Version, purpose and verified scope
Alter the Balance turns Soulrift into a resource-spending Core Skill without its ordinary Ultimate cooldown. Repeated Shadow hits trigger Shadowblight, amplified through Blighted and Decay. Chaos versions of Ebonpiercer, Fists of Fate and Lidless Wall therefore occupy unusual armor slots.
Patch family 2.4; level 60. Source variant: 2Mythic/Chaos Perfected. Author revision: 2026-01-25T03:14:07. This page includes the complete skill allocation, bar, equipment, sockets and board/glyph list. Record and top-rank claims in the source title are not adopted as our own measurements.
Skill, item and glyph names retain unambiguous English planner labels. Numbers in the point table are allocated ranks, not final ranks increased by gear.
Action bar and gameplay
Repeat Soulrift on the pack and gather with Corpse Tendrils. Place Blight beneath durable targets, consume corpses with Corpse Explosion and use Crazy Brew during its potion window. Reap and Decompose support the Shadow bar; they do not replace the main Soulrift sequence.
| Slot | Skill |
|---|---|
| 1 | Reap |
| 2 | Soulrift |
| 3 | Decompose |
| 4 | Blight |
| 5 | Corpse Tendrils |
| 6 | Corpse Explosion |
Complete point allocation
Total: 71 paid points; 0 free shape-choice entries. Visible free connectors are not additional paid investment.
| Node / upgrade | Rank | Paid points |
|---|---|---|
| Decompose | 1 | 1 |
| Reap | 1 | 1 |
| Hewed Flesh | 3 | 3 |
| Imperfectly Balanced | 3 | 3 |
| Blight | 1 | 1 |
| Enhanced Blight | 1 | 1 |
| Supernatural Blight | 1 | 1 |
| Necrotic Fortitude | 3 | 3 |
| Titans Fall | 3 | 3 |
| Spiked Armor | 3 | 3 |
| Corpse Explosion | 1 | 1 |
| Enhanced Corpse Explosion | 1 | 1 |
| Blighted Corpse Explosion | 1 | 1 |
| Fueled By Death | 3 | 3 |
| Deaths Embrace | 3 | 3 |
| Amplify Damage | 3 | 3 |
| Precision Decay | 2 | 2 |
| Decrepify | 1 | 1 |
| Enhanced Decrepify | 1 | 1 |
| Abhorrent Decrepify | 1 | 1 |
| Coalesced Blood | 3 | 3 |
| Corpse Tendrils | 1 | 1 |
| Enhanced Corpse Tendrils | 1 | 1 |
| Blighted Corpse Tendrils | 1 | 1 |
| Reapers Pursuit | 3 | 3 |
| Gloom | 3 | 3 |
| Terror | 3 | 3 |
| Crippling Darkness | 3 | 3 |
| Necrotic Carapace | 3 | 3 |
| Stand Alone | 3 | 3 |
| Memento Mori | 3 | 3 |
| Soulrift | 1 | 1 |
| Prime Soulrift | 1 | 1 |
| Supreme Soulrift | 1 | 1 |
| Shadowblight | 1 | 1 |
| Finality | 3 | 3 |
Class mechanic
| Selection | Setting |
|---|---|
| Skeletal Warriors: Reapers | Sacrifice |
| Skeletal Mages: Cold | Sacrifice |
| Golems: Iron | Sacrifice |
Equipment by slot
This complete table belongs to the variant named above. A Unique in an unusual armor slot is valid only as an S10 Chaos Armor version.
| Slot | Item / aspect |
|---|---|
| Helm | Heir of Perdition |
| Chest | Shroud of False Death |
| Gloves | Ebonpiercer |
| Pants | Fists of Fate |
| Boots | Lidless Wall |
| Weapon | Blighted Aspect |
| Amulet | Aspect of Decay |
| Ring 1 | Sacrificial Aspect |
| Ring 2 | Aspect of the Damned |
Stats, tempering and upgrade order
Obtain Alter the Balance and the correct Chaos Uniques first. Then improve resource cycling, Shadow multipliers and attack speed. The source distinguishes Tam/Wat for higher Pits from Cir/Jah for faster travel; choose according to the activity.
The table lists attributes from the selected source, with preferred Greater/Masterwork targets first. It does not reuse present-day tooltip percentages as historical values.
| Slot | Attribute priority | Tempering |
|---|---|---|
| Helm | Primary Core Stat · Movement Speed | — |
| Chest | All Stats · Resistance To All Elements | — |
| Gloves | Ranks To Gloom · Ranks To Reapers Pursuit · Ranks To Blight · Chance For Blight Projectiles To Cast Twice | — |
| Pants | Critical Strike Chance · Attack Speed · Lucky Hit Chance · Lucky Hit Up To A X Chance To Make Enemies Vulnerable For 3 Seconds | — |
| Boots | Cooldown Reduction · Bone Storm Duration · Chance For Bone Storm To Deal Double Damage · Ranks To Bone Skills | — |
| Weapon | Intelligence · Critical Strike Damage · Maximum Life | Elemental Finesse Night Shadow Damage · Dreadful Augments Bonus To Finality |
| Amulet | Intelligence · Ranks To Coalesced Blood · Ranks To Gloom | Elemental Finesse Night Shadow Damage · Invigoration Casting Ultimate Skills Restores Primary Resource |
| Ring 1 | Intelligence · Attack Speed · Critical Strike Chance | Elemental Finesse Night Shadow Damage · Invigoration Casting Ultimate Skills Restores Primary Resource |
| Ring 2 | Intelligence · Attack Speed · Critical Strike Chance | Elemental Finesse Night Shadow Damage · Invigoration Casting Ultimate Skills Restores Primary Resource |
Runes and gems
Sockets for the selected variant. A rune pair belongs together in a suitable item; socketed runes and completed Runeword equipment are different things.
| Slot | Sockets |
|---|---|
| Helm | Zan + Qax |
| Chest | Topaz |
| Weapon | Tam + Wat |
| Amulet | Skull |
| Ring 1 | Skull |
| Ring 2 | Skull |
Paragon: boards and glyphs
This list documents the selected endgame setup. Use the linked planner for exact connected individual nodes and earlier point totals. A high target glyph rank is not an entry requirement.
| No. | Board | Glyph | Target rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starter Board | Abyssal | 100 |
| 2 | Wither | Gravekeeper | 100 |
| 3 | Blood Begets Blood | Essence | 100 |
| 4 | Frailty | Imbiber | 100 |
| 5 | Scent Of Death | Sacrificial | 100 |
Seasonal powers and Talisman package
Chaos Armor and Chaos Perks enabled unusual Unique slots. These special rules apply only to S10.
| Role / slot | Selection |
|---|---|
| Season 10 Unique Chaos Perk | Alter the Balance |
| Season 10 Chaos Perk 2 | Crazy Brew |
| Season 10 Chaos Perk 1 | Accelerating Chaos |
| Season 10 Chaos Perk 3 | Erupting Chaos |
Limits and safe transitions
This nearly continuous Ultimate attack is an S10-specific effect. The bar alone does not reproduce the loop in S11 or the current game.
Verify resource sustain, protection and core items together before increasing difficulty. An author’s test with particular gear, density or boss phases does not prove identical performance on every character.
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Sources & editorial reference date
Independently written guidance. Linked sources support verification of game systems, versions and described changes. Editorial reference date: 2026-10-23.