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‎Diablo III CC Skills

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CC, or Crowd Control, is a term used to refer to skills that [[debuff]] or otherwise disable or distract enemies. While most CC skills do not deal direct damage, not all non-damage skills are CC; buffs such as some warcries and auras are not generally considered CC skills unless they have a debuff effect on enemies.

Most CC skills work differently against [[bosses]] and other players (in the [[Arena]]), with (at least) a reduced duration of effect compared to their function against regular [[monsters]].

These types of abilities are not as common in Diablo III as in many RPGs, since all of the classes in D3 are designed to deal direct damage, rather than acting as support or healers. There are many more [[buffs]] than debuffs in Diablo III, as most classes have more ways to improve their own performance than to limit that of enemies. Most of Diablo III's CC skills are part of an attack that also deals damage.

==Diablo III CC Skills==

This list may be outdated by future game changes, and there is some debate about just how CC some skills are. There will also be numerous [[runestone]] effects that grant CC functions to various other skills.

All skills that deal [[cold]] damage can be considered CC, since chilled enemies move and attack at a slower rate. It's likely that numerous runestone effects will add cold damage, and it might be widely-accessible from equipment bonuses as well.

[[Barbarian Skills]]: The Barbarian's CC skills are varied, with skills to knock back attackers with a couple of others meant to draw elusive enemies into melee range.
* [[Ground Stomp]] -- Damages and stuns nearby enemies.
* [[Ancient Spear]] -- A ranged attack that harpoons an enemy and drags them into melee range, while slowing their speed.
* [[Seismic Slam]] -- Ranged attack that damages and knocks back enemies.
* [[Taunt]] -- Enrages enemies, causing them to rush at the Barbarian while weakening their melee attacks.

[[Demon Hunter Skills]]: Only a few Demon Hunter skills are yet known. It's certain the class has other CC abilities not yet revealed.
* [[Entangling Shot]] -- Arrow attack that greatly slows enemy movement. May chain several nearby targets together.

[[Monk Skills]]: The Monk has a wide variety of CC abilities that can knock back, slow, daze, drain, and otherwise afflict his enemies. Several of these come from his [[combo]] attacks, which can be mixed and matched together, potentially allowing the Monk to deal two or three different kinds of debuffs to the same target(s) in very rapid succession.
* [[Lashing Tail Kick]] -- A roundhouse kick that damages and knocks back enemies.
* [[Lethal Decoy]] -- Creates a duplicate of the Monk that attracts enemies before exploding and dealing [[Holy]] damage.
* [[Blinding Flash]] -- A flash of liht that blinds all nearby enemies. Blinded enemies suffer a reduced chance to/hit and will not attack unless attacked first.
* [[Crippling Wave]] -- This [[combo]] skill "[[daze]]s" enemies, reducing their movement speed.
* [[Exploding Palm]] -- This [[combo]] skill creates a bleeding effect on enemies, dealing slow hit point loss and causing them to explode for huge damage if they die while the bleed effect is still active.
* [[Retribution Aura]] -- Deals damage to all enemies in range, and causes their own damage to reflect back onto them.

[[Witch Doctor Skills]]: The Witch Doctor has a few pure mind control skills, similar to the D2 Necromancer's curses, but only a few, since he is designed as a more active, directly attacking character.
* [[Grasp of the Dead]] -- A curse that slows and damages enemies for several seconds.
* [[Hex]] -- Hexed enemies are unable to perform offensive actions and take additional damage.
* [[Horrify]] -- Frightens all enemies within range of the WD, causing them to run away.
* [[Mass Confusion]] -- Incite paranoia in enemies, causing some to fight for the Witch Doctor for X seconds.

[[Wizard Skills]]: The Wizard's CC skills are mostly attacks as well. It's likely that many other Wizard skills will work like CC skills, if rune'd to deal cold damage.
* [[Ice Armor]] -- Freezes and chills attackers, slowing their movement and attack speed.
* [[Mirror Image]] -- Creates duplicates of the Wizard that move and attack for X seconds.
* [[Wave of Force]] -- Knocks back enemies and incoming projectiles.
* [[Frost Nova]] -- Freezes or chills enemies, slowing their movement/attack speed.
* [[Ray of Frost]] -- A beam that chills enemies, slowing their movement/attack speed.
* [[Slow Time]] -- Creates a protective bubble around the Wizard, within which all enemies and projectiles are greatly slowed.
* [[Blizard]] -- A powerful [[AoE]] attack that drops icy projectiles. Chilled enemies have their movement/attack speed reduced.

==CC in WoW==

CC skills are common in World of Warcraft and are used to debuff monsters and other players in PvP. They are essential to manage elements of WoW such as [[aggro]]. A quote from the WoW Wiki[http://www.wowwiki.com/Crowd_control].

