One of the biggest gameplay hooks in Diablo Immortal: The Taking is not just the new story content or PvP updates. It is the arrival of three new Legendary Gems: Leviathan Tomb, Tundra Blight, and Taxman’s Pity. Blizzard revealed all three in the full Patch 4.3 breakdown, confirming that the update adds one 5-Star, one 2-Star, and one 1-Star gem to the game’s growing pile of things players will immediately start theorycrafting, arguing about, and probably overpaying for.
These gems are not just different by rarity. They are also aimed at very different build goals. Leviathan Tomb is the flashy headliner with an offensive damage-boosting effect, Tundra Blight leans into defense and control through chilling enemies, and Taxman’s Pity looks built to punish healing while also reducing incoming damage from wounded targets. That gives Patch 4.3 a nice spread of gem options instead of just dropping one obvious meta chase and calling it a day.
Leviathan Tomb Is the Big Prize
The most eye-catching of the three is Leviathan Tomb, a 5-Star Legendary Gem. Blizzard says that dealing damage grants Abyssal Depths for 6 seconds, which increases your damage done and causes your Critical Hits to grant Compounding Pressure for 1 second, increasing Crushing Depths’ effectiveness. Blizzard also says you deal increased damage to enemies suffering from harmful effects. Crushing Depths cannot occur more often than once every 20 seconds, and Compounding Pressure cannot occur more often than once every 1 second during Crushing Depths.
That is a lot of keywords, but the practical read is fairly simple: this gem is built for aggressive damage setups that can keep pressure on targets and benefit from crits plus harmful-effect synergy. In other words, Blizzard did not exactly make the 5-Star option subtle. It sounds like the kind of gem designed for players who want their damage windows to feel bigger, meaner, and wrapped in as many dramatic status names as possible. That second sentence is interpretation, but it is directly supported by the gem’s offensive effect design.
Blizzard also lists the Resonance Gems for Leviathan Tomb as The Hunger, Stubborn Oracle, Fading Nostrum, Wulfheort, and Golden Filament. That matters for players already planning long-term gem progression rather than just staring at the tooltip and hoping vibes will carry the rest.
Tundra Blight Looks Like the Defensive Control Option
Next up is Tundra Blight, the new 2-Star Legendary Gem. Blizzard says that taking damage grants you an aura of Piercing Cold for 6 seconds, which chills nearby enemies, reduces their Attack Speed and Movement Speed, and also reduces the damage they deal. This effect cannot occur more often than once every 20 seconds.
This one looks much more reactive than Leviathan Tomb. Instead of rewarding pure offensive pressure, it gives players a defensive response tool that punishes nearby enemies for staying on top of them. That could make it attractive for builds that expect to be in the middle of the fight, take regular hits, and benefit from slowing enemy momentum rather than just deleting targets first. Again, that is an inference from Blizzard’s listed effect, but it is a straightforward one.
Blizzard lists Surging Sea, Igneous Scorn, and Viper’s Bite as the Resonance Gems tied to Tundra Blight. So while it may not have the headline status of the 5-Star gem, it still looks like a potentially useful addition for players who care more about control, survivability, and pressure mitigation than raw burst.
Taxman’s Pity Is Small but Potentially Annoying in the Best Way
The third new gem is Taxman’s Pity, a 1-Star Legendary Gem with a very specific kind of PvP-flavored menace. Blizzard says your Critical Hits inflict a Grievous Wound on enemies for 6 seconds, reducing the healing they receive and causing them to deal reduced damage to you. The effect cannot occur on the same target more often than once every 20 seconds.
That may make it the most deceptively interesting gem in the bunch. On paper, the 1-Star rarity makes it easy to underestimate. In practice, anti-heal effects and damage reduction tied to crits can be extremely annoying to fight against, especially in situations where sustain and repeated trades matter. Blizzard also lists Faltergrasp and Misery Elixir as its Resonance Gems.
Taxman’s Pity feels like the sort of gem that could quietly become much more relevant than people expect once players start testing it in real fights. It does not have the giant cinematic energy of Leviathan Tomb, but it does have the classic “this might make certain matchups miserable” potential that usually gets noticed fast. That is an inference, but it follows from the combination of crit-triggered anti-heal and incoming damage reduction.
Why This Gem Set Is a Smart Patch 4.3 Mix
What Blizzard has done here is actually pretty balanced from a patch-design perspective. Leviathan Tomb gives the update its prestige chase item. Tundra Blight gives more control-oriented or reactive players something useful to look at. Taxman’s Pity gives lower-rarity builds a gem that still sounds strategically interesting instead of feeling like filler.
That spread matters because gem additions tend to land better when they do not all point toward the same type of player. A patch feels healthier when at least one new gem looks expensive and flashy, one looks practical, and one looks sneaky enough to cause debate. Patch 4.3 seems to hit that mix pretty well. That last point is analysis, but it is grounded in the three distinct effects Blizzard published.
Which One Looks Most Important Right Now?
At first glance, Leviathan Tomb is clearly the gem Blizzard wants players to notice first. It is the 5-Star option, it boosts damage, it rewards crits, and it adds more power against enemies already suffering from harmful effects. That is an easy sell for players chasing premium offensive upgrades.
But the gem that may generate the most practical discussion could end up being Taxman’s Pity, especially if anti-heal and reduced damage output turn out to matter more in PvP or certain boss encounters than people expect. Tundra Blight also has room to surprise if its chilling aura proves reliably disruptive in close-range fights. Right now, though, all three look meaningful enough to matter, which is more than can be said for some past new-gem waves.
With The Taking arriving alongside these three gems, Patch 4.3 is not just adding more content — it is giving Diablo Immortal players three new reasons to rethink their builds, their gem priorities, and probably their spending decisions too.
