Diablo 4 patch 1.0.4 hotfix nerfs game-breaking Necromancer skill
Diablo 4 patch 1.0.4 hotfix 1 and 2 have rolled out to live servers, with a key Necromancer nerf that even players who favor the undead-raising class can be happy with. This Diablo 4 patch changes Blood Lance, temporarily cutting back its effect and that of its strongest legendary aspect dramatically. Fortunately, it’s good news, because while the skill would be core to one of the best Necromancer builds in the entire RPG game, you can’t actually use it right now.
The Blood Lance skill combined with the ‘Hungry Blood’ legendary aspect, which gives the skill a chance to fire another Blood Lance at a nearby enemy every time one strikes an enemy that’s already been hit previously, could cause large packs to trigger the effect non-stop, which would bring the entire server you’re on to a grinding halt.
You can see what this looks like in the video below, courtesy of Marco ‘MacroBioBoi’ C. – or not, as it happens, because with the legendary aspect active the game comes to such a clunking halt that you can’t even see what’s happening. He’s only fighting a small group of enemies inside a dungeon, and it’s already entirely broken.
Thankfully, Blizzard has stepped in. While it typically never feels good to see your favorite of the Diablo 4 classes bonked by the nerf hammer, this is a case where it makes sense. Diablo 4 community manager Adam ‘PezRadar’ Fletcher says, “This is a temporary solution while the team reworks the way the legendary aspect will function, and we expect this change sometime in season one or shortly after.”
The hotfix also returns Diablo 4’s rarest items to the game after they were temporarily disabled when players found an easy way to grab the one-in-a-million drops. You’ll now be able to get the likes of
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