Diablo 4 1.0.2 unofficial patch notes surprise players as Druid gets buffed

An unofficial set of Diablo 4 patch notes have recently started making the rounds on social media and the changes allegedly made include buffs to several Druid skills. This decision to improve the shapeshifter has surprised fans as the Druid has often been considered one of the strongest classes in the game since the open beta early access period.

Aside from these enhancements, however, the Rogue and Necromancer also apparently received slight buffs to some talents, though the changes made pale in comparison to those of the Druid’s. Fortunately, the game’s resident weapons expert received neither a buff nor a nerf so your Diablo 4 Barbarian build should remain intact until the release date.

But with that said, if you want to know what the rest of the changes look like, then we’ve listed all of them below.

Diablo 4 1.0.2 unofficial patch notes

As mentioned before, the most significant part of these unofficial patch notes were the balance changes made to the Druid, Rogue, and Necromancer. However, Blizzard also decided to nerf several Elixirs that could end up reducing their effectivity in certain scenarios. You can check out the update in its entirety below:

General Legendary Aspects

• Accelerating Aspect
  • Critical Strikes with Core Skills increase your Attack Speed by [15 – 25]% for 5 seconds (up from 3 seconds).

Barbarian Legendary Aspects

• Aspects of Ancestral Echoes
  • Lucky Hit: While Call of the Ancients is on your Action Bar, damaging enemies with Leap, Upheaval, or Whirlwind have up to a [40 – 50]% chance to summon an Ancient to perform the same Skill.

Druid Skills and Talents

• Cataclysm
  • Lucky Hit Chance: 62 ⇒ 72%
    A massive storm follows you for 10 seconds. Twisters Knock Back enemies, and lightning strikes wildly dealing 52% damage.

• Petrify
  • Encase all nearby enemies in stone, stunning them for 3.75 (previously 3) seconds. You deal x25% increased Critical Strike Damage to enemies affected by Petrify.
  • Against Bosses, the Critical Strike Damage bonus is increased to x50% and its duration is increased to 7.5 (previously 6) seconds.

• Grizzly Rage
  • Shapeshift into a Dire Werebear for 12 (previously 10) seconds gaining x20% bonus damage and 20% Damage Reduction. Damage bonus is increased by 3% each second while in this form.
  • Kills extend the duration by 1 second up to 10 additional seconds.

• Lacerate
  • Shapeshift into a Werewolf, become Immune and quickly dash 12 (previously 10) times between enemies in the area dealing up to 500% (previously 400%) damage.

Rogue Skills and Talents

• Dash
  • Dash forward and slash enemies for 36% (previously 32%) damage.

Necromancer Skills and Talents

• Golem
  • Passive: You are protected by a Golem with X Life that attacks for 21% (previously 17%) damage. The Golem absorbs 15% of damage you would take, and recovers Life when attacking.
  • Active: Your Golem becomes Unstoppable and drains the blood of enemies in the area, dealing 40% damage and healing 4% of its Life for each enemy drained. Damage and healing received are tripled if only one enemy is drained.
  • When your Golem dies, it respawns after 20 seconds.

Elixirs

• Weak Precision Elixir
  • Increases Critical Strike Chance by 2% (previously 4%), Critical Strike Damage by 15% (previously 25%), and Experience by 5% for 30 minutes.
• Precision Elixir
  • Increases Critical Strike Chance by 3% (previously 6%), Critical Strike Damage by 20% (previously 25%), and Experience by 5% for 30 minutes.
• Strong Precision Elixir
  • Increases Critical Strike Chance by 4% (previously 8%), Critical Strike Damage by 25%, and Experience by 5% for 30 minutes.
• Potent Precision Elixir
  • Increases Critical Strike Chance by 5% (previously 10%), Critical Strike Damage by 30% (previously 25%), and Experience by 5% for 30 minutes.
• Heady Precision Elixir
  • Increases Critical Strike Chance by 6% (previously 12%), Critical Strike Damage by 35% (previously 25%), and Experience by 5% for 30 minutes.
• Weak Third Eye Elixir
  • Increases Dodge by 4% (previously 5%) and Experience by 5% for 30 minutes.
• Third Eye Elixir
  • Increases Dodge by 6% (previously 7%) and Experience by 5% for 30 minutes.
• Strong Third Eye Elixir
  • Increases Dodge by 7% (previously 10%) and Experience by 5% for 30 minutes.
• Potent Third Eye Elixir
  • Increases Dodge by 8% (previously 13%) and Experience by 5% for 30 minutes.
• Heady Third Eye Elixir
  • Increases Dodge by 10% (previously 16%) and Experience by 5% for 30 minutes.

You can also check out the entire list of unofficial patch notes here. Once you’re done skimming through it, we suggest taking a look at our guides on how to get a mount and how to switch weapons in Diablo 4 so you can have an easier time clearing content.

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