156% to 175% Proc coefficient increased from 0.5 to 0.8 Skill Rune - Gathering Storm Proc coefficient increased from 0.5 to 0.8 Hammer of the Ancients Weapon damage increased from 200% to 325% Skill Rune - Rolling Thunder Weapon damage increased from 155% to 275% Skill Rune - Smash Weapon damage increased from 270% to 406% Skill Rune - The Devil’s Anvil Proc coefficient reduced from 1 to 0.08 Leap Can now be used while immobilized by crowd control effects (such as Jailer) Note: Leap will not break CC effects, but that it can still be used while under the effect Overpower Skill Rune - Crushing Advance Can no longer trigger On Hit procs Amount of damage reflected increased from 30% to 35% Rend Weapon damage increased from 210% over 3 seconds to 700% over 5 seconds Skill Rune - Lacerate Weapon damage increased from 271% over 3 seconds to 903% over 5 seconds Skill Rune - Bloodbath Weapon damage increased from 60% over 3 seconds to 100% over 5 seconds Seismic Slam Weapon damage increased from 155% to 240% Skill Rune - Shattered Ground Weapon damage increased from 202% to 288% Skill Rune - Cracking Rift Weapon damage increased from 255% to 340% Weapon Throw Weapon damage increased from 100% to 130% Will now default to Basic Attack if the player runs out of Fury Skill Rune - Mighty Throw Weapon damage increased 130% to 169% Whirlwind Weapon damage increased from 110% to 145% Skill Rune - Volcanic Eruption Weapon damage increased from 143% to 188% Demon Hunter Active Skills Bola Shot Weapon damage to the primary target increased from 130% to 160% Skill Rune - Thunder Ball Weapon damage increased from 130% to 160% Skill Rune - Acid Strike Weapon damage of each bola increased from 130% to 160% Skill Rune - Imminent Doom Weapon damage to the primary target increased from 182% to 216% Caltrops Skill Rune - Jagged Spikes Can no longer trigger procs Chakram Weapon damage increased from 150% to 170% Skill Rune - Twin Chakrams Weapon damage increased from 100% to 114% Skill Rune - Serpentine Weapon damage increased from 203% to 230% Skill Rune - Razor Disk Weapon damage increased from 165% to 187% Skill Rune - Boomerang Weapon damage increased from 188% to 230% Skill Rune - Shuriken Cloud Weapon damage increased from 30% to 34% Proc coefficient reduced from 0.333 to 0.125 Cluster Arrow Initial bomb weapon damage increased from 200% to 225% Skill Rune - Maelstrom Weapon damage increased from 145% to 165% Skill Rune - Loaded for Bear Weapon damage increased from 290% to 304% Entangling Shot Weapon damage of base skill and all rune variants increased from 75% to 90% Skill Rune - Shock Collar Now deals an additional 70% weapon damage over 2 seconds Weapon damage % is no longer based on attack speed Evasive Fire Weapon damage increased from 125% to 130% Skill Rune - Covering Fire Weapon damage increased from 125% to 130% weapon Grenades Skill Rune - Gas Grenades Proc coefficient reduced from 0.5 to 0.165 Impale Weapon damage increased from 250% to 265% Skill Rune - Chemical Burn Weapon damage increased from 125% to 220% Multishot Hatred cost lowered from 40 to 30 Skill Rune - Fire at Will Now reduces Hatred cost to 15 Rain of Vengeance Changed from 75% weapon damage for 5 seconds to 715% weapon damage over 5 seconds Skill Rune - Dark Cloud Changed from 34% weapon damage for 12 seconds to 792% weapon damage over 12 seconds Can now find targets in a larger radius around the player Skill Rune - Beastly Bombs Weapon damage increased from 125% to 245% per bomb Skill Rune - Stampede Weapon damage increased from 75% to 120% per strike Skill Rune - Anathema Changed from 115% weapon damage for 10 seconds to 3300% weapon damage over 15 seconds Skill Rune - Flying Strike Weapon damage increased from 60% to 100% Rapid Fire Weapon damage increased from 228% to 276% Skill Rune - Bombardment Weapon damage increased from 276% to 345% Sentry Turret weapon damage increased from 20% to 55% Skill Rune - Chain of Torment Maximum tether length increased to 45 yards Weapon damage increased from 48% to 80% Smoke Screen Skill Rune - Choking Gas Now does 700% weapon damage over 5 seconds Weapon damage % is no longer based on attack speed Strafe Weapon damage increased from 120% to 156% Skill Rune - Demolition Weapon damage increased from 144% to 187% Vault Skill Rune - Action Shot Will now always shoot 4 arrows Skill Rune - Trail of Cinders Now leaves a trail of fire behind the player dealing 1500% weapon damage over 3 seconds Passive Skills Brooding No longer requires player to not be damaged for 3 seconds to regenerate 1% of maximum Life per second Bug Fixes Rain of Vengeance Skill Rune - Anathema Shadow Beast should now drop the appropriate amount of grenades Monk Active Skills Crippling Wave Spirit generated increased from 6 to 7 Cyclone Strike Proc coefficient increased from 0 to 0.125 Dashing Strike Weapon damage increased from 100% to 160% Exploding Palm Changed from 220% weapon damage over 3 seconds to 745% weapon damage over 9 seconds Skill Rune - Impending Doom Duration increased from 6 seconds to 15 seconds. Lashing Tail Kick Weapon damage increased from 200% to 235% (this also benefits Sweeping Armada, Scorpion Sting, and Hand of Ytar) Skill Rune - Vulture Claw Kick Weapon damage increased from 220% to 258% Skill Rune - Spinning Flame Kick Weapon damage increased 240% to 294% Mystic Ally Can no longer trigger procs Seven-Sided Strike Weapon damage increased from 777% to 1777% over 7 hits Skill Rune - Sudden Assault Weapon damage increased from 1007%to 2309% over 7 hits Skill Rune - Several-Sided Strike The 2 extra hits now also increase the total duration of the spell (which increases the amount of time that you are invulnerable) Skill Rune - Fulminating Onslaught Weapon damage of each explosion increased from 111% to 254% Sweeping Wind Skill Rune - Master of Wind Increased the duration of the vortex from 10 to 20 seconds Tempest Rush Weapon damage increased from 50% to 85% Wave of Light Weapon damage of initial strike increased from 215% to 390% Skill Rune - Wall of Light Weapon damage bonus to initial strike increased from 312% to 566% Skill Rune - Explosive Light Weapon damage increased from 285% to 430% Skill Rune - Pillar of the Ancients Weapon damage on both the initial strike and delayed explosion increased from 210%  to 280% Way of the Hundred Fists Spirit generated increased from 6 to 8 Skill Rune - Fists of Fury Now does 100% weapon damage over 5 seconds Passive Skills Exalted Soul Now also generates 1 Spirit per second Fleet Footed Movement speed bonus no longer counts toward the 25% movement speed increase cap The Guardian's Path Two-handed weapon Spirit generation bonus increased from 25% to 35% Bug Fixes Exploding Palm Fixed a bug that allowed players to gain multiple rare item drops from a single Champion or Rare pack by killing all remaining monsters in the pack at the same time using Exploding Palm Mystic Ally All Mystic Ally variants are now summoned with full health Wave of Light Fixed an issue that was causing enemies affected by Wave of Light to not always receive the full damage Witch Doctor General Base Mana regeneration increased from 20 per second to 45 per second The spellcasting animations for the following skills have been modified to allow the effect to occur quicker and for the player to move sooner after casting: Acid Cloud, Corpse Spiders, Firebomb, Locust Swarm, Poison Dart, and Zombie Charger Active Skills Acid Cloud Range increased from 45 yards to 50 yards Now deals 115% weapon damage plus 150% weapon damage over 3 seconds (up from 100% weapon damage followed by 75% weapon damage over 3 seconds); also benefits Acid Rain Skill Rune - Lob Blob Bomb Now increases base damage of Acid Cloud to 115% weapon damage Slime weapon damage increased from 25% to 50% per second Skill Rune - Slow Burn Now increases base damage of Acid Cloud to 115% weapon damage, and deals and additional 300% weapon damage over 6 seconds Skill Rune - Kiss of Death Cloud of acid weapon damage increased from 110% to 126% Weapon damage done to enemies who remain in the affected area increased from 83% to 165%, and damage is now dealt over 3 seconds Skill Rune - Corpse Bomb Weapon damage increased from 200% to 230% When casting Acid Cloud, your witch doctor will no longer attempt to walk closer to targets that are out of range Corpse Spiders Will now inherit +Critical Damage bonuses from the player Can now proc Life on Hit for the player Are aware of enemies from further away Have increased speed when pursuing enemies Skill Rune - Spider Queen Changed from 16% weapon damage per second for 15 seconds to 630% weapon damage over 15 seconds Tooltip has been updated to clarify that you may only have one Spider Queen active at a time Firebats Weapon damage increased from 150% to 180% Skill Rune - Plague Bats Maximum weapon damage increased from 225% to 270% Skill Rune - Hungry Bats Weapon damage increased from 280% to 350% Skill Rune - Cloud of Bats The damage of the bats will now increase by 20% (up from 10%) every second, up to a maximum of 100% additional damage (up from 50%) Firebomb Weapon damage increased from 85% to 110% ((this benefits all runes except Pyrogeist)) Skill Rune - Fire Pit Changed from 8% weapon damage for 3 seconds to 36% weapon damage over 3 seconds Proc coefficient reduced from 0.67 to 0.067 Skill Rune - Pyrogeist Changed from 140% weapon damage over 3 seconds to 640% weapon damage over 6 seconds Tooltip has been updated to clarify that only one column of flame can be active at a time Gargantuan Gargantuan survivability has been increased: Maximum Life now scales with the player's Maximum Life At level 60, the Gargantuan will receive an additional 50% of the player’s Maximum Life The amount of damage a Gargantuan can take from a single hit is now capped. The cap scales with the player's level, and is further reduced by the player’s Armor and Resistance. Weapon damage increased from 25% to 100%, but can no longer trigger procs Skill Rune - Humongoid Weapon damage increased from 32% to 130% Skill