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PTR Patch Notes

Nevalistis has updated the PTR patch notes with the changes from the latest build. Among some changes that were not detected on the datamining are some Rift Guardian changes at the end. Check it out!

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums) PTR-ONLY CHANGES Kanai's Cube can now only convert items of sets with a minimum of 3 pieces

Torment VII-X can now only be accessed by level 70 characters

Torment VII-X public games can now only be accessed by players that meet a Paragon level requirement Torment VII requires a Paragon level over 100 Torment VIII requires a Paragon level over 150 Torment IX requires a Paragon level over 200 Torment X requires a Paragon level over 250

Torment VII-X have new Gold Find bonus values

Adventure Mode

Bug Fixes Fixed an issue that prevented all players in a game from receiving a bonus cache

Items The Helltooth Harness (6) Set damage bonus now applies to the skills cast by Grin Reaper mimics Bug Fixes Fixed an issue that prevented the DoT damage from Wall of Death - Fire Wall and Ring of Poison from refreshing the duration of the Helltooth (4) and (6) Set Bonuses Fixed an issue that prevented the Spirit of Arachyr (4) Set damage bonus from lasting for the entire duration of the toad summoned by Hex - Toad of Hugeness Fixed an issue that caused item repairs to be greatly inflated Fixed an issue that prevented items created by Kanai's Cube from being account bound Fixed an issue that allowed players to upgrade Rare items lower than level 70 to Legendary items Fixed an issue that caused crafted items to have no level requirement Fixed an issue that prevented Kanai's Cube recipes from working with follower items

Monsters Further adjustments have been made to the amount of progress monsters grant in Nephalem and Greater Rifts Rift Guardian health has been slightly increased Stonesinger Now has a specific animation for his knockback attack Reduced the distance of his knockback Fissures now spawn faster has he loses health Reduced fissure duration Fissures now constantly fire mortars

Barbarian Active Skills Battle Rage

Skill Rune - Swords to Ploughshares Now also heals your pets Threatening Shout Skill Rune - Falter Has been redesigned Enemies take 30% increased damage from all sources for 6 seconds Passive Skills No Escape Damage bonus increased from 20% to 30% Minimum distance reduced from 20 to 15 yards These bonuses now also apply to Avalanche Relentless Resource Cost Reduction granted reduced from 75% to 50% Now doubles your Life per Fury Spent while active

Crusader Active Skills

Falling Sword You will now arrive at your targeted location sooner after casting Falling Sword You can now cast again sooner after casting Falling Sword Witch Doctor Active Skills Acid Cloud You can now cast again sooner after casting Acid Cloud Skill Rune - Corpse Bomb Damage increased from 525% to 700% weapon damage Skill Rune - Lob Blob Bomb Damage from individual blobs can now stack Big Bad Voodoo Skill Rune - Ghost Trance Now reduces damage taken by 20% Firebats Damage increased from 425% to 475% weapon damage Initial Mana cost has been removed Channeling Mana cost has been increased from 70 to 125 Mana Skill Rune - Cloud of Bats Damage radius increased from 8 to 12 yards Reduced the channeling duration required to reach maximum damage Skill Rune - Hungry Bats Damage increased from 635% to 750% weapon damage per bat Skill Rune - Plague Bats Final damage increased from 638% to 720% weapon damage Reduced the channeling duration required to reach maximum damage Grasp of the Dead Damage increased from 560% to 760% weapon damage Skill Rune - Desperate Grasp Cooldown reduced from 6 to 4 seconds Skill Rune - Grasping Eels Damage increased from 880% to 1360% weapon damage Skill Rune - Unbreakable Grasp Now also removes the Mana cost Wall of Zombies Has been removed Replaced with: Wall of Death

The damage area has been increased to more closely match the visual You can now cast again sooner after casting Wall of Death Zombie Charger Casting animation has been slightly sped up You can now cast again sooner after casting Zombie Charger Skill Rune - Explosive Beast Explosion damage increased from 532% to 680% weapon damage Explosion radius increased from 9 to 12 yards Skill Rune - Lumbering Cold Damage increased from 196% to 280% weapon damage Skill Rune - Pile On Damage increased from 800% to 880% weapon damage Skill Rune - Undeath Damage increased from 360% to 480% weapon damage Skill Rune - Zombie Bears Damage increased from 392% to 520% weapon damage Passive Skills Confidence Ritual New Passive Skill You deal 25% additional damage to enemies within 20 yards Fierce Loyalty Half of the 30% Movement Speed bonus is now granted while you have a Zombie Dog, Gargantuan, or Fetish following you, even if they are in combat Spiritual Attunement Mana regeneration increased from 1% to 2% per second

Wizard

Passive Skills Unstable Anomaly Has been redesigned When you receive fatal damage, you instead gain a shield equal to 400% of your maximum Life for 5 seconds and release a shockwave that knocks enemies back and Stuns them for 3 seconds.

