The new items won't be season exclusive, Blizzard says, and will appear in the Eternal Realm too. Blizzard also hinted as a new boss monster, new legendary items, new unique items, and more. To battle the creatures, Blizzard says Season of the Malignant will include new builds that are 'stupidly powerful' thanks to the new Malignant powers. Will you be ready? /bJYo5f1xyB- Diablo July 6, 2023 Malignant Monsters can be defeated by drawing out their corruption and trapping their Malignant Hearts, which can then be inserted into rings and amulets.Ī new threat is corrupting Sanctuary 💀 #DiabloIV Season of the Malignant is coming July 20th. Any elite monster will be able to spawn as a Malignant Monster with additional powers. Season of the Malignant features a 'dangerous new threat' in the form of Malignant Monsters spreading throughout Sanctuary.

( Update: The Blizzcon keynote ended without a single mention of Diablo Immortal, though it may receive mentions at various panels through the weekend-long event.Titled Season of the Malignant, the new seasonal content will bring with it a brand-new quest line featuring 'new faces and new enemies, new powers, the first Season Journey, and the first Battle Pass.' It takes place after the events of the main campaign and introduces a new character in Cormand, an ex-priest from the Cathedral of Light who is trying to stop the spread of the Malignant. We'll also see if Blizzard has anything to say about Diablo Immortal, the smartphone-only fork of the series that was revealed to a tepid fan reaction at last year's Blizzcon event. The trailer's mix of indoor and outdoor zones still made the most of that limited color palette in terms of biome diversity, while each revealed class already appears to have a mix of screen-clearing and zone-slashing powers, so that each can clear a room of diabolic baddies on its own.Īrs Technica has boots on Blizzcon's floor, and we'll be back in the coming days with impressions of how Diablo IV feels compared to other classics in the series. It also included clear callbacks to Diablo II, particularly the animations of loot and gold exploding from dead bodies, not to mention the obvious emphasis on the older games' color palettes. Diablo IV's gameplay trailer included hints of new mechanics, particularly the ability to ride horses-and then chain attacks off of horseback, so that a hero can explode in a lightning burst off of its mount to attack nearby enemies.

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