Questions tagged [diablo-3]

Blizzard's 2012 hack-and-slash dark fantasy/horror action RPG is the third release in the Diablo series, and a sequel to Diablo II in both story and style. Use this tag for questions related to the PC release of Diablo 3, or for questions where the version doesn't matter.

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Attack Speed Breakpoints In Diablo 3

In Diablo 2, attack rate was calculated in terms of frames. This meant that there were discrete jumps as you broke certain Increase-Attack-Speed breakpoints. In Diablo 3, is there a similar discrete ...
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Safe to play with random strangers in D3 seasons on console?

It's a "well know fact" that if you join random games in Diablo 3 on console you will invariably hit upon people with modded gear. However, I do not know where this gear comes from. For instance, I'...
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Do Sweeping Wind - Cyclone tornados still proc Life on Hit?

In 2012 Diablo III builds, the Monk's Cyclones generated from Sweeping Wind were considered damage from you rather than summons, and so they proc'd Life on Hit (confirmed here). Is that still the case ...
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Problems with single target dps as fire wizard (d3)

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#aPNOSj!YiSe!cYYcZa That's my build, and I completely decimate rifts on t5 until I come up to a yellow elite or rift boss. My damage is seriously lacking ...
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Why am I getting dropped from multiplayer to main menu?

Having been a long time player of Diablo 3 on PC, I bought the game on PS4 a few days ago for some sofa gaming. My friend invited me to his game, so I created a character and joined the party. I ...
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Diablo 3 runs on integrated graphics, but gets stuck on dedicated graphics

I would like to play Diablo III, and I have installed it on my laptop with Windows 10. I have a computer with 2 graphic cards. The first one is a low quality Intel embedded with the motherboard, the ...
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How is the vendor sell value of an item calculated

I would like to know the exact mechanics/tables behind the vendor sell value calculation. Obviously higher ilvl and higher stats equates to higher sell value. For clarification: I'm asking the price ...
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Can I clear the custom "status" without sending an empty broadcast to all my friends?

In the Friends menu next to your status you can broadcast a message to your friends (send a pop-up in their game with your message). This message then sticks next to your status in order to indicate ...
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What legendary gem effects are procced by pet attacks?

At one point it was common knowledge that the only Legendary Gem that procced from pet attacks was Pain Enhancer. After some digging around after an in-game revelation, I noticed that the Gem of ...
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What is the maximum ilvl you can find on vendors/merchants/blacksmith from town or via quest/event?

What is the max ilvl for each vendor/merchant? Do act 1/2/3/4 merchants have different ilvl 'drops'?
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What damage does Legacy of Nightmares work with?

For those who don't know, the Legacy of Nightmare is a ring set that boosts damage by 100%, and reduces damage taken by 4%, for every piece of ancient legendary item equipped. Patch 2.4.1 at time of ...
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Entangling Shot - Shock collar

There is another question on the viability of entangling shot. However, this question is about the shock collar rune. Everyone says that even with the increase in damage, it cannot compare to other DH ...
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In Diablo 3, what legendary or set armour/weapons are actually account bound?

On the console version of Diablo 3 (Xbox One), what type of items are not tradable? I recently made a items from a sets and stand-alone legendary weapons/armour pieces. For example, Bom's Impunity. ...
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Why do my stats momentarily change?

I'm running a seasonal Crusader with my own variant on the Akkhan Bombardment build. I noticed a strange issue that occurs when I change gear or Kanai's Cube slots, in which my main stats (Toughness, ...
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Does the number of Grifts done affect the drop rates of the next ones?

I have been farming as much greater rift boss to get the gems / legendary. So I was waiting until below 4 minutes to make sure I get the next level key. I was running with my friends and some of them ...
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Certain events, are they only associated with bounties?

There are a few events and things within Westmarch Commons that I have been trying to get for the last several days. I have seen some stuff online about them also being associated with bounties. The ...
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What are the equations for calculating armor values on the character sheet and armory profile?

The main purpose of this question is to be able to enter a series of armor values for gear, and then calculate a value that exactly matches the character paper-doll screen and the armory value for any ...
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How is maximum number of affixes affected by difficulty / act / iLvl?

Today I was farming Act II on normal difficulty with 250% magic find bonus trying to find some decent rares. Of 25-30 rare items that I found all armor items had 4 affixes and weapons had 4 to 5 ...
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What is going on with Rain of Vengeance's scrolling text damage?

I'm trying to add in skill damage display to a spreadsheet I made, but I'm having problems reproducing the damage numbers shown in-game specifically for un-runed Rain of Vengeance, RoV-Dark Cloud and ...
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What are the chance of procing lava pool in diablo 3?

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/jeweler/recipe/hellfire-ring Chance on hit to engulf the ground in lava, dealing 200% weapon damage per second for 6 seconds. What are the chance? I know that ...
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new damage calculation with set bonuses

So with the revamp of sets in 2.2 my question is how the new damage buffs get applied. are they all multiplicative from diffrent sets/legendary vs additive (stacking elemental dmg) With the new ...
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Does "Wave of light" pillar of the ancients, stack?

When playing a Monk, with Wave of Light, Pillar of the Ancients rune... if you drop 3 pillars at the same time, do all 3 pillars hit the enemy for stacked damage?
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Do proc rates affect on-crit effects

For example Battle rage with the rune 'Swords to Ploughshares' has an on-crit effect. So if it's used in combination with Whirlwind 13% proc rate, will the health globe still drop on 8% of the crits ...
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What is reflected in the Mirrorball?

The Legendary Wizard Source Mirrorball is reflecting something, but I can't tell what it is. I wouldn't be surprised if it was an Easter Egg of some sort. Does anyone know what it is that the ...
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How can I most efficiently find the House of Curios in Diablo 3 v2.6.1?

I found How can I find the House of Curios? but it appears that changing what quest you're on no longer matters for starting a game instance. Do you always start in town now? Is there a consensus on ...
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