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Diablo 4 Glossary

02.08.2023 - 12:30:38
Diablo 4 , Game Guides

Diablo 4 Glossary

Diablo 4 is a pretty straightforward game. You battle the forces of evil and Lilith. Along the way, you’ll need to upgrade your gear constantly until you see better and better numbers when you attack enemies. Simple enough, but there are a lot of things that the game doesn’t tell you beforehand.

If you look at the Skill Tree of your character, you’ll see some underlined words. Those are keywords that relate to specific status effects, bonuses, or many other things in the game. Diablo 4 doesn’t tell you what these keywords mean from the get-go, so here’s a quick guide to help you out with it.

This guide will also explain a few other terms that you’ll come across in the game.

Enemy Archetypes

Enemy Type	Meaning
Boss	Commonly found at the end of Dungeons and in campaign missions. Stronger than all enemy types.
Bruiser	Enemies are typically larger and have higher health pools. Can deal significant damage but is slow.
Caster	Mage-style enemies are often in the backline. Aside from dealing magic damage, they can offer support to their allies too.
Melee	Basic enemies that serve in the frontline of mobs. Have average stats overall.
Swarmer	Huge mobs of enemies that are easy to kill. Despite their high vulnerability, they can overwhelm unsuspecting enemies.

Player Stats

Stat Type	Meaning
Attack Power	An evaluation of the damage that you deal. This will scale with your primary attributes, attack damage, and attack speed.
Armor	An evaluation of how much damage you can mitigate from enemies.
Dexterity	Increases critical strike chance (Barbarian, Sorcerer, Necromancer, Druid) Increases skill damage (Rogue) Increases dodge chance
Intelligence	Increases skill damage (Sorcerer, Necromancer) Increases critical strike chance (Rogue) Increases resource generation (Druid) Increases resistance to all elements
Item Power	Used for comparing items. An evaluation of an item’s strength based on its combined stats.
Life	Your total life, including base life and bonuses.
Strength	Increases resource generation (Rogue) Increases skill damage (Barbarian) Increases armor
Willpower	Increases resource generation (Barbarian, Sorcerer, Necromancer) Increases skill damage (Druid) Increases healing received Increases overpower damage

Status Effects

Status Effect	Meaning
Berserk	This grants 25% increased damage and 15% increased Movement Speed. This effect lasts for 5 seconds. Duration may increase with equipment and passives.
Bleed	Inflicts physical damage over time.
Blood Orbs	Can heal you for 15% of your Life whenever it’s picked up. Frequency of drop and intensity of heal can be increased with equipment or skills.
Chill	Enemies that are chilled will have a slower movement speed. When enemies are chilled consecutively, they’ll eventually freeze.
Crackling Energy	Can cause magic damage to surrounding enemies when picked up.
Crushing Blow	Gives additional damage based on your Life and Fortified Life when Overpowered.
Daze	When this happens, you or enemies can’t attack or use skills but you can still move.
Fear	Anyone inflicted by Fear will run away from other units.
Fortify	Gives a 10% damage reduction buff. Happens when you have more Fortify than current health.
Frozen	Frozen enemies cannot move or attack. This happens when units are chilled repeatedly.
Healthy	Units that have more than 80% of their maximum life.
Immobilized	Units that cannot move but can attack or use skills.
Immune	Effect where units cannot be damaged. Additionally, all negative effects are removed and prevented as well.
Injured	Units that have less than 35% of their maximum life.
Overpowered	Deals bonus damage based on the sum of the units current life and fortified life.
Slowed	Units moving at a reduced speed.
Stealth	Units that cannot be directly targeted by enemies. Using attacks or taking damage can remove Stealth instantly.
Unstoppable	Have all Crowd Control effects removed and prevented.
Vulnerable	Units can take 20% increased damage.

Misc. Keywords

Keyword	Meaning
Armor Contribution	The amount of damage that your armor mitigates from non-physical attacks.
Barrier	A shield that absorbs damage from all sources.
Close	Enemies that are within the range of melee attacks.
Crowd Controlled	Enemies that are affected by effects that hinder their movement.
Distant	Enemies that are not within the range of melee attacks.
Knockback	Happens when you or enemies are forcefully repositioned.
Knockdown	Happens when you or enemies cannot do any actions.
Lucky Hit	A type of chance on-hit mechanic
Taunt	Happens when you or enemies are forced to attack a specific target that uses a taunt.
Tether	A link that chains together enemies or you and your allies.
Thorns	Damage is dealt to attackers when they attack a target. The damage dealt is dependent on your dexterity.

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Master Diablo 4

This glossary can help you fully understand the ins and outs of Diablo 4. There’s a lot of hidden mechanics in the game. Understanding every keyword will help you maximize your character’s effectiveness on the field too. If you’re ever lost in the game, consult this guide!