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= Skill Overview =
This section lists major mechanical differences from the vanilla game. For full details and a list of numerical changes and other balance adjustments, see the changelog for each skill. The [https://betweenwalls.github.io/portal/?v=PD2 ''Portal'' Skill Planner] may also be useful for comparing vanilla & PD2 skills.
Broad Skill Changes:
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* In some cases, skills' synergies and their positions within the skill tree have been adjusted to streamline skillpoint allocation (you won't need to respec to play certain builds)
* Most skill buffs now last a minimum of 5 minutes
* Summoned minions which wear equipment (Valkyrie, Shadow Warrior, Shadow Master) can now be inspected - use the inspect hotkey while hovering over them with the Unsummon skill
== Amazon ==
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* merged with Avoid (dodges both melee and ranged attacks when attacking or standing still)
* removed animation, now has a 4 frame cooldown after mitigating an attack
* now also grants bonus FHR per hard
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|'''[[Evade]]'''
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|'''[[Penetrate]]'''
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* now also reduces enemy defense % per hard
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|'''[[Inner Sight]]'''
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* now moves faster, has dramatically improved AI, and uses Power Strike
* can now summon an additional valkyrie at levels 20 and 30
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|'''[[Magic Arrow]]'''
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* now shoots an additional arrow every 5
* now converts 50% damage to magic (was 1% per level)
* deals additional flat magic damage
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** Using 3 different charge-up skills will result in 6 total charges per cycle (1 from first skill, 2 from second skill, 3 from third skill)
* A finishing move or basic attack may be used after any stage to consume all the charges and trigger an effect for each one, resetting the cycle. If a fourth charge-up attack is used instead, the previous charges will simply expire without triggering anything and the cycle will begin again. Charges expire after 5 minutes if no attacks are used.
Kick attacks now benefit from most damage sources like other attacks and have 1 additional range
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* now caps at 3 kicks
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|'''[[Dragon Claw]]'''
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* attack speed reduction reduced from -40 to -20 (improves [[breakpoints]])
* no longer causes knockback
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|'''[[Dragon Flight]]'''
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* cooldown increased to 2 seconds (was 1)
* range has been increased by 50%
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|'''[[Fists of Fire]]'''
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* now works while moving
* has a 4 frame cooldown after mitigating an attack
* now also gives +1% FBR per
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|'''[[Psychic Hammer]]'''
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* bounces to an additional enemy
* now has damage synergies
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|'''[[Mind Blast]]'''
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* no longer stuns after first hard
* no longer converts enemies
* radius now scales per level
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|'''[[Burst of Speed]]'''
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*
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|'''[[Fade]]'''
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* poison damage now lasts 1.6 seconds instead of 0.4 seconds
*
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|'''[[Shadow Warrior]]'''
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*
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|'''[[Shadow Master]]'''
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*
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|'''[[Fire Blast]]'''
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* now gains an extra bomb every 4 hard
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|'''[[Wake of Fire]]'''
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* delay between attacks has been reduced
* now has the ranged leech penalty (50% reduced leech)
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|'''[[Shock Web]]'''
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|'''[[Charged Bolt Sentry]]'''
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* now gains +1 bolt per 4
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|'''[[Lightning Sentry]]'''
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* explosion damage is 3-5% of corpse's life plus some additional flat physical and fire damage
* radius is always 10 yards (was 3.33 + 0.66 per level)
* now gains +1 shot per
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|'''[[Chain Lightning Sentry]]'''
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* is now an aoe skill centered on the caster
* duration increases with
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|'''[[Battle Cry]]'''
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|'''[[Battle Command]]'''
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* grants 1 additional skill point every 10
* also adds 20% + 3% enhanced damage per level
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* Renamed from Increased Stamina
* now grants 20 max life per hard
* now grants FHR with
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|'''[[Iron Skin]]'''
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* Now adds PDR% with hard
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|'''[[Increased Speed]]'''
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|'''[[Double Throw]]'''
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* Now bounces
* Not affected by pierce
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|'''[[Concentrate]]'''
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*
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|'''[[Berserk]]'''
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* now requires two weapons
* Now deals physical damage instead of magic damage, is uninterruptible, and pierces physical resistance
* Reduces player's physical resistance instead of defense, duration is now always 0.5 seconds
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|'''[[Leap]]'''
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* leap distance and speed increased
* knockback radius is now only increased with hard
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|'''[[Leap Attack]]'''
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* leap speed increased
* Now deals damage in an area instead of attacking a single target
* does not use duability or attack rating
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|'''[[Whirlwind]]'''
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* now attacks at a constant rate like it did in classic (no benefits from IAS)
* when dual wielding, both weapons are swung simultaneously per attack
* no longer attacks in place during a namelock and will now whirlwind back and forth through the monster
* now benefits from Faster Run/Walk and also grants additional velocity
* can now trigger chance-to-cast effects
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|'''[[Firestorm]]'''
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*
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|'''[[Molten Boulder]]'''
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* boulder speed increases per level
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|'''[[Fissure]]'''
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|'''[[Armageddon]]'''
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* now has increased radius, increased meteor fall rate, and larger aoe for meteors
* meteors deal a more even split of physical and fire damage
* duration increases by 3 per level instead of via synergy
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|'''[[Cyclone Armor]]'''
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* now
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|'''[[Arctic Blast]]'''
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* reduces enemy cold resistance (can break immunes)
* has a bigger hitbox and travels faster
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|'''[[Twister]]'''
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* now shoots additional twisters
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|'''[[Tornado]]'''
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* hitbox size increased
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|'''[[Hurricane]]'''
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* duration increases by 3 per level
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|'''[[Gust]]'''
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* practically unlimited duration (was 40 seconds + 20 seconds per Lycanthropy level)
* now grants bonus damage and flat magic/physical damage reduction instead of stamina, life, and attack rating
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|'''[[Werebear]]'''
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* practically unlimited duration (was 40 seconds + 20 seconds per Lycanthropy level)
* now grants 20% increased splash radius and chance for uninterruptible attacks instead of life
