3.27 League Predictions

GGG obviously wants to keep us guessing, not letting us know if mercs will go core or what the name of new league is, so I guess we better get to the guessing.


1. League mechanic will be some type of weapon customization (see crucible)

2. Mercs will go core, ability to use dory tech/overall power will be nerfed.

3. Trickster will get nerfed, again.

4. Warden/Champion will get buffed

5. Kingsmarch output will get nerfed again

6. Async trade will not make it into 3.27


These statements are not what I want/hope for. Not a post meant to spark discussion on if mercs should go core. See the other 15 forum post about that. Just post predictions.

Kingsmarch mix-up - Ores used for currency, farm used for gear.

RIP mercs distant future returns as a heist room.

Elementalist nerfs because it just belongs here after it's recent shake-up. Not for any direct reason in particular.

Scion ascendancy revamp. A lot of nodes are just DOA or flat out wrong with changes to the core character's concepts.

Assassin revamp. I always thought assassin was shadow and not an ascendancy of shadow until I really focused on the different classes on POB. The class isn't dead, afaik it was never even alive.

(hopeful mention)

early game gem rebalance. Tired of rolling magma/sunder/cobra lash as the go-to for the first 4 acts. Picking up like Flame Surge + Searing Bond on league start should feel OP not like a mistake.

More QOL hopefully.

Defense base numbers on items, at the top end, might need to be looked at, in particular ES.

Warcries might be a bit strong as well.

Image they used in the announcement looked jungle themed to me, don't know if it is a standard one they use, or I read too much into it, but maybe that has something to do with the theme.

I think they extend the new atlas stuff they added in mercs. Maybe have some harder versions of the bosses they added.

Some life improvement might be good, perhaps rebuffing Scion life wheel.

Maybe Catarina changes on the rng layers and numbers, in particular of the veiled currency, and some tweaks to some of the betrayal crafting rewards.

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1. League mechanic will be some type of weapon customization (see crucible)

Sounds like a good ide.

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3. Trickster will get nerfed, again.

Could use some balancing. I don't think it need a massive nerf, I think it is more to do with the bases, does need to be reigned in though.

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Elementalist nerfs because it just belongs here after it's recent shake-up. Not for any direct reason in particular.

The golem node seemed pretty powerful, might need to be looked at, could be that also that some of the golems are too strong, but I think it is more to do with the ability to scale them.

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Scion ascendancy revamp. A lot of nodes are just DOA or flat out wrong with changes to the core character's concepts.

There is some threads talking about this in general discussion. I don't mind how Scion is currently, but it is true that the ascendancies have gotten out of sync with the other classes, and probably should be aligned.

Not exactly all predictions, but I think they will be looking to improve the balance of existing mechanics, while often breaking some of the balance with new changes, as they usually do. So in that regard, they should be looking at some of the things that have been mentioned.