Diablo 3: Season 26 Buffs and Nerfs – Patch Notes for 2.7.3

– Ethereal Cries and the Echoing Nightmare are only available for seasonal characters.
– Only one player needs to convert an Ethereal Cry to open an Echoing Nightmare in a multiplayer game.
– As with a boss fight, all players in a multiplayer game must first accept a prompt to enter.
– Within an Echoing Nightmare, the difficulty increases with progress in the encounter. Players can advance faster if they quickly eliminate monsters.
– Players receive the following rewards upon completing the Echoing Nightmare: XP, legendary items, blood shards, gems, and a new legendary gem, Whisper of Penitence.
– Whisper of Penitence is a legendary gem that can only be used to improve ancient legendary items. Its rank when dropped is based on the player’s performance in the Echoing Nightmare.
– Rare monsters now appear in an Echoing Nightmare.
– Meteors now fall from the sky.
– Hellish devices now appear that summon waves of Exploding Madmen.
– Portal guardians now appear.
– The frequency at which monsters appear has been increased.
– The shadow clone explosion has been changed to make the area of effect more pronounced.
– The leave timer has been increased to 60 seconds.
– The possible rank for a Whisper of Penitence to drop has been increased to 125 depending on the completed level.
– Monsters in an Echoing Nightmare can no longer be frozen, stunned, immobilized, or knocked back.
– A bug has been fixed that caused connection shrines to deal less damage than intended.
Updates after PTR feedback:
– Monsters in the Echoing Nightmare no longer drop gold, items, or healing globes.
– The damage from Exploding Madmen and meteors is now deadlier.
– The damage from meteors and Fallen Madmen is now physical.
– The difficulty from level 100 has been adjusted.
– The shield pylon has been replaced with a haste pylon.
– The XP gained in the Echoing Nightmare has been adjusted to match the rewards for Greater Nephalem Rifts.
– The closing timer for the Echoing Nightmare has been reduced to 30 seconds.
– Opening the Echoing Nightmare in games below level 70 has been prevented.
– The damage from Exploding Madmen and meteors is now physical.
– The drop rate of Ethereal Cries from portal guardians of Greater Nephalem Rifts has been adjusted.

– The progress granted by some monsters in Greater Nephalem Rifts has been further increased.
– Additionally, the progress from Fallen Shaman, Fallen Summoners, Fallen Prophets, and Fallen Fire Mages has been increased.
– The graphic effects when entering Orek’s Dream have been updated.
– The graphics of Orek’s Dream are now more pronounced.

Raekor’s Legacy (set bonus for 4 pieces): ‘Furious Charge’ gains the effect of all runes and deals 1,000 % more damage. The damage of ‘Spear of the Ancients’ increases by 2 % for every 1 % of health you are missing.
Raekor’s Legacy (set bonus for 6 pieces): After hitting enemies with ‘Furious Charge’ or ‘Weapon Throw’, your next use of ‘Spear of the Ancients’ will deal 5,500 % more damage and splits into multiple spears at the target. The effect is stackable, and each spear throw consumes up to 5 stacks.
The Law of Arreat: ‘Weapon Throw’ and ‘Spear of the Ancients’ deal 150–200 % more damage. ‘Weapon Throw’ generates up to 50 additional Fury based on the distance of the hit enemy. The generated Fury can exceed the maximum limit of 200 Fury.
‘Spear of the Ancients’ refunds up to 50 Fury based on the distance of the hit enemy and resets the maximum Fury to its normal value.
The Three Hundredth Spear: Increases the damage of ‘Weapon Throw’ and ‘Spear of the Ancients’ by 150–200 %. The attack speed of ‘Weapon Throw’ is increased by 200 %.
Skular’s Redemption: Increases the damage of ‘Spear of the Ancients’ by 150–200 %. Increases the damage by 100 %, if ‘Spear of the Ancients – Rock Throw’ hits 5 or fewer enemies.

Thorns of the Aegis: Increases the attack speed of ‘Punish’ and ‘Slice’ by 100 %. These skills deal 67,500 % of your thorns damage.
Norvald’s Great Vigor: Increases your damage by 200 %, while ‘Cavalry’ is active and for 5 seconds after ‘Cavalry’ ends.

– All Mystic Allies created by the set bonus (6 pieces) of Inna’s Mantra now renew their duration with each attack.
– Mystic Ally – Fire Ally: Allies can now move through enemies.
– Mystic Ally – Earth Ally: The speed of Earth Allies’ rocks has been increased. Rocks always stick to the player regardless of the number of monsters on screen.
– Rocks from Earth Allies are no longer slowed by projectile protection.
Bindings of the Lesser Gods: Enemies hit by your skill ‘Cyclone Strike’ take 5 seconds of 150–200 % more damage from your Mystic Ally.

– Players can no longer change the difficulty while an Echoing Nightmare is active.
– A bug has been fixed that allowed Collector’s Gift to drop gold in the Echoing Nightmare.
– A bug has been fixed that caused the graphics of Orek’s Dream in the Veil Marsh and Swirling Woods to disappear when entering a level other than level 1.
– A bug has been fixed that caused the visual entrance effect of Orek’s Dream to be displayed inconsistently.