Diablo 3 Monster Affixes List

Diablo 3 Monster Affixes List

Arcane Enchanted – Monsters with this affix leaves arcane sentries which fire rotating laser beams. They also deal additional arcane damage and have a higher arcane resistance.  The laser beams rotate 360° before they disappear.

Avenger – Monsters with this affix allows the death of one of the monsters to fuel the remaining ones with more attack power and damage.

Desecrator – Monsters with this affix creates pools of reddish void beneath the player.

Electrified – For those that are familiar with Diablo 2, these are your lightning enchanted mobs. Monsters with this affix discharge charged bolts in random directions when hit. These charged bolts are quite slower now compared to that of Diablo 2.

Extra Health – Monsters with this affix have increased health.

Fast – Monsters with this affix have their movement speed, attack, and cast rate faster.

Fire Chains – Monsters with this affix will have chains imbued with fire in between the monsters. The player who gets near these chains will get damaged over time.

Frozen – Monsters with this affix can create multiple orbs in an area which eventually explode like a frost nova freezing any player who gets hit by the explosion. These monsters have cold damage on attack and have a higher cold resistance.

Health Link - Monsters with this affix share the damage taken by one of the monsters with this affix to all the other monsters in the group with health link.

Horde – Monsters with this affix spawn with more minions.

Illusionist - Monsters with this affix can create illusions of itself when struck. The illusions the monsters create still do damage and will not dispel until killed. 

Invulnerable Minions - Monsters with this affix spawn with invulnerable minions.

Jailer - Monsters with this affix allows them to temporarily immobilize the player in a prison.

Knockback - Monsters with this affix allows them to push players on hit and apply a slowing effect after getting pushed.

Missile Dampening - Monsters with this affix have a sphere which slows down projectiles that go in it. If you are familiar with the wizard’s slow time skill, it is as if the monster has a permanent slow time on itself.

Molten – Monsters with this affix leave trailing pools of lava when walking. The pools of lava deal damage over time to any player who passes by them. When killed, these monsters also leave time bombs which explode after a few seconds dealing quite a big amount of damage in an area. They deal fire damage and have higher fire resistance. These are like your fire enchanted monsters in Diablo 2 with permanent blaze.

Mortar - Monsters with this affix can throw firebombs that deal splash damage at a certain distance away from the monster.

Nightmarish - Monsters with this affix have a chance to fear players when they attack leaving the player to run away from the monster and temporarily being unable to use skills.

Plagued - Monsters with this affix leave pools of poison which last quite some time. They have higher poison resistance as well.

Reflect Damage - Monsters with this affix reflect a portion of the damage the player does with any attacks, spells, skills back to the player.

Shielding - Monsters with this affix can conjure an invulnerable shield for a short time. 

Teleporter - Monsters with this affix allows the monsters to teleport to a short location.

Waller - Monsters with this affix allow the monsters to summon walls between the monster and the player or behind the player to prevent escape.

Vampiric - Monsters with this affix allow them to heal themselves for the amount of damage they do to the player with their attacks.

Vortex  - Monsters with this affix allow them to pull the player right next to the monster.

I believe these are all the monster affixes that can be found in game, if I have missed some, you can leave a comment below and I will edit this post. In another post I will give out tips and strategies on how to have an edge in fighting these monsters.