PvP Changes

This page lists player-vs-player changes relative to the vanilla game.

General Changes

• New dueling arenas accessible via items which can be purchased from Anya
  • Spectator mode can be toggled by typing .spec or .spectate within the safe zone of an arena
  • After dying in these arenas, characters revive without needing to retrieve their corpse

Note: Hardcore characters revive in the same way - HC dueling can be done inside PvP arenas without risking characters, but character death is still permanent everywhere else

• Slow, Knockback (from items), Flat Elemental Absorb, and Attackers Take Damage are disabled in PvP arenas
• Stuns in PvP can no longer be reapplied to players who are already stunned, and attacks/hits/spells against stunned players will reduce the stun duration by 2 frames each

PvP Multipliers

Skills deal 16%/12%/6% of their damage against other players and their minions in Normal/Nightmare/Hell difficulty. The following skills have additional modifiers:

• Amazon
  • Jab: 85% (Normal/Nightmare), 90% (Hell)
  • Poison Javelin: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Plague Javelin: 150% (Normal/Nightmare), 60% (Hell)
  • Ice Arrow: 180% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Freezing Arrow: 180% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Immolation Arrow: 180% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Decoy: 90% (Normal/Nightmare)
• Assassin
  • Psychic Hammer: 20% (Normal/Nightmare), 10% (Hell)
  • Mind Blast: 15% (Normal/Nightmare), 10% (Hell)
  • Lightning Sentry: 90% (Normal/Nightmare), 65% (Hell)
  • Chain Lightning Sentry: 90% (Normal/Nightmare), 65% (Hell)
  • Blade Sentinel: 80% (Hell)
  • Blade Fury: 80% (Hell)
• Barbarian
  • Whirlwind: 85% (Hell)
  • War Cry: 125% (Normal/Nightmare), 115% (Hell)
• Druid
  • Molten Boulder: 90% (Normal/Nightmare), 80% (Hell)
  • Volcano: 80% (Hell)
  • Tornado: 80% (Hell)
  • Shock Wave: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
• Necromancer
  • Teeth: 45% (Normal/Nightmare), 35% (Hell)
  • Bone Spear: 90% (Normal/Nightmare), 70% (Hell)
  • Bone Spirit: 90% (Normal/Nightmare), 45% (Hell)
  • Corpse Explosion: 50%
  • Desecrate: 150% (Normal/Nightmare), 25% (Hell)
  • Poison Nova: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
• Paladin
  • Holy Fire (aura only): 50%
  • Holy Shock (aura only): 50%
  • Smite: 35% (Hell)
  • Holy Bolt: 90%
  • Blessed Hammer: 90% (Normal/Nightmare), 60% (Hell)
  • Fist of the Heavens: 45% (Normal/Nightmare), 15% (Hell)
  • Joust: 25%
  • Vengeance: 175% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Zeal: 90% (Hell)
• Sorceress
  • Frost Nova: 140% (Normal/Nightmare), 125% (Hell)
  • Blizzard: 180% (Normal/Nightmare), 150% (Hell)
  • Ice Barrage: 140% (Normal/Nightmare), 125% (Hell)
  • Charged Bolt: 175% (Normal/Nightmare), 65% (Hell)
  • Nova: 175% (Normal/Nightmare), 130% (Hell)
  • Telekinesis: 10%
  • Lightning: 200% (Normal/Nightmare), 180% (Hell)
  • Thunder Storm: 150% (Normal/Nightmare), 35% (Hell)
  • Lesser Hydra: 110% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Combustion: 85% (Hell)

Other PvP Skill Changes

• Mind Blast: stun lasts 1.5 seconds instead of 2 seconds (vanilla was 1.8 + 0.2 per level up to 10 seconds), has a 6 frame cooldown in PvP arenas
• Bone Spear: only fires 1 projectile in PvP arenas
• Holy Bolt: only fires 1 projectile in PvP arenas
• Smite: stun lasts up to 2.5 seconds instead of up to 10 seconds
• Charge: has a 4 frame cooldown in PvP arenas