Mendeln and other effects scale with minion damage! Kalan adds damage also! And more! Custody changed to minion dr wich is a huge L, and unneccessary, but over all it’s a win.
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lol i honestly think they have over buffed, but maybe that’s because im used to playing pure minion back in season 0,1,2 and 3.
Anyways its going to be a good time, and they just guaranteed I will now buy the expansion 
it was additive anyways and honestly DR matters given they are further buffing T4. Also u need DR on minons on some bosses like uber lilith and andy.
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They buffed Cult Leader too. Finaly some thoughtful changes that makes sense.
Hussh… It’s fine. 
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mendeln and kalan’s edict for me are a sign that they listened to us, which is really encouraging.
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Still probably won’t be useing it myself, Affliction is much more fun and interesting for me.
After watching the necro updates. I’m actually cautiously interested now.
I’m glad to see they took my suggestion for kalans 
Everything else looks good too.
it will be 42%x and 42% IAS, its uncontested for minion builds imho.
What would have made me choose Kalan’s is if they moved occult dominion power on it, and delete that aspect. BTW how do you have 14 minions? 
Skirmishers and OD on amy?
i wonder… would this make mortacrux interesting? its damage and attack speed for minions now.
You mean summoning the kamikaze skeletons to increase Kalan’s ASP and damage?
Exactly. It’s a thought at least.
I wonder all the changes scale the kamikaze damage now?
Have to look at the patch notes. If it’s still macabre, than… not much is going to make Mortacrux useful.
And there you go. Spoiling my fun before it even gets started 
pretty sure they haven’t removed the macabre tag. It would make too much sense.
Oh me likey.
Aspect of the damned now works for minion damage.
Shademist now scales with minion damage.
Fel gluttony scales with golem damage.
Minions might actually be quite fun.
i always run Occult dominion on my amulet, I just like having more minions, so i will take the hit if its “not meta”.
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That came unexpected. 
They also buffed AotD a lot.
Army of the Dead
- Damage increased from 45% to 90%.
- Cooldown reduced from 70 to 60 seconds.
This is new?
Summoning Augments
- +X% Chance for Army of the Dead to Deal Double Damage
That sounds sick together with the Unyielding Commander’s Aspect with 200% x combined.
Im glad with changes so far (need to test on pratice).
Looks like they listened us, seeing kalan passive and mendeln changes.
Cult leader will probably balance minion damage to be on par with other builds.
Now only one question remain. How many of these changes are going to work properly, and for the things that don’t work, how fast they will fix it?
Yupp, it was on the PTR, but with the original values it did nothing.
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Anyone have a link to where we can read/watch this info?
The patch notes are now stickied on top in the general discussion section. You can also rewatch it on the official YT page of Diablo4, and any Diablo partner content creator YT page.