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|affiliation= [[Burning Hells]]
|friends= [[Baal]], [[Mephisto]]
|foes= [[High HeavensImperius]], [[Tyrael]]|location= UnknownCrystal Arch
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==BackgroundDiablo Appearances==[[File:Diablo_Sigil.jpg|thumb|left|===Diablo's Sigil]]III===[[File:Diablo_Archive_coverMap_crystalarch.jpg|right|thumb|right200px|Diablo, Lord of TerrorCrystal Arch arena for Phase 1 and 3.]]Diablo ruled appears very late in the [[Burning Hells]] together with his two elder brothersgame in D3, not poking its head out until [[BaalAct IV]] and [[Mephisto]] for aeons. They were locked Big Red's appearance has changed to a more lithe, menacing form than that seen in an eternal war with the [[High Heavens]]bulkier, and as always, hell had its own power struggles, primarily between the three [[Prime Evils]], and the four [[Lesser Evils]]spikier iterations.
[[File:Map_realmofterror.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Realm of Terror arena for Phase 2.]]
Diablo's boss fight in the [[Crystal Arch]] is a three-phase battle. The player is lucky, as they have just been awarded an all-inclusive vacation getaway to ''a world of pain.''
Diablo will not waste much time after the cut-scene ends, and immediately gets to work on grinding down the hero. In the Crystal Arch arena, there are [[health well]]s at the east and the west sides, which are on a 30-second respawn timer. The health wells are only present in Phase 1 and Phase 3.
* '''Curse of Hatred''' - Damage taken is increased, and damage done is increased as well. This is similar to the [[Glass Cannon]] passive from the Wizard.
The terror phase is initiated when Diablo reaches fifty percent health in phase 1. The player is transported to a different arena where the fight changes dynamic. Diablo has all of the abilities from phase 1, with an additional ability that only appears in phase 2:
The shadows that denote where a hell spike cage will spawn are much more difficult to see on this dark background.
The final phase is similar to Phase one, with two new abilities:
* '''Overdrive''' - This is a buff Diablo gains in the third phase where it is able to cast its spells and abilities at a much more frequent rate. It isn't uncommon to have Diablo able to cast overlapping Rings of Fire. Diablo's movement and attack speed is also increased.
* '''Lightning Breath''' - The feared "lightning hose" attack from Diablo II returns in buffed form. Diablo will cast this periodically in Phase 3, spraying out fiery-lightning from its mouth . This attack targets a specific enemy and as most players run away from it by circling around Diablo, the spray tends move around in a an 180 degree arc. This attack does very high damageif it hits. ==Post Release Changes== Diablo was modified slightly in the v1.0.4 patch.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/] <blue>Diablo Bug Fixes* Diablo’s Bone Cage debuff will now be properly removed from the player during a phase transition if the cut-scene is skipped.* Fixed an issue where triggering a phase transition while grasped by Diablo could cause both the player and Diablo to become temporarily invisible.* Fixed an issue that caused Diablo to not summon [[Shadow Clones]] of the player if [[Seven-Sided Strike]] was cast at the appropriate time.</blue> ==Gallery== Diablo in-game in ''Diablo III''.
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==Background and Lore==
[[File:Diablo_Sigil.jpg|thumb|left|Diablo's Sigil]]
[[File:Diablo_Archive_cover.jpg|thumb|right|Diablo, Lord of Terror]]
Diablo ruled the [[Burning Hells]] together with his two elder brothers, [[Baal]] and [[Mephisto]] for aeons. They were locked in an eternal war with the [[High Heavens]], and as always, hell had its own power struggles, primarily between the three [[Prime Evils]], and the four [[Lesser Evils]].
When the Archangel [[Inarius]] and the powerful demoness [[Lilith]] grew tired of this eternal war, they decided to create a refuge from it all, a [[Sanctuary]]. They, and other [[Demon]]s and [[Angel]]s, had children on Sanctuary, whom were neither demon nor angel, and significantly more powerful than either. These children were called the Nephalem, and Diablo found great interest in their lives.
The war with the heaven halted, seeing what would happen with Sanctuary. The High Heavens, with [[Tyrael]] and [[Imperius]] in the forefront wanted this "abomination" eradicated. Diablo saw potential in the massive powers of the nephalem, and the [[Sin War]] began. When Tyrael and the angels saw goodness in the humans, they were content to leave them to it, but the [[Worldstone]] would act as a dampener, making the nephalem less powerful, and became humans.
The Lesser Evils, too blinded by their hatred of Heaven, saw only the Prime Evils' meddling with Sanctuary as a distraction from the true war, and started a revolt in Hell. The Three were banished from Hell, and walked the earth of Sanctuary, spreading chaos in their wake.
Posing as [[Dialon]], the Spirit of Determination, Diablo secretly led a group of religious fanatics in attempt to establish control over the realm. After the plan failed, Tyrael created the [[Soulstone|Soulstones]] and charged the [[Horadrim|Horadric Order]] with the imprisonment of the Prime Evils.
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[[File:Mon-leoric2.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Madness of [[Leoric]].]]
Diablo's soulstone was hidden underneath a Horadric monastery that later became [[Tristram]]. A few hundred years later, Diablo was strong enough to try and corrupt [[Leoric|King Leoric]]. The Lord of Terror invaded Leoric's dreams, attempting to possess the King. Leoric was able to resist Diablo's presence, but he was driven mad by the ordeal.
Diablo had already drawn in [[Lazarus|Archbishop Lazarus]], Leoric's most trusted adviser, and with Lazarus whispering into his ear, the mad king turned on his own people, executing those who disobeyed him, ordering his army into a suicidal war against the friendly neighbouring and previously allied kingdom of [[Westmarch]], and finally purging most of the townspeople from Tristram when his son, [[Albrecht|Prince Albrecht]], vanished. The horrible truth was that it was Lazarus himself who kidnapped the boy.
[[File:Diablo_1_portrait.jpg|thumb|right|Diablo himself]]
While Leoric was too strong for Diablo, Albrecht was not. The terror Albrecht felt in the tomb strengthened Diablo further, and he used Albrecht as his vessel. He inhabited the body and warped it in a demonic shape.
A hero travels through the Tristram labyrinths, catacombs, caves all the way down to Hell in order to confront Diablo directly and ultimately defeated him. The misguided hero drove Diablo's soulstone into his own forehead, hoping to contain the demon himself. He took it upon himself to bring the stone to the East and to imprison Diablo once more.
The [[Wanderer]] travelled the countryside, unleashing demons and horrors in his wake as he was slowly possessed by Diablo. Somehow, Diablo managed to bring the Lesser Evils back under his foot, and both [[Andariel]] and [[Duriel]] helped impair any attempt at catching up with Diablo's journey to release his brothers.
Surrendering control to the demon within, the Wanderer freed [[Baal]] and [[Mephisto]], eventually travelling to Hell where he completed the transformation into his true demonic form.
He was, however once again followed to Hell, where the pursuing heroes unlocked five seals to summon him in his Chaos Sanctuary. After defeating Diablo the heroes destroyed his soulstone, banishing him from Sanctuary back to the Burning Hells.
If this was a permanent death of Diablo or not is unknown, but such an evil rarely dies easily.
==Friends==Sheablo?====Diablo's two older brothers:* [[Mephisto]]* [[Baal]]
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