Prime Evil's Curse: Places one of seven curses on you for 12 seconds. After you kill the Shadow Clone, Shadow of Diablo will return. Shadow of Diablo: This entity has half the total HP of Diablo in phase 1, but from time to time he disappears and summons Shadow Clones.

Used automatically if player gets caught into the Bone Prison. Teleport: Used both to get closer to ranged characters and to avoid melee combat. Note that Bone Prison stuns the character instead of immobilizing them, so Teleporting out will not be possible. Some defensive abilities can be used while grabbed. This attack cannot actually kill a hero (reducing to 1 Life instead), but is often followed by a Slash. If caught in it, Diablo will teleport to you, grab you by the throat and drain your health before slamming you into the floor. Slash: Diablo does a fast melee attack that inflicts average Physical damage.įireball: A ground-based missile that, upon reaching any target or obstacle, explodes into a pool of fire, doing high Fire damage over time if you're caught in it.įlame Circle: Diablo summons a circle of fireballs, each dealing Fire damage and moving in all directions.įire Wall: Diablo summons a wall of fireballs, dealing high Fire damage.īone Prison: Creates a series of black pools on the ground, trying to create them as close to the player as possible. In all likelihood, Blizzard will revert back to introducing temporary buffs with the launch of Season 24 later this year, although further overhauls would certainly be welcome.Once the fight starts, Diablo will use the following moves in battle: The only downside here for long-time Diablo 3 players who prefer to play in groups is that Season 23 offers little for them to do apart from some item changes, though that does not seem so bad considering the past 22 Seasons of play have mostly been focused on that group. In this case, only solo players benefit from the Follower changes, since they cannot be used in group play at all. The Follower overhaul is an interesting move on Blizzard’s part, because it would be fair to say that since Seasons launched in 2014 for PC (2017 for consoles), the temporary themes introduced mostly benefitted coordinated group play, and benefits to solo players often felt incidental rather than deliberate.

In addition, this has the potential to completely upend how solo players push Greater Rifts each Season. As we discussed in detail, Followers are receiving major changes to the gear they can use, how you receive Legendary bonuses, and to their passive and active skills.

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