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Diablo III Boss Modifiers or "Elite Affixes" are special bonus properties that [[bosses]] and [[champions]] randomly spawn, or that they have preset by the developersElite enemies use in addition to their normal attacks. These Elite Affects grant the bosses a wide variety of elemental damage effects, shielding, extra as well as things like faster movement speed, missile attacksshielding, the ability to teleport or duplicate themselvesteleportation, and many othersmuch more.

* Random boss monsters ([[Champions ]] with Blue names and random bosses [[Rares]] with Yellow names) spawn with one property on Normal, and add one on each of the difficulty levelsanother modifier at about level 30, 50, and 60, up to four on Infernoa maximum of 4. * Uniques and Bosses (purples) special cases. These have pre-set Elite monsters, Purple names, are special creatures with special preset modifiers and altered AI, Affects and they '''do not '''gain random modifiers on at higher difficulty levels, as most though they may use more of them did in Diablo IItheir preset Effects. These Elites may gain additional modifiers on higher difficulty levels (for For instance, [[The Warden gets ]] has no effects at lower levels, but gains [[Molten]] and [[Jailer]] past Normal difficulty), but not randomly; they are all preset by the game developers, and their added properties may differ slightly in function or lethality from what random bosses getat higher levels.

Boss modifiers are introduced gradually as a character progresses through the game. The bosses found in the earliest portions of Act One can only spawn with one of three Modifiers: In [[NightmarishD3v]], Elite Affixes were added by difficulty level, with 1 on [[KnockbackNormal]], or 2 on [[TeleporterNightmare]]. This process evolved during the beta test, as nasty boss modifiers such as 3 on [[Arcane EnchantedHell]], and 4 on [[MoltenInferno]], and . With the scaling difficulty added in [[FrozenD3v2]] were gradually removed/moved to higher monster levels, random Elites add a 2nd property around lvl 30, a 3rd around lvl 50, and a 4th around lvl 60.

All Elite Effects scale in by level, with only a few simple effects available to monsters below level 20 or so. At the lowest levels, Elites can only use [[Nightmarish]], [[Knockback]], or [[Teleporter]]. Players in the Diablo 3 beta test saw this evolution in action, as Elites in the level 5-13 range initially had Effects including [[Arcane Enchanted]], [[Molten]], and [[Frozen]] which were ultimately moved to higher monster levels. The following Boss Modifiers can were all that could be found in Normal difficulty, where every random boss and champion pack in D3v. These are now the Modifiers players will have one (and only one) of themsee on bosses below level 30ish.

Nightmare difficulty adds additional modifiers to Elites above level 51 add the selection pool, and all random bosses and champion packs will have two modifiers semi-randomly selected from the pool.last few Elite Affixes:* [[Arcane EnchantedAvenger]], and [[Extra HealthLink]], . ** [[FastInvulnerable Minions]]was Hell/Inferno only, [[Horde]], [[Fire Chains]], and [[Vampiric]]prior to its removal from the game. 

There are no additional Boss Modifiers enabled in '''Infernodifficulty''', though the fact that random bosses and Champions get 4 modifiers on that difficulty level can create combinations not seen previously.

In July 2012 Blizzard revealed that boss modifiers were sorted into three groups, which limited which mods could spawn with each other on the same monsterElite. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-on-post-validayion-auction-house-ui-v1-04-details-and-more#more-23877] <blue><b>3) Why aren’t monster affix combinations restricted in some way?</b>

[[Vortex]]<br>[[Wormhole]] *<br>

[[Avenger]]<br>[[Extra Health]](C)<br>[[Health Link]](C)<br>[[Horde]](R)<br>

[[Missile Dampening]]<br>[[Invulnerable Minions]](R)<br>

[[Fire Chains]](C)<br>

[[Thunderstorm]] *<br>[[Waller]]<br>

R =Rares onlyC =Bosses vsChampions only<nowiki>*</nowiki> = Added in [[D3v2]] and [[Reaper of Souls]] [[Patch 2. 0.5]] added further restrictions on some combinations of Elite Affixes:{||Champions==and Rares can no longer spawn with four of the following monster affixes and the frequency at which they can spawn with three has been reduced

