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PATCH FEATURES

New Feature: Seasons
Please note that the first Diablo III Season will not begin until Friday, August 29. For more information, click here.

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

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

To learn more about Seasons, click here.

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

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

To learn more about Greater Rifts, click here.

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

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

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

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

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GENERAL

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

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CLASSES

Made a number of improvements to the AI of several pets:
- Pets that belong to other players will now be less visible
- Fixed a number of issues which could sometimes cause pets to not attack a nearby enemy or stand still and stop attacking the enemy they were currently attacking
  - Pets affected by these improvements include:
    - Call of the Ancients
    - Companion
    - Fetish Army
    - Gargantuan
    - Mystic Ally
    - Phalanx
    - Zombie Dogs
- Barbarian
  - Philosophy
    - The Barbarian continues to receive changes to increase elemental diversity, providing more ways to build out your character. The Primary attacks Bash, Cleave, and Frenzy have all received adjustments to make them more attractive.
    - Furious Charge has received a number of changes to both make the skill more effective as well as more fun to use. We've looked at every aspect of Furious Charge including the timing of the animation, how far you can charge, and movement delays on your character after the ability ends.
    - Patch 2.1.0 brings changes to how the heroes of Sanctuary recover Life. Health globes are being de-emphasized while item and skill choices will be more prominent. Numerous healing related skills on the Barbarian have been increased.
  - Active Skills
    - Bash
      - Weapon damage increased from 215% to 320%
      - Skill Rune - Clobber
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Frostbite"
        
        Each hit freezes the enemy for 1.5 seconds, enemies can only be frozen once every 5 seconds
        
        Deals Cold damage
      - Skill Rune - Instigation
        
        Fury generated increased from 8 to 9
      - Skill Rune - Pulverize
        
        Shockwave weapon damage increased from 70% to 100%
      - Skill Rune - Onslaught
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        The enemy hit has a 10% increased chance to be Critically Hit for 3 seconds
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
    - Call of the Ancients
      - Weapon damage increased from 180% to 270%
      - Duration reduced from 30 to 20 seconds
      - Ancients should now more reliably hit moving targets
      - Korlic's Furious Charge ability now deals damage to enemies he passes through
      - Mawdawc's Seismic Slam ability now has a small knock up effect instead of the knock back
      - Skill Rune - Ancients' Fury
        
        Fury gained per hit increased from 3 to 4
      - Skill Rune - Duty to the Clan
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Enemies hit are now chilled reducing Movement Speed by 30% for 2 seconds
        
        Chilled enemies have a 10% increased chance to be critically hit
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
      - Skill Rune - The Council Rises
        
        Weapon damage increased from 360% to 540%
      - Bug Fixes
        
        Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause the ancients to never use their bonus abilities
        
        Fixed an issue that allowed the Ancients to snapshot attack speed when summoned
    - Cleave
      - Weapon damage increased from 150% to 200%
      - Fury generated increased from 5 to 6
      - Damage area has been increased from 120 to 180 degrees to more closely match the visual
      - Skill Rune - Broad Sweep
        
        Weapon damage increased from 215% to 235%
        
        Now hits all enemies around you
      - Skill Rune - Gathering Storm
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now Chills all enemies hit and causes them to take 10% increased damage from all sources for 3 seconds
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
    - Earthquake
      - Weapon damage increased from 2600% to 4200%
      - Skill Rune - Cave-In
        
        Damage type changed from Fire to Physical
      - Skill Rune - Giant's Stride
        
        Secondary tremor weapon damage increased from 160% to 200%
      - Skill Rune - Molten Fury
        
        Weapon damage increased from 4500% to 5100%
    - Frenzy
      - Weapon damage increased from 155% to 220%
      - Skill Rune - Berserk
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
      - Skill Rune - Sidearm
        
        Weapon damage increased from 130% to 300%
    - Furious Charge
      - Weapon damage increased from 360% to 600%
      - Maximum charge distance increased from 35 to 60 yards
      - Radius of final damage cone increased from 15 to 20 yards
      - Furious Charge should now more reliably move around obstacles and corners
      - The travel speed has been significantly increased
      - The ending animation time has been significantly reduced and will now scale down with your attack speed
      - No longer alternates between using main hand and off-hand weapons
      - Skill Rune - Battering Ram
        
        Weapon damage increased from 760% to 1050%
      - Skill Rune - Bull Rush
        
        The stun has been replaced with a freeze
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
        
        Has been renamed "Cold Rush"
      - Skill Rune - Dreadnought
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
    - Ignore Pain
      - Now grants immunity to all crowd control effects while active
      - Skill Rune - Bravado
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now increases your run speed by 40% and knocks back enemies as you run
      - Skill Rune - Contempt for Weakness
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now instantly heals you for 35% of your maximum Life
      - Skill Rune - Ignorance is Bliss
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Life per Fury spent increased from 4126 to 5364
    - Rend
      - Weapon damage increased from 1000% to 1100% over 5 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Lacerate
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
      - Skill Rune - Mutilate
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now causes enemies Chilled by Rend to take 10% increased damage from all sources
      - Skill Rune - Ravage
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Fire
    - Revenge
      - Weapon damage increased from 220% to 300%
      - Heal amount increased 2% to 4% of maximum Life per enemy hit
      - Skill Rune - Blood Law
        
        Heal amount increased 4% to 6% of maximum Life per enemy hit
      - Skill Rune - Retribution
        
        Weapon damage increased from 480% to 700%
    - Seismic Slam
      - Will now lock on to an enemy you targeted with your mouse if you hold down the button
    - War Cry
      - Skill Rune - Invigorate
        
        Increased life per second from 8253 to 8315
    - Weapon Throw
      - Weapon damage increased from 185% to 275%
      - Skill Rune - Balanced Weapon
        
        Fury generated increased from 8 to 9
      - Skill Rune - Ricochet
        
        Slightly increased bounce range
      - Skill Rune - Mighty Throw
        
        Weapon damage increased from 270% to 400%
    - Whirlwind
      - Weapon damage increased from 275% to 340%
      - Removed the movement speed reduction while Whirlwinding
      - Significantly increased proc coefficient
      - Skill Rune - Dust Devils
        
        Tornado weapon damage increased from 80% to 120%
        
        Tornadoes now travel approximately the same direction you are traveling
        
        Increased duration and movement speed of the tornadoes
      - Skill Rune - Hurricane
        
        Doubled the frequency at which enemies are pulled in
      - Skill Rune - Volcanic Eruption
        
        Weapon damage increased from 325% to 400%
    - Wrath of the Berserker
      - Skill Rune - Slaughter
        
        Damage caused by this rune can now trigger procs
      - Skill Rune - Thrive on Chaos
        
        Life per fury spent increased from 4126 to 5364
  - Passive Skills
    - Berserker Rage
      - Changed from maximum Fury to at or above 95% Fury
    - Bloodthirst
      - Life per Fury spent increased from 578 to 966
    - Inspiring Presence
      - Life regeneration increased from 1% to 2% of maximum Life per second
    - Weapons Master
      - Mighty Weapons
        
        Fury per hit increased from 1 to 2
        
        There is no longer a chance to gain Fury based on a proc coefficient, instead the amount of Fury gained will be affected by a proc coefficient
        
        For example: A skill with a proc coefficient of 1 will generate 2 additional Fury, while a skill with a proc coefficient of 0.5 will generate 1 additional Fury
- Crusader
  - Philosophy
    - In addition to numerous skill adjustments, there is a new six-piece set, Roland's Legacy, being introduced this patch. The set is focused on using either Sweep Attack or Shield Bash to get up close and personal with your foes. To better support this set we have revised Shield Bash to make it synergize very well with the new set.
    - We have buffed two-handed weapons across the board, and these changes are retroactive to existing two-handed weapons. To compensate, Heavenly Strength now reduces your damage done by 20%. The buff to two-handers is greater than the reduction to Heavenly Strength, so you should overall log in with more damage than before.
    - Patch 2.1.0 brings changes to how the heroes of Sanctuary recover Life. Health globes are being de-emphasized while item and skill choices will be more prominent. Numerous healing related skills on the Crusader have been increased.
  - Active Skills
    - Consecration
      - Life regeneration increased from 8253 to 32,185 per second
      - Skill Rune - Bathed in Light
        
