Diablo 4 Patch 1.3.0 notes drop with new Uniques and class balancing including a fix to Ball Lightning Sorcerers in time for Season 3
Season of the Construct is coming and so are some changes to all classes
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What you need to know
Diablo 4 Patch 1.3.0 notes just dropped, following yeserdays meaty 1.5 hour long Developer Livestream with the team behind our favorite aRPG. Along with all the seasonal activities, new dungeons and new story quest we can expect to enjoy we have a bunch of updates coming to the game including class balancing. Namely a bug fix that made Lightning Sorcerer overpowered in the Season of Blood, and some much needed improvements to other classes making more builds viable for end game. If you didn’t catch the stream you can watch it below or read our round up of what to expect fromSeason of the Construct. In the meantime though, lets dive into those patch notes for patch 1.3.0 which also drops on January 23.
All Classes
The developer’s note at the start of this section reads:“It’s important to us that when a player chooses to fully invest in a Skill, the payoff is immense. In pursuit of this goal, several of our new Unique and Legendary items are targeting Skills that have yet to reach their full potential. We’re excited to see what players accomplish with our new Unique items for Barbarian’s Rend, Druid’s Lightning Storm, and Sorcerer’s Meteor. We’re also targeting some pressing issues for each Class. Necromancers with Cult Leader should see their Minions strike a bit harder, Barbarians shouldn’t feel that 3 Shouts are a requirement for their success, and Sorceresses applying Vulnerable with Lightning Spear should open new build opportunities. There are also Class updates to items and Skills that are underperforming, such as the Rogue’s Ranged Unique Items, and the Necromancer’s Golem.”
New items for all classes
Paingorger’s Gauntlets – Unique Gloves
Aspect of Adaptability – Utility
Juggernaut’s Aspect – Defensive
Item updates
Ring of Starless Skies
Melted Heart of Selig
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Change to Overpower
Barbarian changes
New items
Ring of the Ravenous
Aspect of Sundered Ground – Offensive
Barbarian Skills
Charge
Leap
Barbarian passives
Brute Force
Walking Arsenal
Unconstrained
Gushing Wounds
Weapon Expertise
Paragon
Marshal Glyph
Item Updates
Resource Aspect of Echoing Fury
Offensive Aspect of Limitless Rage
Veteran Brawler’s Offensive Aspect
Offensive Aspect of Ancestral Charge
Offensive Aspect of Encroaching Wrath
Ring of Red Furor
Druid changes
New items
Unsung Ascetic’s Wraps
Virulent Aspect – Utility
Skills
Enhanced Rabies
Lacerate
Prime Lacerate
Cataclysm
Supreme Cataclysm
Passives
Mending
Thick Hide
Unrestrained
Natural Fortitude
Bestial Rampage
Spirit Boons
Prickleskin
Gift of the Stag
Avian Wrath
Paragon
Tectonic
Poise
Wilds
Item Updates
Aspect of the Blurred Beast
Aspect of Metamorphic Stone
Aspect of the Unsatiated
Aspect of Retaliation
Necromancer changes
New Items
Mutilator Plate
Shattered Spirit’s Aspect – Offensive
Skills
Iron Maiden
Horrid Iron Maiden
Corpse Explosion
Blight
Sever
Bone spirit
Dreadful Bone Spirit
Acolyte’s Decompose
Initiate’s Decompose
Dreadful Blood Mist
Bone Prison
Enhanced Bone Prison
Ghastly Bone Prison
Dreadful Bone Prison
Passives
Ossified Essence
Book of the Dead
Golem
Paragon
Cult Leader Legendary Paragon Node
Golem
Item Updates
Aspect of Swelling Curse
Torturous Aspect
Rotting Aspect
Hulking Aspect
Rogue changes
New Items
Beastfall Boots
Resistant Assailant’s Aspect – Defensive
Skills
Blade Shift
Fundamental Invigorating Strike
Enhanced Caltrops
Rain of Arrows
Cold Imbuement
Blended Cold Imbuement
Mixed Poison Imbuement
Forceful Arrow
Enhanced Penetrating Shot
Improved Penetrating Shot
Passives
Close Quarters Combat
Precision
Chilling Weight
Concussive
Paragon
Leyrana’s Instinct
Item Updates
Bladedancer’s Aspect
Aspect of Stolen Vigor
Icy Alchemist
Toxic Alchemist
Windforce
Skyhunter
Eaglehorn
Sorcerer changes
New Items
Starfall Coronet
Aspect of Shredding Blades – Offensive
Skills
Ball Lightning
Blizzard
Lightning Spear
Paragon
Searing Heat
Elemental Summoner
Burning Instinct
Item Updates
Offensive Aspect of Shattered Stars
Staff of Lam Esen
Iceheart Brais
Gameplay
End-game activities
Items
Developer’s Note:World Bosses are intended to reward powerful loot for your level. With this change, at a high level, players will see maximum Item Power gear from World Bosses at higher levels.
The Item Power ranges for items dropped by end-game bosses, such as Varshan and Zir, have been decreased for Rare and Legendary Items. Unique Item Power has not been changed. Examples (note that the current range for Unique Items was previously the range for all items):
Nightmare Dungeon Item Power scaling has been adjusted to more consistently drop high Item Power loot in high Tier Nightmare Dungeons. Examples:
Miscellaneous
User interface and experience
The new Respec options allows players to easily refund or re-add their Skills in a flexible way. Our goal with these additionsis to make purchasing and refunding Nodes less time consuming while encouraging players to experiment more.
Bug Fixes
Accessibility
Gameplay
Barbarian
Druid
Necromancer
Rogue
Sorcerer
The developers added a note here to address Ball Lightning specifically as it was a clear dominator during Season 2, and this wasn’t the intention. “Ball Lightning was dealing an unintended amount of damage because of its Enhanced upgrade. This bug fix returns the amount of damage done by this Skill to intended quantities.”
User interface and experience
Quest and dungeons
Miscellaneous
Jen is a News Writer for Windows Central, focused on all things gaming and Microsoft. Anything slaying monsters with magical weapons will get a thumbs up such as Dark Souls, Dragon Age, Diablo, and Monster Hunter. When not playing games, she’ll be watching a horror or trash reality TV show, she hasn’t decided which of those categories the Kardashians fit into. You can follow Jen on Twitter@Jenbox360for more Diablo fangirling and general moaning about British weather.
