The Inspiring Bond Notable Passive Skill has been renamed to Potent Connections. It no longer provides 10% reduced mana Cost of Link Skills or causes Your Linked targets to deal 30% increased Damage. Instead, it now provides 25% increased Defences while you have at least four Linked targets, and 10% increased Movement Speed while you have at least two Linked targets. The small Passive Skill prior no longer grants “Link Skills have 10% increased Cast Speed”.
Link Clusters
A new Empowered Bond cluster has been added to the northwest of the Witch’s starting location. Empowered Bond provides +2 to Level of all Link Skill Gems.
Zealot’s Oath has moved location on the tree to make space for the new Empowered Bonds cluster. It is now located closer to the Templar’s starting location.
The Inspiring Bond Notable Passive Skill has been renamed to Potent Connections. It no longer provides 10% reduced mana Cost of Link Skills or causes Your Linked targets to deal 30% increased Damage. Instead, it now provides 25% increased Defences while you have at least four Linked targets, and 10% increased Movement Speed while you have at least two Linked targets. The small Passive Skill prior no longer grants “Link Skills have 10% increased Cast Speed”.
A new Inspiring Bond cluster has been added to the west of the Scion’s starting location. This new Inspiring Bond provides “10% chance for Energy Shield Recharge to start when you Link to a target” and “Link Skills have 20% increased Buff Effect if you have Linked to a target Recently”.
The Powerful Bond Notable Passive Skill no longer provides “Link Skills have 20% increased Buff Effect” or “Link Skills have 10% increased Skill Effect Duration”. Instead, it now provides “Curses are inflicted on you instead of Linked targets” and “20% increased Buff Effect of your Links for which 50% of Link Duration has Expired”. The two small Passive Skills in this cluster now both provide “Link Skills have 15% increased Skill Effect Duration” (previously 10%), the small Passive Skill prior to Powerful Bond no longer provides “Link Skills have 10% increased Cast Speed”.