Ghoul

Ghouls are swift and dexterous "cannon fodder" monsters that swarm players. Easy to kill one at a time, harder in greater numbers. Ghouls are undead monsters.

Diablo III Monster

Diablo III Monster [e]
Ghoul
Classification:	Undead
Monster Family:	Ghoul
Role:	Cannon fodder
Monster Stats Norm/Night/Hell/Inferno
Life:	Unknown
Mana:	None
Armor:	Unknown
Resistance:	Unknown
Offence Norm/Night/Hell/Inferno
Armament:	Jagged Sword
DPS:	Unknown
Low Damage:	Unknown
High Damage:	Unknown
Range:	Melee
Speed:	Fast
Movement:	Fast
Monster Modifiers
None
Spells/Abilities
None
Found In
Forgotten Tombs

Ghouls are a new monster type for Diablo III. These swarming monsters appear to be the Zombie cannon fodder of Diablo III. They are blue-skinned undead who spawn in great numbers, are quite but fleet of foot and quick of movement, but are fairly weak and easy too kill. Ghouls can be seem climbing up the walls and swarming the Barbarian in the beginning of the WWI 2008 gameplay movie. They die almost as fast as they race to battle (which is quite quickly).

Ghouls might be undead, but are nothing like slow shambling zombies; the Ghouls are fast and uncanny, running hunched over in a bestial, almost quadrupedal style. They climb quickly and leap out at the player from all angles, scaling a huge wall to get into the action in the WWI 2008 gameplay movie. Ghouls generally fight with a cruel jagged sword that looks like fangs.

The primary advice to stay alive against Ghouls seems to just be avoid being swarmed from all directions, and use skills like the Barbarian Berserker skill Leap Attack or the Wizard spell Arcane Teleport (preferably with a Striking Rune) or the Witch Doctor spells Horrify or Mass Confusion.

Spells and Abilities

• Climbing Walls

The Ghould is to be able to climb walls. If this is a gameplay feature or just a "spawn animation" is not yet known.

Background

Nothing is known about the Ghoul. They seem to be re-animated corpses, like Zombies and other undead creatures, but they are more intelligent, cunning and dexterous. Since they are so easy to kill, they must still be relatively easy to summon for a Necromancer.

Diablo I Monster

Ghouls do not appear in Diablo I.

Diablo II Monster

Ghouls do not appear in Diablo II.

Development

Ghouls were first seen in the WWI 2008 gameplay video, and have changed little since then. The Ghouls in the WWI 2008 gameplay video had significantly less health than in later gameplay videos as well as the BlizzCon 2008 demo. This is not spectacular though, as it seems that video had all mob's health turned way down to show the strength of the Barbarian.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures
• Gallery search for Ghouls

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  Ghouls have red blood, surprisingly.

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  Ghouls spawn in mobs, and climb nimbly.