        Life regeneration increased from 12,379 to 48,278 per second
    - Judgment
      - Skill Rune - Penitence
        
        Life regeneration increased from 1032 to 2682 per second
    - Justice
      - Skill Rune - Holy Bolt
        
        Healing increased from 1651-2476 to 2146-3219
    - Laws of Hope
      - Life regeneration increased from 3714 to 10,728 per second
    - Laws of Justice
      - Skill Rune - Faith's Armor
        
        Damage absorption increased from 20632 to 26821
    - Laws of Valor
      - Skill Rune - Invincible
        
        Life on hit increased from 16505 to 21457
    - Phalanx
      - Avatar run speed increased from 100% to 200%
      - Skill Rune - Bowmen
        
        Bug Fixes
        
        Fixed an issue that caused the Bowmen to stop attacking when an enemy was in range, but out of line of sight
    - Provoke
      - Skill Rune - Cleanse
        
        Life on hit increased from 825 to 1073
    - Punish
      - Skill Rune - Rebirth
        
        Life regeneration increased from 4952 to 12,874 per second
    - Shield Bash
      - Movement speed while charging has been increased by 60%
      - Increased attack animation speed
      - Attack speed animation is now affected by Attack Speed
      - Skill Rune - Pound
        
        Weapon damage increased from 1200% to 1320%
    - Smite
      - Skill Rune - Reaping
        
        Life regeneration increased from 1238 to 6437 per second
    - Steed Charge
      - The duration for which you're restricted from casting other skills has been reduced from 1 to 0.4 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Rejuvenation
        
        Life recovered increased from 10% to 15% of maximum Life
    - Sweep Attack
      - Skill Rune - Holy Shock
        
        Life regeneration increased from 2063 to 5364 per enemy hit
  - Passive Skills
    - Heavenly Strength
      - Now reduces your damage dealt by 20% while wielding a two-handed weapon
        
        This is in response to an increase in damage to all two-handed melee weapons and the goal is for the damage of Crusaders using Heavenly Strength to stay the same or increase slightly
    - Indestructible
      - Bug Fixes
        
        Fixed an issue that caused players to become immune to crowd control and interrupt effects while the immune buff was active
    - Renewal
      - Life gained increased from 12379 to 16093
    - Vigilant
      - Life regeneration increased from 2063 to 2682
    - Wrathful
      - Life per Wrath spent increased from 825 to 1341
- Demon Hunter
  - Philosophy
    - We've chosen to focus the Demon Hunter more on Cold skills and away from Poison skills. This change allows us to provide more Cold options to the Demon Hunter. Going from five to four elements for the class overall increases the likelihood you'll get an elemental damage bonus you want.
    - Preparation – Punishment has been redesigned. The previous gameplay encouraged using all of your Discipline for offensive purposes, which undermined the role of Discipline as a defensive or tactical resource.
    - Patch 2.1.0 brings changes to how the heroes of Sanctuary recover Life. Health globes are being de-emphasized while item and skill choices will be more prominent. Numerous healing related skills on the Demon Hunter have been increased.
  - General
    - Dexterity no longer grants Dodge chance
    - Dexterity now grants 1 Armor per point
  - Active Skills
    - Bolas
      - Skill Rune - Acid Strike
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Freezing Strike"
        
        Enemies have a 50% chance to be Frozen for 1 second when the Bolas trigger
        
        Deals Cold damage
    - Cluster Arrow
      - Skill Rune - Maelstrom
        
        Tendrils have been replaced with Rockets
        
        Rocket weapon damage increased from 220% to 450%
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
      - Skill Rune - Shooting Stars
        
        Rocket weapon damage increased from 400% to 600%
    - Companion
      - Skill Rune - Boar Companion
        
        Now cleaves enemies in front of him
      - Skill Rune - Ferret Companion
        
        Ferret movement speed has been increased by 150% when picking up gold
    - Elemental Arrow
      - Skill Rune - Frost Arrow
        
        Slow effect changed to a Chill effect
      - Skill Rune - Screaming Skull
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Immolation Arrow"
        
        Shoot a fiery arrow that hits an enemy for 300% weapon damage then explodes, immolating the ground for 315% weapon damage over 2 seconds in a 10 yd radius
    - Entangling Shot
      - Skill Rune - Chain Gang
        
        Damage type changed from Poison to Physical
    - Evasive Fire
      - Removed cooldown on backflip
      - Backflip distance reduced from 15 to 5 yards
      - Increased the maximum distance from an enemy allowed to trigger the backflip effect
      - Skill Rune - Displace
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Focus"
        
        Instead of backflipping, increases Hatred generated to 7
      - Skill Rune - Surge
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Increases the backflip distance to 15 yards
    - Fan of Knives
      - Weapon damage increased from 450% to 620%
      - Skill Rune - Assassin's Knives
        
        Weapon damage increased from 450% to 620%
        
        Removed cast delay on the long-range knives
        
        Long-range knives now seek out targets within a larger radius
      - Skill Rune - Bladed Armor
        
        Duration increased from 4 to 6 seconds
        
        Bonus Armor reduced from 65% to 40%
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
      - Skill Rune - Fan of Daggers
        
        Stun duration increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds
        
        Damage type changed from Lightning to Fire
        
        Removed Knockback
      - Skill Rune - Knives Expert
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Fire
      - Skill Rune - Pinpoint Accuracy
        
        Weapon damage increased from 1200% to 1600%
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
    - Impale
      - Weapon damage increased from 620% to 750%
      - Skill Rune - Chemical Burn
        
        Weapon damage increased from 220% to 500% over 2 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Grievous Wounds
        
        Additional damage on Critical Hit increased from 130% to 330%
      - Skill Rune - Impact
        
        Stun chance increased from 50% to 100%
      - Skill Rune - Overpenetration
        
        Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
    - Marked for Death
      - Added a 0.1 second cooldown to help prevent accidental double casting
      - Skill Rune - Death Toll
        
        Heal amount increased from 1% to 3% of maximum Life per hit
      - Skill Rune - Grim Reaper
        
        Damage dealt to surrounding enemies increased from 15% to 20%
      - Skill Rune - Mortal Enemy
        
        There is no longer a chance to gain Hatred based on a proc coefficient, instead the amount of Hatred gained will be affected by a proc coefficient
        
        For example: A skill with a proc coefficient of 1 will generate 4 additional Hatred, while a skill with a proc coefficient of 0.5 will generate 2 additional Hatred
      - Skill Rune - Valley of Death
        
        Area increased from 12 to 15 yards
        
        Damage bonus increased from 12% to 15%
    - Multishot
      - Skill Rune - Arsenal
        
        Rocket weapon damage increased from 160% to 300%
      - Skill Rune - Burst Fire
        
        Initial explosion radius increased from 12 to 15 yards
        
        Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
    - Preparation
      - Skill Rune - Punishment
        
        The Discipline cost has been removed
        
        Now has a 20 second cooldown
    - Rain of Vengeance
      - Weapon damage increased from 1250% to 1500% over 5 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Anathema
        
        Weapon damage increased from 5400% to 5800% over 5 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Dark Cloud
        
        Weapon damage increased from 2650% to 3500% over 8 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Flying Strike
        
        Weapon damage increased from 3200% to 3800% over 5 seconds
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
      - Skill Rune - Shade
        
        Weapon damage increased from 2400% to 2800% over 5 seconds
      - Sill Rune - Stampede
        
        Weapon damage increased from 4200% to 4600% over 6 seconds
    - Rapid Fire
      - Weapon damage increased from 525% to 685%
      - Skill Rune - Bombardment
        
        Weapon damage increased from 465% to 545%
      - Skill Rune - High Velocity
        
        Pierce chance increased from 40% to 50%
        
        Damage type changed from Poison to Lightning
      - Skill Rune - Web Shot
        
        Slow duration increased from 1 to 2 seconds
        
        Slow effect changed to a Chill effect
        
        Has been renamed Frost Shots
    - Sentry
      - Weapon damage increased from 200% to 280%
      - Skill Rune - Aid Station
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Polar Station"
        
