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Nightmarish is a Boss Modifier found on Champions, Bosses, and their minions in Diablo III. When a boss with this ability hits your hero or pet, there is a percent chance that that target will be inflicted with the Horrify effect and will turn and run away from the inflicting monster.

There is no added damage or any other debuff from the attack; the danger comes from a loss of control of your character, and the possibility that they will run into something very dangerous; a cluster of enemies, or another damaging boss effect, such as Molten, Arcane Enchanted, Plagued, etc.

A Monk running scared.

The Patch 1.0.4 nerfed this ability slightly, providing frightened targets with 6 seconds of immunity to being frightened again after each incidence. This prevents characters, pets, or minions from being feared and re-feared in rapid succession.[1]

Nightmarish

Monster Level Minimum: 2
Available to: Champions, Bosses, and Boss minions.
Damage Type: N/A.
Additional Resistances: None.
Can Not Spawn With: Vortex or Knockback.

Strategy[edit | edit source]

The only way to avoid the Nightmarish effect is not to get hit by bosses with that property. This can be tricky, though various defensive skills can negate or counter the fear effect. It was much more vexing shortly after release when the effect could be repeatedly inflicted; ranged attackers were especially difficult as melee characters could keep getting feared while trying to close into range.

The real danger of Nightmarish is when enemies are nearby when it hits, rendering your character helpless -- unable to attack or use any skills -- for the duration. This can be deadly against hard hitting melee attackers, especially when dangerous AoE boss effects are in the vicinity.

Players or pets feared who have nowhere to run due to obstacles such as Jailer or Waller, terrain obstacles, or just a wall of monsters, will stand still until the fear wears off, potentially taking damage the entire time.

Media[edit | edit source]

The Nightmarish effect is marked by a small screaming skull over the target's head, exactly as inflicted by the Witch Doctor's Horrify skill. There is no visual indication on the boss that they have the ability, other than in their tooltip hover text.

Skeleton boss pack.
Barbarian runs.

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Beasts	Bat - Beast - Blood Hawk - Demonic Hellflyer - Electric Eel - Khazra - Lacuni - Lamprey - Quill Fiend - Rockworm - Sand Monster - Sand Shark - Sand Wasp - Scavenger - Spider - Spiderling - Swarm - Withermoth - Wood Wraith -

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Ancient Guardian - Armorer's Bane - Arsect the Venomous - Burrow Bile - Buras the Impaler - Chiltara - Dreadclaw the Leaper - Erach - Firestarter - Gharbad - Ghas - Glidewing - Graveljaw the Devourer - Hellscream - Hrugowl the Defiant - Krelm the Flagitious - Leodesh the Stalker - Logrut the Warrior - Lorzak the Powerful - Mange - Melmak the Swift - Monstrous Dune Thresher - Moontooth Dreadshark - Nalghban the Foul - The Old Man - Qurash the Reviled - Rathlin the Widowmaker - Reggrel the Despised - Rockmaw - Sarkoth - Scar Talon - Shaitan the Broodmother - Sicklefang - Skehlinrath - Venimite - Zhelobb the Venomous

Demons	Armored Destroyer - Dark Berserker - Deceiver - Fallen - Ghoul - Hellion - Thrall

Superuniques Demons	Ashangu - Battlerage the Plagued - Beyatt - Boneslag the Berserker - Bramok the Overlord - Goz'turr the Torturer - Hemit the Feared - Mundunogo - Ningish - Razorclaw - Shatterbone - Ssthrass - Tortured Soul - Treefist Woodhead - Wargiant

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Primary Quest Uniques

Act One Bosses: Araneae - Skeleton King - The Warden - The Butcher
Act Two Bosses: Maghda - Zoltun Kulle - Belial
Act Three Bosses: Ghom - Siegebreaker Assault Beast - Cydaea - Azmodan
Act Four Bosses: Diablo - Izual - Rakanoth
Act Five Bosses: Urzael - Adria - Malthael
Bonus Content Bosses: Greed
Treasure Goblins: Treasure Goblin -- Blood Thief -- Odious Collector -- Gem Hoarder -- Malevolent Tormentor -- Rainbow Goblin

