Ascension Changelog

[Witch Hunter] Searing Blade's effect that consumes 3 Sensed Evil to deal Fire Damage now correctly triggers when in Wickedness, instead of Purity

[Reaper] Hungering Scythe now correctly deals self damage

[Reaper] Hungering Scythe damage now correclty increases with rank

[SoA] Arugal's Blessing can now target allies and has 40yd range

[SoA] Fixed tooltip of Vampiric Thirst

[SoA] Vampiric Thirst no longer reduces the cast time of Bloodbomb

[SoA] Blood Howl at a baseline now just generates Rage, and now also cleanses 1 Magic effect from an ally (or self if no target)

[SoA] Eternal Curse now also causes Blood Howl to taunt nearby enemies

[Monk] Runestaff Slam is now Runeslam and can be used with 2h sword, polearm or staff

[Monk] Fixed the tooltip of Grace of Aman'Thul

[Cultist] Fixed a bug where Unspeakable Truth was hidden to the client

[Cultist] Unspeakable Truth is now a 30 sec duration

[Tinker] Piston Punch now scales with Intellect or Agility

[Necro] Fixed a bug where Unsummon Minions became hidden to the client

[Stormbringer] Updated visual of Wind Servant

[Tinker] Battle Engineer now reduces the duration of Sentry Turrets by 80%

[Tinker] Battle Engineer now makes Build: Sentry Turret Instant

[Tinker] Battle Engineer now only reduces the CD of Sentry Turret by 1 sec per enemy hit down from 2 sec

[Tinker] Mechalink now gives 25% increased healing down from 150%

[Tinker] Mechsuits no longer use the Vehicle system

[Tinker] Added a new Mechsuit (Vanguard)

[Tinker] Each Mechsuit now has 3 abilities unique to that mechsuit, plus 3 additional abilities you can use in any mechsuit

[Tinker] Added a new Mechsuit (Shredder)

[Tinker] Strider Bot: Pursuit is now Bot: Pursuit

[Tinker] Reworked the Mechsuit system

[Tinker] Strider Bot: Mechagaze is now Bot: Mechagaze

[Tinker] Bot: Decimate now scales with Intellect instead of Agi

[Tinker] Bot: Decimate now limited by Silence instead of Pacify

[Tinker] Bot: Decimate's damage tooltip updated

[Tinker] Bruiser Bot: Decimate is now Bot: Decimate

[Tinker] Junkyard Bruiser is now correctly toggleable

[Tinker] Mechalink's healing no longer scales (flat 2% hp)

[Tinker] Mechalink's healing now appears in combat log

[Tinker] Inscribed Plating on pets now correctly has 8 charges

[Tinker] Mechaplating on pets now correctly has 10 charges

[Demon Hunter] Added a regular 'recently used' buff to Felrend so that its DR buff is no longer consumed by the Azzinoth's Assault combo

[Witch Doctor] Fixed tooltips of Vitality Ward and Spirit Power Ward

[Witch Doctor] Spirit Power Ward no longer has a Cast Time

[Pyro] Fixed a bug where Fully Heated would be instantly consumed/used by the spell that triggered the 3rd Overheat stack

[Pyro] Dormant now correctly reduces Fire damage dealt

[Pyro] Overheating now lasts up to 30 sec from 10 sec

[SoA] Vampiric Thirst stacks no longer affect the cast time of Bloodbomb

[SoA] Fixed tooltip of Vampiric Thirst

[SoA] Fixed tooltip of The Cup Runneth Over will be included in next patch

[Necro] Foul Bidding: Protect will still only provide DR from permanent minions

[Necro] Foul Bidding spells now affect all minions, not just permanent ones

[Necro] Unsummon Minions no longer appears to hit all nearby friendly units that arent your minons

[Necro] Animate: Rotling now causes a Grave March again

[Necro] Transfer Life no longer breaks when you take damage

[Necro] Cast time of Raise: Necromancer Initiate reduced to 5 sec to match other 2 cost minions

[Necro] Rotling's self damage from its explosion should now pierce any immunity effects on the Rotling

[Stormbringer] Fixed a bug where Flux stacks could not accumulate while out of LoS

[Reaper] Dirge now hits for 100% MH damage as physical, plus 100% OH damage as Shadow

[Necro] Fetid Pawns now also increases the damage of Rotling explosions, and causes the explosion to buff nearby Undead Minions, giving them increased damage and speed

