Game Mechanics
Diablo 2 Resurrected explains little of what happens under the hood. These articles do: what item properties really do, how damage is dealt and taken, what makes special monsters dangerous, and how experience and drops work.
Item properties
What the special properties on weapons and armor really do, and where they stop working.
- Crushing BlowRemoves a share of the target's current life instead of dealing weapon damage.
- Deadly StrikeA chance to double the physical damage of an attack.
- Open WoundsMakes the monsters you hit bleed for physical damage over time.
- Ignore Target's DefenseYour attacks always hit, whatever the monster's defense.
- -% Target DefenseLowers the defense of the monsters you hit, so you hit more often.
- Piercing AttackLets your missiles fly through a monster and hit the ones behind it.
- Prevent Monster HealStops the monsters you hit from regaining life.
- Hit Blinds TargetShortens how far the monsters you hit can see.
- Freezes TargetFreezes the monsters you hit in place.
- Slows TargetCuts the attack rate and speed of whatever you hit.
- Cannot Be FrozenKeeps cold attacks from chilling or freezing you.Half Freeze Duration
Damage
How the damage you deal is put together, and how the damage you take is lowered.
- Damage CalculationHow weapon damage, skills and bonuses add up to the damage you deal.
- Damage ReductionThe order in which damage reduction, resistances and absorb lower the damage you take.
Monsters
What makes special monsters tougher, and how monsters decide what they drop.
- Monster ModifiersThe modifiers champions, uniques and super uniques spawn with, and what each one does.Extra StrongExtra FastCursedMagic ResistantFire EnchantedCold EnchantedLightning EnchantedMana BurnSpectral HitTeleportationStone SkinMultiple ShotsAura EnchantedThief
- Champion TypesThe five kinds of champion packs, from plain Champions to Ghostly ones.ChampionFanaticBerserkerPossessedGhostly
- Treasure ClassesHow the game picks the items a monster drops.
- Diablo CloneWhat makes Diablo Clone spawn, and how to beat him.
- The CountessWhere to find the Countess and how her rune drops work.
Character and items
Leveling your character and improving your items.
- Leveling and ExperienceHow much experience a monster gives, by the level gap between you.
- Adding SocketsEvery way to add sockets to an item, and how many you get.
- HellforgeThe Hellforge quest and the runes it rewards in each difficulty.