Below you'll find the preliminary PTR patch notes for patch 2.2.0. Please note that this isn't the final version of the patch notes and that some changes may not be documented or described in full detail.

PTR PATCH 2.2.0 - v2.2.0.30013

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Table of Contents:

• General
• Classes
  • Barbarian
  • Crusader
  • Demon Hunter
  • Monk
  • Witch Doctor
  • Wizard
• Items
  • Class-Specific Items
  • Bug Fixes
• Achievements
• Adventure Mode
  • Nephalem Rifts
  • Bug Fixes
• Crafting
• Monsters
• User Interface

GENERAL

• Regular Health Potions have been removed from the game
  • The Health Potion slot on the action bar is now a bottomless Heath Potion that will heal you for 60% of your maximum Life
  • The functionality of Legendary bottomless potions is unchanged

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CLASSES

• Barbarian
  • Active Skills
    • Hammer of the Ancients
      • Skill Rune - Rolling Thunder
        • Should now more reliably hit nearby enemies in front of the Barbarian
    • Rend
      • Skill Rune - Mutilate
        • Bug Fixes
          • Fixed an issue preventing this rune from increasing the damage of itself
    • Whirlwind
      • Radius increased from 8 to 9 yards
  • Passive Skills
    • Nerves of Steel
      • Has been redesigned
        • Fatal damage instead reduces you to 15% Life. For 3 seconds afterward, you take 95% reduced damage and are immune to all control-impairing effects
          • This effect may only occur once every 60 seconds

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• Crusader
  • Active Skills
    • Punish
      • Skill Rune - Celerity
        • Proc coefficient increased
      • Skill Rune - Fury
        • Proc coefficient increased
      • Skill Rune - Rebirth
        • Proc coefficient increased
      • Skill Rune - Roar
        • Proc coefficient increased

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• Demon Hunter
  • Active Skills
    • Sentry
      • Now displays a buff icon indicating how many Sentries you have active

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• Monk
  • Active Skills
    • Mystic Ally
      • Now has the same attack speed as you do
  • Passive Skills
    • Near Death Experience
      • Has been redesigned
        • When receiving fatal damage, you instead restore 35% Life and 35% Spirit and are immune to damage and control impairing effects for 2 seconds
          • This effect may occur once every 60 seconds

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• Witch Doctor
  • Active Skills
    • Haunt
      • Skill Rune - Poisoned Spirit
        • Bug Fixes
          • Fixed an issue that prevented this rune from increasing the damage of itself
    • Hex
      • Hex will now turn all enemies within a 12 yard radius into chickens, instead of just 1 enemy
      • Increased the maximum range for both Hexing enemies and healing friendlies
      • Minimum time between Hex casts by the Fetish Shaman increased from 3 to 4 seconds
      • Duration for which enemies can be Hexed reduced from 4 to 3 seconds
    • Plague of Toads
      • Skill Rune - Rain of Toads
        • Proc coefficient has been reduced
  • Passive Skills
    • Fetish Sycophants
      • Proc chance increased from 10% to 15%

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• Wizard
  • Active Skills
    • Slow Time
      • Is now cast at your target location, up to 60 yards away
      • Skill Rune - Point of No Return
        • Stun duration reduced from 3 seconds to 1 second
      • Skill Rune - Time and Space
        • Has been removed
        • Replaced with Exhaustion
          • Enemies caught inside Slow Time deal 25% less damage
      • Skill Rune - Time Warp
        • Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%
  • Passive Skills
    • Arcane Dynamo
      • Bug Fixes
        • Fixed an issue that caused Nephalem Glory orbs to consume Flash of Insight stacks when picked up
        • Fixed an issue that caused Flash of Insight stacks to be removed when speaking to an NPC

