Diablo 3: Start of Season 25 – Soul Shards, Haedrig’s Gift and Patch Notes for 2.7.2

Diablo 3: Update 2.7.2 – Patch Notes in English

What changes? Some items will be adjusted for Season 25 in Diablo 3. We show you the changes mentioned in the patch notes (via Diablo3.com).

• Deep Digger: Primary skills deal 80–100 % additional damage.
• Barbarian:  

• Mercilessness: If both Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients are active, Hammer of the Ancients deals 600–800 % more damage.

• Witch Doctor 

• Shukrani’s Triumph: After the initial duration of Spirit Walk ends, the skill continues until you attack three times or an elite enemy is within 20 meters of you. Attacks from the spirit world deal 75–100 % more damage.
• Lakumba’s Ornament: Reduces all damage taken by 60 % if you have at least (1–3) stacks of Soul Harvest and an additional 2 % for each stack of Soul Harvest.
• The Embrace of the Spider Queen: Corpse Spiders deal 600–800 % more damage and create a net upon impact that slows enemies by 80 %.

• Brood of Araneae: Corpse Spiders deal 75–100 % more damage and each spider bite causes the target to take 1 % more damage from Corpse Spiders for 5 seconds.
• Spirit of Arachyr (set bonus – 2 pieces): Summons a permanent Spider Queen that is connected to you with a infested thread. Enemies caught in the thread are infested. Attacks from Corpse Spiders against infested enemies deal the same damage to all infested enemies. The Spider Queen moves where you cast your Corpse Spiders. Corpse Spiders now have health.
• Spirit of Arachyr (set bonus – 4 pieces): The Spider Queen now leaves behind nets that last for 15 seconds and slow enemies. While on the net, infested enemies remain infested. You take 75 % less damage while on the net and for 4 seconds after you leave the net.
• Spirit of Arachyr (set bonus – 6 pieces): The damage dealt by the skills of your minions is increased by 25,000 %. The skills of the minions are Corpse Spiders, Toads, Fire Bats, Locust Swarm, Hex, and Piranhas.

• Demon Hunter: 

• Wrappings of the Marauder (set bonus – 4 pieces): Sentry turrets use Elemental Arrow, Chakram, Impale, Multishot, and Splitter Arrow at the same time as you and automatically use your equipped hatred spenders.
• Wrappings of the Marauder (set bonus – 6 pieces): The damage of your primary skills and your companions, as well as from Elemental Arrow, Chakram, Impale, Multishot, Splitter Arrow, Vengeance, and your Sentry turrets is increased by 12,000 % for each active Sentry turret.
• The Shadow’s Mantle (set bonus – 6 pieces): Impale deals an additional 75,000 % weapon damage to the first enemy hit and 25,000 % to subsequent enemies hit.
• Backpack of the Bombardier: You can have 2 additional Sentry turrets active simultaneously. Splitter Arrow deals 150–200 % more damage.

• Necromancer 

• Rathma’s bones (set bonus – 6 pieces): Each active permanent servant increases the damage of Army of the Dead by 1,750 %, up to a maximum of 31,500 %.

• Wizard 

• Finery of the Firebird (6 pieces): You deal 5,000 % more damage as long as a target is on fire. If you hit a burning enemy with a non-channeling fire spell, they take burn damage multiplied by the stacks of burning. Companions and servants cannot trigger this effect.

Bugs fixed: 

• A bug has been fixed that caused player-controlled companions and servants not to trigger the Oculus Ring when worn by a companion. 

• A bug has been fixed that caused the stack of counter to not always apply as intended when Catastrophe and Ninth Quiver of Cirri were used. 
• A bug has been fixed that caused the life per second granted by Mantra of Healing not to apply to the shield created by the stomach stone of a fire gnus. 
• A bug has been fixed that caused the damage from Mystic Ally: Earth Ally not to be increased by The Roughest Boots. 
• A bug has been fixed that caused the active skill of Mystic Ally: Fire Ally to not attack Portal Guardian Perendi.

How do you like the changes from Season 25 in Diablo 3? Does it sound so promising that you will try the new season and dive back into the grind, or can Diablo 3 not bring you back into the game even with these changes? Let us know your thoughts on the new season here on MeinMMO in the comments.