Champion

20% chance of being chosen when a random Champion or Unique pack spawns. Champions also spawn from Evil Urns in Act 5 and Monster Shrines throughout the game, and in some set locations: Tristram Crystalline Passage (guarding entrance to Frozen River) Glacial Trail (guarding entrance to Drifter Cavern) Drifter Cavern Halls of Vaught (end of hall) Frozen Tundra (guarding entrance to Ancients' Way) Ancients' Way (guarding entrance to Icy Cellar) Icy Cellar [1]

• Spawn in groups of 2-4: all but one are always Champion, with the remaining having an equal chance of being Champion, Berserker, Fanatic, Ghostly or Possessed. [2]
• If the following spawn as Champions, any minions receive the life and level bonuses of Unique minions:
  • Fallen
  • Fallen Shaman
  • Scarab Demon
  • Fetish
  • Blow Pipe Fetish
  • Fetish Shaman
  • Siege Beast
  • Overseer
• Champion level is monster level +2: this level is used for chance-to-hit calculation and selecting relevant MonLvl values to calculate base attack rating and damage; base level continues to be used to calculate base defense, life and experience (for both the value and ratio). [3]
• Ignores Target Defense does not apply but -% Target Defense from items is 100% effective.
• Freeze length chills instead; only minions can be frozen.
• Stun length only has 10% chance of being applied, but suffers no other penalty.
• Effects altering AI cannot be applied directly.
• +% Damage from Champion bonuses is halved then rounded down when applied to Willowisp Champion melee physical damage due to a now undocumented change in 1.13. [4] [5] [6]

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• +20 movement speed [7] [8]

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• +100 movement speed [11] [12]

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• Easily identifiable since they are translucent.
• Cold damage does not increase with player count, but a critical hit will double it. [15]
• Set to Damage Resist 80%. This even applies to Immune to Physical monsters: although Immune to Physical will still be displayed, physical damage will harm them, and DR -% applied by Decrepify and Amplify Damage will be 100% effective, not 20%. [16] [17]

Although the Barbarian War Cry's physical damage obviously doesn't damage the Immune to Physical Champion Blood Lord, it does damage the 'Immune to Physical' Ghostly Champion since it has actually been set to DR 80%.

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• +20 movement speed
• Cannot be cursed, although Cloak of Shadows and Battle Cry still apply. [18] [19]

References

• 1.13 LIVE -- LADDER RESET (General Diablo II Discussion)
• 1.13b PTR is Live (General Diablo II Discussion)
• Patch 1.13 Realm is alive (Technical Discussion)
• Special Monster Bonuses (Arreat Summit)
• Which elements are most resisted in Hell? (Technical Discussion)
• Nefarius, Boss Status Modifications (1.11b) (Phrozen Keep)
• Onderduiker, Monster Bonuses, Death Damage and Corpse Explosion (Technical Discussion)