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ITEMS

• +Max Discipline can now roll on Bows and Crossbows, in addition to Hand Crossbows
• All crafted Rare items are no longer Account Bound
• BlizzCon Elemental Ring
  • New Legendary Ring
    • Gain 150-200% increased damage to a single element for 5 seconds
      • This effect rotates through the elements available to your class in the following order: Arcane, Cold, Fire, Holy, Lightning, Physical, Poison
        • Note: Cold is not included for Crusaders
• Boots of Disregard
  • Life per Second increased from 500 to 10000
  • Number of stacks reduced from 8 to 4
• Bottomless Potion of the Leech
  • Life on Hit increased from 1500-3000 to 15000-20000 for 5 seconds
• Bottomless Potion of Mutilation
  • Life on Kill increased from 4000-8000 to 40000-50000 for 5 seconds
• Bottomless Potion of Regeneration
  • Additional Life gained increased from 25000-45000 to 75000-100000 over 5 seconds
• Bottomless Potion of Rejuvenation
  • New Legendary Potion
    • Gain 20-30% of your maximum resource when used below 50% Life
• Captain Crimson's Trimmings
  • (2) Set Bonus
    • Life per Second increased from 2000 to 6000
• Bastions of Will
  • (2) Set Bonus
    • Has been redesigned
      • All of your damage is increased by up to 100% based on how much primary resource you have
• Guardian's Jeopardy
  • (2) Set Bonus
    • Life per Second increased from 2000 to 8000
• Puzzle Ring
  • The Treasure Goblin helper spawned by this item will now pick up items in a larger radius
  • The Treasure Goblin helper spawned by this item will now run faster when picking up items
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue causing players to receive a chat message stating that you have killed a Treasure Goblin when a player with this item equipped died
    • Fixed an issue that caused the Treasure Goblin lore book to be granted to players when they died with this item equipped
• Ramaladni's Gift
  • Can now stack to 100
• Several existing Legendary items have been updated to include a unique Legendary power
  • Note: Existing items will not be affected by the following changes. Only new versions of the items will roll with the added Legendary power.
  • Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac
    • Legendary Power Added
      • Reduces the remaining cooldown of one of your skills by 1 second each time you spend resource
• Class-Specific Items
  • Barbarian
    • Immortal King's Call
      • Has been redesigned
        • (2) Set Bonus
          • Call of the Ancients lasts forever
        • (4) Set Bonus
          • Call of the Ancients' melee attacks deal 600% weapon damage in a 15 yard radius
        • (6) Set Bonus
          • New Set Bonus
            • The duration of your Wrath of the Berserker is increased by 0.25 seconds each time an Ancient deals damage
    • Mortick's Breeches
      • New Legendary Pants
        • Wrath of the Berserker gains the effect of every rune
    • Seismic Treads
      • New Legendary Boots
        • Ground Stomp causes an Avalanche
    • Wrath of the Wastes
      • New Set
        • (2) Set Bonus
          • Rend deals 400% increased damage
        • (4) Set Bonus
          • Rend lasts 400% longer
        • (6) Set Bonus
          • Whirlwind deals 400% more damage to enemies affected by Rend
  • Crusader
    • Hammer Belt (PH Name)
      • New Legendary Belt
        • Justice spawns a Blessed Hammer when it hits an enemy
    • Roland's Legacy
      • Has been redesigned
        • (2) Set Bonus
          • Every use of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack reduces the cooldown of your Laws and Defensive Skills by 1 second
        • (4) Set Bonus
          • Damage bonus increased from 100% to 500%
          • Damage bonus is now multiplicative
    • Shield Bash Bracers (PH Name)
      • New Legendary Bracers
        • When your Shield Bash hits 3 or less enemies its damage is increased by 300-400% and 50% of the Wrath cost is refunded
    • Slash Belt (PH Name)
      • Omnislash
        • Slash attacks in all directions
  • Demon Hunter
    • Gauntlets of the Rain
      • New Legendary Gloves
        • While Rain of Vengeance is active you take 30-40% reduced damage
    • Natalya's Vengeance
      • Has been redesigned
        • (4) Set Bonus
          • The cooldown of Rain of Vengeance is reduced by 1 second every time you cast a primary skill and by 2 seconds every time you cast a Hatred spender
        • (6) Set Bonus
          • New Set Bonus
            • Rain of Vengeance deals 800% increased damage
    • Unhallowed Essence
      • New Set
        • (2) Set Bonus
          • Your generators also generate 1 Discipline
        • (4) Set Bonus
          • Gain 40% damage reduction for 4 seconds if no enemy is within 10 yards of you
        • (6) Set Bonus
          • Your generators and Multishot deal 10% more damage for every point of Discipline you have
    • Cluckeye
      • Chicken weapon damage increased from 100% to 500%
      • Enemies hit by the Chicken are now confused for 2 seconds
