Content Update 2.6.0 Balance Changes

Frost Blades and Ice Shot now have 60% physical to cold conversion, up from 40%.
Wild Strike now converts 100% of physical damage to a random element.

Area of Effect Changes
Many old radius increases that have been changed to area increases provide a higher numeric value to compensate for this change. The goal of this change is to make investing in the size of your area skills to be less rewarding the more you invest, so players don't feel like they need to gather every single point of area radius to reach their character's full potential.

All values of curse radius and aura radius were doubled when converted to curse or aura area size, to result in a similar change.

Sunder now deals more damage with its direct hit, but less damage with its secondary area effects.
Ice Crash has had its damage increased.
Blade Flurry has had its damage reduced.


Two vaal auras have been reduced in power.

Vaal Haste now grants slightly lower values of attack, cast, and move speed.
Vaal Discipline no longer grants any bonus energy shield.

Some existing Threshold Jewels have had their values adjusted, some now have additional effects. We plan to make further changes to Threshold Jewels as part of the Beta.
Here are some examples:

Heavy Strike's Threshold Jewel now grants a 20% chance for double damage, and is limited to 2.
Viper Strike's Threshold Jewel now also grants a 10% chance to gain Unholy Might on hit per poison stack on the enemy, and is limited to 1.
Vigilant Strike's Threshold Jewel now grants allies Fortify for 20 seconds, up from 3 seconds, and is limited to 1.