Ascension Changelog

[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)

[Venomancer] Nerubian Stalker (from Might of the Aqir) now gives 60% CDR to Nerub Sting, increases shadow damage done by 25%, allows Nerubian Poison to stack 3 times, and reduces Nature Damage done by 20%

[Venomancer] Updated the tooltip of the Grove Blighter passive to reflect that it can only proc from effective healing

[Venomancer] Removed the visual effect from Grove Blighter procs

[Venomancer] Grove Blighter stacks now correctly boost the duration of Blight

[Runemaster] All ranks of Brainspill now correctly share a CD

[Cultist] The Wracked Mind debuff from Eldritch Armor now correctly applies to the target instead of the caster

[Pyromancer] Fixed Burning Brand's Dragonfire interaction

[Pyromancer] Slag Forge now correctly reduces enemy armor instead of increasing it

[Pyromancer] Fixed Fire Streak

[Pyromancer] Fixed the proc-consumption conditions of Firepower

[Pyromancer] The Stun from Concussion is now visible to the client

[Monk] Windwalk now requires a 2h weapon OR a staff

[Monk] Fixed a bug where Martial Strike would share a CD with Runes abilities

[Monk] You no longer lose the attack granted based on equipped weapon when you die

[Monk] You no longer lose the attack granted based on equipped weapon when you get disarmed

[Stormbringer] Call Lightning now only generates static if you are not Supercharged (will do the same effect for other Supercharged spells that generate Static)

[Stormbringer] Thunderstrike now only generates static if you are not Supercharged

[Stormbringer] Reduced the passive drain in Thorim's Favor and Thorim's Respect phases

[Stormbringer] Disabled Fulmination

[Stormbringer] Added a buffer window to the Supercharged buff from being in Thorim's Favor, so it can still provide your currently-casted spell with the Supercharged effect even if you drop out of Favor while casting

[Monk] Nimble Movements now gives feather falling

[Monk] While Unburden is active, Double Jump has forward momentum as well

[Monk] Added a double jump type mechanic coming with the core rework

[Monk] Light's Grace now launches you a little bit further into the air, and slightly forward

[Monk] Light's Grace now lasts 4 sec but ends if you touch the ground

[Monk] Light's Grace has a new visual

[Monk] Simplified the tooltip of Eternal Balance

[Reaper] Soul Splinters can no longer crit

[Reaper] Eater of Souls can no longer crit

[Chrono] Timeguard's Healing can no longer crit

[Chrono] Spellguard: Dilation's healing can no longer crit

[Chrono] Gift of the Timeways (Order) can no longer crit

[Chrono] Word of Balance: Mend can no longer crit

[Guardian] New visuals for Offensive Pose and Defensive Pose activation

[Necro] Awaken The Dead now has a 60 sec CD and 12 sec Duration

[Necro] Awaken The Dead no longer costs a Foul Remnant, and now reduces all damage taken by 30% while active

[Necro] Zombimancy no longer reduces your Life Force limit

[Necro] Putrid Summoner now gives 4% reduced damage taken down from 5%, and its tooltip is updated to reflect that it also affects Animate spells

[Necro] Normalised size of Brittle Skeletons

[Necro] For every spare Life Force you have, you now take 5% increased damage but deal 2% increased damage

[Venomancer] Nerubian Poison is now a 12-sec duration effect that ticks every 2 sec instead of 6 sec duration ticking every 1 sec

[Venomancer] Nerubian Poison is now Nerubian Sting, dealing instant Shadow Damage and Slowing the target

[Venomancer] If you use Nerubian Sting against an enemy affected by Withering Venom, apply Nerubian Poison

[KoX] Altered the visual for summoning the Xorothian Warsteed and removed the immolate effect while it is active

[KoX] Dreadsteed Portal now summons a portal to click on rather than an actual dreadsteed

[KoX] New visual for Oaths

[Starcaller] Updated tooltip of Command to reflect that its forced movement component only applies against players

[KoX] Chainwhip is now a 1 min CD, lasts 4 sec, correctly generates bonus Threat and Silences the target for the duration

[Sun Cleric] Daybreak stacks now also benefit the Burning Sphere spell

[Sun Cleric] Sungate's effect now works as a blink-style teleport again instead of a forward disengage

[Sun Cleric] Improved SP scaling on Sunflare

[Pyromancer] New visual for Phoenix Breath

[Pyromancer] Dragon's Leap CD reduced from 1 min to 40 sec