New Blackrock Class Cards: Flamewaker, Core Rager, Imp Gang Boss
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Premade Filter Addon, Patch 6.1 Hotfixes - March 19, Blue Tweets, New Short Story
Update 15:30 EDT: added more updated Set Bonuses.
Update 15:50 EDT: added a Pets related string.
Update 16:15 EDT: added new Greater Rift completion screen, courtesy of x31s.
Update 16:20 EDT: added new achievement strings (bottom).
Update 16:40 EDT: added miscellaneous strings (bottom).
Update 17:05 EDT: added official patch notes (only changes from previous build).
PTR 2.2 Patch 4
A new Patch has appeared on the PTR. Check out the changes below!
The following information is datamined and may contain errors! None of this is official yet.
We will be updating this post while we continue datamining. New updates will be posted at the top, so check back often!
New Greater Rift Completion Screen
BNet Store Strings
Disclaimer: we do not know if this is a behaviour for all pets, or a boost purchasable at the Diablo shop. Likely something for the Asian servers for now.
- BnetStore_PetsPickUpGold: All pets will pick up gold for you as they gallivant about!
New and Updated Set Bonuses and Legendary Powers
- Natalya's Vengeance 2 pieces: Reduce the cooldown of Rain of Vengeance by 2|4second; when you hit with a Hatred-generating attack or Hatred-spending attack. (no longer different reduction from generators and spenders)
- Tal Rasha's Elements 6 pieces: Attacks increase your damage by 150% (down from 175%) for 6 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. Adding a stack refreshes the duration
- Zunimassa's Haunt 6 pieces: Enemies hit by your Mana spenders take 275% (up from 150%) more damage from your pets for 4 seconds.
- Raiment of the Jade Harvester 2 pieces: When Haunt lands on an enemy already affected by Haunt, it instantly deals 10 seconds (up from 5) worth of Haunt damage.
- Bastions of Will 2 pieces: When you hit (changed from "When you cast") with a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.
- Raiment of a Thousand Storms 2 pieces: Your Spirit Generators have 25% increased attack speed and 300% (up from 250%) increased damage.
- Raiment of a Thousand Storms 4 pieces: Dashing Strike spends 75 Spirit (up from 50), but refunds a Charge when it does.
- Raiment of a Thousand Storms 6 pieces: Your Spirit Generators increase the weapon damage of Dashing Strike to 12500% (up from 8750%) for 6 seconds (up from 3).
- Immortal King's Call 6 pieces: While both Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients is active, you deal 100% (down from 500%) increased damage.
- Ashbringer: Chance on kill to raise a skeleton to fight for you. Upon accumulating 5 skeletons, they each explode for 1000% weapon damage (up from 300% and only one explosion) and the sword transforms into Ashbringer for a short time. Attacking with Ashbringer burns your enemy for {c_magic}[{VALUE1}]%{/c_magic} weapon damage as Holy.
- Blood Brother: Grants a {c_magic}[{VALUE1} * 100]%{/c_magic} chance to block attacks. Blocked attacks inflict 30% (up from 20%) less damage. After blocking an attack, your next attack inflicts 30% (up from 20%) additional damage.
- In-Geom: Your skill cooldowns are reduced by 8-10 seconds for 15 seconds after killing an elite pack (old: Permanent reduction).
- Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac: Reduce the remaining cooldown of one of your skills by {VALUE1} |4second:seconds; when you hit with a resource-spending attack (old: when you spend resource).
- Pandemonium Loop: Enemies slain while Feared die in a bloody explosion for 800% weapon damage (now specifies damage) and cause other nearby enemies to flee in Fear.
- Triumvirate: Your Signature Spells increase the damage of Arcane Orb by {c_magic}[{VALUE1} * 100]%{/c_magic} for 6 seconds (up from 3 seconds), stacking up to 3 times.
- New Item: Each enemy hit by your Sweep Attack increases the damage of your next Sweep Attack by {c_magic}[{VALUE1}*100]%{/c_magic}, stacking up to 5 times.
Item Flavour Strings
- P2_Unique_Pants_02: Crafted to commemorate Worusk’s ascendance to the position of Immortal King, the first and only time this honor was bestowed since Bul-Kathos ruled the tribes.
- P2_Unique_Gloves_01: She used these gloves while learning the finer points of murderous archery.
- P2_Unique_Pants_04: Zunimassa believed that power was born of movement, and movement born of legs.
- P2_Unique_BarbBelt_001: Forged from armor found in the aftermath of the destruction of Mount Arreat.
- P2_Unique_Belt_03: This belt seethes with strange and disturbing magic. It upsets the fine balance between this world and the Unformed Land. To wear this is to tempt the fates.
- P2_Unique_Belt_06: “I bought this from an ancient conjurer named Omryn. I believe it traps your enemies while you escape or something? To be honest, I just thought it made me look dangerous. No, the other demon hunters won’t talk to me, why do you ask?”-Darnal of the Wastes
Skill Changes
Witch Doctor
- Fetish Army: Each Fetish deals 680% (up from 250%) weapon damage as Cold to any nearby enemy as it is summoned.
