Greetings, Ascended!

Last month we covered some specifics on the balancing pass that will accompany Chapter IV, including reducing XP requirements for late-game levelling, a showcase of some of the much-anticipated skill balancing, and more.

This month we are focusing entirely on the new Uniques that you will discover as you play through the upcoming Chapter IV and delve into the enhanced endgame. We are also introducing crowdin versions of existing Uniques, which will exist alongside their “standard” counterparts but offer a new twist. Our aim with all these new Unique items is not only to really push the potential of existing builds (fans of ailments should find a few items below to their liking), but also to provide nuclei for entirely new and unexpected builds and gameplay styles. The items showcased below are just a selection of what is on the way and only cover armour, but we wanted to get any budding build-building brains out there brainstorming.

As always, these are works in progress that are shown for demonstrative purposes and are not final or guaranteed. We are still testing, tweaking, and experimenting!

Helms

Helm of the Willing

Gain an increase to All Resistances Score by for every point of Stamina you currently have.

• (Heavy Armour)
• Bonus Maximum Health
• Bonus Toughness points
• Increase Stamina Regeneration Rate by X%
• Increase Block Chance by X% and allow any weapon to block
• Increase All resistance on this item by X%

Rage of the Cornered

Grant an increase to attack speed and cast speed by X% for every point of Stamina you are currently missing.

• (Rogue Armour)
• Bonus Maximum Health
• Increased Agility
• Increase Attack Critical Strike Chance by X%
• Increase Spell Critical Strike Chance by X%

Imbued Gaälnazek

On Hit, have a high chance to automatically cast Sovereign Shout with several passive modifiers (TBD). This effect can occur every X seconds.

• (Bruiser Armour)
• Increase Attack Damage Multiplier by X%
• Increase rage conservation time by X seconds
• Increase Rage Generation on hit by X%
• Ferocity bonus points
• Agility bonus points

Shoulders

Imbued Envoy of War

On being hit by an enemy attack, gain a high chance to cast Juggernaut with an increased absorb amount. This effect can proc approximately once a minute.

• (Bruiser Armour)
• Increase Maximum Force Shield by X%
• Increase Maximum Health by X%
• Increased health on this item by X%
• Increased resistance on this item by X%

Imbued Purifier's Statement

On blocking an enemy attack, gain a high chance to cast Juggernaut with a heavily increased absorb amount. This effect can proc approximately once a minute.

• (Heavy Armour)
• Increased Skill Buffs effectiveness
• Rage Generation bonus points on Block
• Toughness bonus points
• Increased All Resistance on this item
• Small penalty to Block Chance by X% and allow any weapon to block

Chestpieces

Survival Exoskeleton

• (Bruiser Armour)
• Significant bonus points to Health Regeneration
• Increase Health Regeneration Rate by X%
• Reduce Maximum Health by X points
• Increase All Resistances score on this item by X%

Treaty of Guns and Daggers

• (Armour type TBD)
• Significant bonus Physical Damage added to Spells and Attacks
• Increase Critical Damage Multiplier by X%
• Increase Attack Critical Chance Score by X%
• Increase Spell Critical Chance Score by X%
• Reduce Maximum Willpower and Rage by X points

Imbued Discordant

Increase your damage for each percentage of Block Chance on your shield.

• (Bruiser Armour)
• Increase Ferocity by X points
• Increase Critical Damage by X%
• Increase Health on this item by X%
• Increase All Resistances Score on this item by X%

Gloves

Imbued Expurgation

• (Sorcerer Armour)
• Significantly increase Ailment Damage by X%
• Increase Spell Casting Speed by X%
• Reduce Ailment Chance Score by X%
• Increase Force Shield on this item by X%
• Add X% chance to multiply the number of Ailment Stacks applied by 2.

Imbued Argand's Heart

X% chance on hit to cast Winter’s Grasp on the target position with a heavy damage modifier. This effect can occur every X seconds.

• (Sorcerer Armour)
• Multiply Frost Damage by X%
• Increase Elemental Resistance Score by X
• Reduce Ferocity by X points
• Increase Wisdom by X points

*Note that we aim for this item to be available in other elemental variants. The example above is the Frost variant.

Belts

Departed Belt of Serration

• Increase Critical Damage by X% for X seconds after using a Resource Potion
• Increase your chance to gain an additional Potion Charge on kill by X%
• Increase Maximum Health by X points
• Increase Ferocity by X points
• Increase Maximum health by X%

Departed Belt of Immunity

• Increase All Resistances score by X% for X seconds after using a Resource Potion
• Increase your chance to gain an additional Potion Charge on kill by X%
• Increase Maximum Health by X points
• Increase Toughness by X points
• Increase Maximum health by X%

Departed Belt of Alacrity

• Increase Attack Speed by X% for X seconds after using a Resource Potion
• Increase your chance to gain an additional Potion Charge on kill by X%
• Increase Maximum Health by X points
• Increase Agility by X points
• Increase Maximum health by X%

Departed Belt of Affliction

• Increase Ailment Damage by X% for X seconds after using a Resource Potion
• Increase your chance to gain an additional Potion Charge on kill by X%
• Increase Maximum Health by X points
• Increase Wisdom by X points
• Increase Maximum health by X%

Departed Belt of Siphoning

• Increase your Life Leech by X% for X seconds after using a Resource Potion
• Increase your chance to gain an additional Potion Charge on kill by X%
• Increase Maximum Health by X points
• Increase all Attributes by X points
• Increase Maximum health by X%

Ad’Amo

X% chance to create an explosion on hit that deals X% of your Maximum health in Physical Damage. This effect can occur very frequently.

• Increase Maximum Health by X points
• Increase Agility by X points
• Increase Toughness by X points
• Decrease Attack Speed by X%

Pants

Rhaelic's Will

• (Sorcerer Armour)
• Reduce Non-Ailment Damage dealt by X%
• Increase Maximum Ailment Stacks by X
• Increase Ailment Chance Score by X%
• Increase Force Shield on this item by X%
• Increase Wisdom by X points

Imbued Figurehead

On being hit, have a high chance to automatically cast an enhanced version of Bulwark of Dawn that will follow the player’s position. This effect can occur every X seconds.

• (Heavy Armour)
• Increase Occult Resistance by X points
• Increase Health Regeneration by X
• Increase Healing received from Spells by X%
• Increase All Resistances on this item by X%
• Increase Block Chance by X% and all any weapon to Block.

Imbued Veiled Eclipse

On hit, have a high chance to automatically cast an enhanced specific Elemental version of Blood for Blood that will follow the player’s position. This effect can occur every X seconds.

• (Bruiser Armour)
• Increase Rend Damage by X%
• Increase Critical Damage by X% when hitting a Bleeding Enemy
• Increase Health on this item by X%
• Increase Ferocity by X points
• Decrease Wisdom by X points

*Note that we aim for this item to be available in multiple elemental variants. The example above is the Rend variant.

Boots

Imbued Frayed Combat Cleats

Gain a high chance on Block to automatically cast Winter’s Grasp at the player position. This effect can occur every few seconds.

• (Rogue Armour)
• Increase Wisdom by X points
• Increase Block Efficiency by an additional X%
• Increase Movement Speed by X%
• Increase Force Shield on this item by X%
• Increase Health on this item by X%

That’s all for this month folks! We hope you have an excellent February, and as always you can join us on the Official Discord for a chat, or you can find the previous Monthly Update here. If you have any specific questions or concerns, please contact [email protected] or Tyber#0143 on Discord.