        Chills all enemies within 16 yards, reducing their movement speed by 60%
        
        Deals Cold damage
      - Skill Rune - Chain of Torment
        
        Weapon damage increased from 240% to 300% per second
        
        Chain damage can now critically hit
      - Skill Rune - Impaling Bolt
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
      - Skill Rune - Spitfire Turret
        
        Weapon damage increased from 70% to 120%
    - Shadow Power
      - Life on Hit increased from 8253 to 16093
      - Skill Rune - Blood Moon
        
        Life on Hit increased from 16505 to 32185
      - Skill Rune - Gloom
        
        Damage reduction increased from 15% to 35%
      - Skill Rune - Well of Darkness
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now reduces the cost to 10 Discipline
    - Smoke Screen
      - Skill Rune - Special Recipe
        
        Cooldown has been removed
        
        Now reduces the Discipline cost to 10
    - Spike Trap
      - Weapon damage increased from 250% to 340%
      - Skill Rune - Echoing Blast
        
        Weapon damage increased from 250% to 420% per explosion
      - Skill Rune - Lightning Rod
        
        Weapon damage increased from 280% to 500%
      - Skill Rune - Long Fuse
        
        Weapon damage increased from 300% to 520% per explosion
      - Skill Rune - Sticky Trap
        
        Weapon damage increased from 680% to 800%
    - Strafe
      - Weapon damage increased from 400% to 675%
      - Skill Rune - Demolition
        
        Weapon damage increased from 340% to 460%
      - Skill Rune - Drifting Shadow
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
      - Skill Rune - Emberstrafe
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Icy Trail"
        
        Leave an icy trail in your wake that deals 300% weapon damage as Cold over 3 seconds and Chills enemies by 60%
      - Skill Rune - Rocket Storm
        
        Weapon damage increased from 90% to 130%
      - Skill Rune - Stinging Steel
        
        Extra damage on Critical Hit increased from 130% to 140%
    - Vault
      - Skill Rune - Acrobatics
        
        Cooldown reduced from 8 to 6 seconds
    - Vengeance
      - Skill Rune - From the Shadows
        
        Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
      - Skill Rune - Side Cannons
        
        Heal amount increased from 1.5% to 3% of maximum Life per enemy hit
  - Passive Skills
    - Awareness
      - Has been redesigned
        
        Now when you receive fatal damage, you instead vanish for 2 seconds and regenerate 50% of maximum life
        
        This effect has a 60 second cooldown
    - Brooding
      - Healing increased from 1.5% to 3% of maximum Life per second per stack
    - Cull the Weak
      - Clarified tooltip to state that it includes Chilled enemies
    - Perfectionist
      - No longer increases your Life by 10%
- Monk
  - Philosophy
    - The mechanics of Exploding Palm caused the skill to be underpowered in some situations while simultaneously being overpowered in other situations. We have redesigned Exploding Palm to perform more consistently in a broad number of situations, which also gives us the flexibility to buff other skills on the class.
    - We've done a broad revision of how Spirit functions on the Monk overall. We looked at the rate of spending spirit versus generating spirit and have made changes to all the spirit generators as well as a number of spirit spenders such as Tempest Rush and Lashing Tail Kick.
    - The changes to Spirit synergize well with changes we have made to the Sunwuko Set which gives you benefit for spending spirit.
    - Patch 2.1.0 brings changes to how the heroes of Sanctuary recover Life. Health globes are being de-emphasized while item and skill choices will be more prominent. Numerous healing related skills on the Monk have been increased.
  - General
    - Dexterity no longer grants Dodge chance
    - Dexterity now grants 1 Armor per point
    - Maximum Spirit increased from 150 to 250
  - Active Skills
    - Blinding Flash
      - Skill Rune - Replenishing Light
        
        Spirit gained for each enemy you Blind increased from 7 to 10
      - Skill Rune - Soothing Light
        
        Life regeneration bonus increased from 11,966 to 26,821 per second
    - Breath of Heaven
      - Healing increased from 53642-70147 to 69735-91192
      - Skill Rune - Circle of Light
        
        Healing increased from 107284-140295 to 139469-182383
      - Skill Rune - Infused with Light
        
        Extra Spirit generated by Spirit Generating attacks increased from 4 to 14
    - Crippling Wave
      - Weapon damage increased from 143% to 155%
      - Increased the Attack Speed scalar of the first and second hits
      - Skill Rune - Mangle
        
        Weapon damage increased from 216% to 255%
      - Skill Rune - Rising Tide
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now generates 2.5 additional Spirit for each enemy hit
      - Skill Rune - Tsunami
        
        Every third hit now also Freezes enemies for 1 second
    - Cyclone Strike
      - Skill Rune - Soothing Breeze
        
        Healing increased from 23874 to 31036
      - Skill Rune - Wall of Wind
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now Freezes enemies for 1.5 seconds after pulling them in
    - Dashing Strike
      - Weapon damage increased from 305% to 370%
      - Charge rate increased from 6 to 8 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Barrage
        
        Weapon damage increased from 489% to 975% over 2 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Blinding Speed
        
        Dodge bonus increased from 29% to 40%
        
        Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Flying Side Kick
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Radiance"
        
        Gain 15% increased Attack Speed for 4 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
        
        Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Holy
    - Deadly Reach
      - Weapon damage increased from 109% to 150%
      - Skill Rune - Foresight
        
        Buff duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Keen Eye
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Searing Grasp"
        
        Increases weapon damage dealt to 260%
      - Skill Rune - Piercing Trident
        
        Chance to knock enemies up on the third hit increased to 100%
      - Skill Rune - Scattered Blows
        
        Third hit weapon damage increased from 156% to 215%
      - Skill Rune - Searing Grasp
        
        Weapon damage increased from 200% to 260%
      - Skill Rune - Strike from Beyond
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now reduces the Spirit cost of your next Spirit spender by 8% for each enemy hit by the third hit
    - Epiphany
      - Skill Rune - Soothing Mist
        
        Heal amount increased from 20,632 to 40,232
      - Skill Rune - Windwalker
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Insight"
        
        Increases bonus Spirit regeneration from Epiphany to 45 per second
    - Exploding Palm
      - Weapon damage increased from 1179% to 1200% over 9 seconds
      - Explosion damage has been changed from a percentage of the enemy's maximum Life to % Weapon Damage
      - Now deals 2770% weapon damage as Physical if an enemy dies while bleeding
      - Skill Rune - Creeping Demise
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Shocking Grasp"
        
        Exploding Palm now arcs to another target up to 15 yards away
      - Skill Rune - Essence Burn
        
        Weapon damage increased from 1623% to 1875% over 9 seconds
        
        Weapon damage of the explosion DoT effect increased from 258% to 3260% over 3 seconds
        
        This effect can no longer happen multiple times
      - Skill Rune - Impending Doom
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Explosion now deals 6305% weapon damage
        
        Now only deals damage if the target is killed
      - Skill Rune - Strong Spirit
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Holy
        
        Spirit granted per enemy hit by the explosion increased from 10 to 15
    - Fists of Thunder
      - First and second hit weapon damage increased from 122% to 200%
      - Third hit weapon damage increased from 183% to 400%
      - Increased the Attack Speed scalar of the first and second hits
      - Skill Rune - Bounding Light
        
        Weapon damage increased from 195% to 240%
      - Skill Rune - Quickening
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now increases Spirit generated to 20
      - Skill Rune - Static Charge
        
        Additional weapon damage dealt to enemies affected by Static Charge increased from 125% to 180%
      - Skill Rune - Thunderclap
        
        Shockwave weapon damage increased from 95% to 120%
      - Skill Rune - Wind Blast
        
        Freeze duration increased from 1 to 2 seconds
    - Inner Sanctuary
      - Skill Rune - Intervene
        
        Shield absorb amount increased from 68,332 to 107,284
      - Skill Rune - Safe Haven
        
