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<p>Discover the new Runes coming in Diablo 4&#8217;s Season 7!</p>



<p>During the <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/season-7-campfire-chat-overview-balance-changes-patch-2-1-details/">Season 7 Campfire Chat</a>, Diablo 4 devs revealed 3 new runes coming in the forthcoming season! The new additions include 2 ritual runes and 1 rune of invocation.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">New Ritual Runes</h2>



<p><strong>Nagu Legendary Rune</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>100 Offering generated.</li>



<li>Maintain at least 1 Summon for 5 seconds, up to 6 Summons for maximum benefit.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Igni Legendary Rune</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>25 Offering Generated</li>



<li>Stores offering every 0.3 seconds. Cast a non-Basic Skill to gain the stored offering (Up to 500 Offering).</li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">New Rune of Invocation</h2>



<ul>
<li><strong>Chac Rare Rune</strong></li>



<li>Costs 20 Offering</li>



<li>220 % Weapon Damage</li>



<li>Invoke Druid Lightning Bolts striking a nearby enemy</li>



<li>Overflow: Spawn more Lightning Bolts</li>
</ul>


New Runes Coming in Season 7


<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting look at some drop stats, as <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CookieDevAuror/">CookieDevAuror</a> noted many of their Helltide runs and took a look at just how many of the new <a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DInventory_Consumables_9.webp" alt="Gileon's Brew"><span class="tooltip-spell-name" data-item-type="Elixir" data-item-quality="magic">Gileon&#8217;s Brew</span></span></a> elixir dropped and from where. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Get Your Brews While You Can</h2>



<p>Gileon&#8217;s Brew grants 15% XP, increased heb and crafting material drops and makes enemies take 20% more damage. That&#8217;s extremely handy! However, it is a limited time drop during this year&#8217;s Midwinter Blight. The event ends on December 3rd, so there is still time to get it. </p>



<p>But what&#8217;s the best way to get it?</p>



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<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CookieDevAuror/">CookieDevAuror</a> ran the numbers and shared them with the community. You can check out all the details and stats above and an updated version<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vS4iWOkGbUStAsqtnlUUrv08elWO7KPSxjqd4XUJgnPCp5kKss2vHQ-7hqAtepcmf5pikaz75KWOxOU/pubhtml"> in the google sheet here</a>. The general conclusion from all the data seems to be to farm regular non-Bloodmaiden Helltide enemies to fill up the threat meter. Once maxed, you have a 50% chance to get a Red-Cloaked Horror instead of the usual Hellborne, and they always drop a Gileon&#8217;s Brew. </p>



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<p>There are many ways to fill your threat meter, you just need a whole lot of mobs. The hell and soulspires are pretty solid in case you&#8217;re in a crowded Helltide zone. But there are plenty of other events and just very solid density in Helltides that you may not even need those. </p>



<p>So stock up on those elixirs and hoard them for when you want to push your highest Pit this season! </p>


Get Your Brews While You Can: Droprate Stats for New Powerful Gileon’s Brew Elixir


<p>Here&#8217;s a particularly interesting subject, which seems to also be particularly subjective in nature. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What Are XP Wells?</h2>



<p>Have you ever seen an Experience Well? They&#8217;re mostly found in Nightmare Dungeons and marked with an XP icon on the minimap. If you&#8217;re able to click it you get a 15% XP buff for one hour. However, for a lot of players, they simply do not work. Since the start of the season a lot of players have mostly run into &#8220;empty&#8221; wells. They&#8217;re still marked on the map, but once you get to them and clear the enemies there, they&#8217;re just non-functional, but otherwise look the same as working ones. But it seems this is not the case for everyone! </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Rare Default Working One</h2>



<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PR1MEX/">PR1MEX</a> posted about finding one that works and how for them it&#8217;s basically as rare as a Mythic Unique drop. That sounds about right to us as well, but to our surprise, many in the comments responded that they work 9 out of 10 times! </p>



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<p><br>The new patch didn&#8217;t seem to change anything on the subject either. There are also reports of other players very rarely getting one that works post 2.0.5. The wells themselves are pretty cool, as you can just do some NMDs, grab a long buff, and head to some Pit runs for XP. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">How to Make Them Always Work</h2>



<p>The reason they don&#8217;t work has something to do with the blood blister containers surrounding them. As you can see below, the versions with three surrounding containers seem to not work, while those with one do. However, all of them could be made to work if you don&#8217;t immediately blast the containers when you get to them. If you do it more carefully and don&#8217;t AoE them down, some players reported they are always usable. It seems you can&#8217;t destroy all three at the same time, there must be some space between them being destroyed, and then they should work! </p>



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How to Use Experience Wells: Is a Working One More Rare Than a Mythic Unique?