* [[Arcane Enchanted]]* [[Desecrator]]* [[Fire Chains]]* [[Frozen]]* [[Frozen Pulse]]* [[Molten]]* [[Mortar]]* [[Orbiter]]* [[Plagued]]* [[Poison Enchanted]]* [[Wormhole]] [[Champions]] and [[Rares]] can no longer spawn with both [[Plagued]] and [[Desecrator]] at the same time.|}   ==Rares vs. Champions== Some modifiers can only be found on Champions (never on bossesRares) and some can only be found on Bosses Rares (never on Champions).

** [[Invulnerable Minions]](Removed in [[Patch 1.04]].)

Only one modifier differs markedly when used by Champions or Bosses. The [[Waller]] Affix creates three sided boxes when used by a Boss, but only short, straight walls (which may overlap in to create corners or dangerous T or + -shapes) when cast by Champions. Multiple Elites with Waller will stack up their walls helter-skelter, and running into a Rare and Champions with Waller at the same time can create no-movement situations for characters.

Boss minions share some abilities with their Boss, but not all. For instance Bosses and minions can [[Knockback]] targets and generate [[Arcane Enchanted]] lasers, but only Bosses (and not minions) can cast [[Vortex]], [[Jailer]], [[Frozen]], or emit [[Mortar]] projectiles. These are noted in the "Available To" details below, and covered in detail on the individual Elite Affix pages.

==Boss Rare and Champion Modifiers==

 [[Arcane Enchanted]] bosses are "enchanted" with [[Arcane]] energy. Rather than adding Arcane damage to their attacks, they cast Arcane objects "needles" that look behave like the second hands off hand of a clock , rotating around and rotate around, damaging any players or minions in their slowly-moving paththey meet. These are highly-damaging at higher difficulties, and are capable of almost instantly killing any character without strong Arcane Resistance. They are especially dangerous when paired with [[crowd control]] Affixes like Waller or Jailer or Frozen.

[[Avenger]] is a Champion-only modifier that links the champions, granting a temporary bonus in size, strength, and speed to the surviving champions whenever one is slain. The bonuses are most visible in the increased size of the enemy, and players may wish to use strategy and attempt to damage all of the monsters evenly, so that one or two won't still be nearly full health when the others die and they gain power upsgrow more dangerous as well as larger.

* Monster Level Minimum: 51 (Hell and Inferno only).

* Will Not Spawn With: [[Extra Health]], [[Health Link]], [[Horde]], [[Illusionist]], [[Missile Dampening]], [[Invulnerable Minions]], [[Shielding]], [[Vampiric]].

 [[Desecrator]]s create an orange-colored "glowing void zone" beneath the feet of a character. These function like small Firewalls, dealing damage to any character who stands in them. The void zones take a second or so to come into effect, giving a visual warning so players have time to move, assuming they are not blocked in by modifiers like [[Waller]] or [[Jailer]]can.

* Damage Type: PhysicalHellfire and melee* Radius of effect: 6 yards* Damage begins: Immediately light, scales up quickly, persists 1 sec after leaving AoE.

[[File:Boss-electrified1.jpg|thumb|350px|Electrifiedboss putting out massive sparks.]] bosses emit  [[Electrified]] enemies function much like a steady stream lightning-based form of sparks (plus more when they are hit) that skitter along the ground and deal lightning damage to anything they encounter, much like the Wizard's [[Shock PulseReflects Damage]] skill, dealing lightning damage back to attackers. They also have higher resistance This property is dangerous to lightning damagemelee characters, but hardly noticeable at a distance. This Affix was visually nerfed shortly after release, likely for frame rate/performance reasons. Prior to the visual nerf, which monsters with Electrified sent out sparks in many instances (such as to a Demon Hunter using [[Lightning Ball]] all directions when they were hit by ranged or a Monk using [[Fists of Thunder]]) is more noticeable than their electrified spark melee attacks. Afterwards they still emit sparks, but in much smaller quantities.

* Available to: Champions and Bosses, but not boss minions.

