Ascension Changelog

View all of our changes in a minimal format.

Sorted in chronological order.

2024/03/14

General

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[Reaper] Soul Shock CD reduced to 15s, duration reduced to 5 sec, no longer regenerates health.

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[Reaper] Reave cooldown reduced by 3 sec.

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[Reaper] Bane now procs from Soulrot instead of Posses.

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[Reaper] Spectral Acuity swapped with Deathwail.

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[Reaper] Offhand damage dealt by Shudder is now connected to a new node Shudder Before The Scythe in Soul tree.

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[Reaper] Lamenting damage increase to Dirge reduced to 25%.

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[Reaper] Shudder Scythe now notes that offhand weapon damage deals shadow damage.

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[Reaper] Dirge no longer deals weapon damage, now instead deals Shadow Damage per weapon, scaling with Spell Power.

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[Reaper] Counterscythe is now an active again

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[Reaper] Soulwardens Resolve is now passive for Dom Reapers

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[Reaper] Underwalk no longer reduces movement speed

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[Necromancer] Wretched Bile now works on ranged attacks as well as melee attacks

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[Reaper] Soul Slip now reduces damage taken instead of increasing movement speed

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[Necromancer] Foul Expedition now has an 8yd range up from 5

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[Necromancer] Sacrifice Undead now has a 15 sec cooldown up from 10

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[Necromancer] Plague Science now spreads Plague of Undeath to 2 targets instead of 1

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[Necromancer] Plague Doctor healing scaling increased by 20%

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[Necromancer] Noxious Corpserot no longer has a cast time

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[Guardian] Fortified Bulwark moved to the Vanguard tree

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[Necromancer] Increased the scaling of Expunge on its direct damage applications by 30%

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[Pyromancer] Destroyers Legacy damage increased, but it now only works on targets with Breath of Malygos or Burning Brand on them

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[Pyromancer] Added Overheat effects to Tide of Fire, Cleansing Flames, Firefall, Burning Brand, Volcanic Burst, and Burst

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[Pyromancer] Soul of the Dragon now restores 1% max health and mana per Breath Charge consumed

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[Pyromancer] Breath Charges and Breaths are now only available to Draconic Pyromancers

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[Pyromancer] Draconic Tempest now causes both Scorching Ray and Slagstone to generate a Breath Charge, but at a cost

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[Pyromancer] Explosive Force now reduces your damage taken after using Flame Step or Dragon's Leap

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[Pyromancer] Draconic Hunger switched with Draconic Heritage

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[Pyromancer] Heating Up now has 3 stacks down from 4

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[Pyromancer] Overheat no longer increases damage and healing

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[Pyromancer] Dragonscales are now baked into the Draconic spec passive, rather than being a proc

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[Pyromancer] Increased the projectile speed of Draconic Fang slightly

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[Pyromancer] Increased the base damage of Volcanic Burst slightly

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[Pyromancer] Breath Work no longer requires a crit to grant Replenishment

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[Pyromancer] Rekindle now lasts 4 sec up from 2 but no longer has an Overheat effect

2024/03/10

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[Knight of Xoroth] Consuming Blade CD reduced by 3 sec, healing reverted to 10%.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Infernal Strike damage per rank adjusted.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Pull speed of Flesh Hook increased.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Bloody Execution moved upwards.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Demonfury removed.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Dismemberment value increased by 10%.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Hellbreaker and Warpath now interact with Hell Scream.

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[Knight of Xoroth] War Pig now causes Brimstone Bludgeon to increase your crit chance.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Brimstone Bludgeon now has a 40 sec CD, increases Attack Power based on current Deathfire stacks active.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Death to All now causes Gore to reduce the cooldown of Skulltaker by 3 sec.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Gore base cooldown incresed by 2 sec.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Murderous Might reworked.

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[Knight of Xoroth] New node Blood Frenzy added to War tree.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Meat Grinder and Gash decoupled, now separate nodes.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Demonstrike no longer generates Deathfire.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Infernal Strike now generates Deathfire.

