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Update 5:00 PM EDT: added skill changes and Cow Level references!
Update 5:15 PM EDT: added "New in Patch 2.2 strings".
PTR 2.2 Patch 3 - New Set changes
A new Patch has appeared on the PTR. Check out the changes below!
The following information is datamined and may contain errors! None of this is official yet.
We will be updating this post while we continue datamining. New updates will be posted at the top, so check back often!
Cow Level!
Minimap Icon - 
- Totally Not A Cow Level
- Easter_Egg_World_Buff_0_desc: We are willing to concede that there may or may not be a cow level...
- p2_TotallyNotACowLevel_Portal: Leads to a place that does not exist. The Burning Hells are not responsible for events that transpire there. If you claim to have been to this place, you will be called a liar. Void where prohibited.
- p2_TotallyNotACowLevel: Not the Cow Level
- px_TotallyNowACowLevel_Boss: Bovine Potentate
- TreasureGoblin_Anniversary_Event: Hoofin' It
- TreasureGoblin_Anniversary_Event: Herald to the Queen
- px_TotallyNowACowLevel_Boss: The Cow Queen
New and Updated Set Bonuses
- Bul Kathos's Oath 2 pieces: No longer gives STR and +10 Max Fury, and no longer randomly casts Whirlwind. Now during Whirlwind you gain 30% increased attack speed and movement speed, and passively increases Fury Generation by 10.
- Natalya's Vengeance 2 pieces: No longer gives DEX and +10 Max Discipline. Now reduces the cooldown of Rain of Vengeance by 1 second each time you cast a primary skill and by 2 seconds each time you cast a Hatred spender.
- Natalya's Vengeance 4 pieces: No longer reduces the cooldown of Rain of Vengeance. Now Rain of Vengeance deals 100% increased damage.
- Natalya's Vengeance 6 pieces: No longer increases Rain of Vengeance damage by 800%. Now after casting Rain of Vengeance, deal 400% increased damage and take 30% reduced damage for 5 seconds.
- Immortal King's Call 4 pieces: No longer makes Ancients deal 600% weapon damage in an area. Now reduces the cooldown of Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients by 3 seconds for every 10 Fury spent.
- Immortal King's Call 6 pieces: No longer increases Wrath of the Berserker duration when Ancients deal damage. Now increases damage by 500% while both Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients are active.
- Tal Rasha's Elements 6 pieces: Attacks increase your damage by 175% (up from 75%) for 6 (up from 3) seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. Adding a stack refreshes the duration.
- Zunimassa's Haunt 2 pieces: No longer gives +INT and +30 Mana per kill. Now makes your Fetish Army last until they die.
- Zunimassa's Haunt 3 pieces: Seems to have been removed.
- Zunimassa's Haunt 4 pieces: No longer makes Fetish Army last until they die (this is now a 2p bonus). Now you and your pets take 2% less damage for every Fetish you have alive.
- Zunimassa's Haunt 6 pieces: Now enemies hit by your Mana spenders take 150% (up from 100%) more damage from your pets for 4 seconds.
- Raiment of the Jade Harvester 2 pieces: No longer gives +INT. Now: When Haunt lands on an enemy already affected by Haunt, it instantly deals 5 seconds worth of Haunt damage.
- Raiment of the Jade Harvester 4 pieces: No longer increases Mana Regeneration. Now gives Soul Harvest the effect of every rune.
- Firebird's Finery 4 pieces: Now works with all Fire spells (instead of only Signature Fire Spells) and makes the explosion deal 400% (up from 250%) weapon damage.
- Bastions of Will 2 pieces: No longer increases damage based on how much resource you have. Now after casting a resource-generating attack or primary skill, deal 50% increased damage for 5 seconds.
- Raiment of a Thousand Storms 4 pieces: No longer increases the damage of Dashing Strike. Now Dashing Strike spends 50 Spirit, but refunds a Charge when it does.
- Raiment of a Thousand Storms 6 pieces: No longer refunds the charge cost of Dashing Strike for 50 spirit. Now Spirit Generators increase the weapon damage of Dashing Strike to 8750% (up from 5000%)for 3 seconds.
- Wrath of the Wastes 2 pieces: No longer increases Rend damage by 400%. Now increases the damage of Rend by 500% and its duration to 15 seconds.
- Wrath of the Wastes 4 pieces: No longer increases Rend duration. Now during Whirlwind you gain 40% damage reduction.
- Wrath of the Wastes 6 pieces: No longer increases Whirlwind damage. Now Whirlwind gains the effect of the Dust Devils rune and Dust Devils damage is increased to 2500% weapon damage.
- Delsere's Magnum Opus 2 pieces: Casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Magic Missile or Shock Pulse reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 2 (up from 1) seconds.
- Delsere's Magnum Opus 4 pieces: Enemies affected by your Slow Time take 2000% (up from 1250%) weapon damage every second.
- Delsere's Magnum Opus 6 pieces: Enemies affected by your Slow Time take 750% (up from 500%) more damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Magic Missile and Shock Pulse abilities.
