Aspects and Sets
Aspects (Legendary powers)
Section titled “Aspects (Legendary powers)”Every Legendary item carries an Aspect: a power that changes how a skill or tactic works. Like affixes, an Aspect’s value rolls within a range. There are 22 Aspects: five for each branch of the tree and seven general ones.
A few examples:
| Aspect | For | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Aspect of the Thunderous Shield | Guardian | Thunderous Shield Bash releases a 4 m shockwave that deals part of its damage as Lightning. |
| Aspect of the Twin Blades | Tempest | Swift Twin Strike deals 2 to 4 extra cuts, with a chance to Shock. |
| Aspect of the Ember Splitter | Executioner | Splitting Blow deals Fire damage and sets the ground ablaze for 3 s. |
| Aspect of Odin’s Raven | general | A raven follows the hero and pecks an enemy every 2 s, leaving it Cursed. |
| Aspect of Andvari’s Hoard | general | More gold found; loot within 6 m flies to the hero. |
Some Aspects also bring a tactic: the Headsman goes after the wounded, the Wolf of Fenrir hunts the enemy with the least life, and Tyr’s Rock holds its ground.
The Codex of Power
Section titled “The Codex of Power”With the Völva, you can extract the Aspect from a Legendary (the item is destroyed) and store it in the Codex. Later, you can imprint that Aspect onto a Rare or Epic item, which becomes Legendary and keeps its affixes. A great Aspect found on a poor item is never wasted.
Set items have 4 affixes and a bonus that grows with the number of pieces of the same set you have equipped (2, 4 and 6). Each set has 7 possible pieces.
| Set | Style | 2 pieces | 4 pieces | 6 pieces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Svalinn’s Bulwark | Guardian | +8% Block and +15% Armor | Shield Wall lasts 50% longer and reflects 30% of the damage it blocks | Thunderous Shield Bash freezes; every block releases a 3 m frost wave |
| Kári’s Gale | Tempest | +10% Attack Speed and +5% Dodge | Shock jumps to 2 more enemies; +40% Lightning Damage | During Bloodthirst, Blade Dance has no cooldown |
| Surtr’s Wrath | Executioner | +15% Area Damage and +20% Critical Damage | Critical strikes cause Burn; +30% Fire Damage | Seismic Rift and Splitting Blow deal double damage to burning targets |
| Hrafnkell’s Armor | any | +10% Life and +8% All Resistance | +1 to all powers and +25% Gold Find | Freyr’s Oath: killing an elite heals 20% of your life and grants +25% damage for 8 s |
Values are beta. In Mímir’s Cauldron, 2 pieces of the same set + 1 Freyja’s Tear become a missing piece of that set.