Forceful Arrow, Twisting Blades, & More Rogue Buffs in Season 10

Blizzard has just posted the official patch notes for the Diablo 4 Season 10 PTR, which runs from August 19th to the 26th. Here is your first look at all of the balance changes, new items, and everything in store for the Rogue.

Balance Updates

Rogues are getting small buffs to various skills, including FlurryFlurry & Twisting BladesTwisting Blades, along with changes to CondemnationCondemnation.


Skills

Barrage

  • Damage increased from 22% to 25%.

Flurry

  • Damage reduced from 150% to 140%.

Penetrating Shot

  • Damage increased from 95% to 110%.

Rapid Fire

  • Damage increased from 40% to 45%.

Twisting Blades

  • Impale damage reduced from 70% to 30%.
  • Return damage reduced from 112% to 70%.

Enhanced Twisting Blades

  • Damage bonus increased from 35% to 45%.

Death Trap

  • Pull range increased by 100%.

Dance of Knives

  • Reduced Cooldown when deactivating the skill while 1 or less charge remains.
  • Now has a high chance to prioritize champions, elites, and bosses.

Advanced Penetrating Shot

  • Reworded Tool tip to clarify that its damage bonus is only from Penetrating Shot.

Primary Forceful Arrow

  • Previous: Every 3rd Cast of Forceful Arrow pierces through all enemies hit.
  • Now: Forceful Arrow now pierces through the first enemy hit and has a 30% chance to execute injured Non-Boss enemies.

Fundamental Forceful Arrow

  • Previous: Forceful Arrow Knocks Back Non-Elite enemies if they are Close. If they collide with another enemy, both are Knocked Down for 1.5 seconds.
  • Now: Forceful arrow Knocks Back Close enemies and Immobilizes them for 2.5 seconds. Enemies Immobilized this way take 50% increased damage from you for the duration.

Passives

Aftermath

  • Energy refund is now always 35 (increased from 25) rather than scaling per rank.

Legendary Aspects

Bladedancer’s

  • Damage bonus increased from 60-80% to 100%-120%.

Unique Items

Condemnation

  • Previous: Your Core Skills deal 50-70% increased damage when spending 3 Combo Points. Your Basic Skills using this weapon have a 50% chance to generate 3 Combo Points.
  • Now: Your Core Skills deal 50-70% increased damage when spending 3 Combo Points. Casting Basic Skills always generate 3 Combo Points.

Grasp of Shadow

  • Chance to spawn a Shadow Clone increased from 30-50% to 40-80%.

Eaglehorn

  • Damage increased from 40-80% to 110-150%.

Windforce

  • Chance to deal additional damage and Knockdown increased from 30-50% to 50-75%.

Tempering

Cutthroat Finesse

  • Vulnerable damage removed.

New Rogue Unique Items

Like all other classes in Season 10, Rogues are getting a brand new Two-Handed Unique Crossbow.


Orphan Maker (Unique Two-Handed Crossbow)

Affixes

  • Inherent: +130% Vulnerable damage
  • +4-6 Ranks to Marksman Skills
  • +2-4 Ranks to Exploit
  • +32-45% Chance for Marksman Skills to Cast Twice
  • +125-170% Vulnerable damage

Unique Power

  • Basic and Core skills that use this weapon now Reload. Reload Skills gain 250-300% increased damage and every 2nd Reload Skill gains twice this bonus.

New Keyword: Reload

  • Skills with Reload have a slight delay in which they cannot Cast again. Their damage and Reload speed benefit from 50% of your Attack Speed Bonus.

Bug Fixes

And finally, Rogues are getting a few bug fixes involving their Poison TrapPoison Trap & more.


  • Fixed an issue where Bladedancer’s Aspect was not granting the return damage bonus from Enhanced Twisting Blades.
  • Fixed an issue where the Daze effect from Improved Twisting Blades did not apply properly.
  • Fixed an issue where Poison Trap granted Knockdown without learning Enhanced Poison Trap.

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