Last Epoch: Harbingers of Ruin Patch Notes

Yayifications · July 5, 2024, 3:59pm

Passive Changes

Acolyte

Warlock

Warlock’s first mastery bonus now grants 4% more damage per curse on the target (from 5%)
Ward of Malevolence now grants 1 ward per second per 3 intelligence while channeling per point (from 1 ward per second per 2 intelligence)
Doom Herald now grants 2% less damage taken while channeling per point and 2% more damage to Damned enemies while channeling per point (from 3% and 3%)
Aspect of Death now grants 0.04% more damage per stack of each negative ailment on you per point (from 0.1%)
This node previously stated it scaled with points allocated, but did not. The result is that at max investment this node can now give up to 18% more damage at 90 stacks, compared to the 9% more damage at 90 stacks it was giving before.

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Mage

Spellblade

Burden of Knowledge now grants 5 spell damage per point (from 4) and 5% reduced cast speed per point (from 6%)
Prismatic Blade’s effects have been replaced. It now grants 1 dexterity per point and 1 added melee damage per point. The added melee damage is doubled if using a sword. It now also has a threshold bonus which grants 8% increased attack speed.
Frozen Steel now has a threshold bonus which grants 6% more damage to chilled or frozen enemies
Prodigy now has a threshold bonus which grants +1% critical strike chance per 15 intelligence
The first mastery bonus now grants 12 ward gained when you use a melee attack and hit at least one enemy (from 4 ward gained on melee hit)
Arcane Warden now grants 3 ward per point gained when you use a melee attack and hit an enemy (from 5), but also gives 1 intelligence per point. It now also has a threshold bonus which grants 1 ward decay threshold per intelligence.
Flame Walker now has a threshold bonus which grants each stack of Fire Aura a 50% chance to shred fire resistance every second. This can be converted to cold or lightning resistance shred by Freezing Aura or Crackling Aura.
Incinerating Aura no longer gives 3 base damage per second per point to Fire Aura. It now gives +1 intelligence per point, and has a threshold bonus which grants Fire Aura 1 spell damage per 2 points of intelligence. It still gives Fire Aura 15% increased area per point.
Defender of Welryn’s effects have been replaced. It now gives 1 dexterity per point, and has a threshold bonus which grants 8% increased critical strike chance per point of dexterity. It no longer requires investment into Warden’s Echo.
Awe Strike now grants +2 melee lightning damage per point (from 1), and no longer grants 6% increased shock duration with melee attacks per point. It instead grants 1% parry chance per point.
River Blade now grants +2 melee cold damage per point (from 1)
Volka’s Razor now grants 3% more melee elemental damage with high cost melee skills (from 15% increased). Its maximum points has been reduced to 6 (from 10).
Mana Reaver now grants a 20% chance per point to gain 3 mana (from 6% per point to gain 10 mana)
Warden’s Echo now grants a 4% chance per point to cast Frost Claw (from 8% chance to cast Elemental Burst). It consumes 80% of Frost Claw’s mana cost when cast this way.

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Runemaster

Arcane Focus now grants 2 ward gained on direct spell cast per point (from 4)
Mental Catalysis now grants 6% reduced bonus damage from critical strikes with a catalyst per point (from 8%)
Edict of Scion now grants 2 ward gained per active rune on area skill use per point (from 4), and now requires that the area skill hit at least one enemy
Celestial Doom’s threshold bonus now grants 100 ward gained when you hit a branded boss or rare enemy with a spell (from 28), with a 1 second cooldown (from no cooldown)
Jagged Veil now grants 2 ward on crit per point (from 1), up to 5 times per second (from no limit)
Ancient Inscriptions’s threshold bonus now grants 1% increased cooldown recovery speed per 6 intelligence (from 1% per 4)
Inscribed Instruments now grants +8% critical strike multiplier with a wand per point (from 12%)

