old topic:
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=92027971&f=147


https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo2/23762796/diablo-ii-resurrected-patch-2-4-ptr-ladder-testing-preview-blog
New relevant changes to pvp:

Amazon:
Multiple Shot
Added synergy from Guided Arrow: +12% physical damage per level

Guided Arrow
Added synergy from Multiple Shot: +12% physical damage per level

Strafe
Synergy from Multiple Shot: +5% physical damage per level
Synergy from Guided Arrow: +10% physical damage per level

for "normal" bowamazon build this means this means around ~26% increase in average GA damage, very significant, almost as bad as the necro changes in the previous iteration of 2.4

Barbarian:
Sword Mastery
Renamed to Blade Mastery
Now affects daggers in addition to swords
Increased base attack bonus to 40% (from 28%)

Axe Mastery
Attack rating increased by 12%
Increased base attack bonus to 40% (from 28%)

Mace Mastery
Attack rating increased by 12%
Increased base attack bonus to 40% (from 28%)

Polearm Mastery
Increased base attack bonus to 44% (from 30%)

Spear Mastery
Increased base attack bonus to 44% (from 30%)

Throwing Mastery
Increased base attack bonus to 44% (from 30%)
Added chance to not consume quantity per level (Up to 50%)
Critical strikes with throwing weapons now replenish quantity

Druid:
Summoning
Druids can now have spirit wolves, dire wolves, and bears all summoned at the same time

not related to pvp, but huge change to anni:
Uber Diablo progress for each game type will now be kept by the regional database. When the threshold is met by selling enough Stone of Jordan rings, Uber Diablo will spawn for everyone in the same region, not only those on the same server instance.

What is this crap they are talking about with the Phoenix shield casting? Did they remove the animation or just all lies?

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No, animation is not removed only cast delays are not shared anymore.
Firestorm had cast delay. Now fire storm cast delays only delays next firestorm, nothing else. So likely fonix best shield for smite vs smite.

I don’t see this in the patch notes, we’re is it coming from?

from the previous PTR afaik.

also there is a typo!

for "normal" bowamazon build this means this means around ~26% increase in average GA damage, very significant, almost as bad as the necro changes in the previous iteration of 2.4

should read:

for "normal" bowamazon build this means this means around ~26% increase in average GA damage, very significant, almost as good as the necro changes in the previous iteration of 2.4

TY for topic visibility!

Throw barb meta inbound

"Druids can now have spirit wolves, dire wolves, and bears all summoned at the same time"

wait...

"Fixed an issue where weapon swap was not updating Faster Run/Walk on the game client"
Maybe this fixes wsg? We can hope..

This post was edited by tommyd323 on Mar 1 2022 02:56pm

Summon druid love :’)

Elemental Skills
Firestorm
Casting Delay will no longer share its cooldown with other skills that have Casting Delays
Tooltip updated to now display Casting Delay

Developer Comments: We are re-evaluating Casting Delays by individualizing each of their cooldowns. This means that using a skill with a Casting Delay will no longer add the cooldown to all other skills that have Casting Delays. This will allow players to use more varieties of skills and promote more gameplay.