The mid-season update for Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred has arrived, bringing tons of balancing adjustments to the different classes, as well as many updates to items and runes. Season 6, along with the release of the expansion, marked a big jump for the game, with more and more new content being added both to the leveling stages and the endgame. With the Barbarian being a bit behind in terms of power level, especially compared to the Spiritborn, Blizzard has decided to make the class a bit stronger by increasing the damage numbers of their spells while also providing some quality-of-life improvements across the board. Here are all of the Barbarian changes that are coming to Diablo 4 with patch 2.0.5!
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Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred - Patch 2.0.5 All Barbarian Changes
Mythic Unique Items
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+400% Damage to Healthy Enemies replaced with +44% Damage Over Time Duration.
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Damage increased from 3000% to 4000%.
Unique Items
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Chill per second is now 3 times higher.
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Damage distribution time increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
Legendary Aspects
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Maximum active Cooldown Reduction increased from 50% to 70%.
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Both effects now apply to Basic Skills even when they are not Cast, such as the free Storm Strike triggered from Greatstaff of the Crone.
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Barbarian Class Changes
Skills
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Damage increased from 35% to 80%.
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Ultimate Cooldown Reduction increased from 4 to 5 seconds, up to an increased maximum of 15 seconds from 12.
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Damage increased from 55% to 70%.
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Damage increased from 100% to 120%.
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Lucky Hit Chance increased from 25% to 30%.
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Stun chance increased from 35% to 45%.
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Damage bonus stacks increased from 8 to 10.
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Damage per stack increased from 15% to 20%.
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Damage increased from 50% to 60%.
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Damage increased from 12% to 25%.
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Bleeding damage increased from 105% to 120%.
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Damage increased from 42% to 55%.
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Damage increased from 18% to 60%.
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Cooldown reduced from 14 to 12 seconds.
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Before: Iron Skin's Barrier absorbs 25% more of your Maximum Life.
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Now: Iron Skin grants Unhindered for 5 seconds and its Barrier absorbs 30% more of your Maximum Life.
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Healing per second based on Barrier increased from 10% to 20%.
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Fortify amount increased from 20% to 30% Maximum Life.
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Damage increased from 120% to 140%.
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Death Blow Boss damage bonus increased from 150% to 200%.
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Damage increased from 13% to 25%.
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Damage bonus per 50 Strength increased from 20% to 35%.
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Damage increased from 23% to 35%.
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Base damage increased from 80% to 120%.
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Pulse damage increased from 35% to 55%.
Developer's Note: This change is to compensate for a bug fix related to the Tempering affix that gives a chance to deal double damage.
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Passives
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Critical Strike Damage increased from 5/
10/ 15% to 6/ 12/ 18%.
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Before: You deal 3% increased damage and gain 2% Distant Damage Reduction.
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Now: You deal 3% increased damage and gain 2% Damage Reduction.
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Before: You have 3/
6/ 9% increased Critical Strike Chance against Immobilized, Stunned, or Slowed enemies. -
Now: You gain 3/
6/ 9% increased Critical Strike Chance.
Unique Items
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Damage increased from 30-60% to 50-80%.
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Berserking damage bonus increased from 15% to 25%.
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Damage increased from 40-70% to 50-80%.
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Critical Strike Damage increased from 30-60% to 50-80%.
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Effect can occur every 5 seconds instead of every 10.
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Blood pool damage bonus increased from 30% to 50%.
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Shockwave damage increased from 40-60% to 60-80%.
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Legendary Aspects
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Before: Gain Berserking for 1.5-4.0 seconds after swapping weapons 8 times.
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Now: Gain 20-40% increased damage and Berserking for 4 seconds after swapping weapons 8 times.
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Damage bonus increased from 30-50% to 50-70%.
Paragon
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Maximum damage bonus increased from 30% to 45%.
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Vulnerable damage bonus increased from 10% to 20%.
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Overpower damage bonus increased from 10% to 20%.
And those were all of the changes to the Barbarian class in Diablo 4's mid-season 2.0.5 update. Hopefully this patch bridges the gap between the different classes, so we can see more diversity by the end of the season. For more Diablo 4 news and guides, make sure to check out the rest of the website!
