
The first time a character level 1-59 kills an act boss, it is guaranteed to drop at least one legendary item. Once a character kills Diablo, Master difficulty will unlock for all characters on that account. Like in Diablo II, their deaths grant you access to the following Act. In Diablo III they appear in the following order: (Pandemonium Bosses and Izual only)ĭiablo II: Resurrected Review - Pile Of Old Bones Open Wounds drains half the amount of life,.-% target defense is only 50% effective,.Ignore target defense doesn't work on them,.They deal 400% damage to summons (like necro skeletons).Hirelings deal only 50/35/25% damage to them,.Holy Freeze doesn't slow them or applies it's radial cold damage,.
Cloak of Shadows -% defense is not applied on them,. Depending whether you have Diablo II: Lord of Destruction or not, you have to kill Normal Baal or Diablo to have access to Nightmare, and you have to kill Nightmare Baal or Diablo to have access to Hell.Īct Bosses, Blood Raven, Griswold, Radament, Summoner, Izual, Putrid Defilers, Nihlathak, Diablo Clone and Pandemonium Event bosses have these bonuses: Their deaths grant you access to the following Act. They also have better chances of dropping uniques/ set items than any common monster.Ĭlick the linked names to see a page devoted to each boss, with info about their stats, skills, and abilities.Īndariel, Maiden of Anguish, boss of Act 1.īaal, Lord of Destruction, boss of Act 5 and 'guardian' of the next difficulty.In Diablo II they appear in the following order: Act Bosses are the most challenging single monsters in the game (aside from the patch-added Uber Monsters and certain immunities/abilities for bosses against certain characters). These bosses must be defeated in sequence to advance to the next segment of the game. Each of the four acts in Diablo II, and the fifth act added in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, ends with a boss battle.