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Diablo 4 Adding New Unique Items and Legendary Aspects in Season 8

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Unique items and Legendary Aspects will be added in Diablo 4 Season 8, enhancing player builds.
Six new Unique items for different classes will offer powerful affixes and effects.
Offensive Legendary Aspects will boost player firepower.

Diablo 4 has announced new Unique items and Legendary Aspects that will be added in Season 8. Unique items are among the most coveted pieces of equipment in Diablo 4, while Legendary Aspects can expand the potential of players’ characters by making them even more powerful.

Unique items are equipment that radically impacts a player’s build. They can be class-specific, like The Umbracrux, a dagger for Rogues, or used by all classes, like the Harlequin Crest, considered one of Diablo 4‘s most popular items. They can go even further, dividing into regular and Mythic Unique items, the latter being even rarer and more powerful. Legendary Aspects, on the other hand, are modifiers that turn Rare items into Legendary ones, with utility, attack, and defense functions. Some are exclusive to each class, while others, such as Aspect of Creeping Death, can be used by all of them. Now, Blizzard is preparing changes for these two resources that will be released soon.

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Diablo 4 has revealed six new Unique items and Legendary Aspects that will be available when Season 8 begins. For the Barbarian, the addition will be the Bane of Ahjed-Den gloves, while Druid players will receive the Gathlen’s Birthright helmet. The Necromancers’ new Unique is the two-handed sword Sanquivor, and for the Rogue, the new Unique will be the Band of Ichorous Rose gloves. Sorcerers will get the Veil of Hergias helmet, and Spiritborn, Diablo 4‘s newest class, will receive the Sunbird’s Gorget amulet. The items will have between four and six affixes, such as +114-150% critical strike damage from the Barbarian’s glove, +1,060-1,142 maximum life from the Necromancer’s sword, and +16-25% movement speed from the Spiritborn’s amulet.

New Unique Items and Legendary Aspects Arriving in Diablo 4 Season 8

Barbarian

Bane of Ahjed-Den (Unique Gloves):
Affixes:
+4-6 Ranks of Mighty Throw
+114-150% Critical Strike Damage
+7-10 Fury Per Second
+8-12.5% Cooldown Reduction
Unique Power:
Every 12 seconds, your next Mighty Throw detonates its pulses instantly as Fire Damage and deals 400-600% increased damage.
Aspect of Delayed Extinction (Offensive Aspect): Mighty Throw and Steel Grasp now gain multiplicative damage instead of cooldown from Cooldown Reduction and their damage is increased by another 125-250%[x].

Druid

Gathlen’s Birthright (Unique Helm):
Affixes:
Inherent: Anima of the Forest Grants 15% Attack Speed
+10.5-15% Willpower
+224-296 Armor
+2-3 Ranks of Humanity
+17.5-23% Movement Speed While in Human Form
Unique Powers:
While in Human form, Critical Striking enemies with Nature Magic 400-200 times grants you Anima of the Forest for 15 seconds.
While infused with Anima of the Forest you gain the Perfect Storm and Earthen Might Key Passives.
Aspect of Impending Deluge (Offensive Aspect): Storm Strike chains to twice as many targets and increases the damage the targets take from other skills by 30-50%[x] for 6 seconds.

Necromancer

Sanquivor, Blade of Zir (Unique Two-Hand Sword):
Affixes:
Inherent: +60% Summoning Damage
+32-50% Chance for Army of the Dead to Deal Double Damage
+214-242 Intelligence
+1,060-1,142 Maximum Life
+2 Ranks of Skeleton Warrior Mastery, Skeleton Mage Mastery, and Golem Mastery
Unique Powers:
Your Summons’ damage afflicts enemies with Vampiric Curse. Consuming a Corpse also contributes a soul to Vampiric Curse, which can now stack up to 20 souls.
Army of the Dead can now unleash the souls from Vampiric Curse, causing both Army of the Dead and the souls to deal 15-25% increased damage per soul unleashed.
Aspect of Service and Sacrifice (Offensive Aspect): Skeleton Warriors explode on death, dealing (200-300%) Physical damage to surrounding enemies. They lose 25% Health per second while in combat. Skeleton Mages take 90% reduced damage and deal 50-100%[x] increased damage.

Rogue

Band of Ichorous Rose (Unique Gloves):
Affixes:
Inherent: +4 Maximum Poison Traps
+10.5-15% Attack Speed
+3-5% Maximum Poison Resistance
+41.5-55% Poison Resistance
18.5-27.5% Chance for Poison Trap to Cast Twice
Unique Power:
Poison Trap always deals its full damage over 3 seconds and it benefits from all its upgrades, which are increased by 50-100%[x]. Poison Trap also:
Benefits from Combo Points.
Has no Cooldown during Inner Sight.
Cooldown is reduced by Preparation.
Aspect of Contamination (Offensive Aspect): Poison Trap bursts for 150-250% Poison damage when it triggers. If this burst Critically Strikes, you deal 20-40%[x] increased Poison damage for 5 seconds.

Sorcerer

Hail of Verglas (Unique Helm):
Affixes:
Inherent 1: 7.5% Maximum Cold Resist
Inherent 2: 50% Cold Resistance
+10.5-15% Intelligence
13-17.5% Maximum Life
+10.5-15% Attack Speed
+4-6 Ranks in Ice Shards
Unique Power:
Ice Shards now spreads out with 2 additional shards. You deal 1-1.5%[x] increased damage for each time Ice Shards damages an enemy for 5 seconds, up to 50-75%[x].
Shivering Aspect (Offensive Aspect): Enemies take up to 35-55%[x] increased damage based on how much they are Chilled or Staggering. You apply 15% more Chill.

Spiritborn

Sunbird’s Gorget (Unique Amulet):
Affixes:
Inherent: +30% Resistance to All Elements
+16-25% Movement Speed
+2-3 Ranks of Potent
+2-3 Ranks of Furnace
+2-3 Ranks of Acceleration
Unique Powers:
Picking up a Storm Feather forms a firestorm around you for 8 seconds dealing 200-400% Fire damage every 0.5 seconds.
Every 5 additional Storm Feathers you pick up intensifies the firestorm, increasing its damage by 100%[x] but not refreshing its duration. Storm Feathers are now Jaguar Skills and the firestorm is an Eagle, Jaguar, and Storm Feather Skill.
Rip and Tear Aspect (Offensive Aspect): Rushing Claw deals 10-30%[x] increased damage and is empowered based on how many Charges it has when you Cast it:
1: Heals for 15% of your Maximum Life.
2: Guaranteed to Overpower.
3: Guaranteed to Critically Strike.
4+: Strikes an additional time.

All Diablo 4 classes will receive a new offensive Legendary Aspect when the eighth season begins. Barbarians will be able to equip the Aspect of Delayed Extinction, while Druids will be able to equip the Aspect of Impending Deluge. For Necromancers, Rogues, and Sorcerers, the new additions will be the Aspect of Service and Sacrifice, and Aspect of Contamination. For Spiritborn, the new Aspect will be Rip and Tear. As these are offensive-type Aspects, they will add bonuses aimed at increasing players’ firepower.

After being postponed, Diablo 4 Season 8 will begin on April 29. One of the highlights is the return of Belial, bringing Diablo 3‘s iconic boss as one of the new bad guys. Players can also expect new quests, nerfs to super-powered builds, new challenges, and the anticipated collab with Berserk.