<p>We have a very cool behind the scenes look at how the new expansion zone came to be. </p>



<p>Blizzard have a new mini documentary on Nahantu, the new zone in the Vessel of Hatred. We get some deep insight into how it came to be, both from a technical side and a thematic one. With the shadow of Diablo 2&#8217;s jungle looming overhead, as well as some technical trickiness surrounding presenting a mostly jungle canopy-covered zone in an isometric game, the team had a pretty big challenge ahead. </p>



<p>So let&#8217;s take a look at how they tackled it.</p>



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Building Nahantu: Blizzard Details How the Vessel of Hatred Zone Was Created in Detailed Video


<p>Blizzard has fixed a bug where some Tortured chests in <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/helltide/">Helltides</a> were resetting improperly. These resets were being used by players to spend the crazy numbers of Cinders we&#8217;ve been getting since the patch. As you can imagine, <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/incredible-helltide-aberrant-cinder-increases-15000-per-tide/">with amounts going over 15,000</a>, players were getting very large amounts of loot. </p>



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Diablo 4 Hotfixes: November 22nd – Tortured Chests in Helltides


<p>Along with the <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/witchcraft-guide-season-7/">big Witchcraft borrowed power system</a>, Season 7 also brings new activities and a brand new type of reward to the game. So let&#8217;s dive into the Helltide-like zone events, Headrotten bosses we&#8217;re going to be chasing, and their rewards. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The New Zone Event: Headhunts</h2>



<p>The Tree of Whispers is expanding its bounties to brand new zone-wide events! These are called Headhunts and have us looking for escaped&#8230; well, heads, obviously. Headhunts feature new Whisper bounties and the new Headrotten enemy type to hunt down. </p>



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<p>These events will be active in more than one zone in Sanctuary at once and shift locations just like Helltides. The goal (aside from just doing Whispers for Whisper&#8217;s sake) is to find the Headrotten. You do this by completing Whisper bounties and destroying Exposed Roots that will spawn once they are completed. Once destroyed they have a chance to spawn an Uprooted Cocoon, which has a Headless Husk or Fugitive Head (the boss variants of Headrotten) in them. The chances of finding these boss variants are increased by Torment tier and by the new Draught of Whispers elixir. </p>



<p>A very welcome new addition to these zones are the Ravens that will be active. At these locations you can turn in your Whisper bounties and get the rewards!  </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Headrotten Themselves</h2>



<p>The new enemies of the season, the Headrotten are affected by runaway heads from the Tree of Whispers. We&#8217;ll be hunting them down in the Headhunt zones, with many Whisper bounties related to them. We will also be gaining the season&#8217;s reputation currency, Restless Rot. </p>



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<p>The Headless Husk and Fugitive Head are the boss variants of the Headrotten and will be our primary goal. Fugitive Heads in particular are the most valuable, as they can drop the Stolen Head, which you can trade at the new vendor Gelena at the Tree of Whispers for Occult Gems! </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Occult Gems</h2>



<p>Speaking of gems, they are a new socketable item that can only be used in jewelry. They come with defensives as well as unique powers, so as not to make our characters weaker in those key armor/resistance socket slots. Each one has 160 Armor and 8% Resist All. The gems are crafted by using the aforementioned Fugitive Heads, as well as Restless Rot (the seasonal currency) and actual gems at the Tree of Whispers vendor Gelena. They can also be upgraded by using the same materials. </p>



<p>They have many different powers, many linked to the new<a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/witchcraft-guide-season-7/"> Witchraft borrowed power systems</a>, so let&#8217;s take a look. </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">All Occult Gems Revealed</h2>



