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Patch 2.1.0 PTR Patch Notes Update

by - 10 years ago

With today’s maintenance of the PTR Realm came a new update for Patch 2.1.0. Below you will find the new changes and you can always browse the complete list of Patch 2.1.0 changes here.

PTR-ONLY CHANGES

  • Greater Rifts
    • The Greater Rift difficulty curve has been adjusted
  • Items
    • Depth Diggers
      • The damage bonus provided by this item’s Legendary Power no longer includes Witch Doctor and Wizard Signature Spells
    • Madstone
      • The Exploding Palm applied by this item will now use the Skill Rune you’re currently using
      • Fulminating Onslaught will now only apply Exploding Palm to the primary target of each strike
    • Ramaladni’s Gift
      • Bug Fixes
        • Players will now properly be prompted with a confirmation dialog before using Ramalandi’s Gift
  • User Interface
    • Greater Rifts now have a unique icon that displays when a Greater Rift is open or when a player is inside a Greater Rift
    • Greater Rift completion times should now always be broadcast to your chat window
    • Bug Fixes
      • Fixed an issue that caused the Greater Rift countdown timer to continue to display after the rift guardian was killed
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue that prevented players from changing the difficulty of a game after a Greater Rift had been completed
    • Fixed an issue that was causing monsters in Greater Rifts to grant more Experience than intended
    • Player pets no longer improperly gain bonuses based on the difficulty of a Greater Rift
    • Fixed an issue preventing players from upgrading Legendary gems located in their Stash

