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How Season Blessings Work in Diablo 4

During yesterday’s Developer Update Livestream, the team shared information about Diablo 4’s first season – Season of the Malignant. Today, we want to break down the topic of Season Blessings to share why this seasonal aspect is so important.Season 1 D…

Complete a +18 Timed Keystone This Week in Preparation for Season 3

Blizzard has confirmed what keystone level players will need to complete this week in order to get a +15 keystone for the start of Season 3!This means that you should complete one of the following this week:A +18 Timed KeystoneA +19 Untimed KeystoneHel…

Divine Providence not worthless after all

Filed under: Priest, Analysis / Opinion

I would like to take this opportunity to disagree with my own post the other day declaring Divine Providence worthless. I was so moved by all your comments that I specced 14/47/0 and took Circle of Healing for a spin through half of Tempest Keep and all of Zul’Aman, and have changed my mind entirely. Circle of Healing is amazing, and I never want to let it go. If Blizzard wants to give me a talent to buff it and other heals by 10%, and lower the cooldown on Prayer of Mending, they can go right ahead.

As you all had predicted out, my estimate of Greater Heal and Flash Heal covering 70% of my healing between them was woefully inaccurate. In fact, in both instances, CoH alone accounted for 70% or more of my healing. The new Divine Providence is +10% to all multi-target heals, and 3 seconds off Prayer of Mending’s cooldown (with 5 points in the talent). Even if I ignore the other effects and just look at the boost to CoH, I get (70% * 2%) = 1.4% increase to my healing per talent point, well above the 1%-per-point benchmark.

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