<p>And here are the rest of them:</p>



<p><strong>Wicked Pact</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Your Non-Unique Eldritch Witch Powers gain 25% Potency.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Heart of Anima</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Your Non-Unique Psyche Witch Powers gain 25% Potency.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Toadling’s Wish</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Your Non-Unique Growth &amp; Decay witch Powers gain 25% Potency.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Phantom String</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>You deal 40% more Overpower damage to Hexed enemies.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Elder Sigil</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Your Agility, Corpse, Incarnate, Mastery, Weapon Master, and Wrath Skills deal 25% increased direct damage to Hexed enemies.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Killing Wind</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>While you have three or more Eldritch Witch Powers slotted, gain 25% Movement Speed and 15% Critical Strike Chance.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Witching Hour</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>While you have three or more Eldritch Witch Powers slotted, every 5 seconds, the next Core Skill you cast gains the Eldritch tag.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Raging Enigma</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Your Unique Witchcraft Powers deal 40% more damage.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Voice of the Stars</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>While you have an Aura active, your Ultimate Skills gain each Grimoire tag and deal 10% more damage.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Mind Wreath</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>While you have three or more Psyche Witch Powers slotted, your Defensive, Macabre, Trap Skills gain 20% Cooldown Reduction.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Spiral Coin</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>While you have three or more Psyche Witch Powers slotted, gain 30% Control Duration and 20% Lucky Hit Chance.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Cornucopia</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>While you have three or more Growth % Decay Witch Powers slotted, you generate 30% more Barrier, gain 30% more Fortify and have 30% more Thorns.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Vulture Talon</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>While you have an Aura active, you deal Damage Over Time 35% faster.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Pointed Finger</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Your Summons deal 25% more direct damage to Hexed Elites.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Vile Phylactery</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>While you have a Witch Power with the Summon tag slotted, if you would take fatal damage, instead prevent that damage. Then gain a Barrier equal to 100% of your Maximum Life and disable your Witchcraft Powers with the Summon tag for 6 seconds. This can only occur once every 75 seconds.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Friend of the Bog</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>While you have three or more Growth &amp; Decay Witch Powers slotted, you gain 10% primary stat, 10% Maximum Life and you are always Unhindered.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Moonlight Ward</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>For each rank in your slotted Unique Witchcraft Power, you gain 3% Damage Reduction and 1% Maximum Resistance to All Elements.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Dust Stone</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>For each of your Auras and Hexes an enemy is afflicted by, they take 4% increased damage from you.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Hungering Void</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>While you have an Aura active, pull Nearby enemies toward you every 8 seconds.<br></li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Rootholds</h3>



<p>And finally we have Rootholds. These are &#8220;micro-dungeons&#8221; which contain Headrotten as well, and can offer bonus challenges for extra rewards. You can access them by using Whisper Wood sigils which drop from Whisper Caches and Silent Chests (the ones you open with Obol keys). </p>



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<p>Season 7 is shaping up to be a great one, so let&#8217;s see what happens on the PTR, which opens on December 3rd. </p>


Diablo 4 Headhunt Season 7 Activity, Currency, and Powerful Occult Gems Guide


<p>Diablo 4&#8217;s Season 7 introduces a new borrowed power system called Witchcraft! Discover the abilities that define your build in Patch 2.1!</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Master Three Schools of Witchcraft</h2>



<p>Witchcraft is divided into three potent schools, each offering unique gameplay styles</p>



<ol>
<li><strong>Eldritch</strong> &#8211; Harness destructive energies to unleash fire, shadow, and polymorphic magic. Abilities like Firebat Servants and Doom Orb devastate enemies while amplifying your damage output.</li>



<li><strong>Psyche</strong> &#8211; Manipulate the mind with defensive and offensive psychic attacks. Skills such as Aura of Lament slow foes while restoring your resources.</li>



<li><strong>Growth &amp; Decay</strong> &#8211; Contro life and death with restorative and decaying powers. Cast abilities like Poison Frog Servant or Aura of Siphonic to deal damage to enemies and heal yourself.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">A List of All Witchcraft Abilities in Season 7</h2>



<p>Below is a list of all Witchcraft abilities available in the forthcoming Season.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Eldritch Powers</h3>



