Diablo 4 Malignant Hearts List Vicious Brutal Devious Wrathful

Diablo 4 Malignant Hearts List: All 32 Vicious, Brutal, Devious, Wrathful Heart Effects

A full Diablo 4 Malignant Hearts list has been compiled for Season 1. The 32 Malignant Hearts that will appear in the Season of the Malignant is separated between four heart types: Vicious, Brutal, Devious, and Wrathful. The Vicious (orange), Brutal (blue), and Devious (pink) types will correspond to new specific-colored malignant sockets that will appear on jewelry. Meanwhile, Wrathful (black) Malignant Hearts can be socketed in any of the slots. To help figure out which hearts can fit into which socket, here’s a handy list of Malignant Hearts for Diablo 4 Season 1.

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Full list of Diablo 4 Malignant Hearts

The following is a list of Diablo 4 Malignant Hearts, as sorted by heart type (the number represented by [X] will depend on the item level of the heart):

Vicious Malignant Hearts (Orange)

  • Cluster Munitions – (Rogue) Lucky Hit: You have up to a 20% chance to launch 3 Stun Grenades that deal [X] Physical damage and Stun enemies for 0.50 seconds.
  • Focused Rage – (Barbarian) After spending [X] Fury within 2 seconds, your next Non-Basic Skill’s Critical Strike Chance is increased by [X]%.
  • Tempting Fate – (Requires World Tier 3) You gain [X]% Critical Strike Damage but your Non-Critical deal [X]% less damage.
  • Tal’Rasha – (Sorcerer) For each unique element you deal damage with, you deal [X]% increased damage for [X] seconds.
  • The Dark Dance – (Requires World Tier 3) Every 5 seconds while above 60% Life, Core Skills cost [X] Life instead of your Primary Resource. Skills that consume Life deal [X]% increased damage.
  • The Moonrage – (Druid) Kills have a [X]% chance to summon a Wolf Companion to your side for [X] seconds. In addition, gain +3 to Wolves.
  • The Sacrilegious – (Necromancer) Walking near a Corpse automatically activates an equipped Corpse Skill every second, dealing [X]% reduced damage.
  • The Picana – Critical Strikes electrically charge the enemy for [X] seconds, causing lightning to arc between them and any other charged enemies dealing [X] Lightning damage.

Brutal Malignant Hearts (Blue)

  • Prudent Heart – (Requires World Tier 3) You become Immune for [X] seconds after you lose more than 20% Life in a singel hit. This effect can only occur once every 110 seconds.
  • Resurgent Life – (Barbarian) While below [X]% Life, you receive [X]% more Healing from all sources.
  • Revenge – (Requires World Tier 3) [X]% of incoming damage is instead suppressed. When you use a Defensive, Subterfuge or a Macabre skill, all suppressed damage is amplified by 250% and explodes, dealing up to [X] Fire damage to Nearby enemies.
  • Spellbreaking – (Sorcerer) After taking Elemental damage, gain [X]% Resistance to that element for 5 seconds.
  • The Agitated Winds – (Druid) When [X] Close enemies, automatically cast Cyclone Armor. This cannot occur more than once every [X] seconds.
  • The Decrepit Aura – (Necromancer)  When at least 5 enemies are near you, gain an aura that automatically curses surrounding enemies with Decrepify for [X] seconds.
  • The Lionheart – You gain 10% Barrier Generation. You Heal [X] Life per second while you have an active Barrier.
  • Trickery – (Rogue) When you use a Subterfuge Skill, leave behind an unstable Shadow Decoy Trap that Taunts enemies. The Shadow Decoy Trap will explode after 6.0 seconds dealing [X] Shadow damage. Cannot occur more than once every 5 seconds.

Devious Malignant Hearts (Utility)

  • Determination – Resource draining effects are [X]% less effective. In addition, gain [X]% increased Resource Generation.
  • Frozen Terror – Lucky Hit: Up to a 10-20% chance of inflicting Fear for 2.5 seconds. Feared enemies are Chilled for 20% every second.
  • Inexorable Force – (Druid) Up to [X] Distant enemies are pulled toward you while you have an Ultimate Skill active.
  • Punishing Speed – (Barbarian) Your Skills have a [X]% chance to Knock Down all enemies for 1.25 seconds when that Skill’s Attack Speed is higher than [X]%.
  • Retaliation – (Requires World Tier 3) Deal [X] Fire damage to surrounding enemies whenever a Crowd Control effect is removed from you.
  • Spite – (Sorcerer) When you are afflicted with a Crowd Control effect, there is a [X]% chance that the same enemy and enemies around you are also afflicted with the same effect for 3 seconds.
  • The Calculated – (Requires World Tier 3) After spending [X] of your Primary Resource, your next attack Stuns enemies hit for 2 seconds.
  • The Clipshot – (Rogue) Lucky Hit: Up to a [X]% chance for your Cutthroat Skills to Slow by 40% for 3 seconds and your Marksman Skills to Knock Back enemies.

Wrathful Malignant Hearts (Super)

  • Creeping Death – Your damage over time effects are increased by [X]% for each different Crowd Control effect on the target. Unstoppable monsters and Staggered bosses instead take [X]% increased damage from your damage over time effects.
  • Ignoring Pain – (Barbarian, Requires World Tier 4) Incoming damage has a [X]% chance of being ignored and instead Healing you for [X].
  • Omnipower – (Sorcerer, Requires World Tier 4) Core Skills that launch a projectile consume all of your Mana. For every [X] extra Mana consumed, you launch an additional projectile, and the damage is increased by [X]%.
  • The Barber – (Requires World Tier 3) Critical Strikes and all subsequent damage within [X] seconds is absorbed by your target. Then, the absorbed damage erupts onto surrounding enemies. Stored damage is increased by 10% per second.
  • The Great Feast – (Necromancer, Requires World Tier 4) Each Minion drains [X] Essence per second but deals [X]% increased damage. With no Minions, this bonus applies to you and drains 5 Essence per second.
  • The Malignant Pact – Cycle through a Malignant bonus every 20 kills:
    • Vicious: Gain [X]% Attack Speed
    • Devious: Core and Basic Skills have a [X]% chance to fully restore your Primary Resource
    • Every 21 seconds, gain a Barrier absorbing [X] damage
  • The Unconstrained Beast – (Requires World Tier 4) When you are hit with a Stun, Freeze or Knock Down effect, there is a [X]% chance to automatically activate Grizzly Rage for 3 seconds.
  • The Vile Apothecary – (Rogue, Requires World Tier 4) Your attacks have a [X]% chance to apply all Imbuement effects at [X]% of normal potency.

For more Diablo 4 Season 1 guides, here is what happens to Malignant Hearts after the season is over, and a tier list for the best class builds for the season.

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