Rune - Wrathful Protector Weapon damage increased from 55% to 110% Skill Rune – Bruiser Weapon damage increased from 100% to 200% Grasp of the Dead Now does 320% weapon damage over 8 seconds Skill Rune - Death is Life Now has a 10% chance to produce health globe or summon a Zombie Dog Horrify Cooldown reduced from 20 seconds to 16 seconds Plague of Toads Mana cost reduced from 34 to 12 Poison Dart Skill Rune - Spined Dart Mana return on hit increased from 24 to 29 Skill Rune - Flaming Dart Weapon damage increased from 160% to 180% Spirit Barrage Weapon damage increased from 190% to 230% Skill Rune - Well of Souls Weapon damage increased from 30% to 65% for each of the bonus projectiles Skill Rune – Manitou Changed from 28% weapon damage every second for 20 seconds (for a total of 560% weapon damage) to 1667% weapon damage over 20 seconds Search radius for targets has been increased from 20 yards to 30 yards Proc coefficient reduced from 0.5 to 0.125 No longer shows a buff icon Spirit Walk Skill Rune - Umbral Shock Weapon damage of explosion increased from 85% to 310% but is no longer increased by attack speed Skill Rune - Severance Changed from 100% weapon damage per second to 450% weapon damage over 2 seconds Soul Harvest Skill Rune - Languish Movement speed reduction increased from 60% to 80% Skill Rune - Vengeful Spirit Weapon damage increased from 70% to 230% Summon Zombie Dogs Zombie Dog survivability has been increased: Now also receive 35% of the player’s Maximum Life The amount of damage a Zombie Dog can take from a single hit is now capped. The cap scales with the player’s level, and is further reduced by the player’s Armor and Resistance. Cooldown reduced from 60 seconds to 45 seconds Skill Rune - Rabid Dogs Proc coefficient has been reduced from 1.0 to 0.10 Skill Rune - Burning Dogs Proc coefficient has been reduced from 1.0 to 0.05 Wall of Zombies Now does 800% weapon damage over 5 seconds Zombie Charger Skill Rune - Leprous Zombie Changed from 25% weapon damage for 3 seconds to 240% weapon damage over 3 seconds Skill Rune - Wave of Zombies Weapon damage increased from 72% to 115% per zombie Passive Skills Circle of Life Chance to summon a Zombie Dog when an enemy dies increased from 5% to 30% Grave Injustice Mana and Life gain increased from 1% to 2% of their maximum values whenever a nearby enemy dies Rush of Essence Now returns a flat amount of Mana over 10 seconds (49 Mana at level 60) Spirit Vessel Spirit realm duration reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds Heal increased from 10% to 15% of player’s maximum Life While in the spirit realm, players can now walk through enemy monsters Vision Quest Vision Quest has been redesigned and now grants 30% increased Mana regeneration for 5 seconds after doing damage with Corpse Spiders, Firebomb, Plague of Toads, or Poison Dart Tribal Rites Now also benefits Gargantuan, Mass Confusion, and Summon Zombie Dogs Bug Fixes Corpse Spiders Skill Rune - Leaping Spiders Spiders will now always leap to their target as soon as it’s in range Wizard Active Skills Arcane Torrent Arcane Power cost reduced from 20 to 16 Weapon damage increased from 175% to 210% Skill Rune - Death Blossom Projectiles are now less random Skill Rune - Arcane Mines Weapon damage increased from 150% to 180% Skill Rune - Cascade Weapon damage increased from 175% to 210% Archon Slow Time duration increased from 8 seconds to 15 seconds Skill Rune - Arcane Destruction Weapon damage increased from 450% to 1600% Diamond Skin Skill Rune - Mirror Skin Amount of damage reflection increased from 50% to 100% Skill Rune - Enduring Skin Duration bonus increased from 8 seconds to 9 seconds Skill Rune - Diamond Shards Weapon damage increased from 155% to 210% Electrocute Weapon damage increased from 80% to 90%  (this also benefits Chain Lightning, Forked Lightning, and Surge of Power) Skill Rune - Forked Lightning Weapon damage increased from 46% to 55% per charged bolt Skill Rune - Lightning Blast Weapon damage increased from 80% to 86% Skill Rune - Arc Lightning Weapon damage increased from 80% to 115% Energy Twister Proc coefficient reduced from 0.25 to 0.125 Explosive Blast Skill Rune - Time Bomb Weapon damage increased from 293%  to 315% Hydra Skill Rune - Arcane Hydra Weapon damage increased from 28% to 60% per Arcane Orb Skill Rune - Lightning Hydra Weapon damage increased from 34% to 64% Skill Rune - Frost Hydra Weapon damage increase from 31% to 36% Cone width changed from 15 yards with a 60 degree spread to 35 yards with a 30 degree spread Skill Rune - Mammoth Hydra Weapon damage increased from 22%  to 67% Ice Armor Increased the likelihood that attackers will be Frozen rather than Chilled Skill Rune - Crystallize Armor bonus per stack increased from 15% to 30% Skill Rune - Jagged Ice Weapon damage as Cold increased from 100% to 130% Meteor Weapon damage increased from 200% + 60% over 3 seconds to 260% + 60% over 3 seconds Skill Rune - Molten Impact Weapon damage increased from 260% +78% over 3 seconds to 390% + 90% over 3 seconds Skill Rune - Meteor Shower Weapon damage increased from 80% to 104%  for each smaller Meteor Skill Rune - Comet Weapon damage of initial hit increased from 240% to 312% Shock Pulse Skill Rune - Fire Bolts Weapon damage increased from 136% to 152% Skill Rune - Lightning Affinity Arcane Power restored per pulse increased from 2 to 3 Spectral Blade Skill Rune - Impactful Blades Now guarantees to Slow the movement speed of enemies by 80% for 1 second (rather than a 5% chance to cause Knockback and Slow the moment speed of enemies by 60% for 1 second) Skill Rune - Siphoning Blades Arcane Power restored per hit increased from 1 to 3 Teleport Skill Rune - Calamity Weapon damage increased from 75% to 265% Bug Fixes Cold Blooded Tooltip has been updated to clarify that all damage is increased by 20% to Frozen or Chilled targets, not just Cold damage (functionality of the skill has not changed) Crafting A repair tab has been added to the Blacksmith Bug Fixes Gem-combine designs for Amethysts and Emeralds should no longer contain typos Followers The last follower a player had active in a single-player game will now be restored automatically after leaving a multiplayer game The frequency of follower dialog has been reduced Items All level 60- 62 damage affixes have had their Minimum and Maximum top-end damage values increased Level 63 items will still roll the highest potential damage values in the game, but the damage difference between level 60-62 items and level 63 items just won’t be as dramatic as it was before Note: This will only impact items created or dropped after patch 1.0.4 Two-handed melee weapons have made more viable: Two-handed melee weapons can now roll their own affixes for core stats as well as higher damage values (as compared to one-handed melee weapons) Core stat values have been increased by approximately 70% Note: This does not affect two-handed ranged weapons Additional affix changes for two-handed melee weapons include: + Crit Damage, Life on Hit, Life After Each Kill, and Life Steal values can now roll up to 200%  Note: This does not affect two-handed ranged weapons Note: This will only impact items created or dropped after patch 1.0.4 All off-hand items (mojos, orbs, quivers, shields) can now roll Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Vitality in the same ranges as Armor and Weapons Note: This will only affect off-hand items created or dropped after patch 1.0.4 Off-hands can now roll Reduced Level Requirement Drop rate on quivers has been reduced +MaxFury and +MaxSpirit will no longer roll on ranged weapons Max Block amount on shields with an item level of 59 and higher has been changed so they all provide the same amount of Max Block Repair costs have been reduced by up to 25% for item levels between 53 and 63 Weapon racks have had their weapon drop rate restored to 100%, though weapons are more likely be of Common quality (white or grey items) Destructible objects now have a chance to drop items again The text color of gems, potions, crafting pages and tomes dropped on the ground has been changed from white to light blue The maximum stack size of gems has been increased from 30 to 100 The gem drop sound effect is now more noticeable Legendary Items Significant changes have been made to Legendary items: Custom proc effects have been added to over 50 Legendary items and Set item bonuses All Legendary items will now roll with at least one of the following affixes to ensure that their DPS is viable: +Elemental Damage, +Attack Speed, +Critical Damage, +%damage, Has Sockets Affix values on Legendary items are no longer demoted and will now roll at their maximum potential Many lower level Legendary items have had their affix count increased to 6 Legendary items based on Uniques from previous Diablo games have received a tuning pass to make their stats more reflective of their ancestors The chance for a Legendary item to drop that’s below an item level of 50 has been increased Item level 63 Legendary items have been added to the game Legendary Sets: All item level 61 set pieces have been increased to item level 63 (excluding rings and amulets), and had their base item changed from late hell/early inferno to late inferno. Class-specific sets are now guaranteed to have the class’s core stat on every item in the set Summoned Creatures: Creatures summoned by Legendary item procs should now follow the player or Follower with the item equipped Creatures summoned by Legendary item procs should now have combat awareness similar to Followers Creatures summoned by Legendary item procs should now their level determined by the Legendary item level Please note that these changes will only apply to new Legendary items that drop or are created after patch 1.0.4. Legendary items which dropped or were created prior to patch 1.0.4 will remain unchanged (this also applies to items which have not been identified yet). To distinguish these items from one another, new Legendary items will have slightly different names and appearances from those dropped or created prior to 1.0.4.  