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Patch 2.4.2 Is Now Live!

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Patch notes and a summary of the main changes and new features included!

The newest patch of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls is now available in the Americas and will go live in other regions later today.

The main focus of Patch 2.4.2 is not adding new content, but improving the already existing one. The team targeted mostly class balance, with various changes that aim to improve the end-game and promote build diversity. For example, Wizard's Firebird's Finery set has been altered and the Spike Trap build for Demon Hunters was buffed. The biggest change was the end of the three-support end-game meta; Wyatt Cheng made an extensive post about this issue.

Some new additions are the new torment difficulties (XI - XIII), new powers to already existing legendaries, new pylon icons, crowd control changes and gold adjustments. Don't forget that all cosmetic items should now drop normally on live servers (there was an issue with three of them). Here are the full patch notes:

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GENERAL

  • Developer Comments

    • Players were finding that pulling monsters from extended ranges to a single point on the map and crowd controlling them onto that spot was the most effective strategy, especially in group play . Not only does this cause server performance issues, but it is a stagnant, non-interactive way to play. These changes are targeted at making crowd control more situational, ensuring individual contributors in a group can add to the damage of the party more frequently.
    • Gold rewards have been adjusted. The primary gold sink at the end-game is Empowered Rifts. We want to maintain a general ratio that when you are running Greater Rifts at a particular tier, you can empower approximately 1/3rd of them. Due to the rate at which gold rewards from Greater Rifts and empower costs were scaling it made the gold reward from Nephalem Rifts, Gilded Barons and The Vault feel insignificant by comparison. Lowering the growth rate of gold costs restores the relative value of these other activities while maintaining the ability to empower approximately 1/3rd of your Greater Rifts.

  • New difficulty levels, Torment XI-XIII have been added to the game

  • Gold rewards have been adjusted:

    • Greater Rift 26 and up has been rescaled to a flat 3% increase per tier
    • Torment VII-XIII has been changed to match Greater Rift reward scaling
    • The cost to empower a Greater Rift has been reduced to match the new gold reward rate
    • The amount of gold dropped by the Gilded Baron Treasure Goblin has been reduced

  • Knockbacks now apply a flat 40% increase to crowd control resistances

  • Monsters cannot be knocked back if they are over 65% crowd control resistant

  • Powers that apply knockbacks continuously, such as Black Hole, can bypass this resistance if they already knocked a monster back successfully. These powers increase the crowd control resistance by 20% per knockback instead of 40%

  • The following changes have been applied to the Season 7 Journey

    • Slayer

      • The Greater Rift requirement has been reduced from 35 to 30

    • Champion

      • The Greater Rift requirement has been reduced from 50 to 40
      • The Nephalem Rift timer has been increased from 6 minutes to 7 minutes

    • Destroyer

      • The Greater Rift requirement has been reduced from 60 to 50

    • Conqueror

      • The Greater Rift requirement has been reduced from 70 to 60

    • Guardian

      • The Greater Rift requirement has been reduced from 80 to 70
      • The time limit to defeat Azmodan has been increased from 15 seconds to 20 seconds

CLASSES

  • Developer Comments

    • With a plethora of Hatred spending attacks available to the Demon Hunter we want to find a unique role for Spike Trap.  The redesign gives players more control on where and when Spike Trap damage was done using a mechanic unique to it. Using a Hatred spender to detonate opens up the capabilities of Spike Trap by allowing players to time their damage just right.
    • We’ve adjusted several skills which provide buffs to groups. Taken together, these changes should encourage players in groups to contribute damage to their party, while also encouraging a more healthy variety of group compositions. For more information on this change please see this forum thread.

  • Barbarian

    • Active Skills

      • Threatening Shout

        • Skill Rune - Falter

          • Can no longer stack with casts from other sources

  • Crusader

    • Active Skills

      • Consecration

        • The healing provided from multiple active Consecrations will no longer stack

      • Judgment

        • Skill Rune - Resolved

          • The increased Critical Hit Chance has been reduced from 20% to 8%

      • Laws of Valor

        • Skill Rune - Critical

          • The Critical Hit Damage bonus has been reduced from 100% to 50%

  • Demon Hunter

    • Active Skills

      • Companion

        • Skill Rune - Wolf Companion

          • The Active Skill damage bonus has been reduced from 30% to 15%

      • Marked for Death

        • The damage bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%

        • Skill Rune - Grim Reaper

          • The damage bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%

      • Multishot

        • Skill Rune - Wind Chill

          • The increased Critical Hit Chance against the target has been reduced from 15% to 8%

