In a hotfix, Blizzard temporarily deactivated 2 legendary aspects in Diablo 4. The items were important for some of the strongest builds in the game. When they will return is still open.
What are those items? These are 2 legendary aspects from the game, both of which can be found in the Codex of Power:
- Aspect of the Blade Master (all classes): Increases damage based on the available resource during the casting time
- Aspect of Berserker’s Rending (Barbarian): Damage dealt during Berserk additionally inflicts bleeding damage
Aspect of the Blade Master is popular in many builds that rely on strong resource generation. The Barbarian aspect is even an important part of the Whirlwind build, one of the strongest builds in the game overall. With the appropriate build, a player has even achieved the world’s first kill on the toughest boss in Hardcore mode.
You can find the best builds in our Tier List for Diablo 4.
When will the items return? The items have been deactivated since an update on June 9th. So far, there is no date for reactivation. Blizzard will provide an update as soon as more information is available.
Barbarians are not the most popular class in Diablo 4, but their builds still excite many fans. You can see gameplay for the class here:
Too high damage deactivates important items
Why were the items deactivated? As Community Manager Adam Fletcher wrote on Twitter, there is a bug with the items. The damage is beyond anything that is realistic for the game. (via Twitter)
The aspects can still be used; they just currently have no effect until they are reactivated. You don’t need to throw the items away or bring them to the blacksmith for recycling right away.
There have been complaints from players about excessively high damage numbers before. A Whirlwind Barbarian was the first player to reach level 100, even before the game was available at all.
The attacks that Barbarians could deal were sometimes in the multiple millions range. Something that Blizzard actually wanted to avoid. Presumably, this is why Fletcher made his statement.
The fact that such high numbers are possible at all is due to the combination of multiple multipliers that benefit each other. An important factor in this are a few unique gloves that can cause pretty absurd damage – or none at all:
Diablo 4: Barbar finds unique gloves – ‘It’s like I have my own gambling machine’