Vendors Squirt the Peddler has permanently moved from the Caldeum Bazaar up to the Hidden Camp, as she heard people liked buying Health Potions up there Bug Fixes Legendary items (pre- and post-1.0.4) with the +Attack Speed affix should now work correctly Items with +Chance to Stun on Hit now have the suffix “of Staggering” instead of “of Devastation” Multiple chests that had a small chance of dropping loot into unreachable locations have been repositioned slightly to prevent this from happening Fixed a bug where Normal chests found in Bastion keep were dropping items from too low of a treasure class (these chests will now drop the same class of items as other Normal chests throughout the game) Fixed a bug that allowed players to see properties of unidentified items Monsters Monsters across the game have had a pass to make their experience and loot rewards more proportional to the effort required to kill them For example, Imps and Tormented Stingers grant less XP and drop less items, but Lacuni Warriors grant increased XP and drop more items Experience awarded by level 61-63 monsters has been increased by approximately 60% Normal monsters should now drop Magic (blue) items and Rare (yellow) items approximately 4 times more than before Bonus health granted to monsters in co-op games has been reduced to 75% per additional player for all difficulties: Normal: (no change) Nightmare: 85%è75% Hell: 95% è75% Inferno: 105% è 75% Monster damage and health and drop rates has been adjusted for Inferno as follows: Normal monsters now have a greatly increased chance to drop Magic (blue) and Rare (yellow) items Act I Elite monster health reduced by 11% Act II Normal monster health increased by 4% Elite monster health reduced by 8% Overall damage done by all monsters reduced by 8% Act III and Act IV Normal monster health increased by 10% Elite monster health reduced by 2.5% Overall damage done by all monsters reduced by 15% Spine Hewer, Skeletal Reaper, Skull Cleaver, and Swift Skull Cleaver damage has been reduced by approximately 37% Sarkoth <hoarder of="" treasure=" has had his loot quality and health adjusted slightly</hoarder> Quill Fiends in the Dank Cellar will now drop less additional gold (but will still drop more than other Quill Fiends) and should now properly turn hostile when confronted by a player Blood Clan Ranged monsters should now run away less often and for shorter distances Moon Clan Ranged monsters should now run away for shorter distances Snakeman Casters now have a melee attack Snakeman Casters’ Electric Burst now has a max channeling duration of 7 seconds Rockworms should now burrow less frequently after unburrowing, and will unburrow more quickly after burrowing Succubus blood star projectiles can now be slowed Brickhouse monsters (e.g. Demonic Tremors) should now Arm Shields and enrage less often, and will no longer gain an increase in damage while enraged Possessed monsters can no longer spawn with the Illusionist affix Fast mummies (Betrayed, Accursed, and Reviled) can no longer spawn with the Illusionist affix Pets and Followers should now only take 10% damage from a Fast mummy’s Poison Death Cloud Heralds of Pestilence no longer attack pets and Followers The first and third levels of Leoric’s Dungeon now have a total of five Uniques that can be spawned Reduced the chance of a skeletal Rare pack to spawn in the Cemetery of the Forsaken from 50% to 20% The lone Champion Shaman in the Demonic Trebuchet is no longer considered a Champion The treasure goblin spawn has been removed from the Road to Alcarnus Champions and Rares Champion and Rare monsters will no longer enrage after prolonged combat, and they will no longer heal to full health after not being engaged Jailer can now no longer appear with Knockback, Nightmarish, or Vortex Invulnerable Minions has been removed as a possible affix Fire Chains damage has been reduced by 20% Nightmarish monsters will now make players immune to Fear for 6 seconds after the Fear is cast on the player Plagued, Frozen, and Mortar monsters will now do only 10% of their damage to pets and Followers Shielding monsters will no longer shield if they are the last monster left in the area, and only one monster in a given pack can be shielded at a time The spawn points of Arcane Enchanted beams have been adjusted slightly to be more spread out, and their damage has been reduced by approximately 30% Champion and Rare Fallen Lunatics have been removed from both Zoltun Kulle dungeons Swarm monsters now have a more pronounced Champion and Rare appearance Bug Fixes Mortar monster projectiles should no longer be aimed within the monster’s dead zone Waller monsters can no longer spawn walls on top of players Plagued, Arcane Enchanted, and Electrified minions no longer have resistance to Poison, Arcane, or Lightning damage (respectively) Dark Moon Shaman Champions and Rares now correctly show their affixes Dark Moon Shaman’s Empower ability will now properly reduces all types of incoming damage Oppressors’ Charge attack will no longer deal damage to players twice Berserkers now have the proper “blue glow” of Champions The Champion pack at the end of Kyr the Weaponsmith’s event “A Reputation Restored” will now drop loot and give experience The common and Champion skeletons that spawn from the treasure chest during the zombie ambush event in Act I, Cathedral level 4 will now drop loot and give experience The Goatman Ambush event in the Fields of Misery will now properly spawn a full pack of Champions (instead of just one Champion) The Aspect of Terror will now drop at least one Magic (blue) item, and its clones will now only drop health globes The Flying Molok can no longer turn invisible and become un-targetable The Bloated Malachor’s damage has been normalized to be in line with the rest of his other monster variants Killing Sardar’s illusions will no longer trigger quest completion for “Sardar’s Treasure: Kill Sardar”; the quest will now properly complete when Sardar is slain (this is because Sardar is no longer an Illusionist, and will now only spawn with Vampiric and Nightmarish affixes) It should now be significantly easier to dodge Triune Berserker Power Hits Damage over time spells will no longer prevent certain monsters from dropping health globes A player who is killed by a monster’s Reflect Damage affix will now be able to release his or her corpse and be resurrected by other players Fixed a bug that allowed monsters with multiple affix powers to sometimes to ignore the cooldown timers of those powers Fixed a bug where several Unique monsters could not spawn in Act II – The Howling Plateau (this fix now allows players to finish the achievement “A Unique Collection”) Quests Players will now receive full experience and gold rewards for completing quests for the first time in Nightmare, Hell, and Inferno difficulties Players will no longer receive a quest reward after opening the entrance to the Waterlogged Passage; instead, they will now receive the reward after completing the step “Kill Gavin the Thief” instead (which occurs slightly after) Bug Fixes The Quest Select window will now always display the most recently completed quest or quest step, as well as all resumable steps leading up to that point  “Trailing the Coven: Talk to Karyna” will now automatically update for players to “Trailing the Coven: Find the Khazra Staff” (even if they have not yet talked to Karyna) when triggering the Lost Wagon scene This is to ensure that players are able to receive a quest reward when clicking on the wagon Players no longer receive Town Portal as a reward during repeated completions of the quest "A Shattered Crown: Take the Skeleton King's crown from the Chancellor's Altar" and will now receive gold and experience Players can no longer disrupt the rituals during "The Crumbling Tower: Explore the Lyceum," which used to prevent players from completing the event Vendel the Armorsmith can no longer be killed by the environment during the event "The Scavenged Scabbard" Skipping the cut-scene during the quest "A Royal Audience: Talk to Emperor Hakan II" as quickly as possible will no longer prevent the quest objective from being updated The matchmaking cut-off point for the quest “The Light of Hope” has been adjusted slightly User Interface The ability to drag-and-drop skills in Elective Mode will now only be enabled while the Skill window is open Resist values are now taken into consideration when calculating the item comparison “Protection” value When a player cancels out of a Trade window, any items that are under the player’s cursor will also be cancelled A two-second delay will now occur when clicking “Accept” in a Trade window if either player makes any changes to their offering Bug Fixes Holding CTRL while mousing over an item on the ground that has socketed gems will no longer cause that item to appear unsocketed Players will no longer get disconnected from the game if their Mouse Wheel is bound to the function “Close All Open Windows” Mac Retina Displays are now fully supported Game resolutions which match Mac screen aspect ratios now offered Switching between Windowed and Fullscreen modes is now faster Added a “Help” menu so players can more quickly navigate to relevant support pages Added a menu item which allows players to copy system information to their Clipboard Added a menu item to reveal various games files and folders in Finder Bug Fixes Selecting the default resolution settings in Video Options will now correctly reset the resolution Changing the resolution settings while in Windowed (Fullscreen) mode will now properly change the resolution Bug Fixes Level 60 characters will no longer receive a “+XP” message when looting a new lore journal Decreased the chance for multiple Sigil rooms in the Gardens of Hope (Tier 2) to spawn at once Fixed a bug that was causing some tiles in the Holy Sanctum not to spawn, preventing players from being able to access the room’s treasure chest

