Diablo IV Update 1.008
Greetings, brave warriors of the barbarian class! We bring you exciting news and thrilling updates to strengthen you on the battlefield. In this latest patch, we’ve made significant changes to skills to enhance your Challenge Shout abilities and introduce two fascinating legendary aspects: the Swarming Chef Aspect and the Dire Cyclone Aspect. Get ready for an epic journey of power and conquest!
We’re enhancing Challenging Shout’s defensive capabilities by increasing damage reduction at skill level. Now, at the pinnacle of your training, your cry of challenge will provide a greater shield against incoming attacks, making you an indomitable force on the front lines.
Diablo IV Update 1.008 Patch Notes
barbarian
Skill changes
challenge cry
- Damage reduction gained by skill level reduced from 4% to 2%
Legend changes
The face of a bold chief
- Cooldown reduction per nearby enemy reduced from 2.7-5.4 seconds to 1.0-1.9 seconds. Maximum cooldown reduction reduced from 12 seconds to 6 seconds.
The face of the terrible whirlwind
- Critical strike chance increase reduced from 5-10% to 3-8%. Maximum critical strike bonus reduced from 20-40% to 9-24%.
Druid
Skill changes
smash
- Lucky hit rate reduced from 33% to 25%.
thunderstorm
- Damage increased from 32% to 40%.
Grizzly Fury
- Damage bonus increased from 5/10/15% to 6/12/18%.
Class specialization
obsidian slam
- Number of kills required to reward increased from 10 to 20.
the calm before the storm
- Lucky hit rate reduced from 15% to 10%.
passive change
electric shock
- Damage bonus increased from 5/10/15% to 6/12/18%.
Legend changes
Shock wave aspect
- Damage reduced from 90-130% to 60-100%.
Gravel aspect
- Critical hit damage reduced from 40-50% to 30-40%.
Lightning Dancer Appearance
- Flat damage increased from 0.5-.6 to 0.7-.8.
Necromancer
Skill changes
blood gun
- Damage increased from 67.5% to 80%.
Army of the Undead
- Damage increased from 30% to 45%.
- Cooldown reduced from 90 seconds to 70 seconds.
blood wave
- Damage increased from 90% to 120%.
passive change
Shadowblight
- Damage increased from 20% to 22%.
grim harvest
- Essence gain reduced from 3/6/9 to 2/4/6.
sawtooth
- Critical hit rate reduced from 0.5/1/1.5% to 0.3/.6/.9%.
death defense
- Maximum minion health lost in a single damage instance reduced from 75/60/45% to 60/45/30%.
Class specialization
Resurrection Skeleton
- The skeleton warrior’s attack power increases by 10%.
golem
- The puppet’s attack power increases by 10%.
blood golem
- Blood Golem life drain damage increased from 40% to 90%.
- Blood Golem’s health drain healing from enemies hit increased from 4% to 5%.
iron giant
- Iron Golem slam damage increased from 25% to 175%.
- Iron Golem shockwave damage increased from 30% to 40%.
Necromancer Paragon Board Changes
huge monster
- Golem health and damage bonus increased from 30% to 40% health.
cult leader
- Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%.
rogue
Skill changes
twist blade
- Advanced Twist Blade cooldown per enemy hit reduced from 0.25 seconds to 0.1 seconds.
- Advanced Twisting Blade maximum cooldown reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds.
raging fire
- Damage increased from 24% to 30%.
Shroud of Darkness
- Damage reduction per Shadow gained from skill level reduced from 0.8% to 0.4%.
sprint
- Dash critical strike damage bonus increased from 20% to 15%.
water chestnut
- Damage increased from 30% to 40%.
passive change
shock
- Critical hit chance reduced from 5/10/15% to 4/8/12%.
Legendary affix changes
repeat
- Maximum minion health lost in a single damage instance reduced from 75/60/45% to 60/45/30%.
wizard
Skill changes
arc whip
- Lucky hit rate reduced from 30% to 14%.
- Blinking Arc Lash cooldown reduced from 0.25 seconds to 0.15 seconds.
transmit
- Glimmer Teleport damage reduction duration reduced from 5 seconds to 3 seconds.
Legendary affix changes
control aspect
- Bonus damage reduced from 30-40% to 25-35%.
General
Other category changes
Druid Companions and Necromancer Servants
- Maximum sustained damage taken per instance of damage reduced from 2% to 1% of maximum health.
Paragon Board of Directors Changes
Rare nodes
- Player attack speed nodes are reduced by 50%.
glyph
- All glyph reward scaling has been reduced by approximately 34%, with the following exceptions:
- The bonus for the Critical Damage Glyph has been reduced by approximately 66%.
- Glyph of Fragility rewards reduced by approximately 66%.
- Glyph rewards for rare nodes have been reduced by approximately 50%.
- Glyph rewards for magic nodes have been reduced by approximately 40%.
- Glyph rewards for cold/fire/lightning/non-physical/physical nodes are reduced by approximately 62.5%.
Monster changes
- Significantly reduced the spawn rate of Treasure Goblins in PvP areas.
Bug fixes
- Fixed the name of the Lightbearer’s mount.
- The “Go to Shop” button in the wardrobe now correctly opens the shop.
- Fixed an issue that would cause a wizard to become permanently unconscious if they used Deep Freeze and were affected by another effect that froze them.
- Other stability and crash fixes.
Stablize
- Fixed an issue where players using high-speed NVMe SSDs would experience game freezes upon startup.
- Various issues causing crashes have been fixed.
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