===Extra Health=== [[Extra Health]] grants a 50% hit point bonus to Champions, as well as Bosses and their minions. Note that all such monsters already have considerably increased hit points compared to normal monsters of their type, and this 150% is an increase on that existing bonus. This mod provides no other changes, but can pair with defensive mods such as [[Shielding]] to make for a very long fight. This is especially a problem in Inferno, as it increases the odds of hitting the [[Enrage]] timer. * Monster Level Minimum: 31 (Nightmare and above.)* Available to: Champions, Bosses, and boss minions receive the benefit.* Damage Type: N/A.* Additional Resistances: None.* Will Not Spawn With: [[Avenger]], [[Health Link]], [[Horde]], [[Illusionist]], [[Missile Dampening]], [[Invulnerable Minions]], [[Shielding]], [[Vampiric]]<br>

[[Fast]] monsters get a 40% bonus to their movement speed, as well as a 20% bonus to attack speed and a 10% bonus to casting speed. The modifier is especially dangerous for [[glass cannon]] type characters, who survive by running and staying out of reach of the monsters. Fast is Ironically, this ability can be most dangerous annoying when it spawns on monster types that are quick to begin withwandering, or monsters with other movement impairing modifiers shaman type enemies such as [[Waller]]Fallen Shaman and Zombie Pukers, [[Jailer]], or [[Vortex]]as they amble around in random directions and may move quite far during the course of a battle.

Rooting and slowing [[CC]] effects are essential against Fast enemies, as are movement skills.

The [[Fire Chains]] are glowing, fiery chains do not radiate that form between 2 or reach out, so it isn't that hard to avoid in most situations, but the monsters more Champions with this property seem . The chains deal heavy damage to any player or pet they touch. Fire Chains have their AI tweaked to do a bit more circling maximum range of about 80 yards, and moving around. Thus a melee character can take on if one Champion, and it will either keep moving and get behind to stretch of the chains over Champions moves too far from the playerothers, or the other champions chain connecting them will move past and aroundwink out of existence, stretching though it will return once the chains that wayChampions move into closer proximity.

Patch v1.0.4 in August 2012 reduced the damage of the Fire Chains by 20%.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/] That patch also enabled Fire Chains for players, courtesy of some the [[Maximus]] sword, a [[legendary]] items weapon that summon summons a demon that is connected to the player by a Fire Chain that works to hurt monsters.

* Monster Level Minimum: 31 (Nightmare and later)

* Damage Type: Fireand Ranged (missile/projectile classification).* Damage ticks 10x per second.* Links: Two or more Champions. (Three will create a triangle. Larger numbers will not form squares, but zigzags or two separate possibly overlapping lines.)

While this property is not encountered until some distance through Normal difficulty, players get an early preview of it when they first encounter [[Captain Daltyn]] below [[Adria's ShackFrozen]]spawns on Champions, Bosses, and Boss minions and causes those enemies to regularly create a scattered few blueish-white orbs that hang in space, growing rapidly in size before detonating in short range Frost Novas. [[Izual]] These are damaging to any player, pet, or follower this hit and more dangerous still is another Elite with Frozen as an inherent propertytheir freezing effect, which leaves the frozen target helpless and he creates a larger number of orbs spread over motionless for a larger area during his battleshort duration.

During development While this property is not encountered until some distance through Normal difficulty, players get an early preview of it when they first encounter [[Captain Daltyn]] below [[Adria's Hut]]. [[Izual]] is another Elite with Frozen as an inherent property, and he creates a larger number of orbs spread over a larger area during his battle, as well as casting unavoidable Frost Novas. Frozen initially left behind a core of ice at the monster's death, which exploded a moment later, much as [[Molten]] does. This property was removed tweaked during development and replaced by the much more dangerous spread of ice cores that we see in the released game.

* Available to: All(Rare Minions will cast Frozens.)* Range: 15 yards explosion radius.* Delay: 4 seconds from creation to explosion.

