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Necromancer Beta Update 5/10: Patch Notes

by - 7 years ago

As promised in last week’s FAQ the Necromancer has returned to the Diablo Beta Test Realm and has a whole swath of new items. There are some minor changes to skills and switching of damage types, but the big update this week is the inclusion of non-set legendaries to compliment and boost builds. With a full selection of items finally available, players will now be able to start pushing the Necromancer to higher GRs and really see what the class is capable of.

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Official Post)

 

  • Bone Armor
    • Reap of Anguish Harvest of Anguish
      • Now deals Cold damage instead of Physical
    • Dislocation
      • Now deals Poison damage instead of Physical
    • Limited Immunity
      • Now begins its cooldown once the immunity effect ends
  • Command Skeletons
    • The active ability for this skill now lasts until the target dies or you change the target of your command
    • Skeletons summoned after issuing the command will also attack the target
  • Necromancer Passives
    • Blood Is Power
      • Has been redesigned
        • After cumulatively losing 100% of your maximum Life, all ability cooldowns are reduced by 20%. This effect cannot reduce an ability’s cooldown more than once for each time that ability is used.
  • Final Service
    • When this passive successfully prevents death, the Necromancer is immune to incoming damage for 4 seconds
      • This passive does not require active pets to prevent death and grant immunity
      • Instead of immediately consuming all pets, this passive will grant 10% health per pet until the Necromancer is at 100% health
  • Legendary Items
    • Funerary Pick
      • Siphon Blood drains blood from 2 additional targets
    • Trag’oul’s Corroded Fang
      • The Cursed Scythe rune for Grim Scythe now has a 100% chance to apply a curse
    • Scythe of the Cycle
      • Your Secondary skills deal 250-300% additional damage while Bone Armor is active but reduce the remaining duration of Bone Armor by 3 seconds
    • Dreadgolem Spike
      • Bone Spear now costs 40 Essence and deals 125-150% additional damage
    • Bloodtide Blade
      • Death Nova deals 125-150% increased damage for every enemy within 10 yards
    • Reilena’s Shadowhook
      • Bone Spikes generates an additional 2-4 Essence for each enemy hit
    • Death’s Scythe
      • Each different Poison skill you use increases the damage of your Poison skills by 75-100% for 15 seconds
    • Spear of Jesseth
      • Your Thorns is increased by 10-15% for every enemy afflicted by one of your curses
    • Lost Time
      • Your Cold skills reduce the movement speed of enemies by 30%. In addition, your movement speed is increased by 4-5% for 5 seconds. Maximum 5 stacks.
    • Bone Ringer
      • The damage bonus of Command Skeletons is increased by 25-30% each second while active
    • Leger’s Disdain
      • Grim Scythe deals an additional 7-10% damage for each point of essence it restores
    • Iron Rose
      • Attacking with Siphon Blood while at full life has a 15-25% chance to cast a free Blood Nova
    • The Johnstone
      • Each corpse consumed in Land of the Dead increases your damage by 10% for 8-10 seconds after it ends
    • Haunted Visions
      • Simulacrum now drains 10-15% of your maximum life every second and lasts twice as long
    • Wisdom of Kalan
      • Increases the maximum number of Bone Armor stacks by 5
    • Bloodsong Mail
      • While in Land of the Dead, Command Skeletons gains the effect of all runes and deals 100-125% increased damage
    • Requiem Cereplate
      • When Devour restores Essence or Life above your maximum, the excess is granted over 3 seconds
    • Mask of Scarlet Death
      • Revive consumes all corpses to raise a single minion that does an additional 125 – 150% damage per corpse
    • Fate’s Vow
      • After consuming 15-20 corpses you unleash a free Death Nova
    • Moribund Gauntlets
      • Your Golem has a 10-15% chance to shed a corpse when it is hit by an enemy
    • Grasps of Essence
      • When an exploded corpse damages at least one enemy, your Corpse Explosion deals 75-100% increased damage for 6 seconds, stacking up to 5 times
    • Golemskin Breaches
      • Your Golem’s damage is increased by 100-125% and you take 25% less damage while you are within 18 yards of it
    • Defiler Cuisses
      • Your Bone Spirit’s damage is increased by 75-100% for every second it is active
    • Steuart’s Greaves
      • You gain 40-50% increased movement speed for 2 seconds after using Blood Rush
    • Bryner’s Journey
      • Bone Spikes has a 10-15% chance to cast a Bone Nova at the target location
    • Dayntee’s Binding
      • Decrepify gains an additional 20-30% damage reduction for attacks against you
    • Razeth’s Volition
      • Skeletal Mage gains the effect of the Gift of Death rune
    • Circle of Nailuj
      • You now raise an additional Skeletal Mage with each cast and they last an additional 2-4 seconds
    • Prayer of Briggs
      • Uncursed enemies are pulled to the target location when a curse is applied to them
    • Krysbin’s Sentence
      • Bone Spikes, Bone Spear and Bone Spirit deal 125-150% increased damage against enemies that are stunned, frozen, charmed, feared or blinded
    • Lornelle’s Sunstone
      • Your damage reduction is increased by 0.75-0.95% for every 1% Life you are missing
    • Corpsewhisper Pauldrons
      • Corpse Lance damage is increased by 15-20% for 3 seconds each time you consume a corpse. Max 15 80 stacks
  • Jairoan Arms
    • (2) Set Bonus
      • Army of the Dead gains the effect of the Unconventional Warfare rune

PTR ONLY

  • D’jank Miem
    • Players can exchange Blood Shards with this vendor for bags containing gear
      • The cost per bag has been set to 500 200.
      • Players will now be able to purchase bags containing new Legendary items in addition to the previous bags containing Set items


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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