Difference between revisions of "Range"

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Ranged combat includes both physical and magical types of attacks that is used at enough range to hit it's target without entering into melee range with it. A ranged attack or spell can also have an Area of Effect.

• See the [Archer]] article for related details.

Ranged Classes

NPCs who might be something like the fifth class. Could it be the archer?

In Diablo 3, the following classes are considered "ranged" classes:

• Wizard - Pure spell caster. Has melee spells, but don't physically hit monsters often. It's a caster class for sure, but also mostly ranged.
• Other classes - Many players are expecting some sort of physical ranged class to be announced by Blizzard, possibly the rogue or the archer.

Ranged Monsters

While the majority of Diablo 3 monsters use melee combat, there are plenty of ranged ones as well. In many cases they work together with melee and caster type monsters (or they are ranged/caster type themselves), to make the encounter more interesting for the player. A Skeletal Archer is usually situated behind Skeletal Shieldmen, forcing the player to either kill or circumvent the Shieldmen in order to stop the ranged attacks. Here are a few examples of melee monsters, with different mechanics:

• Skeletal Archer - Shoots arrows at player characters. Keeps out of melee range, and will try to move so that obstacles or other monsters stand between them and the player.
• Dark Cultist - Will shoot firebolts at the player, trying to keep Dark Berserkers between the player and themselves, or summon Dark Demons for the same effect.
• Wraith - Has both melee and ranged attacks. The ranged attacks drain life and slows a player character.

Related Articles

Related articles include:

• Melee - Close range combat.
• Caster - Magic-users. Overlapping ranged to some degree.
• Archer -- Classes, NPCs, and monsters with bows.

Media

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  Skeletal Archer in action.

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  NPC Archers assist the Barbarian.

Reference

• Casual fans on Fifth Class