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==Corpsefire==

'''Type:''' Zombie, Undead<br>

'''Special Attributes:''' Spectral Hit<br>

'''Quest:''' Corpsefire and all the other monsters in the Den of Evil must be killed to finish the quest.<br>

'''Comments:''' Corpsefire has high physical resistance, and is often physical immune on Hell. This made him a special challenge in earlier versions of the game, since he had to be killed to finish this quest, and since so few monsters were PI in those days.

==Bishibosh==

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'''Type:''' Fallen Shaman<br>

'''Special Attributes:''' Magic Resistance, Fire Enchanted<br>

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'''Type:''' Skeleton, Undead<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Strong, Magic Resistant<br>

'''Found in: '''The Crypt. (Dungeon below the Burial Grounds.)<br>

'''Quest:''' Not part of any quest.<br>

==Blood Raven==

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'''Type:''' Corrupt Rogue Archer<br>

'''Special Attributes:''' Fire Arrow<br>

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'''Type:''' Dark Ranger<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Cold Enchanted<br>

'''Quest:''' Not part of any quest.<br>

'''Comments:''' Best monster to kill for gull drops.<br>

==Rakanishu==

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'''Type:''' Carver<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Lightning Enchanted, Extra Fast<br>

==Treehead Woodfist==

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'''Type:''' Brute<br>

'''Special Attributes:''' Extra Strong, Extra Fast<br>

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'''Type:''' Special, Undead<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Cursed<br>

==The Countess==

'''Type:''' Dark Stalker<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Fire Enchanted<br>

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'''Type:''' Tainted<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Cursed, Cold Enchanted<br>

'''Quest:''' Not part of any quest. <br>

'''Comments:''' Pitspawn Fouldog and its minions can be quite a challenge for lower-level characters especially if they appear shortly after entering Jail Level 2. The added cold damage to its bite as well as its lightning orb attack makes Pitspawn Fouldog a formidable foe for those with low cold and lightning resistances. Their growl often gives away their location, so stay sharp. <br>

==Bone Ash==

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'''Type:''' Burning Dead Mage, Undead<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Strong, Cold Enchanted, Magic Resistant.<br>

'''Quest:''' Not part of any quest.<br>

'''Comments:''' Bone Ash is a popular superunique to kill, since he is so quickly and easily found, in the middle of the Cathedral near the Inner Cloister waypoint.

==The Smith==

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'''Type:''' Special<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Strong<br>

'''Quest:''' The Smith is found near the weapon stand that holds Chari's smithing hammer. You must return the hammer to Charsi to complete the [[Quests_Act_One#Quest_Five:_Tools_of_the_Trade|Tools of the Trade]] quest. It is not necessary to kill The Smith to complete the quest.<br>

'''Comments:''' The Smith is reminiscent of the very scary Butcher, from Diablo I. He's not as fierce or bloody, but he looks similar and moves quickly to initiate a pounding melee attack. He uses the same graphics as [[Hephasto]], found in Act Four. See full stats and more information about [[The Smith]].

==Andariel==

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'''Type:''' Act Boss<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Poison Strike, Poison Cloud<br>

'''Found in: '''Catacombs Level 4<br>

'''Quest:''' Andariel must be killed to complete the [[Quests_Act_One#Quest_Six:_Sisters_to_the_Slaughter|Sisters to the Slaughter]] quest and advance to Act Two.<br>

=Act Two SuperUniques=

==Radament==

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'''Type:''' Greater Mummy, Undead<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Fast, Resist Cold/Poison<br>

'''Quest:''' Radament must be killed to complete [[Quests_Act_Two#Quest_One:_Radament.27s_Lair|the first quest]] in Act Two. He drops a scroll worth one skill point, so this is a quest every character wants to complete.<br>

'''Comments:''' Radament spawns with a huge pack of various types of skeletons, and he is quick to resurrect them when they are destroyed. Luring the melee skeletons a few screens away helps a lot, as does killing them with cold to shatter their bones, or using them up with corpse skills. The glowing chest near Radament contains gold and a Horadric Scroll, which gives a clue to where one might obtain the Horadric Cube.

==Creeping Feature==

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'''Type:''' Decayed, Undead<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Strong, Cold Enchanted<br>

'''Quest:''' No quests are associated with this monster. <br>

'''Comments:''' The name is a joke based on "feature creep" the gaming industry term for additional features that keep creeping into a game and delaying its completion. Diablo II was released over a year late, and one assumes this monster was named during the endless crunch time.

==Blood Witch the Wild==

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'''Type:''' Huntress<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Strong, Cursed<br>

==Beetleburst==

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'''Type:''' Death Beetle<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Magic Resistant<br>

==Coldworm the Burrower==

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'''Type:''' Sand Maggot Queen<br>

'''Special Attributes:''' Cold Enchanted, Magic Resistant<br>

==Dark Elder==

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'''Type:''' Plague Bearer, Undead<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Fast, Magic Resistant<br>

==Fangskin==

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'''Type:''' Salamander<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Lightning Enchanted, Extra Fast<br>

==Fire Eye==

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'''Type:''' Invader<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Fire Enchanted, Extra Fast<br>

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'''Type:''' Special<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Strong, Extra Fast, Resist Fire/Cold/Lightning<br>

On Hell difficulty, the Summoner will sometimes drop the Key of Hate, an artifact required for the [[Pandemonium Event]]. The key has no other purpose, and can not be used by single player characters.

==Ancient Kaa the Soulless==

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'''Type:''' Unraveler, Undead<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Magic Resistant, Extra Strong, Lightning Enchanted<br>

'''Comments:''' Ancient Kaa is one of the very few monsters in the game with 3 pre-set modifiers, which makes him one of the very few capable of having five random modifiers in Hell difficulty. This makes for an interesting name hover, but isn't necessarily all that deadly, especially after v1.10 made MSLE bosses so much less dangerous. Dealing with Kaa and his pack in a dungeon crowded with skeletons, zombies, or specters can be a challenge, as quickly and frequently as they can resurrect their fallen undead servants.