<p><strong>Firebat Servants</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>A deadly swarm of Firebats swarm enemies every 2 seconds, inflicting X total Fire damage over 1 total attack.</li>



<li>At Higher Ranks: Enemies are Stunned for 3 seconds after being hit 5 times by your Firebat Servants.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Abyssal Resonance</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Every 250 Resource spent, release an explosion dealing X Shadow damage. Each explosion triggered within 10 seconds of the last increases the size and damage by 130%. Stacking up to 3 times.</li>



<li>At Rank 10: The third explosion pulls enemies towards you before detonating.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Wave of Woe</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Release a Wave of Woe when damaging an enemy with your skills. Wave of Woe deals an additional X Shadow damage and echoes this damage to all other nearby enemies of the same type.</li>



<li>At Rank 5: Damage is increased by 15% each time damage is echoed and is guaranteed to echo at least 5 times. May strike the same target multiple times.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Purging Touch</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Eldritch Effects X increased damage against Headrotten.</li>



<li>At Rank 10: This damage bonus now extends to all monsters.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Shaken Soul</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Eldritch Effects apply Vulnerable to enemies for X seconds.</li>



<li>At Rank 10: Damage from Psyche and Growth &amp; Decay Effects will also apply Vulnerable at half the duration.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Hex of Flames</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Lucky Hit: You have up to an X chance to apply Hex of Flames. Hex of Flames deals 1,600 additional Fire damage each time you deal damage to the target.</li>



<li>At Rank 7: Hex of Flames explodes dealing damage to all nearby enemies when you land a Critical Strike.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Doom Orb</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>An ominous orb of pure Eldritch energy circles you, damaging any enemy it touches for X Fire damage. Doom Orb may launch itself at distant enemies before returning.</li>



<li>At Rank 5: Kills or damage to Bosses empower the orb’s damage by 5%. After 100%, the orb explodes dealing 5,200 damage to nearby enemies before reforming 3 seconds later.</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Psyche Powers</h3>



<p><strong>Life Link</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Automatically link your life force with up to 3 nearby enemies. X of the damage you take is shared with the linked targets as physical damage. Cannot Life Link to enemy Players.</li>



<li>At Rank 15: For 10 seconds after using a Defensive, Macabre of Subterfuge Skill, any linked damage will be a guaranteed Critical Strike.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Hex of Shattering</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Damage done by your Witchcraft Effects afflicts enemies with Hex of Shattering causing them to deal X reduced damage for 5 seconds.</li>



<li>At Rank 8: When any Hex Effect is applied to Headrotten, all damage will be guaranteed Critical Strikes for 5 seconds.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Aura of Misfortune</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Enemies near you have X chance for their attacks to be interrupted. Does not work on bosses.</li>



<li>At Rank 5: Aura of Misfortune increases your Movement Speed by 5% and Slows enemies by 30%.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Aura of Lament</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>When you first strike an enemy, it is afflicted with an Aura of Lament that Slows it and other nearby enemies by 70%. For each enemy inside Aura of Lament, you gain 1 Primary Resource each second. If the initial enemy dies, Aura of Lament is passed onto another nearby enemy retaining the duration. Lasts X seconds.</li>



<li>Only 1 enemy may be afflicted at a time. May only occur every 30 seconds.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Vengeful Spirit</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Every 19 Seconds, a Vengeful Spirit Servant appears for X seconds. While active, all damage taken is instead taken by the spirit.</li>



<li>At Rank 5: When the Vengeful Spirit’s Life is fully depleted, it rushes towards up to 8 enemies dealing 2,000 Shadow damage.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Twilight Warding</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Every X seconds, gain a Barrier for 5 seconds absorbing 100 damage.</li>



<li>At Rank 12: Twilight Warding reflects enemy projectiles while active.</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Growth &amp; Decay Powers</h3>



<p><strong>Poison Frog Servant</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Summon a Poison Frog Servant that attacks and Poisons enemies for X damage over 3 seconds. On death, the frog explodes violently dealing X Poison instantly damage to nearby enemies. This explosion will always Critically Strike.</li>



