A whole host of items will get buffed as well, such as the Blade of the Tribes - on the PTR, the buff that causes War Cry and Threatening Shout to also drop Avalanche and Earthquake will now also buff those abilities by 200% damage. Yes, I know it’s a Necromancer skill, it was a joke, guys. In addition, there’s a new item: Gelmindor’s Marrow Guards (Bone Spear cast from Simulacrums deal 400-500% increased damage). It doesn’t mean it rewards them all at once, however - there’s a new rotation for Season 22, offering Horde of the Ninety Savages, Aegis of Valor, Gears of Dreadlands, Patterns of Justice, Masquerade of the Burning Carnival, Mundunugu’s Regalia, or Typhon’s Veil. Haedrig’s Gift will also now be able to award all class sets, no more of any class sets being left out of the rotation. By itself, that might have been a worthwhile Season theme, but having it in addition to the shadow clone is pretty amazing.

This means you can’t effectively double up on a Legendary power and get twice the effect, but you can have an extra armor, weapon, or jewelry power in Season 22. Kanai’s Cube will be getting a fourth slot in Season 22, and this slot offers you all the choices of the previous three without stacking with any of them. By itself, that would be an interesting Season theme, but it’s not alone.

In addition to the build the shadow clone gets, it also scales to your level and power, and will last for a minute, so you’ll basically have another you running around the field of battle tearing as many demons as possible apart for a minute or until you die. There are a lot of variations - three per class - so if you’re interested in the details you can check them all out here. In Season 22, when you activate one and gain the buff, you’ll also get a shadow clone of your character which can have one of three possible builds. The Season of the Shadow is based around the various shrines and pylons we find in the game. The test period is set to last for two weeks, but I kind of hope they’ll go over the two weeks just to give it a thorough test, because this is going to be one of the weirder season themes.

The Diablo 3 patch 2.6.10 PTR will start on October 1, opening testing for Season 22: The Season of the Shadow, as well as the usual assortment of changes to items and sets.

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