Diablo 4 Mid-Season 4 Patch Will Make The Pit Easier, Nerf The Season’s Most Overpowered Elixir
Diablo 4’s upcoming mid-Season 4 patch on June 17 will make some major adjustments to the Pit in addition to buffing a number of classes and builds that Blizzard says are “not performing as well as their counterparts.”
Update 1.4.3 will see enemy health and damage in the Pit reduced to ensure that “most builds” are able to conquer the Tier 60 version of the endgame dungeon added during Season 4. The Pit is the only place to obtain various materials needed for Masterworking, a gear upgrade system added in Season 4 that is the final step of Diablo 4’s reworked item progression. Making it so most players can reach Tier 60 means they will be able to earn the necessary materials for the final tier of Masterworking, making for “smoother” endgame progression, according to Blizzard.
In another big change, Holy Bolts Elixir is getting a major power reduction, thanks to the seasonal elixir “scaling unintentionally high when it was triggered from pets such as Necromancer’s minions.” The elixir, which sends bolts of holy energy in all directions upon killing an enemy, will soon deal a percentage of weapon damage instead of a percentage of an enemy’s health. The change is intended to “reduce its effectiveness against the toughest enemies in higher tiers of the Pit,” but Blizzard notes the elixir “will still be really valuable for players throughout the whole game.”