Patch 1.0 skills update notes

Hello Test Center Denizens,

These are the skill change notes for the patch update that went into Test Center yesterday.

Note: numbers/increases are based on the values that were previously used in 1.0, not in 0.7. A small handful of the tentative changes were not implemented for this patch. Please report any in-game errors in skill descriptions.

Cabalist:

• Brom's Curse
  • Brom's Curse range increased to 20m
  • Brom's Curse health return increases by ~12.5% per rank

• Word of Fear
  • Word of Fear base fear attack strength increased by 25%
  • Word of Fear currently scales up at 25% per rank, corrected to 33% as stated in skill description

Evoker:

• Spectral Curse
  • Spectral Curse range increased to 20m
  • Spectral Curse decreases targets' movement speed by 10% + 5% per additional skill rank
  • Spectral Curse cooldown increased to 5 seconds
  • Spectral Curse initial duration decreased to 5 seconds, gaining an additional second per rank (same as Brom's Curse)

• Drain Power
  • Drain Power damage increased to 30 focus dmg per second per target (keep in mind that each beam deals this damage regardless of how many targets acquired)

• Drain Life
  • Drain Life damage increased by 100% to 40 focus dmg per second per target (keep in mind that each beam deals this damage regardless of how many targets acquired)

• Arcane Shield
  • Arcane Shield cooldown decreased to 25s

• Summon Ember
  • Summon Ember cast time and delay bugs fixed (same as 0.7)

• Firestorm
  • Firestorm range increased to 10m

• Flameshards
  • Flameshards damage increased by 83%
  • Flameshards base ignite attack strength increased by 25%
  • Flameshards range increased from 20m to 25m
  • Flameshards explosion delay reduced from 1.5s to 1.0s

• Hellfire
  • Hellfire damage increased by 56%
  • Hellfire range reduced from 28m to 25m
  • Hellfire now receives a 25% bonus to Ignite Attack Strength per rank

• Spectral Bolt
  • Spectral Bolt cooldown decreased from 1.5s to 1.0s
  • Spectral Bolt base phase attack strength increased by 20%

• Spectral Lash
  • Spectral Lash damage increased by 35%

• Lightning Field
  • Lightning Field splash damage (initial effect) increased by 17%

• Tempest
  • Tempest range increased to 15m
  • Tempest cast time decreased from 1.25s to 1.0s

• Arc Legion
  • Arc Legion range increased to 18m
  • Arc Legion additionally increases Shock effect damage by 25% per level
  • Arc Legion damage increased by 4%

• Demonspine
  • Demonspine damage increased by 9%
  • Demonspine powercost increased slightly (still less than 0.7)
  • Demonspine initial Stun Attack Strength increased by 20%

• Boneshards
  • Boneshards cooldown decreased to 6s
  • Boneshards initial Stun Attack Strength increased by 25%
  • Boneshards powercost increased by 22%

• Venomous Spirit
  • Venomous Spirit damage increased by 42%
  • Venomous Spirit travel speed increased by 114%
  • Venomous Spirit base fear attack strength increased by 50%
  • Venomous Spirit powercost increased slightly

• Venom Armor
  • Venom Armor armor bonus increased by 10% per rank

• Swarm
  • Swarm cooldown decreased from 10s to 6s.
  • Swarm powercost increased slightly (still less than 0.7)

Templar:

• Aura of Power
  • Aura of Power now gives more power at all ranks than previously in patch 1.0 (rank 1 now provides 76.5% of the power regeneration and rank 10 provides 94% of the power regeneration that they gave at the same ranks in patch 0.7)

Enjoy!