        Heal amount increased from 11,389 to 35,779 per second
    - Lashing Tail Kick
      - Weapon damage increased from 624% to 755%
      - Spirit cost increased from 30 to 50
      - Increased damage arc from 150 to 180 degrees
      - Skill Rune - Hand of Ytar
        
        Significantly increased the damage radius
      - Skill Rune - Scorpion Sting
        
        Stun chance increased from 85% to 100%
        
        Stun duration increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Spinning Flame Kick
        
        Weapon damage increased from 677% to 755%
        
        Increased maximum projectile distance
        
        Increased projectile speed
        
        Significantly increased the Column's collision radius and height
      - Skill Rune - Sweeping Armada
        
        Weapon damage increased from 671% to 825%
        
        Significantly increased the damage radius
        
        Removed the knockback and slow effects
      - Skill Rune - Vulture Claw Kick
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Release a torrent of Fire that burns enemies within 10 yards for 755% weapon damage and an additional 230% weapon damage over 3 seconds
        
        Deals Fire damage
    - Mantra of Evasion
      - Has been removed
      - Replaced with: "Mantra of Salvation"
        
        Passive: You and your allies within 60 yards gain 20% increased resistance to all elements
        
        Active: You and your nearby allies gain an additional 20% increased resistance to all elements for 3 seconds
        
        Skill Rune - Agility
        
        Passive: Mantra of Salvation also increases Dodge Chance by 35%
        
        Skill Rune - Divine Protection
        
        Mantra of Salvation also protects you and your allies when reduced below 25% Life, granting a shield that reduces damage taken by 80% for 3 seconds
        
        Each target may be protected by this effect once every 90 seconds
        
        Skill Rune - Hard Target
        
        Passive: Mantra of Salvation also increases Armor by 20%
        
        Skill Rune - Perseverance
        
        Passive: Increases resistance to all elements bonus to 40%
        
        Skill Rune - Wind through the Reeds
        
        Passive: Mantra of Salvation also increases movement speed by 10%
        
        This bonus movement speed can now exceed the cap
    - Mantra of Healing
      - Life regeneration increased from 4126 to 10,728 per second
      - Skill Rune - Heavenly Body
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Passive: Mantra of Healing also increases maximum Life by 20%
      - Skill Rune - Sustenance
        
        Life regeneration increased from 8,253 to 21,457 per second
      - Skill Rune - Time of Need
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Mantra of Healing also reduces damage taken by 30% when below 50% Life
    - Mystic Ally
      - Weapon damage per hit increased from 40% to 130%
      - Skill Rune - Air Ally
        
        Spirit generated increased from 2 to 4
      - Skill Rune - Earth Ally
        
        Boulder weapon damage increased from 333% to 380%
      - Skill Rune - Enduring Ally
        
        Life regeneration increased from 4176 to 10,728
        
        Passive Life Regeneration is now increased by 30% of your Life per Second
      - Skill Rune - Fire Ally
        
        Explosion weapon damage increased from 149% to 290%
      - Skill Rune - Water Ally
        
        Wave attack weapon damage increased from 190% to 625%
        
        Wave attack now Freezes enemies hit for 3 seconds
    - Serenity
      - Skill Rune - Peaceful Repose
        
        Heal amount increased from 56,943 - 62,101 to 93,874 - 120,685
    - Seven-Sided Strike
      - Significantly increased proc coefficient
      - Skill Rune - Fulminating Onslaught
        
        Explosion weapon damage reduced from 977% to 877% per hit
        
        Significantly increased proc coefficient
        
        Bug Fixes
        
        Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause Fulminating Onslaught to end early even if there were valid targets remaining
      - Skill Rune - Pandemonium
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now removes the Spirit cost and Freezes all enemies hit for 7 seconds
        
        Significantly increased proc coefficient
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
      - Skill Rune - Several-Sided Strike
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Incinerate"
        
        Seven-Sided Strike causes enemies to burn for 630% weapon damage as Fire over 3 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Sudden Assault
        
        Weapon damage increased from 6477% to 8285%
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Lightning
        
        Significantly increased proc coefficient
      - Skill Rune - Sustained Attack
        
        Cooldown reduced from 17 to 14 seconds
        
        Significantly increased proc coefficient
    - Sweeping Wind
      - Weapon damage increased from 30% to 105% per stack
      - Skill Rune - Blade Storm
        
        Weapon damage increased from 40% to 145% per stack
      - Skill Rune - Cyclone
        
        Tornado weapon damage increased from 23% to 95%
      - Skill Rune - Inner Storm
        
        Spirit generated at maximum stacks has been increased from 4 to 8
      - Skill Rune - Master of Wind
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Enemies damaged by Sweeping Wind for 3 consecutive seconds while the vortex is at 3 stacks will now be Frozen for 2 seconds
        
        Enemies cannot be Frozen by Sweeping Wind more than once every 3 seconds
    - Tempest Rush
      - Weapon damage increased from 240% to 390%
      - The initial Spirit cost has been removed
      - The channeling cost has been increased to 30 Spirit
      - Skill Rune - Bluster
        
        Buff duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Flurry
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now creates an icy blast that deals 135% weapon damage as cold to all enemies within 15 yards when you stop channeling
        
        While channeling you periodically build stacks that increase the damage of the blast
        
        Each stack increases the weapon damage of the blast by 150% up to a maximum of 100 stacks
      - Skill Rune - Northern Breeze
        
        Weapon damage increased from 285% to 500%
        
        Reduces the channeling cost to 25 Spirit
      - Skill Rune - Slipstream
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Electric Field"
        
        Enemies within 20 yards are shocked for 135% weapon damage as Lightning every second while channeling
    - Wave of Light
      - Removed the additional damage dealt in a line
      - Weapon damage increased from 605% to 835%
      - Reduced delay from 1.4 to 1 second
      - Skill Rune - Empowered Wave
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Increases bell weapon damage to 1045%
      - Skill Rune - Explosive Light
        
        Significantly increased the size of the projectiles
      - Skill Rune - Numbing Light
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Shattering Light"
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Wave of Light is followed up by an additional 820% weapon damage as Cold in a line
        
        Line damage can no longer hit targets that have already been damaged by the bell
      - Skill Rune - Wall of Light
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now has a 100% chance to stun enemies for 1 second
    - Way of the Hundred Fists
      - Weapon damage decreased from 192% to 190%
      - Removed the target cap on the third hit
      - Increased the Attack Speed scalar of the first and second hits
      - Skill Rune - Hands of Lightning
        
        Weapon damage decreased from 429% to 423%
      - Skill Rune - Spirited Salvo
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Assimilation"
        
        Each enemy hit by the third hit increased your damage by 5% for 5 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Windforce Flurry
        
        Wave of wind weapon damage increased from 191% to 500%
  - Passive Skills
    - Chant of Resonance
      - Spirit generated increased from 2 to 4
    - Exalted Soul
      - Spirit generated increased from 2 to 4
      - Maximum Spirit bonus reduced from 100 to 50
    - Guiding Light
      - Has been removed
      - Replaced with: "Alacrity"
        
        Increase the attack speed of Spirit Generators by 15%
    - One With Everything
      - Has been removed
      - Replaced with: "Harmony"
        
        40% of your single elemental resistances from items instead increases your resistance to all elements
    - Provocation
      - Has been removed
      - Replaced with: "Determination"
        
        Your damage is increased by 4% for each enemy within 12 yards of you up to a maximum of 20%
    - Relentless Assault
      - New passive skill
      - Available at Level 30
      - You deal 20% more damage to enemies that are Blind, Frozen, or Stunned
    - Resolve
      - Duration increased to 4 seconds
      - Added a spell effect for enemies that are affected by the debuff
    - Seize the Initiative
      - Has been redesigned
        
        Damage dealt to enemies above 75% Life will now increase your Attack Speed by 30% for 4 seconds
    - Sixth Sense
      - Has been redesigned
        