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Sorcerer

The second mastery bonus now grants 1% more spell damage per 2 mana cost, up to 50% more (from 1% increased spell damage per mana cost, unlimited)
Mana Shell no longer gives 15 armor per point. It now gives 2 ward per second per point. It also now has a threshold bonus which grants 1 ward per second per 10 maximum mana.
Lost Knowledge grants 1 ward gained per 15 current mana when you use a skill that costs at least 40 mana (from 1 ward gained per 10 current mana)
Wisdom’s threshold bonus now grants 5% increased mana regeneration per 100 max mana (from 3%)
Arcane Avalanche now also grants +5% chill chance per point, and its effect which freezes nearby enemies on a 10 second cooldown is now a 5 point threshold bonus. It now always freezes 8 nearby enemies (from 1 per point allocated)
Arcane Current’s effects have been replaced. It now grants 1% more lightning damage to shocked enemies per point, and has a threshold bonus which grants +100% chance to inflict Spark Charge on hit with skills that cost at least 40 mana
Archmage still grants +1 spell damage per point, but is no longer tripled if you have 200 maximum mana. It now also grants 7% chance per point to refund 20% of mana cost. Both of these effects are doubled with at least 300 mana, or tripled with at least 1,000 mana.
Cryomancer no longer grants +15% freeze rate multiplier per point. It now grants +5% frostbite chance with cold skills.
Pyromancer now grants +5% ignite chance with fire skills per point (from 3%)
Ceraunomancer now grants +5% shock chance with lightning skills per point (from 3%)
Inferno’s effects have been replaced. It now grants 8% increased fire damage over time, 8% spreading flames chance with fire skills, and has a threshold bonus which grants 15% more fire damage over time to enemies with spreading flames
Dragon Mage has been replaced with Mana Bulwark. It grants 2% of damage taken from mana before health per point and +4 mana per point.
Dragon Breath’s effects have been replaced. It now grants 7% increased elemental damage per point and 4% increased area for area skills per point.
Spell Slinger now grants 3% increased cast speed per point (from 3% increased mana regeneration per point)
Arcane Insight no longer grants a chance to gain Insight on hit. It now has a threshold bonus granting +5 ward decay threshold per intelligence
Elixir of Knowledge now also grants 5% increased mana regeneration per point
Mirror Breath has been replaced with ~~Deep Wells~~ Mana Well. It grants 3% increased mana per point, and has a threshold bonus which grants 50% of mana spent gained as ward.
Recollection now has a maximum of 5 points (from 4)
(Bug Fix) Fixed a bug where Calculated Destruction’s threshold bonus was giving increased critical strike chance, rather than its stated increased spell critical strike chance.

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Primalist

Berserk has now been renamed to Cornered Beast. Its effects are now also active for 5 seconds after you leave low health, and a buff icon has been added to display when it is active

Beastmaster

Porcine Constitution has been moved beyond the lock, taking the position Envenom was at. It now also grants 4% chance per point to gain Aspect of the Boar on melee hit.
The second node named Boar Heart, which gave 1 strength per point and 4% chance per point to gain Aspect of the Boar on melee hit, has been removed. Envenom has been moved to its position.
Added a new node, Natural Fortitude, at Porcine Constitution’s previous position. It grants 1 strength per point, 2 added health regeneration per point, and 3 added health regeneration for companions per point. It has a threshold bonus which grants 2% increased health regeneration per point of strength for you and your companions.