      • Spike Trap

        • Has been redesigned

          • Traps no longer have an arming time
          • Traps now only detonate once
          • Now has 2 charges each with a 10 second recharge time
          • All active traps are now detonated by the next Hatred spender you cast

        • Damage increased from 340% to 1160% weapon damage

        • Hatred cost reduced from 30 to 15

        • Skill Rune - Echoing Blast

          • Damage increased from 575% to 2020% weapon damage
          • Has been redesigned
          • Enemies are now slowed by 70% when the trap is detonated

        • Skill Rune - Lightning Rod

          • Damage increased from 880% weapon damage over 10 hits to 2010% weapon damage over 3 hits
          • Decreased the radius that lightning can arc to other traps from 75 to 25 yards

        • Skill Rune - Long Fuse

          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with
          • Impaling Spines
          • While the trap is active, enemies within range are instantly immobilized for 3 seconds
          • Increases damage to 1930% weapon damage

        • Skill Rune - Scatter

          • Now places 2 traps side by side and consumes 1 charge of Spike Trap

        • Skill Rune - Sticky Trap

          • Has been removed
          • Replaced with
          • Custom Trigger
          • Your Hatred generators now detonate Spike Traps
          • Increases damage to 1900% weapon damage

  • Monk

    • Active Skills

      • Blinding Flash

        • Skill Rune - Crippling Light

          • The damage reduction applied to blinded enemies has been reduced from 40% to 25%

      • Epiphany

        • Skill Rune - Soothing Mist

          • Healing has been reduced by 60% from 40232 Life per ability to 16093 Life. The heal amount of your health globe healing bonus has been reduced from 10% to 4%

      • Exploding Palm

        • Skill Rune - Flesh is Weak

          • The damage bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%

      • Inner Sanctuary

        • Skill Rune - Forbidden Palace

          • No longer increased the damage taken by enemies inside Inner Sanctuary

      • Mantra of Conviction

        • The damage of the passive component of the skill has been reduced from 10% to 8%
        • The damage of the active component of the skill has been reduced from 20% to 16%

        • Skill Rune - Overawe

          • The damage bonus has been reduced from 16% to 12%

      • Mantra of Conviction

        • Skill Rune - Fists of Fury

          • The maximum stack value is no longer determined by your attack speed and is capped at 15 stacks

      • Way of the Hundred Fists

        • Skill Rune – Fists of Fury

          • The maximum stack value is no longer determined by your attack speed and is capped at 15 stacks

    • Passive Skills

      • Mythic Rhythm

        • The damage bonus from Mythic Rhythm is now consumed on manually applied Spirit spenders and not automatically from items or set bonuses.

  • Witch Doctor

    • Active Skills

      • Big Bad Voodoo

        • The attack speed bonus has been reduced from 20% to 15%

        • Skill Rune - Slam Dance

          • The damage bonus provided to allies has been decreased from 30% to 15%

      • Haunt

        • Skill Rune - Poisoned Spirit

          • The damage increase provided to your allies has been removed. The skill will now benefit your own damage and your pets' damage

      • Hex

        • No longer increases the damage taken by the target

        • Skill Rune - Jinx

          • The damage bonus to the target has been reduced from 30% to 15%

        • Skill Rune - Toad of Hugeness

          • The damage bonus to the target has been reduced from 25% to 15%

      • Mass Confusion

        • Skill Rune - Paranoia

          • Can no longer stack with casts from other sources

      • Piranhas

        • Can no longer stack with casts from other sources

      • Spirit Barrage

        • Skill Rune - Phantasm

          • Damage increased from 675% over 5 seconds to 750% over 5 seconds

      • Summon Zombie Dogs

        • Skill Rune - Chilled to the Bone

          • No longer increases damage done to targets by 15%

  • Wizard

    • Active Skills

      • Arcane Orb

        • Skill Rune - Spark

          • The damage increase of your next Lightning spell now has a maximum of 30%

      • Energy Twister

        • Twisters (excluding those created with the Wicked Wind rune) will now despawn if they stop moving
        • This applies only to the PC/Mac version

