Unique (monster)

80% chance of being chosen when a random Champion or Unique pack spawns. Unique can also spawn from Evil Urns in Act 5 and Monster Shrines throughout the game. Spawn with 3-6 minions. One of the bonuses listed on this page is randomly selected in Normal, two are randomly selected in Nightmare and three are randomly selected in Hell. All permitted bonuses have an equal chance of selection, and are applied in displayed order. [1] [2] Unique and minion level is base monster level +3: this level is used for chance-to-hit, aura and curse level calculation, and selecting relevant MonLvl values to calculate base attack rating and damage of all types; base level continues to be used to calculate base defense, life and experience (for both the value and ratio). [3] All Unique monsters and their minions give 500% base experience and have the following life: Stat Monster Normal Nightmare Hell % Base Life Unique 400 300 200 Minion 200 175 150 [4] AI of Unique cannot be switched but that of minions can. Ignores Target Defense does not apply to Unique but does apply to minions, while -% Target Defense is 100% effective against both.

Template:D2 Unique

Aura	Level	Minimum Monster Level for Aura Level
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Might	max([mlvl/6],1)	4	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72	78	84	90
Holy Fire	max([mlvl/6],1)	4	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72	78	84	90
Blessed Aim	max([mlvl/5],1)	4	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95
Holy Freeze	max([mlvl/7],1)	4	14	21	28	35	42	49	56	63	70	77	84	91
Holy Shock	max([mlvl/8],1)		16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88
Fanaticism	max([mlvl/8],1)	4	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88
Conviction	max([mlvl/8],1)	4	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88

[5]

• Unique supplies an aura randomly selected from those listed above. [6]
• Might applies a synergy bonus when Charge is used by an Aura Enchanted [[D2 Claw Viper|Template:D2 Unique bold]] or [[D2 Reanimated Horde|Template:D2 Unique bold]] (fortunately the same is not true of their minions). [7]
• Holy Shock cannot be selected at mlvl <20. [8] [9]
• Fanaticism only applies allied +% Damage to Unique, not user +% Damage. [10]
• Conviction won't apply to a hostile unit supplying higher level Conviction before Unique Conviction is applied; hostile Conviction won't apply unless it it is equal or greater level. When the unit supplies equal or higher level Conviction after Unique Conviction is applied, Unique Conviction continues to be applied even though the character screen does not display its effects. [11]
• When a hostile unit supplies equal level Conviction it will always apply to the Unique... and continue to do so even after the hostile unit stops supplying it. [12]

Template:D2 Unique

• Unique has 75% chance to cast level [mlvl/5]+1 Amplify Damage when target is hit by an attack or a missile originating from the Unique. [13]

Stat	Skill Level
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Minimum mlvl	4	5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45
Radius (Yards)	2	2 2/3	3 1/3	4	4 2/3	5 1/3	6	6 2/3	7 1/3	8
Duration (Seconds)	8	11	14	17	20	23	26	29	32	35

Stat	Skill Level
	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Minimum mlvl	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95
Radius (Yards)	8 2/3	9 1/3	10	10 2/3	11 1/3	12	12 2/3	13 1/3	14	14 2/3
Duration (Seconds)	38	41	44	47	50	53	56	59	62	65

[14]

Template:D2 Unique

Monster	Stat	Normal	Nightmare	Hell
Unique	Min Cold Damage	[MonLvl*066/100]	[MonLvl*066/100]	[MonLvl*066/100]
	Max Cold Damage	[MonLvl*100/100]	[MonLvl*100/100]	[MonLvl*100/100]
	Cold Length (Seconds)	(mlvl*0.2)+4	(mlvl*0.2)+4	(mlvl*0.2)+4
Minion	Min Cold Damage	0	[MonLvl*033/100]	[MonLvl*033/100]
	Max Cold Damage	0	[MonLvl*050/100]	[MonLvl*050/100]
	Cold Length (Seconds)	(mlvl*0.2)+4	(mlvl*0.2)+4	(mlvl*0.2)+4

[15] [16]

• Damage table
• Cold damage does not increase with player count, but a critical hit will double it. [17]
• Upon death the Unique releases a level [mlvl/2] coldunique nova, applying the following:

Template:D2 Skill |- !align=left|Min Cold Damage |2+(4*lvl)||(5*lvl)-6||(6*lvl)-22||(8*lvl)-66||(10*lvl)-122 |- !align=left|Max Cold Damage |4+(4*lvl)||(5*lvl)-4||(6*lvl)-20||(8*lvl)-64||(10*lvl)-120 |- !align=left|Cold Length (Seconds) |align=center colspan=5|2+lvl |} [18]

