Diablo 4 Received Its First Big Patch and It's All About Class Balance

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Diablo 4 has received its first big patch and it's mostly about balancing the five starting classes that players can choose to take down Lilith and save Sanctuary with.

Blizzard shared the patch notes and some reasoning behind the changes in a blog, and it shared that the team is mostly happy with where the characters are currently at. However, the team knows there is "always room for improvement." To that end, it has revealed the three categories these changes fall into;

Blizzard also understands "class balance is a journey, not a destination," so it's important to note that more balancing changes will obviously be on the way. Blizzard hopes these will make class builds "fun, powerful, and competitive within reason."

In regard to this specific patch, some of its changes include reducing the Barbarian's Challenging Shout's damage reduction gained from skill ranks from 4% to 2%, increasing Druid's Lightning Storm damage from 32% to 40%, increasing the damage of the Necromancer's Army of the Dead from 30% to 45% and reducing its cooldown from 90 to 70 seconds, reducing the damage reduction per shadow gained for the Rogue's Dark Shroud from .8% to .4%, and reducing the Sorcerer's Arc Lash's lucky hit chance from 30% to 14% while also reducing the Glinting Arc Lash cooldown reduction from .25 seconds to .15 seconds.

There are plenty more changes to look through, and you can see them all below. Let us know if you're happy with these changes or if they impact the character you are trying to build in the comments below!

For more, check out our Diablo 4 review, our look at which class you should choose, and our extensive Diablo 4 Wiki that includes everything you need to save Sanctuary and have a great time doing it.

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