Diablo 4 Update 1.3.0 Includes Class Changes, New Legendary Aspects and Uniques, and More

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Blizzard Entertainment has posted Diablo 4’s update 1.3.0 patch notes in preparation for its upcoming third seasonal update, Season of the Construct.

It’s a meaty update with changes and tweaks for players across PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X | S. These include new items that should help some Class Skills pack a slightly bigger punch.

“It’s important to us that when a player chooses to fully invest in a Skill, the payoff is immense,” a developer note for patch 1.3.0 says. “In pursuit of this goal, several of our new Unique and Legendary items are targeting Skills that have yet to reach their full potential.”

All Classes are gaining access to the Paingorger’s Gauntlets, Aspect of Adaptability, and Juggernaut’s Aspect items. Meanwhile, the Barbarians are getting two items: Ring of the Ravenous and Aspect of the Sundered Ground. The former, for example, should help out with Rend, as it increases its duration by two-to-four seconds and adds two stacks when Brawling Skills damage enemies.

Druid players are getting the Unsung Ascetic’s Wraps item, which should buff Lightning Storm, as well as the Virulent Aspect, which reduces the cooldown for Rabies when it infects an enemy. Sorcerers can look forward to the new Starfall Coronet and Aspect of Shredding Blades items to bolster Meteor and Ice Blades.

Blizzard was pretty generous with its changes for each Class this time around, but the update also takes aim at plenty of other elements with other adjustments, too. These include increases to Glyph experience in Nightmare Tiers, improved performance, and a more streamlined Skill Tree Respec experience.

In our 9/10 Diablo 4 review, we called Blizzard’s latest a “stunning sequel with near perfect endgame and progression design that makes it absolutely excruciating to put down.” Season 3, the Season of the Construct, launches January 23.

You can see Diablo 4’s full 1.3.0 patch notes below.

CLASS UPDATES

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