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Diablo III Boss Modifiers or "Elite Affixes" are special bonus properties that [[bosses]] and [[champions]] randomly spawn, or that they have preset by the developersElite enemies use in addition to their normal attacks. These Elite Affects grant the bosses a wide variety of elemental damage effects, shielding, extra as well as things like faster movement speed, missile attacksshielding, the ability to teleport or duplicate themselvesteleportation, and many othersmuch more.

* Random boss monsters ([[Champions ]] with Blue names and random bosses [[Rares]] with Yellow names) spawn with one property on Normal, and add one on each of the difficulty levelsanother modifier at about level 30, 50, and 60, up to four on Infernoa maximum of 4. * Uniques and Bosses (purples) special cases. These have pre-set Elite monsters, Purple names, are special creatures with special preset modifiers and altered AI, Affects and they '''do not '''gain random modifiers on at higher difficulty levels, as most though they may use more of them did in Diablo IItheir preset Effects. These Elites may gain additional modifiers on higher difficulty levels (for For instance, [[The Warden gets ]] has no effects at lower levels, but gains [[Molten]] and [[Jailer]] past Normal difficulty), but not randomly; they are all preset by the game developers, and their added properties may differ slightly in function or lethality from what random bosses getat higher levels.

Boss modifiers are introduced gradually as a character progresses through the game. The bosses found in the earliest portions of Act One can only spawn with one of three Modifiers: In [[NightmarishD3v]], Elite Affixes were added by difficulty level, with 1 on [[KnockbackNormal]], or 2 on [[TeleporterNightmare]]. This process evolved during the beta test, as nasty boss modifiers such as 3 on [[Arcane EnchantedHell]], and 4 on [[MoltenInferno]], and . With the scaling difficulty added in [[FrozenD3v2]] were gradually removed/moved to higher monster levels, random Elites add a 2nd property around lvl 30, a 3rd around lvl 50, and a 4th around lvl 60.

All Elite Effects scale in by level, with only a few simple effects available to monsters below level 20 or so. At the lowest levels, Elites can only use [[Nightmarish]], [[Knockback]], or [[Teleporter]]. Players in the Diablo 3 beta test saw this evolution in action, as Elites in the level 5-13 range initially had Effects including [[Arcane Enchanted]], [[Molten]], and [[Frozen]] which were ultimately moved to higher monster levels. The following Boss Modifiers can were all that could be found in '''Normal difficulty''', where every random boss and champion pack in D3v. These are now the Modifiers players will have one (and only one) of themsee on bosses below level 30ish.

 '''Elites from level 31-50 (formerly Nightmare difficulty''' adds additional modifiers to the selection pool, and all random bosses and champion packs will have two modifiers semi-randomly selecteddiff) add more abilities. All of the Normal Difficulty Affixes are possible, with several new modifiers possible on NightmareThese include:

 '''Hell difficulty''' adds additional modifiers to the selection pool, and all random bosses and champion packs will have three modifiers semi-randomly selected from Elites above level 51 add the Normal, Nightmarelast few, and the new Hell affixesnastiest Elite Effects:* [[Avenger]] and [[Health Link]]. (** [[Invulnerable Minions]] was Hell/Inferno only , prior to its removal from the game.)

[[Horde]] (BR)<br>

[[Missile Dampening]] (BR)<br>

B R = Boss Rares only

==Bosses vs[[Patch 2. 0.5]] added further restrictions on some combinations of Elite Affixes:{||Champions==and Rares can no longer spawn with four of the following monster affixes and the frequency at which they can spawn with three has been reduced

* [[Arcane Enchanted]]* [[Desecrator]]* [[Fire Chains]]* [[Frozen]]* [[Frozen Pulse]]* [[Molten]]* [[Mortar]]* [[Orbiter]]* [[Plagued]]* [[Poison Enchanted]]* [[Wormhole ]] [[Champions]] and [[Rares]] can no longer spawn with both [[Plagued]] and [[Desecrator]] at the same time.|}   ==Rares vs. Champions== Some modifiers can only be found on Champions (never on bossesRares) and some can only be found on Bosses Rares (never on Champions).

Only one modifier differs markedly when used by Champions or Bosses. The [[Waller]] Affix creates three sided boxes when used by a Boss, but only short, straight walls (which may overlap in to create corners or dangerous T or + -shapes) when cast by Champions. Multiple Elites with Waller will stack up their walls helter-skelter, and running into a Rare and Champions with Waller at the same time can create no-movement situations for characters.

