Diablo 4 Season 16 changes Blood Moon Breeches and reworks The Mortacrux

Necromancer

Blood Orbs

• Healing Reduced from 15% to 10% of Maximum Life.

• Blood Orbs now also heal your Minions for 10% of their Maximum Life.

Necromancer Skills

Bone Spear

• Damage increased from 160% to 175%.

• Pierce Damage Bonus Upgrade

  • Renamed to Critical Strike Chance.

  • Previous: Bone Spear deals 10% increased damage per enemy pierced, up to 50%[x].

  • Now: Bone Spear gains 10%[+] Critical Strike Chance.

Blood Lance

• Damage increased from 160% to 175%.

Blood Surge

• Nova damage increased from 125% to 140%.

Sever

• Scythe attack damage increased from 100% to 120%.

Decrepify

• Life Tap Variant - Healing reduced from 10% to 5% of Maximum Life. 

Skeleton Warriors

• Healing Upgrade - Healing reduced from 2% to 1% of Maximum Life.

Blood Wave

• Damage Bonus upgrade reduced from 30%[x] to 20%[x].

Necromancer Book of the Dead

Skirmishers Sacrifice Bonus

• Previous: Your Critical Strike Chance is increased by 5%[+], but the amount of Skirmishers you can Summon is reduced by 50%.

• Now: You gain 5%[+] Critical Strike Chance and 10%[+] Attack Speed, but the amount of Skirmishers you can Summon is reduced by 50%.

Defenders Warriors Sacrifice Bonus

• Resistance gain increased from 40%[+] to 100%[+].

Reapers Warriors Sacrifice Bonus

• Previous: You deal 15%[x] increased damage, but the amount of Reapers you can Summon is reduced by 50%.

• Now: Your Core Skills deal 40%[x] increased damage, but the amount of Reapers you can Summon is reduced by 50%. 

Shadow Mages Sacrifice Bonus

• Maximum Essence increased from 20 to 40. 

Shadow Mages Upgrade 2

• Barrier amount per attack reduced from 3% to 1%.

Cold Mages Sacrifice Bonus

• Previous: You deal 20%[x] increased damage to Vulnerable enemies, but the amount of Cold Mages you can Summon is reduced by 50%.

• Now: You gain 15% Damage Reduction, but the amount of Cold Mages you can Summon is reduced by 50%.

Bone Mages Sacrifice Bonus

• Damage bonus increased from 20%[x] to 40%[x].

Blood Golem Upgrade 1

• Amount of health drained from friendly Minions reduced from 30% to 15% of their Maximum Life.

• Range at which it can drain from friendly Minions increased from 5 to 10 meters.

Necromancer Paragon

Flesh Eater Legendary Node

• Damage bonus increased from 60% to 70%.

Scent of Death Legendary Node

• Damage bonus increased from 45% to 60%.

Bone Graft Legendary Node

• Damage bonus increased from 60% to 70%.

Wither Legendary Node

• Chance for increased damage increased from 20% to 25%.

Frailty Legendary Node

• Damage bonus increased from 60% to 70%.

Necromancer Legendary Aspects

Aspect of the Great Feast

• Damage increased from 35-55%[x] to 70-110%[x].

Necromancer Unique Items

Blood Moon Breeches

• Previous: Your Summons have a 7-10% chance to randomly inflict Decrepify or Iron Maiden when they deal damage. You deal 50-60%[x] increased Critical Strike Damage to enemies affected by your Curses.

• Now: Your Summons have a 5% chance to randomly inflict Decrepify or Iron Maiden when they deal damage. You gain 20-30% Damage Reduction from Cursed enemies.

Gospel of the Devotee

• When you hit an enemy with a Basic Skill, the bonus damage now applies to all Basic Skills, rather than Basic Skills other than the one you hit with.

• Damage bonus increased from 30-40%[x] to 40-50%[x].

The Mortacrux

• Macabre Skill Rank affix replaced with Core Skill Ranks.

• Previous: When consuming a Corpse, there is a 40-50% chance to also create a decaying Skeletal Simulacrum that seeks enemies but cannot attack. When it dies, it explodes for Shadow damage. This effect is treated as a Macabre Skill.

• Now: Every 10 Corpses you consume, your next base Core Skill is an Ultimate version that deals 120-140%[x] increased damage. You passively consume Corpses around you.

Necromancer Talisman

Radamant's Desecration

• 2-Piece Set Bonus: Damage increased from 50%[x] to 70%[x].

• 3-Piece Set Bonus: Damage reduction increased from 15% to 30%.

Peace of the Black Shroud

• 2-Piece Set Bonus: Damage increased from 75% to 90%.

• 5-Piece Set Bonus: Damage increased from 175% to 200%.

Necromancer Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Skeleton Mage Singularity upgrade could allow Necromancers to have more Skeleton Mages active than intended.

• Fixed an issue where Skeleton Mage's Blizzard attack did not properly apply Vulnerable.

• Fixed an issue where Skeleton Mage attacks would not be considered Core Skills for some effects.

• Fixed an issue where the Hematolagnia variant was scaling its damage higher than intended with Skill Ranks.

• Fixed an issue where Hematolagnia applied its damage bonus inconsistently to Blood Wave.

• Fixed an issue where Blood Wave with Kessime's Legacy could hit enemies more times than intended.

• Fixed an issue where Blood Seeker's Blood Lance bonus damage could be applied to all enemies hit rather than only the first enemy struck.

• Fixed an issue where Bone Storm did not properly benefit from duration increases when using certain variants.

• Fixed an issue where Bone Spirit did not properly account for Resource Cost Reduction when calculating its damage.

• Fixed an issue where Aspect of Bursting Bones caused Skeleton Warriors' activated ability to deal more damage than intended.

• Fixed an issue where Aspect of Ultimate Shadow could incorrectly apply Darkness tags to Ultimate Skills.

• Fixed an issue where Aspect of Potent Blood would not give the proper amount of Essence when combined with Cruor's Embrace.

• Fixed an issue where Bone Storms created by Lidless Wall did not benefit from the Vulnerable Upgrade.

• Fixed an issue where Radament's Desecration's 3-piece bonus did not properly grant Damage Reduction when Corpses were formed.

• Fixed an issue where Radament's Desecration's 3-piece bonus did not properly grant Damage Reduction after cursing 5 or more enemies.

• Fixed an issue where Rathma's Walking Touch's 3-piece bonus could fail to redirect damage to Minions under certain conditions.

• Fixed an issue where Bone Weaver's Quintessence buff could randomly reset.