Special Items

Melee Splash Jewels

Melee Splash will deal 100% of normal attack damage in a AoE cone when you hit an enemy.
The skill you attack with itself therefore does not add to the splash damage. So for example if I attack with Sacrifice and Might, Might will increase normal attack damage so it will increase splash damage to.
However Sacrifice does not increase normal attack and therefore adds no bonus to melee splash.
Also, On Striking (hit) effects work on the splash AoE but not On Kill or On Attack effects.
If you want to see how much splash damage you do, or what affects the splash damage, simply equip Normal Attack on your left click and look at the damage.

Orb of Corruption

A mysterious orb. It corrupts an item granting it new properties, in some cases even reforging it into a totally new item.
You can't corrupt an item that has sockets already. Ethereal items cannot be corrupted. However, you can socket quest a corrupted item. You can upgrade a corrupted item (for instance from normal to exceptional).
You can corrupt an item only once; "Corrupted" will display on the item once corruption worked.

Recipe: To use it put it in the Horadric Cube with another item and press the Transmute button twice.

Possible Outcomes of Socketable Gear
Outcomes	Odds
No Changes	25%
Transforms into a new Rare Item	25%
Gains Sockets	25%
Gains a Corruption mod	25%

Possible Outcomes of Unsocketable Gear
Outcomes	Odds
No Changes	50%
Transforms into a new Rare Item	25%
Gains a Corruption mod	25%

Source for corruption mods: http://imgur.com/a/hAsxX

Patch Notes

• These changes are listed in descending order from newest to oldest!

• Orb of Corruptions are slightly rarer

• Orb of Corruptions now only start dropping at monster level 40 or higher

• Orb of Corruptions no longer work on white items

• Orb of Corruptions drop a little less often

• A few mods granted by Orb of Corruptions have changed. This is a buff

• Some of the stats spawned by Orb of Corruptions have been buffed while others have been changed to different and better stats. This should make the implicit stats more appealing

• The odds of getting additional sockets via Orb of Corruptions remains the same, however the odds of getting more than two sockets has been reduced

List of Corruption mods
Inventory Slot	Outcomes	Value
Helm	Strength	5 to 10
	Energy	5 to 10
	Life Gained on Melee Hit + Ranged Hit	10 to 14 + 5 to 10
	Life	10 to 15
	Enhanced Defense	20% to 25%
Boots	Fire Resistance	10% to 20%
	All Resistances	5% to 10%
	Dexterity	5 to 10
	Lightning Resistance	10% to 20%
	Reduced Cooldown	10%
Gloves	Increased Attack Speed	10%
	Cold Resistance	10% to 20%
	All Resistance	5% to 10%
	Life Gained on Melee Hit + Ranged Hit	5 to 10 + 5 to 10
	Poison Reistance	10% to 20%
Amulet	All Resistances	5%
	All Skills	1
	Regenerate Mana	15%
	Magic Find	10%
	Life	12 to 18
Rings	Faster Cast Rate	10%
	Faster Run/Walk	10%
	Life	15
	Physical Damage Taken Reduced By	5% to 6%
	Better Chance Of Getting Magic Items	10%
Armour	Increased Attack Speed	10%
	Enhanced Defense	15% to 20%
	Bonus to Attack Rating	10% to 20%
	Faster Cast Rate	10%
	Increase Maximum Life	2%
Weapons	Enhanced Damage	35% to 50%
	Deadly Strike	10%
	Max Damage Per Level	1
	Crushing Blow	10%
	Attack Speed	10% to 15%
Shield	Increased Chance to Block	10%
	Increased Fire Damage	10%
	Increased Cold Damage	10%
	Increased Lightning Damage	10%
	Increased Poison Damage	10%
Belt	Pierce	8%
	Maximum Lightning Resistance	2%
	Maximum Poison Resistance	2%
	Maximum Fire Resistance	2%
	Maximum Cold Resistance	2%