Blizzard splits the difference on Diablo 4 Mythics

Blizzard has partly reversed course on changes to Diablo 4's Mythics that appeared in a recent playtest and were due to go live in next week's Season of Death Awakened. The studio says the fundamentals of the updates are necessary to foster build diversity long-term, but it has softened several of the PTR's more drastic proposals after player backlash.

Despite a flashy season reveal—complete with an Overwatch collaboration, endgame activity and a Warlock free trial—discussion has centered on the Mythic changes. Under the updated plan, Mythics remain charged-up Uniques and any Unique can still be converted into a Mythic at the Horadric Cube.

Mythics will now have two guaranteed bonuses and two random ones; one of the random stats can be re-rolled through the Enchantress in town. Converting a Unique to a Mythic will yield an item for the same slot, fixing a PTR quirk where slot changes could occur, and replacing the earlier PTR idea that Uniques would drop with completely random stats like ordinary items.

diablo 4, mythics, blizzard, season of, ptr, horadric cube, enchantress, uniques, item conversion, warlock trial