[Necro] Defend Your Master is now a passive called Fetid Pawns that causes your Grave March spell to launch all acive rotlings at the target instead of increasing their speed, and causes them to explode when they hit the target

[Necro] Defend Your Master is now a passive called Fetid Pawns that cause your Rotlings to buff nearby minions when they explode

[Necro] Rotlings now also Heal nearby undead minions when they explode

[Necro] Rotling explosion damage now scales with Intellect instead of Rotling HP

[Necro] Foul Bidding: Assault is a balanced combat mode with no buffs or downsides

[Necro] Call of the Grave is now a spell called Transfer Life that is a channel (up to 5 sec) that restores HP to minions

[Necro] Foul Bidding: Protect makes them 'passive' but causes them to guard you while close by

[Necro] Foul Bidding: Slaughter boosts their speed and damage, but increases damage taken

[Necro] Added 3 Foul Bidding spells that passively affect minion behaviour

[Necro] Reduced HP scaling of Necro Initiate

[Witch Doctor] Reclaim Life now correctly labelled as a Bwonsamdi spell

[Necro] Reduced scaling of Shambler (hp & auto dmg)

[Ranger] Envenomed Arrows no longer scale with SP

[Cultist] Confuse will no longer force Rooted or Grip-immune enemies to charge (includes target dummies)

[Demon Hunter] Fully removed the CD of Felrend (still on a charge system)

^ this does not affect Summon Lightning Orb since it's only a partial CD reset

[Stormbringer] Lord of Lightning now allows CL to cleave 3 enemies

[Stormbringer] Spells that previously had no CD when supercharged now gain increased cast speed instead (this is something I originally wanted to try with the static changes that I think can alleviate some of the concerns regarding the rotation feeling unvaried, the idea is that you will now have periods (when your supercharged spells are up) where you want to push for favor and periods where it is less important)

[Stormbringer] Lord of Lightning no longer increases cast time of CL

[Stormbringer] Stormfuse no longer falls off outside LoS

[Primalist] Fixed a bug where Rock Shower would mess with the orientation of your character when cast

[Venomancer] Updated tooltip of Venom Fang / Spider Bite to reflect that Lethal Toxin is now applied when it reaches 2 stacks, and not when used from Tunneling

[Chrono] Fixed tooltip of Feast of Aeons

[Venomancer] Leech Poison now deals Shadow Damage

[Tinker] Spanner Smash can now cleave up to 3 enemies baseline

[Tinker] Added Intellect scaling to Bots HP/AP

[Tinker] Reduced the CD of Spanner Smash by 4 sec

[Tinker] Battle Engineer now reduces CD of Build: Sentry Turret instead of Supercharge

[Tinker] Autobonker is now Field Technician, which provides your Bot pet with a buff while you are near it

[Tinker] Bot: Intimidate now has a 20 sec CD, reduces Bot's damage taken by 30% up from 20%, and lasts 4 sec down from 25 sec

[Tinker] Supercharge is now a 12 sec CD, 4 sec channel that costs 20 Energy

[Tinker] Supercharge now heals over the duration of the channel instead of all at once but does more Healing

[Tinker] The Mechsuit Mechanic passive is now called Junkyard Bruiser, and is a tank mode geared toward tanking without a pet

[Tinker] Inscribed Plating now has 8 charges down from 12

[Tinker] Learning Mechaplating now teaches you Inscribed Plating for free

[Tinker] Mechaplating now has 10 charges down from 20

[Tinker] Junkyard Bruiser is now called Mechalink, and is a tank mode geared toward using your Bot as the primary tank

[Tinker] Mechaplating and Inscribed Plating now share a 12 sec CD, and last 12 sec

[Necro] Increased size of Shambler

[Primalist] Increased the level and stat scaling on Volcanic Skin

[Chronomancer] You cannot advance Order or Chaos stacks while Preparation buffs are active (including prep buffs for arena, bg, and m+)

[Venomancer] Added a new visual for the effect when Bursting Sores pops at 10 stacks (Sorefeast)

[Venomancer] Added a new visual for transforming

[Venomancer] Removed the visual for Bursting Sores being applied

[Venomancer] Nerubian Stalker now also gives your Shadow Damage effects a chance to reduce the remaining CD of Widow's Kiss by 3 sec

[Venomancer] Fixed Widow's Kiss' interaction with Lethal Toxin (converting it into Leech Poison)