D2R 2.4 Patch Notes & Ladder Update: Date, Uber Diablo Updates, Class, Mercenary & Runeword Changes

D2R 2.4 Patch Notes & Ladder Update: Date, Uber Diablo Updates, Class, Mercenary & Runeword Changes

3/1/2022 11:59:45 AM

Tag: Beginner Guide

The official release date of Diablo 2 Resurrected Patch 2.4 PTR and Ladder Season (testing) is announced on the final day of February 2022. Along with the Patch Notes, we also got lots of information and changes based on the original D2R PTR. In this article, we’ll introduce the focus of the D2R 2.4 Patch Notes, covering the test Ladder season start date, Uber Diablo updates, mercenary changes, class balances, D2R runeword changes, and more, as well as the quick guide to gain a PTR account and start playing new Ladder.

D2R Patch 2.4 PTR & Ladder Update.

Related Read: D2R 2.4 (Ladder) Sorceress Build

Diablo 2 Resurrected Patch 2.4 PTR Release Date - D2R Ladder Season Date

The newly announced Diablo 2 Patch 2.4 PTR is a continuation of the last PTR, any updates here are on top of the changes that were already live as of the previous PTR. New Diablo 2 Resurrected Patch 2.4 is going to go live on March 2, 2022. Once the D2R 2.4 PTR comes out, the Ladder system is officially available for testing its functionality on the PTR.

Diablo 2 Resurrected PTR 2.4 Patch Notes - D2R Ladder Update (Testing) & News

The Diablo 2 Resurrected Ladder is an optional ranking competitive system through which a series of game modes are available for players to choose from with a new Ladder-specific class. Each mode has its own leaderboard where ranked players in a limited time. The leaderboard will reset when the Ladder season ends. And Ladder information is provided on the leaderboard UI. The balance changes will have an impact on the Ladder play.

How will Ladder work within the D2R PTR? During the D2R 2.4 PTR, there will be a complete Ladder Season for testing, including season start and end. When the Ladder season ends, your Ladder character will be converted to a non-Ladder character, along with the exclusive D2R Ladder items that are equipped on your character or stored in the inventory. After the season ends and before the next season starts, you need to retrieve Diablo 2 items from the seasonal Ladder shared stash tab to bring them into the new season.

How do you play D2R Ladder in PTR? To participate in the public test realm and play the Ladder season during the PTR, you must have an active game license attached to a Battle.net account and install the Blizzard Battle.net desktop app.

1. Restart the Battle.net desktop app.

2. Navigate to the Diablo II: Resurrected tab on the left-hand menu.

3. Find out the drop-down menu right above the "Play" button and select PTR: Diablo II: Resurrected.

4. Click Install to install it. And your PTR account will be created automatically if you do not have one.

Diablo 2 Resurrected PTR 2.4 Patch Notes - Uber Diablo Update

The method that players summon Uber Diablo is the same as it was in Diablo 2, however, the Uber Diablo progress for each game type will be calculated based on the region, that means, if anyone sells enough Stone of Jordan rings in the game, Uber Diablo will spawn for everyone in the same region, not only the same server. And new messaging will help you predict the spawn of Uber Diablo. A total of 8 progressions can be tracked, including Classic, Classic Hardcore (HC), Classic Ladder, Classic HC Ladder, Expansion, Expansion HC, Expansion Ladder, and Expansion HC Ladder.

Stone of Jordan

Required Level: 29
+1 To All Skills
Increase Maximum Mana 25%*
Adds 1-12 Lightning Damage
+20 To Mana
(Spawns In Any Patch)

Diablo 2 Resurrected PTR 2.4 Patch Notes - Class Balances & Changes

1. Amazon

- 30% Increased animation speed for Impale.

- Plague Javelin poison duration is no longer fixed at 3 seconds, which increases 20% damage per second at level 1 and 33% at the highest level.

- Immolation Arrow cooldown reduced by 40%.

- Added synergy from Multiple Shot and Guided Arrow (12% physical damage per level).

2. Assassin

- Added yards calculation to the Wake of Inferno tooltip.

- 10% Increased attack rating for Blade Fury.

3. Barbarian

- Leap attack: minimum jump height and duration, increased mana cost from 9 to 10, a smoother trajectory keeps the barbarian on the screen at all times, reduced jerkiness when landing, extra physical damage to surrounding enemies.

- Sword Mastery: renamed to Blade Mastery, affects daggers in addition to swords, the base attack bonus is increased to 40%.

- Axe Mastery: 12% increased attack rating, the base attack bonus is increased to 40%.

- Mace Mastery: 12% increased attack rating, the base attack bonus is increased to 40%.

- Polearm Mastery: the base attack bonus is increased to 44%.

- Spear Mastery: the base attack bonus is increased to 44%.

- Throwing Mastery: the base attack bonus is increased to 44%, added chance to not consume quantity per level, and critical strikes with throwing weapons replenish quantity.

4. Druid

- Armageddon: removed Hurricane skill requirement, increased missile damage radius by 33%, increased missile drop rate by about 33%.

- Summoning: spirit wolves, dire wolves, and bears all summoned at the same time.

- Werewolf: use attack speed calculation introduced in PTR, raised attack speed cap (+75% to +150%).

- Fury: 40% increased speed between attacks.

- Werebear: use attack speed calculation introduced in PTR, raised attack speed cap (+75% to +150%), damage bonus per level from 8% to 15%, base defense value from 25% to 40%, defense bonus per level from 6% to 10%, cannot be interrupted when performing skills or attacks.

- Maul: grants +3% attack speed per charge.

5. Necromancer

- Blood Golem: 20% reduction in mana cost per level, attack damage increased by about 20%.

- Fire Golem: 20% reduction in mana cost per level, attack damage increased by about 20%, Holy Fire level bonus per level from 1 to 2.

6. Paladin

- Thorns: deals a flat amount of damage when hit in addition to returning a percentage of damage taken to the enemy when hit.

- Holy Fire: changed calculation of proximity bonus for Area Damage, increased Resist Fire Synergy from 18 to 21%.

- Holy Freeze: changed calculation of proximity bonus for Area Damage.

- Holy Shock: changed calculation of proximity bonus for Area Damage.

- Sanctuary: changed calculation of proximity bonus for Area Damage.

- Holy Bolt: damages Demons in addition to Undead.

- Fist of the Heavens: damages Demons in addition to Undead.