Diablo, Lord of Terror

The Lord of Terror Chaos and Fear is the boss of Act 4, he is the youngest of the Prime Evils and in direct combat he is the most powerful of the three. In difficulties beyond normal he is immune to fire. His abilities are firestorm, lightning inferno, frozen orb, cold hand attack,armageddon, volcano, meteor and Iron Maiden counter curse. Things to be aware of about Diablo's iron maiden is that the damage returned is incredibly high; even bare hand attacks can really punish you. Also the iron maiden has a faster cast rate debuff associated which is powerful enough to lock most spells and atleast take others to a snail's pace of casting. His attacks are primarily fire/physical combination attacks so gearing is essential for this bout. The first thing you are going to need when duking with Diablo is a suitable strategy which will depend on the party in play but usually consists of a ranged attacker and a lure. Collect as many faster run and walk charms as you can aquire, the use of faster run and walk to avoid attacks such as firestorm is imperitive; do not underestimate it. Diablo is near impossible to tank at reasonable levels so going head to head is not an option for most, regardless you will want sufficient resistance to his elements incase your dodging skills arn't up to scratch. Start with max DR% and some straight damage reduction if you can get it; the importance of this is stressed in the damage reduction mechanics section. Next you will want a high max fire resistance, feel free to sacrifice other resistances as they are much less of a threat than fire/physical, be sure that you have considerable stacking of your fire resistance about max also; one of the biggest mistakes against diablo is failing to recognise the innate pierce that is imbedded in his attacks so stack it.

It will be a long fight so dump a cube full of pots onto the ground for emergancy pick up on the move and you're ready to tackle the beast. With sufficient FRW and dodging skill most of his attacks can be avoided hence Diablo can be soloed with a ranged attack without too much difficulty, with a lure he should be cake. However if you find yourself being pummelled by perhaps volcano counters you can lure diablo down near the entrance corridor to the chaos sanctuary; he cannot follow you here, rather at particular ranges he will either run away or resort to meteor which is one of his weaker easily avoided attacks. In this range he is quite suseptable to sniping but he does run around alot, this method is a slow and safe way of beating him if all else fails. - DreadTalon 19:03, 20 December 2008 (UTC)