New Achievements
- MaxLevelNephalemRift2Minutes_Title_Tag: Riftomania
- MaxLevelNephalemRift_T12Minutes_Title_Tag: Rift and Roll
- MaxLevelNephalemRift_T22Minutes_Title_Tag: Rift T2Raff
- MaxLevelNephalemRift_T32Minutes_Title_Tag :Riftacular
- MaxLevelNephalemRift_T42Minutes_Title_Tag :A Rifting Yarn
- MaxLevelNephalemRift_T52Minutes_Title_Tag :Rifticulous
- MaxLevelNephalemRift_T62Minutes_Title_Tag :Maximum Riftness
- MaxLevelNephalemRift_T6_7Min2Minutes_Title_Tag: A Rift in Time
- MaxLevelNephalemRift_T6_6Min2Minutes_Title_Tag: Thriftly Rifting
- MaxLevelNephalemRift_T6_5Min2Minutes_Title_Tag: Ripping Through the Rift
- MaxLevelNephalemRift_T6_4Min2Minutes_Title_Tag: A Swift Rifter
- MaxLevelNephalemRift_T6_3Min2Minutes_Title_Tag: Professional Rift Runner
- ConquestsCursedChestTormentVI_Description_Tag: Kill 300 (up from 200) or more monsters in a Cursed Chest event at level 70 on Torment VI difficulty.
- ConquestsCursedChestTormentVI_HC_Description_Tag: Kill 300 (up from 200) or more monsters in a Cursed Chest event at level 70 on Torment VI difficulty in Hardcore mode.
Miscellaneous Strings
Mail.txt
ReturnedItemTitle: Returned Item
- ReturnedItemBody: This item was in an inaccessible stash tab.
Monsters.txt
- x1_TemplarMaester_Bounty_Camp_Unique01: Maester Licinius
- x1_TemplarMaester_Bounty_Camp_Unique02: Maester Julius
- x1_TemplarMaester_Bounty_Camp_Unique03: Maester Gnaeus
BnetStore_ItemDescriptions.txt
- Cosmetic_Pet_ProtossProbe: Bring it with you on your travels, it’s curious about everything.
- cos_pennant_p2_Anniversary: Third time is the charm.
- Cosmetic_Portrait_Frame_15: You have weathered many Storms in your time as a Hero.
Official Patch Notes
Please note that these only include the changes from the previous PTR patch. For the full notes, please visit the Official Forums.
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
PTR-ONLY CHANGES
- The Wardrobe will now always appear near the Mystic, in all acts
- Items
- Arcstone damage pulses now occur more frequently
- Bane of the Stricken will no longer drop
- Blood Brother's damage bonus can now only be triggered by blocking a melee or ranged attack
- Blocks triggered by ground effects or magic damage are excluded
- Greatly increased the explosion damage of Fallen Lunatics summoned by Nagelring
- Ivory Tower's Fires of Heaven attack can now only be triggered by blocking a melee or ranged attack
- Blocks triggered by ground effects or magic damage are excluded
- The duration and internal cooldown of the bonus damage area created by Oculus Ring has been increased
- Bug Fixes
- Items
- Fixed an issue that prevented charge based skills from benefitting from Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac's Legendary Power
- Fixed an issue that prevented Archon: Combustion, Diamond Skin: Diamond Shards, Frost Nova: Frozen Mist, and Teleport: Calamity from triggering the Tal Rasha's (4) and (6) Set Bonuses
- Fixed an issue that prevented Slow Time from triggering the Tal Rasha's Set Bonuses with the Delsere's Magnum Opus (4) Set Bonus equipped
- Fixed an issue where enemies that were stunned by Slow Time: Point of no Return would sometimes be considered outside of the Slow Time bubble
GENERAL
- A Wardrobe has been added to the town in each act. Clicking on it will open the cosmetic window
- Active Skills
- Dashing Strike
- Dashing Strike will now complete it's animation more quickly
- Active Skills
- Fetish Army
- Skill Rune - Fetish Ambush
- Weapon damage dealt by each Fetish when it is summoned increased from 250% to 680%
- Soul Harvest
- Intelligence bonus granted by each enemy harvested increased from 2% to 3%
- Passive Skills
- Fetish Sycophants
- Fetish Sycophants damage is now increased by your highest elemental damage type at the time of summoning
ITEMS
- Blood Brother
- New Legendary Two-Handed Sword
- Grants a
1015-20% chance to block attacks- Blocked attacks inflict
20%30% less damage- After blocking an attack, your next attack inflicts
20%30% additional damage
- Bastions of Will
- (2) Set Bonus
- Has been redesigned
After castingYour first hit with each cast of a resource-spending attack,gaingrants 50% increased damage for 5 seconds
- Corrupted Ashbringer
- New Legendary Two-Handed Sword
- Upon accumulating 5 skeletons, they explode for
300%1000% weapon damage and the sword transforms into Ashbringer for a short time- Attacking with Ashbringer burns your target for
6000-6200%4500-6000% weapon damage as Holy
- In-Geom
- New Legendary Sword
Your skill cooldowns are reduced by 4-6 seconds- Cooldowns are reduced by 8-10 seconds for 15 seconds after killing an elite pack
- Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac
- Your first hit with each cast of a resource-spending attack reduces the remaining cooldown of one of your skills by 1 second
