Version 1.2.0

Version History
← 1.1.5e August 7, 2014	1.2.0 August 20, 2014	1.2.0b → August 22, 2014

Version 1.2.0 introduces the Forsaken Masters expansion, which adds new content and features to the core game.

Patch notes

These are the official patch notes for version 1.2.0 released by Grinding Gear Games.

Notes

Due to substantial balance changes, every existing character has been granted an optional full passive reset. To use this, click the "Reset all Passives" button on the passive skill screen. Note that you must use this before allocating or refunding any other points otherwise the option will go away.

New Three-Month Challenge Leagues

• Challenge leagues are a great opportunity for a fresh start. All your old characters and items are still present in the Standard and Hardcore leagues, but you're encouraged to join the new economies, complete challenges and climb the ladder!
• This pair of challenge leagues will run for three months - from August 20 to November 20, US time.
• The new challenge leagues include a set of eight new challenges! Players who complete five or eight of the challenges receive an exclusive microtransaction helmet skin. The first 50 players to complete all eight challenges will receive an exclusive Rampage/Beyond challenge shirt.
• Rampage: Rampage is a standard league where kill streaks cause devastating effects to occur. Each kill causes you to become slightly faster and deal more damage. The kill streak wears off after five seconds of no kills.
• Beyond: Beyond is a Hardcore league (characters who die are converted to Standard characters). In the Beyond league, demons from another realm are attempting to invade Wraeclast. Monster kills have a chance to cause small portals to appear. If enough portals spawn close together, a larger portal opens and demons flow forth. Several of those larger portals close together can open a third tier that results in one of several truly terrifying entities to emerge.
• Out of the 15 total Unique items added in this update, there are three new Unique items that can only drop in in the Rampage challenge league, and three that can only drop in the Beyond challenge league.

Core Forsaken Masters Features

• Seven men and women, masters in their fields, stood against Dominus' tyranny. Some with words, others with steel. Seven masters forsaken, sent to die in a corrupted land. Seven masters who lived, learned, and now thrive in Wraeclast. Seven Forsaken Masters who can train you... if you choose to help them.

• The seven Masters each have their own style of mission and each of these missions has many variations. As you explore deeper into Wraeclast, the pool of available variations increases to challenge you in new ways. All of the missions and their variations can occur anywhere in the game, including within end-game Maps. Once you've helped a master with their mission once, they appear in regular towns to talk to.
• Completing missions earns you reputation (which contributes to the level of that master) and favour (used for purchasing decorations for your hideout).
• Each master acts as a vendor for items. The range of items increases with each master level (up to a chance at being offered a Unique item at level 8). Their inventory refreshes after you start each daily mission with them.
• Each master has one special build-enabling crafting mod that is only available on a magic item sold by them. It's up to you whether you use it as-is, augment it to add one more mod or use RegalRegal OrbStack Size: 20Upgrades a magic item to a rare itemRight click this item then left click a magic item to apply it. Current modifiers are retained and a new one is added./Exalted orbExalted OrbStack Size: 20Augments a rare item with a new random modifierRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. Rare items can have up to six random modifiers. to try to create an amazing rare.
• You can claim a personalised hideout for free from any level 3 or higher master. Once you have a hideout, you can travel there using the waypoint panel. Hideouts are shared among all your characters in that league. Each master has their own distinctive hideout tileset on offer.
• You can allow access to friends, party members and guild members from within your hideout (on the Hideout Stash screen). Hideouts can hold up to 32 players at once.
• Once masters are at level 2, they can be invited to your hideout. While in your hideout, they offer you daily missions which provide 250% reputation and favour. If your friends help you with a daily mission, they receive normal reputation and favour.
• The size of your hideout affects how many masters it can hold. It starts with a capacity of two, but can be upgraded to three or four when your master reaches levels six and eight respectively. This also modifies the amount of space in your hideout.
• Dismissing a master from your hideout removes any reputation they have on their current level.
• Talking to a master in your hideout allows you to receive a Crafting Bench that can be placed in your hideout. The bench levels up with the master and has more options with each level. You can still use a crafting bench even after you've dismissed that master from your hideout. Visitors can't use your crafting benches.
• Vorici allows you to modify an item's sockets and links with his crafting bench.
• Zana allows you to open end-game Maps at a personal Map Device in your hideout. Mods can be purchased that affect the Map as it is opened.
• The other five masters allow you to craft an mod onto an item. To craft an item, click on the bench, place an item in the window and select a mod. Mods purchased in this way appear in a slightly different colour than normal. They can be removed by level 8 crafting benches.
• Note that these mods obey normal rules. You can't have more than three prefixes, three suffixes or six mods in total. You can't craft a mod onto a magic item that has both a prefix and a suffix. It must be upgraded to a rare item with a Regal Orb first.
• Hideout decorations can be purchased from masters in exchange for favour. Each master has a separate favour total. These decorations appear in your Hideout Stash. You can place them in the world by right clicking on them and clicking somewhere in your hideout. They can then be dragged around, rotated (use the radial slider or R/Shift+R keys) or reclaimed (Delete key). The arrow keys can also be used to move the selected decoration. The mousewheel (or PageUp/PageDown keys) cycles between different variations of the decoration.
• Forsaken Masters supporter packs include hideout banners. These appear in your microtransaction stash and can also be placed in the world as decorations. When reclaimed, these will go to your microtransaction stash. We will later sell some other cosmetic hideout decorations/environments/tilesets in our microtransaction shop.
• When the new challenge leagues end, your hideout stashes will be merged with the destination leagues (Rampage with Standard, Beyond with Hardcore). Your favour totals will be added together. The highest reputation value with each master will be used.

Major Features/Content

• We've added an optional Quest Tracker, which displays your current quest objectives on the right side of the screen. This is also used to display the current objective of the Master Mission you're in at the time.
• We've added various Tutorials to the start of the game. They're designed to be non-intrusive and can be disabled or reset in the options.
• Added a new Dexterity skill: Tornado ShotTornado ShotAttack, Projectile, Bow
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (10-12) Mana
  Attack Speed: 80% of base
  Attack Damage: (100-120)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (100-120)%Requires Level 28Fires a piercing shot that travels until it reaches the targeted location. It will then fire projectiles out in all directions from that point, which will travel for a short time before disappearing.Fires 3 secondary Projectiles
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (2-40)% increased Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Fire a piercing shot that travels until it reaches the targeted location. It will then fire projectiles out in all directions from that point.
• Added a new Strength/Intelligence skill: Herald of AshHerald of AshSpell, AoE, Fire, Herald, Duration
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: 25% Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: Instant
  AoE Radius: 10Requires Level 16Grants a buff providing fire damage based on your physical damage. While you have this buff, if you kill an enemy, other enemies near them will be burned based on the overkill damage. The burn inflicted by this skill can only be affected by modifiers to damage over time (burning damage is damage over time).Base duration is 4.00 seconds
  (0-38)% more Burning Damage
  Buff grants 15% of your Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
  Buff grants (9-12)% more Spell Fire Damage
  Base Burning Damage is 25% of Overkill Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Base burning damage is an additional (0.25-5)% of Overkill DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Channel fire through your hands, adding fire to your physical damage. If you kill an enemy with an attack, other enemies near them will be ignited for the overkill damage.
• Added a new Dexterity/Intelligence skill: Herald of IceHerald of IceSpell, AoE, Cold, Herald
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: 25% Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: Instant
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 80%Requires Level 16Grants a buff adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, this skill will cause them to explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. This damage is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.Deals (18-308) to (26-462) Cold Damage
  Damage cannot be Reflected
  Base radius is 1.2 metres
  Buff grants (4-38) to (5-56) Added Attack Cold Damage
  Buff grants (4-38) to (5-56) Added Spell Cold Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.01-0.2) metres to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Channel ice through your hands, adding cold damage to spells and attacks. If you shatter an enemy, they explode and deal cold damage to enemies near them.
• Added a new Dexterity skill: Poacher's MarkPoacher's MarkPhysical, Spell, Curse, Mark
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 16Curses a single enemy, lowering their physical damage reduction, and adding physical damage to all hits against them. Attacking the cursed enemy will grant life and mana, and killing them will grant a frenzy charge. You can only have one Mark at a time.Cursed enemies have a 100% chance to grant a Frenzy Charge when slain
  Cursed enemies grant (15-50) Life when Hit by Attacks
  Cursed enemies grant (8-25) Mana when Hit by Attacks
  Cursed enemies have -20% to Physical Damage Reduction
  Adds (3-30) to (4-45) Physical Damage to Hits against Cursed Enemies
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Cursed Enemies have a (0.25-5)% chance to grant a Frenzy Charge when HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: A curse that reduces enemy evasion, grants you life and mana when you hit them, increases your flask charge gain and has a chance to grant you a Frenzy Charge when you kill them.
• Added a new Strength/Intelligence support gem: Generosity SupportGenerosity SupportSupport, Aura
  Icon: G
  Level: (1-20)Requires Level 31Supports aura skills that affect you and allies, increasing the aura's effect on allies, but preventing it from affecting you at all. Cannot support curse auras, or other auras that only affect enemies. Cannot support skills used by totems. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Auras do not affect you
  Non-Curse Auras from Supported Skills have (20-39)% increased Effect
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (2-40)% increased Aura Area of EffectThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: Auras linked to Generosity have increased Aura effect for your allies, but do not affect you.
• Many boss fights (including Brutus and Merveil) have been improved. See the notes below for specific changes.
• Added 15 new Unique items. Seven of these were designed by supporters.