<li>At Rank 5: Poison Frog attacks will pull enemies towards itself and Taunt enemies for 1 second.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Soul Harvest</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Feed upon the life force of nearby enemies whenever you use a skill with a cooldown, increasing your primary stat by 3% per monster for X seconds.</li>



<li>At Rank 9: Soul Harvest does not lose duration so long as enemies are nearby.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Hex of Whispers</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Dealing damage to an enemy afflicts them with Hex of Whispers that deals X Shadow damage the next time damage is dealt. Afterwards, Hex of Whispers will jump to another enemy up to a maximum of 6 times. Hex of Whispers may only be applied once every 5 seconds.</li>



<li>At Rank 7: After bouncing onto 6 enemies, the hex bounces back to you granting X Fortify and removing all crowd control and negative status effects.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Decay Augmentation</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Your Witchcraft Effects deal X of the damage dealt over 5 seconds. The damage type is based on your class.</li>



<li>At Rank 10: When your damage-over-time effects exceed 85% of the target’s total Life, they immediately die.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Grow</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>After casting an Ultimate Skill, your Servants, Minions, and Companions are empowered with dark magics. Growing larger in size and dealing X bonus damage. Lasts 15 seconds.</li>



<li>At Rank 11: Your Servants, Minions and Companions gain 100% Critical Strike Chance while enlarged.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Aura of Siphoning</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Conjure an aura of decay that deals X Poison damage to enemies every second.</li>



<li>At Rank 10: Each time Aura of Siphoning deals damage, you are healed for 1% of Maximum Life.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>The Cycle</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Dealing any damage with your skills has a 15% chance to grow a flower from the ground. When an enemy is near, the flower deals X Poison damage to that enemy over 5 seconds. If an ally is near, the flower heals for 6% maximum Life. The flower withers away after use. A flower may grow once every 5 seconds per enemy.</li>



<li>At Rank 5: The damage and healing affects all enemies or allies near the flower.</li>
</ul>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Lost Powers</h3>



<p><strong>Breath of the Coven</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Dealing damage or applying a Crowd Control effect with any of your Witchcraft Effects increases your Attack Speed by X for 10 Seconds, stacking once per unique Witchcraft Effect.</li>



<li>Witchcraft Effects are Eldritch, Psyche, and Growth &amp; Decay.</li>



<li>At Rank 8: Gain 40% Lucky Hit chance while bonuses from Eldritch, Psyche, Growth &amp; Decay are active at once.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Hex Specialization</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Increase the potency of your Hex Effects by X.</li>



<li>At Rank 10: Increase the Critical Strike Chance by 10% against enemies afflicted by your Hex Effects.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Aura Specialization</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>The size of your Aura Effects are increased by X.</li>



<li>At Rank 10: Increase the Critical Strike Damage by 50% against enemies inside your Aura Effects.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Piranhado</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>When an enemy is afflicted by both a Hex and an Aura Effect, a Piranhado is summoned pulling enemies towards it and dealing X Physical damage over 12 seconds. May occur once every 20 seconds.</li>



<li>At Rank 5: Piranhado moves itself towards nearby enemies.</li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">How to Unlock Witchcraft in Season 7</h2>



<p>To learn Witchcraft, you must collect <strong>Restless Rot</strong> from the <strong>Headrotten</strong>, a new enemy type in Season 7 enemies, in a new zone takeover called <strong>Headhunts</strong>.</p>



<p>When you collect enough <strong>Restless Rot</strong>, you will make an offering at Coven&#8217;s Altar near the Tree of Whispers to unlock and upgrade <strong>Witchcraft powers</strong>.</p>



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<p>Additionally, you can unlock <strong>Witchcraft powers</strong> from the <strong>Coven&#8217;s Favor</strong> reputation grind in Season 6 from Whispers.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Equipping and Upgrading Witchcraft</h2>



<p>You can equip powers in the special <strong>Witchcraft menu.</strong> There&#8217;s an inventory at the bottom from where you can drag the powers to the top. You will have 5 normal slots and one unique power for special Witchcraft. Witchcrafts can be upgraded directly in the inventory using Restless Rot.</p>



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Unleash the Power of Witchcraft in Diablo 4’s Season 7!