Boss minions share some abilities with their Boss, but not all. For instance Bosses and minions can [[Knockback]] targets and generate [[Arcane Enchanted]] lasers, but only Bosses (and not minions) can cast [[Vortex]], [[Jailer]], cast [[Frozen]], or emit [[Mortar]] projectiles. These are noted in the "Available To" details below, and covered in detail on the individual Elite Affix pages.

==Boss Rare and Champion Modifiers==

[[Arcane Enchanted]] bosses are "enchanted" with [[Arcane]] energy. Rather than adding Arcane damage to their attacks, they cast Arcane objects that look like second hands off hand of a clock and as they rotate around, damaging any players or minions in their slowly-moving paththey meet. These are highly-damaging at higher difficulties, and are capable of almost instantly killing any character without strong Arcane Resistance. They are especially dangerous when paired with [[crowd control]] Affixes like Waller or Jaileror Frozen.

* Monster Level Minimum: 51 (Hell and Inferno only).

* Will Not Spawn With: [[Extra Health]], [[Health Link]], [[Horde]], [[Illusionist]], [[Missile Dampening]], [[Shielding]], [[Vampiric]].

[[Desecrator]]s create an orange-colored "glowing void zone" beneath the feet of a character. These function like small Firewalls, dealing damage to any character who stands in them. The void zones take a second or so to come into effect, giving a visual warning so players have time to move, assuming they are not blocked in by modifiers like [[Waller]] or [[Jailer]]. (

* Damage Type: PhysicalHellfire and melee* Radius of effect: 6 yards* Damage begins: Immediately light, scales up quickly, persists 1 sec after leaving AoE.

[[Extra Health]] grants a 50% hit point bonus to Champions, as well as Bosses and their minions. This property is most dangerous as when it extends fights, and players used to killing monsters quickly enough to avoid real trouble from their damaging properties such as [[MoltenPlagued]] or [[Arcane Enchanted]] may need to retreat or take a different tactic when dealing with Extra Health enemies.

* Monster Level Minimum: 31 (Nightmare and above.)

[[Fast]] monsters get a 40% bonus to their movement speed, as well as a 20% bonus to attack speed and a 10% bonus to casting speed. The modifier is especially dangerous for [[glass cannon]] type characters, who survive by running and staying out of reach of the monsters. Ironically, This this ability can be most annoying when it spawns on wandering, shaman type enemies such as Fallen Shaman and Zombie Pukers, as they amble around in random directions and may move quite far during the course of a battle.

[[Fire Chains]] are glowing, fiery chains that link champions in groups of form between 2 or 3, and more Champions with this property. The chains deal heavy fire damage to any character that is touched by the chainsplayer or pet they touch. Four champions will only occasionally form Fire Chains have a trapezoidmaximum range of about 80 yards, and usually link into a pair if one of straight linesthe Champions moves too far from the others, returning to a triangle when one the chain connecting them will wink out of existence, though it will return once the four is killedChampions move into closer proximity.

Patch v1.0.4 in August 2012 reduced the damage of the Fire Chains by 20%.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/] That patch also enabled Fire Chains have a maximum range of about 80 yardsfor players, and if one courtesy of the Champions moves too far from the others[[Maximums]] sword, a [[legendary]] weapon that summons a demon that is connected to the chain connecting them will wink out of existence, though it will return once the Champions move into closer proximityplayer by a Fire Chain.

Patch v1.0.4 in August 2012 reduced the damage of the Fire Chains by 20%.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/] That patch also enabled Fire Chains for players, courtesy of some [[legendary]] items that summon a demon that is connected to the player by a Fire Chain that works to hurt monsters. * Monster Level Minimum: 31 (Nightmare and later)

* Damage Type: Fireand Ranged (missile/projectile classification).* Damage ticks 10x per second.* Links: Two or more Champions. (Three will create a triangle. Larger numbers will not form squares, but zigzags or two separate possibly overlapping lines.)

* Available to: All(Rare Minions will cast Frozens.)* Range: 15 yards explosion radius.* Delay: 4 seconds from creation to explosion.

[[Frozen Pulse]] sends out creates a little small blue orb orbs that floats around the boss and homes in on your a character when you are nearbytarget, dealing cold damage and causing a chilling/slowing debuff to targets within its small radius of effect. Its movement was The Pulse looks like a spiky blue ball, a bit reminiscent of the Druid's Sages from D2, or perhaps the Wizard's Familiar in D3, though like a [[Frozen]] just before it doesn't move that quickly or stay that closeexplodes.<ref name=blizzconaffixes/>

The Frozen Pulse looks like a spiky blue ballorbs will seek soon after they appear, but can only move for a bit like a [[Frozen]] just before it explodescouple of seconds. A player can avoid them entirely, and it floats around the bossor hold still to let them lock on, then comes towards you if you get within some proximity (30y or so?) of move away without the boss. When it's near you it hits you with a chilling debuff that deals slight damage.  It can be avoided by running away, however it will slowly pursue you but it can be outrun. If you get far enough way from Pulse pursuing after the Boss it will snap back to him and only return to you when you get within a certain distance initial seconds of the boss againmovement.

* Damage Type: Melee, Cold, plus [[CC]] slowing effect.* Movement timing: Orb triggers after 1.5 seconds and moves for 1.5 seconds. Motionless thereafter.* Duration: 10 seconds after Orb appears.* Slowing effect: 60% reduced movement speed.* Additional Resistances: UnknownNone.

[[Health Link]]ed champions share a single common health pool, as if all 3 or 4 enemies had their life shared in the same bulb. This makes the individual champions seem very robust, since the damage they take is shared between the entire group, effectively tripling or quadrupling the hit points of any single monster. The effect has a fun side effect though, since when the shared health pool is emptied, all of the Champions will die in rapid succession, sometimes almost simultaneously. (Often the last one to die takes an overflow of damage and dies out of sight of your character, requiring some searching to find the loot.

[[Horde]] is a bossRare-only property that causes more minions to spawn at the start of the battle. The number of additional enemies increases with the difficulty level, with just a few extra on Normal, and up to 6 8 or 8 on Inferno10 minions at the highest levels. This property does not alter the boss' stats or behavior, and the minions aren't any different either; there are just more of them.

Horde is most dangerous when the monster type is dangerous, or when the other Boss Modifiers are nasty ones. Modifiers that minions can cast along with the boss, possess additional Elite Affects such as [[Frozen]] and , [[Arcane Enchanted]], become very numerous when paired with Horde[[Plagued]], etc. [[Reflects Damage]] and [[Electrified]] can be very dangerous as well, since a character may hit the boss and several minions at once, taking the RD from all of them simultaneously.

Horde can be confused with [[Illusionist]], but Horde just creates means more minions at the start of the fight. It does not allow the boss to make more during the battle, and all the Horde minions are full power and hit points, and their damage is very real.

As Illusions have very minimal hit points they will die very quickly to any sort of [[AoE]] attack. They can also be spotted by their health bar display, and as their total hit points will be a tenth (or less) of the Boss. Effects such they count as [[Fire Chains]] and [[Molten]] targets, they will not appear below add to the Illusions; only the real monsterskill or buff totals for skills or weapons, which can be helpful for some characters.

Illusions look identical, but do not exhibit real or false Elite Affects such as [[Molten]], [[Fire Chains]], etc.  The biggest danger from Illusionist is deception. Players can not tell which ones are real and which are fake, and may waste time attacking or running their habit of physically blocking players from harmless duplicates. The Illusions do take up space like moving, since they are real monsters with collision, though, and can physically block characters from escaping their midstthey deal no damage. They Ranged attackers are also the most annoying type of Illusionists, as ranged attackers, since though the projectiles are harmless, they are fired by the duplicates look identical in appearance to the "real" ones fired by the Boss or Championsattacks.

[[Jailer]]. This modifier grants the boss or champion the ability to briefly cage players and their minions. A purple circle (it was reddish-orange circle pre-[[D3v2]]) appears on the ground around the targetseach target (characters, pets, and minions), locking them into place for a short duration during which . While jailed characters can fight and fire spells or projectilesattack normally, but they just can not move from their location. Jailer is most dangerous when used by monsters that deal high damage, or in conjunction with [[AoE]] boss modifiers like [[Arcane Enchanted]], [[Plagued]], or [[Desecrator]].

A number of class skills including [[Spirit Walk]], [[Teleport]], [[Vault]], [[Smoke Screen]], [[Leap]], [[Furious Charge]], [[Wrath of the Berserker]], [[Archon]], and [[Dashing Strike]] , as well as several items allow characters to break out of the Jailer's circle, or move while the Jail remains around them. See Any skills that break Jailer will prevent the [[Jailer]] article for a full listjail from appearing when cast, if they are active.

See the [[Jailer]] article for a full list. * '''Monster Level Minimum:''' 10*''' Available to:''' Bosses and Champions.** '''Uniques''': [[The Warden]], [[Dataminer]]. [[Diablo]]'s Bone Prison is a different ability with a similar effect.*''' Damage Type:''' N/APhysical. Minor amount of damage is applied when cage is created.* '''Duration: 2 seconds* Additional Resistances:''' None.* '''Will Not Spawn With:''' [[Knockback]], [[Nightmarish]], [[Vortex]] or [[Wormhole]]. (Changed in [[patch v11.0.4]].)[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]

[[Knockback]]. This modifier grants the boss or champion a knockback attack which will send a character, pet or follower flying away from the monster that hits them. This is not a slight stumbling bump backwards, as many normal monsters can land; it's a special hit and knocks the target back a considerable distance, often half the screen or further (40+ yards). This can be quite funny early in the game, when a Witch Doctor watches his [[Mongrels]] get repeatedly launched across the entire screen by some tiny boss with this property. It can also be somewhat helpful to ranged attackers, as the boss will knock them so far back that it's almost as if they used some sort of movement skill themselvesto gain space for their ranged attack.

* Monster Level Minimum: 14

* Damage Type: StandardPhysical.

* Will not spawn with: [[Jailer]], [[Nightmarish]], [[Vortex]] or [[Wormhole]] (as As of [[v1.0.4)[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]].)

[[Missile Dampening]] is a seldom-seen modifier that looks a bit like a [[Slow Time]] bubble around the boss (and only the boss)Rare. The bubble moves as the boss does, and functions much the same as the Slow Time Wizard skill. It reduces the speed of all incoming projectiles to a crawl, though it does not affect the movement speed of characters within the bubble.  The bubble protects the boss from projectile attacks, but not forever, as projectiles continue to move, albeit very slowly. This can set up some very cool visuals, as dozens of missiles can stack up at the edge of the bubble, seeming to float there, and then delivering tremendous damage when they finally move into range, or another monster walks into them. This is most impressive with projectiles that hit multiple times to anything in the vicinity (such as [[Lightning Ball]]) since they move so slowly while "dampened" that they can deal dozens of hits, rather than just one or two as normal.

The bubble protects the boss from projectile attacks, but not forever, as projectiles continue to move, albeit very slowly. This can set up some very cool visualsproperty became extremely dangerous for a time shortly after [[D3v2]] went live, as dozens of missiles can stack monsters that could reflect missile attacks would hurl all the stacked up projectiles back at the edge of the bubbleonce, seeming dealing huge damage and usually death to float there, and then delivering tremendous all nearby characters. The reflected damage when they finally move into range, or another monster walks into them. This is most impressive with projectiles that hit multiple times to anything was reduced in the vicinity (such as [[Lightning BallPatch 2.0.2]]) since they move so slowly while "dampened" that they can deal dozens of hits, rather than just two or three as normal.

* Available to: Bosses Rares only.** Uniques: The Act Two Keywarden [[Sokahr]].

[[Molten]] creates a trail of flame behind the feet of the monster, leaving a damaging trail of fire that takes several seconds to fade away. The most dangerous part of the Affix comes when the boss, minion, or champion dies, as a glowing fiery core is left behind. It expands for a few seconds before detonating, dealing huge damage to any character in the radius of effect.(As of Patch 2.0.5 this fire explosion is not affected by reduces damage gear.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/reduces-damage-bugs-diablo-3])

[[Mortar]] is a property that causes a constant stream of fiery projectiles to shoot out from the boss Rare or championsChampion, in all directions. The mortars do not land right beside within 10 yards of the boss, creating a safe zone that allows melee characters to largely ignore the property, though when multiple champions are spewing our Mortars at once, much of the screen can be covered by their explosions.

[[Patch v11.0.4 ]] in August 2012 reduced the damage Mortar deals to pets and followers to 10%.[http://diablo.incgamersPrior to this the effect was slaughtering pets since they lacked the AI to avoid the explosions.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]

* Projectiles: 3 bombs per mob* Radius: 6 yards from explosion target.* Additional Resistances: N/ANone.

Though this modifier is merely annoying in the early going, it can be one of the most dangerous on higher levels, since characters need to hit, move, cast spells, heal, etc, constantly. Not doing those for a second can be deadly, even aside from the problems with potentially running right into a stream of missiles or a hotspot from [[ArcaneEnchanted]], [[Molten]], [[PlaguedPoison Explosion]], [[Desecrator]] or others.

The v1[[Patch 1.0.4 patch ]] nerfed this ability slightly, providing frightened targets with 6 seconds of immunity to being frightened again after each incidence. This prevents prevented characters, pets, or minions from being feared and re-feared in rapid succession, as was possible and very annoying prior to that patch.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]

The [[Orbiter]] effect creates a large ball of lightning in some random spot near the Elite or Unique that spawns it. The initial lightning ball becomes the sun, sitting stationary while a dozen or more smaller lightnign lightning orbs rotate (orbit) around it in a slow circular motion. Players need not fear Damage comes from the central ballSentry, but mostly from the orbiting lighting deal considerable damage, and several balls. They are more dangerous near the center of of them hitting at once can hurt even the best-geared hero"solar system" as they move more slowly and will tick more times on a stationary target.

* Damage Type: Lightning, and melee.** Number of orbiters: 5-9 per central Sentry** Duration: 15 seconds** Damage radius: 5 yards from central Sentry, 3 yards from orbiter dots.** Damage ticks: 30x per second* Additional Resistances: UnknownNone.

[[Plagued]] bosses enemies create green pools of damage beneath their feet and in the immediate vicinity. These pools are not targeted at the player the way [[Desecrater]] is, but they are larger and can cover quite a bit of the screen during a long battle.  As well as dealing damage, the Plague pool inflicts All plagued pools created during a short term debuff battle remain until all monsters that reduces the armor can cast them have been killed. This may result in a screen full of Barbarians and Monks by 50%green death, all lasting until one last Minion is tracked down and causes the Witch Doctor, Wizard, and Demon Hunter to take [[Reflected Damage]]killed.

[[Patch v11.0.4 ]] in August 2012 reduced the damage Plagued deals to pets and followers to 10%, as they lacked the AI to move out of them and died repeatedly.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]

* Available to: AllRares and minions, as well as Champions.

[[Poison Enchanted]] is a modifier that enables a boss to shoot out glowing spots that you need to get away from before they explode in painful fashion.<ref name=blizzconaffixes>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/?p=372675 BlizzCon 2013 Monster Affixes Report] Rares and Champions cast puddle- IncGamers.Com, 10/11/13</ref> What happens with this affix is like poison slimes that each Champion, or move along the Boss and his minions, will occasionally stop moving and squat down ground for an instant, 2 seconds before shooting out two (per creature) glowing yellow spots. They go erupting and sending out from the monster with a sort of electrical squiggle graphic, and then sit there looking a bit Molten-like glowing green/yellow manhole coversground damage effect. After about a second these explode, shooting out greenish jets of gas This attack is most dangerous in an X pattern. Each "arm" of the X goes maybe 15 yards, giving the whole thing a range of about 35 yardsareas with narrow walkways, where it can not be avoided and it persists for several secondswhere multiple streams can stack up. 

This effect is most dangerous to [[glass cannon]] type characters who do not have high [[regeneration ]] or healing or life leech[[Life per Hit]], as they will take steady damage even if as they're not being hit by try to kill the enemy. It's RD is less troublesome to most melee attackers, as they're built to absorb and leech and heal during combat, and the slight added damage from Reflects Damage isn't generally large enough to impact their play style.

[[Shielding]] is a modifier that creates a transparent bubble around a boss or champion, rendering them temporarily immune to all forms of damage. Shielded monsters can still be affected by some debuffs to their movement speed, but while shielded they are immune to most [[CC]] effectsand all damage. The shields seem to appear lasts for several seconds, and disappear at regular intervals, without a precisely set duration of may not be active on/off. Only more than one [[Elite]] has shielding; [[Magda]], though her shield is triggered by or two enemies in a timer on pack at the fight itself, rather than a semi-random timer as with regular monsterssame time.

Patch v1.0.4 nerfed the [[Shielding]] property in several ways, limiting it so it appears on only one monster out of the Champions or boss/minions at a time, and so it does not appear remain in effect on the last monster remaining from such a group.

* The [[Reaper of SoulsThunderstorm]] onlyeffect calls down a lightning strike, dealing a repeated nova-effect over a 12 yard radius. Thunderstorm pulses five times in the same location, and characters who keep on their toes can see it starting and move as son as it appears, limiting the damage they take. It's much harder to avoid during an intense battle, especially for melee characters who are locked in place during the fight.