Minor Features/Content

• We've added a new Duelist Rogue Exile called Zacharie Desmarais. This exile uses Molten StrikeMolten StrikeAttack, Projectile, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 6 Mana
  Attack Damage: (110-185)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110-185)%
  Projectile Speed: 750Infuses your melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. This attack causes balls of molten magma to launch forth from the enemies you hit, divided amongst all enemies hit by the strike. These will deal area attack damage to enemies where they land.(2-75) to (3-113) Added Fire Damage
  Fires 4 Projectiles
  60% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  +(0.2-0.6) metres to Melee Strike Range
  Projectiles deal 50% less Damage with Hits and Ailments
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Projectiles deal (0.5-10)% more Damage with Hits and AilmentsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Lightning StrikeLightning StrikeAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 6 Mana
  Attack Damage: (135-225)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135-225)%Requires Level 12Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as projectiles as you strike, flying out to hit farther-away enemies. The projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hit a target.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
  (1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning Damage
  Fires 3 Projectiles
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Fires +(0.05-1) ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
• We've added a new Marauder Rogue Exile called Vickas Giantbone. This exile uses Ethereal KnivesEthereal KnivesSpell, Projectile, Physical
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (5-20) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 220%
  Projectile Speed: 1300Fires an arc of knives outwards in front of the caster which deal physical damage.Deals (7-949) to (10-1423) Physical Damage
  Fires (10-13) Projectiles
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Fires +(0.1-2) ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. totems and Bear TrapBear TrapTrap, Spell, Duration, Physical
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-23) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
  Can Store 3 Use(s)
  Cast Time: 1.00 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 300%Requires Level 4Throws a trap that damages and immobilises a single enemy for a duration based on how much damage was dealt. After the immobilise expires, a debuff remains on the enemy for a duration, lowering their movement speed by an amount which lessens over time. The affected enemy will take increased damage from traps and mines until the debuff expires. Modifiers to spell damage do not affect this skill's damage.Deals (16-1447) to (22-2026) Physical Damage
  Traps do not Trigger at the end of their Duration
  Trap lasts 4 seconds
  Base duration is 3.00 seconds
  Locks enemy in place
  Enemies take 25% increased Damage from Trap or Mine Hits
  Enemies have 80% less Movement Speed when the Debuff starts
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Base duration is (0.05-1) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. as well as VulnerabilityVulnerabilitySpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Physical, Hex
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curse all targets in an area, causing them to take increased physical damage. Attacks against the cursed enemies have a chance to inflict bleeding.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
  +(0-1) metre to radius
  Cursed enemies take (15-30)% increased Physical Damage
  Attacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 25% chance to inflict Bleeding
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Duration of Bleeding on Cursed EnemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. curse and EnfeebleEnfeebleSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, reducing their accuracy and making them deal less damage.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
  +(0-1) metre to radius
  Cursed enemies have (10-19)% reduced Accuracy Rating
  Cursed Normal or Magic enemies deal (15-29)% less Damage
  Cursed Rare or Unique enemies deal (9-18)% less Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Curse DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. on Damage Taken.
• We've added a new Shadow Rogue Exile called Wilorin Demontamer. He uses Ball LightningBall LightningSpell, Projectile, AoE, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (12-23) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.70 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%
  Projectile Speed: 400
  AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 28Fires a slow-moving projectile that damages each enemy in an area around it repeatedly with bolts of lightning.Deals (2-32) to (47-617) Lightning Damage
  Base radius is 1.8 metres
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Storm CallStorm CallSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-16) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 250%Requires Level 12Sets a marker at a location. After a short duration, lightning strikes the marker, dealing damage around it and causing lightning strikes at any other markers you've cast.Deals (21-949) to (39-1762) Lightning Damage
  Base duration is 1.50 seconds
  +(0-0.6) metres to radius
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.75-15)% chance for Lightning to Strike the Marker when CastPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and specialises in Critical Strikes.
• Added PvP Spectator mode. Use the new /spectate (character name) command or right-click someone on your friends list and choose the Spectate option. The specified character must be a mutual friend currently in a PvP area. You must also meet the quest and level requirements for that area yourself. You can use /town to return to your most recent town. You can use the arrow keys to change the perspective of which character you're spectating.
• We've substantially improved the detail of error messages for various activities. For example, when a currency item fails to apply to another item, it now gives a detailed error message explaining why.
• We've improved the user interface and moved many commonly used elements to a menu to make feature discovery easier for new players.
• When respecialising bandit quests, if the use of the book would fail, you now receive an error message explaining why. If it would succeed, you now see a confirmation prompt that explains what will change.
• Flasks now refill when entering a PvP area, unless you're in a Famine league.
• The mouseover tooltip for skills now has comma delimitation for thousands of DPS.
• Chickens have been added to the Forest Encampment.
• Added an effect for long-duration stuns.
• Added a new Frenzy effect.
• 3D art has been added for the following items: Prismatic EclipsePrismatic Eclipse
  Twilight BladeOne Handed Sword
  Physical Damage: (90-100) to (157-166)
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.30
  Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 53, 91 Str, 91 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy Rating+8% Chance to Block Attack Damage while Dual Wielding
  Adds (60-70) to (71-80) Physical Damage
  25% increased Global Physical Damage with Weapons per Red Socket
  12% increased Global Attack Speed per Green Socket
  0.4% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Mana per Blue Socket
  +0.2 metres to Melee Strike Range per White Socket"A raging Solaris seared and contorted the orb's surface.
  A despairing Lunaris filled the scars with her tears.
  Yet Viridi remained, trapped within, forever more."
  - Azmerian Creation Myth, Storm CloudStorm Cloud
  Long BowBow
  Elemental Damage: 1-85
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Attacks per Second: (1.77-1.95)Requires Level 9, 38 DexNo Physical Damage
  Adds 1 to 85 Lightning Damage
  (36-50)% increased Attack SpeedCenturies of development in steel armoursmithing
  turned the armies of the Eternal Empire
  into very effective lightning rods., Alternate Art BrightbeakBrightbeak
  War HammerOne Handed Mace
  Physical Damage: (19.5-22.75) to (46.5-54.25)
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.25%
  Attacks per Second: 2.10
  Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 20, 71 Str10% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold(50-75)% increased Physical Damage
  45% increased Attack Speed
  25% increased Critical Strike Chance
  +(20-30)% to Fire Resistance
  +(20-30)% to Lightning Resistance"I know how to say 'faster' and 'attack' in Karui, Marak and Ezo."
  - Voll of Thebrus and The Three DragonsThe Three Dragons
  Golden MaskEvasion: (96-103)
  Energy Shield: (20-22)Requires Level 35, 40 Dex, 40 Int+(26-30)% to all Elemental Resistances
  Your Fire Damage can Shock but not Ignite
  Your Cold Damage can Ignite but not Freeze or Chill
  Your Lightning Damage can Freeze but not Shock"The ice seared his naked feet
  As the lightning stilled his heart,
  But it was the flames upon his lover's face
  That roused him to vengeance."
  - From 'The Three Dragons' by Victario of Sarn.
• Continued to incrementally improve the sound, art, effects and environments.

Content from the Ambush/Invasion Leagues

• After the last two challenge leagues ended, we've folded their content into the core Path of Exile experience in the following ways:
• Strongboxes can now spawn in all leagues, starting from the Submerged Passage in Normal difficulty. The weightings of each Strongbox type has been adjusted with ordinary Strongboxes being much more common than other variants. Mods for these Strongboxes have been adjusted. Cartographer's Boxes now have lower values of some Strongbox mods.
• The new quiver progression added in Ambush and Invasion has now been introduced to all leagues. The old Standard and Hardcore quivers will no longer drop. The unique BlackgleamBlackgleam
  Blazing Arrow QuiverRequires Level 45Adds (12-15) to (24-27) Fire Damage to Attacks10% increased Attack Speed
  +(80-100) to Evasion Rating
  +(10-30) to maximum Mana
  50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  5 to 10 Added Fire Damage with Bow AttacksMolten feathers, veiled spark,
  Hissing arrows from the dark. will drop on the Fire Arrow Quiver basetype. The unique BroadstrokeBroadstroke
  Heavy QuiverRequires Level 5Adds 1 to 4 Physical Damage to Attacks30% increased Global Physical Damage
  (10-15)% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold
  (20-30)% increased Stun Duration on EnemiesSeeing only foot soldiers, the Sarn Knights cast aside
  their heavy shields... and paid dearly for their mistake. will no longer drop.
• The VoideyeVoideye
  Unset RingRequires Level 45Has 1 Socket+5 to Level of Socketed GemsThe darker the eye, the more diligent the watched. and Vaal CaressVaal Caress
  Bronzescale GauntletsArmour: (110-148)
  Evasion: (110-148)Requires Level 27, 22 Str, 22 Dex+5 to Level of Socketed Vaal Gems
  -5 to Level of Socketed Non-Vaal Gems
  (120-140)% increased Armour and Evasion
  +(50-70) to maximum Life
  +40% to Cold Resistance
  You gain Onslaught for 20 seconds on using a Vaal Skill"The gems are strangely human at times.
  They simply love to be held."
  - Doryani, First Seer to the Queen Unique items will no longer drop, as they are homed to the Ambush and Invasion leagues.
• The Invasion monster pack and guest-monster system has been made standard for the entire game. Early areas have some new monster varieties as a result, and there's more monster diversity in later difficulties.
• Some Invasion bosses have been reintroduced as regular unique monsters:
• The Guardian of the Mound has been rebalanced and added to The Prisoner's Gate.
• Spinesnap has been rebalanced and added to the Slums Sewers.
• The Revenant has been rebalanced and added to The Docks.
• Tailsinger has been rebalanced and added to The Riverways.
• Kall Foxfly has been rebalanced and added to The Blackwood.