[[Health Link]]ed champions share a single common health pool, as if all 3 or 4 enemies had their life shared in the same bulb. This makes the individual champions seem very robust, since the damage they take is shared between the entire group, effectively tripling or quadrupling the hit points of any single monster. The effect has a fun side effect though, since when the shared health pool is emptied, all of the Champions will die in rapid succession, sometimes almost simultaneously. (Often the last one to die takes an overflow of damage and dies out of sight of your character, requiring some searching to find the loot. Health Link has a maximum range, and if one of the Champions is lead more than a screen away from the others, it will lose health normally, without sharing with the others. This property is shown visually by splashes of blood that flash between the Champions as one takes damage and the others lose health to compensate.

* Will Not Spawn With: [[Avenger]], [[Extra Health]], [[Horde]], [[Illusionist]], [[Missile Dampening]], [[Invulnerable Minions]], [[Shielding]], [[Vampiric]].

[[Horde]] is a bossRare-only property that causes more minions to spawn at the start of the battle. The number of additional enemies seems to be semi-randomincreases with the difficulty level, with just a few extra on Normal, and up to 3 more appearing8 or 10 minions at the highest levels. This property does not alter the boss' stats or behavior, and the minions aren't any different either; there are just more of them.

Horde is most dangerous when the monster type is dangerous, or when the other Boss Modifiers are nasty ones. Modifiers that minions can cast along with the boss, possess additional Elite Affects such as [[Frozen]] and , [[Arcane Enchanted]], become [[Plagued]], etc. [[Reflects Damage]] and [[Electrified]] can be very numerous when paired with Hordedangerous as well, since a character may hit the boss and several minions at once, taking the RD from all of them simultaneously.

Horde can be confused with [[Illusionist]], but Horde just creates means more minions at the start of the fight. It does not allow the boss to make more during the battle, and all the Horde minions are full power and hit points, and their damage is very real.

* Will Not Spawn With: [[Avenger]], [[Extra Health]], [[Health Link]], [[Illusionist]], [[Missile Dampening]], [[Invulnerable Minions]], [[Shielding]], [[Vampiric]].

As Illusions have [[Illusionist_(Boss_modifier)|Illusionist]] Bosses and Champions are able to create duplicates of themselves during the battle, adding 4-6 more enemies in the blink of an eye. Fortunately, these duplicates are harmless; unable to deal any damage with their attacks and blessed with very minimal few hit points . They work mostly as a distraction, since they will die very quickly are indistinguishable from the other monsters. This property is akin to any sort of the Wizard's [[AoEMirror Image]] attack. They can also be spotted by their health bar displayskill, as their total hit points will be in that both create a tenth (or less) lot of the Bossvisual flash and action, but no real damage.

As Illusions have very minimal hit points they will die very quickly to any sort of [[AoE]] attack, and as they count as targets, they will add to the kill or buff totals for skills or weapons, which can be helpful for some characters.  Illusions look identical, but do not exhibit real or false Elite Affects such as [[Molten]], [[Fire Chains]], etc.  The biggest danger from Illusionist is deception. Players can not tell which ones are real and which are fake, and may waste time attacking or running their habit of physically blocking players from harmless duplicates. The Illusions do take up space like moving, since they are real monsters with collision, though, and can physically block characters from escaping their midstthey deal no damage. They Ranged attackers are also the most annoying type of Illusionists, as ranged attackers, since though the projectiles are harmless, they are fired by the duplicates look identical in appearance to the "real" ones fired by the Boss or Championsattacks.

* Will Not Spawn With: [[Avenger]], [[Extra Health]], [[Health Link]], [[Horde]], [[Missile Dampening]], [[Invulnerable Minions]], [[Shielding]], [[Vampiric]]. 

[[Jailer]]. This modifier grants the boss or champion the ability to briefly cage players and their minions. A purple circle (it was reddish-orange circle pre-[[D3v2]]) appears on the ground around the targetseach target (characters, pets, and minions), locking them into place for a short duration during which . While jailed characters can fight and fire spells or projectilesattack normally, but they just can not move from their location. Jailer is most dangerous when used by monsters that deal high damage, or in conjunction with [[AoE]] boss modifiers like [[Arcane Enchanted]], [[Plagued]], or [[Desecrator]].