::Crowd Control (abbreviated CC) refers to spells and abilities which limit an opponent's ability to fight. CC abilities are used to reduce the number of mobs that the group fight at once. Due to the fact that most groups cannot tank more than a certain number of elite mobs at a time, crowd control is often essential to prevent a group from being overwhelmed.

==Reference==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_control_%28MMORPG%29 Crowd control (MMORPG)] on Wikipedia
* [http://www.wowwiki.com/Crowd_control Crowd Control in WoW]

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 ==Diablo III CC Skills==
+For the purposes of this list, a skill has CC if it directly affects a target in any way except damage. This list only notes the CC portions of skills; see the respective skill pages for a complete description of their full effects.
 There will also be numerous [[runestone]] effects that change some of these skills from being CC to beign direct damage, and that change other skills to a CC-style effect.
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 All skills that deal [[cold]] damage can be considered CC, since chilled enemies move and attack at a slower rate. It's likely that numerous runestone effects will add cold damage, and it might be widely-accessible from equipment bonuses as well. It can also be argued that all minion skills are CC, since the minion or pet serves as a target for enemy attackers.
-[[Barbarian Skills]]:<br>
+; [[Barbarian Skills]]
-The Barbarian's CC skills are varied, with skills to knock back attackers with a couple of others meant to draw elusive enemies into melee range.
+* [[Ancient Spear]] pulls its target to the Barbarian, slowing it by 60% for ''??'' seconds ("briefly").
-* [[Ground Stomp]] -- Damages and stuns nearby enemies.
+* [[Bash]] has a 20% chance to Knockback its target.
-* [[Ancient Spear]] -- A ranged attack that harpoons an enemy and drags them into melee range, while slowing their speed.
+* [[Furious Charge]] knocks back enemies in the Barbarian's path.
-* [[Seismic Slam]] -- Ranged attack that damages and knocks back enemies.
+* [[Ground Stomp]] stuns enemies within 12 yards for 4 seconds.
-* [[Taunt]] -- Enrages enemies, causing them to rush at the Barbarian while weakening their melee attacks.
+* [[Leap]] slows enemies within 8 yards of the destination by 60% for 4 seconds.
-* [[Call of the Ancients]] -- Summons three legendary Barbarians to join the battle for a short duration.
+* [[Seismic Slam]] knocks back enemies in a 45-yard arc.
+* [[Threatening Shout]] reduces the damage of enemies within 25 yards by 20% for 15 seconds.
+* [[Weapon Throw]] slows its target by 60% for 2 seconds.
-[[Wizard Skills]]: <br>
+; [[Demon Hunter Skills]]
-The Wizard's CC skills are mostly attacks as well. It's likely that many other Wizard skills will work like CC skills, if rune'd to deal cold damage.
+* [[Caltrops]], when sprung, slows enemies within 12 yards by 60% for 6 seconds.
-* [[Ice Armor]] -- Freezes and chills attackers, slowing their movement and attack speed.
+* [[Entangling Shot]] slows up to 2 enemies by 60% for 2 seconds.
-* [[Mirror Image]] -- Creates duplicates of the Wizard that move and attack for X seconds.
+* [[Fan of Knives]] slows enemies within 10 yards by 60% for 2 seconds.
-==CC in WoW==
+; [[Monk Skills]]
-CC skills are common in World of Warcraft and are used to debuff monsters and other players in PvP. They are essential to manage elements of WoW such as [[aggro]]. A quote from the WoW Wiki[http://www.wowwiki.com/Crowd_control].
+; [[Witch Doctor Skills]]
-::Crowd Control (abbreviated CC) refers to spells and abilities which limit an opponent's ability to fight. CC abilities are used to reduce the number of mobs that the group fight at once. Due to the fact that most groups cannot tank more than a certain number of elite mobs at a time, crowd control is often essential to prevent a group from being overwhelmed.
+; [[Wizard Skills]]
 ==Reference==

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 * [[Seismic Slam]] -- Ranged attack that damages and knocks back enemies.
 * [[Taunt]] -- Enrages enemies, causing them to rush at the Barbarian while weakening their melee attacks.
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 * [[Slow Time]] -- Creates a protective bubble around the Wizard, within which all enemies and projectiles are greatly slowed.
 * [[Blizzard]] -- A powerful [[AoE]] attack that drops icy projectiles. Chilled enemies have their movement/attack speed reduced.
+<br>
 ==CC in WoW==