each time you spendBarbarian
- Immortal King's Boulder Breaker
- Now rolls +
75-100%45-60% Call of the Ancients damage as a fifth primary affix
- Immortal King's Call
- Now has an additional set piece: Legs
- (6) Set Bonus
- New Set Bonus
- While both Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients are active, you deal
500%100%increased damage
Seismic TreadsDread Iron
- New Legendary
BootsBelt
- Ground Stomp causes an Avalanche
Crusader
- Golden Flense
- Wrath per enemy hit increased from 3-4 to 4-6
Demon Hunter
- Natalya's Slayer
- Now rolls +20-25% Rain of Vengeance damage as a fifth primary affix
- Now has additional set pieces: Gloves, and Legs
- Has been redesigned
- (2) Set Bonus
- The cooldown of Rain of Vengeance is reduced by
12 seconds every time you cast a primary skilland by 2 seconds every time you castora Hatred spenderfrom the first hit of each cast of a resource-spending attack
- (6) Set Bonus
- New Set Bonus
- After casting Rain of Vengenace, deal
300%400% increased damage and take 30% reduced damage for 5 seconds
- Zunimassa's String of Skulls
- Now rolls +20-25% Fetish Army damage as a fifth primary affix
Wizard
- Has been redesigned
- (2) Set Bonus
- The meteor that falls from the sky is now a Molten Impact Meteor
- Nilfur's Boast
- New Legendary Boots
- Increases the damage of Meteor by 100%
- Increases the damage of Meteor by
200-250%150-200% when it hits 3 or less enemies
- Tal Rasha's Elements
- Now has additional set pieces: Gloves, and Legs
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented Magic Weapon: Electrify from triggering this set bonus
- (6) Set Bonus
- Attacks increase your damage by
175%150% for 6 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack (maximum of 4). Adding a stack refreshes the duration
- Tal Rasha's Unwavering Glare
- Now rolls +20-25% Meteor damage as a fifth primary affix
- Skull Grasp
- Legendary Power added
- Increases the damage of Whirlwind by
400-450%300-400% weapon damageCrusader
- Denial
- Legendary Power added
- Each enemy hit by your Sweep Attack increases the damage of your next Sweep Attack by 30-40%, stacking up to 5 times
Wizard
- Triumvirate
- Legendary power added
- Your Signature Spells increase the damage of Arcane Orb by
60-80%75-100% for36 seconds, stacking up to 3 timesCRAFTING
- Mystic
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that allowed players to attempt to Transmogrify Legendary Quivers
Awesome, thanks for sharing that! I'll add it to the post.
Still no changes to Inna's I see. How sad.
I hope that the big square on the right side is reserved to display run statistics... Damage dealt, damage taken, Killed Elites, Distance walked, etc.
Yay, just what we all wanted, a giant box UI element covering 3/4 of the screen that isn't wanted or needed. Diablo 3's UI has been pretty awful for blizzard standards.
nvm
Best changes, I spent tens of thousands shards during last few weeks and finally rolled an ancient Tal Rasha source, just for it to be modified with 25% meteor dmg now ^^
lol seems they listened to me about inna's reach. They added +% dmg to mystic allies.
Man that's a lot of nerfs. At least it's good to see WDs get some buffs
Damn, was so hyped to play barbarians in s3, so many build diversity etc. Guess I might aswell play some other game now. Maybe level WD or something for fun. Blizzard really needs someone with brain on how Diablo 3 classes work, how T6 and High grift content works etc to work for them to design sets and items. Cause they literally have no clue what they're doing. "Hey look at this ability, lets make it do 135613613613 more dmg and then nerf it 25 times during PTR. Really needs internal testing etc before put on PTR.
Passive Skills
Finally.
barb nerf will be adjusted. it's mostly for balancing i think. (reaching for the minimum number, instead of repeatedly adjusting by small amounts)
in-geom looks sad now xD
Why is Blizzard messing with the IK set so much?!?! I was hyped to see the possibility of perma-WoTB again, and everything else was just icing on the cake...now my cake has less and less icing on it, and it's turning into one of those gross pound cakes...you know the ones...they're all dry because your aunt doesn't know what she's doing, but you eat it anyway because your folks tell you she's in a rough spot and its either we eat the gross pound cake or we get invited to another one of her cat funerals.
Still no update to Vyr / Earth?
Gone are the days when Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac gave +50 res all and +20 to all stats. Good old Griswold used to sell me that stuff.
Sweep attack shield Why the hell not a pair of bracers or a belt, How sad..
....Reaaaaly wish we had these Roland/Sweep changes this season Love the play style, just doesn't do enough damage atm for T6+.