Aspect of Artful Initiative
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Current overview
Current availability, classification, evidence coverage, and observed build usage.
- Current season
- S15
- Availability
- Available
- Type
- Offensive
- Classes
- Rogue
- Build adoption
- Not observed
- Observed builds
- N/A
Patch History
Only verified changes with a traceable source are included.
- SEASONS15
Aspect of Artful Initiative changed the following attribute.
- Damage
- Before
25-30%[x]After40-50%[x]
- SEASONS4
Fixed an issue where the following Aspects were not dealing as much damage as intended:
Aspect of Artful Initiative changed the following attribute.
- Energy required to drop Grenades
- Before
100After75
- SEASONS2
Fixed an issue where Aspect of Artful Initiative was not properly scaling with Item Power.
Fixed an issue where Aspect of Artful Initiative would not proc the damage reduction from the Explosive paragon glyph.
Aspect of Artful Initiative (Rogue Offensive Aspect): When you spend 100 Energy you release a cluster of exploding Stun Grenades that deal 0.2-0.3 total Physical damage and Stun enemies for 0.5 seconds. Your Grenade Skills deal 15% [x] more damage.
Data sources
Versioned sources used to verify this page.
- Diablo IV Patch Notes (1.0 - 1.2)Blizzard Entertainment
- Diablo IV Patch Notes (1.3 - 1.5)Blizzard Entertainment
- The 3.2.0 PTR: What You Need to KnowBlizzard Entertainment
Data coverage
Verified seasons, official changes, and observed build samples.
- First observed
- S14
- Sources
- 3
- S15Currentsnapshot1 changes
- S14snapshot
- S42 changes
- S23 changes
S15 Blue Posts
Site update log
- S15 full data refresh: build rankings expanded to 203 builds, with updated uniques, runewords, talismans and War Plan points.
- Loot filter 0927 update: added "Hide GA Magic/Rare" toggle to endgame preset with seamless mode guide linkage; affix-matched drops stay highlighted while unmatched clutter is cleanly hidden.
- Loot filter upgrade: added top-priority 3-4 GA God-tier Crimson highlight to both presets; jewelry and gloves recolored to high-contrast Electric Lime; endgame adds two optional toggles (Hide 1-GA Gear and Hide 0-GA Uniques).
Season status
- Current season
- S15 Hell's Legacy
- Estimated window
- Next season
- S16Date not announced
Season end date is an estimate until Blizzard confirms it.