Let's say you found an awesome legendary sword, with great legendary power, for example:
- Rapid: Basic Skills gain 30% Attack Speed
But, the stats on this sword are really not that great. In Diablo 4 you have an ability to extract this great legendary power into an aspect and transfer it to another weapon with much better stats!
Of course, if you find a great legendary item with excellent stats, but average power, you can also replace this power with a better one, once you found and extracted the power from another legendary item. If you imprint a rare item, it becomes a legendary item, and if you imprint a legendary item, it overwrites the existing aspect gaining the new effect. Apart from extracting aspects from legendary items, you can also find aspects from the Codex of Power.
Keep in mind that there are restrictions on where you can imprint certain legendary powers. For example, you can imprint an offensive power only to gloves, weapons and jewellery. Additionally, some slots will give the power additional Effectiveness, making it even stronger. This means, your best offensive legendary power should go a two-handed weapon as it provides +100% Effectiveness.
| Aspects | Item Slots |
|---|---|
| Offensive | Gloves, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100% Effectiveness), Ring, Amulet (+50% Effectiveness) |
| Defensive | Helm, Chest, Pants, Amulet (+50% Effectiveness) |
| Resource | Helm, Ring, Amulet (+50% Effectiveness) |
| Utility | Helm, Chest, Boots, Gloves, Amulet (+50% Effectiveness) |
| Mobility | Boots, Amulet (+50% Effectiveness) |
The following are the legendary powers available to all hero classes:
| Power | Details |
|---|---|
| Disobedience (Defensive) | Enemies afflicted with a damage over time effect deal |
| Edgemaster's (Offensive) | Skills deal up X% increased damage based on the available resource when cast, receiving the full benefit while at full resource |
| Ghostwalker (Mobility) | You may move freely through enemies while below X% total Life |
| Inner Calm (Offensive) | Deal X% increased damage for each second you stand still |
| Might (Defensive) | Basic skills grant 25% damage reduction for X seconds |
| Needleflare (Offensive) | Thorns damage dealt has a X% chance to deal damage to all enemies around you |
| Protecting (Defensive) | When struck, a magical bubble forms around you for 8 seconds, absorbing X damage. Can only occur once per X seconds |
| Pummeling (Offensive) | Deal X% increased damage to Stunned, Knocked Down, and Frozen enemies |
| Rapid (Offensive) | Basic skills game X% attack speed |
| Shared Misery (Utility) | Lucky Strike: When you hit a Crowd Controlled enemy, there is up to X% chance for that Crowd Control effect to spread to another unaffected nearby enemy |
| Deflecting Barrier (Defensive) | While you have a Barrier active, there is a X% chance to ignore incoming direct damage from Distant enemies |
| Expectant (Offensive) | Enemies hit with Basic Skills increase the damage of your next Core Skill by X% |
| Protector (Defensive) | Every X seconds, gain a Barrier absorbing up to X damage |
| Umbral (Resource) | Restore X resource when you Crowd Control an enemy |
| Wind Striker (Mobility) | Critical Strikes gran X% Movement Speed for 1 second. The duration can be extended |
Different characters get different legendary powers: