What’s new in Diablo 3 patch 2.1.1

Yesterday, Diablo 3 patch 2.1.1 went live in the Americas for PC. The newest update offers a number of improvements, including buffs to pets and, of course, class tweaks. There's also some changes to Adventure Mode and an increase in drop rate for Rift Guardians. Blizzard posted a detailed change-log of what patch 2.1.1 brings, and you can find it all below.

CLASSES

• General
  • Pets
    • Philosophy
      • We want pet survivability to be roughly equivalent to the player that summoned them
    • Many monster attacks that are intended to be avoided by players, and weren't already dealing reduced damage to pets, now deal significantly less damage to pets
    • Bug Fixes
      • Pets are now properly affected by Shield Pylons

• Crusader
  • Active Skills
    • Shield Bash
      • Can now be interrupted during the hit animation

• Witch Doctor
  • Active Skills
    • Fetish Army
      • Fetish Life has been greatly increased
      • Fetish movement speed has been significantly increased
      • Fetish leash range has been slightly increased
    • Gargantuan
      • Gargantuan is now summoned at the location of your mouse cursor
      • Summon animation speed has been increased
    • Spirit Walk
      • No longer cancels early when the physical body that is left behind takes enough damage
    • Summon Zombie Dogs
      • Zombie Dog Life has been greatly increased
  • Passive Skills
    • Fetish Sycophants
      • Fetish Life has been greatly increased
      • Fetish movement speed has been significantly increased
      • Fetish leash range has been slightly increased
  • User Interface
    • Fetish Army and Fetish Sycophants portrait icons should now display more fitting names on mouseover

ITEMS

• Class-Specific Legendary Items
  • Wizard
    • Firebird's Finery
      • The infinite DoT debuff should now have a unique effect when it is applied
• Legendary Gems
  • Boon of the Hoarder
    • The number of Gold piles that explode from enemies on kill has been reduced
      • To compensate, the amount of Gold in each pile has been increased
      • The total amount of Gold dropped remains unchanged, but this will noticeably reduce screen clutter
• Bug Fixes
  • The Moratorium secondary power can now be triggered by assists
  • The Bane of the Trapped damage increase will now properly applied to Frozen enemies
  • The Gem of Efficacious Toxin poison DoT can now properly be applied by pet attacks

ADVENTURE MODE

• Rift Guardians and Greater Rift Guardians now drop more crafting materials
• Infernal Machine
  • In multiplayer games, the Key of Bones, Key of Gluttony, and Key of War will now be considered group drops
    • This means that, instead of players having an individual chance to find a key, that chance is now exists at the party level
    • If a Key of Bones, a Key of Gluttony, or a Key of War drops, it will drop for everyone in the party at the time
• Greater Rifts
  • The Rift of Trials has received numerous adjustments in an effort to more accurately assess an appropriate level of Greater Rift
  • Large Aqueduct and Sewer maps will no longer show up in Greater Rifts
• Kadala
  • Philosophy
    • While Kadala is doing a great job of giving players more control over finding specific items, we felt the current experience was a bit cumbersome and inconvenient
    • As a result, we're working to reduce the frequency at which players need to run between Kadala and the Blacksmith to salvage unwanted items
  • The cost to purchase items from Kadala has been greatly increased
  • The chance for Kadala to drop a Legendary item has also been greatly increased
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Greater Rift Guardians to sometimes drop multiple of the same Legendary Gem

CRAFTING

• Mystic
  • Enchanting
    • Philosophy
      • We want players to be able to more reliably add sockets to their jewelry in order to enjoy Legendary Gems
      • We still have long term plans to provide more outlets for excess gems and more ways to farm gems that a player needs; however, since those changes are further down the road, we wanted to improve the quality of life of Seasonal and Non-Seasonal players alike by making it easier to add a socket to your Rings and Amulets
    • The cost to enchant jewelry has been reduced from a Flawless Imperial gem to an Imperial gem

MONSTERS

• The Electrified monster affix now has a short internal cooldown
• The damage of The Butcher's Fan of Spears attack has been slightly reduced
• The range of the Charging Beasts' Charge attack has been slightly reduced
• Plague Nest Bats have had their health globe drop rate significantly decreased
• Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts
  • Maggot Broods no longer start out burrowed in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts
  • Sand Dwellers no longer start out burrowed in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts
  • Demonic Hellflyers now run away less frequently and no longer ambush players from the air in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts
  • Ghosts now run away less frequently and no longer fly through walls in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts
  • Rockworms can no longer spawn in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts