Essence of Anguish - Soul Shard in Diablo 3 - Season 25

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Essence of Anguish

Legendary Soul Shard


Can be inserted into weapons with sockets.

Rank 0:
Every time you deal poison damage to an enemy you increase your cooldown reduction and movement speed by 2.5% while your damage received is increased by 5% for 10 seconds. Max 10 stacks.
Rank 1:
All 5 effects of Flawless Royal [Diamond, Ruby, Topaz, Emerald, Amethyst]:
- +[270-300] Damage
- Critical Hit Damage Increased by [130.0-150.0]%
- Increases damage against elites by [20.0-25.0]%
- +[28.000-30.000] Life per Hit
- +[38.000-40.000] Thorns Damage
Rank 2:
Random property (Strength, Intelligence, Dexterity, Vitality, Armor, All Res etc.).
Rank 3:
1 of:
- Killing an enemy deals the damage done by the death blow to all enemies within 25 yards.
- Your movement speed and cooldown reduction can be increased up to 15 times by dealing poison damage to an enemy.
- When you deal poison damage to an enemy, they receive 50% increased poison damage from all sources for 10 seconds.

"Cry out my name as the fires of Hell course through your veins!" - Andariel, Maiden of Anguish
Unique Equipped
Account Bound

Previous version on PTR:

Rank 0:
Every time you deal poison damage to an enemy you increase your cooldown reduction, movement speed and damage received by 5% for 10 seconds. Max 10 stacks.

CHANGES:
- Fixed a bug that caused Essence of Anguish's Rank 3 upgrade death blow effect to cause more damage than intended.
- Fixed a bug that caused Essence of Anguish's Rank 3 upgrade death blow effect to not trigger consistently.
- Updated Essence of Anguish's Rank 3 upgrade death blow effect to not synergize with Sever's Legendary Power.
- Added a buff bar icon to track stacks of Essence of Anguish's base effect.
- Updated the tooltip of Essence of Anguish's Rank 3 death blow effect to clarify that only player attacks can trigger the effect.