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|'''[[Lycanthropy]]'''
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* now also grants bonus attack rating
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|'''[[Maul]]'''
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|'''[[Shock Wave]]'''
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* now has increased range and projectile speed, and the number of shock waves scales with levels
* stun length no longer scales with levels
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|'''[[Hunger]]'''
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|'''[[Fire Claws]]'''
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* reworked to now cast a fast moving firestorm on attack, with more firestorm tendrils at higher hard levels
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|'''[[Feral Rage]]'''
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|'''[[Rabies]]'''
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*
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|'''[[Fury (Skill)|Fury]]'''
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* now hits 3 times per attack instead of up to 5
* Now gains +20% melee splash radius on the second attack and +40% on the third
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=== [[Summoning Skills (Druid)|Summoning Skills]] ===
Different vines and animals may now be summoned alongside each other
Vines and spirits can no longer be targeted by monsters or take damage
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|'''[[Raven]]'''
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* reworked so that attacks no longer blind their targets, but now deal half cold and half physical damage
* ravens persist while teleporting and cannot take damage or be influenced by any area effects
* can
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|'''[[Poison Creeper]]'''
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* now reduces enemies poison resist by 5% + 1% per level (can remove immunities)
* an additional poison creeper can be summoned every 10 hard levels
* now has damage synergies
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|'''[[Carrion Vine]]'''
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* recovers a flat amount of life instead of a percentage, moves slightly faster
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|'''[[Solar Creeper]]'''
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* recovers a flat amount of mana instead of a percentage, moves slightly faster
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|'''[[Heart of Wolverine]]'''
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|'''[[Summon Spirit Wolf]]'''
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* now deals splash damage and move slightly faster
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|'''[[Summon Dire Wolf]]'''
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* now deals splash damage and move slightly faster
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|'''[[Summon Grizzly]]'''
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* now deals splash damage; an additional Grizzly can be summoned with 20 hard levels
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|'''[[Skeleton Mastery]]'''
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* now also affects velocity and bonus elemental damage, no longer affects revives
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|'''[[Raise Skeleton Warrior]]'''
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* Skeletons now
* total skeleton warriors capped at 8
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|'''[[Raise Skeletal Mage]]'''
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* Skeletal Mages' elemental attacks pierce enemies and have a larger hitbox
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|'''[[Raise Skeleton Archer]]'''
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* New skill which summons skeleton archers that deal physical damage
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|'''[[Golem Mastery]]'''
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* Can summon an additional golem for every 5
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|'''[[Clay Golem]]'''
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|'''[[Revive]]'''
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* Total of 8 revives at 20 hard
* duration now scales per level
* revives now deal melee splash damage
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|'''[[Bone Spear]]'''
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*
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|'''[[Bone Spirit]]'''
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|'''[[Bone Armor]]'''
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* now gains +3 additional absorb per Energy
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|'''[[Bone Wall]]'''
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|'''[[Corpse Explosion]]'''
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* 5-10% corpse life damage (was 70-120%) and now has added flat fire/phys damage
* radius starts higher and caps at
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|'''[[Poison Strike]]'''
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* renamed from Poison Dagger, can now also be used with scythes
* Now pierces enemy poison resistances by -1% per level, up to -
* Now releases a poison cloud on hit which carries poison damage from gear/charms
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=== [[Curses]] ===
[[Curse Mastery]] and [[Dark Pact]] are new
All curses have synergies with Curse Mastery for improved effects, and many also have their radius increased by it
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|'''[[Amplify Damage]]'''
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*
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|'''[[Dim Vision]]'''
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* now also reduces enemy attack rating
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|'''[[Weaken]]'''
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* now also reduces enemy
* reduction to enemy damage now scales with levels
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|'''[[Iron Maiden]]'''
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*
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|'''[[Terror]]'''
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* now also reduces
* radius increased
* duration is now 3 seconds (was 7 + 1 second per level)
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|'''[[Confuse]]'''
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* now also increases attack speed of confused enemies by 10% per
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|'''[[Life Tap]]'''
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* life steal amount is now 10% and increases with hard levels and synergy (was just 50%)
* duration now caps at 20 seconds
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|'''[[Attract]]'''
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* now also reduces enemy defense by
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|'''[[Decrepify]]'''
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*
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* now
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|'''[[Lower Resist]]'''
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* less effective against non-immune enemies, can break more immunes after level 15
* radius caps at 10 yards and increases with hard levels
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|'''[[Curse Mastery]]'''
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|'''[[Dark Pact]]'''
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* New skill that
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|'''[[Prayer]]'''
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* now also grants life per hit
* now also grants +1 passive health regeneration per hard level
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|'''[[Cleansing]]'''
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* now also grants +1% passive poison/curse duration reduction
* no longer gains bonus healing from Prayer
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|'''[[Meditation]]'''
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* now also grants +1 passive mana after each kill per two hard levels
* no longer gains bonus healing from Prayer
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* Now also grants a bonus for fire damage
*
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|'''[[Resist Cold]]'''
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* Now also grants a bonus for cold damage
*
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|'''[[Resist Lightning]]'''
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* Now also grants a bonus for lightning damage
*
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|'''[[Defiance]]'''
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|'''[[Vigor]]'''
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* now also grants pssive +1% FRW per
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|'''[[Redemption]]'''
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|'''[[Might]]'''
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*
* radius increased
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|'''[[Holy Fire]]'''
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* Radius
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|'''[[Holy Freeze]]'''
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* Radius is now always 8 yards (was 4 + 0.