    • Passive Skills

      • Elemental Exposure

        • The damage bonus no longer applies to your allies

      • Power Hungry

        • Has been redesigned

          • Deal 30% additional damage to enemies more than 30 yards away

  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed an issue that prevented Ray of Frost - Black Ice from creating an ice patch when the player didn't land the killing blow
    • Fixed an issue that prevented the maximum of 8 Energy Twisters from applying
    • Fixed an issue that was causing stacks of Archon from a previous cast due to The Swami to stack multiplicatively instead of additively with a subsequent, overlapping cast of Archon
    • Fixed an issue that prevented Wolf Companion’s active ability from applying the 15% damage buff to pets and followers

ITEMS

  • Developer Comments

    • With Haedrig’s Gift, Blood Shards and Kanai’s Cube, the need for the Magic Find stat has diminished since the game’s original release. Replacing the Magic Find property with Resource Cost Reduction made sense. We expect the Topaz will hone some existing builds and open up possibilities for some new ones.
    • In addition to being one of the least popular gems, Invigorating Gemstone had a mechanic that was simply unappealing to many players. Our goal with Legendary Gems is to supply unique tools that complement a build. A gem that increases your healing is truly invigorating!
    • When reviewing items for this patch, Twisted Sword stood out as needing a revision. While we want items to feel powerful, we also want the gameplay style associated with the items to be fun. We heard loud and clear that using Twisted Sword to stack Energy Twister in places where the tornado did not move was effective but boring. We’ve made adjustments to Twisted Sword to prevent this from occurring.

  • Socketing a Topaz into your helm will now provide Resource Cost Reduction rather than Magic Find. This grants the same percentage bonus as Cooldown Reduction and caps at 12.5%

  • Bottomless Potion of Chaos

    • New Legendary Potion

      • Teleport to another location when used below 40% health

    • Graphical and sound effects have been added to the teleport

    • Added a camera smoothing effect to the teleport

  • Invigorating Gemstone

    • Has been redesigned

      • Each hit done increases healing received by 1% for 5 seconds
      • Stacks up to 10 times
      • You are now immune to Crowd Control effects at Rank 25

  • Class-Specific Items

    • Crusader

      • Armor of Akkhan

        • (6) Set Bonus

          • Damage bonus increased from 450% to 600%
          • Now also reduces damage taken by 15% while Akarat's Champion is active

        • Khassett’s Cord of Righteousness

          • New Legendary Belt
          • Fist of the Heavens costs 40% less Wrath and deals 150% more damage

        • Darklight

          • Has been redesigned
          • Now gives Fist of the Heavens a chance to be cast a second time at the targeted location

    • Thorns of the Invoker

      • (6) Set Bonus

        • The 800% Thorns damage dealt to the first enemy hit can now benefit from +% Physical Damage

    • Demon Hunter

      • Calamity

        • Now always uses your Marked for Death Rune type and cannot stack with overlapping casts of your Marked for Death

          • Note: This change is retroactive to existing items

      • The Demon's Demise

        • Has been redesigned

          • The blast from Spike Trap will damage all enemies again after 1 second.

    • Monk

      • Gyana Na Kashu

        • The damage bonus granted to the fireball from Lashing Tail Kick has been increased from 525-700% to 1050-1400%

      • Raiment of a Thousand Storms

        • (6) Set Bonus

          • The damage bonus granted to Spirit Generators after casting Dashing Strike increased from 300% to 1250%

    • Witch Doctor

      • Helltooth Harness

        • (2) Set Bonus

          • The Necrosis bonus damage no longer amplifies the damage of your allies. The skill will now benefit your own damage and your pets' damage

      • Homunculus

        • Sacrifice damage bonus increased from 25-30% to 50-60%

      • Ring of Emptiness

        • Haunt and Locust Swarm damage bonus increased from 75-100% to 250-300%

    • Wizard

      • Firebird's Finery

        • (4) Set Bonus

          • Has been redesigned
          • Dealing Fire damage with one of your skills causes the enemy to take 1000% weapon damage as Fire for 3 seconds. This effect can be repeated a second and third time by different skills. If an enemy is burning due to three different skills simultaneously the enemy will Ignite, dealing 3000% weapon damage per second until they die

        • (6) Set Bonus

          • Has been redesigned
          • Your damage is increased by 120% and damage taken reduced by 3% for each enemy that is Ignited. This effect can stack up to 20 times. You always receive the maximum bonus whenever a nearby Elite monster is Ignited.