The [[Thunderstorm]] effect calls down repeated lightning strikes in the same spot, each one creating a nova-effect on the ground that covers about a 10 yards radius. Thunderstorm pulses about half a dozen times in the same location, and characters who keep on their toes can see it starting and move aside, taking little damage. It's much harder to avoid during an intense battle, especially for melee characters who are locked in place during the fight. Ranged attackers find this Affix annoying, since it will often appear right on top of them, even if they are a good distance from the boss Rare with the property. That said, the overall damage is not very high, and this is considered one of the less deadly of the [[Elite Affixes]].

[[Vampiric]] is a sort of monster life leech in Diablo III, though the effect seems to boost damage as well, in addition enabling them to granting the monster some healing heal as it deals they deal damage. The amount of healing is fairly minor, making this one of the less-difficult or noticeable boss modifiers. In practice it just makes the enemy feel as though they have slightly higher than normal hit points, and gives some utility to stun or freeze effects, since monsters not dealing damage will not heal Vampire style.

It The healing was much more impressive fearsome during development, when the affix provided almost full healing for and would enable monsters when they landed even a single hit on a target. Players found this modifier extremely difficulty to handle during play demos at Blizzcon, as it made some bosses almost impossible to kill, especially when they could hit minions such as [[Zombie Dogs]] and instantly essentially refill their entire health bar. In the final game the healing is much reduced, and hardly ticks at all when the monsters hit minions, pets, bars just by landing a few hits on a character or [[follower]]spet.

* Available to: Champions, BossesRares, and Boss minions.

[[Vortex]] causes characters to warp into close proximity to the champoion champion or boss Rare (but not minion) with the Affix. This can be very dangeorus dangerous for ranged attackers who wish to stay away, especially when combined with other damaging Affixes such as [[Molten]] or [[Arcane Enchanted]].

The Vortex triggers periodically, and is not based on a % chance from the monster landing hits. There seems to be a maximum distance outside of which it will not work; character who remain off the screen are very seldom Vortexed in, and it's a pull, not a warp, so geographical features such as walls , corners of dungeon levels, and other obstacles might stop will interrupt the pull before a character is yanked right next to the enemy.

* Available to: Champions and BossesRares, but not boss minions.* Damage Type: N/APhysical and melee.(Minor damage when Vortex hits.)

[[Waller]] grants monsters the ability to raise stone walls that block player movement and most projectile attacks for a second or twoseveral seconds, before crumbling back into nothing. Walls limit player movement (though some skills such as [[Leap]] and [[Teleport]] can move over them), as well as blocking most player projectiles. Most melee attacks will work right past walls, providing the target is directly on the other side and within reach.

[[Champions]] can only create short, straight walls, while Bosses Rares create larger, three-sided rectangles that box fleeing players in, forcing them to run back past the boss and other monsters to escape. While the Champion (After [[D3v2]] walls are shorter and appear from Rares usually have an opening in straight linesone side, all of near the Champions can cast corner joint, making them and such walls may overlap, creating maze-like shapes or working with walls or other obstacles to completely block playersmuch less confining.)

Multiple Waller walls will overlap, creating T's and corners and sometimes even boxing players in without any escape for the duration of the wall.  Though Waller does no damage on its own, it is one of the most dangerous modifiers when paired with big damage AoE properties such as [[Molten]], [[Frozen]], [[Arcane Enchanted]], [[Plagued]], [[Desecrator]], and others. Those effects can appear past walls, or hit right over them, nailing characters who are trapped by the walls.Or characters may just be held in place, a sitting duck for big boss attacks.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/threads/dh-vault-vs-smoke-screen-a-cautionary-tale.852663/]

* Available to: Champions and Bosses, but not boss minionsRares.

* [[Reaper of SoulsFile:Modifier-wormhole.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Wormhole]]]][[Wormhole (Elite Affix)|Wormhole]] onlycreates two pink circles which are linked like Portals. Any character who moves over one will instantly appear at the other, at which point the Wormholes will both vanish. Players have a second to move off of a Wormhole when it first appears without being transported, but once the initial second has passed, transportation happens instantly if a player moves over any part of the circle.

[[File:Modifier-wormholeBeing Wormholed is not always a bad thing; players can sometimes use a Wormhole to move from the center of the action off to the side.jpg|thumb|right|200px|More often this effect is dangerous for ranged attackers in much the same fashion as [[Wormhole]]Vortex]], as the Wormhole will move a character from a safe spot into the heart of the action.

* Size: Circles are 6y in radius.* Damage Type: N/AArcane, melee, and very minor.

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