General Balance Changes

• Player life per level has been increased from 8 to 12.
• Monster elemental resistances have been reworked. Many of the more common monsters types no longer have resistances in Normal difficulty. Some more challenging monster types will have resistances and Unique monsters will have a large amount of an appropriate resistance. All main questline, Map and corrupted area bosses have elemental and chaos resistance, though at a lower value.
• All cases of "snapshotting" have been fixed. If you change your items or support gems, then any persistent effects of skills (for example, minions or auras) will update to reflect the changes. You no longer gain benefit from items or gems that are not currently equipped.
• Shock and Shocked Ground have been changed so that they cause 50% increased damage taken (rather than 30%) but no longer stack. They do not stack with each other either. "Cannot Be Shocked" now prevents players being affected by either Shocked Ground or Shock itself.
• Higher level maps are now slightly harder than before.
• Corrupted secret areas offer greater a chance of fragments in later difficulties. The chance of corrupted secret areas spawning has been adjusted.

Corrupted secret areas can no longer spawn in the first area of an act (the one before the town of the act).

• Blind SupportBlind SupportSupport
  Icon: x
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills have 10% chance to Blind enemies on hit
  Supported Skills have (0-38)% increased Blinding duration
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.5-10)% increased Blind EffectThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. now reduces hit chance by 50% rather than by 75%.
• Both physical and elemental damage reflection from monster auras have been reduced from 15% to 14% reflection.
• In 1v1 duels and 3v3 PvP, Conversion TrapConversion TrapTrap, Spell, Duration
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-23) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec
  Can Store 3 Use(s)
  Cast Time: 1.00 secRequires Level 4Throws a trap that, when triggered by an enemy, converts that enemy to your side for a short duration. Does not affect unique monsters or players.Traps do not Trigger at the end of their Duration
  Trap lasts 4 seconds
  Base duration is (5.30-10.00) seconds
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Base duration is (0.2-4) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. no longer affects players.
• The Trap and Mine support gems now have multiplicative damage bonuses that are specific to traps and mines respectively. This means that you can't cast a skill through a trap and a mine for double bonuses. In addition, Trap and Mine damage bonuses now do not benefit minions cast through traps or mines.
• The Inspiration SupportInspiration SupportCritical, Support
  Icon: r
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 31Supports any skill. Minions, Totems, Traps and Mines cannot gain Inspiration Charges.Supported Skills have (25-34)% reduced Mana Cost
  Gain an Inspiration Charge when you Spend Mana on Upfront
  Costs or Effects of Supported Skills
  Supported Skills have (6-8)% increased Critical Strike Chance per Inspiration Charge
  Supported Skills deal (3-5)% more Elemental Damage per Inspiration Charge
  Lose all Inspiration Charges after Spending a total of (122-800) Mana on Upfront Costs and Effects of Supported Skills
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.25-5)% reduced Mana CostThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. support gem is now available for all classes as a quest reward.
• Totem life increases have been increased to compensate for the fixing of a bug where they applied twice.

General Skill Balance

• Early quest rewards have been reworked. The Shadow now gets Viper StrikeViper StrikeAttack, Duration, Melee, Strike, Chaos
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 5 Mana
  Attack Damage: (90-154)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (90-154)%Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to chaos damage and inflicting poison which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. If dual wielding, will strike with both weapons. Requires a claw, dagger or sword.30% less Attack Speed if Dual Wielding
  Each Weapon Hits separately if Dual Wielding, dealing 20% less Damage
  Base duration is 4.00 seconds
  (5-169) to (7-254) Added Chaos Damage
  60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
  60% chance to Poison on Hit
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Base duration is (0.05-1) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. as their first gem, while the Duelist gets Double StrikeDouble StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, Physical
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 5 Mana
  Attack Speed: 80% of base
  Attack Damage: (91-140)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (91-140)%Performs two fast strikes with a melee weapon.25% chance to cause Bleeding
  Adds (3-113) to (5-169) Physical Damage against Bleeding Enemies
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% chance to deal Double Damage to Bleeding EnemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. Several other early rewards have been changed and adjusted.
• The mana cost of all skills has been revised. In general most skills have had their mana costs reduced. Much of the mana cost reduction is focused on skill levels that fall between player levels 20 and 40.
• Vaal skills can no longer be supported by Trigger Gems.

Skill Reworks

• Creeping FrostCreeping FrostSpell, Projectile, Duration, AoE, Cold
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (7-20) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 120%
  Projectile Speed: 844
  AoE Radius: 12Requires Level 12Fire an icy projectile that bursts on impact or when reaching the targeted area, dealing area damage and creating a chilling area that deals cold damage over time. This area will creep across the ground towards nearby enemies until its duration expires.Deals (11-568) to (16-847) Cold Damage
  Base duration is 5.00 seconds
  Deals (18.4-2225.7) Base Cold Damage per second
  Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
  Base radius is 1.5 metres
  Base secondary radius is 1.8 metres
  Can have up to 10 Chilling Areas
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.01-0.2) metres to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Cast time has been reduced from 1000ms to 800ms. The mana cost has been reduced further than other skills to account for the change in cast time. Its damage has been reduced by 20%. The same change was applied to monster versions of this skill, though to a lesser or no extent if they had a cooldown or mana cost.
• Burning ArrowBurning ArrowAttack, Projectile, Fire, Bow
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (7-12) Mana
  Attack Speed: 70% of base
  Attack Damage: (200-300)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (200-300)%
  Projectile Speed: 3260Fires a burning arrow that deals fire damage and has a chance to ignite.Adds (3-201) to (4-302) Fire Damage to Attacks against Ignited Enemies
  25% chance to Ignite enemies
  100% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% more Damage with IgnitePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: This skill now deals 130% of base damage, has 50% converted to fire, and has a fixed ignite chance. It gains increased burning damage and physical damage per level.
• Cold SnapCold SnapSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (11-28) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: 0.85 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 320%
  AoE Radius: 16Requires Level 16Creates a sudden burst of cold in a targeted area, damaging enemies. Also creates an expanding area which is filled with chilled ground, and deals cold damage over time to enemies. Enemies that die while in the area have a chance to grant Frenzy Charges. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.Deals (34-1440) to (51-2160) Cold Damage
  Base duration is 5.00 seconds
  Deals (28.7-1895.4) Base Cold Damage per second
  Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
  Burst Base radius is 1.5 metres
  Chilled Ground Base initial radius is 1.5 metres
  Chilled Ground Base final radius is 3 metres
  25% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when an Enemy Dies while in this Skill's Area
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% more Effect of ChillPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: We changed the freeze chance to 30% at all levels. We increased the damage of Cold Snap by 50% at all levels.
• Critical WeaknessAssassin's MarkCritical, Spell, Curse, Mark
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 16Curses a single enemy, making them more vulnerable to Critical Strikes. Killing the cursed enemy will grant life and mana, and a power charge. You can only have one Mark at a time.Cursed enemies have a 100% chance to grant a Power Charge when slain
  Hits against Cursed Enemies have +1.5% to Critical Strike Chance
  Hits against Cursed Enemies have +(30-49)% to Critical Strike Multiplier
  Cursed enemies grant (65-600) Life when Killed
  Cursed enemies grant (25-80) Mana when Killed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Cursed Enemies have a (0.25-5)% chance to grant a Power Charge when HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Life and mana on kill have been added. There's now a chance to gain a power charge when you kill an enemy. This curse has also been renamed to Assassin's Mark.
• CycloneCycloneAttack, AoE, Movement, Channelling, Physical, Melee
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 2 Mana
  Attack Speed: 300% of base
  Attack Damage: (44-59)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (44-59)%
  AoE Radius: 1.6Requires Level 28Channel this skill to move towards a targeted location while spinning constantly attacking enemies in an area around you. While channelling this skill, you cannot be knocked back.(5-28) to (8-42) Added Attack Physical Damage
  10% increased Area of Effect per 0.1 metre additional Melee Strike Range
  30% less Movement Speed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.5-10)% more Movement SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: This skill can no longer be supported by the Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
  Icon: 3
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, channelling skills or triggered skills.Supported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
  Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
  Supported Skills deal (30-20)% less Attack Damage
  First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
  Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Melee DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. support gem.
• Detonate DeadDetonate DeadSpell, AoE, Fire
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (5-20) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 160%
  AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 4Targets a corpse, and deals spell damage to enemies around the corpse, as well as causing the corpse to explode, dealing fire damage. The explosion is not affected by modifiers to spell damage and cannot be reflected.Deals (15-798) to (22-1197) Fire Damage
  Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to (6-7.9)% of the corpse's Maximum Life
  Base radius is (2.2-2.6) metres
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.75-15)% chance to detonate an additional corpsePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: This now deals entirely fire damage. It deals 8% of corpse life as well as flat damage. The damage increase per level has been significantly increased. The base cast time has been decreased from 850ms to 800ms. Quality on this skill now offers substantially less cast speed, from 60% cast speed at 20 quality to 20% cast speed at 20 quality.
• ReaveReaveAttack, AoE, Melee
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 6 Mana
  Attack Damage: (170-250)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (170-250)%
  AoE Radius: 20Requires Level 12Attacks an area in front of you. Each Reave that hits an enemy grants stages, which you will begin to lose after a short period without hitting anything. Only works with Daggers, Claws, and One-Handed Swords.4 Maximum Stages
  +(0-0.2) metres to radius
  50% more Area of Effect for each stage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.1-2) to maximum StagesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: The skill's base area has been increased by 17%. The area increase per stack has been reduced from 20% per stack to 15% per stack.
• Viper StrikeViper StrikeAttack, Duration, Melee, Strike, Chaos
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 5 Mana
  Attack Damage: (90-154)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (90-154)%Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to chaos damage and inflicting poison which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. If dual wielding, will strike with both weapons. Requires a claw, dagger or sword.30% less Attack Speed if Dual Wielding
  Each Weapon Hits separately if Dual Wielding, dealing 20% less Damage
  Base duration is 4.00 seconds
  (5-169) to (7-254) Added Chaos Damage
  60% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
  60% chance to Poison on Hit
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Base duration is (0.05-1) secondsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: This skill now adds 10% of physical damage as Chaos Damage and has a 50% chance to deal 175% of the attack's damage as chaos damage over seven seconds. The effect duration won't be refreshed by new attacks, but there is no limit to how many Viper Strike debuffs an enemy can have.
• Shockwave TotemShockwave TotemTotem, Spell, AoE, Physical, Nova
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (21-39) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 110%
  AoE Radius: 24Requires Level 28Summons a totem that shakes the earth around it, knocking back and damaging nearby enemiesDeals (33-412) to (65-765) Physical Damage
  Totem lasts 8 seconds
  25% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hit
  Summons a Totem which uses this Skill
  Base radius is 2.4 metres
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.01-0.2) metres to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: This skill now counts as Spell Damage. Damage has been increased by 15%. Its duration has been reduced.
• Warlord's MarkWarlord's MarkSpell, Curse, Mark
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 16Curses a single enemy, giving a chance to double the duration of stuns on them. Attacking the cursed enemy will leech life and mana, stunning them will grant rage, and killing it will grant an endurance charge. You can only have one Mark at a time.Cursed enemies grant (2-2.95)% Life Leech when Hit by Attacks
  Cursed enemies grant (2-2.95)% Mana Leech when Hit by Attacks
  Cursed enemies have a 100% chance to grant an Endurance Charge when slain
  Hits against Cursed Enemies have (40-59)% chance to double Stun Duration
  Cursed Enemies grant 20 Rage Regenerated over 1 second when Stunned
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Cursed Enemies have a (0.25-5)% chance to grant an Endurance Charge when HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: This curse now has Increased Chance to be Stunned and Reduced Enemy Stun Recovery. The life and mana leech are now not specific to physical damage. It now has a lower chance to grant Endurance Charges on enemy death.

Skill Buffs

• We have increased the critical strike chance of most lightning spells.
• Ball LightningBall LightningSpell, Projectile, AoE, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (12-23) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.70 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%
  Projectile Speed: 400
  AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 28Fires a slow-moving projectile that damages each enemy in an area around it repeatedly with bolts of lightning.Deals (2-32) to (47-617) Lightning Damage
  Base radius is 1.8 metres
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Damage has been increased by 30% at all levels.
• CleaveCleaveAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 6 Mana
  Attack Speed: 80% of base
  Attack Damage: (125-237)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125-237)%
  AoE Radius: 20The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Only works with Axes and Swords.When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined
  (2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
  +(0-1) metre to radius
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +0.1 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metrePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: This skill no longer has a damage effectiveness penalty. When dual wielding it now deals 65% of weapon damage.
• Flame SurgeFlame SurgeSpell, AoE, Fire, Duration
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-16) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 190%
  AoE Radius: 30Requires Level 12Strikes enemies in front of you with a surge of flame. Burning enemies are dealt more damage. If you hit an ignited enemy, will create burning ground under them. Your damage modifiers don't apply to this burning ground.Base duration is 4.00 seconds
  Deals (26-832) to (40-1247) Fire Damage
  (50-88)% more Damage with Hits against Burning enemies
  Cannot Ignite
  +(0-9) to Area of Effect length
  Hits on Ignited Enemies create Burning Ground, no more than once every 2 seconds
  Burning Ground deals 25% of Fire Damage per second of Ignite affecting Enemy
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(1-20)% more Damage with Hits against Burning enemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: We have increased the width of the Flame Surge area of effect.
• Freezing PulseFreezing PulseSpell, Projectile, Cold
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (5-21) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.65 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 330%
  Projectile Speed: 1800An icy projectile which has a chance to freeze enemies it passes through. The projectile fades quickly, reducing damage and freezing chance until it dissipates.Deals (8-1458) to (12-2188) Cold Damage
  Projectiles Pierce all Targets
  Projectiles continuously lose Damage, up to 50% less Damage by the time they dissipate
  Projectiles have 25% chance to Freeze, which is lost over the first quarter of their flight
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (2-40)% increased Projectile SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: We have increased its projectile speed. Damage is increased by 50% at level 1 (to 40% at level 20).
• Glacial CascadeGlacial CascadeSpell, AoE, Cold, Physical
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (10-20) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 65%Requires Level 28Icicles emerge from the ground in a series of small bursts, each damaging enemies caught in the area and knocking them back in the direction of the next burst.Deals (21-300) to (32-450) Physical Damage
  Knocks Enemies Back on Hit
  100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
  Cannot Knockback Unique Enemies more than once per second
  Final Burst Deals 200% more Damage
  Final Burst has 100% more Area of Effect
  Final Burst cannot Knockback
  Causes 4 Bursts
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Final Burst Deals +(2.5-50)% more DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: The area of effect of each ice section has been increased. This also increases the area of overlaps of sections.
• Glacial HammerGlacial HammerAttack, Melee, Strike, Cold
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 5 Mana
  Attack Damage: (165-269)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (165-269)%Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If a non-unique enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit by Glacial Hammer. If striking three times in a row, the third strike will freeze enemies more easily. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.25% chance to Freeze enemies
  100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
  Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (200-390)% more Damage
  +0.2 metres to Melee Strike Range
  35% increased Duration of Cold Ailments
  (10-29)% increased Effect of Cold Ailments
  Adds (2-75) to (3-113) Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (5-100)% more DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: We have increased its damage effectiveness from 125% to 130%.
• Ice NovaIce NovaSpell, AoE, Cold, Nova
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (8-23) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.70 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 230%
  AoE Radius: 30Requires Level 12A circle of ice expands from the caster.Deals (23-988) to (34-1481) Cold Damage
  Base radius is (2.6-3) metres
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Base radius is (0.015-0.3) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: We have increased the high-level damage of this skill (up to 15% by level 20).
• Ice ShotIce ShotAttack, Projectile, AoE, Cold, Bow
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-10) Mana
  Attack Damage: (130-174)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (130-174)%
  Projectile Speed: 3260
  AoE Radius: 23 / 10Fires an arrow that converts some physical damage to cold on its target and converts all physical damage to cold in a cone behind that target.(2-75) to (3-113) Added Cold Damage
  60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
  Base radius is 2.4 metres
  Chills Enemies as though dealing (100-195)% more Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (4-80)% increased Area of Effect anglePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: The area and arc size has been increased. Additionally we have added damage effectiveness of 120%.
• Ice SpearIce SpearCritical, Spell, Projectile, Cold
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (8-23) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.70 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 7.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 130%
  Projectile Speed: 1000Requires Level 12Launches shards of ice in rapid succession. After travelling a short distance they change to a second form, which moves much faster and pierces through enemies.Deals (22-568) to (33-852) Cold Damage
  Fires 2 Projectiles
  Second form has 600% increased Critical Strike Chance
  Second form has +(30-49)% to Critical Strike Multiplier
  Second form has 300% more Projectile Speed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Second form has +(2-40)% to Critical Strike MultiplierPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: We have increased the damage by 33% at level one, to +87% at level 20.
• Lightning StrikeLightning StrikeAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 6 Mana
  Attack Damage: (135-225)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135-225)%Requires Level 12Infuses your melee weapon with electrical energies as you swing. In addition to converting some of your physical damage to lightning damage, the stored energy is released from the weapon as projectiles as you strike, flying out to hit farther-away enemies. The projectiles cannot miss if the melee attack hit a target.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
  (1-9) to (13-179) Added Lightning Damage
  Fires 3 Projectiles
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Fires +(0.05-1) ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: This skill now deals more base damage (up from 120% to 130%).
• Raise SpectreRaise SpectreSpell, Minion
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (15-28) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.85 secRequires Level 28Raises a spectral version of a defeated foe as a minion to fight for you in battle.Maximum (1-2) Raised Spectres
  Minions have +30% to all Elemental Resistances
  55% more Minion Movement Speed
  Minion Movement Speed is Capped
  Minions have (105-776) additional Accuracy Rating
  Raised Spectres are Level (28-70)
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Minions have +(1-20)% to all Elemental ResistancesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.s: The penalties this gives to monster life, damage and Energy Shield have been reduced by a flat 10% at all levels.
• Raise ZombieRaise ZombieSpell, Minion
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (9-28) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.85 secRaises a zombie minion from a corpse, which will follow you and attack enemies with a melee strike.Maximum (3-6) Raised Zombies
  Minions have (0-38)% more Maximum Life
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.05-1) to Maximum Raised ZombiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Raised zombies now have 13% more life.
• SparkSparkSpell, Projectile, Duration, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (5-21) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.65 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 190%
  Projectile Speed: 420Launches unpredictable sparks that move randomly until they hit an enemy or expire.Deals (1-104) to (28-1983) Lightning Damage
  Base duration is 2.00 seconds
  Fires (4-8) Projectiles
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Fires +(0.1-2) ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Spark does 20% more damage at all levels. It now bounces off Frost Walls, regardless of whether they are cast by players or monsters.
• SweepSweepAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 8 Mana
  Attack Speed: 70% of base
  Attack Damage: (170-281)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (170-281)%
  AoE Radius: 26Requires Level 12Swings a two handed melee weapon in a circle, knocking back monsters around the character.Knocks Enemies Back on Hit
  (5-75) to (8-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
  +(0-0.4) metres to radius
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.02-0.4) metres to radiusPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Damage effectiveness increased from 75% to 85%.
• Summon SkeletonsSummon SkeletonsSpell, Minion, Duration
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (5-16) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 10Summon Skeleton Warrior minions at the targeted location. They use a melee attack and die after a duration. If made aggressive, Skeleton Warriors will also dash towards nearby enemies.Maximum (5-7) Summoned Skeletons
  Base duration is 20.00 seconds
  Summons (2-3) Skeleton Warriors
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.05-1) to Maximum Summoned SkeletonsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Summoned Skeletons deal 50% more base damage than they did previously.