GENERAL

  • Life on Hit is no longer affected by proc coefficients and will now only be triggered once per attack, as long as that attack dealt damage
    • Channeled attacks will provide an amount of healing over any given period of time that is equivalent to a non-channeled attack
  • Barbarian
    • Active Skills
      • Bash
        • Skill Rune – Clobber
          • Has been removed
          • New skill rune added: Frostbite
            • Each hit freezes the enemy for 1.5 seconds, enemies can only be frozen once every 5 seconds
            • Deals Cold damage
        • Skill Rune – Onslaught
          • Has been redesigned
            • The enemy hit has a 10% increased chance to be Critically Hit for 3 seconds
            • Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
      • Cleave
        • Damage area has been increased from 120 to 180 degrees to more closely match the visual
        • Skill Rune – Broad Sweep
          • Now hits all enemies around you
      • Furious Charge
        • Weapon damage increased from 360% to 540%
        • Furious Charge should now more reliably move around obstacles and corners
        • Maximum charge distance increased from 35 to 60 yards
        • Radius of final damage cone increased from 15 to 20 yards
        • The travel speed has been significantly increased
        • The ending animation time has been significantly reduced and will now scale down with your attack speed
        • No longer alternates between using main hand and off-hand weapons
        • Skill Rune – Bull Rush
          • The stun has been replaced with a freeze
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
          • Has been renamed “Cold Rush”
      • Whirlwind
        • Weapon damage increased from 275% to 340%
        • Significantly increased proc coefficient
        • Skill Rune – Dust Devils
          • Tornado weapon damage increased from 80% to 120%
          • Tornadoes now travel approximately the same direction you are traveling
          • Increased duration and movement speed of the tornadoes
        • Skill Rune – Hurricane
          • Doubled the frequency at which enemies are pulled in
        • Skill Rune – Volcanic Eruption
          • Weapon damage increased from 325% to 400%
  • Demon Hunter
    • Active Skills
      • Cluster Arrow
        • Skill Rune – Maelstrom
          • Tendrils have been replaced with Rockets
          • Tendril Rocket weapon damage increased from 220% to 450%
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
      • Fan of Knives
        • Weapon damage increased from 450% to 620%
        • Skill Rune – Assassin’s Knives
          • Weapon damage increased from 450% to 620%
          • Removed cast delay on the long-range knives
          • Long-range knives now seek out targets within a larger radius
        • Skill Rune – Bladed Armor
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
        • Skill Rune – Fan of Daggers
          • Stun duration increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds
          • Damage type changed from Lightning to Fire
          • Removed Knockback
        • Skill Rune – Knives Expert
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Fire
        • Skill Rune – Pinpoint Accuracy
          • Weapon damage increased from 1200% to 1600%
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
      • Multishot
        • Skill Rune – Burst Fire
          • Initial explosion radius increased from 12 to 15 yards
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
      • Sentry
        • Skill Rune – Aid Station
          • Has been removed
          • New skill rune added: Polar Station
            • Chills all enemies within 16 yards, reducing their movement speed by 60%
            • Deals Cold damage
      • Strafe
        • Weapon damage increased from 400% to 575% 675%
        • Skill Rune – Demolition
          • Weapon damage increased from 340% to 400% 460%
        • Skill Rune – Drifting Shadow
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
        • Skill Rune – Emberstrafe
          • Weapon damage increased from 80% to 185% 220% over 2 seconds
        • Skill Rune – Rocket Storm
          • Weapon damage increased from 90% to 110% 130%
          • Damage type changed from Fire to Cold
        • Skill Rune – Stinging Steel
          • Extra damage on Critical Hit increased from 130% to 140%
  • Monk
    • Active Skills
      • Dashing Strike
        • Skill Rune – Barrage
          • Weapon damage increased from 489% to 750% over 2 seconds
        • Skill Rune – Flying Side Kick
          • Has been removed
          • New skill rune added: Radiance
            • Gain 15% increased Attack Speed for 3 seconds after using Dashing Strike
            • Deals Fire damage
        • Skill Rune – Quicksilver
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
        • Skill Rune – Way of the Falling Star
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Holy
      • Exploding Palm
        • Weapon damage increased from 1179% to 1685% 1200% over 9 seconds
        • Explosion damage has been changed from a percentage of the enemy’s maximum Life to % Weapon Damage
        • Now deals 2770% weapon damage as Physical if an enemy dies while bleeding
        • Skill Rune – Creeping Demise
          • Has been removed
          • New skill rune added: Shocking Grasp
            • Exploding Palm now arcs to another target up to 15 yards away
        • Skill Rune – Essence Burn
          • Weapon damage increased from 1623% to 2620% 1875% over 9 seconds
          • Weapon damage of the explosion DoT effect increased from 258% to 640% 3260%over 3 seconds
          • This effect can no longer happen multiple times
        • Skill Rune – Impending Doom