Patch 1.0.3

Patch 1.0.3b – v.1.0.3.10485 (July 10, 2012)

Auction House Bug Fixes The "Bid" and "Buyout" buttons will now be correctly grayed-out in the confirmation window when attempting to purchase an item with insufficient gold Bug Fixes General Fixed a bug where leaving a heavily-populated General chat channel would prevent players from rejoining any General chat channel until they logged out and logged back in Fixed several tooltip-related bugs that were occurring when viewing items with 2 or more sockets in the auction house and profile pages Fixed a rare crash with tutorials on item pickup

Patch 1.0.3a – v.1.0.3.10235 (June 26, 2012)

Classes Witch Doctor Bug Fixes Zombie Charger Skill Rune – Zombie Bears Fixed a bug where Zombie Bears were unable to attack targets on slopes Zombie Bears should no longer become stuck on objects with which they shouldn't have collision Items General Equipped items will now take "wear-and-tear" durability damage at half the previous rate Please note that durability loss as the result of normal combat is different from the 10% durability loss characters will incur when they die. Equipped items have always suffered durability loss while fighting, and we are simply slowing the rate at which the loss occurs. Bug Fixes Fixed a bug that was causing Unique monsters to not drop the appropriate amount of loot when slain Fixed a bug with linking items with 3 gem sockets It is no longer possible to create fake achievement links Bug Fixes General Fixed a bug that was causing the "Switch Hero" button to occasionally disappear after leaving a game while in town Fixed several gold and leveling exploits Fixed several game and service crashes (for Mac and PC)

Patch 1.0.3 – v.1.0.3.10057 (June 19, 2012)

