That’s pretty exciting, since it points to a mid-June to early-July start for Season 21 - and it’s also good news for Necromancer and Demon Hunter players, who are getting significant buffs.

The PTR opens up on May 21 and is scheduled to last two weeks.

At present I don’t know, but it’s worth considering.īut while we’re most excited about the Season 21 theme, it isn’t the only thing in patch 2.6.9: we’ll also get two new class sets (for the Necromancer and Demon Hunter), as well as changes to Legendary items. Does this count as elemental damage that you deal out to enemies? If it does, can you buff the damage with specific Legendary items or personal abilities that buff elemental damage? If so, it may be more interactive than it appears, letting you play up your new-found elemental prowess with the right items and abilities. Trials of the Tempests isn’t likely to change the way you play the game - you can’t control this buff or make it happen more or less often - but there are still a few questions to answer about the Season 21 buff.

Unlike the current Season, it’s not a meta-buff that changes up gameplay by allowing you to adjust your Kanai’s Cube powers: it’s just straightforward AOE damage on a 2 minute cooldown that alternates between various elemental effects, including meteors crashing down on your enemies, occasionally just breathing lightning on things, giant snowballs, cyclones tearing everything around you, and walls of flame because why not?

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