          • Weapon damage increased from 2149% to 3265% over 12 seconds
          • Has been redesigned
            • Explosion now deals 6305% weapon damage
            • Now only deals damage if the target is killed
        • Skill Rune – Strong Spirit
          • Damage type changed from Physical to Holy
      • Mystic Ally
        • Skill Rune – Earth Ally
          • Boulder weapon damage increased from 333% to 380%
        • Skill Rune – Fire Ally
          • Explosion weapon damage increased from 149% to 290%
        • Skill Rune – Water Ally
          • Wave attack weapon damage increased from 190% to 625%
          • Wave attack now Freezes enemies hit for 3 seconds
      • Seven-Sided Strike
        • Skill Rune – Several-Sided Strike
          • Has been removed
          • New skill rune added: Incinerate
            • Seven-Sided Strike causes enemies to burn for 630% weapon damage as Fire over 3 seconds
      • Tempest Rush
        • Weapon damage increased from 240% to 260% 390%
        • Initial resource cost removed
        • Channeling resource cost increased to 30 Spirit (up from 10)
        • Skill Rune – Flurry
          • Has been redesigned
            • Now creates an icy blast that deals 135% weapon damage as cold to all enemies within 15 yards when you stop channeling
            • While channeling you periodically build stacks that increase the damage of the blast
            • Each stack increases the weapon damage of the blast by 135% up to a maximum of 100 stacks
        • Skill Rune – Northern Breeze
          • Weapon damage increased from 285% to 310% 500%
          • Reduces the channeling cost to 25 Spirit
    • Passive Skills
      • Resolve
        • Duration increased to 4 seconds
        • Added a spell effect for enemies that are affected by the debuff
      • Seize the Initiative
        • Has been removed
        • Will be replaced by another passive skill in the future
        • Has been redesigned
          • Damage dealt to enemies above 80% Life will now increase your Attack Speed by 15% for 4 seconds
  • Witch Doctor
    • Active Skills
      • Acid Cloud
        • Skill Rune – Corpse Bomb
          • Damage type changed from Posion to Fire
        • Skill Rune – Slow Burn
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
      • Locust Swarm
        • You will now move into range before casting if you are targeting an enemy that is out of range
      • Poison Dart
        • Skill Rune – Flaming Dart
          • Weapon damage increased from 425% to 565% over 4 seconds
        • Skill Rune – Numbing Dart
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
        • Skill Rune – Spined Dart
          • Damage type changed from Poison to Physical
  • Wizard
    • Active Skills
      • Arcane Orb
        • Weapon damage increased from 381% to 435%
        • Skill Rune – Arcane Orbit
          • Explosion weapon damage increased from 236% to 265%
        • Skill Rune – Obliteration
          • Weapon damage increased from 509% to 700%
      • Arcane Torrent
        • Now has an initial cost of 30 Arcane Power
        • Weapon damage increased from 573% to 670%
        • Now initially deals 370% weapon damage and increases by 105% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 895%
        • Skill Rune – Death Blossom
          • Weapon damage increased from 1452% to 1725%
          • Now initially deals 1215% weapon damage and increases by 370% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 3065%
      • Disintegrate
        • Now has an initial cost of 30 Arcane Power
        • Weapon damage increased from 511% to 580%
        • Now initially deals 360% weapon damage and increases by 100% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 860%
        • Skill Rune – Entropy
          • Weapon damage increased from 649% to 745%
          • Now initially deals 465% weapon damage and increases by 145% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 1190%
      • Explosive Blast
        • Weapon damage increased from 616% to 945%
        • Skill Rune – Chain Reaction
          • Weapon damage increased from 320% to 520%
        • Skill Rune – Obliterate
          • Weapon damage increased from 760% to 990%
        • Skill Rune – Time Bomb
          • Weapon damage increased from 1039% to 1655%
        • Skill Rune – Unleashed
          • Weapon damage increased from 970% to 1485%
      • Ice Armor
        • Skill Rune – Frozen Storm
          • Weapon damage increased from 28% to 80%
      • Magic Missile
        • Skill Rune – Conflagrate
          • Has been redesigned
            • Magic Missile pierces through enemies and causes them to burn for 130% weapon damage over 3 seconds
            • Burn damage stacks up to 3 times and any Fire damage you deal to burning enemies refreshes all stacks to their maximum duration
      • Meteor
        • Impact weapon damage increased from 501% to 610%
      • Ray of Frost
        • Now has an initial cost of 30 Arcane Power
        • Weapon damage increased from 510% to 605%
        • Now initially deals 380% weapon damage and increases by 115% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 955%
        • Skill Rune – Sleet Storm
          • Weapon damage increased from 375% to 455%
          • Now initially deals 285% weapon damage and increases by 90% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 735%
      • Storm Armor
        • Weapon damage increased from 147% to 175%
        • Skill Rune – Shocking Aspect
          • Electrocute weapon damage increased from 51% to 425%
        • Skill Rune – Thunder Storm
          • Weapon damage increased from 194% to 315%
    • Passive Skills
      • Astral Presence
        • Arcane Power generation increased from 2 to 2.5 per second