Season 7 Deep Dive: The Armory Feature, Witchcraft, Occult Gems, New Runes, and More


<p>The Campfire chat has shown us many new items coming with the new season! The PTR starts on December 3rd, and here is everything Blizzard showed off. Keep in mind there will be more new items coming with the season, this just what has been revealed so far. The full patch notes arrive next Wednesday, November 27th.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">General Aspects</h2>



<p>First off we have some new things for all classes. Ultimates are getting buffed again and got their own Aspects, with one for an overall damage buff and skill ranks, and the other for Ultimate damage and cooldown resets. </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Barbarian Aspects and Uniques</h2>



<p>Barbarians got only one new Aspect announced, as the Earthquake build is getting much better. The Unique is HotA-focused. </p>



<p><strong>Mantle of the Mountain’s Fury Unique Chest Armor</strong></p>



<p>Affixes</p>



<ul>
<li>Inherent: 50% Hammer of the Ancients damage for 5 seconds after an Earthquake explodes</li>



<li>200-350 Armor</li>



<li>3-5 Skill Ranks to Hammer of the Ancients</li>



<li>2-3 Skill Ranks of Defensive Stance</li>



<li>13.5-22.5% Chance for Earthquake to Deal Double Damage</li>
</ul>



<p>Power</p>



<ul>
<li>Hammer of the Ancients also forms a seismic line that deals its damage and Slows enemies hit by 60-80% for 4 seconds. Earthquakes it passes through explode for their total damage and are consumed.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Of Incendiary Fissures Legendary Aspect</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Your Earthquakes deal 35-50% increased damage and their damage is converted into Fire.</li>
</ul>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Druid Aspects and Uniques</h2>



<p>Druids are getting a really cool <a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" data-tooltip-name="Wolves" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DUI_Skills_Druid_79.webp" alt="Wolves"><span class="tooltip-spell-name d4-text">Wolves</span></span></a> Aspect, as they will be getting your <a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" data-tooltip-name="Hurricane" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DUI_Skills_Druid_31.webp" alt="Hurricane"><span class="tooltip-spell-name d4-text">Hurricane</span></span></a> and a new Unique amulet! </p>



<p><strong>Malefic Crescent Unique Amulet</strong></p>



<p>Affixes</p>



<ul>
<li>Inherent: 25% Resistance to All Elements</li>



<li>7.8-10% Willpower</li>



<li>154.8-200% Werewolf Critical Strike Damage</li>



<li>8-12.5% Movement Speed while Shapeshifting into a Werewolf</li>



<li>1-2 Ranks of Feral Aptitude</li>
</ul>



<p>Power</p>



<ul>
<li>The value of your Lupine Ferocity’s consecutive Critical Strike Damage is increased to 100-150%[x] against enemies when consecutively Critical Striking.</li>
</ul>



<p>Of Electrified Claws Legendary Aspect</p>



<ul>
<li>Shapeshifting into a new animal form causes a Lightning Bolt to strike a Nearby enemy dealing Lightning damage. Your Lightning Bolts deal 20-40% increased damage and Stun for 2 seconds.</li>
</ul>



<p>Of Wolf’s Rain Legendary Aspect</p>



<ul>
<li>Casting Hurricane also spawns a smaller hurricane on your Wolves for 8 seconds. These hurricanes deals 5-15% of Hurricane’s damage for each active Wolf.</li>
</ul>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Necromancer Aspects and Uniques</h2>



<p>Necromancers are getting two Uniques that affect <a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" data-tooltip-name="Blood Wave" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DUI_Skills_Necromancer_23.webp" alt="Blood Wave"><span class="tooltip-spell-name d4-text">Blood Wave</span></span></a>, and one of them creates a new synergy between it and <a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" data-tooltip-name="Bone Spear" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DUI_Skills_Necromancer_27.webp" alt="Bone Spear"><span class="tooltip-spell-name d4-text">Bone Spear</span></span></a>. </p>



<p><strong>Indira’s Memory Unique Pants</strong></p>



<p>Affixes</p>



<ul>
<li>Inherent: Casting Bone Spear Reduces Blood Wave’s Cooldown by 2 Seconds</li>