      • The Twisted Sword

        • Can now only benefit from a maximum of 5 Energy Twisters

    • Several existing class-specific Legendary items have been updated to include a unique Legendary power

      • Note: Existing items will not be affected by the following changes. Only new versions of the items will roll with the added Legendary power.

      • Barbarian

        • Girdle of Giants

          • Legendary power added
          • Seismic Slam Increases Earthquake damage by 80-100% for 15 3 seconds.
          • Existing Earthquakes will have their damage increased when Seismic Slam is used with Girdle of Giants

      • Demon Hunter

        • Trag'Oul Coils

          • Legendary power added
          • Spike Traps gain the effect of the Impaling Spines rune and are deployed twice as fast

      • Monk

        • Scarbringer

          • Legendary power added
          • Lashing Tail Kick deals an additional 300% damage to the first 5-7 enemies hit

      • Witch Doctor

        • Gazing Demise

          • Legendary power added
          • Spirit Barrage gains the Phantasm rune. For each active Phantasm (max 3), the damage of Spirit Barrage is increased by 40-50%

      • Wizard

        • Starfire

          • Legendary power added
          • Lightning damage done is increased by 15% for every 10 yards you are from the target up to a maximum of 60%

  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed an issue that prevented the buff from the Orb of the Infinite from being applied if the damage killed the enemy
    • Fixed an issue that caused the Firebird's Finery (2) Set Bonus to proc early if there was another damage shield on the player
    • Fixed an issue that caused the Treasure Goblin spawned by the legacy Puzzle Ring to pick up Transmog items
    • Fixed an issue that caused Girdle of Giants to increase the damage of all skills by the percentage it applied to Earthquake damage
    • Fixed an issue that caused Scarbringer to grant a damage bonus of 200%. It has been increased to 300% to match the tooltip
    • Fixed an issue that caused Lashing Tail Kick (Vulture Claw Kick) DoT to not benefit from the bonus damage granted by Scarbringer
    • Fixed an issue that caused the Fireball proc from Gyana Na Kashu to not do damage to a target if the target has previously been hit with the amplified damage of Lashing Tail Kick from Scarbringer
    • Fixed an issue that caused Lashing Tail Kick – Vulture Claw Kick to give all targets the amplified damage from Scarbringer instead of the first 5-7 hit
    • Fixed an issue that caused Lashing Tail Kick - Vulture Kick to apply 230% weapon damage per second instead of 230% over 3 seconds
    • Fixed an issue that prevented Bracers of Destruction’s Seismic Slam bonus damage from being applied to the Rumble rune
    • Fixed an issue with Blade of the Warlord that prevented the Fury spent with Bash from triggering the 2-piece Might of the Earth set bonus and reducing the cooldown of Earthquake, Ground Stomp, Leap, and Avalanche
    • Fixed an issue that prevented Kyoshiro’s Soul from activating the 4pc Set bonus from the Monkey King’s Garb set
    • Fixed an issue that prevented the Sweeping Wind bonus provided by Kyoshiro’s Soul from expiring after transitioning between level areas
    • Fixed an issue that caused the old and new versions of Darklight to each proc their special ability when one was equipped and the other was used in Kanai’s Cube
    • Fixed an issue that was causing player attack speed to snapshot and dynamically update along with their stacks of Archon
    • Fixed an issue that caused the Archon buff icon to remain even after players had right clicked and removed the buff granted by the Swami 

CAMPAIGN MODE

  • The Skeleton King will now drop Leoric's Crown beginning at Level 5

ADVENTURE MODE

  • Developer Comments

    • The experience rewards for the actual completion of a Nephalem Rift felt too low, reducing the feeling of accomplishment for defeating the Rift Guardian and closing the Rift. This change is aimed at ensuring that the bulk of your reward is earned upon completion.

