Diablo 4 Malignant Hearts For All Classes: Stats & Effects

Published: Jul 19th, 2023, 06:27

We share the full effects and stats for Malignant Hearts in Diablo 4 Season 1 that all classes can use.

Diablo 4 Malignant Hearts For All Classes: Stats & Effects

Want to know the precise details of Malignant Hearts in Diablo 4 that all classes can use? Then you are in luck! In Diablo 4 Season 1, players acquire Malignant Hearts, powerful new gem-type items that you can socket into Rings and Amulets.

These are not tradeable and offer a massive increase in power, with the Wrathful type's effect being on par with a Legendary Aspect. In this guide, we will outline the stats, effects, types, and more of every Malignant Heart that all classes can use in Diablo 4 Season 1, so let's jump in.

Diablo 4 Malignant Hearts Stats & Effects For All Classes

Malignant hearts classes all stats effects requirements — There are four types of Malignant Hearts and players need to add them to a socket of corresponding color on Rings or Amulets. (Picture: Blizzard)

We are just going to cut to the chase right now. There are 12 Malignant Hearts in Diablo 4 Season 1 that can be used by any class. These are super powerful gem-type items players get from slaying Malignant enemies in the world or in Malignant Tunnels.

To plan your build effectively, we've got you covered with all the Malignant Hearts available that all Diablo 4 classes can use. Details as per a post by Blizzard include stats (at level 20), the type (Brutal, Vicious, Devious, Wrathful), and when applicable, the World Tier difficulty level they can start dropping.

The Picana (Vicious, Offensive): Critical Strikes electrically charge the enemy for 0.75-2.50 seconds, causing lightning to arc between them and any other charged enemies dealing 68-136 Lightning damage.
The Dark Dance (Vicious, Offensive-World Tier III): Every 5 seconds while above 60% Life, Core Skills cost 68-51 Life instead of your Primary Resource. Skills that consume Life deal 10-20% increased damage.
Tempting Fate (Vicious, Offensive-World Tier III): You gain 40-60% Critical Strike Damage but your Non-Critical Strikes deal 20-15% less damage.
The Lionheart (Brutal, Defensive): You gain 10% Barrier Generation. You Heal 3-7 Life per second while you have an active Barrier.
Revenge (Brutal, Defensive-World Tier III): 10-20% of incoming damage is instead suppressed. When you use a Defensive, Subterfuge or a Macabre skill, all suppressed damage is amplified by 250% and explodes, dealing up to 1360-2040 Fire damage to Nearby enemies.
Prudent Heart (Brutal, Defensive-World Tier III): You become Immune for 2.0-4.0 seconds after you lose more than 20% Life in a single hit. This effect can only occur once every 110 seconds.
Determination (Devious, Utility): Resource draining effects are 40-50% less effective. In addition, gain 3.0-8.0% increased Resource Generation.
Retaliation (Devious, Utility-World Tier III): Deal 510-680 Fire damage to surrounding enemies whenever a Crowd Control effect is removed from you.
The Calculated (Devious, Utility-World Tier III): After spending 150-200 of your Primary Resource, your next attack Stuns enemies hit for 2 seconds.
The Malignant Pact (Wrathful, Super): Cycle through a Malignant bonus every 20 kills:
- Vicious: Gain 20% Attack Speed.
- Devious: Core and Basic Skills have a 15% chance to fully restore your Primary Resource.
- Brutal: Every 21 seconds, gain a Barrier absorbing 85-102 damage.
Creeping Death (Wrathful, Super): Your damage over time effects are increased by 30-40% for each different Crowd Control effect on the target. Unstoppable monsters and Staggered bosses instead take 110-130% increased damage from your damage over time effects.
The Barber (Wrathful, Super-World Tier III): Critical Strikes and all subsequent damage within 2.0-4.0 seconds is absorbed by your target. Then, the absorbed damage erupts onto surrounding enemies. Stored damage is increased by 10% per second.

Remember, the Malignant Hearts feature is not available for characters on the Eternal Realm.

Check out the official Diablo 4 Season 1 gameplay trailer featuring DiEoxidE below to learn about Malignant Hearts, enemies, and more.

That's everything you need to know about the "general" Malignant Hearts that all classes can use in Diablo 4 Season 1. Remember, this is based on level 20 character item drops, so these stats and effects increase if found on a higher level.

If anything changes, we will endeavor to update this article with haste, so stay tuned, Nephalem, and good luck!

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Written by Wessel Minnie

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