2024/03/09

General

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[Knight of Xoroth] Cost of Brimstone Bludgeon increased by 5.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Astral Blade gaining double level scaling fixed. (approx 16% damage reduction)

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[Knight of Xoroth] Cost of Infernal Strike reduced by 5.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Torn Flesh AP scaling reduced.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Meat Grinder now in switch node with a new node Gash.

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[Knight of Xoroth] Meat Grinder no longer increases the damage of Meatsaw.

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[Runemaster] Fixed a bug where Frost Blades stun was DR'ing with Frost Prison

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[Runemaster] The old Wizardry effect has been added to Elemental Weapons

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[Necromancer] Death spec tree has been adjusted for better pathing and clarity

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[Necromancer] Talents that relied on periodic crits have been augmented to rely on periodic damage or a new effect

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[Necromancer] Angel of Death now converts Intellect into Spell Haste

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[Necromancer] Lichbolt is now a capstone and deals far more damage with a 1min cd

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[Necromancer] Apothecary's Cauldron now also gives haste

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[Necromancer] Toxic Plagues now also causes Putrefy to crit

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[Necromancer] Rotten to the Bone now reduces the cast time of Putrefy

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[Necromancer] Befouling now reduces the cost of Noxious Corpserot by 15 down from 30

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[Necromancer] Plaguebomb now has a 20 sec cd

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[Necromancer] Plaguebomb now deals damage and spreads Crypt Plague

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[Necromancer] Foul Expedition now also spreads your Flesh to Worms, Harvest Plague and Spectral Decay on an 8 sec cd

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[Necromancer] New talent added to the Death tree: Deadly Nature

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[Necromancer] New talent added to the Death tree: The Grimiest Step

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[Necromancer] Gravedigger now reduces the cast time of Entomb and causes it to also reduce movement speed

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[Necromancer] Entomb no longer has a cooldown

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[Necromancer] Entomb is now pickable and now banishes

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[Necromancer] Sower of Sickness now increases effectiveness by 100% up from 50%

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[Necromancer] Maladys are now instant cast

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[Necromancer] Malady of Famine reworked

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[Necromancer] Master of Death now also extends the duration of Maladys

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[Necromancer] Plague Science now only has the Plague of Undeath effect

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[Necromancer] Plague Doctor now only works with Plague of Undeath

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[Necromancer] Expunge now costs 40 Runic Power baseline up from 30

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[Necromancer] Sludge Belcher is now a 1 point node

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[Necromancer] Death spec passive now lets your dots scale with haste instead of crit

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[Necromancer] Noxious Corpserot now lasts 6 sec and no longer scales with haste

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[Necromancer] DoT scaling has been adjusted

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[Pyromancer] Incineration capstones updated

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[Pyromancer] Pyromancer Class tree and Incineration spec tree adjusted for better pathing and clarity

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[Pyromancer] Slag Barrage removed

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[Pyromancer] Firebomb removed

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[Pyromancer] Blaze no longer has a target cap of 1

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[Pyromancer] Melt is now a passive node

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[Pyromancer] Flames of Focus now adds more stacks to Flamecasting and increases its duration

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[Pyromancer] Cataclysmic Ray now increases the damage of Scorching Ray by 5% for each periodic effect you have on the target

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[Pyromancer] Volcanocannon now reduces the cooldown of Comet Storm by 60 sec

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[Pyromancer] Kindling Fire now only stacks 10 times from 15

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[Pyromancer] Wreath of Flames now grants Flamecasting

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[Pyromancer] Cataclysm now works with Ignite

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[Pyromancer] Slag Foundry now increases the critical strike chance of Slagstone, stacking 10 times

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[Pyromancer] Pyromaniac now increases the critical strike bonus damage of Slagstone

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[Pyromancer] Improved Scorching Ray is now in the Incineration tree