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
• Life replenish is capped at +30 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
• Regenerating charges (e.g. Blink on Enigma) regenerate 200% faster in PvP arenas
• Maximum resistances are capped in PvP arenas based on the difficulty
  • Normal - 75%
  • Nightmare - 80%
  • Hell - 85%

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: 140% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Plague Javelin: 135% (Normal/Nightmare), 60% (Hell)
  • Magic Arrow: 175% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Guided Arrow: ???% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Ice Arrow: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Freezing Arrow: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Immolation Arrow: 175% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Decoy: 70% (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: 125% (Normal/Nightmare), 80% (Hell)
  • Blade Fury: 80% (Hell)
• Barbarian
  • Double Swing: 200% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Double Throw: 114% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Berserk: 125% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Frenzy: 200% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Whirlwind: 90% (Normal/Nightmare), 85% (Hell)
  • War Cry: 135% (Normal/Nightmare), 115% (Hell)
• Druid
  • Firestorm: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Arctic Blast: 200% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Hurricane: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Rabies: 200% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Maul: 200% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Shock Wave: 175% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Fire Claws: 300% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Raven: 90% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Molten Boulder: 90% (Normal/Nightmare), 80% (Hell)
  • Volcano: 80% (Hell)
  • Tornado: 80% (Hell)
• Necromancer
  • Teeth: 45% (Normal/Nightmare), 35% (Hell)
  • Bone Spear: 80% (Normal/Nightmare), 50% (Hell)
  • Bone Spirit: 80% (Normal/Nightmare), 45% (Hell)
  • Poison Strike: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Corpse Explosion: 65% (Normal/Nightmare), 50% (Hell)
  • Desecrate: 150% (Normal/Nightmare), 25% (Hell)
  • Poison Nova: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
• Paladin
  • Holy Fire (aura only): 125% (Normal/Nightmare), 50% (Hell)
  • Holy Shock (aura only): 50% (All difficulties)
  • Holy Bolt: 90% (All Difficulties)
  • Blessed Hammer: 95% (Normal/Nightmare), 60% (Hell)
  • Fist of the Heavens: 55% (Normal/Nightmare), 15% (Hell)
  • Joust: 25% (All Difficulties)
  • Sacrifice: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Vengeance: 175% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Holy Nova: 200% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Smite: 35% (Hell)
  • Zeal: 90% (Hell)
• Sorceress
  • Ice Bolt: 114% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Ice Blast: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Glacial Spike: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Ice Barrage: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Frozen Orb: 120% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Inferno: 114% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Blaze: 130% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Fire Wall: 150% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Fire Bolt: 120% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Hydra: 110% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Chain Lightning: 120% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Frost Nova: 140% (Normal/Nightmare), 125% (Hell)
  • Blizzard: 190% (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: 85% (Normal/Nightmare)
  • Combustion: 110% (Normal/Nightmare), 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 6/5 frame cooldown in Nightmare/Hell PvP arenas
• Battle Cry: duration increased to 10 seconds instead of 5 seconds in PvP arenas
• Whirlwind: doesn't have a dual-wield attack frame penalty 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 4/2 frame cooldown in Nightmare/Hell PvP arenas
• Oak Sage: doesn't grant life replenish in PvP arenas
• Teleport: doesn't have a 1-second damage debuff in Normal PvP arenas