General To prevent monsters from being unintentionally kited into town from other areas of the game, portals have been placed at both ends of the bridge from New Tristram to The Weeping Hollow. Towns have always been intended to be a safe haven from combat, and this change will help keep the denizens of New Tristram safe from the dangers that lurk beyond its walls. The rewards provided for replaying quests has been reduced The real-money auction house is now available for Chilean, Argentinian, and Brazilian currencies Battle.net General Friends will now sort alphabetically by name within the Friends List, first by Real ID and then by BattleTag The Quick Join menu will now also sort alphabetically by name, first by Real ID and then by BattleTag Chat settings and preferences will now be saved whenever you log out Reporting another player using the Report > Spam option will now mute that player for the duration of your gaming session Bug Fixes Using the /who command in a heavily populated chat channel should no longer cause the client to crash The "Invite to Party" button should no longer become grayed-out if a player: Declines a party invite Requests a party invite and then declines it Accepts a party invite, but then immediately leaves the party The character screen should now always display the correct act and quest information If Real ID has been disabled for a Battle.net account, attempting to add a Real ID friend in Diablo III will now prompt the player with the following error message: "Battle.net is unable to add friends because you have Real ID disabled." Classes Barbarian Active Skills Ignore Pain Skill Rune – Contempt for Weakness The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the player's maximum Life Overpower Skill Rune – Crushing Advance The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the player's maximum Life The tooltip has been updated to represent that both melee and ranged damage are reflected Weapon Throw Tooltip now displays the correct duration for how long a target will be slowed: "Hurl a throwing weapon at any enemy for 100% weapon damage and Slow the movement of the enemy by 60% for 1.5 seconds." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.) Passive Skills Relentless Now reduces the Fury cost of all skills by 75%, down from 100% (the 50% damage reduction remains unchanged) Demon Hunter Active Skills Cluster Arrow Skill Rune - Dazzling Arrow Tooltip now displays the correct type of weapon damage dealt by Dazzling Arrow: "Enemies hit by grenades have a 55% chance to be stunned for 2 seconds and changes the damage to Physical." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.) Grenades Skill Rune - Stun Grenades Tooltip now displays the correct duration for how long a target will be stunned: "Hurl grenades that have a 25% chance to Stun enemies for 1.5 seconds." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.) Bug Fixes Caltrops Skill Rune – Jagged Spikes Effect will now only stack up to 10 times on a single target Elemental Arrow Skill Rune – Nether Tentacles Tentacles will now only hit each target once Monk General Monks can now use two-handed axes, two-handed maces, and two-handed swords Active Skills Serenity Skill Rune – Instant Karma The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the player's maximum Life Seven-Sided Strike Skill Rune - Sustained Attack Tooltip has been updated for clarity: "Reduces the cooldown of Seven-Sided Strike to 23 seconds." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.) Mantra of Retribution Damage will now cap based on the maximum Life of the target Bug Fixes Near Death Experience Fatal damage absorbed by Serenity will no longer trigger Near Death Experience Witch Doctor Active Skills Summon Zombie Dogs Skill Rune – Leeching Beasts Tooltip has been updated for clarity: "Your Zombie Dogs heal 50% of the damage they deal as Life divided evenly between themselves and you." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.) Wizard Active Skills Diamond Skin Skill Rune – Mirror Skin The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the amount of damage absorbed by Diamond Skin Magic Weapon When activated, a buff icon will now appear that displays the amount of time remaining Meteor Skill Rune - Star Pact Now deals damage as Arcane instead of Fire Passive Skills Paralysis Tooltip now displays the correct duration for how long a target will be stunned: "Lightning damage dealt to enemies has up to a 8% chance to Stun the target for 1.5 seconds." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.) Items General + Attack Speed bonus values on weapons and armor have been reduced by 50% This change does not apply to quivers High-end items (items level 61-63) will now drop in all Acts of Inferno and Acts III and IV of Hell difficulty The new approximate drop rates are as follows: Hell - Act III and Act IV iLvl 61: 9% iLvl 62: 1.9% iLvl 63: 0% Inferno - Act I iLvl 61: 17.7% iLvl 62: 7.9% iLvl 63: 2.0% Inferno - Act II iLvl 61: 18.6% iLvl 62: 12.4% iLvl 63: 4.1% Inferno - Act III and Act IV iLvl 61: 24.1% iLvl 62: 16.1% iLvl 63: 8.0% Please see the Patch 1.0.3 Design Preview for more information and specific details Repair costs have been increased for item levels between 53 and 63 Magic Find will no longer be considered when looting objects in the environment such as chests, barrels, vases, pots, and corpses The item quality of all components needed to craft the Staff of Herding, as well as the Staff of Herding itself, have been changed from Common to Legendary (i.e. their item names will appear orange in color) The Staff of Herding can no longer be salvaged or dropped Crafted items that are dropped on the ground due to a player’s inventory being full can no longer be seen or picked up by other players Unique monsters in Hell and Inferno difficulty are no longer guaranteed to drop two Magic items when slain Weapon racks will no longer drop weapons 100% of the time Destructible objects no longer have a chance to drop items, and will only have a small chance to drop gold when destroyed Weapons and Armor "Balanced" superior items (i.e. Balanced Short Sword) will now grant a percent attack speed increase that only affects the weapon itself, rather than a flat increase to attacks per second that affected both equipped weapons when dual-wielding Crowd Control Reduction from items and skills will now reduce the percentage value of Slow, Chill, and Attack Speed debuffs rather than reducing how long the debuff lasts For example: previously, if you were debuffed by a 60% slow that lasted for 2 seconds while wearing gear that provides 20% Crowd Control Reduction, your movement speed would be reduced by 60%, but only for 1.6 seconds. Now, the same amount of Crowd Control Reduction will reduce the Slow effect to 48%, but the effect will remain for the full 2 second duration. Manticore now has one additional bonus affix User Interface Minimum damage and Maximum damage values will now display separately in an item's tooltip (i.e. "+2-4 Damage" will now display as "+2 Minimum Damage” and “+2 Maximum Damage") Tooltips for items on the ground will now show comparison stats Resist values will now be taken into effect when calculating the Protection comparison stat (the Protection value is an average protection estimate of all your resists) When comparing a two-handed weapon against two currently-equipped one-handed weapons, the game will now simulate the removal of both one-handed weapons (instead of simply removing the main-hand weapon, which resulted in an inaccurate comparison) When selling items to a vendor, the most recently sold items will now always display at the bottom of the Buyback tab Bug Fixes Items level 50 and above will now display their item level in the tooltip Damage Over Time (DoT) skills will now properly benefit from items with the +Critical Chance affix Legendary items with the +Attack Speed bonus will now correctly provide a bonus to attack speed Please note that this fix will only affect new Legendary drops. Existing Legendary items will be addressed in a future patch. Players wearing +Life on Kill items should no longer receive a benefit from this affix when "killing" friendly monsters (e.g. when a witch doctor re-summons a Spider Queen while another Spider Queen is still active) Fixed a bug with linking items with socketed gems in chat Fixed a bug where vendors would occasionally not have any items for sale Fixed a bug where selling more than 12 items to a vendor and then buying back 1 of those items could cause multiple items to disappear from the Buyback tab Fixed a bug where swapping a 1-slot item (i.e. a ring) with 2-slot item (i.e. a weapon) in the second or third tab of a player’s stash would sometimes cause the 2-slot item to be filtered incorrectly to the first tab Fixed a bug that was causing Collector's Edition dyes to sell for the same price regardless of stack size Crafting General The gold and material crafting costs for all items level 1-59 have been reduced by 50% to 75% Blacksmith The gold cost to level the Blacksmith has been reduced by 50% The number of Pages of Blacksmithing, Tomes of Blacksmithing, or Tomes of Secrets required to level the Blacksmith has been reduced Base levels now require 1 page/tome, down from 5 Milestone levels now require 2 pages/tomes, down from 5 The number of Pages of Blacksmithing and Tomes of Blacksmithing required to craft items level 1-59 has been reduced Items with 3 affixes no longer require Pages of Blacksmithing or Tomes of Blacksmithing to craft The gold cost of crafting items with 4 affixes and 5 affixes (including items in Inferno difficulty) has been reduced Weapon crafting costs have been reduced The chance for level 60 items to produce Legendary