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|'''[[Holy Shock]]'''
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* Radius is now always
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|'''[[Blessed Aim]]'''
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* now also provides deadly strike
* now passively applies -1% to target defense per hard level instead of passively granting additional attack rating
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|'''[[Concentration]]'''
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* allies receive 1/2 of the enhanced damage bonus
* now also adds bonus attack rating
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|'''[[Sanctuary (Skill)|Sanctuary]]'''
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* reworked to apply to all enemies instead of just undead, add magic damage to attacks, and reduce enemy magic resistance by a relatively small amount (can break immunes)
* no longer applies knockback to undead or negates physical resistance of undead bosses (prime evils, ubers, map bosses)
* Radius is now always 10 yards (was 3.33 + 0.67 per level)
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|'''[[Conviction]]'''
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* less effective against non-immune enemies and can break higher immunities above level 25
* radius is increased and now scales with levels
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|'''[[Sacrifice]]'''
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* Now causes the slain monster to explode, dealing overkill damage plus 5% of corpse life as half physical and half magic damage
* Damage to self decreases by 1% per level to a minimum of 3%, and is now affected by PDR
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|'''[[Smite]]'''
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* can gain significantly more damage from the Holy Shield pseudo-synergy since it now has damage synergies of its own
* indirectly affected by [[Grief]]
* indirectly affected by Crushing Blow no longer working against bosses, uniques, or champions that are [[Game_Mechanics#Crushing_Blow|below 65% life]]
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|'''[[Zeal]]'''
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* Number of
* Now gains +20% melee splash radius on the second attack and +40% on the third
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|'''[[Charge]]'''
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* Now gains up to +60% increased melee splash radius based on the distance traveled
* Will always charge in melee range instead of doing a normal attack
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|'''[[Vengeance]]'''
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* reworked
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|'''[[Blessed Hammer]]'''
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* hammers now travel faster and have larger hitboxes
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|'''[[Conversion]]'''
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|'''[[Fist of the Heavens]]'''
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* holy bolts now damage all creature types (was just undead)
* removed cooldown, auto-targeting has reduced range
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|'''[[Holy Nova]]'''
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* new skill that teleports to an enemy and impales them, increasing movement speed for 2 seconds
* has a 3.5 second cooldown which can be reduced with hard
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|'''[[Cold Enchant]]'''
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* new skill
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|'''[[Frost Nova]]'''
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* pierces, faster missiles
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|'''[[Shiver Armor]]'''
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* freeze duration is now 2 seconds and doesn't scale with levels
* radius increased by 20%
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|'''[[Blizzard]]'''
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* new skill that shoots ice lances which have AOE impact that chills
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|'''[[Teleport]]'''
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* 65% spell damage penalty for 1 second after casting, reduced by 2% per hard
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|'''[[Thunder Storm]]'''
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* no longer flashes your screen
* time between attacks goes down with hard
* casts nova on impact
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|'''[[Inferno]]'''
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* reduces enemy fire resistance (can break immunes)
* has a bigger hitbox and travels faster
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|'''[[Blaze]]'''
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* reworked to create an explosion when cast as well as provide a movement speed bonus and "Cannot be Frozen"
* increased fire trail hitbox size
* duration caps at 10 seconds
* now has a 2 second cooldown
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|'''[[Fire Wall]]'''
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|'''[[Fire Ball]]'''
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* explosion radius increased slightly
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|'''[[Enchant Fire]]'''
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* now correctly applies 1/3 of damage to ranged attacks
* now grants allies 50% of the damage instead of 100%
* no longer
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|'''[[Meteor]]'''
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* cooldown reduced, meteors fall faster and have 33% larger aoe
* now deals an even split of physical damage and fire damage (both are boosted by +% fire damage
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|'''[[Fire Mastery]]'''
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* now also adds fire pierce
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|'''[[Hydra]]'''
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