<li>16-25% Maximum Life</li>



<li>82.5-105% Overpower Damage</li>



<li>18.5-27.5% Damage Reduction While Injured</li>



<li>2-3 Ranks of Tides of Blood</li>
</ul>



<p>Power</p>



<ul>
<li>Blood Wave is additionally a Bone Skill that spawns a Bone Prison at its end point and increases your Blood Skill damage by 40-80% for 8 seconds when cast.</li>



<li>Bone Spear is additionally a Blood Skill and will drain 10% Maximum Life each cast after hitting an enemy to consume a surrounding Corpse and launch one new Bone Spear from it.</li>
</ul>



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<p><strong>Kessime’s Legacy Unique Pants</strong></p>



<p>Affixes</p>



<ul>
<li>Inherent: Casting Blood Wave Fortifies You For 70% of Your Maximum Life</li>



<li>219-300% Ultimate Damage</li>



<li>9.5-14.5% Damage Reduction While Fortified</li>



<li>16-25% Blood Wave Cooldown Reduction</li>



<li>16-25% Chance for Blood Wave to Deal Double Damage</li>
</ul>



<p>Power</p>



<ul>
<li>Blood Wave now forms a wave on each side of you. Both waves converge at your feet, Pulling In surrounding enemies and exploding for x damage.</li>



<li>Each time an enemy is hit by a wave, they take 5-10% increased damage from your Blood Waves, up to 150-300% in total.</li>
</ul>



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<p><strong>Of Distilled Anima Legendary Aspect</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>While Soulrift is active, you are Unhindered and gain 1% increased Movement Speed per absorbed soul, up to 30-60%. This lasts for 5 seconds after Soulrift ends.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Bone Duster’s Legendary Aspect</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Bone Spear is guaranteed to Critically Strike enemies within Bone Prison and deals 20-40% increased damage to them.</li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Rogue Aspects and Uniques</h2>



<p>Rogues are getting a buff to mobility skills with their new Unique boots! </p>



<p><strong>Assassin’s Stride Unique Boots</strong><br>Affixes</p>



<ul>
<li>Inherent: Casting a Mobility Skill grants +100% Movement Speed for 2 seconds</li>



<li>34.9-40% Shadow Resistance</li>



<li>10-15% Mobility Cooldown Reduction</li>



<li>1-2 Skill Ranks to Mobility Skills</li>



<li>2-3 Skill Ranks to Shadow Imbuement</li>
</ul>



<p>Power</p>



<ul>
<li>Mobility Skills are always Shadow Imbued with 40-80% increased potency. Lucky Hit: Damaging an Elite or Boss with a Mobility Skill has up to a 40-80% chance to instantly triggers a free Shadow Imbuement explosion.</li>
</ul>



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<p><strong>Slice and Dice Legendary Aspect</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Twisting Blades’ initial hit cleaves. Twisting Blades return 25-45% faster.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Bitter Infection Legendary Aspect</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement take 30-50% of its damage every second. Shadow Imbuement deals 30-50%[x] increased damage.</li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Sorceress Aspects and Uniques</h2>



<p><a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" data-tooltip-name="Ball Lightning" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DUI_Skills_Sorceress_35.webp" alt="Ball Lightning"><span class="tooltip-spell-name d4-text">Ball Lightning</span></span></a> gets some love with two new Uniques focused on it, including one that lets you cast it while moving! </p>



<p><strong>Strike of Stormhorn Unique Focus</strong></p>



<p>Affixes</p>



<ul>
<li>Inherent: Chance for Ball Lightning Projectiles to Cast Twice is Now Chance to Cast a Super Ball Lightning</li>



<li>67.5-74.5% Critical Strike Damage</li>



<li>187-250% Ball Lightning Projectile Speed</li>



<li>1-2 Skill Ranks of Ball Lightning</li>



<li>12.9-17.3% Chance for Ball Lightning Projectiles to Cast Twice</li>
</ul>



<p>Power</p>



<ul>
<li>Ball lightning splashes on contact for 60-100%[x] increased damage and Stunning enemies for 1 second if it reaches its Maximum Range.</li>



<li>Super Ball Lightnings are larger, deal 100% more damage, have a higher Lucky Hit Chance, and its Stun duration is increased to 3 seconds.</li>
</ul>



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<p><strong>Okun’s Catalyst Unique Focus</strong></p>



