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Elly: Undo revision 60667 by Diabloadmi (talk)

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Undo revision 60667 by Diabloadmi (talk)

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Diabloadmi at 14:06, 2 December 2012

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Flux at 17:16, 18 November 2012

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Antraeus: /* Damage Types */

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‎Damage Types

Lajekahr at 15:18, 19 June 2012

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Garvin58 at 15:17, 29 May 2012

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Garvin58: This paragraph did not add useful information on combat

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Flux at 13:58, 18 January 2012

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 [[Holy Damage]]: White in coloration. (Found mostly on [[Monk skills]].) Extra damage to [[Undead]]?
-* Critical hit: Unknown.
+* Critical hit: Friendly AoE heal centered around the enemy.
-* Resisted by: Unknown.
+* Resisted by: Arcane resistance.
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 * See the [[Spells#Spell_Damage|Spell Damage]] article for full details.
 ==Health Bar==

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	How well this ratio will balance out in the late game is unknown, but as of the beta, a Wizard or Witch Doctor is always better off with a one-handed weapon and their class-specific off-hand item than they would be with any available two-handed weapon.		How well this ratio will balance out in the late game is unknown, but as of the beta, a Wizard or Witch Doctor is always better off with a one-handed weapon and their class-specific off-hand item than they would be with any available two-handed weapon.
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		+	==Skill Modifiers for "on Hit" stats==
		+	Items can often have a stat "on Hit" that is applied every time you hit with that skill. Because the speeds and number of enemies hit with each skill are different, Blizzard implemented a modifier to each skill. For example, Life on Hit +20 will not yield exactly 20 life on most skills. A list of skills and their modifiers can be found here: [[On Hit Modifiers]].

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	Every class in [[Diablo III]] is a [[DPS]] class; all are capable of prolifically slaying the enemies, whether by spells, skills, brute force, or a clever combination of all three.		Every class in [[Diablo III]] is a [[DPS]] class; all are capable of prolifically slaying the enemies, whether by spells, skills, brute force, or a clever combination of all three.

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−	Combat is the main activity engaged in while playing games in the Diablo series; they're not known as click-fests for nothing. Diablo isn't an [[RPG]] with a lot of social activities, or professions, or [[NPC]] dialogue. It's about killing vast hordes of evil [[monster]]s.
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	Every class in [[Diablo III]] is a [[DPS]] class; all are capable of prolifically slaying the enemies, whether by spells, skills, brute force, or a clever combination of all three.		Every class in [[Diablo III]] is a [[DPS]] class; all are capable of prolifically slaying the enemies, whether by spells, skills, brute force, or a clever combination of all three.

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	The [[DoT]] mechanic is much expanded and complicated in Diablo 3. No longer is the equation simply "X damage per second over Y seconds." In December 2011, [[Bashiok]] delivered an informative forum post on the subject, which you can read below:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-on-skill-dot-and-tool-tip-simplifications]		The [[DoT]] mechanic is much expanded and complicated in Diablo 3. No longer is the equation simply "X damage per second over Y seconds." In December 2011, [[Bashiok]] delivered an informative forum post on the subject, which you can read below:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-on-skill-dot-and-tool-tip-simplifications]

−	<blue>The tick rate of channeled skills is currently scaled by your weapon speed. This has the side effect of making the resource cost go up, which we’re okay with. It’s consistent with the philosophy that faster speed weapons consume more resource but may do more damage. Channeled skills might still be better with slower weapons though because on a channeled skill, you have as much mobility as you want, so the “mobility” and “overkill” advantages of faster weapons are eroded with channeled abilities, so all you’re left with is increased mana cost for increased damage.	+	<blue>The tick rate of channeled skills is currently scaled by your weapon speed. This has the side effect of making the resource cost go up, which we’re okay with. It’s consistent with the philosophy that faster speed weapons consume more resource but may do more damage. Channeled skills might still be better with slower weapons though because on a channeled skill, you have as much mobility as you want, so the “mobility” and “overkill” advantages of faster weapons are eroded with channeled abilities, so all you’re left with is increased mana cost for increased damage.</blue>