Skill Nerfs

• All curse skills have had their power reduced so that available bonuses for them could be moved into the passive tree. Elemental resistance reduction curses have been further reduced to compensate for reduced monster resistances.
• AngerAngerAura, Spell, AoE, Fire
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: 50% Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 24Casts an aura that adds fire damage to the attacks and spells of you and your allies.+(0-1.9) metres to radius
  You and nearby allies deal (16-109) to (23-155) additional Fire Damage with Attacks
  You and nearby allies deal (16-109) to (23-155) additional Fire Damage with Spells
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (2-40)% increased Area of EffectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: The damage this aura provides has been reduced at higher levels (from no change at level one, to an 18% reduction in damage at level 20).
• ArcArcSpell, Chaining, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (8-23) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.70 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 120%Requires Level 12An arc of lightning reaches from the caster to a targeted enemy and chains to other enemies, but not immediately back. Each time the arc chains, it will also chain a secondary arc to another enemy that the main arc has not already hit, which cannot chain further.Deals (6-198) to (32-1122) Lightning Damage
  Chains +(4-7) Times
  15% more Damage with Hits and Ailments for each remaining Chain
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Chains +(0.05-1) TimesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: We have reduced the damage by 15% at all levels.
• ClarityClarityAura, Spell, AoE
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: (34-279) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: Instant
  AoE Radius: 36Requires Level 10Casts an aura that grants mana regeneration to you and your allies.+(0-1.9) metres to radius
  You and nearby Allies Regenerate (2.9-33) Mana per second
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (2-40)% increased Area of EffectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: The cast time of Clarity has been increased to 1.2 seconds to line up with other auras. The mana reservation of clarity has been increased and the mana regeneration rates adjusted.
• Elemental WeaknessElemental WeaknessSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their elemental resistances.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
  +(0-1) metre to radius
  Cursed enemies have -(15-30)% to Elemental Resistances
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on Cursed enemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. now gains -8% Enemy Resistances at 20% quality, instead of -10% at 20% quality.
• EnfeebleEnfeebleSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, reducing their accuracy and making them deal less damage.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
  +(0-1) metre to radius
  Cursed enemies have (10-19)% reduced Accuracy Rating
  Cursed Normal or Magic enemies deal (15-29)% less Damage
  Cursed Rare or Unique enemies deal (9-18)% less Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Curse DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: In addition to the general curse reduction, the duration of Enfeeble has been reduced.
• FlameblastFlameblastSpell, AoE, Fire, Channelling
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (4-7) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.20 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 90%Requires Level 28Channels to build up a large explosion, which is released when you stop using the skill. The longer you channel, the larger the area of effect and damage of the explosion.Deals (31-405) to (46-608) Fire Damage
  50% chance to Ignite enemies
  165% more Spell Damage for each stage
  60% more Damage with Ailments for each stage
  10 maximum Stages
  +0.3 metres to radius per Stage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.05-1) to maximum StagesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: We have reduced the critical strike chance from 6% to 5%. We have reduced the damage by 15% at all levels.
• FrenzyFrenzyAttack, Projectile, Melee, Strike, Bow
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 10 Mana
  Attack Damage: (115-135)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (115-135)%Requires Level 16Performs an attack that gives the character a frenzy charge if it hits. Frenzy charges increase your attack speed.5% more Attack Damage per Frenzy Charge
  5% more Attack Speed per Frenzy Charge
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.1-2)% more Attack Damage per Frenzy Charge
  +(0.1-2)% more Attack Speed per Frenzy ChargePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: This skill now has constant attack speed per frenzy charge of 5%, rather than increasing as the gem levels. Its quality bonus has been reduced from 7% attack speed to 4% attack speed per frenzy charge at 20 quality.
• Projectile WeaknessSniper's MarkSpell, Curse, Mark
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Curses a single enemy, increasing the damage they take from projectiles, and making projectiles split when hitting them, to hit other targets around them. You can only have one Mark at a time.Cursed enemies take (10-29)% increased Damage from Projectile Hits
  Projectiles which Hit Cursed Enemies Split towards 2 additional targets
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Cursed enemies take (0.25-5)% increased Damage from Projectile HitsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: No longer reduces the enemy's chance to evade projectile attacks.
• Searing BondSearing BondSpell, Totem, Fire
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (18-51) Mana
  Cast Time: 1.00 secRequires Level 12Summons a totem that casts a beam of fire at you and each other totem you control, dealing burning damage to enemies caught in the beam. Enemies near either end of a beam also suffer burning damage.+1 to maximum number of Summoned Totems
  Totem lasts 8 seconds
  Deals (32.1-3899.6) Base Fire Damage per second
  Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
  Summons a Totem which uses this Skill
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.1-2) to maximum number of Summoned TotemsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: Damage at all levels has been reduced by 18%.
• Spectral ThrowSpectral ThrowAttack, Projectile
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (5-8) Mana
  Attack Speed: 110% of base
  Attack Damage: (80-125)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (80-125)%
  Projectile Speed: 1000Throws a spectral copy of your melee weapon. It flies out and then returns to you, in a spinning attack that damages enemies in its path.
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Projectiles that have Pierced deal (0.5-10)% more DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: We have reduced the damage effectiveness of this skill by a flat 8% at all levels.
• Summon Raging SpiritSummon Raging SpiritSpell, Minion, Duration, Fire
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (4-16) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Summons a short-lived flaming skull that rushes at nearby enemies and attacks them rapidly, converting all its physical damage to fire. Enemies will not directly engage these spirits, and can pass through them.Maximum 20 Summoned Raging Spirits
  Base duration is 5.00 seconds
  Minions cannot Taunt Enemies
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1.5-30)% chance to summon an extra MinionPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: The damage done by the summoned Raging Spirits has been reduced at higher levels, up to a 20% reduction in damage at level 20.
• VulnerabilityVulnerabilitySpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Physical, Hex
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (16-33) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curse all targets in an area, causing them to take increased physical damage. Attacks against the cursed enemies have a chance to inflict bleeding.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
  +(0-1) metre to radius
  Cursed enemies take (15-30)% increased Physical Damage
  Attacks Hits against Cursed Enemies have 25% chance to inflict Bleeding
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Duration of Bleeding on Cursed EnemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: In addition to the general curse reduction, Vulnerability no longer affects Energy Shield. The Energy Shield Recharge Delay Increase and Energy Shield Recharge Rate Reduction stats have been removed. In addition, the Increased Chance to be Stunned and Reduced Enemy Stun Recovery stats have been removed as well. Vulnerability now only increases physical damage and degeneration damage.
• WrathWrathAura, Spell, AoE, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: 50% Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.20 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: Instant
  AoE Radius: 36Requires Level 24Casts an aura that adds lightning damage to the attacks of you and your allies, and makes your spells deal more lightning damage.+(0-1.9) metres to radius
  You and nearby allies deal (2-16) to (37-248) additional Lightning Damage with Attacks
  You and nearby allies deal (15-21)% more Spell Lightning Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (2-40)% increased Area of EffectPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.: We have reduced its damage at higher levels, from no change at level one to a 24% reduction in damage at level 20.