A number of class skills including [[Spirit Walk]], [[Teleport]], [[Vault]], [[Smoke Screen]], [[Leap]], [[Furious Charge]], [[Wrath of the Berserker]], [[Archon]], and [[Dashing Strike]] , as well as several items allow characters to break out of the Jailer's circle, or move while the Jail remains around them. See Any skills that break Jailer will prevent the [[Jailer]] article for full detailsjail from appearing when cast, if they are active.

See the [[Jailer]] article for a full list. * '''Monster Level Minimum:''' 10*''' Available to:''' Bosses and Champions.** '''Uniques''': [[The Warden]], [[Dataminer]]. [[Diablo]]'s Bone Prison is a different ability with a similar effect.*''' Damage Type:''' N/APhysical. Minor amount of damage is applied when cage is created.* '''Duration: 2 seconds* Additional Resistances:''' None.* '''Will Not Spawn With:''' [[Knockback]], [[Nightmarish]], [[Vortex]] or [[VortexWormhole]]. (Added Changed in [[patch v11.0.4]].)[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]

[[Knockback]]. This modifier grants the boss or champion a knockback attack which will send a character, pet or follower flying away from the monster that hits them. This is not a slight stumbling bump backwards, as many normal monsters can land; it's a special hit and knocks the target back a considerable distance, often half the screen or further (40+ yards). This can be quite funny early in the game, when a Witch Doctor watches his [[Mongrels]] get repeatedly launched across the entire screen by some tiny boss with this property. It can also be somewhat helpful to ranged attackers, as the boss will knock them so far back that it's almost as if they used some sort of movement skill themselves. The real danger comes in the debuff, since knocked back characters and pets are confused, slowing to gain space for their movement and ranged attack speed for a moment after the impact.

* Monster Level Minimum: 14

* Damage Type: StandardPhysical.

* Will not spawn with: [[Jailer]], [[Nightmarish]], [[Vortex]], or [[JailerWormhole]] (as As of [[v1.0.4)[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]].)

[[Missile Dampening]] is a seldom-seen modifier that looks a bit like a [[Slow Time]] bubble around the Rare. The bubble moves as the boss does, and functions much the same as the Slow Time Wizard skill. It reduces the speed of all incoming projectiles to a crawl, though it does not affect the movement speed of characters within the bubble.  The bubble protects the boss from projectile attacks, but not forever, as projectiles continue to move, albeit very slowly. This can set up some very cool visuals, as dozens of missiles can stack up at the edge of the bubble, seeming to float there, and then delivering tremendous damage when they finally move into range, or another monster walks into them. This is most impressive with projectiles that hit multiple times to anything in the vicinity (such as [[Lightning Ball]]) since they move so slowly while "dampened" that they can deal dozens of hits, rather than just one or two or three as normal. This property became extremely dangerous for a time shortly after [[D3v2]] went live, as monsters that could reflect missile attacks would hurl all the stacked up projectiles back at once, dealing huge damage and usually death to all nearby characters. The reflected damage was reduced in [[Patch 2.0.2]]

* Available to: Bosses Rares only.** Uniques: The Act Two Keywarden [[Sokahr]].

* Will Not Spawn With: [[Avenger]], [[Extra Health]], [[Health Link]], [[Horde]], [[Illusionist]], [[Invulnerable Minions]], [[Shielding]], [[Vampiric]].

 [[File:Molten2.jpg|thumb|300px230px|right|Molten trail]] [[Molten]] works much like the Sorceress' Blaze skill in Diablo 2. It creates a trail of fire below flame behind the feet of the monster, leaving a damaging trail of fire that takes several seconds to fade away. The most dangerous part of the Affix comes when the boss, minion, or championdies, as a glowing fiery core is left behind. It expands for a few seconds before detonating, or boss' minion which deals considerable dealing huge damage to any character who steps into in the flamesradius of effect. (As of Patch 2.0. The flames do 5 this fire explosion is not project out affected by reduces damage gear.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/reduces-damage-bugs-diablo-3]) Characters need to move away from the bossexplosions, so it is safe to melee combat one, but monsters with and this property tend to mill around and move past players, thus covering large areas with the flaming effect. It's can be very dangerous when paired matched with CC properties such as [[Vortex]], as players will be yanked right into the midst Waller, or Jailer, or even just when lots of other monsters are in the flameway, blocking a character's escape.

