Download Now Diablo 3 Patch 1.0.3

After taking Diablo 3’s servers down for scheduled maintenance last night, Blizzard has now posted a brand new update for the game, in the form of patch 1.0.3, which brings a wide array of improvements to the role-playing dungeon crawler.

Diablo 3 has been launched for over a month and, since then, Blizzard has posted quite a few patches for the game in order to solve all sorts of issues and bugs, as well as plenty of hotfixes designed to fix balancing problems.

Now, the latest update has just been released, in the form of patch 1.0.3, which has already been detailed by Blizzard earlier this month.

A massive array of changes are included in the patch, targeting many of the game’s aspects, from modifications to the skills of different character classes, to improvements done to other areas like the Followers or Bosses.

Check out the changes made to the different classes in Diablo 3 by update 1.0.3 below.

Classes
Barbarian
Active Skills
Ignore Pain
Skill Rune – Contempt for Weakness
The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the player's maximum Life
Overpower
Skill Rune – Crushing Advance
The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the player's maximum Life
The tooltip has been updated to represent that both melee and ranged damage are reflected
Weapon Throw
Tooltip now displays the correct duration for how long a target will be slowed: "Hurl a throwing weapon at any enemy for 100% weapon damage and Slow the movement of the enemy by 60% for 1.5 seconds." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.)
Passive Skills
Relentless
Now reduces the Fury cost of all skill by 75%, down from 100% (the 50% damage reduction remains unchanged)

Demon Hunter
Active Skills
Cluster Arrow
Skill Rune - Dazzling Arrow
Tooltip now displays the correct type of weapon damage dealt by Dazzling Arrow: "Enemies hit by grenades have a 55% chance to be stunned for 2 seconds and changes the damage to Physical." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.)
Grenades
Skill Rune - Stun Grenades
Tooltip now displays the correct duration for how long a target will be stunned: "Hurl grenades that have a 25% chance to Stun enemies for 1.5 seconds." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.)
Bug Fixes
Caltrops
Skill Rune – Jagged Spikes
Effect will now only stack up to 10 times on a single target
Elemental Arrow
Skill Rune – Nether Tentacles
Tentacles will now only hit each target once

Monk
General
Monks can now use two-handed axes, two-handed maces, and two-handed swords
Active Skills
Serenity
Skill Rune – Instant Karma
The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the player's maximum Life
Seven-Sided Strike
Skill Rune - Sustained Attack
Tooltip has been updated for clarity: "Reduces the cooldown of Seven-Sided Strike to 23 seconds." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.)
Mantra of Retribution
Damage will now cap based on the maximum Life of the target
Bug Fixes
Near Death Experience
Fatal damage absorbed by Serenity will no longer trigger Near Death Experience

Witch Doctor
Active Skills
Summon Zombie Dogs
Skill Rune – Leeching Beasts
Tooltip has been updated for clarity: "Your Zombie Dogs heal 50% of the damage they deal as Life divided evenly between themselves and you." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.)

Wizard
Active Skills
Diamond Skin
Skill Rune – Mirror Skin
The amount of damage reflected will now cap at the amount of damage absorbed by Diamond Skin
Magic Weapon
When activated, a buff icon will now appear that displays the amount of time remaining
Meteor
Skill Rune - Star Pact
Now deals damage as Arcane instead of Fire
Passive Skills
Paralysis
Tooltip now displays the correct duration for how long a target will be stunned: "Lightning damage dealt to enemies has up to a 8% chance to Stun the target for 1.5 seconds." (The functionality of the skill has not changed.)

You can check out the massive list of changes included in patch 1.0.3 for Diablo 3 here and download it right now from Softpedia. The update is already live in two of the game’s regions – Europe and the Americas – and will soon appear on the Asian servers.