        Now reduces all non-Physical damage taken by 25%
    - The Guardian's Path
      - Dodge chance while dual wielding increased from 15% to 35%
      - Bonus to resource regeneration while wielding a two-handed weapon decreased from 35% to 15%
    - Transcendence
      - Life per Spirit spent increased from 248 to 429
- Witch Doctor
  - Philosophy
    - In addition to changes to increase elemental diversity and improvements to underused runes, the Witch Doctor has also received a number of quality of life changes such a pet counter for fetishes.
    - Sacrifice has gotten a redesign this patch. Rather than sacrificing all of your active Zombie Dogs, using the skill will instruct one of your zombie dogs to run over and explode, dealing damage to enemies in the targeted area.
    - Patch 2.1.0 brings changes to how the heroes of Sanctuary recover Life. Health globes are being de-emphasized while item and skill choices will be more prominent. Numerous healing related skills on the Witch Doctor have been increased.
  - General
    - The collision boxes for the following pets have had their radii reduced
      - Zombie Dogs
      - Gargantuan
      - Fetishes
  - User Interface
    - An icon has been added to display the number of Fetishes summoned by Fetish Army that are currently alive
    - An icon has been added to display the number of Fetishes summoned by Fetish Sycophants that are currently alive
    - An icon has been added to display the remaining duration of Gargantuan - Wrathful Protector
  - Active Skills
    - Acid Cloud
      - Skill Rune - Corpse Bomb
        
        Damage type changed from Poison to Fire
      - Skill Rune - Slow Burn
        
        Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
    - Corpse Spiders
      - Weapon damage increased from 324% to 576%
      - Skill Rune - Blazing Spiders
        
        Weapon damage increased from 400% to 700%
      - Skill Rune - Leaping Spiders
        
        Weapon damage increased from 383% to 646%
      - Skill Rune - Spider Queen
        
        Weapon damage increased from 1575% to 2625%
    - Fetish Army
      - Skill Rune - Fetish Ambush
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
      - Bug Fixes
        
        Summoning your Fetish Army no longer unsummons Fetishes summoned by Fetish Sycophants
    - Gargantuan
      - Skill Rune - Humongoid
        
        Cleave arc increased from 120 to 180
      - Skill Rune - Wrathful Protector
        
        Bug Fixes
        
        Fixed an issue that caused the Gargantuan summoned by this Skill Rune to receive a greater damage bonus from Attack Speed than intended
    - Grasp of the Dead
      - Skill Rune - Death is Life
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Poison
      - Skill Rune - Desperate Grasp
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Poison
      - Skill Rune - Unbreakable Grasp
        
        Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
    - Haunt
      - Skill Rune - Consuming Spirit
        
        Life per second increased from 2063 to 2682
    - Hex
      - Skill Rune - Hedge Magic
        
        The Fetish Shaman should now more reliably heal 3 times per summon
        
        Periodic healing increased from 24758 to 32185
    - Horrify
      - Skill Rune - Frightening Aspect
        
        Bonus Armor reduced from 100% to 35%
    - Locust Swarm
      - You will now move into range before casting if you are targeting an enemy that is out of range
      - Skill Rune - Devouring Swarm
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now grants 25 mana per second as long as the first enemy hit is still alive
        
        Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
      - Skill Rune - Cloud of Insects
        
        Damage type changed from Poison to Physical
    - Mass Confusion
      - Skill Rune - Devolution
        
        Chance to summon a Zombie Dog reduced from 50% to 30%
    - Poison Dart
      - Skill Rune - Flaming Dart
        
        Weapon damage increased from 425% to 565% over 4 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Numbing Dart
        
        Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
      - Skill Rune - Spined Dart
        
        Damage type changed from Poison to Physical
    - Sacrifice
      - Has been redesigned
        
        Now sacrifices a single dog at a time
        
        The dog will now be thrown to you cursor location and detonates on impact
      - Weapon damage increased from 185% to 1090%
        
        If you're wearing The Tall Man's Finger, the damage is tripled to 3270% weapon damage for sacrificing your dog
        
        You do not gain additional damage if your giant dog represents more than 3 normal dogs
      - Skill Rune - Black Blood
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now stuns enemies in the impact area for 3 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Pride
        
        Mana gained increased from 60 to 280 per dog
      - Skill Rune - For the Master
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        All your dogs will now be sacrificed in a single cast for 1300% weapon damage each
      - Skill Rune - Provoke the Pack
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now gain 20% increased damage for 5 seconds when you sacrifice a dog
        
        This buff gains a stack with each cast and has a maximum of 5 stacks
    - Spirit Barrage
      - Skill Rune - Well of Souls
        
        Damage type changed from Cold to Fire
    - Soul Harvest
      - Skill Rune - Siphon
        
        Healing increased from 24758 to 32185 per enemy harvested
    - Wall of Zombies
      - Skill Rune - Creepers
        
        Bug Fixes
        
        Fixed an issue preventing this from spawning the full 3 creeper zombies
  - Passive Skills
    - Circle of Life
      - Chance to summon a Zombie Dog has been reduced from 30% to 15%
    - Physical Attunement
      - Now limited to a maximum of 25 enemies
- Wizard
  - Philosophy
    - The Wizard has received more elemental diversification as well as general buffs to a number of skills.
    - We've reviewed the Wizard's channeling skills such as Disintegrate and Ray of Frost. The intent is for channeling skills to be a fantastic choice when you are able to stand still for a few seconds, but are weaker than other skills if you are constantly moving and never stopping to channel. The mechanics of channeled skills on other classes already support this type of mechanic and we would like the Wizard's channeling skills to fulfill those same design goals.
    - Patch 2.1.0 brings changes to how the heroes of Sanctuary recover Life. Health globes are being de-emphasized while item and skill choices will be more prominent. Numerous shielding and absorption related skills on the Wizard have been increased.
  - Active Skills
    - Arcane Orb
      - Weapon damage increased from 381% to 435%
      - Skill Rune - Arcane Orbit
        
        Explosion weapon damage increased from 236% to 265%
      - Skill Rune - Obliteration
        
        Weapon damage increased from 509% to 700%
    - Arcane Torrent
      - Now initially deals 400% weapon damage and increases by 305% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 1010%
      - Skill Rune - Arcane Mines
        
        Weapon damage increased from 688% to 825%
      - Skill Rune - Death Blossom
        
        Now initially deals 1215% weapon damage and increases by 640% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 2495%
      - Skill Rune - Disruption
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Flame Ward"
        
        You take 15% less damage from attacks while channeling, increasing by 5% every second up to a maximum of 25% damage reduction
        
        Deals Fire damage
      - Skill Rune - Power Stone
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Static Discharge"
        
        Each missile explodes into 2 piercing bolts of electricity that each deal 150% weapon damage as Lightning
    - Archon
      - Now makes you immune to all crowd control effects
    - Black Hole
      - Weapon damage increased from 360% to 700% over 2 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Blazar
        
        Explosion weapon damage increased from 464% to 725%
      - Skill Rune - Supermassive
        
        Weapon damage increased from 570% to 1290% over 2 seconds
    - Blizzard
      - Weapon damage increased from 807% to 1075%
      - Skill Rune - Frozen Solid
        
        Freeze chance and duration increased from 40% for 1.5 seconds to 100% for 2.5 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Grasping Chill
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Lightning Storm"
        
        Enemies affected by Blizzard take 15% increased Lightning damage
        
        Deals Lightning damage
      - Skill Rune - Snowbound
        
        Arcane Power cost reduced from 13 to 10
      - Skill Rune - Stark Winter
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Apocalypse"
        
        Increases the damage radius of Blizzard to 30 yards
        
        Does Fire damage
      - Skill Rune - Unrelenting Storm
        
        Weapon damage increased from 1296% to 1810%
    - Diamond Skin
      - Damage absorption increased from 71798 to 93337
      - Skill Rune - Crystal Shell
        
        Damage absorption increased from 143596 to 186674
    - Disintegrate
      - Now initially deals 390% weapon damage and increases by 250% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 890%
      - Skill Rune - Convergence
        
        Damage type changed from Arcane to Fire
      - Skill Rune - Entropy
        
        Now initially deals 435% weapon damage and increases by 340% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 1115%
    - Electrocute
      - Additional jumps no longer deal reduced damage
      - Skill Rune - Forked Lightning
        