[[Patch v1.0.3 greatly increased the "dead zone" of safety around the boss emitting the Mortars.  Patch v11.0.4 ]] in August 2012 reduced the damage Frozen Mortar deals to pets and followers to 10%.[http://diabloPrior to this the effect was slaughtering pets since they lacked the AI to avoid the explosions.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]

* Projectiles: 3 bombs per mob* Radius: 6 yards from explosion target.* Additional Resistances: N/ANone.

When [[Nightmarish]] bosses hit a target with a melee or ranged attack, they have a chance to inflict an effect similar to that of the the Witch Doctor's [[Horrify]] skill. Characters or minions so affected will run for a second in a straight line (if possible) directly away from the champion, boss, or boss' minion that caused the effect. While running , players are helpless and can not cast any spells or have no control over their movements at allcharacter. If their the running direction is blocked by a wall or other monsters, they characters may simply stand still, a complete sitting duck to all enemy attacks.

Though this modifier is merely annoying in the early going, it can be one of the most dangerous on higher levels, since characters need to hit, move, cast spells, heal, etc, constantly. Not doing those for a second can be deadly, even aside from the problems with potentially running right into a stream of missiles or a hotspot from [[Arcane Enchanted]], [[Molten]], [[PlaguedPoison Enchanted]], [[Desecrator]] or others.

The v1[[Patch 1.0.4 patch ]] nerfed this ability slightly, providing frightened targets with 6 seconds of immunity to being frightened again after each incidence. This prevents prevented characters, pets, or minions from being feared and re-feared in rapid succession, as was possible and very annoying prior to that patch.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]

* Will not spawn with: [[Jailer]], [[Knockback]], [[Vortex]], or [[JailerWormhole]]. <br>  ===Orbiter=== [[File:Orbiter1.jpg|thumb|450px|Orbiter swirls around a Unique.]] The [[Orbiter]] effect creates a large ball of lightning in some random spot near the Elite or Unique that spawns it. The initial lightning ball becomes the sun, sitting stationary while a dozen or more smaller lightning orbs rotate (orbit) around it in a slow circular motion. Damage comes from the central Sentry, but mostly from the orbiting lighting balls. They are more dangerous near the center of the "solar system" as they move more slowly and will tick more times on a stationary target. * Monster Level Minimum: 30* Available to: Random Elites and some [[Uniques]]. (Not Champions or Minions.)* Damage Type: Lightning, and melee.** Number of orbiters: 5-9 per central Sentry** Duration: 15 seconds** Damage radius: 5 yards from central Sentry, 3 yards from orbiter dots.** Damage ticks: 30x per second* Additional Resistances: None.* Can Not Spawn With: No limits.

As well as dealing [[Plagued]] enemies create green pools of damagebeneath their feet and in the immediate vicinity. These pools are not targeted at the player the way [[Desecrater]] is, but they are larger and can cover quite a bit of the Plague pool inflicts screen during a long battle. All plagued pools created during a short term debuff battle remain until all monsters that reduces the armor can cast them have been killed. This may result in a screen full of Barbarians and Monks by 50%, and causes the Witch Doctor, Wizardgreen death, all lasting until one last Minion is tracked down and Demon Hunter to take [[Reflected Damage]]killed.

[[Patch v11.0.4 ]] in August 2012 reduced the damage Plagued deals to pets and followers to 10%, as they lacked the AI to move out of them and died repeatedly.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]

* Available to: AllRares and minions, as well as Champions.

