Diablo 4 Class Balance Changes: All Buffs & Nerfs in Season 1 (Patch 1.1.1)

Skills

• Flickering Fire Bolt
  • Fire Bolt generates 2 Mana when hitting an enemy.
• Enhanced Fireball
  • Casting Fireball increases its radius by 50%.
• Destructive Fireball
  • Fireball’s Critical Strike Damage is increased by 20%. This bonus is increased to 30% if Fireball hits at least 3 enemies.
• Greater Chain Lightning
  • Each time Chain Lightning bounces, it deals 5% increased damage for its duration.
• Destructive Chain Lightning
  • Chance to form Crackling Energy increased from 25% to 30%.

Passives

• Vyr’s Mastery
  • Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%.
• Esu’s Ferocity
  • Additional functionality:
    • Both bonuses are also granted for 3 seconds when hitting a Boss with a Critical Strike.
• Combustion
  • Your Burning effects deal x20% increased damage, plus an additional x2% increased damage per unique source of Burning you have applied to the enemy.

Paragon

• Searing Heat Legendary Node
  • Casting Fireball or Meteor increases your Critical Strike Chance by 5% for 5 seconds, up to 15%.
• Ceaseless Conduit Legendary Node
  • Increase Crackling Energy’s damage from 2% to 3% per 20 Intelligence the player has Reinforce Rare Glyph.
• Territorial Rare Glyph
  • Damage reduction increased from 10% to 15%.
• Warding Rare Glyph
  • Damage reduction increased from 13% to 25%.
• Keeper of Flames Rare Node
  • Damage reduction increased from 4% to 5%.
  • Bonus damage reduction increased from 4% to 5%.
• Smoldering Embers Rare Node
  • Damage reduction from burning enemies increased from 4% to 5%.
  • Bonus damage reduction from burning enemies increased from 4% to 5%.
• Guarded Rare Node
  • Damage reduction from Vulnerable enemies increased from 4% to 5%.
  • Bonus damage reduction from Vulnerable enemies increased from 4% to 5%.
• Oppressive Rare Node
  • Damage reduction from Vulnerable enemies increased from 4% to 5%.
• Lightning Resilience Rare Node
  • Maximum Life bonus increased from 4% to 6%.

Legendaries

• Serpentine Aspect
  • You may have 1 additional Hydra active, and Hydra’s duration is increased by 14-24%.
  • This now also affects Hydra’s Enchantment Effect.
• Aspect of Conflagration
  • Bonus Burning damage increased from 20-30% to 20-40%.
• Aspect of Engulfing Flames
  • Bonus Burning damage increased from 30%-40% to 60%-80%.
• Aspect of Three Curses
  • Increase the Critical Strike Damage of Meteor and Fireball by 20%-40%. Double this bonus against Healthy enemies.
• Flamewalker’s Aspect
  • Bonus Movement Speed duration increased from 4 to 6 seconds.
• Gravitational Aspect
  • Ball Lightning orbits around you and deals 15-25% increased damage.
• Aspect of Unbroken Tether
  • Additional Chain Lightning bounces increased from 2 to 4.
• Recharging Aspect
  • Each time Chain Lightning bounces, you gain 1.5-3 Mana.
• Charged Aspect
  • Bonus Movement Speed duration increased from 4 to 8 seconds.
• Aspect of the Bounding Conduit
  • Bonus Movement Speed increased from 20-25% to 25-30%.
• New Legendary - Mage-Lord’s Aspect
  • Increase Vyr's Mastery Key Passive's Damage Reduction by 6-9% for each Close enemy, up to 18-27%.
• Aspect of Frozen Orbit
  • Damage increased from 20-30% to 30-40%.
• Storm Swell Aspect
  • Bonus damage increased from 11-20% to 21-30%.
• Snowveiled Aspect
  • Unstoppable duration increased from 2-3 seconds to 3-5 seconds.
  • Additional functionality:
    • Also grants 10% bonus Armor for 3-5 seconds.
• Incendiary Aspect
  • Lucky Hit: Damage from your Pyromancy skills has up to a 12-17% chance to restore 10 Mana.
• Snowguard’s Aspect
  • While within your own Blizzard and for 3 seconds after leaving it, you take 20-25% less damage.
• Aspect of Concentration
  • Mana Regeneration increased from 20-30% to 40-50%.
  • Duration requirement to gain its benefit reduced from 3 to 2 seconds.

Uniques

• Gloves of the Illuminator
  • Damage penalty reduced from 65-55% to 45-35%.
  • Damage to Stunned affix replaced with Lucky Hit: Change to Restore Resource.
  • Illuminator’s first bounce occurs much closer to the player.

Skills

• Bash
  • Fury gained increased from 11 to 13.
• Flay
  • Fury gained increased from 10 to 13.
• Enhanced Frenzy
  • Fury gained increased from 2 to 3.
• Lunging Strike
  • Fury gained increased from 10 to 12.
• Double Swing
  • Damage increased from 40% to 50%.
• Enhanced Rupture
  • Damage increased from 45% to 70%.
• Enhanced Charge
  • Damage increased from 30% to 60%.
• Mighty Charge
  • Vulnerable duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds.
• Violent Upheaval
  • If Upheaval damages at least 2 enemies or a Boss, you gain Berserking for 2 seconds, increased to 3 seconds if it damages at least 4 enemies.

