Malignant Heart powers are basically free Legendary Aspects in gem form, and they will majorly change the game.
By Cameron Koch on
Diablo IV Season of the Malignant is nearly here, and Blizzard has now revealed all 32 of the Malignant Heart powers players will be seeking out in order to create more overpowered builds than ever before.
There are 32 Malignant Heart powers in total, with 12 being general powers usable by any class. In addition, each class has four class-specific Malignant Heart powers to choose from. As previously detailed, Malignant Hearts come in four different types, and can only be slotted into gear with a socket of the corresponding color. However, the rarest type, called Super Malignant Heart powers, can be slotted into any type Malignant Heart socket.
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These «Super» powers sound particularly broken. Creeping Death, for example, makes it so damage-over-time effects are increased by 30-40% for each different crowd-control effect on a target. Unstoppable monsters and bosses in their stagger state instead will take 110-130% increased damage from damage-over-time effects. Another powerful Super Malignant Heart power, The Barber, causes targets to absorb critical strikes and damage dealt shortly after critical strikes. That damage then explodes to surrounding enemies.
You can find the full list of powers at the bottom of the article, but it's definitely clear Malignant Hearts will be critically important to tackling some of the season's
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