This effect is most dangerous to [[glass cannon]] type characters who do not have high [[regeneration ]] or healing or life leech[[Life per Hit]], as they will take steady damage even if as they're not being hit by try to kill the enemy. It's RD is less troublesome to most melee attackers, as they're built to absorb and leech and heal during combat, and the slight added damage from Reflects Damage isn't generally large enough to impact their play style.  Reflects Damage becomes more dangerous as a character increases in [[DPS]], since the reflected damage is a percentage of the attack. While all characters require [[Life on Hit]] or [[Life Steal]] equipment to survive RD and [[Electrified]] enemies, characters with higher damage will generally require additional healing or damage mitigation skills to avoid beating themselves to death. [[Patch 2.0.1]] greatly nerfed in the amount of damage reflected, making this property much less dangerous. (Combined with most characters wearing more armor and resistance and regen thanks to Paragon Points and more the various anti-squishy features of D3v2 and RoS. The chief danger from RD in Reaper of Souls is to characters with the [[Conduit]] Pylon, as it deals enormous damage and can result in instant suicide when encountering a RD pack.

[[File:Shielding.jpg|thumb|400px|[[Maghda]] is a modifier that creates a transparent bubble around a boss or champion, rendering them temporarily immune to all forms of damage. Shielded monsters can still be affected by some debuffs to their movement speed, but while shielded they are immune to most in her [[CCLair of the Witch|Lair]]]] effects. The shields seem to appear and disappear at regular intervals, without a precisely set duration of on/off.

[[Shielding ]] is identical in appearance a modifier that creates a transparent bubble around a boss or champion, rendering them temporarily immune to the protective bubble granted all forms of damage. Shielded monsters can still be affected by some debuffs to their movement speed, but while shielded they are immune to most [[Invulnerable MinionsCC]], but unlike that effect, the Shield comes effects and goesall damage. The shields lasts for several seconds, and only protects Champions may not be active on more than one or two enemies in a pack at the Bosssame time.

Only one [[Elite]] has shielding; [[Magda]], though her shield is triggered by a timer on the fight itself, rather than a semi-random timer as with regular monsters. Patch v1.0.4 nerfed the [[Shielding]] property in several ways. See , limiting it so it appears on only one monster out of the Champions or boss/minions at a time, and so it does not remain in effect on the article for full detailslast monster remaining from such a group.

* Will Not Spawn With: [[Avenger]], [[Extra Health]], [[Health Link]], [[Horde]], [[Illusionist]], [[Missile Dampening]], [[Invulnerable Minions]], [[Vampiric]].

 [[Teleporter]] allows bosses, or individual champions, to teleport to a random location, generally appearing directly on top of their targeta character they are battling. This makes gives the ability especially dangerous an interesting effect; many melee characters quite like it since it brings the enemy right to them, while ranged attackers, who wish to maintain a distance from especially of the enemyGlass Cannon variety, find it very dangerous. It  Teleporter can also create amusing situations where with ranged attacking monsters who prefer to attack from a distance teleport in close, as they will Teleport into kissing-range, then immediately walk back to get away, giving the hero free hits without attacking as they fleetry to return to their preferred ranged distance.

===VampiricThunderstorm===

The [[VampiricThunderstorm]] is life leech in Diablo IIIeffect calls down a lightning strike, though the dealing a repeated nova-effect seems to boost damage as well, over a 12 yard radius. Thunderstorm pulses five times in addition to granting the monster some healing same location, and characters who keep on their toes can see it starting and move as soon as it deals appears, limiting the damagethey take. This modifier provided a huge amount of healing It's much harder to avoid during developmentan intense battle, but was toned down especially for melee characters who are locked in place during the release game to the point that it's not a big deal in most battles, and only really comes into effect when the monsters can hit something repeatedly, such as while beating on a [[minion]] or [[pet]] or [[follower]]fight.

* Monster Level Minimum: 31* Available to: ChampionsRanged attackers find this Affix annoying, Bossessince it will often appear right on top of them, and Boss minions.* Damage Type: N/A.* Additional Resistances: None.* Will Not Spawn With: [[Avenger]], [[Extra Health]], [[Health Link]], [[Horde]], [[Illusionist]], [[Missile Dampening]], [[Invulnerable Minions]], [[Shielding]]even if they are a good distance from the Rare with the property.