      • You are probably also confused (amused?) by the fact that your bow, for some reason, shoots Chickens
  • Monk
    • Inna's Mantra
      • Has been redesigned
        • (2) Set Bonus
          • Increase the passive effect of your Mystic Ally and the base passive effect of your Mantra by 100%
        • (6) Set Bonus
          • New Set Bonus
            • Mystic Ally casts Cyclone Strike, Exploding Palm, Lashing Tail Kick, Seven-Sided Strike, and Wave of Light when you do
    • Madstone
      • Bug Fixes
        • Fixed an issue that caused Exploding Palm to be applied after Seven-Sided Strike did damage
    • Raiment of a Thousand Storms
      • Has been redesigned
        • (2) Set Bonus
          • Your Spirit Generators have 25% increased attack speed and 500% increased damage
        • (4) Set Bonus
          • Increases the weapon damage of Dashing Strike to 5000%
        • (6) Set Bonus
          • Dashing Strike now spends 50 Spirit, but refunds a Charge when it does
    • New Monk Bracer (PH Name)
      • New Bracers
        • Your Spirit generators reduce your damage taken by 30-40% for 3 seconds
  • Witch Doctor
    • Little Man's Finger
      • New Legendary Ring
        • Gargantuan instead summons three smaller Gargantuans each more powerful than the original
    • Tiklandian Visage
      • Now displays a buff icon indicating the duration of the Horrify effect
    • Zunimassa's Haunt
      • New Set Bonus
        • (6) Set Bonus
          • Enemies hit by your Mana spenders take 100% more damage from your pets for 4 seconds
    • Zunimassa's Legs
      • New Legendary Pants
        • Summon a Fetish Sycophant when you hit with a Mana spender
  • Wizard
    • Delsere's Magnum Opus
      • New Set
        • (2) Set Bonus
          • Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Magic Missile or Shock Pulse reduces the cooldown of your Slow Time by 1 second
        • (4) Set Bonus
          • Enemies affected by your Slow Time take 1250% weapon damage every second
            • This damage type will be determined by your highest equipped +% Elemental Damage
        • (6) Set Bonus
          • Enemies affected by your Slow Time take 500% more damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Magic Missile and Shock Pulse
    • Firebird's Finery
      • Has been redesigned
        • (2) Set Bonus
          • When you die, a meteor falls from the sky and revives you. This effect has a 300 second cooldown
          • Bug Fixes
            • Fixed an issue that prevented the cooldown debuff from being removed on death
        • (4) Set Bonus
          • Your Fire Signature Spells cause up to 3 enemies to explode, dealing 250% weapon damage as Fire to enemies within 10 yards
    • Halo of Arlyse
      • Bug Fixes
        • Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause Ice Armor - Crystalize stacks to fall off with this item equipped
    • Meteor Boots (PH Name)
      • New Legendary Boots
        • Increases the damage of Meteor by 100%
        • Increases the damage of Meteor by 300-400% when it hits 3 or less enemies
    • Ranslor's Folly
      • New Legendary Bracers
        • Energy Twister Periodically pulls in enemies within 30 yards
    • Tal Rasha's Elements
      • Has been redesigned
        • (2) Set Bonus
          • Damaging enemies with Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning will cause a Meteor of the same damage type to fall from the sky. There is an 8 second cooldown for each damage type
            • Now uses the Molten Impact rune when triggered by Fire damage
            • Can no longer be triggered by hitting a destructible object
        • (4) Set Bonus
          • Attacks increase your resistance to that element by 100% for 6 seconds
        • (6) Set Bonus
          • Attacks increase your damage by 75% for 3 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack (maximum of 4). Adding a stack refreshes the duration
    • Slow Time Hat (PH Name)
      • New Wizard Hat
        • Slow Time gains the effect of every rune
    • Gesture of Orpheus
      • Can now roll with +% Arcane, Cold, Fire or Lightning damage instead of just Arcane
  • Several existing class-specific Legendary items have been updated to include a unique Legendary power
    • Note: Existing items will not be affected by the following changes. Only new versions of the items will roll with the added Legendary power.
    • Barbarian
      • Skull Grasp
        • Legendary Power Added
          • Increases the damage of Whirlwind by 400-450% weapon damage
    • Crusader
      • Ivory Tower
        • Legendary Power Added
          • Blocks release forward a Fires of Heaven
    • Demon Hunter
      • Dead Man's Legacy
        • Legendary power added
          • Multishot hits enemies who are below 50-60% health twice
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue that would sometimes prevent Account Bound Legendary item names from being faded out for players who were not eligible to loot them
  • Bonus Armor now properly rolls at an increased value on Ancient items