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Shaman

Shattered Heavens now also grants 20% frostbite chance per point, and grants minions 10% frostbite chance per point and 1 added cold damage with spells and attacks per point
Silent Protector’s added armor is now also granted to your totems
Tempest Form’s added health, chill chance, and shock chance are now also granted to your minions
Earthen Supremacy no longer grants stun avoidance per point. It instead grants 8 endurance threshold per point, and has a threshold bonus which grants 5 stun avoidance per attunement.
Fist of Stone now also grants 2% endurance per point, and has a threshold bonus which grants 1% increased health regeneration per 1% uncapped endurance
Wind Bringer’s increased cold damage, increased physical damage, and added dodge rating are now also granted to your minions. It now also has a threshold bonus which grants 20% increased dodge rating for you and your minions.
Hail Bringer’s chill chance, freeze rate multiplier, and cold resistance are now also granted to your minions
Avatar of Thunder now has a threshold bonus which grants 2% spell lightning penetration for you and your minions per 5 attunement
Ironbark’s effects have been replaced. It now gives an additional 10 health and armor per point, tripled for totems, and has a threshold bonus which grants 1 health regeneration per 3 attunement, tripled for totems. The threshold bonus also gives totems stun immunity.
Conflux’s increased area for area skills is now also granted to your totems
Sky Armor has been renamed to Gift of the Skies, and its effects have been replaced. It now gives 2% increased attack and cast speed per point, and 8 dodge rating per point. Its maximum points was reduced to 8 (from 10). It now has a threshold bonus that causes your totems to gain Frenzy for 3 seconds when they are directly summoned.
Swirling Maelstrom’s chance to cast Maelstrom when hit now has a cooldown of 3 seconds (from 5), and it now has a threshold bonus granting 20 endurance threshold per stack of Maelstrom
Glacial Strike’s threshold bonus has been changed to grant 1% melee cold penetration per 3 strength (previously 40 added melee cold damage every 3 seconds)
Ascendant Circle’s effects have been replaced. It now gives 1% more spell damage per point while you have a totem.
Storm Blade’s effects have been replaced. It now gives 1% more melee damage per point while you have a totem.
Elemental Shrines’s threshold bonus now gives 1% increased mana regen per attunement (from 2% per 3 attunement)
Eternal Storm’s effects have been replaced. It now gives 10% increased totem duration per point, and 7% increased minion cold and minion lightning damage per point. Its maximum points has been increased to 5 (from 4).
Protective Circle now also grants your totems +3% to all resistances per point

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Rogue

Bladedancer

Skiasynthesis now has a threshold bonus which grants 50% more Shadow Daggers damage to bosses and rare enemies
Death’s Door’s effects are now also active for 5 seconds after you leave low health, and a buff icon has been added to display when it is active
Death’s Door now grants +10% Critical Strike Multiplier per point (was previously +3% Added Critical Strike Chance per point)

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Falconer

Finesse Them’s threshold bonus grants 1% minion critical strike multiplier per 3% critical strike avoidance (from 2% per 3%)

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Marksman

Concentration grants 2% more damage per point (from 15% increased damage)
Missile Mastery now has a threshold bonus which grants 50% increased effect of armor shred
Meditation grants +40 dodge rating per point (from 25), 8% reduced cooldown of Concentration (from 5%), and its maximum points has been reduced to 5
Reflection now has a threshold bonus which grants 10% less hit damage taken with Concentration
Elemental Arrows no longer requires you to be moving to gain 1 Elemental Arrow each second
Siege Quiver no longer grants +1% elemental resistance per point per Elemental Arrow. It now grants 15 ward gained per point when you use an Elemental Arrow.s
Focus Fire now has a threshold bonus which grants 1 second of haste after using Evade
Barbed Arrows now has a threshold bonus which grants 50% chance to shred physical resistance on hit
Poison Tipped Arrows now has a threshold bonus which grants 20% increased poison duration
Ethereal Arrows grants 10% of bow skill mana cost as more damage per point (from 50% as increased damage)
Assassin’s Quiver grants +1 bow damage per point (from +1 bow physical damage) and it now has a threshold bonus which grants +2% bow critical strike chance. Its maximum points has been increased to 8.
Sniper’s Gambit grants +6 bow damage per point (from +5 bow physical damage) and 1% increased damage taken from nearby enemies per point (from 2%)

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Sentinel

Sentinels will receive an automatic free respec for their passive tree

Sentinel

Time and Faith now grants 2% of missing health restored per point (from 5 health per point) when you directly use Rive, Vengeance, Smite, or Multistrike
Relentless now grants 50 stun avoidance per point (from 20) and now also has a threshold bonus which grants 100% increased duration of stun immunity from being stunned