• Damage table

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• When Unique is Cold and Fire Enchanted, two novae and two explosions will be released upon death, although the second of each will be invisible. [19] [20]
• When a Unique is Cold and Lightning Enchanted, an invisible nova will be released whenever it is put into hit recovery. [21] [22]
• Cold Enchanted [[D2 Scarab Demon|Template:D2 Unique bold]] will release an invisible nova whenever it is put into hit recovery. [23] [24]
• Cold and Lightning Enchanted Template:D2 Unique bold will release two invisible novae whenever it is put into hit recovery. [25] [26]
• Cold Resist +75% is applied to Unique when this does not result in a third immunity or increase one of two or more existing immunities. [27]

Template:D2 Unique

• +100 movement speed is applied to both Unique and minions. [28] [29]
• Cannot be selected for static units like [[D2 Coldworm the Burrower|Template:D2 Unique bold]]. [30]

Template:D2 Unique

Monster	Stat	Normal	Nightmare	Hell
Unique	+% Attack Rating	90	75	66
	+% Damage	135	112	99
Minion	+% Attack Rating	45	37	33
	+% Damage	67	56	49

[31] [32] [33]

• +% Damage is halved then rounded down when applied to Willowisp Unique and minion melee physical damage due to a now undocumented change in 1.13. [34] [35] [36]

Template:D2 Unique

Monster	Stat	Normal	Nightmare	Hell
Unique	Min Fire Damage	[MonLvl*066/100]	[MonLvl*066/100]	[MonLvl*066/100]
	Max Fire Damage	[MonLvl*100/100]	[MonLvl*100/100]	[MonLvl*100/100]
Minion	Min Fire Damage	0	[MonLvl*033/100]	[MonLvl*033/100]
	Max Fire Damage	0	[MonLvl*050/100]	[MonLvl*050/100]

[37] [38]

• Damage table
• Fire damage does not increase with player count, but a critical hit will double it. [39]
• Upon death the Unique explodes, applying physical and fire damage based on a percentage of the maximum life of a normal monster of the Unique level:

Template:D2 Difficulty

Fire Damage 5.625-09.375% 3.500-05.833% 0.375-00.625% Physical Damage 5.625-09.375% 3.500-05.833% 0.375-00.625% Total Damage 11.250-18.750% 7.000-11.660% 0.750-01.250% Radius (Yards) 2 2/3 3 1/3 4 0/3

[40] [41] [42]

• Explosion damage can be blocked, and Avoid, Evade and Weapon Block apply.
• Explosion damage does not increase with player count, but a critical hit will double it. [43]
• +% Damage does not apply to explosion damage. [44]
• When a Unique is Fire and Cold Enchanted, two novae and two explosions will be released upon death, although the second of each will be invisible. [45] [46]
• When a Unique is Fire and Lightning Enchanted, an invisible explosion will be released whenever it is put into hit recovery. [47] [48]
• Fire Enchanted [[D2 Scarab Demon|Template:D2 Unique bold]] and its minions will release an invisible explosion whenever put into hit recovery. [49] [50]
• Fire and Lightning Enchanted Template:D2 Unique bold will release two invisible explosions whenever it is put into hit recovery. [51] [52]

• Fire Resist +75% is applied to Unique when this does not result in a third immunity or increase one of two or more existing immunities. [53]

Template:D2 Unique

Monster	Stat	Normal	Nightmare	Hell
Unique	Min Lightning Damage	[MonLvl*066/100]	[MonLvl*066/100]	[MonLvl*066/100]
	Max Lightning Damage	[MonLvl*100/100]	[MonLvl*100/100]	[MonLvl*100/100]
Minion	Min Lightning Damage	0	[MonLvl*033/100]	[MonLvl*033/100]
	Max Lightning Damage	0	[MonLvl*050/100]	[MonLvl*050/100]

[54] [55]

• Damage table
• Lightning damage does not increase with player count, but a critical hit will double it. [56]
• When the Unique is struck or put into hit recovery, 8 level [mlvl/2] lightunique bolts are released, each applying (2*lvl)-1 lightning damage. [57]
• When a Unique is Lightning and Cold Enchanted, an invisible nova will be released whenever it is put into hit recovery. [58] [59]
• When a Unique is Lightning and Fire Enchanted, an invisible explosion will be released whenever it is put into hit recovery. [60] [61]
• Lightning and Cold Enchanted Template:D2 Unique bold will release two invisible novae whenever it is put into hit recovery. [62] [63]
• Lightning and Fire Enchanted Template:D2 Unique bold will release two invisible explosions whenever it is put into hit recovery. [64] [65]
• Lightning Resist +75% is applied to Unique when this does not result in a third immunity or increase one of two or more existing immunities. [66]
• Cannot be selected for [[D2 Leaper|Template:D2 Unique bold]]. [67]

Template:D2 Unique

• Resist % bonuses are applied to Unique in the following order and under the following conditions: [68]

Template:D2 Stat

Cold Resist % If CR <100%, +40 Fire Resist % If FR <100%, +40 Lightning Resist % If LR <100%, +40

[69] [70]

• Resist % bonus only applied if this does not result in a third immunity or increase one of two or more existing immunities.
• Cannot be randomly selected in Normal.