Passives

• Aggressive Resistance
  • Damage reduction increased from 3% to 4%.
• Gushing Wounds
  • Bleed damage dealt based on Critical Damage bonus increased from 100% to 115%.
  • Bleed damage when Overpowering increased from 11% to 70%.
• Unconstrained
  • Berserking damage bonus increased from 25% to 35%.
  • Updated the tooltip to more clearly reflect this Key Passive’s value
• Walking Arsenal
  • Bonus damage duration increased from 6 to 8 seconds.

Legendaries

• Aspect of Ancestral Force
  • Damage increased from 32-50% to 40-58%.
• Death Wish Aspect
  • Thorns increased from .5-.75 to .65-.85.
• Aspect of Unrelenting Fury
  • Core Skill cost to refund increased from 10-20% to 20-30%.
  • Additional functionality:
    • Cost refund also granted when hitting Bosses.
• Aspect of Ancestral Charge
  • Damage increased from 50-100% to 75-125%.
• Aspect of Burning Rage
  • Damage increased from .22-.28 to .3-.38.
• Aspect of Bul-Kathos
  • Damage reduction while in Earthquakes increased from 5-15% to 15-25%.
• Earthquake Aspect
  • Damage bonus in Earthquakes increased from 5-15% to 15-25%.

Uniques

• Fields of Crimson
  • Damage increased from .18-.34 to .22-.38.
  • Damage that enemies take standing in pools increased from 15% to 20%.
  • Rupture Cooldown Reduction affix replaced with Bonus Critical Strike Damage.
• Hellhammer
  • Damage increased from .6-.8 to .85-1.1.
  • Burning duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
  • Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies affix replaced with Bonus Critical Strike Damage.
• Ramaladni’s Magnum Opus
  • Physical Damage affix replaced with Vulnerable Damage.
• 100,000 Steps
  • Attacks reduce Evade’s cooldown affix replace with bonus Evade charges.
  • Damage against Stunned affix replace with bonus Movement Speed.
• Battle Trance
  • Basic Skill Damage affix replaced with Cooldown Reduction.
  • Bonus Attack Speed to other skills increased from 10-20% to 35-45%.

Skills

• Earth Spike
  • Spirit gain increased from 11 to 13.
• Claw
  • Spirit gain increased from 11 to 12.
• Storm Strike
  • Spirit gain increased from 14 to 15.
• Wind Shear
  • Spirit gain increased from 13 to 14.
• Maul
  • Spirit gain increased from 15 to 17.
• Wolves
  • Passive damage increased from 7.8% to 11%.
  • Active damage increased from 110% to 135%.
• Enhanced Wolf Pack
  • Damage bonus increased from 20% to 25%.
• Brutal Wolf Pack
  • Attack Speed bonus increased from 20% to 25%.
• Ferocious Wolf Pack
  • Fortify amount increased from 5% to 8%.
• Ravens
  • Passive damage increased from 13% to 20%.
• Brutal Ravens
  • Additional functionality:
    • Increase the passive damage of Ravens by 40%.
• Rabies
  • Damage over time increased from 76% to 110%.

Paragon

• Lightning Resilience Rare Node
  • Maximum Life bonus increased from 4% to 6%.

Legendaries

• Aspect of Metamorphic Stone
  • Spirit cost reduced from 60 to 50.
  • Damage dealt increased from 80-100% to 100-120%.
• Aspect of the Alpha
  • Damage increased from 75-100% to 90-115%.
• Mangled Aspect
  • Resource gain increased from 1 to 3.

Class Mechanic

• Overload
  • Lucky Hit Chance increased from 20% to 40%.

Skills

• Enhanced Bone Spirit
  • Cooldown reduction increased from 6 to 7 seconds.

Paragon

• Wither Legendary Board
  • Willpower requirement for bonuses reduced from 50 to 40.
  • Bonus damage per 40 Willpower increased from 2.5% to 4%.

Legendaries

• Aspect of Empowering Reaper
  • Damaging enemies with Sever has a 10-20% chance to spawn a pool of Blight under the target that deals 20-60% bonus damage. This effect can only happen once every 3 seconds.
• Aspect of Exposed Flesh
  • Lucky Hit: Up to a 10% chance to generate 30-50 Essence when hitting a Vulnerable enemy.
• Aspect of Decay
  • Damage increased from 20-40% to 25-45%.
• Aspect of Torment
  • Essence Regeneration increased from 20-30% to 90-170%.
• Hulking Aspect
  • Legendary category changed from Resource to Utility.
  • Chance for Golem to reduce its cooldown increased from 1-4% to 2-5%.
  • Chance to Golem to spawn a corpse increased from 0.5-2% to 1-2.5%.

Uniques

• Greaves of the Empty Tomb
  • Intelligence affix replaced with Bonus Movement Speed.

Minions

• The following attacks now deal reduced damage to Druid Companions and Necromancer Minions:
  • Balrog
    • Fire Breath
  • Elite Affixes
    • Fire Enchanted
    • Electrified Obelisks
    • Shock Lance