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==Duriel==

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'''Type:''' Act Boss<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Resistant to Cold/Fire/Lightning/Poison<br>

==Sszark the Burning==

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'''Type:''' Flame Spider<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Strong, Cursed<br>

==Witch Doctor Endugu==

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'''Type:'''Soul Killer Shaman<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Magic Resistant, Fire Enchanted<br>

Like all Fetish Shaman bosses, Endugu drops double, when you kill the piggyback shaman, and again when you kill the Flayer that was carrying him. Barbarians can get a triple drop by Horking (using [[Barbarian_Warcries#Find_Item|Find Item]]) the corpse. (Only the Flayer on the bottom can be horked; not the piggybacking shaman too.)

==Stormtree==

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'''Type:''' Thrasher<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Fast, Lightning Enchanted<br>

==Battlemaid Sarina==

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'''Type:''' Flesh Hunter<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Fast, Spectral Hit<br>

==Icehawk Riftwing==

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'''Type:''' Gloombat<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Cold Enchanted, Teleportation<br>

==Ismail Vilehand==

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'''Type:''' Council Member<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Fast, Cursed<br>

==Geleb Flamefinger==

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'''Type:''' Council Member<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Strong, Fire Enchanted<br>

==Toorc Icefist==

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'''Type:''' Council Member<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Cold Enchanted, Stone Skin<br>

==Bremm Sparkfist==

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'''Type:''' Council Member<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Aura Enchanted and Fire Enchanted (Lightning Enchanted prior to v1.08.)<br>

'''Comments:''' Bremm is a nasty enemy, but he's not especially difficult to avoid if the goal is simply to get to Mephisto as quickly as possible. Fighting him can be risky, depending on his modifiers. Prior to v1.08 he was terrifying; always Lightning Enchanted and with the potential to spawn Multi-shot and/or Conviction for his aura. Pre v1.09, one hit of an MSLE with Conviction was almost certainly instant death for any melee character in the game, no matter your resistances or damage. Bremm's LE became FE in v1.08, and then in v1.09 the MSLE stacking bug was fixed, removing the instant death danger from monsters with that combination of mods.

[[Image:Mon-bremm-hover.jpg|center|frame|Do not touch! Do not want!!]]

==Wyand Voidbringer==

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'''Type:''' Council Member<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Mana Burn, Teleportation<br>

==Maffer Dragonhand==

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'''Type:''' Council Member<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Fast, Extra Strong<br>

==Mephisto==

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'''Type:''' Act Boss<br>

'''Found in: '''Durance of Hate Level 3<br>

Mephisto was the first hugely popular "item run" monster, since he drops very nice, high quality items, and can be reached fairly quickly from the Durance Two waypoint. v1.10 made him somewhat more difficult to find by increasing the size of Durance Two, and he can no longer be leached for life or mana on Nightmare or Hell difficulty, but he's still quite a popular item finding destination.

=Act Four SuperUniques=

==Izual==

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'''Type:''' Special<br>

'''Found in: '''Plains of Despair<br>

'''Quests:''' Izual must be killed to complete the [[Quests_Act_Four#Quest_One:_The_Fallen_Angel|Fallen Angel]] quest.<br>

'''Comments:''' Izual is the original tank. Not very fast or damaging, but possessed of high defense and quite a few hit points. Prior to v1.08, he was basically a one-monster "repairs needed" device, sure to send players off to town for repairs or arrow/bolt refills mid-battle. He's less durable in v1.11, but can still take new characters quite a while to grind down to nothing. For all his toughness, his damage isn't very high, and the combined effect of his chilling hits, Frost Novas, and hit points make him more time-consuming nuisance than serious threat to survival.

==Hephasto the Armorer==

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'''Type:''' Special<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Aura Enchanted (Conviction), Spectral Hit, Magic Resistant<br>

==Grand Vizier of Chaos==

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'''Type:''' Storm Caster, Undead<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Strong, Fire Enchanted<br>

'''Comments:''' The Vizier is found in the northern (or left, depending on how you look at it) wing of the Chaos Sanctuary. Since MSLE was fixed/nerfed in v1.10, this Finger Mage boss and his pack are no longer very dangerous, though they can be annoying for some characters thanks to their mana-draining projectiles.

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'''Type:''' Oblivion Knight, Undead<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Strong, Aura Enchanted (Fanaticism)<br>

Thanks to these changes, De Seis is now simply another Oblivion Knight, and can be dangerous if he spawns with a nasty aura (such as Might to strengthen his minions), but he's nothing special anymore.

==Infector of Souls==

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'''Type:''' Venom Lord<br>

'''Special Attributes: '''Extra Fast, Spectral Hit<br>

==Diablo==

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'''Type:''' Act Boss<br>

'''Found in: '''The Chaos Sanctuary<br>

'''Quests:''' Diablo is the final boss of Act Four, and must be killed to [[Quests_Act_Four#Quest_Three:_Terror.27s_End|finish the game]] in D2C, or to advance to Act Five in D2X.<br>

'''Comments:''' Diablo has a variety of spells and, like many monsters in the game, was much more dangerous in early versions, when his Firestorm and Pink Lightning Hose could insta-kill characters under the right circumstances. He's been nerfed in various patches, and is no longer quite the terror he once was. Especially not when compared to [[Uber Diablo]] or [[Pandemonium Diablo]], much fiercer versions of himself added in special realm-only quests in v1.10 and v1.11.

=Act Five SuperUniques=