        Damage type changed from Lightning to Fire
    - Energy Twister
      - Weapon damage increased from 1000% to 1525%
      - Twisters now originate from the player's click location
      - Skill Rune - Mistral Breeze
        
        Arcane Power cost reduced from 28 to 25
      - Skill Rune - Raging Storm
        
        Weapon damage increased from 1935% to 3200%
      - Skill Rune - Wicked Wind
        
        Weapon damage increased from 743% to 835%
    - 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%
        
        Damage type changed from Arcane to Cold
      - Skill Rune - Time Bomb
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Flash"
        
        Reduces the cooldown of Explosive Blast to 3 seconds
        
        Deals Lightning Damage
      - Skill Rune - Unleashed
        
        Weapon damage increased from 970% to 1485%
    - Familiar
      - Weapon damage increased from 179% to 240%
      - Skill Rune - Arcanot
        
        Arcane Power regeneration increased from 2 to 4.5 per second
      - Skill Rune - Sparkflint
        
        Bug Fixes
        
        Fixed an issue that prevented Sparkflint from procing Conflagrate, Firebird's Finery (6) Set Bonus and other Fire related passives
    - Hydra
      - Weapon damage increased from 66% to 195%
      - Skill Rune - Arcane Hydra
        
        Weapon damage increased from 111% to 245%
      - Skill Rune - Blazing Hydra
        
        Weapon damage increased from 108% to 185% over 3 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Frost Hydra
        
        Weapon damage increased from 108% to 275%
      - Skill Rune - Lightning Hydra
        
        Weapon damage increased from 138% to 305%
      - Skill Rune - Mammoth Hydra
        
        Weapon damage increased from 178% to 400%
    - Ice Armor
      - Skill Rune - Frozen Storm
        
        Weapon damage increased from 28% to 80%
    - Magic Missile
      - Weapon damage increased from 170% to 230%
      - Skill Rune - Charged Blast
        
        Weapon damage increased from 240% to 325%
      - 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 Fire damage you deal with other skills to burning enemies refreshes all stacks to their maximum duration
      - Skill Rune - Seeker
        
        Weapon damage increased from 211% to 285%
    - Magic Weapon
      - Skill Rune - Conduit
        
        Design has been modified
        
        Enemies hit by your attacks now restore up to 3 Arcane Power
      - Skill Rune - Deflection
        
        Shield amount increased from 8253 to 10728
      - Skill Rune - Ignite
        
        Weapon damage increased from 86% to 300%
    - Meteor
      - Impact weapon damage increased from 501% to 740%
      - Molten fire weapon damage increased from 167% to 235% over 3 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Comet
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Summon a Comet that deals 740% weapon damage as Cold on impact and Freezes Chilled enemies for 1 second
        
        The impact site is covered in an icy mist that deals 235% weapon damage as Cold over 3 seconds and chills enemies by 60%
      - Skill Rune - Lightning Bind
        
        Has been removed
        
        Replaced with: "Thunder Crash"
        
        Removes the delay on Meteor
      - Skill Rune - Molten Impact
        
        Molten fire weapon damage increased from 549% to 625% over 3 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Star Pact
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Expend all remaining Arcane Power
        
        Each point of extra Arcane Power spent increased the damage of Meteor by 20%
    - Ray of Frost
      - Now initially deals 430% weapon damage and increases by 405% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 1240%
      - Skill Rune - Black Ice
        
        Weapon damage increased from 1204% to 1625% over 3 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Sleet Storm
        
        Now initially deals 300% weapon damage and increases by 220% weapon damage every second up to a maximum of 740%
      - Bug Fixes
        
        Fixed an issue that prevented Ray of Frost from hitting short enemies when Light of Grace was equipped
    - Slow Time
      - Bug Fixes
        
        Fixed an issue preventing players from having multiple Slow Time bubbles out at once
    - Spectral Blade
      - Skill Rune - Barrier Blades
        
        Shield amount increased from 8253 to 10728
      - Skill Rune - Thrown Blade
        
        Damage type changed from Arcane to Lightning
    - 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%
    - Teleport
      - Skill Rune - Reversal
        
        Bug Fixes
        
        Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent you from being returned to your original location
    - Wave of Force
      - Weapon damage increased from 351% to 390%
      - Skill Rune - Arcane Attunement
        
        Damage bonus increased from 2% to 4% per enemy hit
      - Skill Rune - Debilitating Force
        
        Damage reduction amount and duration increased from 10% for 3 seconds to 20% for 4 seconds
      - Skill Rune - Heat Wave
        
        Weapon damage increased from 427% to 475%
      - Skill Rune - Static Pulse
        
        Has been redesigned
        
        Now restores 1 Arcane Power for each enemy hit
  - Passive Skills
    - Arcane Dynamo
      - Bug Fixes
        
        Fixed an issue that prevented Hydra from gaining increased damage from Arcane Dynamo
    - Astral Presence
      - Arcane Power generation increased from 2 to 2.5 per second
    - Cold Blooded
      - Bug Fixes
        
        Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent skills from refreshing this skill when their Chilled duration was refreshed
        
        Fixed an issue that prevented Hydra from applying Cold Blooded
    - Dominance
      - Shield amount increased from 12379 to 16093
    - Elemental Exposure
      - Bug Fixes
        
        Fixed an issue that prevented Hydra from applying Elemental Exposure
    - Galvanizing Ward
      - Shield amount increased from 62720 to 81536
  - Bug Fixes
    - Fixed an issue that caused Arcane Torrent, Disintegrate and Ray of Frost to charge an upfront resource cost in addition to their channeling cost
- Bug Fixes
  - Fixed an issue that was preventing a number of abilities that reduce monster damage from properly reducing the damage of some monster affixes

