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Defense and Block Energy FactorMisc Defense and Block Spell Focus Cycles Relics Unique Mystic Orbs Item Affixes Shrine Bonuses Trophy Bonuses Version Logs Abbreviations L.F.A.Q.Spell Damage Poison Damage Armor Looks Item Stats Item Procs Item OskillsQuests Median XL - Σ 2.9 Table of Contents Game General Pandemonium season changes: Most of the changes have been reverted including: goblins, monster population and dungeon challenges, and relics Season exclusive items can no longer be obtained, recipes and orange text won’t work Existing relics will be kept (including those with special skills), but some Ultimates which require points to work correctly will no longer do so The following changes will be retained: All skill/class and item balance changes, including rune downgrading recipes and new staff affixes Dimensional Labyrinth monster overhaul (with balance changes - see below) Life buffs to: campaign enemies of level 1 to 104, dungeon monsters of level 105 to 115, rift monsters of level 105 to 120 Engine Enhanced Damage and Defense now displays next to damage or defense on weapons and armor Example on weapon: Two-hand Damage: 38 to 323 (+253%) Example on armor: Defense: 38 (+69%) Poison Length Reduction on the stats screen now takes into account the resistance penalties of each difficulty, previously it did not display this Reworked formula for level difference penalty on experience gains Added a sort button into the stash Fixed a bug where only minimum fire damage from items was added to missiles Potential fix for shared stash on TCP/IP Added gamble filter clear button Endgame Quests Nephalem Rifts High Heavens/Library of Fate Introducing the Heroic Library of Fate Rifts Consisting of two zones: Area Level 125 (can be accessed at level 120) and Area Level 130 (can be accessed at level 125) The regular enemies are stronger, faster, and no longer weaken themselves on death Map will be randomly selected from a pool of 4 options You may randomly encounter new monsters, champions of the Archangels, with better drops The Angel bosses will now fight back instead of being idle No more annoying Lightwells with Punisher spam These Heroic Rifts will be the only source of Angelic items, a new item tier with better stats than Sacreds which can be Rare only For more information on Angelic items, please see the Items section of the notes You can obtain the Soulforge: a brand new crafting system that allows you to modify rare items, as well as craft some exclusive uniques For more information on the Soulforge, please see the Soulforge section at the bottom of the notes Instructions on how to access the Heroic Libraries of Fate can be found on newly dropped Zakarum Ears To open a portal need: 1 Perfect Gem for Area Level 125, 2 Angelic Items for Area Level 130 Tran Athulua Fixed a bug causing the zone to drop less quivers than intended Teganze Umbaru Treasure now always rolls 10% Spell Damage Runestone and Essence drop rates slightly increased Teganze : Spirits no longer have a chance to knock back Triune Chance to drop a trophy fragment increased by 33% Scosglen Gold cost to create a tenet from a completed design reduced to 300k, from 1 million Gold cost to create the Dulra Aegis from a complete design reduced to 700k, from 2.5 million It now costs 2.5 million total to create all 6 tenets and the charm Dimensional Labyrinth Lab tiers 1-5 no longer require an arcane crystal to activate. As a result, these stones now drop already charged Fixed a bug where monsters left corpses when they weren’t supposed to Void Maw : AI delay reduced Fractured Being : Now spawns less frequently Regeneration aura increased from 2%/4% to 4%/8%, depending on tier Twisted Spriggan : Movement speed doubled Health increased by 33% Now spawns less frequently, but in larger packs Twisted Sire : Movement speed, damage, life, and block increased Now uses Retaliate more frequently at lower tiers Now always uses Retaliate in tier 6+ Labs Attack rating greatly reduced Twisted Crawlers : replaced by Twisted Necrobots Corrupted Assassin : Avoid reduced Unstable Anomaly : maximum aggression range reduced Endgame Dungeons Invasion Rift Storm now causes fewer Rift Bolts Lockout timer increased to 60 seconds, up from 20 seconds Mirror Temple Sets for season 37 are: Celestia’s Myth Universal Law Tundra Walker Marchosias’ Essence Satanic Mantra Yaerius’ Grey Omen Adria’s Circle Invasion II Rift Storm now causes fewer Rift Bolts Lockout timer increased to 60 seconds, up from 20 seconds Toraja Celebrant of the Triune : Pack size decreased Yshari Sanctum Chance to drop a trophy fragment increased by 33% Uileloscadh Mór Portal can now only be opened from within Tur Dulra Invasion III Rift Storm now causes fewer Rift Bolts Lockout timer increased to 60 seconds, up from 20 seconds Herald of the End Upgrading the Pulsating Worldstone Shard now requires a Sleep charm, instead of a Glorious Book of Median Creating a Dimensional Link now only requires a Greater Signet of Learning Unlocking a Vial of Elder Blood now requires 2 Greater Signets of Learning and any Great Rune Unlocking the uniques dropped by Samael now requires 2 Greater Signets of Learning, a Lew Rune, and a Phul Rune Characters Main Added a new Mastery Passive Skill: Freedom Freedom grants a large bonus to block speed, a medium bonus to hit recovery rate, and half freeze duration The block and hit recovery rate scales with character level Maximum base level of 5 Amazon Bloodlust : fixed a bug where you would gain Phys/Mag Spell Damage from "Elemental Spell Damage to Bloodlust" affixes Blood Magic Missiles : mana cost increased by 0.375 per Skill Level Eldritch Storm : mana cost increased by 0.375 per Skill Level Lava Pit : Mana cost increased by 0.375 per Skill Level Damage increased by 10% Blood Magic : the maximum life value used for calculating life regeneration has been capped at 25 000 Spear Pounce : Now spawns two novas per cast The first has 50% of the range of the old version The second has the same area of effect as the old version but a higher projectile speed Weapon damage increased to 90%, up from 75% Great Hunt : Fixed an issue which caused the projectiles to stop after hitting enemies serverside Weapon damage now 65%, down from 70% Takedown : No longer grants 4% attack speed per fury charge per base level Now grants 6% weapon physical damage per base level per fury charge instead Lioness : No longer grants 10% weapon physical damage per base level Now grants 10% attack speed at lvl 1, gaining 8% more per base level up to 250% Storm Thundermaiden : fixed a bug where it was granting Spell Focus and Max damage without taking into account your Hammer or Storm point allocation Assassin Ninja Queen of Blades : Reworked: Now periodically strikes at all enemies within melee range These strikes can activate melee attack style triggers, including Naginata’s innate area of effect attack Delay between attacks reduces with base skill levels Now has 5% increased attack speed and 2% crushing blow at level 1, increasing by 5% and 2% respectively per base level Now has a maximum skill level of 10 Shred : removed from the tree Psionic Mind Ripple : conversion chance now always 1% Singularity : delayed the bulk of the damage until after the black hole animation appears (0.6 seconds) Claw Batstrike : Bat Nova weapon damage raised to 150%, from 125% Bat Nova...