ITEMS

  • Legendary Gems have been added
    • Legendary gems can only be dropped by Greater Rift Guardians
    • Legendary Gems can also be upgraded by speaking with Urshi (a new NPC) inside a Greater Rift
      • Urshi will only appear after a player’s Greater Rift journey has ended (i.e. after the Rift timer has expired) and the Rift Guardian in the current level has been defeated
      • Upgrading a Legendary Gem to the next rank has higher chance of success and a higher chance of granting multiple ranks based on the Greater Rift level you reach (the higher Greater Rift level, the higher chance of success/multiple ranks)
      • The only requirement to upgrade a Legendary Gem is the gem itself; there is no other cost associated with upgrading
      • Each Legendary Gem has a property listed in blue that will be upgraded each time the gem’s rank increases
      • Each Legendary Gem has a secondary power that will be unlocked when it reaches Rank 50
    • Legendary Gems are account-bound and can only be socketed into Rings and Amulets
      • Known Issue: Legendary Gems can currently be socketed into items they are not intended for
    • Players will not receive a duplicate of a Legendary Gem they already own
  • Mad Monarch’s Scepter
    • Now counts assists in addition to kills
  • Class-Specific Items
    • Barbarian
      • Added a +% Furious Charge item affix
        • Can now roll on 2H Mighty Weapons, Chest Armor, and Shoulders
      • Added a +% Call of the Ancients item affix
        • Can now roll on 2H Mighty Weapons, Chest Armor, and Shoulders
      • Might of the Earth
        • Earthquakes caused by the Might of the Earth set will once again generate Fury through the Earthen Might Passive Skill
      • The Legacy of Raekor
        • (5) Set Bonus
          • The damage type dealt by Furious Charge will now be based on the element of the Skill Rune you’re currently using
    • Crusader
      • Fate of the Fell
        • Extra Fires of Heaven hits will now be able to generate procs
      • Jekangbord
        • Extra Blessed Shield hits will now be able to generate procs
  • Demon Hunter
    • Wojahnni Assaulter
      • New Crossbow
      • Rapid Fire deals 40-50% more damage per second, stacks up to 4 times
  • Monk
  • Wizard
    • Firebird’s Finery
      • (6) Set Bonus
        • Weapon damage increased from 300% to 2000% over 5 seconds
        • Has been redesigned
          • Dealing Fire damage causes the enemy to take the same amount of damage over 3 seconds, stacking up to 3000% weapon damage as Fire per second
          • After reaching 3000% damage per second, the enemy will burn until they die
    • Mirrorball
      • Extra Magic Missile hits will now be able to generate procs
  • Bug Fixes
    • Legendary items that directly deal damage should now all properly benefit from the appropriate +% Elemental Damage item affix, including:
      • Blackfeather – +%Physical Damage
      • Bul-Kathos’s Oath (2) Set Bonus – +%Physical Damage
      • Cinder Switch – +%Fire Damage
      • Death’s Bargain – +%Physical Damage
      • Death Watch Mantle – +%Physical Damage
      • Fulminator – +%Lightning Damage
      • Odyn Son – +%Lightning Damage
      • Maximus – +%Fire Damage
      • Moonlight Ward – +%Arcane Damage
      • Schaefer’s Hammer – +%Lightning Damage
      • Scourge – +%Fire Damage
      • Shenlong’s Spirit (2) Set Bonus – +%Fire Damage
      • Stalgard’s Decimator – +%Physical Damage
      • Storm Crow – +%Fire Damage
      • Thunderfury – +%Lightning Damage
    • Fixed an issue that caused Nemesis Bracers to only spawn Fallen Champions when used inside Nephalem Rifts
    • Fixed an issue that prevented players from purchasing class-specific Legendary items for other classes from Kadala
    • Rift Keystone Fragments should no longer be improperly consumed from your Stash if you have more than one stack in your inventory
    • Fixed an issue that allowed other players to join your game when your status was set to busy

USER INTERFACE

  • A new option has been added to display an icon that indicates an item’s rarity
  • A new minimap icon has been added for Set items
  • A new matchmaking tag has been added for Greater Rifts

 


Whitney Fairchild

Whitney "Neinball" Fairchild has been involved in the Diablo podcasting community since 2011. He focuses on the analyzing game development and the lore & story of the Diablo franchise.


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