Season 15 launch bug: Rogue's Dance of Knives scaled damage infinitely, clearing Pit 150 within hours - patched in Hotfix 2 - Diablo IV Season 15 mechanics

At Season 15 launch, a bug in the Rogue's Dance of Knives skill caused its damage to scale without bound, letting players reach Pit 150 almost immediately after the season began; Blizzard fixed this in a Hotfix within the first days of the season.

Detail

This is a concrete, real, and already-resolved example of exactly the kind of runaway scaling bug the task's method section warns about: an unintended multiplicative or repeated-application interaction (the specific root cause was not detailed by available sources) produced damage far beyond design intent. It is documented here as a cautionary case study, not as usable current tech - it is confirmed patched.

Why it works

Not fully documented publicly; categorized here as a scaling/double-application bug consistent with the general 'bug_risk' pattern the task asks to flag, now closed.

How to use it

Do not build around Dance of Knives expecting this behavior - it is fixed as of the Hotfix 2 patch for 3.2.1. Included as an illustration that Season 15's brand-new systems (Splinters, Runewords, reworked Overpower) carry real, demonstrated risk of similar undiscovered scaling bugs.

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Patch note: 3.2.1 Hotfix 2: Rogue's Dance of Knives no longer spikes into far-higher-than-intended damage

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