Support Gem Balance

• Added Chaos Damage SupportAdded Chaos Damage SupportChaos, Support
  Icon: H
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 31Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills have (18-154) to (26-231) added Chaos Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Chaos DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: The mana multiplier has been reduced from 150% to 140%.
• Added Cold Damage SupportAdded Cold Damage SupportCold, Support
  Icon: C
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills have (4-152) to (6-228) added Cold Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Cold DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: The mana multiplier has been reduced from 140% to 130%.
• Added Fire Damage SupportAdded Fire Damage SupportFire, Physical, Support
  Icon: F
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills gain (25-39)% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Fire DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: The mana multiplier has been reduced from 130% to 120%.
• Added Lightning Damage SupportAdded Lightning Damage SupportLightning, Support
  Icon: L
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills have (1-19) to (8-358) added Lightning Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Lightning DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: The mana multiplier has been reduced from 140% to 130%.
• Block Chance Reduction SupportBlock Chance Reduction SupportSupport, Duration
  Icon: B
  Level: (1-20)Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies.Overpowered applies -5% chance to Block Attack and Spell Damage
  Supported Skills inflict Overpowered for 4 seconds when Blocked
  Enemies have -(10-20)% chance to Block Attack or Spell Damage from Supported Skills
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.25-5)% reduced Enemy Block ChanceThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: The amount of penetration has been reduced by a flat 10% at all levels.
• Cold to Fire SupportCold to Fire SupportCold, Fire, Support
  Icon: x
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 18Supports any skill that hits enemies.Supported Skills gain (10-29)% of Cold Damage as Extra Fire Damage
  Supported Skills have 50% of Cold Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Cold DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: This gem now converts 50% for cold damage to fire damage at all levels, and also adds a percentage of cold damage as fire damage, starting at 10% at level one.
• Hextouch SupportHextouch SupportSupport, Hex, Trigger
  Icon: &
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Supported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
  You cannot Cast Supported Curse Spells
  35% less Effect of Supported Curses
  Supported Skills have (50-31)% reduced Curse Duration
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Curse DurationThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: This trigger gem now has a 100% chance to cast socketed curses. It has 10% reduced curse effect at level 1, up to 9% increased curse effect at level 20 of the gem. The quality bonus has remained the same.
• Cast On Critical Strike SupportCast On Critical Strike SupportCritical, Support, Spell, Trigger
  Icon: &
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%
  Cooldown Time: 0.15 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 38Must support both an attack skill and a spell skill to work. The attack skill will trigger a spell when it critically strikes an enemy. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills, channelling skills, and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.Supported Attacks will Trigger a Supported Spell when you Crit an Enemy
  Supported Skills deal (19-10)% less Spell Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Attack Critical Strike Chance
  Supported Skills have (1-20)% increased Spell Critical Strike ChanceThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: The chance to cast has been reduced by a flat 20% at all levels.
• Chain SupportChain SupportSupport, Chaining, Projectile
  Icon: c
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills, and any other skills that chain.Supported Skills Chain +2 times
  Supported Skills deal (30-11)% less Damage with Hits
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Chaining rangeThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: The mana multiplier has been reduced from 200% to 175%.
• Fork SupportFork SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: Y
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 31Supports projectile skills, making their projectiles fork into two projectiles the first time they hit an enemy and don't pierce it.Projectiles from Supported Skills Fork
  Supported Skills deal (-10-9)% more Projectile Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: The mana multiplier has been reduced from 125% to 115%.
• Lesser Multiple Projectiles SupportLesser Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: l
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 8Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (15-6)% less Projectile Damage
  Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: The mana multiplier has been reduced from 150% to 140%.
• Greater Multiple Projectiles SupportGreater Multiple Projectiles SupportSupport, Projectile
  Icon: P
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports projectile skills.Supported Skills deal (35-26)% less Projectile Damage
  Supported Skills fire 4 additional Projectiles
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Projectile DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: The mana multiplier has been reduced from 200% to 165%

Passive Skill Tree Balance

• The Witch and Shadow passive tree starting area has been redesigned. The area surrounding the Witch, Shadow and Ranger has been redesigned. Many clusters throughout the tree now have new notables. Many values have been adjusted.
• There are now large Fire, Cold, Lightning, Wand, Dagger, Trap/Mine, Claw, Bow, Sword and Dual Wield clusters that have higher values than found in the rest of the tree.
• Percentage-based life increases have been reduced slightly and redistributed more evenly through the tree. Players receive more life per level now to compensate.
• There are now two Life and Energy Shield clusters.
• Increased Maximum Elemental Resistances have been removed and element specific bonuses are now available in smaller values on three specific defensive notables.
• Mortal Conviction has been changed to 60% less mana reservation (from 40% less).
• Curse Effect, Cast Speed, Curse Duration and Curse Area of Effect are now available in the tree. The Whispers of Doom keystone has been changed into a notable. Hex Master has changed to be 100% increased Curse Duration and is now a notable. There is a new Curse Effect notable called Skittering Runes.
• Aura Reservation Costs and Aura Effect bonuses have been reduced across the tree. A new Aura notable called Champion of the Cause has been added.
• Some special stats have been added to a few select notables. More similar stats will be coming in future patches.

Item Balance

• All bows have had their base damage increased by 11%. This affects ones that already existed including Unique items.
• The first two tiers of weapons (with bows it's the first and third tiers) now have higher attack speeds and lower damage to compensate.
• The second tier of bows (Short BowShort BowBow
  Physical Damage: 6-16
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.50Requires Level 5, 26 Dex) has a lower attack speed and increased damage to compensate.
• The Decimation BowDecimation BowBow
  Physical Damage: 44-116
  Critical Strike Chance: (6.50-7.50)%
  Attacks per Second: 1.20Requires Level 53, 170 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance and Death BowDeath BowBow
  Physical Damage: 28-73
  Critical Strike Chance: (6.50-7.50)%
  Attacks per Second: 1.20Requires Level 32, 107 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance have been given the same Increased Critical Strike Chance implicit mod as the Harbinger BowHarbinger BowBow
  Physical Damage: 50-133
  Critical Strike Chance: (6.50-7.50)%
  Attacks per Second: 1.20Requires Level 68, 212 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance.
• The Recurve BowRecurve BowBow
  Physical Damage: 15-45
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.70%
  Attacks per Second: 1.25Requires Level 18, 65 Dex+(15-25)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier and Sniper BowSniper BowBow
  Physical Damage: 32-96
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.70%
  Attacks per Second: 1.25Requires Level 44, 143 Dex+(15-25)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier have been given the same Weapon Elemental Damage implicit mod as the Maraketh BowAssassin BowBow
  Physical Damage: 43-130
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.70%
  Attacks per Second: 1.25Requires Level 62, 212 Dex+(15-25)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier.
• New tiers of life and mana flasks (Divine and Eternal) have been added at levels 65 and 70.
• Mid to higher tiers of life flasks have been buffed substantially.
• The life portion of hybrid flasks has been buffed.
• The Sapping mod on flasks now only increases life recovered by 40% (down from 60%).