  • Infernal Machine drop rates have been adjusted:

    • Torment levels V-XIII have an increasing chance for a second machine to drop
    • There is now a 50% chance for a machine to drop on Torment I increasing to 100% on Torment IV

  • Nephalem Rifts

    • Greater Rift Keys are now guaranteed from any Nephalem Rift and increasing the difficulty now increases your chance of getting a second or third key

    • Greater Rifts

      • Some of the Experience earned in a Greater Rift has been shifted from killing monsters to the reward for closing the rift. The overall amount of Experience earned should be roughly the same

USER INTERFACE

  • Pylons in Nephalem Rifts now have unique minimap icons

  • A hotkey has been added to the game to hide the UI

  • When the Blacksmith is trained to maximum level his recipe list will now start collapsed

  • The Menagerist Goblin now has a unique minimap icon

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Lastly, the new Season will go live this Friday, 5th of August. We will have a summary for Season 7 and we will announce our new and/or updated guides within the same date.

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      The theme of the season reintroduces the Ethereals, which are rare and powerful items known from Diablo II and reimagined for Diablo III. You will be able to hunt for all 21 iconic weapons of Diablo 2 during the season, but this time they will be harder to find and will only drop in Ancient or Primal rarity!

      To help you with the start of this new season, our team has been busy updating all of our Diablo 3 guides to reflect all the changes ahead of the season launch. You can find our Season 32 Hub, as well as guides for leveling, the season mechanic, rankings, season start guides for each class, and even conquest guides, in the list below.
      General Season Guides Our Season 32 guides include all the information you need to know, from Haedrig's Gift sets to SSF and season mechanic explanations:
      Seasonal Leveling Guide Season 32 Compendium Ethereal Memories Solo Self-Found Mode (SSF) Leveling Guides
      We have you covered with our updated leveling guidelines, regardless of the class you want to play! 
      Barbarian Season Start Crusader Season Start DH Season Start Monk Season Start Necromancer Season Start Witch Doctor Season Start Wizard Season Start Season 32 Conquest Guides
      Finally, if you need help completing any of the season's conquests, we recommend you check out our individual guides listed below:
      Curses! Divinity  Years of War Masters of the Universe Boss Mode Season 32 Cosmetic Rewards
      Previous season items make their return this season. If you missed out on rewards originally available in Season 8, you will be able to get them this time. Furthermore, the end of journey rewards (originally introduced in Season 17) are back: The Teganze Warrior portrait frame and the Bat pet!

      As an interesting side note, the portrait frame you can earn this season is named after Teganze, a zone that was first introduced in Diablo 2 and will be revisited during our journey in the upcoming expansion of Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred!
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      Diablo 3 Season 32 Starts on July 12th
      By Staff
      Season 32 in Diablo 3 starts on July 12 and here is the official preview with more details.
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      Sanctuary needs you to answer its call for aid in Season 32: Ethereal Memory. Starting on July 12 at 5 p.m. PDT/CET/KST, Nephalem can harness the power of the Ethereal Memory theme, which first debuted with Season 24. For an in-depth look at what’s coming, take a gander below.

      Seasonal Journey
      Season Theme
      Season Cosmetic Rewards
      Season Journey Rewards
      Seasonal Conquest
      Haedrig’s Gift
      Season Theme
      As the Nephalem reflect on Sanctuary's history, instruments of power from a bygone era resurface. These ethereal memories will grant those persistent enough to search for them unimaginable power. Legends of the past will manifest once more in the present, and you must decide how to best use these gifts—for ethereal power is fugacious by nature, and will soon return to being no more than a myth.
      For this seasonal theme, we were inspired to reimagine how Ethereal items could manifest in Diablo III, with 21 iconic weapons making a return from Diablo II. In Season 32, Ethereals are rare, powerful, and fleeting items.
      Season 32 reintroduces Ethereals, a weapon-type that players will be able to acquire and hunt for in their upcoming seasonal journey. Ethereals will roll a powerful set of affixes, a random Class Weapon Legendary Power and a random Class Passive Power. Ethereals will have unique icons, names, item types, and sounds originally found in Diablo II. For additional details on Ethereals, check out the list below:
      Ethereals are account bound and can only be dropped by monsters, chests, and destructibles, but do not require your character to be Level 70 in order to drop. Ethereals cannot be acquired through Kanai's Cube or from Kadala. Ethereal rarity drop rate is set between Ancient and Primal items. There are 3 unique Ethereals per class. Each Ethereal has fixed affixes and rolls one random Legendary Weapon power and one random Class Passive Skill. Only one Ethereal can be equipped at a time. Ethereals ignore item durability loss. Legendary Powers and Class Passive Skills rolled on Ethereals do not stack with the same power equipped through Kanai's Cube, Items or Skills. Ethereals cannot be Enchanted, Transmogrified, Dyed, Reforged, or traded. Ethereals can be augmented. Collecting all 21 Ethereals during the season will reward players with the Feat of Strength, Ethereal Recollection. Players who accomplish this will have all Ethereal transmogrify options available for future seasonal and non-seasonal play. Ethereals only drop in Seasonal play and will not transfer to your non-seasonal character when the season ends. Return to Top
      Season Cosmetic Rewards
      Beginning with Season 17, we began re-introducing previous Seasonal rewards to make them available to players who may have missed them the first time around. For Season 32, this means awards originally available from Season 8 are returning to the Season Journey.

      However, we know it’s nice to have something new to aim for if you’ve participated in previous Seasons. We’re continuing to provide new End of Journey rewards as introduced in Season 17, with two new cosmetic rewards for those who complete the entirety of the Season journey. Feast your eyes upon the Teganze Warrior Portrait Frame and Bat pet!

      In addition to the Boots and Pants slots of the exclusive Conqueror Set, you’ll be able to earn a series of portrait frames that smolder with demonic fires of the Burning Hells. The iconic wings of Andariel will also be available once more, allowing you to truly embrace your inner Maiden of Anguish.
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      Season Journey Rewards
      If you’ve been diligently slaying demons for the past few Seasons and reached Conqueror in the Season Journey each time, you’ve surely accrued a few extra stash tabs. You’ll earn one additional tab each Season by finishing the Conqueror tier, up to a maximum of 5:
      Guardian of Sanctuary: Finish a level 70 Nephalem Rift on Torment XIII difficulty within 5 minutes. Gem of My Life: Level three Legendary Gems to level 55. All I Do is Win: Complete 2 Conquests this Season. Warm Thoughts: Kill Izual at Level 70 in under 15 seconds on Torment XIII difficulty. Money Ain’t a Thang: Slay Greed on Torment XIII difficulty. Treasure Goblins outside of Nephalem Rifts will sometimes open portals to Greed’s domain, The Vault. Take U There: Reach Greater Rift Level 60 Solo. Greater Rift keystones can be obtained from any Nephalem Rift guardian. Power Amplification: Use Kanai’s Cube to augment an Ancient Legendary item with a level 50+ gem. Cubic Reconfiguration: Use Kanai’s Cube to reforge a Legendary item. Return to Top
      Seasonal Conquest
      Want to prepare your Conquest plan for Season 32? Here are the challenges you’ll face!
      For Curses!/Stars Align, pick any Cursed Chest event that requires killing monsters and defeat over 350 or more at Level 70 on Torment X or higher. Push your way to Greater Rift Level 75 to complete Divinity/Lionhearted. For the fiercest demon slayers, Boss Mode/Worlds Apart is a speed challenge where you’ll need to eliminate the following bosses at Level 70 and Torment X in under twenty minutes:
      The Skeleton King The Butcher Zoltun Kulle Ghom Cydaea Rakanoth Diablo Adria Queen Araneae Maghda Belial Siegebreaker Assault Beast Azmodan Izual Urzael Malthael Finally, Years of War/Dynasty will be a great test for those who enjoy mastering various Class Sets, and if that’s not enough, Masters of the Universe/Masters of Sets will challenge your tactical understanding of Set Dungeons.
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      Haedrig’s Gift
      Finally, the Class Sets rewarded for completing certain chapters in the Season Journey (courtesy of Haedrig’s Gift) have rotated once more. We’ve listed the available Sets below. For those new to Seasons, here’s how it works:
      Completing Chapters 2, 3, and 4 of the Season Journey will reward you with three of Haedrig’s Gifts. Each Gift contains a few pieces from one of your Class Sets. Players can only unlock one Class Set in this manner per Season across Hardcore and Non-Hardcore, so choose wisely!
      The set you receive depends on the class of the character you’re playing when you open each Haedrig’s Gift. To collect a full Class Set, you’ll need to open all three on the same character.
      Here are the sets granted by Haedrig’s Gift in Season 32:
      Barbarian – Immortal King’s Call Crusader – Seeker of the Light Demon Hunter – Natalya’s Vengeance Monk – Uliana’s Stratagem Necromancer – Trag’Oul’s Avatar Witch Doctor – Spirit of Arachyr Wizard – Vyr’s Amazing Arcana
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