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ITEMS

The sell value of Health Potions and dyes has been reduced to 1 gold
The base damage range of all two-handed melee weapons has been increased by approximately 26-30% depending on the speed of the weapon, with slower weapons receiving a slightly higher increase
- This change affects weapons from level 10 - 70
- This change will retroactively apply to existing items
- This change will apply to all item rarities
- As a direct result of this change, the Crusader Passive Skill, Heavenly Strength has also been adjusted
Amethysts
- The amount of Life on Hit provided by the top 4 ranks of Amethysts has been significantly increased
  - Imperial increased from 800 to 3000
  - Flawless Imperial increased from 900 to 6400
  - Royal increased from 1000 to 8800
  - Flawless Royal increased from 1100 to 11200
A new Legendary consumable has been added: Ramaladni's Gift
- Ramaladni's Gift can be used to add a socket to an unsocketed weapon
- The added socket provided by Ramaladni's Gift cannot be enchanted
- You cannot use Ramaladni's Gift on a weapon more than once
- Similarly, you cannot use Ramaladni's Gift on a weapon that already has a socket
- Upon use, Ramaladni's Gift will be consumed (i.e. the item cannot be used more than once)
- With Ramaladni's Gift, you can however:
  - Replace a natural socket on a weapon with another primary stat (like VIT or STR or INT), and then use Ramaladni's Gift after.
  - Replace a re-rolled socket on a weapon with another primary stat (like VIT or STR or INT), and then use Ramaladni's Gift after.
  - Enchant a weapon after a socket has been added using Ramaladni's Gift (you just won't be able to re-roll another socket on that particular weapon)
Legendary Gems have been added
- Legendary Gems can only be dropped by Greater Rift Guardians and Greed, Baroness of the Vault
- Legendary Gems are Account Bound and can only be socketed into Rings and Amulets
- Legendary Gems can be upgraded by speaking with Urshi (a new NPC) inside a Greater Rift
  - Urshi will appear every time a Greater Rift Guardian is defeated and will allow you to choose to upgrade either your Greater Rift Keystone or a Legendary Gem
    - Upgrading a Greater Rift Keystone will allow you to continue on to a more challenging Greater Rift
    - In order to upgrade your Rift Keystone, you must complete the current Greater Rift level within the designated time limit
    - Urshi will grant you three attempts to upgrade your Legendary Gems
    - The chance for an upgrade attempt to succeed is based on a combination of the rank of the Legendary Gem you're attempting to upgrade and the level of Greater Rift you reached
    - As a Legendary Gem's rank gets closer to the level of Greater Rift you've completed, the chance of success decreases
    - Finally, once the rank of a Legendary Gem exceeds the level of Greater Rift you're able to complete the chance to upgrade is cut in half for each rank above the Greater Rift level you completed
      - For example: If you attempt to upgrade a rank 1 Legendary Gem in a level 30 Greater Rift the chance for success is 100%; however a rank 31 Legendary Gem will only have a 30% chance for success in a level 30 Greater Rift and a level 32 Legendary Gem will have a 15% chance of success
  - 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 25
- Players will not receive a duplicate of any Legendary Gem the character they're currently playing has access to
  - This includes Legendary Gems in the character's inventory, its followers' inventories, or the Shared Stash, as well as Legendary Gems socketed in items in those locations
Legendary Items
- Bovine Bardiche
  - The chance to summon cows has been increased to 100%
    - Note: The cooldown on the Legendary Power still applies
  - The summoned cows should now be significantly more murderous
  - The summoned cows should now be significantly more durable
- Bul-Kathos's Wedding Band
  - The Life drain effect on this is now capped at 2000% weapon damage per second
- Etrayu
  - Now rolls with +15-20% Cold damage
- Heart Slaughter
  - Now rolls with +25-30% Physical damage
- Mad Monarch's Scepter
  - Now counts assists in addition to kills
- Rimeheart
  - Has been redesigned
    - 10% chance to instantly deal 10,000% weapon damage as Cold to Frozen enemies
    - The Legendary Power now has a fixed damage number
- Stalgard's Decimator
  - Weapon damage increased from 275-350% to 550-650%
    - This change will apply retroactively
  - Legendary Power can now proc from Rend, Whirlwind, Cyclone Strike, Tempest Rush, and Shield Bash
  - Can no longer smart roll for Witch Doctor or Wizard
- The Furnace
  - Has been redesigned
    - Increases damage against elites by 40-50%
- Scourge
  - Explosion weapon damage increased from 130-160% to 1800-2000%
- Uskang
  - Now rolls with +15-20% Lightning damage
- Wrath of the Bone King
  - Now rolls with +25-30% Cold damage
- Several existing Legendary items have been updated to include a unique Legendary power
  - Note: Existing items will not be affected by the following changes. Only new versions of the items will roll with the added Legendary. power.
  - Depth Diggers
    - Legendary Power added
      - All resource generators deal 80-100% more damage
  - Kymbo's Gold
    - Legendary Power added
      - Picking up gold heals you for an amount equal to the gold that was picked up
  - Leoric's Crown
    - Legendary Power added
      - Increase the effect of any gem socketed into this item by 75-100%
  - Sash of Knives
    - Legendary Power added
      - Chance on attack to throw a dagger at a nearby enemy for 275-350% weapon damage
Class-Specific Legendary 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
  - Fury of the Vanished Peak
    - Now rolls +25-30% Seismic Slam damage as a fifth primary affix
  - Immortal King's Eternal Reign
    - (3) Set
      - Life per Fury spent increased from 289 to 500
  - Madawc's Sorrow
    - Stun duration increased from 1 to 2 seconds
  - 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
  - The +% Cold Damage affix will no longer smart drop for Crusaders
  - Roland's Legacy
    - (2) Set Bonus
      - +500 Strength
    - (4) Set Bonus
      - +100% Shield Bash Damage
      - +100% Sweep Attack Damage
    - (6) Set Bonus
      - Hitting an enemy with Shield Bash or Sweep Attack grants 20% Attack Speed for 3 seconds, stacking up to 5 times
  - Unrelenting Phalanx
    - New Legendary Crusader Shield
    - Allows Phalanx to summon twice as many Avatars
    - Applies to all rune variants
  - Blade of Prophecy
    - The text on this item no longer improperly states that all enemies hit by Condemn will trigger another explosion
  - 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
  - The +% Poison Damage affix will no longer smart drop for Demon Hunters
  - Balefire Caster
    - Now rolls with +15-20% Fire damage
  - Embodiment of the Marauder
    - (6) Set Bonus
      - Fixed an issue that caused Hatred spenders cast by the Sentries to have a slower attack speed than intended
  - Natalya's Vengeance
    - (4) Set Bonus
      - Cooldown reduction increased from 1 to 2 seconds per kill
      - Now also triggers on assists
  - The Shadow's Mantle
    - (2) Set Bonus
      - Now, upon receiving fatal damage you instead automatically cast Smoke Screen and are healed to 25% Life
      - This effect may only occur once every 120 seconds
    - (4) Set Bonus
      - Has been redesigned
        
        Now enables all Shadow Power runes
  - Wojahnni Assaulter
    - New Crossbow
    - Rapid Fire deals 30-40% more damage per second, stacks up to 4 times
- Monk
  - Flying Dragon
    - Bug Fixes
      - Fixed an issue preventing this item from correctly granting +100% Attack Speed
  - Gyana Na Kashu
    - Fireball weapon damage increased from 300-400% to 525-700%
  - Inna's Mantra
    - (2) Set
      - Life per Spirit spent increased from 124 to 200
  - Incense Torch of the Grand Temple
    - Has been redesigned
      - Reduces the Spirit cost of Wave of Light by 40-50%
      - Now rolls +25-30% Wave of Light damage as a fifth primary affix
  - Monkey King's Garb
    - (4) Set
      - Weapon damage increased from 1600% to 3500%
      - The decoy will now attempt to spawn next to an enemy at your cast location
        
        If it doesn't find any enemies near your cast location, it will attempt to spawn next to an enemy near you
        
        If it doesn't find any enemies near you, it will spawn in a random location near you
  - Shenlong's Spirit
    - (2) Set
      - Energy ball weapon damage increased from 300% to 1200%
      - Spirit generation increased from 1 to 4 per second
      - Energy ball size significantly increased
      - The internal cooldown is now reduced by Attack Speed
  - The Fist of Az'Turrasq
    - Has been redesigned
      - Now increases Exploding Palm's on-death explosion damage by 75-100%
  - The Flow of Eternity
    - Cooldown reduction for Seven-Sided Strike increased from 45-50% to 45-60%
  - The Laws of Seph
    - Sprit gained increased from 75 - 100 to 125 - 165
  - Tzo Krin's Gaze
    - Now rolls with 20 - 25% increased Wave of Light damage
- Witch Doctor
  - The Dagger of Darts
    - New Ceremonial Dagger
    - Your Poison Darts and your Fetishes' Poison Darts now pierce
  - The Gidbinn
    - Fetishes spawned by The Gidbinn should now work with the Fierce Loyalty passive and Carnevil's Legendary Power
- Wizard
  - Firebird's Finery
    - (6) Set Bonus
      - 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
- Several existing class-specific Legendary items have been updated to now include a unique Legendary power
  - Note: Existing items will not be affected by the following changes. Only new versions of the items will roll with the added Legendary.
  - Barbarian
    - Bastion's Revered
      - Legendary Power added
        
        Increases maximum number of Frenzy stacks to 10
    - Lamentation
      - Legendary Power added
        
        Allows Rend to be applied twice
    - Vile Ward
      - Legendary Power added
        
        Furious Charge deals 30-35% increased damage for every enemy hit while charging
  - Crusader
    - Angel Hair Braid
      - Legendary Power added
        
        Allows Punish to gain the effect of all runes
    - Eternal Union
      - Legendary Power added
        
        Increases the duration of all Phalanx Avatars by 200%
  - Demon Hunter
    - Flint Ripper Arrowheads
      - Legendary Power added
        
        Ball Lightning now travels at 30-40% speed
    - Silver Star Piercers
      - Legendary Power added
        
        Chakram now generates 3-4 Hatred
  - Monk
    - Madstone
      - Legendary power added
        
        Apply Exploding Palm to enemies hit by Seven-Sided Strike
    - The Crudest Boots
      - Legendary power added
        
        Mystic Ally summons two Mystic Allies to fight by your side
      - Minimum level increased to 22
  - Wizard
    - The Grand Vizier
      - Legendary power added
        
