Patch 2.4.2 PTR Update – Major Support Changes

GENERAL

• Knockbacks now apply a flat 40% increase to crowd control resistances
• Monsters cannot be knocked back if they are over 65% crowd control resistant
• Powers that apply knockbacks continuously, such as Black Hole, can bypass this resistance if they already knocked a monster back successfully. These powers increase the crowd control resistance by 20% per knockback instead of 40%

CLASSES

Crusader

• Active Skills
  • Judgment
    • Skill Rune – Resolved
      • The increased Critical Hit Chance has been reduced from 20% to 8%
  • Laws of Valor
    • Skill Rune – Critical
      • The Critical Hit Damage bonus has been reduced from 100% to 50%

Demon Hunter

• Active Skills
  • Companion
    • Skill Rune – Wolf Companion
      • The Active Skill damage bonus has been reduced from 30% to 15%
  • Marked for Death
    • The damage bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%
    • Skill Rune – Grim Reaper
      • The damage bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%
  • Multishot
    • Skill Rune – Wind Chill
      • The increased Critical Hit Chance against the target has been reduced from 15% to 8%
  • Spike Trap
    • Hatred cost reduced from 30 to 20 15

Monk

• Active Skills
  • Blinding Flash
    • Skill Rune – Crippling Light
      • The damage reduction applied to blinded enemies has been reduced from 40% to 25%
  • Epiphany
    • Skill Rune – Soothing Mist
      • Healing has been reduced by 60% from 40232 Life per ability to 16093 Life. The heal amount of your health globe healing bonus has been reduced from 10% to 4%
  • Exploding Palm
    • Skill Rune – Flesh is Weak
      • The damage bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%
  • Inner Sanctuary
    • Skill Rune – Forbidden Palace
      • No longer increased the damage taken by enemies inside Inner Sanctuary
    • Skill Rune – Flesh is Weak
      • The damage bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%
  • Mantra of Conviction
    • The damage of the passive component of the skill has been reduced from 10% to 8%
    • The damage of the active component of the skill has been reduced from 20% to 16%
    • Skill Rune – Overawe
      • The damage bonus has been reduced from 16% to 12%

Witch Doctor

• Active Skills
  • Big Bad Voodoo
    • The attack speed bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%
    • Skill Rune – Slam Dance
      • The damage bonus provided to allies has been decreased from 30% to 15%
  • Hex
    • No longer increases the damage taken by the target
    • Skill Rune – Jinx
      • The damage bonus to the target has been reduced from 30% to 15%
    • Skill Rune – Toad of Hugeness
      • The damage bonus to the target has been reduced from 25% to 15%
  • Summon Zombie Dogs
    • Skill Rune – Chilled to the Bone
      • No longer increases damage done to targets by 15%

Wizard

• Active Skills
  • Arcane Orb
    • Skill Rune – Spark
      • The damage increase of your next Lightning spell now has a maximum of 30%
• Passive Skills
  • Elemental Exposure
    • The damage bonus no longer applies to your allies

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented Wolf Companion’s active ability from applying the 15% damage buff to pets and followers

ITEMS

• Socketing a Topaz into your helm will now provide Resource Cost Reduction rather than Magic Find. This grants the same percentage bonus as Cooldown Reduction and caps at 12.5%

Demon Hunter

• Calamity
  • Now always uses your Marked for Death Rune type and cannot stack with overlapping casts of your Marked for Death
    • Note: This change is retroactive to existing items

Monk

• Gyana Na Kashu
  • The damage bonus granted to the fireball from Lashing Tail Kick has been increased from 525-700% to 1050-1400%

Witch Doctor

• Helltooth Harness
  • (2) Set Bonus
    • The Necrosis bonus damage no longer amplifies the damage of your allies. The skill will now benefit your own damage and your pets’ damage

Wizard

• Starfire
  • Legendary power added
    • Lightning damage done is increased by 15% for every 10 yards you are from the target up to a maximum of 60%

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Girdle of Giants to increase the damage of all skills by the percentage it applied to Earthquake damage
• Fixed an issue that caused Scarbringer to grant a damage bonus of 200%. It has been increased to 300% to match the tooltip
• Fixed an issue that caused Lashing Tail Kick (Vulture Claw Kick) DoT to not benefit from the bonus damage granted by Scarbringer
• Fixed an issue that caused the Fireball proc from Gyana Na Kashu to not do damage to a target if the target has previously been hit with the amplified damage of Lashing Tail Kick from Scarbringer
• Fixed an issue that caused Lashing Tail Kick – Vulture Claw Kick to give all targets the amplified damage from Scarbringer instead of the first 5-7 hit
• Fixed an issue that caused Lashing Tail Kick – Vulture Kick to apply 230% weapon damage per second instead of 230% over 3 seconds
• Fixed an issue that prevented Bracers of Destruction’s Seismic Slam bonus damage from being applied to the Rumble rune
• Fixed an issue with Blade of the Warlord that prevented the Fury spent with Bash from triggering the 2-piece Might of the Earth set bonus and reducing the cooldown of Earthquake, Ground Stomp, Leap, and Avalanche