Moreover, you will have to retreat back to town a few times to refill your belt and inventory with healing potions. They have to make sure that they don’t get charged by the Boss though. Ranged attackers should face fewer problems evading the Red Lightning Hose and Fire spells. If you are only walking, it’s almost impossible to evade a combination of his Cold Touch and Red Lightning Hose.

This also means that you will probably need stamina potions because you will have to run a lot in order to dodge Diablo’s attacks. However, you should run away from the Red Lightning Hose attack as it deals extreme damage and will probably take you down.įurther, it’s important to encounter Diablo at an area where you’ll have enough space to run away from him. With a maxed out Fire resistance and probably some Fire absorption, you will easily survive through Diablo’s Fire Storm and other Fire spells. Melee characters will have to receive Diablo’s melee hits, so they should always keep a Healing Potion handy. You should max out your Fire Resistance (75% or 95% with the proper items) and if it’s possible your Lightning Resistance too, especially if you are a melee class. In addition, Diablo charges at the players who are out of his melee range. Thus, consider running in the opposite direction when the previous attack ends. Usually, Diablo uses this attack three times in a row. He turns slowly while he’s casting the attack so it’s quite easy to outrun it. Note that while evading the Lightning Hose attack, it’s better to run around the Boss rather than away from him. He will raise both hands into the air, giving you some seconds to dodge the attack. You can deny this effect using an item with “Cannot Be Frozen” effect.īefore Diablo starts casting his Red Lightning Hose attack, he makes a different animation from any other of his attacks.

Cold Touch: It slows your character down.

At the beginning of the battle, Diablo uses the Fire circle ability.

Fire Spells: Flame Circle, Firestorm, Fire Wall.

In Nightmare and Hell difficulties, the melee attackers will not take damage from this attack, unless they move out of the melee distance. However, it’s better to just run away while Diablo is preparing to cast his attack. If you have maximum Lightning Resistance, Damage reduction and a high block rate you may survive this attack. It deals a massive amount of Lightning and physical damage.

Red Lightning Hose: This is his most powerful attack, at least at Normal difficulty.

The Lord of Terror has a wide range of powerful attacks and abilities:

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