Bug Fixes Fixed an issue causing many pets to regenerate less Life per Second than intended Return to Top ITEMS Class-Specific Items Barbarian Bracers of Destruction Seismic Slam deals 300-400% increased damage to the first 5 enemies it hits Bracers of the First Men New Legendary Bracers

Hammer of the Ancients attacks 50% faster and deals 150-200% increased damage Pride of Cassius Now also extends the duration of Ignore Pain - Mob Rule Monk Shenlong's Spirit (2) Set Bonus The damage of your Spirit Generators is increased by 2% for each point of Spirit you have When reaching maximum Spirit, all damage is increased by 100%, but you no longer passively regenerate Spirit and 65 Spirit is drained every second until you run out of Spirit Witch Doctor Coils of the First Spider

Gain 30% damage reduction while channeling Firebats Jeram's Bracers New Legendary Bracers

Increases the attack speed of Wall of Death by 30% Note: This will not be reflected in the item's tooltip Helltooth Harness Has been redesigned (2) Set Bonus Enemies hit by any skill listed in the (6) Set Bonus are afflicted by Necrosis becoming Slowed and taking 1000% weapon damage every second for 10 seconds Necrosis causes afflicted enemies to take 15% increased damage from all sources (6) Set Bonus After casting wall of Death you gain 300% increased damage to your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, Wall of Death, Zombie Charger, and Zombie Dogs for 12 seconds This effect stacks up to 3 times Spirit of Arachyr New Set (2) Set Bonus Summon a permanent Spider Queen who leaves behind webs that deal 2500% weapon damage per second over 5 seconds and slows enemies. The Spider Queen is commanded to move to where you cast your Corpse Spiders. (6) Set Bonus The damage of your creature skills is increased by 800%. Creature skills are Corpse Spiders, Firebats, Hex, Locust Swarm, Piranhas, and Plague of Toads. SuWong Diviner New Legendary Staff Acid Cloud gains the effect of the Lob Blob Bomb rune Rolls with +45-60% Acid Cloud damage Wizard

Vyr's Amazing Arcana Has been redesigned (4) Set Bonus Has been swapped with Fazula's Improbable Chain Archon stacks also increase your Attack Speed, Armor and resistances by 1% Witch Doctor Scrimshaw Legendary Power added Reduces the Mana cost of Zombie Charger by 30-40% Rolls with 30-40% increased Zombie Charger damage New Seasonal Legendary Items Note: The following Seasonal items will be not be available to PC players until Season 4 begins and will be available exclusively to Seasonal characters until the conclusion of Season 4 Bane of the Stricken New Legendary Gem

Damage bonus is increased by 0.02% per rank Crusader Sacred Harness New Legendary Belt Judgment - Debilitate is cast at your landing location when casting Falling Sword Wizard Fazula's Improbable Chain New Legendary Belt Has been swapped with Vyr's Amazing Arcana (4) Set Bonus You automatically start with 40-50 Archon stacks when entering Archon form Return to Top ADVENTURE MODE Bounties

Second floor bounties will now show 15 remaining enemies instead of 5 Bug Fixes Fixed an issue that prevented players who were in a game where a Greater Rift was in progress, but were not participating in the rift from changing their skills MONSTERS Reflects Damage Now has a warning visual for a short time before dealing damage Now reflects damage of the same type that was dealt Now has a very short internal cooldown Rift Guardians Eskandiel Wave attack range has been increased Wave attack now has a longer animation before it is cast Raiziel Electrified affix has been removed Lighting storm strikes now create a charged bolt Lighting storm now strikes more times per cast Can no longer have two lightning storms active at once Can now cast lightning storms more frequently when below 75% health The lightning storm ground visual now persists for the entire duration of the attack Bug Fixes Fixed an issue that caused Eskandiel's wave attack to hit players standing behind him at very close range

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PTR Wipe and Community Buff

The PTR wipe has concluded earlier today, and the community buff to legendary drop ratio has been turned off for Season 4 testing.

Originally Posted by Blizzard The PTR wipe was completed earlier today at approximately 12:28 p.m. PDT, and PTR Season 4 is in full swing. Updated patch notes can be read here.



Happy testing! (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

The following buff has been disabled and is no longer active on the PTR:



2000% Bonus Chance to find Legendaries

This buff was removed on July 21 at 12:28 p.m. PDT. Should this (or other) buffs go live during the course of the PTR, we'll update this thread accordingly. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Quinsane's "Goku" Monk

Quinsane has uploaded a new video guide for Monks. A Torment 10 able build that uses the new Uliana's set, dubbed the "Goku Monk". Bear in mind that is based on PTR content, and that some of this is susceptible to change before it goes live.