Blizzard has just posted the official patch notes for the Diablo 4 Season 10 PTR, which runs from August 19th to the 26th. Here is your first look at all of the balance changes, new items, and everything in store for the Necromancer.
Balance Updates
Necromancers are getting some slight tweaks, mainly to their 
Wither & 
Bone Graft.
Minions
All Necromancer Minions are now resummoned when the Necromancer is resurrected.
Skills
Blight
- Corrupting damage increased from 135% to 160%.
Supernatural Blight
- Previous: You and your Minions deal 20%[x] increased damage to enemies within Blight.
- Now: You and your Minions deal 10%[x] increased Shadow damage to enemies within Blight.
Blood Lance
- Damage increased from 80% to 110%.
Blood Surge
- Nova Damage increased from 70% to 80%.
Sever
- Main damage decreased from 110% to 100%.
- Return damage decreased from 45% to 20%.
Plagued Corpse Explosion
- Damage bonuses increased from 10%[x] to 25%[x].
Legendary Aspects
Aspect of the Great Feast
- Essence drain increased from 1 to 2 per second per Minion and from 7 to 14 if no Minions are active.
- Damage bonus increased from 30-50%[x] to 35-55%[x].
Blood Seeker’s Aspect
- Blood Lance damage per lanced enemy decreased from 10-30% to 5-15%[x].
- Blood Lance Critical Strike Damage while Healthy decreased from 25%-45%[x] to 15-35%[x].
Reaping Lotus’ Aspect
- Sever damage increased from 140-200% to 180-240% of normal damage.
Aspect of Fel Gluttony
- Now also increases your Golem’s damage by 20-40%[x].
Cadaverous Aspect
- Previous: Consuming a Corpse increases the damage of your Core and Ultimate Skills by 3.5-7.0%[x] for 5 seconds up to 17.5-35.0%[x].
- Now: Consuming a Corpse increases your damage by 3.5-7.0%[x] for 5 seconds up to 17.5-35.0%[x].
Paragon
Wither Legendary Node
- Previous: Your Corrupting effects have a 5%[x] chance to deal 50%[x] bonus damage each time they deal damage. This chance is increased by 2%[x] and bonus damage increased by 8%[x] for each 60 Intelligence you have, up to 2000.
- Now: Your Shadow Damage has a 20% chance to deal 300%[x] increased damage.
Bone Graft Legendary Node
- Previous: Hitting enemies with Bone Skills increases your damage by 5%[x] and your Maximum Essence by 2 for 8 seconds, stacks up to 20%[x] increased damage and 8 Maximum Essence.
- Now: Your Bone Skills deal 40%[x] increased damage and your Maximum Essence is increased by 10.
New Necromancer Unique Items
Like all other classes in Season 10, Necromancers are getting a new Unique Focus.
Gospel of the Devotee (Unique Focus)
Affixes:
- +80-94 Intelligence
- +424-457 Maximum Life
- +4.4-10% Basic Skill Attack Speed
- +13-17.5% Chance for Basic Skills to Deal Double Damage
Unique Power:
- Your Basic Skills are empowered. Damaging an enemy with a Basic Skill causes them to take 10-30%[x] increased damage from your other Basic Skills for 10 seconds.
- Reap attacks 10% faster.
- Decompose now spawns a Corpse every 0.5 seconds.
- Hemorrhage triggers an additional burst on the initial target.
- Bone Splinters pierce through enemies.
Bug Fixes
Necromancers are also getting a few fixes, mainly to their Shadow Mages and their 
Army of the Dead.
- Fixed an issue where Skeletal Shadow Mages’ attacks were incorrectly considered Darkness Skills.
- Fixed an issue where Skeletal Shadow Mages’ attacks would gain double benefit from some sources of Summon Damage.
- Fixed an issue where Army of the Dead couldn’t hit the Scourge of the Land Boss in the Pit.
- Fixed an issue where Bone Duster’s Aspect did not benefit from the Increased Bone Prison duration tempering affix.