- Unhallowed Essence 4 pieces: Gain 20% (down from 40%) damage reduction and deal 20% increased damage (added) for 4 seconds if no enemy is within 10 yards of you.
- Unhallowed Essence 6 pieces: Your generators and Multishot deal 15% (up from 10%) increased damage for every point of Discipline you have.
Skill Changes
Barbarian
- Call of the Ancients
- Duty to the Clan : The Ancients' damage is now Cold (from Lightning).
Demonhunter
- Smoke Screen Cooldown: 1.5 (down from 3) seconds / Now this ability does not start its cooldown until after its effects expire.
- Vanishing Powder : Remove the Discipline cost but increase the cooldown to 6 (down from 8) seconds.
- Rain of Vengeance
- Anathema : Deals damage over 2 (down from 5) seconds.
- Flying Strike : Deals damage over 4 (down from 5) seconds.
- Stampede : Deals damage over 3 (down from 6) seconds.
Monk
- Serenity Cooldown: 16 (down from 20) seconds. Now this ability does not start its cooldown until after its effects expire.
WitchDoctor
- Summon Zombie Dogs
- Chilled to the Bone (from Final Gift) : Enemies who hit or are hit by your Zombie Dogs are Chilled for 2 seconds and take 10% increased damage from all sources (reworked from dropping health globes).
- Haunt
- Consuming Spirit : The spirit returns 4291 (up from 2682) Life per second. Now deals Fire damage.
- Hex
- Jinx : Increases the magnitude of the hex to 20% additional damage. (rewording)
- Soul Harvest
- Languish : Increase your Armor by 30% (added) and reduce the movement speed of harvested enemies by 80% for 5 seconds. (no longer reduces enemy attack speed)
- Spirit Walk Cooldown: 12 (down from 15) seconds. Now this ability does not start its cooldown until after its effects expire.
Wizard
- Slow Time
- Point of No Return : Enemies that enter or leave the Slow Time area are stunned for 3 seconds (up from 1).
X1_Crusader
- Laws of Hope Cooldown: 30 seconds / Active: Empower the Law, surrounding you and your allies in a shield for 5 (up from 3) seconds that absorbs up to 124128 damage.
- Promise of Faith (from Stop Time): Active: Empowering the Law also reduces all non-Physical damage taken by 25% (reworked from pausing health loss).
String changes
New in Patch 2.2
- p2_2_BodyLegendaryItems: Act now and we’ll throw in over 50 new Legendary Items, including: New gems! Weapons! Rings! Three brand new 6 piece sets and 5 revamped sets with brand new powers! A new legendary potion! And three new legendary gems!
- p2_2_BodyTreasureGoblins: And the new Treasure Goblins keep coming! The Gilded Baron! The Insufferable Miscreant! And, last but not least, the Gelatinous Sire! Kill them all in the name of Akarat and collect their unique treasures!
- p2_2_TitleLegendaryItems string1: Legendary Items p2_2_TitleBounties: More Bounties and New Type
- p2_2_BodyBounties: You say you want more bounties? Well, we’ve got ‘em! In addition to 24 new Standard Bounties, we’ve also got the never before seen Exploration Bounties! Must be experienced to be believed!
the whirlwind set looks promising now.
The bul kathos set...does this mean that when you use the skill whirlwind, you get 30% increased attack speed and movement speed, and passively increases Fury Generation by 10? If so, thats rather interesting in combination with the set.
That's what we get from its new text. That the set will buff Whirlwind (the skill) on its own account without giving you a Whirlwind effect. Maybe the effect is still there, but we can't tell yet.
That solves alot of the problems with ww-barbs today. Cant wait to see how it ends up.
Now if they could make rend castable while spinning, it would be perfect
So every single set bonus is "deal more damage" or "enemy takes more damage", or in rare cases, reduce cooldown.. interesting legendaries for sure, totally changes the gameplay.
Just when I think I'm getting bored with the game, they give a cow level anniversary bonus and set changes that make me drool. Well, I guess I better start farming up the existing sets so I have some choices once the patch gets here.
I agree. I'm really interested to see the Tal Rasha changes in action.
Jesus...this patch keeps getting better. They are really listening. AWESOME! Can't wait for it.
I still don't think that the Wastes 2 piece set encourages the use of Rend on the bar. They need to change the bonus for the 2 pieces set. I would like to see "Increases the damage radius of whirlwind by X yards."
I think Rend could be an interesting skill, but it needs to have it's own set. I would get rid of the Thorns of the Invoker and repurpose it as Blood of the Invoker set.
2pc: Your Thorns damage is increased by XXX,XXX and hits all enemies in a 20 yard radius. (Thorns damage scales with your highest elemental bonus.)
4pc: Rend gains the effect of every rune. Enemies affected by rend have XX% slower attack speed.
6pc: Enemies that die from thorns damage cast rend upon all near by enemies on death.
Ideal use of this set would be to make your enemies bleed to death and/or kill themselves. You could pair this with Lamentation to stack rend and Hack to ensure each attack is dealing thorns damage to trigger the 6 piece bonus.