Death Mauler

Death Maulers are Animals.

These creatures use an odd combination of melee and ranged attacks. In close, they hit with their club-like fists, and do solid damage, but don't have much of an attack rate. They can attack from a distance as well, and do so by punching the ground and sending slender, stabbing tentacles through the earth until they erupt upwards beneath the feet of the Death Mauler's target. They are not very dangerous using either attack, and more characters can tear right through them.

Some early promotional artwork showed these monsters lashing their tentacles through the air, like whips, but no such behavior made it into the game.

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

Statistics

Speed rates a monster's movement speed. 1 is very slow, 10 is fast, with some very fast creatures rated at 10+.

• The TC/Rune drops listed are the highest Treasure Class/Rune Group a normal monster of that type can drop.
  • Champions and Bosses can sometimes drop from the next higher TC.
  • The max TC/Rune possible depends on which level a monster spawns in, and can vary slightly from the listed values (monsters that spawn in later levels can drop higher level items). 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
Death Mauler	32 / 58 / 80	1155 / 11179 / 46620	184-228 / 1467-1850 / 4835-8130	4 / 4 / 4	36/Dol, 60/Ist, 84/Zod
Death Brawler	35 / 59 / 81	1535 / 11850 / 48046	215-264 / 1505-1898 / 4935-8296	4 / 4 / 4	36/Dol, 60/Ist, 84/Zod
Death Slasher	38 / 60 / 81	2039 / 12562 / 48046	245-300 / 1545-1948 / 4935-8296	4 / 4 / 4	39/Dol, 60/Ist, 87/Zod
Death Berserker	40 / 61 / 82	2477 / 13314 / 49473	266-326 / 1585-1999 / 5034-8463	5 / 5 / 5	39/Dol, 60/Ist, 87/Zod
Death Brigadier	41 / 62 / 83	2720 / 14114 / 50900	276-342 / 1623-2047 / 5133-8630	6 / 6 / 6	39/Dol, 63/Vex, 87/Zod
Guest Monster (Act Five, NM/Hell only.)
Death Brawler	-- / 59 / 81	-- / 11850 / 48046	-- / 1505-1898 / 4935-8296	-- / 4 / 4	-- , 60/Ist, 84/Zod
Death Slasher	-- / 60 / 81	-- / 12562 / 48046	-- / 1545-1948 / 4935-8296	--/ 4 / 4	-- , 60/Ist, 87/Zod
Death Berserker	-- / 61 / 82	-- / 13314 / 49473	-- / 1585-1999 / 5034-8463	-- / 5 / 5	-- , 60/Ist, 87/Zod
Death Brigadier	-- / 62 / 83	-- / 14114 / 50900	-- / 1623-2047 / 5133-8630	-- / 6 / 6	-- , 63/Vex, 87/Zod

Offence

The ranged underground tentacle attacks always hit, but can be blocked.

Type	Melee Attack	Attack Rating	Ranged Attack
Death Mauler	10-15 / 36-67 / 68-127	830 / 1304 / 3700	10-20 / 22-32 / 38-48
Death Brawler	11-17 / 36-68 / 69-130	913 / 1324 / 3744	14-24 / 26-36 / 42-52
Death Slasher	12-18 / 36-68 / 69-130	996 / 1345 / 3744	18-28 / 30-40 / 46-56
Death Berserker	13-19 / 38-71 / 69-130	1051 / 1366 / 3788	22-32 / 34-44 / 50-60
Death Brigadier	13-19 / 38-71 / 70-131	1079 / 1386 / 3831	26-36 / 38-48 / 54-64
Guest Monster (Act Five, NM/Hell only.)
Death Brawler	-- / 36-68 / 69-130	-- / 1324 / 3744	-- / 26-36 / 42-52
Death Slasher	-- / 36-68 / 69-130	-- / 1345 / 3744	-- / 30-40 / 46-56
Death Berserker	-- / 38-71 / 69-130	-- / 1366 / 3788	-- / 34-44 / 50-60
Death Brigadier	-- / 38-71 / 70-131	-- / 1386 / 3831	-- / 38-48 / 54-64

Defences

• 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
Death Mauler	241 / 752 / 1484	--	1.2/sec	100 / 85 / 75	50 / 40 / 33
Death Brawler	264 / 763 / 1501	--	1.2/sec	100 / 85 / 75	50 / 40 / 33
Death Slasher	287 / 775 / 1501	--	1.2/sec	100 / 85 / 75	50 / 40 / 33
Death Berserker	302 / 786 / 1518	--	1.2/sec	100 / 85 / 75	50 / 40 / 33
Death Brigadier	309 / 798 / 1535	--	1.2/sec	100 / 85 / 75	50 / 40 / 33
Guest Monster (Act Five, NM/Hell only.)
Death Brawler	-- / 763 / 1501	--	1.2/sec	-- / 85 / 75	-- / 40 / 33
Death Slasher	-- / 775 / 1501	--	1.2/sec	-- / 85 / 75	-- / 40 / 33
Death Berserker	-- / 786 / 1518	--	1.2/sec	-- / 85 / 75	-- / 40 / 33
Death Brigadier	-- / 798 / 1535	--	1.2/sec	-- / 85 / 75	-- / 40 / 33

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
Death Mauler	0% / 0% / 33%	0% / 25% / 50%	0% / 25% / 50%	0% / 50% / 100%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Death Brawler	0% / 0% / 33%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 100%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Death Slasher	0% / 0% / 33%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 135%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Death Berserker	0% / 0% / 100%	0% / 0% / 25%	0% / 0% / 25%	0% / 0% / 25%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Death Brigadier	0% / 0% / 33%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 145%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Guest Monster (Act Five, NM/Hell only.)
Death Brawler	0% / 0% / 33%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 100%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Death Slasher	0% / 0% / 33%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 135%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Death Berserker	0% / 0% / 100%	0% / 0% / 25%	0% / 0% / 25%	0% / 0% / 25%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Death Brigadier	0% / 0% / 33%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 135%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%

Locations

• Monster variety in Act Five on Normal difficulty is static -- the same monsters are always in the same areas. (This was true of NM/Hell also, prior to v1.10.)
• Many Expansion monsters only appear as Guest Monsters in v1.10+.
• 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	Normal	Nightmare & Hell
Death Mauler	Bloody Foothills, Frigid Highlands (Eyeback the Unleashed)	Bloody Foothills, Frigid Highlands
Death Brawler	Halls of Pain (No boss)	--
Death Slasher	Frozen River (Boss only), Glacial Trail, Ancients' Way (No boss)	--
Death Berserker	--	--
Death Brigadier	Frigid Highlands (Boss only)	--
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only.)
Death Brawler	--	Frigid Highlands
Death Slasher	--	Arreat Plateau
Death Berserker	--	Frozen Tundra
Death Brigadier	--	Halls of Anguish