Note: The extra projectiles created by this rune were causing performance issues in cases with high enemy density.Increase the damage of Blessed Hammer to 640% weapon damage as Holy and increase its area of effect by 20 yards.Note: Bloodshed caused performance issues when encountering high enemy density, particularly when combined with Whirlwind, Pain Enhancer, and Gem of Efficacious Toxin.Deal damage equal to 20% of your recent Critical Hits to enemies within 20 yards every 1 second.You can check out part of the patch notes below or view the full list here for more information. Those who want to try out the Necromancer changes have to buy the Rise of the Necromancer pack in the base game instead of the PTR.Īmong the buffs included are the Barbarian’s Bloodshed now dealing damage that’s equal to 20 percent of recent Critical Hits on enemies within 20 yards in every second the Crusader’s Limitless effect now increasing Blessed Hammer’s damage to 640 percent and dealing damage within 20 yards the Necromancer now being able to cast Bone Armour while moving and without consuming Essence and several changes to class-specific Legendary items and Gear Sets.

Though this isn’t the final patch, it still shows the direction that Blizzard is aiming for. There are numerous buffs and changes to classes like the Necromancer. Blizzard Entertainment has deployed patch 2.6.1 for Diablo 3 on the Public Test Realm for PC and it brings a number of changes.

Diablo 3 2.6.1 release date