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ACHIEVEMENTS

• Packs of Champion Archers in Westmarch now spawn as Revenant Archers instead of Skeletal Archers
• The drop chance of Rakanishu's Blade has been increased
• Increased the spawn chance of several extremely rare unique monsters in Act V

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ADVENTURE MODE

• Areas in which Keywardens are located now have a boss icon on the Waypoint map
  • The icon will indicate whether or not the Keywarden has been killed
  • This is only for level 60+ games
• Act II
  • Ancient Waterway
    • New bounties have been added for the Eastern and Western channels
    • Eastern and Western channels now each have two levels
  • Waypoints
    • New Waypoint added
      • Ancient Waterway
    • Dahlgur Oasis waypoint has been moved down slightly
• Nephalem Rifts
  • Slightly increased the chance for a couple of extremely rare Nephalem Rift maps to spawn
  • Several new Nephalem Rift maps have been added based on the following zones:
    • Festering Woods
    • Fields of Misery
    • Fields of Slaughter
    • Stinging Winds
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue that prevented players who paid a Rift Keystone to enter the Greater Rift from being able to obtain an upgraded Rift Keystone if they were not in the game when the quest advanced to the "Talk to Orek in town" step

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CRAFTING

• When crafting gems and items the entire quantity will now be crafted at once

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MONSTERS

• Rift Guardians
  • Blighter
    • Has been given two new attacks
• Armored Destroyer
  • The warning time before an Armored Destroyer lands has been significantly increased
  • Armored Destroyer impacts will now knock players away from the landing zone
• The Merciless Witch (Uber Maghda)
  • Removed enrage timer
  • Reduced the maximum time she can be shielded to 15 seconds
  • Butterfly projectile speed reduced
  • Butterfly projectile duration reduced
• Nekarat the Keywarden
  • Has been moved from Silver Spire Level 1 to Gardens of Hope 2nd Tier
• Realmwalker
  • Fixed an issue preventing the portal to the Realm of the Banished from being visible before the Realmwalker was killed
• Savage Beast
  • Maximum Charge range has been reduced
• The Skeleton King
  • Will now drop the improved version of Leoric's Crown the first time he has been killed by a hero
• The Soul of Evil (Uber Diablo)
  • LIghtning breath now targets the closest enemy
  • Mirror image damage has been increased
  • Bone cages now damage you
• Succubus
  • Bloodstar
    • Removed the armor debuff from this attack
    • The projectiles now move at random speeds
  • Leap cooldown has been reduced
• Treasure Goblins
  • Three new Treasure Goblins have been added to the game
    • The Insufferable Miscreant, the Gelatinous Sire, and the Gilded Baron
    • The new Treasure Goblins can only be found in Adventure Mode

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USER INTERFACE

• You now must now confirm deletion of a Seasonal item in your mailbox
• Rift Guardians' positions now always show on the map or minimap regardless of your distance from them
• The Social Button now opens the Friends list by default, but will remember what was last viewed and will navigate to that screen the next time it's opened