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Forge Guard

The second mastery bonus, the Stalwart buff, now gives 10% increased armor for each hit you have taken in the last 10 seconds, up to 10 stacks (previously 3%, no stack limit)
Unflinching now grants 100 stun avoidance per point (from 40) and now also grants 6 health per point
Crushing Blows now grants 0.1% more damage per 1 mana cost (from 0.5% increased damage per 1 mana cost). Its maximum points has been reduced to 5 (from 6).
Shield Breaker now only adds 3 mana cost to throwing skills (from 6)
Steel Aegis now also grants 10 armor per point. Its non-scaling 2% block chance has been moved to a threshold bonus which now grants 3% block chance.
Fresh From the Forge’s effects have been replaced. It now grants 1 melee physical damage, 1 melee fire damage, 1 throwing physical damage, and 1 throwing fire damage per point. It now has a threshold bonus which grants 20% physical penetration and 20% fire penetration to Smelter’s Wrath and Forge Strike.
Iron Attunement now has a threshold bonus which grants 1% of armor mitigation percentage also applies to damage over time taken per 2 attunement
Champion of the Forge’s effects have been replaced. It now grants 10% increased critical strike chance if you’re using a two handed weapon. It now also has a threshold bonus which grants +1% critical strike multiplier per 2 strength if you’re using a two handed weapon.
Hammer and Anvil’s effects have been replaced. It now gives you and your minions 20% chance to shred armor per point, and has a threshold bonus which grants your minions 30% increased attack speed for 3 seconds when you directly use an ability that costs 20 or more mana.
Iron Reflexes now also grants 2% reduced bonus damage taken from critical strikes. Its non-scaling conversion of dodge rating to armor has been moved to a threshold bonus.
Molded by the Forge’s effects have been replaced, and it has been renamed to Master of Arms. It now grants 1% parry chance and 3% increased attack speed per point when dual wielding, 2 strength per point with a two handed weapon, and 6% frailty chance and 3% reduced bonus damage taken from critical strikes with a shield.
Shield Crafter’s increased minion health and increased minion armor have been reduced to 40% per point (from 50%). It now grants a 10% chance per point to summon a single shield from Ring of Shields when you block, which can trigger up to 3 times every 6 seconds (previously 1% chance per point to cast Ring of Shields, no cooldown). It now also grants +20 block effectiveness per point per active shield from Ring of Shields.
Thornmail now has a threshold bonus which grants 5 damage reflected to attackers per 1% armor mitigation
Infinite Bulwark’s increased armor on potion use now also applies to your minions. It now also has a threshold bonus which causes you to heal your minions for an amount equal to your armor when you use a potion.
Osprixbane’s effects have been replaced, and it has swapped names with Walls of Solarum. It now grants 1% less damage taken per point, doubled if you have at least 50% block chance. It now grants a non-scaling 3% block chance. Its maximum points has been reduced to 5 (from 8).
Walls of Solarum has swapped names with Osprixbane. Its effects now also apply to your minions, and it now has a threshold bonus which grants 1% less fire damage taken per 10% overcapped fire resistance.
Flawless Defender now gives 75 armor per point (from 50), and no longer has the non-scaling 3% block chance.
Lethal Strikes now has a threshold bonus which grants 1% physical and fire penetration per 5 strength
Avatar of War’s effects have been replaced. It now grants 8% increased physical and fire damage, and 8% increased minion physical and minion fire damage. It now has a threshold bonus which consumes all stacks of Stalwart when you directly use a melee or throwing area skill that costs at least 10 mana, granting the skill 10% increased area per stack consumed. Its maximum points has been inreased to 8 (from 1).
Javelineer now has a threshold bonus which grants +1% throwing critical strike chance per 5 dexterity
Folded Steel now also grants 2% increased duration per point for Forged Weapons, and its non-scaling bonus of +2 max Forged Weapons has been moved into a threshold bonus
Guardian now grants 10% increased stun chance per point (from 6%) and now also grants 8% increased health regeneration per point

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Void Knight

The first mastery bonus now grants 1% more melee void damage per 3 vitality (previously 75% increased melee void damage, not scaling)
Eternal Form now also has a threshold bonus which grants 2 health per vitality

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