Finger Mage

Doom Caster

Finger Mages are Undead.

Finger Mages are hovering, ghostly creatures that can fight at melee range or cast a nasty, mana-draining homing missile from a distance. They are more annoyance than danger for most characters, and even tough boss packs are seldom lethal; at worst they will force mana-depleted characters to retreat to scrounge for blue pots.

• All values are listed by difficulty level: Normal / Nightmare / Hell.

Statistics

Normal finger mages do not drop items, just potions and sometimes runes. Champions and Bosses/minions do drop all kinds of items, and their values are listed below.

• The TC/Rune drops listed are the highest Treasure Class/Rune Group a normal monster of that type can drop.
  • TC Champions and Bosses can sometimes drop from the next higher group.
  • The max TC/Rune possible may depend on which level a monster spawns in, and can be lower than the maximum. See the item calculators to ascertain precisely what a monster from a given area can drop.

Type	Level	Experience	Hit Points	Speed	Max TC/Rune
Doom Caster	24 / 56 / 82	482 / 12793 / 63609	143-198 / 966-1328 / 3502-6420	10	33/Sol, 60/Ist, 87/Zod
Strangler	27 / 57 / 84	645 / 13559 / 67278	171-236 / 992-1365 / 3640-6673	10	33/Sol, 60/Ist, 87/Zod
Storm Caster	30 / 58 / 85	856 / 14373 / 69113	203-280 / 1020-1403 / 3709-6800	10	33/Sol, 60/Ist, 87/Zod
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Strangler	-- / 60 / 81	-- / 16151 / 61774	-- / 1075-1478 / 4577- 6294	10	--, 63/Ist, 87/Zod
Storm Caster	-- / 66 / 85	-- / 22836 / 69113	-- / 1239- 1703 / 4945- 6800	10	--, 66/Vex, 87/Zod

Offense

Finger Mages cast a spell that sends seeking pink tentacles across the floor. If these strike a target they deal physical damage + fire damage + mana drain. Their attacks may also stun targets.

Type	Melee Attack #1	Attack Rating #1	Ranged Attack
Doom Caster	8-19 / 25-56 / 51-111	223 / 1317 / 3952	Norm: 7-13, 18-24 fire, -72% mana regen for 2 sec Night: 13-19, 36-42 fire, -144% mana regen for 3.2 sec Hell: 21-27, 62-68 fire, -240% mana regen for 4.8 sec
Strangler	9-21 / 25-56 / 51-112	256 / 1339 / 4044	Norm: 9-15, 24-30 fire, -96% mana regen for 2.4 sec Night: 15-21, 42-48 fire, -168% mana regen for 3.6 sec Hell: 23-29, 69-75 fire, -264% mana regen for 5.2 sec
Storm Caster	10-23 / 26-57 / 52-115	284 / 1360 / 4089	Norm: 11-17, 30-36 fire, -120% mana regen for 2.8 sec Night: 17-23, 48-54 fire, -192% mana regen for 4 sec Hell: 25-31, 76-82 fire, -288% mana regen for 5.6 sec
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Strangler	-- / 26-58 / 51-111	-- / 1404 / 3907	Norm: -- Night: 17-23, 48-54 fire, -192% mana regen for 4 sec Hell: 25-31, 76-82 fire, -288% mana regen for 5.6 sec
Storm Caster	-- / 30-66 / 52-115	-- / 1533 / 4089	Norm: -- Night: 17-23, 48-54 fire, -192% mana regen for 4 sec Hell: 25-31, 76-82 fire, -288% mana regen for 5.6 sec

Defenses

• Regen Rate tells what % of a monster's hit points are recovered per second. Standard is 1.2/sec.
• Blocking values are assigned to every monster in the game, but the ability is seldom enabled, so most monsters can not block (Hence the blocking % given on most Diablo II monster pages, including Blizzard's, is inaccurate.) When enabled, blocking tells what % of successful, blockable attacks will not damage the monster. Monsters need not carry a shield to block.
• Drain Effectiveness tells what % of a character's mana and life steal apply to that monster. 100 is all, 0 is none.
• Chill Effectiveness tells what % of a character's cold length applies to the monster. 100 is all, 0 is no freeze/chill at all.

Type	Defense	Blocking	Regen Rate	Drain Effectiveness	Chill Effectiveness
Doom Caster	122 / 921 / 1917	--	1.2/sec	100 / 66 / 33	50 / 40 / 25
Strangler	136 / 936 / 1960	--	1.2/sec	100 / 66 / 33	50 / 40 / 25
Storm Caster	151 / 950 / 1981	--	1.2/sec	100 / 66 / 33	50 / 40 / 25
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Strangler	-- / 979 / 1897	--	1.2/sec	-- / 66 / 33	-- / 40 / 25
Storm Caster	-- / 1065 / 1981	--	1.2/sec	-- / 66 / 33	-- / 40 / 25

Resistances

• Resistances over 99% are listed as immunities and monsters will take no damage from that type of attack.
• Immunities can be "broken" by skills that lower resistance, if the value drops below 99%. See the Resistances page for more details.

Type	Physical	Fire	Cold	Lightning	Poison	Magic
Doom Caster	0% / 0% / 50%	40% / 50% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	40% / 50% / 100%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Strangler	0% / 0% / 50%	50% / 60% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	50% / 60% / 100%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Storm Caster	0% / 0% / 50%	60% / 75% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	60% / 75% / 100%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Strangler	-- / 0% / 40%	-- / 75% / 66%	-- / 0% / 25%	-- / 75% / 100%	-- / 0% / 25%	-- / 0% / 0%
Storm Caster	-- / 0% / 40%	-- / 75% / 66%	-- / 0% / 25%	-- / 75% / 100%	-- / 0% / 25%	-- / 0% / 0%

Locations

• Guest Monsters are found only in Act Five, and only on Nightmare and Hell difficulty levels.
• Monsters in areas marked "Boss Only" will only appear as random bosses or champions.
• Monsters in areas marked "No Boss" will never appear as random bosses or champions.

Type	Acts 1-4: Normal, Nightmare, and Hell
Doom Caster	Act 4: Outer Steppes, Plains of Despair
Strangler	Act 4: City of the Damned, River of Flames
Storm Caster	Act 4: Chaos Sanctuary (Grand Vizier of Chaos Seal boss)
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Strangler	Act 5: Abaddon
Storm Caster	Act 5: Worldstone Keep 3