Template:D2 Unique

Monster	Stat	Normal	Nightmare	Hell
Unique	Min Mana Damage	[MonLvl*066/100]	[MonLvl*066/100]	[MonLvl*066/100]
	Max Mana Damage	[MonLvl*100/100]	[MonLvl*100/100]	[MonLvl*100/100]
Minion	Min Mana Damage	0	[MonLvl*033/100]	[MonLvl*033/100]
	Max Mana Damage	0	[MonLvl*050/100]	[MonLvl*050/100]

[71] [72]

• Damage table
• Mana damage is multiplied by 256 when applied by a melee attack. [73]
• Mana damage does not increase with player count and a critical hit will not double it. However, difficulty level penalties to Resist % apply, so mana damage is 40% higher in Nightmare and 100% higher in Hell. [74]
• Magic Resist +20% is applied to Unique when this does not result in a third immunity or increase one of two or more existing immunities. [75]

Template:D2 Unique

• Trebles the number of missiles released by the Unique as long as the missile's NoMultiShot field in Missiles.txt isn't flagged. [76]
• Can only be selected for the following monster types: [77]

Abyss Knight Corrupt Rogue Archer Council Member Demon Imp Death Mauler Fallen Shaman

Fetish Blow Pipe Finger Mage Frog Demon Frozen Horror Greater Mummy Megademon

Oblivion Knight Overseer [[D2 Radament|Template:D2 Unique bold]] Sand Maggot Skeleton Archer Skeleton Mage

Slinger Spike Fiend Stygian Fury Tainted Vulture Demon Zakarum Priest

Template:D2 Unique

• Magic, fire, lightning, cold or poison damage is randomly applied by Unique attacks.

Template:D2 Stat

Min Random Damage [MonLvl*066/100] Max Random Damage [MonLvl*100/100] Cold Length (Seconds) 1.6

• Poison damage is calculated as follows:

Template:D2 Stat |- !align=left|Min Poison Damage |[MonLvl*066/100]*40/256 |- !align=left|Max Poison Damage |[MonLvl*100/100]*40/256 |- !align=left|Seconds |1.6 |}

• Damage table
• Random damage does not increase with player count, but a critical hit will double it. [78]
• Resist % bonuses are applied to Unique in the following order and under the following conditions: [79]

Template:D2 Stat |- !align=left|Cold Resist % |If CR <75%, +20 |- !align=left|Fire Resist % |If FR <75%, +20 |- !align=left|Lightning Resist % |If LR <75%, +20 |} [80] [81]

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Template:D2 Unique

• Damage Resist +50% is applied to Unique when this does not result in a third immunity or increase one of two or more existing immunities.
• Unique has 200% base defense, after which any % Defense is applied. [82]

Template:D2 Unique

• Unique can teleport: ranged monsters may do so if hostile unit is close, all may do so if <30% life. [83]
• Unique may heal when it teleports, although it will stop teleporting once it has >29% life again.
• Cannot be selected for static units like [[D2 Coldworm the Burrower|Template:D2 Unique bold]].

References

• 1.13 LIVE -- LADDER RESET (General Diablo II Discussion)
• 1.13b PTR is Live (General Diablo II Discussion)
• Champion Bonuses (Lurker Lounge)
• Charging Monsters (Technical Discussion)
• Higher conviction overwriting lower conviction (Technical Discussion)
• Immunity Priority (Technical Discussion)
• Patch 1.13 Realm is alive (Technical Discussion)
• Special Monster Bonuses (Arreat Summit)
• Which elements are most resisted in Hell? (Technical Discussion)
• Librarian, Bosses (FAQtoids)
• Mentor, The Real Purpose of the FPick Column (Phrozen Keep)
• Nefarius, v1.10-v1.11b Bugs Collection (Phrozen Keep)
• Nefarius, Boss Status Modifications (1.11b) (Phrozen Keep)
• Nefarius, Monster Death Damage (Phrozen Keep)
• Onderduiker, Monster Bonuses, Death Damage and Corpse Explosion (Technical Discussion)
• Onderduiker, Neutralising Mephisto's Conviction in Tristram (Technical Discussion)
• Onderduiker, Stone Skin Unique Modifier (Technical Discussion)