<p>Affixes</p>



<ul>
<li>Inherent: Ball Lightning Can Be Cast While Moving</li>



<li>23-32% Attack Speed for 5 seconds After Casting a Defensive Skill</li>



<li>0.5-1.1% Damage Reduction for Each Active Ball Lightning</li>



<li>1-2 Skill Ranks of Ball Lightning</li>



<li>12.9-17.3% Chance for Ball Lightning Projectiles to Cast Twice</li>
</ul>



<p>Power</p>



<ul>
<li>Ball Lightning orbits you creating a static field that damages all enemies within for 140-180% of Ball Lightning’s damage damage per active ball, and granting Unhindered while the field is active.</li>
</ul>



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<p><strong>Of Mind’s Awakening Legendary Aspect</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Casting a Pyromancy Skill Immobilizes enemies hit for 0.5-1 seconds. Casting a Shock Skill grants a burst of 15-30% Movement speed for 1 seconds. Casting a Frost Skill grants a Barrier for 3-6% Maximum Life. While Enlightened, each Skill grants all benefits.</li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Spiritborn Aspects and Uniques</h2>



<p><a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" data-tooltip-name="Razor Wings" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DUI_Skills_Spiritborn_60.webp" alt="Razor Wings"><span class="tooltip-spell-name d4-text">Razor Wings</span></span></a> continues to get buffed, as it gets a new Aspect and the class gets a new Unique! </p>



<p><strong>Sustained War-Crozier Unique Quarterstaff</strong></p>



<p>Affixes</p>



<ul>
<li>Inherent: 40% Block Chance</li>



<li>132-152 Dexterity</li>



<li>610-680 Maximum Life</li>



<li>20.9-30% Chance for Potency Skills to Deal Double Damage</li>



<li>2-4 Skill Ranks to Focus Skills</li>
</ul>



<p>Power</p>



<ul>
<li>Your Focus Skills benefit from all their Upgrades, and they increase the damage of your Potency Skills by 10-20% for 8 seconds, up to 100-200%.</li>
</ul>



<p><strong>Endless Talons Legendary Aspect</strong></p>



<ul>
<li>Razor Wings hitting an enemy increases your Eagle Skill damage by 1%[x] for 3 seconds, up to 30-50%[x]. Razor Wing Critical Strikes grant three stacks.</li>
</ul>



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All New Unique Items and Legendary Aspects Revealed in Diablo 4 Season 7


<p>Blizzard have announced that the most requested feature ever is coming to Diablo 4! </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Armory</h2>



<p>Players will now be able to save, name and change their builds! The Armory feature returns from Diablo 3 and allows players to have many builds saved and switch between them very easily. We will be able to access our Armory in the newly updated Tree of Whispers town, all other towns and a few other places, as you can see below.</p>



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<p>Items saved will be equipped from the stash as well! Once you save an item as part of an Armory build it will automatically be favorited. It will also get a special icon that marks it as being part of a build. </p>



<p>And here&#8217;s the official post:</p>



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        <h2>The Armory</h2>
<p>The Armory is here! For the wanderer on the roam, the ability to effortlessly swap between saved builds in town has arrived.</p>
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<li>The Armory gives you the option to Save, Load, and Name your favorite builds.</li>
<li>Armory Loadout slots are Character bound: 5 Loadout slots per character.</li>
<li>At a glance from your Loadout, you’ll be able to view the Equipment, Skills, selected Paragon Nodes and Glyphs that make up your saved build. Note: changing between Loadout slots with differing Paragon loadouts does not cost Gold.</li>
<li>Start by selecting an empty slot and save your build to begin.</li>
<li>Saving your loadout will capture the following: Equipped Items, Paragon Board and Glyphs, Skill Selections, and Class mechanic.</li>
<li>The Armory can be accessed across each major city in Sanctuary, and end-game hubs such as the Citadel, Tree of Whispers, and Training Grounds in Kyovashad.</li>
<li>If an item saved in your armory loadout is no longer available—whether from selling, trading, or salvaging—an icon will indicate the item is missing on the Loadout preview.</li>
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<p><br>We can&#8217;t wait for the season to arrive on the PTR on December 3rd.</p>


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