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Uniques get modifiers not found on other items, since the stats for every unique item were custom created by Blizzard North. There is some randomness to them; properties ofter occur in some range, such as 100-120% enhanced damage, but every unique is instantly recognizable by its stats, and appearance.

Not all Uniques in Diablo II are useful, but some are the best items of their type. The Uniques added in the Expansion are all quite high quality, and nearly all of them are desirable.

Before [[Runewords]] were so vastly improved in v1.10 and v1.11, Uniques, and a few individual Set Items, made up the most powerful equipment in the game. Not all uniques are wonderful, or useful in the end game, but even the less powerful ones are special, and often useful for a particular character, or type of play style. Uniques make very helpful "twinks," since they are almost always far better than any magical or rare item of comparable level.

In addition to the normal bonuses to damage, resistances or stats, many uniques have special properties that can't be found on any other items in the game. Some of these are, Crushing Blow, Deadly Strike, Open Wounds, Hit Causes Blindness, Hit Freezes Target, +to Fire Skills, +% to total mana, Hit Slows Target, Freeze duration, and more.

All of these properties get an asterisk * after them in each item description, and are explained in more detail below the item tables. For info on all other modifiers, see them listed in our [[Special Modifiers]] page, where you can find more info on most of these special ones as well.

Uniques and Rares were often confused in the early days of Diablo II. By now any experienced player has no such difficulty, but newcomers might still need a refresher.