BETA Patch 121

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A broad balance and QoL patch across multiple heroes and systems, with enemy scaling reductions, several fixes, and class-specific tweaks including Plague Doctor, Pyromancer, Marauder, Necromancer, Nomad, White Mage, and general weapon/loot adjustments.

▲Buffs16

Plague Doctor
- Lifeblood Aura:Lifeblood Aura now increases only max HP.→increases only maxHP
- Lifeblood Aura:Aura grants regeneration equal to 1% of max HP.→1% of maxHP regeneration %
- Plague Duration:Plague duration increased from 4 to 8 seconds for stronger uptime.4s→8s s
- Fatal Curse:Fatal Curse now applies elemental weakness to all elements.→applies to all elements
PyromancerFlame Shield:Flame Shield now applies randomized burn/poison and penetration each tick for varied offense/defense.→random burn/poison and penetration per tick
Marauder
- Traps:Traps gain critical strike capability for higher burst potential.→can now crit
- Serrated Chain:Serrated Chain duration increased to 7s.→7s s
- Marauder Trap:Trap now deals damage when snapping on enemy and when pulling.→deals damage on pull and snap
Necromancer
- Summon Mastery:Summon Mastery scaling buffed to improve undead minion performance.→buffed
- Summons:All summons now display your HP in addition to their own health, increasing survivability visibility.→now include your HP on top of their own
NomadRupture:Rupture damage starts higher, improving early to mid-game impact.→start damage increased
White Mage
- Malediction:Malediction now has 1 stack; duration matches curse.→1 stack
- Soulspurn:Soulspurn absorption shield increased to 25% of a target's HP, enhancing survivability.→5% → 25% %
- Dark Magic shield:Dark Magic shield no longer stacks, preventing over-shielding.→no longer stacks
- Dark Oath:Dark Oath now applies curse as part of its effect.→applies curse
- Black Mass:Black Mass scaling now uses 2.5% of enemy current HP for cursed enemies.→scales off 2.5% of enemy current HP for cursed enemies %

▼Nerfs1

NecromancerPoison Barb:Lowered Poison Barb penetration scaling to balance poison damage output.→scaled down

✚Bug fixes6

White MageBlack Mass:Fixed problem where Black Mass caused hidden DPS inconsistencies.→hidden dps issue fixed
General (Fixes and Misc)
- Fixed weapon damage scaling on abilities to align with intended values.
- Fixed Demon Slayer talent localizations and related issues.
- Fixed issues with basic attack armor and spell breaks.
- Fixed problems where slow and freeze did not affect enemy speed as intended.→not affecting enemy speed
- Defunct damage calculation for Demon Form corrected.→calculation corrected

◆Other changes19

General
- Enemy HP scaling and damage scaling reduced to ease late-game grind and scaling pressure.→lowered
- Removed slowdown effect from bosses to reduce crowd-control bottlenecks.→removed
- Black Market prices cut in half to improve access to gear.→lowered by 50%
- Moonshine Madness bugfix for Mayhem mode to ensure consistent behavior.→fixed
- Reduced damage from certain enemy attacks (Mortar, Thunder Orbiter, etc.).→lowered (Mortar, Thunder Orbiter, etc.)
- Range added to gun weapons to improve engagement flexibility.→range added
- Performance optimization for enemy density to improve framerate and stability.→improved
- Visual inventory updated for clearer item management.→reworked visuals
- Base mana costs for non-energy heroes reduced to improve early-game usability.→lowered for non-energy heroes
- Burst token option removed from ability tokens.→Burst removed
- Spellshard weapon gains Arcane Fury as a new interaction.→Arcane Fury added
- Slow effects become stronger on enemies or a reworked mechanic? (Note: patch text says buffed slows; interpreted as increase to negative slow on enemies.)→reduced from -50% to -75% %
- Difficulty can now be changed at the waypoint in local play for easier testing or self-imposed challenges.→changeable at waypoint in local play
- Inferno monster level and special dungeon scaling decreased to moderate challenge.→lowered
Plague DoctorLifeblood Aura:Lifeblood Aura art added for visual polish.→art added
PyromancerPyrokinetic Disorder:Disorder aura now displays its range to players for clarity.→shows aura range on players
Marauder
- Serrated Chain:Chain stacks reduced to 3 while duration increases.→3
- Chain Trap:Chain Trap behavior changed from stun to slow.→now slows instead of stuns
- Chain Trap:Chain Trap range increased for better reach.→increased