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-=Damage Types=
+==Damage Types==
-As in previous games in the series, there are numerous types of damage in [[Diablo III]]. Various spells, [[skill]]s, [[skillrunes]], and weapons channel their destructive might into one (or more) types of damage. Characters and [[monster]]s counter these attacks with equivalent types of resistance and immunities, and players must find the right balance of each if they wish to succeed in their battles.
+As in previous games in the series, there are numerous types of damage in [[Diablo III]]. Various spells, [[skill]]s, [[runes]], and [[weapons]] channel their destructive might into one (or more) types of damage. Characters and [[monster]]s counter these attacks with equivalent types of resistance and immunities, and players must find the right balance of each if they wish to succeed in their battles.
 [[Image:Barb-cold-light.jpg|thumb|300px|Axes with cold and lightning damage show their graphics.]]
-Damage in Diablo III takes the following forms. Every form of damage can count for a [[critical hit]] (caused by various item or skill properties) and when a "crit" is landed, a bonus effect is added along with increased damage.
+Damage in Diablo III takes the following forms. Every form of damage can count for a [[critical hit]] (caused by various item or skill properties) and when a "crit" is landed, a bonus effect is added along with increased damage. Targets that die to critical hits usually explode in gory and thematically-appropriate fashion.
 [[Physical Damage]]:
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 [[Cold Damage]]: Blue in coloration.
-* Critical hit: Cold crits freeze targets for 2 seconds.
+* Critical hit: Cold crits freeze targets for 2 seconds. (Duration affected by numerous other factors.)
 [[Fire Damage]]: Red in coloration.
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 [[Lightning Damage]]: White in coloration.
-* Critical hit: Lightning crits stun targets for 2 seconds.
+* Critical hit: Lightning crits stun targets for 2 seconds. (Duration affected by numerous other factors.)
 [[Disease Damage]]: Green in coloration.  (Formerly known as "Toxic.")
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 [[Holy Damage]]: White in coloration. (Found mostly on [[Monk skills]].) Extra damage to [[Undead]]?
 * Critical hit: Unknown.
-==Spell Damage==
+===Damage Over Time===
-The actual formula for spell damage is one of the biggest changes to [[combat]] in Diablo III. It's been changed to work much like physical damage does; spells now come with a fairly low base damage, much like weapons, and that value is acted upon by attributes, spells, traits, and equipment bonuses, all of which factor in to the final spell damage.  Equipment with +%spell damage is quite common, and mage characters will want to collect as much equipment of that type as possible, in order to improve their killing power.
+The [[DoT]] mechanic is much expanded and complicated in Diablo 3. No longer is the equation simply "X damage per second over Y seconds." In December 2011, [[Bashiok]] delivered an informative forum post on the subject, which you can read below:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-on-skill-dot-and-tool-tip-simplifications]
-One of the biggest effects of this change is that spell casters will no longer be able to wearing all +[[magic find]] gear. A [[Wizard]] or [[Witch Doctor]] can wear that sort of gear if they want, but if they forgo +%spell damage equipment their killing power will be very poor; much like a physical damage character trying to play in Hell with a base damage weapon.
+<blue>The tick rate of channeled skills is currently scaled by your weapon speed. This has the side effect of making the resource cost go up, which we’re okay with. It’s consistent with the philosophy that faster speed weapons consume more resource but may do more damage. Channeled skills might still be better with slower weapons though because on a channeled skill, you have as much mobility as you want, so the “mobility” and “overkill” advantages of faster weapons are eroded with channeled abilities, so all you’re left with is increased mana cost for increased damage.
 * See the [[Spells#Spell_Damage|Spell Damage]] article for full details.
 ==Damage Types Update==
 Blizzard's [[@Diablo]] Twitter feed added some clarification about damage types in posts made in early December 2010.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-on-damage-types-and-resistances/]