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 ==Diablo III CC Skills==
-This list may be outdated by future game changes, and there is some debate about just how CC some skills are. There will also be numerous [[runestone]] effects that grant CC functions to various other skills.
+This list may be outdated by future game changes, and there is some debate about just how CC some skills are.
-All skills that deal [[cold]] damage can be considered CC, since chilled enemies move and attack at a slower rate. It's likely that numerous runestone effects will add cold damage, and it might be widely-accessible from equipment bonuses as well.
+There will also be numerous [[runestone]] effects that change some of these skills from being CC to beign direct damage, and that change other skills to a CC-style effect.
 [[Barbarian Skills]]:<br>
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 * [[Crippling Wave]] -- This [[combo]] skill "[[daze]]s" enemies, reducing their movement speed.
 * [[Exploding Palm]] -- This [[combo]] skill creates a bleeding effect on enemies, dealing slow hit point loss and causing them to explode for huge damage if they die while the bleed effect is still active.
-* [[Retribution Aura]] -- Deals damage to all enemies in range, and causes their own damage to reflect back onto them.
+* [[Retribution Aura]] -- Deals damage to all enemies in range, and causes their own damage to reflect back onto them. (Debatable if it's CC, since monster AI doesn't seem to be affected.)
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 * [[Horrify]] -- Frightens all enemies within range of the WD, causing them to run away.
 * [[Mass Confusion]] -- Incite paranoia in enemies, causing some to fight for the Witch Doctor for X seconds.
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 * [[Ray of Frost]] -- A beam that chills enemies, slowing their movement/attack speed.
 * [[Slow Time]] -- Creates a protective bubble around the Wizard, within which all enemies and projectiles are greatly slowed.
-* [[Blizard]] -- A powerful [[AoE]] attack that drops icy projectiles. Chilled enemies have their movement/attack speed reduced.
+* [[Blizzard]] -- A powerful [[AoE]] attack that drops icy projectiles. Chilled enemies have their movement/attack speed reduced.
 ==CC in WoW==

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 All skills that deal [[cold]] damage can be considered CC, since chilled enemies move and attack at a slower rate. It's likely that numerous runestone effects will add cold damage, and it might be widely-accessible from equipment bonuses as well.
-[[Barbarian Skills]]: The Barbarian's CC skills are varied, with skills to knock back attackers with a couple of others meant to draw elusive enemies into melee range.
+[[Barbarian Skills]]:<br>
 * [[Ground Stomp]] -- Damages and stuns nearby enemies.
 * [[Ancient Spear]] -- A ranged attack that harpoons an enemy and drags them into melee range, while slowing their speed.
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 * [[Taunt]] -- Enrages enemies, causing them to rush at the Barbarian while weakening their melee attacks.
 [[Demon Hunter Skills]]: Only a few Demon Hunter skills are yet known. It's certain the class has other CC abilities not yet revealed.
 * [[Entangling Shot]] -- Arrow attack that greatly slows enemy movement. May chain several nearby targets together.
 [[Monk Skills]]: The Monk has a wide variety of CC abilities that can knock back, slow, daze, drain, and otherwise afflict his enemies. Several of these come from his [[combo]] attacks, which can be mixed and matched together, potentially allowing the Monk to deal two or three different kinds of debuffs to the same target(s) in very rapid succession.
 * [[Lashing Tail Kick]] -- A roundhouse kick that damages and knocks back enemies.
 * [[Lethal Decoy]] -- Creates a duplicate of the Monk that attracts enemies before exploding and dealing [[Holy]] damage.
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 * [[Retribution Aura]] -- Deals damage to all enemies in range, and causes their own damage to reflect back onto them.
 [[Witch Doctor Skills]]: The Witch Doctor has a few pure mind control skills, similar to the D2 Necromancer's curses, but only a few, since he is designed as a more active, directly attacking character.
 * [[Grasp of the Dead]] -- A curse that slows and damages enemies for several seconds.
 * [[Hex]] -- Hexed enemies are unable to perform offensive actions and take additional damage.
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 * [[Mass Confusion]] -- Incite paranoia in enemies, causing some to fight for the Witch Doctor for X seconds.
 [[Wizard Skills]]: The Wizard's CC skills are mostly attacks as well. It's likely that many other Wizard skills will work like CC skills, if rune'd to deal cold damage.
 * [[Ice Armor]] -- Freezes and chills attackers, slowing their movement and attack speed.
 * [[Mirror Image]] -- Creates duplicates of the Wizard that move and attack for X seconds.
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 * [[Slow Time]] -- Creates a protective bubble around the Wizard, within which all enemies and projectiles are greatly slowed.
 * [[Blizard]] -- A powerful [[AoE]] attack that drops icy projectiles. Chilled enemies have their movement/attack speed reduced.
 ==CC in WoW==