PvE Expansion

Alchemy

• IRON no longer gains bonus damage if the caster has the NIMBLE trait.

Anathema

• SCREAM can now be used against denizens. Naturally, this attack does no damage to most chaos entities.
• SCREAM scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.

Apostasy

• SEAR can now be used against denizens. See the AB file for details.
• SEAR scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.

Bladedance

• FLICK can now be used against denizens. See the AB file for details.
• FLICK scales with dexterity and rapier stats when used against denizens.
• JAB now deals CUTTING damage rather than BLUNT damage against denizens.

Devotion

• PURITY can now be used against denizens and its flavour-text has been updated. Naturally, this attack does no damage to angels.
• PURITY scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.

Domination

• LYCANTHA can now be used against denizens. See the AB file for details.
• LYCANTHA scales with intelligence against denizens.

Dragoncraft

• BLAST now scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens. It did not scale at all previously, so even without any intelligence boosts you should find this does significantly more damage now.
• REND can now be used against denizens.
• REND scales with strength against denizens.
• BURST has had its damage slightly increased against denizens.

Duress

• SCOUR can now be used against denizens.
• ZEPHYR can now be used against denizens.
• STRANGLE can now be used against denizens.
• All relapsing attacks in Duress scale with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power.
• The relapsing portion of BUFFET, SCOUR, ZEPHYR, and STRANGLE now scale with intelligence and magic_damage against denizens. Previously these did not, which meant that Airlords only got partial benefit from their stat-scaling.
• The damage of all duress skills has been slightly increased against denizens.

Excision

• CONFRONT can now be used against denizens. This always deals FIRE damage.
• CONFRONT scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.

Ignition

• FLAMEWHIP now deals bonus damage against denizens when invoked.
• Note that using the INVOKE parameter without the requisite spark level will no longer work against denizens.

Metamorphosis

• BASILISK GAZE can now be used against denizens. See the AB file for details.
• BASILISK GAZE scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.
• HYDRA SNAP can now be used against denizens. This can still be done off-balance from any group 1 ability (Bite, Flame, or Freeze).
• HYDRA SNAP scales with strength against denizens.
• HYDRA BITE can now be used against denizens.
• HYDRA BITE scales with strength against denizens.
• HYDRA FLAME can now be used against denizens.
• HYDRA FLAME scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.
• HYDRA FREEZE can now be used against denizens.
• HYDRA FREEZE scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.
• While active, WYVERN WREATHE now grants bonus damage to MAUL and changes it damage type from CUTTING to FIRE against denizens.
• MAUL has had its damage slightly increased against denizens.

Necromancy

• TAINT can now be used against denizens. Naturally, this attack does no damage to demons or daemons.
• TAINT scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.

Oppression

• QUASH can now be used against denizens. This does strip magical shields against denizens.
• QUASH scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.

Pervasion

• DRENCH and CHOKE can now be used against denizens.
• All skills in Pervasion scale with intelligence and both the magic_damage and fluvial_fury artefact powers against denizens.
• BLADE now deals reduced damage to account for the ability to use two damage spells simultaneously via FLUX
• BLADE now deals CUTTING damage rather than ASPHYXIATION against denizens.

Pestilence

• STING can now be used against denizens. Note that this does not benefit from MEMORIUM EXPOSE and always costs and requires equilibrium against denizens.
• STING scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.

Physiology

• WRACK can now be used against denizens. See the AB file for details.
• WRACK scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.

Pranks

• GALLOWSHUMOUR can now be used against denizens. See the AB file for details as this skill is much different when targeting a denizen.
• GALLOWSHUMOUR scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact against denizens.
• BOP has had its damage slightly increased against denizens.

Runelore

• BISECT can now be used against denizens. Note that the instant-kill effect does not apply to denizens.
• The lightning damage dealt by BISECT against denizens scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact.
• The cutting damage dealt by BISECT against denizens scales with strength.

Sculpting

• AVALANCHE can now be used against denizens. See the AB file for details.
• AVALANCHE scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.
• PASTE can now be used against denizens when in Titan form. See the AB file for details.
• PASTE does not scale with any stats or artefact powers when used against denizens in Titan form.

Shindo

• BURST has had its damage slightly increased against denizens.

Skirmishing

• LACERATE, GOUGE, and DOUBLESTRIKE can now be used against denizens.
• All Skirmishing skills scale with strength and your weapon’s damage and speed stats.
• The damage of all skirmishing skills has been slightly increased against denizens.

Striking

• STERNUM can now be used against denizens either standalone or INLINE with a sword attack.
• STERNUM scales with strength against denizens.
• You can now generate shin by striking denizens, though the amount is greatly reduced against denizens. Note that you cannot generate shin against player loyals or city guards.

Spiritlore

• ARIUS now deals COLD damage rather than MAGICAL against denizens.

Spirituality

• SEAR can now be used against denizens. See the AB file for details.
• SEAR scales with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.
• SMITE now deals BLUNT damage rather than CUTTING against denizens.
• SMITE has had its damage slightly increased against denizens.

Tekura

• Tekura punches and kicks have had their damage slightly increased against denizens.

Terminus

• LAIAD’s damage boost against denizens has been slightly increased and will now cause your Shadowmancy attacks to deal UNBLOCKABLE damage against denizens.

Twoarts

• MULTISLASH can now be used against denizens.
• MULTISLASH scales with strength and artefact band level against denizens.
• Using any INFUSE skill now increases the damage of your next sword attack against a denizen and convert its damage to the corresponding type.
• The damage dealt by DRAWSLASH against denizens has been adjusted to accomodate for the ability to combo it with a strike.

Weaponmastery

• SLAUGHTER against denizens now deals BLUNT damage when wielding a warhammer rather than CUTTING.
• SLAUGHTER now deals bonus damage when under the effects of BATTLEFURY FOCUS PRECISION.
• DSL has had its damage slightly increased against denizens.
• WHIRL and DOUBLEWHIRL (DwB) have had their damage slightly increased against denizens.
• SLICE and SMASH (SnB) have had their damage slightly increased against denizens.

Weatherweaving

• STATIC, THUNDERCLAP, RAZORWIND, CYCLONE, WATERSPOUT, and HAILSTONE can now be used against denizens both via CAST and SYNCHRONISE.
• The damage values of these spells against denizens have been adjusted to account for the ability to use two damage spells simultaneously via SYNCHRONISE.
• All spells in Weatherweaving scale with intelligence and the magic_damage artefact power against denizens.
• Note that there is still no benefit to using OVERCHARGE against denizens.
• WINDWHIP now deals CUTTING damage rather than UNBLOCKABLE against denizens.

Weaving

• The damage dealt by weaving attacks has been slightly increased against denizens.