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The final patch notes have arrived ahead of Tuesday’s Season 8 launch! So let’s take a look at all the new items coming with the season. We have 1 Unique and 1 Legendary Aspect per class, with some changes since the PTR notes as well. A Unique and Aspect got buffed: the Necromancer’s Blade of Zir Vampiric Curse Unique power and the Sorcerer’s Chill-related Shivering Aspect. General/All Classes Barbarian Bane of Ahjed-Den – Unique Gloves

• Affixes +4-6 Ranks of Mighty Throw
• + 114-150% Critical Strike Damage
• + 7-10 Fury Per Second
• + 8-12.5% Cooldown Reduction

[*]Unique Power

• Every 12 seconds, your next Mighty Throw detonates its pulses instantly as Fire Damage and deals 400-600% increased damage.

Of Delayed Extinction

• Mighty Throw and Steel Grasp now gain multiplicative damage instead of cooldown from Cooldown Reduction and their damage is increased by another 125-250%[x].

Druid Gathlen’s Birthright – Unique Helm

• Affixes Inherent: Anima of the Forest grants you 15% Attack Speed
• +10.5-15% Willpower
• +224-296% Willpower
• + 2-3 Ranks of Humanity
• + 17.5-23% Movement Speed While in Human Form

[*]Unique Power

• While in Human form, Critical Striking enemies with Nature Magic 400-200 times grants you Anima of the Forest for 15 seconds.
• While infused with Anima of the Forest you gain the Perfect Storm and Earthen Might Key Passives.

Aspect of Impending Deluge

• Storm Strike chains to twice as many targets and increases the damage the targets take from other skills by 30-50%[x] for 6 seconds.

Necromancer Sanquivor, Blade of Zir – Unique Two-Handed Sword

• Affixes Inherent: +60% Summoning Damage
• +32-50% Chance for Army of the Dead to Deal Double Damage
• +214-242 Intelligence
• +1,060-1,142 Maximum Life
• +2 Ranks of Skeleton Warrior Mastery, Skeleton Mage Mastery, and Golem Mastery

[*]Unique Power

• Your Summons’ damage afflict enemies with Vampiric Curse. Consuming a Corpse also contributes a soul to Vampiric Curse, which can now stack up to 20 souls.
• Army of the Dead can now unleash the souls from Vampiric Curse, causing both Army of the Dead and the souls to deal 5-10 15-25% increased damage per soul unleashed.

Aspect of Service and Sacrifice – Offensive Aspect

• Skeleton Warriors explode on death, dealing 200-300% Physical damage to surrounding enemies. They lose 25% Life per second while in combat.
• Skeleton Mages take 90% reduced damage and deal 50-100%[x] increased damage.

Rogue Bands of Ichorous Rose – Unique Gloves

• Affixes Inherent: +4 Maximum Poison Traps
• +10.5-15% Attack Speed
• +3-5% Maximum Poison Resistance
• +41.5-55% Poison Resistance
• 18.5-27.5% Chance for Poison Trap to Cast Twice

[*]Unique Power

• Poison Trap always deals its full damage over 3 seconds and it benefits from all of its upgrades, which are increased by 50-100%[x]. Poison Trap also: Has no Cooldown during Inner Sight and Cooldown is reduced by Preparation.
• Benefits from Combo Points: Each Combo Point increases its damage by 30% and its Lucky Hit chance by 10%.

Aspect of Contamination – Legendary Offensive Aspect

• Poison Trap bursts for [150-250%] Poison damage when it triggers. If this burst Critically Strikes, you deal 20-40%[x] increased Poison damage for 5 seconds.

Sorcerer Hail of Verglas – Unique Helm

• Affixes Inherent 1: 7.5% Maximum Cold Resist
• Inherent 2: 50% Cold Resistance
• +10.5-15% Intelligence
• +8.1-8.8% Cooldown Reduction
• +10.5-15% Attack Speed
• +4-6 Ranks in Ice Shards

[*]Unique Power

• Ice Shards now spread out with 2 additional shards. You deal 1-2%[x] increased damage for each time Ice Shards damages an enemy for 5 seconds, up to 50-75%[x].

Shivering Aspect

• Enemies take up to 20 35-40 55%[x] increased damage based on how much they are Chilled or Staggering. You apply 15% more Chill.

Spiritborn Sunbird’s Gorget – Unique Amulet

• Affixes Inherent: +30% Resistance to All Elements
• +16-25% Movement Speed
• +2-3 Ranks of Potent
• +2-3 Ranks of Furnace
• +2-3 Ranks of Acceleration

[*]Unique Power

• Picking up a Storm Feather forms a firestorm around you for 8 seconds dealing 200-400% Fire damage every 0.5 seconds.
• Every 5 additional Storm Feathers you pick up grows the firestorm, increasing its damage by 100%[x] but not refreshing its duration. Storm Feathers are now Jaguar Skills, and the firestorm is an Eagle, Jaguar, and Storm Feather Skill.

Rip and Tear Aspect

• Rushing Claw deals 10-30%[x] increased damage and is empowered based on how many Charges it has when you Cast it: 1: Heals for 15% of your Maximum Life.
• 2: Guaranteed to Overpower.
• 3: Guaranteed to Critically Strike.
• 4+: Strikes an additional time.

Source: https://icy-veins.com/d4/news/all-new-u ... -season-8/