crafting materials when salvaged has been reduced Jeweler The gold and material cost to combine gems ranks 2-8 has been reduced Combinations for these ranks now only require 2 gems, down from 3 The gold cost to combine each rank of gems is now as follows: Rank 2 - Flawed: 10 gold (down from 500 gold) Rank 3 - Regular: 25 gold (down from 750 gold) Rank 4 - Flawless: 40 gold (down from 1250 gold) Rank 5 - Perfect: 55 gold (down from 2000 gold) Rank 6 - Radiant: 70 gold (down from 3500 gold) Rank 7 - Square: 85 gold (down from 7500 gold) Rank 8 - Flawless Square: 100 gold (down from 20,000 gold) Followers General Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where the maximum Life of your followers was being displayed as different values in different parts of the game UI Enchantress Skills Mass Control Radius reduced from 15 yards to 8 yards If Enchantress also has Reflect Missiles trained, Mass Control will no longer accidentally hex the player when both skills are activated Skill will now correctly target enemies in all circumstances Bosses General Bosses have had their pathing improved The quality of the item for the fourth stack of Nephalem Valor from bosses has been slightly reduced Skeleton King Abilities Will now summon Skeletal Archers in Hell and Inferno difficulties The Warden (mini-boss) General Now has Fast and Molten affixes, in addition to Jailer In Inferno difficulty, the Warden will also gain the Desecrator affix Butcher Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where the corner panel fires in the Chamber of Suffering were doing twice as much damage as intended Ghom Abilities Gas Cloud Radius of Gas Cloud has been slightly reduced Slowing effect has been removed The amount of damage dealt by Gas Cloud when first entering the cloud has been reduced, but the amount of damage incurred for remaining in the cloud has been increased In Inferno difficulty, Gas Clouds will last longer, spawn 2 at a time, and (after 4 minutes) spawn more quickly Maghda Bug Fixes Punish Dust projectiles can no longer be reflected Zoltun Kulle General Zoltun Kulle will now enrage in Inferno difficulty after 3 minutes, using his Ceiling Collapse ability more often and for much higher damage Abilities Ceiling Collapse Can now be cast at a player from any range Fireball Fireball attack now moves slower Can now be cast at a player from any range Teleport Will now Teleport and run away from the player less often Will now occasionally Teleport to the player Belial General Belial will now enrage in Inferno difficulty after 3 minutes in his final phase, increasing the number of green pools dropped across the entire encounter platform Bug Fixes Fixed a bug that was causing Belial to use his breath attack away from the player rather than towards the player under certain circumstances Siegebreaker General Overall damage has been reduced No longer vulnerable to Confuse and Charm effects Will now drop a health globe every 25% health mark (i.e. at 75%, 50%, and 25% health) Now enrages after 4 minutes In Inferno difficulty, Siegebreaker will now gain the Reflects Damage affix Cydaea Abilities Spiderlings Spiderlings will now have an easier time hitting players, but their damage has been reduced by 20% to compensate In Inferno difficulty, Spiderlings will now live longer, be more spread out, and (after 4 minutes) spawn more often Rakanoth General In Inferno difficulty, Rakanoth will now become much more aggressive after 3 minutes Izual General Health pool has been increased The number of Oppressors that join the fight has been reduced from 4 to 2 Will no longer target Followers or Tyrael as frequently Abilities Base Attacks Base attack damage has been lowered No longer does Cold damage on top of base attacks Charge Charge damage has been reduced Knockback has been removed Will Charge slightly more often, but will only target players Frozen Bombs Frozen Bomb damage has been reduced Bombs will now explode faster Only 8 Bombs will now spawn around the player rather than 12 Bombs will spawn at Izual's feet less often Frost Explosion Frost Explosion damage has been reduced by 70% Duration of freeze has been increased Damage dealt to players while frozen will now break the effect Players can now use defensive cooldown while frozen Players can no longer avoid being frozen by doing high amounts of damage to Izual Bug Fixes Izual will no longer spawn twice if a player skips his introductory cut-scene Diablo Bug Fixes Damage Over Time (DoT) effects will now be properly cancelled when Diablo becomes invisible and casts Shadow Clones in Phase Two Diablo "Stomp" ability is now correctly classified as a debuff instead of a buff Fixed a bug that was causing pets to not attack Shadow Clones Monsters General Champions, Rares, and Uniques have had their pathing improved Elite packs (Champion/Rare) now drop an additional item for players with 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor, which is guaranteed to be of Rare quality Damage from monsters in Acts II, III, and IV in Inferno difficulty has been reduced Colossal Golgor base damage has been reduced Herald of Pestilence tentacle attack damage has been reduced Soul Ripper and Soul Lasher damage has been reduced and both monsters will now run away less often Wasps in Act II, Mage Constructs in Act II, and Winged Mollocks in Acts III and IV will now run away less Succubus monsters will now run away less and for a shorter distance The health pools of Woodwraiths in the Highlands now match the health pools of Woodwraiths in the Fields of Misery Lacuni and Scavenger Rares and and Champions will now un-burrow when called by their allies Bloodclan Warriors no longer knockback when buffed and attack slightly slower Morlu no longer have the Invulnerable Minions, Health Link, or Fire Chains affixes Plagued, Arcane Enchanted, and Electrified monsters no longer have resistance to Poison, Arcane, and Lightning damage (respectively) Leaders of Invulnerable Minions packs have had their health pools reduced Mortar monsters can now hurl projectiles farther, but their minimum range has also been increased by 100% Bug Fixes Interrupting a monster attack before it lands will now properly trigger its cooldown Treasure Goblins will now drop gold piles for all nearby players Lacuni Warrior Rares and Champions will now reset their enrage timer correctly in Inferno difficulty The Succubus "Blood Star" debuff will no longer affect the player if the damage from the projectile is dodged/blocked/etc The damage from the Succubus “Blood Star” debuff will now scale based on the current cost of a player's skill, even if the cost is reduced by items or skill runes Monsters with the Extra Health affix should no longer gain more health every time players leave and join the game Monsters with the Reflects Damage affix will no longer reflect Follower damage back to the player Monsters with the Health Link and Knockback affixes will no longer knockback friendly monsters Fixed a bug that was causing some Elite monster packs in Inferno difficulty to not reset their enrage timers and heal to full health as intended Fixed a bug that allowed players to avoid or delay the enrage timer reset on Elite monster packs in Inferno difficulty by running through a dungeon portal Fixed a bug that was causing Champion Wallers to occasionally create walls at their location rather than the player's location Fixed a bug where Sandwasp projectiles could sometimes become invisible Bug Fixes General The experience bar for characters at level cap on a Guest Pass account will now display 0/0 experience. If the account holder upgrades to the full game, their characters will be at 0/41000 experience towards the next level. The speed of the animation that plays when resurrecting another player should no longer scale with your attack speed Attempting to cast a skill while spamming the Town Portal hot key will now correctly interrupt the Town Portal cast and animation Players who use Town Portal while in a tar pit will no longer keep the tar pit debuff after being teleported It is no longer possible for players in Hell difficulty to skip to Inferno difficulty by creating and leaving Public Games It is no longer possible to prevent character death in a single-player game by pausing the game in one game client and then logging into the same account from a different game client Fixed a bug where The Lyceum in the Southern Highlands was not appearing Fixed a bug where players could switch their offerings in the Trade window right before clicking "Accept" and, due to high latency, the game would not always be able to verify that both players were accepting the same offerings Fixed a bug that was allowing players to temporarily pick up items that belonged to another account Fixed a bug that was causing players to become stuck when using a banner to port to another player that was in an "un-walkable" location (i.e. to a barbarian in the middle of performing Leap) Fixed a position desync bug (aka "rubberbanding") that could happen when some movement skills (Strafe, Whirlwind, Tempest Rush) ended because the player ran out of the appropriate resource Fixed several issues where a player's character would get stuck or "rubberband" while moving if their movement speed was slowed in any way Several performance improvements have been made to both the PC and Mac client Auction House Item tooltips in the auction house will now correctly reflect stat bonuses provided by socketed gems Items with class-specific affixes should now display the class restriction properly It should no longer be possible for players to purchase a stack of items so large that it cannot be sent to their stash The data displayed in each auction house tab should now properly reset when logging out

