Deceiver

Deceivers are Demonic snake-like creatures which can turn themselves invisible until they are in close range and then offload a melee attack or surround the player with an electrical field.

Contents

Sub Types

Act II

• Doom Viper
• Serpent Magus
• Writhing Deceiver

In Alphabetical Order

Doom Viper

• Appears in Act II - Caldeum and Hidden Aqueducts
• Physical melee attack with a twin-bladed trident with a long reach.
• Stealth capability which allows him to get close before appearing and striking you. Watch for the rippling effect as that gives the Doom Vipers location away.

<mob>Doom Viper</mob>

Serpent Magus

• Appears in Act II - Caldeum, The Crumbling Vault, Dahlgur Oasis, Eastern Channel, Hidden Aqueducts, Hidden Channel, Path to the Oasis, Ruined Cistern, The Ruins (1), Sewers of Caldeum, Tomb of Khan Dakab, Tomb of Sardar and Western Channel
• Physical melee attack
• Lightning Ring which casts a wide electrified circle around him and the player. He can not cast this whilst he is moving, so retreat and either stop and hit him with a ranged attack or get a couple of melee strikes in before he stops and casts it again.

<mob>Serpent Magus</mob>

Writhing Deceiver

• Appears in Act II - Ancient Waterway, Caldeum Bazaar, The Crumbling Vault, Dahlgur Oasis, Eastern Flow Control, Hidden Aqueducts, Hidden Channel, Old Fisherman's Cellar, Path to the Oasis, Ruined Cistern, The Ruins (1), Sewers of Caldeum, Storage Cellar, Swampy Cellar, Tomb of Khan Dakab, Tomb of Sardar, Vault of the Assassins and Western Flow Control
• Physical melee attack with a twin-bladed trident with a long reach.
• Stealth capability which allows him to get close before appearing and striking you. Watch for the rippling effect as that gives the Doom Vipers location away.

<mob acr="213842">Writhing Deceiver</mob>

Named

Superunique versions of Deceiver have a chance of spawning in the following areas:

• None known

Lore

These serpentine demons are Belial's favored servants, and he has granted them some of his skill in cunning and illusion. Deceivers will cloak themselves in the familiar forms of their enemy's companions and friends, waiting to strike when the moment is opportune. It is only then that their true forms are revealed. = Deckard Cain