Diablo 2 Resurrected gets patch 2.4 soon – brings rankings and new rune words

Blizzard has announced the new patch 2.4 for Diablo 2 Resurrected. This should make some balance adjustments and also bring the long-awaited rankings. New rune words have also been announced.

What exactly is in the new update?

• 4 different rankings, as it was in Diablo 2
• New rune words
• New recipes for the Horadrim Cube, which can be used to increase the quality of set items
• An overhaul of the mercenaries so that there are more incentives to use the different characters
• Balance adjustments to the different classes

When does the patch come out? The new update 2.4 should appear in early 2022.

Before that, there will be a live stream on December 16 at 8:00 p.m. in which the developers want to present the update in more detail. According to the developers, the blog post should only scratch the surface of the patch.

4 ranking lists with brand new rune words

What exactly do the rankings look like? With the update, 4 ranking lists are to be introduced:

• Standard Ranking – For the normal version of the 4 acts
• Hardcore Ranking – For the hardcore version of the 4 acts
• Standard ranking list extension – For the normal version with the 4 acts + the extension
• Hardcore Ranking Expansion – For the hardcore version of the 4 Acts + of the expansion

These rankings have been waited for a long time, because Diablo 2 only really begins with them for many fans.

Together with the rankings, a lot of new rune words will be unlocked that have never been seen in the game before. At the end of a season, the characters should be moved to the normal version of the game so that you can use the rune words outside of the ranking.

What exactly do the rune words look like? The developers cannot reveal that at the moment. However, there should be a first glimpse into the rune words in the stream.

Every class gets buffs

What will change in the classes? At this point, too, the developers have only given a rough insight, but each class receives a reinforcement for skills that are rarely used:

• Certain hand-to-hand combat skills of the Amazon, including impaling and resisting, are to be strengthened. In addition, the requirement for synergies of melee attacks is to be restricted a bit, so that more skill points remain for other combinations.
• The assassin gets a buff on martial arts skills that have hardly been used so far.
• The barbarian should also get buffs for abilities that have so far been used less often. In addition, the throwable bar should be strengthened.
• The druid’s fire skills and summoning skills are strengthened. A buff for advertising skills has also been announced.
• In the necromancer, rarely used summoning abilities should be strengthened. Even seldom summoned golems should become “more efficient”.

What do you think of the announced update? Do the rankings and new rune words appeal to you? Or have you already moved on from Diablo 2 Resurrected to another game?

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