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Auction House

• Damaged items can now be sold on the auction house
  • Once sold, damaged items will be repaired automatically when moved from the purchasing player's Completed tab to their stash
  • Please note that unsold damage items will not be automatically repaired when returned to the seller's stash
• Description messages for several auction house-related errors have been added

Mac

• Several Mac performance improvements have been made

Bug Fixes

• General
  • It is no longer possible to skip entire Acts in a multiplayer game
• Classes
  • Barbarian
    • Active Skills
      • Fixed a bug that was allowing certain barbarian skills to continuously trigger each other's critical strikes, to the point of causing the player to crash. To address this crash, the following skill and skill rune combinations can no longer be triggered by each other's critical strikes:
        • Battle Rage (Skill Rune - Bloodshed)
        • Cleave (Skill Rune - Rupture and Skill Rune - Scattering Blast)
        • Hammer of the Ancients (Skill Rune - Thunder Strike)
        • Wrath of the Berserker (Skill Rune - Slaughter)
• Followers
  • Monsters who are charmed by the Enchantress's skill "Mass Confusion" can no longer kill event NPCs

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Patch 1.0.2a - v.1.0.2.9858 (May 31, 2012)

General Tooltips for the following class abilities have been updated to reflect changes made in patch 1.0.2[1] and previous hotfixes[2]: Demon Hunter Smoke Screen (Skill Rune – Lingering Fog) Monk Fists of Thunder (Skill Rune – Quickening) Mantra of Healing (Skill Rune – Boon of Inspiration) Wizard Energy Armor (Skill Rune – Force Armor) Nigel Cutthroat has recently fallen on hard times and will now drop lower quality items when slain Gold and quest experience rewards for replaying "Heart of Sin: Get the Soul of Azmodan" have been reduced Gold and quest experience rewards for replaying "Heart of Sin: Go to the Keep" have been removed Auction House The maximum duration for posted auctions has been reduced from 48 hours to 36 hours

Patch 1.0.2 - v.1.0.2.9749 (May 29, 2012)

Classes Monk Active Skills Serenity Skill Rune - Tranquility Duration of immunity granted to nearby allies from crowd control effects reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second Bug Fixes For a full list of documented game and service bugs, please review the Known Issues sticky located in the Bug Report forum. General Players should no longer receive an "Error 14009" when logging in The "Select a Hero" menu will now also display the difficulty level for each character Several speed improvements have been made to the streaming downloader Achievements All players in a party should now receive "Till Death Do Us Part" even if they don’t have Haedrig Eamon as their active follower Acts Act IV Witch Doctors should no longer receive an error if they kill a Shadow Clone with a Damage-Over-Time (DoT) skill after it's launched a Firebomb but before it's reached its target Auction House The auction log in the Completed tab will now display a player's activity (bids, buyouts, sales, etc) in the proper order When placing a new bid over a previous bid on the same auction, players will now be provided with the correct warning message: "Raising your maximum bid on an Auction you are already winning raises your current bid to just above your previous maximum bid. Are you sure you want to continue?" Players will now receive an error message if they attempt to purchase an item after the 50 item limit has been reached in the Completed tab The "Physical Damage" Preferred Stats option for rings has been renamed to "Bonus Minimum Physical Damage" The "All Damage" Preferred Stats option for weapons and armor has been removed and replaced with bonuses of specific damage types Items which have been purchased from a vendor and equipped by the player can now be sold on the Auction House Listing items on the Auction House from a different character than the one currently selected should no longer cause item display issues Battle.net The public chat list will now sort alphabetically Classes Witch Doctor Spirit Vessel (Passive) no longer clears debuffs when using waypoints or changing equipment

Patch 1.0.1

Retail Patch 0 - v.1.01.9558 (May 15, 2012)
Retail client released

Hotfixes

Feb-2013

February 13, 2013
Bug Fixes The Archon Spaulders of Strength recipe can now drop in the game It is no longer possible for players to trade Demonic Essences and Marquise Gems Fixed an issue where certain damage effects were not being removed from players when exiting the Scorched Chapel

Nov-2012

November 26, 2012
Bug Fixes Monsters will no longer spawn with 10%-15% of their health missing Players who pre-purchase the Heart of the Swarm Digital Deluxe Edition will now properly receive the Blade Wings digital item on both Normal and Hardcore characters