[[File:The archivist2.jpg|thumb|400px|Vortex affix from [[The Archivist]]]] [[Vortex]] causes characters to warp into close proximity to the champion or Rare (but not minion) with the Affix. This can be very dangerous for ranged attackers who wish to stay away, especially when combined with other damaging Affixes such as [[Molten]] or [[Arcane Enchanted]]. The Vortex triggers periodically, and is not based on a % chance from the monster landing hits. There seems to be a maximum distance outside of which it will not work; character who remain off the screen are very seldom Vortexed in, and it's a pull, not a warp, so geographical features such as walls , corners of dungeon levels, and other obstacles might stop will interrupt the pull before a character is yanked right next to the enemy.

* Available to: Champions and BossesRares, but not boss minions.* Damage Type: N/APhysical and melee.(Minor damage when Vortex hits.)

* Will not spawn with: [[Knockback]], [[NightmarishJailer]], or (as of the v1.0.4 patch[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]) , [[Knockback]], [[Nightmarish]] or [[JailerWormhole]].

[[Waller]] grants monsters the ability to raise stone walls that block player movement and most projectile attacks for a second or twoseveral seconds, before crumbling back into nothing. Walls block limit player movement (though some skills such as [[Leap]] and [[Teleport]] can move over them), as well as blocking most player projectiles. Most melee attacks will work right past walls, providing the target is directly on the other side and within reach. Monsters are generally blocked from moving or firing over the walls as well, and wallers in levels with narrow corridors can create amusing sequences of perpetually blocked access, where neither the monsters or the characters can get to each other to fight.

[[Champions]] can only create short, straight walls, while Bosses Rares create larger, three-sided rectangles that box fleeing players in, forcing them to run back past the boss and other monsters to escape. Note that all of the Champions can cast (After [[D3v2]] walls thoughfrom Rares usually have an opening in one side, and they are always cast at a horizontal angle from near the monstercorner joint, which can make for a bewildering array of overlapping walls, even in T or + shapes, as Champions circle around their targetmaking them much less confining.)

Wallers can be very Multiple Waller walls will overlap, creating T's and corners and sometimes even boxing players in without any escape for the duration of the wall.  Though Waller does no damage on its own, it is one of the most dangerous modifiers when paired with blast effects big damage AoE properties such as [[Molten]], [[Frozen]], [[Arcane Enchanted]], [[Plagued]], [[Desecrator]], and others. Those effects can appear past walls, or hit right over them, nailing characters who are trapped by the walls.Or characters may just be held in place, a sitting duck for big boss attacks.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/threads/dh-vault-vs-smoke-screen-a-cautionary-tale.852663/]

* Available to: Champions and Bosses, but not boss minionsRares.

[[Ballista]] was a new property seen in the Blizzcon 2010 demo on some ranged attackers such as [[Skeletal Archers]]. This modifier appeared to increase the size and damage of their projectiles, but the damage wasn't noticeably bigger, and the shots didn't explode upon impact, as Warcraft 2 fans might have expected, given the utility of the human catapult, the Ballista, in that title.It was removed prior to beta testing. <br>

[[Cold Aura]] reported by a fan from the Blizzcon 2009 demo. It has not been was never seen sinceafterwards, and is considered unconfirmed. It reputedly worked just as it did in Diablo 2, chilling and slowing players within the radius of effect. Interestingly, it was not until after that year's Blizzcon that [[Jay Wilson]] let it be known that [[Auras]] would return to the game, most likely as [[Monk skills]].

*''' Will Not Spawn With:''' [[Avenger]], [[Extra Health]], [[Health Link]], [[Horde]], [[Illusionist]], [[Missile Dampening]], [[Shielding]], [[Vampiric]].|}

[[Stoneskin]], which granted a considerable boost to physical resistance in Diablo II, was present during Diablo 3's development and was seen in demos, but it is not present in the final game. Likely this was removed when elemental damage types were flattened, and as having a specific resistance to one type of damage seemed pointless with fire, cold, lightning, poison, and physical all working exactly the same. (Only cold varies slightly in the final game, trading a bit less damage for an added chill/slow effect.) <br>

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