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Removed Modifiers	Ballista -- Cold Aura -- Die Together -- Doppelganger -- Extra Health -- Invulnerable Minions(B) -- Life Link -- Magical -- Mirrored -- Multishot -- Mythical -- Powerful -- Stoneskin -- Vampiric
Key Quest Uniques and their Special Modifiers
Act One Uniques	Araneae - Web Spit	Leoric - Summon Skeleton, Teleport Strike, Triple Cleave		The Butcher - Smash, Grappling Hook, Spear, Frenzy Charge
Act Two Uniques	Maghda - Forcefield, Summoning Ritual, Punish, Moth Dust, Teleport.	Zoltan Kulle - Fiery Boulder, Time Bubble, Ceiling Collapse, Energy Twister,Vanish, Creepy Laugh		Belial - Phase One: Triple Fireball, Summon Vipers. Phase Two: Poison Meteors, Ground Pound, Lightning Strike, Lightning Breath.
Act Three Uniques	Ghom - Acid Slime, Sneeze, Gas Cloud, Chomp.	Siegebreaker - Triple Hit, Charge, Leg Stomp, Grab and Throw.	Cydaea - Pain Bolts, Web Trap, Spider Pits.	Azmodan - Bellyflop, Laser Attack, Falling Corpses, Demon Gate, Pool of Destruction, Globe of Annihilation.
Act Four Uniques	Rakanoth - Cleave, Teleport Strike, Blade Strike, Volley, Summon Minion.	Izual - Frost Nova, Frozen, Summon Minions.	Diablo - Phase One: Claw Rip, Charge, Hell Spikes, Shadow Vanish Grab, Curse of Destruction, Ring of Fire, Ground Stomp, Curse of Anguish, Curse of Hatred. Phase Two: Shadow Clone. Phase Three: Overdrive, Lightning Breath.

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-[[File:Nighmarish.jpg|thumb|400px|A Monk running scared.]]
 [[Nightmarish]] is a [[Boss Modifier]] found on Champions, Bosses, and their minions in Diablo III.  When a boss with this ability hits your hero or pet, there is a percent chance that that target will be inflicted with the [[Horrify]] effect and will turn and run away from the inflicting monster.
 There is no added damage or any other debuff from the attack; the danger comes from a loss of control of your character, and the possibility that they will run into something very dangerous; a cluster of enemies, or another damaging boss effect, such as [[Molten]], [[Arcane Enchanted]], [[Plagued]], etc.
+[[File:Nighmarish.jpg|thumb|400px|A Monk running scared.]] The [[Patch 1.0.4]] nerfed this ability slightly, providing frightened targets with 6 seconds of immunity to being frightened again after each incidence.  This prevents characters, pets, or minions from being feared and re-feared in rapid succession.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]
 '''Nightmarish'''
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 * '''Additional Resistances: '''None.
 * '''Can Not Spawn With:''' [[Vortex]] or [[Knockback]].
 ==Strategy==
-The only way to avoid the Nightmarish effect is not to get hit by bosses with that property. This can be tricky.
+The only way to avoid the Nightmarish effect is not to get hit by bosses with that property. This can be tricky, though various defensive skills can negate or counter the fear effect. It was much more vexing shortly after release when the effect could be repeatedly inflicted; ranged attackers were especially difficult as melee characters could keep getting feared while trying to close into range.
-The modifier is most often inflicted by ranged attackers, since their projectiles are harder to avoid than more damaging melee strikes. Ranged Nightmarish is also less dangerous, since the enemy is usually at a distance, and your running direction will take you away from the enemy.  The real danger of Nightmarish is when enemies are nearby when it hits, rendering your character helpless -- unable to attack or use any skills -- for the duration. This can be deadly against hard hitting melee attackers, especially when dangerous [[AoE]] boss effects are in the vicinity.
+The real danger of Nightmarish is when enemies are nearby when it hits, rendering your character helpless -- unable to attack or use any skills -- for the duration. This can be deadly against hard hitting melee attackers, especially when dangerous [[AoE]] boss effects are in the vicinity.
-The most annoying ranged attacking Nightmarish boss is the [[Sand Wasp]], since their streams of tiny bugs are hard to avoid. Other ranged attackers such as Skeletal Archers are just annoying, as they can keep Horrifying your character to run away while you desperately try to charge in to finish them off at close range.
+Players or pets feared who have nowhere to run due to obstacles such as Jailer or Waller, terrain obstacles, or just a wall of monsters, will stand still until the fear wears off, potentially taking damage the entire time.
 ==Media==
-The Nightmarish effect is marked by a small screaming skull over the target's head, exactly as inflicted by the Witch Doctor's [[Horrify]] skill. There is no visual indication on the boss that they have the ability, other than in their tooltip hover text.
+The Nightmarish effect is marked by a small screaming skull over the target's head, exactly as inflicted by the Witch Doctor's [[Horrify]] skill. There is no visual indication on the boss that they have the ability, other than in their [[tooltip]] hover text.
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