Oct-2012

October 31, 2012

Bug Fixes Goldskin's "100% Extra Gold from Monsters" affix will no longer affect monsters that are not intended to drop any loot Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Sokahr the Keywarden to become stuck at 1 point of health Fixed an issue that caused the Butcher to go idle when stunned after performing his Charge attack during "The Imprisoned Angel: Kill the Butcher" Fixed an issue that allowed some players to continue to dual-wield two-handed weapons under extremely rare circumstances Fixed an issue that caused many players to receive an “Error 3006” when reaching the Retrieving Heroes step during login Please note that we've only resolved one cause for this error, and that it may still occur in some situations Fixed a crash that could occur when gold dropped in bad locations Fixed a crash that could occur when the game loaded the wrong zone (based on incorrect information about the player's location) and then attempted to clear that zone

October 23, 2012

General The scaling bonus to monster damage in Inferno difficulty has been reduced by approximately 25% for all Monster Power levels For more information, please click here The following changes have been made to Xah'rith the Keywarden: He can no longer spawn with the Illusionist or Fast affix The damage dealt by a number of his abilities has been reduced The movement speed reduction applied by his Cold attacks has been reduced His size has been slightly reduced Bug Fixes Fixed a server crash that could occur if a player transitioned between Acts while a "goatman" monster was drumming

October 18, 2012

Bug Fixes Fixed a bug with the Reflects Damage monster affix that caused it to generate errors and deal no damage when triggered by a pet Fixed a crash that could occur when Arcane Enchanted monsters spawned their arcane beams in locations outside of the game world Fixed a crash that could occur when "uber" Skeleton King (in the Realm of Discord) or "uber" Rakanoth (in the Realm of Chaos) teleported outside of the game world Fixed a crash that could occur when "uber" Siege Breaker (in the Realm of Turmoil) used his Roar attack while holding a player in mid-air

Aug-2012

August 22, 2012
Bug Fixes Made further improvements to help reduce the occurrence of rubberbanding and desync issues when using movement-based abilities such as Furious Charge, Whirlwind, Tempest Rush, and Vault Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when interacting with guards or fighting guards that turn into monsters

August 3, 2012
Bug Fixes Fixed several cases of "rubberbanding" that could sometimes occur while playing under extremely high latency, when a character changed direction or movement speed, or when a character used certain movement-based abilities (like Tempest Rush or Whirlwind) Fixed several game and service crashes

Jul-2012

July 26, 2012
Bug Fixes Fixed a bug that allowed wizards to become permanently invulnerable Fixed a health regeneration bug that occasionally affected barbarians when using Furious Charge

July 3, 2012
Bug Fixes Fixed a bug that allowed players to earn additional stacks of Nephalem Valor or guaranteed item drops by killing multiple monsters simultaneously from the same Champion or Rare pack Fixed even more game and service crashes

Jun-2012

June 29, 2012

Bug Fixes General Fixed a bug that allowed players to temporarily increase their attack speed or double-cast a skill by clicking repeatedly on Town Portal while performing an ability Identifying an item will no longer allow players to circumvent a skill’s attack animation cooldown Fixed some additional (but rare) game crashes Auction House Fixed a bug that was causing stacks of commodities in a player’s stash to update incorrectly if the items being sent from the Completed Tab were purchased from multiple different sellers

June 28, 2012

Items General The drop rates for high-end items (items level 61-63) have been increased for Acts III and IV of Hell difficulty and Acts I – IV of Inferno difficulty The new approximate drop rates are as follows: Hell – Act III and Act IV iLvl 61: 9% to 13.9% iLvl 62: 1.9% to 3.45% iLvl 63: 0% (no change) Inferno – Act I iLvl 61: 17.7% to 23.9% iLvl 62: 7.9% to 12.6% iLvl 63: 2.0% to 4.8% Inferno – Act II iLvl 61: 18.6% to 23.3% iLvl 62: 12.4% to 18.6% iLvl 63: 4.1% to 9.3% Inferno – Act III and Act IV iLvl 61: 24.1% to 27.1% iLvl 62: 16.1% to 21.7% iLvl 63: 8.0% to 16.3% Bug Fixes Fixed a bug with several items that would allow those items to block pathing when dropped on the ground Bosses Bosses are now guaranteed to drop at least 1 Rare item for players with 4 stacks of Nephalem Valor and at least 2 Rare items for players with 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor Bug Fixes Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when a player was interacting with environment objects (e.g. opening chests or clicking on a lectern)

June 12, 2012
Bug Fixes Players can no longer gain achievements they have not earned by joining a Public Game with someone who has earned those achievements Monks can no longer infinitely stack the damage buff from Combination Strike by changing weapons.

June 8, 2012

General In cooperative games, monster damage will no longer increase when additional players join the game. Please note that monster health will still scale based on the number of players in a party. Bug Fixes Tyrael no longer has collision when he is your active follower Pots of ashes in Act I and vases in Act IV will now drop less gold when destroyed Fixed a bug where players could turn in the same quest repeatedly and always receive rewards as though they were completing the quest for the first time

May-2012

May 23, 2012
Monsters Mehtan the Necromancer and his skeletons can no longer be used to kill other monsters which have been kited to their location before or after the "Restless Sands" event

May 22, 2012

General Players will now receive an error message when attempting to remove a gem from an item with no sockets (rather than disconnecting) Players will now properly have their casting interrupted when attacked while performing resurrect on a fallen group member Resolved over 30 game and service crashes affecting players Classes Demon Hunter Active Skills: Smoke Screen Duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second (tooltip will still show 2 seconds) Skill Rune - Lingering Fog Now increases the duration of Smoke Screen to 1.5 seconds (tooltip will still show 3 seconds) Monk Active Skills: Fists of Thunder Skill Rune - Quickening Fixed an issue that was causing spirit regeneration to incorrectly trigger off critical hits from other sources, such as Sweeping Wind Mantra of Healing Mantra of Healing will now correctly provide only two times the base healing effect for the first 3 seconds after activation, down from four times the base healing effect (tooltip will still show the old value) Skill Rune - Boon of Protection A maximum absorption amount has been set to 1000 Life. This skill will be redesigned in an upcoming patch. Wizard Active Skills Arcane Torrent: Skill Rune - Cascade Fixed an issue that was causing Arcane Torrent to fire 3 new missiles per kill instead of only 1 new missile per kill Number of simultaneously missiles generated from this rune will now cap at 10 missiles Energy Armor Skill Rune - Force Armor Amount of damage absorbed from a single attack will now cap at 100% of a player’s maximum Life Items The chest spawn in the Town Cellar in Alcanus has been changed from a 100% chance to spawn a Resplendant chest to a 50% chance to spawn a Normal chest Players can no longer dual-wield two-handed weapons

May 18, 2012

Classes Monk Active Skills: Serenity Skill Rune - Tranquility Duration of immunity granted to nearby allies from crowd control effects reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second Encounters Players will no longer remain invulnerable to attacks after defeating Diablo. Players can no longer become stuck during Diablo’s Shadow Grab ability if a player blinds Diablo while Shadow Grab is being cast. Items Equipping a shield on a follower as a demon hunter will no longer disconnect you from the game. Quests Act I Players can now always interact with Karyna during the quest and quest step "Trailing the Coven : Talk to Karyna" when they resume from a save. Act II The Enchantress will now always appear during the quest and quest step "Shadows in the Desert : Disrupt the Hidden Conclave." Act IV Tyrael will now always be present for the in-game cutscene during the quest and quest step "Prime Evil : Climb to the Pinnacle of Heaven in the Silver Spire."

Beta Patches

Main article: Diablo III Beta Patches