on May 22. The patch heavily focuses on the Reign of the Warlock update and balances, introducing key adjustments to Warlock abilities and "Herald" monsters, as well as fixing several major mechanical bugs.
1.Warlock Class & Ability AdjustmentsMiasma Chains: The casting delay has been removed, and an active chain limit starting at 5 (scaling up to 10) was added. A 1-second next-hit delay for each individual chain is now applied.Flame Wave: Received a 15% Damage Reduction.Echoing Strike: The damage synergy bonus is reduced from 5% to 3%. Developers also decided to revert the fix on durability loss for Echoing Strike.Enhanced Entropy: Fixed an issue where the Abyss radius, Miasma radius, and Miasma duration increased with bonus skill levels instead of base skill points. The maximum radius for Abyss is now capped at 11 yards.
2. Heralds, Terror Zones, & ItemsHerald Spawns: Heralds now spawn and hunt players immediately upon killing any monster in a Terror Zone. The spawn rate increases with each monster killed inside the same zone.Herald Scaling: Heralds above Tier 1 are now easier to defeat, with the health bonus per tier reduced from \(500\%\) to \(250\%\) and the damage bonus reduced from \(50\%\) to \(25\%\).Latent Sunder Charms: These can now drop from any monster, with an increased chance starting at Heralds of Dread (Tier 2). If a Latent Sunder Charm doesn't drop from a Herald, you have an increased chance to drop an alternate desirable item.Loot Drops: Colossal Ancient Statues can now drop from non-Terrorized act bosses at a reduced rate.Bind Demon: Requirements are now based on base skill levels: 10 (Champion demons), 15 (Unique demons), and 20 (Super Unique demons). The Cursed affix chance to cast Amplify Damage was reduced from 75% to 5%.