        Reduces the Arcane Power cost of Meteor by 40%-50%
        
        Now rolls +25-30% Meteor damage as a fifth primary affix
    - The Swami
      - Minimum level increased to 30
      - Legendary Power added
        
        The damage bonus from enemies killed while in Archon form now lasts for 10-15 seconds after Archon expires
New Seasonal Legendary Items
- General
  - Bottomless Potion of Rejuvenation
    - New Legendary Potion
    - Restores 10-15% of your primary resource when used below 25% Life
  - Krelm's Buff Belt
    - New Legendary Belt
    - Grants a 25% Movement Speed bonus
    - Taking damage causes you to lose this effect for 5 seconds
  - Krelm's Buff Bracers
    - New Legendary Bracers
    - Grant you immunity to Knockback and Stun effects
  - Enchantress: Vadim's Surge
  - Scoundrel: Slipka's Letter Opener
  - Templar: Hillenbrand's Training Sword
    - New Legendary Follower items
    - Equip on Follower: Reduces the cooldown of all Follower skills by 50%
- Barbarian
  - Remorseless
    - New Legendary one-handed Mighty Weapon
    - Grants Hammer of the Ancients a 25-30% chance to summon an Ancient for 20 seconds
- Crusader
  - Frydher's Wrath
    - New Legendary Crusader Shield
    - Removes the cooldown of Condemn
    - Condemn now costs 40 Wrath
- Demon Hunter
  - Leonine Bow of Hashir
    - New Legendary Bow
    - Grants Bola Shot a 15-20% chance on explosion to pull in all enemies within 24 yards
- Monk
  - Vengeful Wind
    - New Legendary Fist Weapon
    - Increases the maximum stack count of Sweeping Winds by 3
- Witch Doctor
  - Sacred Harvester
    - New Legendary Ceremonial Dagger
    - Soul Harvest now stacks up to 10 times
- Wizard
  - Aether Walker
    - New Wand
    - Removes the cooldown of Teleport
    - Teleport now costs 25 Arcane Power
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
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Frostburn Guantlets Freeze effect from being triggered by Sentry - Polor Station attacks
- Fixed an issue that prevented some crafted level 70 Legendary items from being able to roll Thorns damage
- Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent the thrown axe created by Stalgard's Decimator from piercing

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ACHIEVEMENTS

Bad Time to Be a Beast
- Number of kills required has been reduced from 500,000 to 250,000
Bouncing from Bounty to Bounty
- Number of bounties required has been reduced from 50,000 to 5,000
Bounty Hunter Extraordinaire
- Number of bounties required has been reduced from 100,000 to 7,500
Bounteous Maximus
- Number of bounties required has been reduced from 150,000 to 10,000
Death Death and More Death
- Number of kills has been reduced from 2,500,000 to 750,000
Like Stars in the Sky
- This achievement has been changed to a Feat of Strength
The Million Monster Mortality
- Has been renamed to "Killin' It"
- Number of kills required has been reduced from 1,000,000 to 500,000
Perfect as Tears
- This achievement has been changed to a Feat of Strength
Some Hordes
- Number of kills required has been reduced from 5,000,000 to 1,000,000
Splinter is Coming
- Number of kills required has been reduced from 25,000 to 1,000
Ten Grand and Counting
- Has been renamed to "Bountiful Bounties"
- Number of bounties required has been reduced from 10,000 to 2,500
Bug Fixes
- Champion Subjugators will now properly be counted towards Achievements
- Fixed an issue preventing some of the criteria for the On the Edge of Reality achievement from being completed in Adventure Mode
- A Prisoner's Journal should now properly drop after freeing the prisoner from the A Stranger In Need event
- Players should now properly receive credit when completing Realm of the Banished in Adventure Mode for the Dungeon Master Achievement
- Fixed an issue that prevented looted follower tokens from progressing the I Got What You Need achievement
- The Swamp Hawks needed to complete the Stamp the Champs achievement should now properly spawn

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ADVENTURE MODE

Bounties
- The following Bounties have had their gold and XP reward values decreased:
  - Act I - Clear Khazra Den
  - Act II - Complete event: A Miner's Gold
  - Act III - Clear Cryder's Outpost
  - Act III - Clear Forward Barracks
  - Act IV - Clear Hell Rift level 2
  - Act V - Complete event: The Miser
Nephalem Rifts
- The cost to open a Nephalem Rift has been reduced from 5 Rift Fragments (total) to 1 Rift Fragment (per player)
  - Each player must pay the 1 Rift Fragment cost in order to enter a Nephalem Rift
- You can no longer click the Rift Obelisk to open a new rift while one is already open
- Conduit Pylon duration reduced from 30 to 15 seconds only while in a Greater Rift
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that allowed the matchmaking system to place players in games with open rifts where the Rift Guardian has already been killed
- Rift Keystone Fragments should no longer be improperly consumed from your Stash if you have more than one stack in your inventory

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CRAFTING

Blacksmith
- The number of Magic materials required to craft Legendary and set Bracers has been reduced from 120 to 72
- New buttons have been added to salvage all normal, magic, or rare quality items in your inventory at once
  - These buttons unlock when the Blacksmith reaches maximum level
Mystic
- When Transmogrifying an item with existing visual effects into a Legendary item, the original item's visual effects will no longer be displayed in addition to the Legendary item's visual effects
- Torment-only Set items can now be restored to their original appearance after being transmogrified
- Class-restricted appearances can now be applied to any item of the same slot
  - If an item that has been transmogrified with a class-restricted appearance is equipped on a class that isn't normally able to equip the item to which the appearance belongs, the base appearance will be used instead
  - For example: You can Transmogrify your Barbarian's Vile Ward to look like Raekor's Burden, but if you use that same Vile Ward on your Crusader it will still look like a Vile Ward

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FOLLOWERS

Templar
- Bug Fixes
  - Fixed an issue that allowed Onslaught to sometimes be cast when out of range

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EVENTS

Infernal Machine
- A new reward has been added: The Hellfire Amulet
  - New Legendary amulet
  - Will randomly roll a passive appropriate to your class
  - Recipe is available for purchase from Squirt in Act II for 5 million gold
  - Requires the same materials to craft as the Hellfire Ring plus 10 additional Forgotten Souls

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MONSTERS

The Skeleton King will now drop the Broken Crown the first time you kill him from level 11 to level 65
Larvas will now also drop loot
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that could prevent some DoTs from dealing damage while Treasure Goblins were running

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USER INTERFACE

Character "Minis" have been added to Profiles
Added a text box to the friends list that will filter the list as you type
Filter settings on the Clan News pane will now be saved even if you log out
The Achievements drop down filter will now save your selection as long as you remain logged in
Holding down Shift when comparing items will now exclude bonuses provided by sockets from the comparison
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
The value of an item's Legendary power will now be displayed in blue on the tooltip
Legendary power roll ranges will now be displayed on the tooltip when holding CTRL
Clan news will now display when a player was removed from a Clan and who removed the player
Chat
- Messages will now convert to a whisper after space is pressed when entering a player name
- New messages will now prioritize your whisper targets if you are currently whispering someone
- A new hotkey has been added to display the chat window
  - You can now force the chat window to be displayed by holding down the X key
Bug Fixes
- Players will now properly be notified when the Party Leader changes the games difficulty setting
- Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent the last few monsters required to clear a bounty from displaying on the minimap
- Fixed an issue preventing Paragon levels and portraits from displaying on the Heroes Profile tab for offline players
- Fixed an issue causing Paragon portrait award toasts to pop up before a new portrait was actually earned
- Fixed an issue that was improperly limiting Community news posts to a character limit that was lower than intended
- Fixed and issue that caused the recharge timer to remain on a specific slot when a skill was moved
- Crusaders can now properly view their Life per Wrath Spent in the Details pane

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BUG FIXES

Fixed an issue that allowed other players to join your game when your status was set to busy

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Diablo 3 - 2.1.0 Patch Notes

PATCH FEATURES

GENERAL

CLASSES

ITEMS

ACHIEVEMENTS

ADVENTURE MODE

CRAFTING

FOLLOWERS

EVENTS

MONSTERS

USER INTERFACE

BUG FIXES