Unique Item Balance

• The rarity tiers of many uniques have been changed. Notably, two of the experience gain items have been made much more rare. The two "additional curse" items have been made rarer.
• The rarities of uniques dropped by the uber version of Atziri has changed. Atziri's AcuityAtziri's Acuity
  Vaal GauntletsArmour: (696-851)Requires Level 63, 100 Str+(60-80) to Intelligence
  (40-60)% increased Global Critical Strike Chance
  (200-220)% increased Armour
  +(60-75) to maximum Life
  You have Vaal Pact if you've dealt a Critical Strike Recently"The heart is the herald.
  It will tell me when it is best to strike."
  - Atziri, Queen of the Vaal is now the rarest drop from her.
• Chin SolChin Sol
  Assassin BowBow
  Physical Damage: (86-103.2) to (260-312)
  Elemental Damage: 25-50
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.70%
  Attacks per Second: (1.38-1.43)Requires Level 62, 212 Dex+(15-25)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier+(10-20) to Dexterity
  (100-140)% increased Physical Damage
  Adds 25 to 50 Fire Damage
  (10-14)% increased Attack Speed
  50% more Damage with Arrow Hits at Close Range
  Bow Knockback at Close RangeAs a soldier you want to get close to enemy archers.
  That is not the case when fighting the Maraketh. has had its Increased Physical Damage increased from 75-100% to 150-180% and its attack speed increased to 10-14%, from 5%. Rerolling values using a Divine Orb on this item will also update your item.
• Crown of EyesCrown of Eyes
  Hubris CircletEnergy Shield: (176-230)Requires Level 69, 154 Int+(300-350) to Accuracy Rating
  (120-150)% increased Energy Shield
  -30% to Fire Resistance
  (0.4-0.8)% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life
  (0.2-0.4)% of Attack Damage Leeched as Mana
  Increases and Reductions to Spell Damage also apply to Attacks at 150% of their valueTurning, gazing, blinking,
  behold the eyes of void.
  Burning, razing, drinking,
  your mind is destroyed. now only applies increased and reduced spell damage to attack damage. Multiplicative damage bonuses are not converted. This affects existing version of the item.
• Crown of ThornsCrown of Thorns
  Vine CircletEnergy Shield: (157-235)+(150-225) to maximum Energy Shield
  Reflects 5 Physical Damage to Melee Attackers
  +25 Physical Damage taken from Attack Hits
  Pain AttunementLift it lightly, don it slow.
  The spikes point out and in, you know. now grants 60-80 flat energy shield. Existing versions of the item will change to a value in the new range if a Divine Orb is used on it.
• DarkscornDarkscorn
  Assassin BowBow
  Physical Damage: (92.8-113.4) to (248-288)
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.70%
  Attacks per Second: 1.50Requires Level 62, 212 Dex+(15-25)% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier(60-80)% increased Physical Damage
  Adds (15-20) to (25-30) Physical Damage
  20% increased Attack Speed
  (15-30)% increased Global Accuracy Rating
  25% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage
  25% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Chaos Damage
  20% chance for Poisons inflicted with this Weapon to deal 300% more Damage"The Spirit of War knows nothing of good and evil.
  It knows only destruction."
  - Sekhema Asenath now has Additional Physical Damage of 6-10 to 10-14 damage. This mod cannot be caused to spawn on past versions of the item.
• Dying BreathDying Breath
  Iron StaffWarstaff
  Physical Damage: 14-42
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.40%
  Attacks per Second: 1.30
  Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 13, 27 Str, 27 Int+18% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff18% increased Cast Speed
  18% increased maximum Mana
  18% increased Area of Effect of Aura Skills
  18% increased Area of Effect of Hex Skills
  Nearby Enemies have 18% increased Effect of Curses on them
  Nearby allies gain 18% increased Damage
  18% increased effect of Non-Curse Auras from your SkillsThe whispers of the dead
  Carry wisdom for the living,
  If you are willing to give your life
  To listen. now grants 18% increased Aura Effect, instead of 18% increased damage taken. Old copies of the item have been automatically updated.
• InfractemInfractem
  Decimation BowBow
  Physical Damage: (117.3-142.2) to (258.4-289.8)
  Critical Strike Chance: (6.50-7.50)%
  Attacks per Second: 1.20Requires Level 53, 170 Dex(30-50)% increased Critical Strike Chance+(20-30) to Dexterity
  (70-80)% increased Physical Damage
  Adds (25-35) to (36-45) Physical Damage
  10% increased Movement Speed
  +(350-400) to Accuracy Rating
  Cannot Leech Life
  Arrows Pierce all TargetsMark us with mercy, then press on with care,
  Execute us steadily, notch away at our despair. now has Additional Physical Damage of 25-35 to 36-45 damage. This mod cannot be caused to spawn on past versions of the item.
• Mon'tregul's GraspMon'tregul's Grasp
  Void SceptreSceptre
  Physical Damage: 50-76
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.20%
  Attacks per Second: 1.25
  Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 68, 104 Str, 122 Int40% increased Elemental Damage50% reduced maximum number of Raised Zombies
  Raised Zombies have +5000 to maximum Life
  Raised Zombies have +(25-30)% to all Resistances
  25% increased Raised Zombie Size
  Enemies Killed by Zombies' Hits Explode, dealing 50% of their Life as Fire Damage
  Raised Zombies deal (100-125)% more Physical DamageWith death as my ally, all the world is within my grasp. now grants 2000 life to Zombies, up from 500. Rerolling values using a Divine Orb on this item will update your item.
• Shackles of the WretchedShackles of the Wretched
  Chain GlovesArmour: (14-20)
  Energy Shield: (4-6)Requires Level 7Hexes applied by Socketed Curse Skills are Reflected back to you
  (40-60)% increased Stun and Block Recovery
  You cannot be Chilled for 3 seconds after being Chilled
  You cannot be Frozen for 3 seconds after being Frozen
  You cannot be Ignited for 3 seconds after being Ignited
  You cannot be Shocked for 3 seconds after being Shocked
  You grant (4-6) Frenzy Charges to allies on DeathCaptivity breeds creativity. now gives "You cannot be Shocked for 3 seconds after being Shocked", up from 1 second. Old versions of the item can be rolled to the new value with a Divine Orb.
• Shavronne's RevelationShavronne's Revelation
  Moonstone RingRequires Level 30+(15-25) to maximum Energy Shield+(60-75) to Intelligence
  Right ring slot: You cannot Regenerate Mana
  Right ring slot: Regenerate 6% of Energy Shield per second
  Right ring slot: +250 to maximum Mana
  Left ring slot: You cannot Recharge or Regenerate Energy Shield
  Left ring slot: Regenerate 40 Mana per Second
  Left ring slot: +250 to maximum Energy Shield"Shavronne held Sanity in her right
  hand and Revelation in her left.
  Brutus chose the left hand."
  - Kadavrus, Surgeon to the Umbra: Energy Shield Regeneration has been reduced from 4% to 3% per second. Existing versions of the ring will only be updated if a Divine Orb is used on them.
• Soul MantleSoul Mantle
  Spidersilk RobeEnergy Shield: (202-257)
  Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 49, 134 IntSocketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Spell Totem
  (20-25)% increased Spell Damage
  (100-120)% increased Energy Shield
  (20-30)% increased Totem Life
  Inflicts a random Hex on you when your Totems dieThe greatest mistakes cause suffering
  long after they have been made now has +50% totem life. This has been increased as the result of fixing a bug with totem life - the change won't affect the power of the item. Existing versions of the item will have the smaller value, which will have less impact on totem life than it previously did. Older versions can be updated with a Divine Orb.

Specific Monster Balance

• Gneiss has been reworked. He now has a new skill where he slams the ground, dealing area of effect damage and summoning miniature minions out of the rubble to assist him.
• The Deep Dweller has been reworked. He now has two new skills - in his first form he can disturb the ground, calling Sand Spitters to emerge and assist him. He also has an additional skill in his second form where he will fire a spray of projectiles at enemies. He no longer has the slowing aura.
• Fairgraves has been reworked. He now has his own version of Spectral ThrowSpectral ThrowAttack, Projectile
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (5-8) Mana
  Attack Speed: 110% of base
  Attack Damage: (80-125)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (80-125)%
  Projectile Speed: 1000Throws a spectral copy of your melee weapon. It flies out and then returns to you, in a spinning attack that damages enemies in its path.
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Projectiles that have Pierced deal (0.5-10)% more DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Summon Raging SpiritSummon Raging SpiritSpell, Minion, Duration, Fire
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (4-16) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Summons a short-lived flaming skull that rushes at nearby enemies and attacks them rapidly, converting all its physical damage to fire. Enemies will not directly engage these spirits, and can pass through them.Maximum 20 Summoned Raging Spirits
  Base duration is 5.00 seconds
  Minions cannot Taunt Enemies
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1.5-30)% chance to summon an extra MinionPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
• The Brutus and Merveil boss fights have been redesigned. These changes also affect their end-game Map equivalents. One of the Merveil encounters now only includes the first stage of the fight. All Map versions of these fights have enhanced versions of some of their skills.
• Brutus' hook now only pulls the target that he was aiming at.
• General Gravicius in Descent: Champions and the corrupted side area boss The Sunburst Queen have been given a new skill to replace their Incinerate Novas. This skill will repeatedly pulse out fire damage waves that increase in damage with every additional cast.
• Hatebeat in The Crematorium now uses Molten StrikeMolten StrikeAttack, Projectile, AoE, Melee, Strike, Fire
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 6 Mana
  Attack Damage: (110-185)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (110-185)%
  Projectile Speed: 750Infuses your melee weapon with molten energies to attack with physical and fire damage. This attack causes balls of molten magma to launch forth from the enemies you hit, divided amongst all enemies hit by the strike. These will deal area attack damage to enemies where they land.(2-75) to (3-113) Added Fire Damage
  Fires 4 Projectiles
  60% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
  +(0.2-0.6) metres to Melee Strike Range
  Projectiles deal 50% less Damage with Hits and Ailments
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Projectiles deal (0.5-10)% more Damage with Hits and AilmentsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
• The water elementals summoned by The Goddess of Purity in Solaris Temple Level 2 or by Asphyxia in the Reef and Waste Pool Maps now cast Ice NovaIce NovaSpell, AoE, Cold, Nova
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (8-23) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.70 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 230%
  AoE Radius: 30Requires Level 12A circle of ice expands from the caster.Deals (23-988) to (34-1481) Cold Damage
  Base radius is (2.6-3) metres
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Base radius is (0.015-0.3) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. when they are killed.
• The Vessel of the Vaal's Ball LightningBall LightningSpell, Projectile, AoE, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (12-23) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.70 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 60%
  Projectile Speed: 400
  AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 28Fires a slow-moving projectile that damages each enemy in an area around it repeatedly with bolts of lightning.Deals (2-32) to (47-617) Lightning Damage
  Base radius is 1.8 metres
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Base radius is (0.01-0.2) metresPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. skill now ticks much more frequently and does slightly less damage. This brings it in line with other Ball Lightning skills.
• The Weaver's life has been increased, following changes to her resistances.
• Chatters in the Lower Prison will now trigger a cold version of Storm CallStorm CallSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-16) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 250%Requires Level 12Sets a marker at a location. After a short duration, lightning strikes the marker, dealing damage around it and causing lightning strikes at any other markers you've cast.Deals (21-949) to (39-1762) Lightning Damage
  Base duration is 1.50 seconds
  +(0-0.6) metres to radius
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.75-15)% chance for Lightning to Strike the Marker when CastPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. when he hits you. His Glacial HammerGlacial HammerAttack, Melee, Strike, Cold
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 5 Mana
  Attack Damage: (165-269)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (165-269)%Hits enemies, converting some of your physical damage to cold damage. If a non-unique enemy is frozen and is on less than one third life, they will shatter when hit by Glacial Hammer. If striking three times in a row, the third strike will freeze enemies more easily. Requires a Mace, Sceptre or Staff.25% chance to Freeze enemies
  100% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
  Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (200-390)% more Damage
  +0.2 metres to Melee Strike Range
  35% increased Duration of Cold Ailments
  (10-29)% increased Effect of Cold Ailments
  Adds (2-75) to (3-113) Cold Damage against Chilled Enemies
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Every third successive strike Freezes enemies as though dealing (5-100)% more DamagePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. can no longer freeze you on Normal Difficulty.

Bug Fixes

• Improved preloading of game assets to remove some small stutters during gameplay.
• Fixed a bug where players could not be selected in towns until they move for the first time.
• Fixed a bug where holding an amulet from one bandit leader would prevent you from doing other bandit quests.
• Improved the mana reservation system so that multiple percentage reservations don't round separately. This means that a 60% aura can now never prevent a 40% aura from being reserved.
• Fixed a bug related to trade where the user interface could become unresponsive.
• Fixed a bug where Hextouch SupportHextouch SupportSupport, Hex, Trigger
  Icon: &
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Requires Level 38Must support both a skill that hits enemies, and a hex curse skill to work. The hex will be applied when enemies are hit by the other skill. Cannot support totems, traps, or mines. Minions cannot apply hexes this way.Supported Skills apply supported Curses on Hit
  You cannot Cast Supported Curse Spells
  35% less Effect of Supported Curses
  Supported Skills have (50-31)% reduced Curse Duration
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Curse DurationThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. prevented Spell Echo SupportSpell Echo SupportSpell, Support
  Icon: k
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Requires Level 38Supports spell skills, making them repeat when cast. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, triggered skills, instant skills, blink skills, or skills with a reservation.Supported Skills deal 10% less Damage
  Supported Skills Repeat an additional time
  Supported Skills have (40-54)% more Cast Speed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Spell DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. supporting a spell.
• Fixed a bug where totem life bonuses counted twice.
• If an Animated GuardianAnimate GuardianSpell, Minion
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (11-20) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.60 secRequires Level 28Animates a melee weapon or armour, attaching it to an invisible Guardian that fights by your side. Animating multiple items attaches them to the same Guardian. You cannot animate unidentified items. Cannot be used by Traps or Mines.Minions have (0-38)% more Maximum Life
  Can use Items requiring up to Level (33-100)
  Minion deals (0-38)% more Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (2-40)% increased Minion Movement SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. is unsummoned and resummoned when not on full life, it will now return with the same amount of life it had before.
• Fixed a rare bug that could cause the game server to freeze when corrupting an item.
• Fixed a bug where the three attribute totals on the Passive Skill Screen would not scale correctly when zooming in or out.
• Discharge now only deals damage if you had charges.
• Fixed a bug where you couldn't log into another account after clicking Cancel on the unlock code window.
• Fixed a bug where players could exceed their maximum Zombie counts with Mon'tregul's GraspMon'tregul's Grasp
  Void SceptreSceptre
  Physical Damage: 50-76
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.20%
  Attacks per Second: 1.25
  Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 68, 104 Str, 122 Int40% increased Elemental Damage50% reduced maximum number of Raised Zombies
  Raised Zombies have +5000 to maximum Life
  Raised Zombies have +(25-30)% to all Resistances
  25% increased Raised Zombie Size
  Enemies Killed by Zombies' Hits Explode, dealing 50% of their Life as Fire Damage
  Raised Zombies deal (100-125)% more Physical DamageWith death as my ally, all the world is within my grasp..
• Fixed a bug where auras could affect hidden monsters.
• Fixed a bug where PuncturePunctureAttack, Projectile, Duration, Melee, Strike, Physical, Bow
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 6 Mana
  Attack Speed: 70% of base
  Attack Damage: (134-164)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (135-165)%Requires Level 4Punctures enemies, causing a bleeding debuff, which will be affected by modifiers to skill duration. Puncture works with bows, daggers, claws or swords.Base duration is 8.00 seconds
  (3-75) to (4-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
  (30-49)% more Damage with Bleeding
  Causes Bleeding
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(1-20)% more Damage with BleedingPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. did not benefit from Increased Item Rarity or Increased Item Quantity.
• Fixed a bug where Tempest ShieldTempest ShieldSpell, Lightning, Chaining
  Level: (1-20)
  Reservation: 25% Mana
  Cooldown Time: 1.00 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: Instant
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 220%Requires Level 16Enchants your shield with the power of storms, which lashes out to deal arcing lightning damage to attackers when you block them.Deals (38-896) to (115-2688) Lightning Damage
  Chains +1 Times
  Buff grants +(18-25)% Chance to Block Spell Damage while holding a Shield
  Buff grants Immunity to Shock
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (2-40)% chance to Shock enemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. would not transition between areas if you didn't have enough mana to cast the skill again at the time you transitioned.
• Fixed a bug where life and energy shield bars rounded to the nearest whole percentage.
• Fixed bugs with positioning of small life bars.
• Fixed a bug where buff counts over 99 did not display correctly.
• Fixed problems that could lead to monsters spawning too close to waypoints in the Docks, Barracks and Gardens.
• Fixed a bug with Molten ShellMolten ShellSpell, AoE, Duration, Fire, Physical, Guard
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (8-12) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
  Can Store 1 Use(s)
  Cast Time: Instant
  AoE Radius: 15Requires Level 4Applies a buff that adds to your armour, and can take some of the damage from hits for you before being depleted. When the buff expires or is depleted, the skill deals reflected damage to enemies around you based on the total damage that was taken from the buff. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Base duration is 3.00 seconds
  This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect
  Buff grants +(50-858) to Armour
  75% of Damage from Hits is taken from the Buff before your Life or Energy Shield
  Buff can take Damage equal to 10% of your Armour, up to a maximum of 5000
  Reflects (100-3000)% of Damage taken from Buff as Fire Damage when Buff expires or is depleted
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Skill Effect DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and mitigated physical damage reflection.
• Fixed the Barracks tents that didn't cast shadows.
• Fixed a bug where Rogue Exiles and Invaders could spawn in inaccessible rooms.
• Fixed a bug where all of a minion's skills were treated as having been trapped if the minion came from a trap.
• Fixed a bug where Unique monsters in a pack would not spawn when the pack contained a rare monster.
• Fixed a bug where Goatman Shamans with auras didn't cast Molten Shell.
• Made webcam streaming (from in the client) more efficient.

It looks like the following note was missed in the preparation of the patch notes:

• Quality on armour is now additive with other bonuses. Previously armour quality was multiplicative with final values. This is now consistent with how weapons work.

These are the official patch notes for a server-side hotfix released following the launch of version 1.2.0.

Launch Day Serverside Hotfix

The following changes will apply automatically to new areas you enter. You don't need to restart your client.

• Improved Merveil’s AI.
• Fixed a crash related to Vagan in hideouts.
• Fixed a crash related to Elreon missions.
• Fixed the ability to craft an invalid item.
• Fixed numerous small problems with masters and their missions.