Hells Damage
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This page gives information on the best damage types to inflict on Hells creatures. This is primarily useful for AA's, but can also be used by casters or tanks. This Hells Damage Sheet is a condensed version of the information on this page that can be printed out and kept in front of you during runs for easy reference. The table features damage weaknesses, healing damage type and crit immunity for all the main hell enemies.
The first section focuses on elemental damage and will be most useful for AAs.
Most monsters and especially bosses in the Hells will be most vulnerable to physical damage. Strength monks, Strength tanks, and shifters using manticore form are especially effective. However, focused application of the right elemental damage from an AA can be brutally effective on many monsters and can often be used in places manticores cannot work. Divine damage is also widely effective though not universally so.
Some monsters cause kickback to the hitter. This means one should keep adequate protection up, especially shifters spiking. Some monsters do area kickback, meaning everyone in the party will take damage. Most parties will get upset if you hit them too often. Many of the area kickback monsters also have a way of adding vulnerability to their element.
Note: There is no information specific to Nessus on this page. You will have to discuss that with your party or find out on your own.
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Damage by Type
Normal Monsters
Fire
- [White Abishai]
- [Advespa]
- [Ayperobos Swarm]
- [Arachill]
- [Bezekira]
- [Coldforge Construct] (area kb: cold, divine)
- [Erinyes]
- [Gelugon] (hitter kb: cold, magic)
- [Ice Fiend] (hitter kb: cold, divine)
- [Ice Reaver]
- [Kocrachon]
- [Living Cold] (area kb: cold, neg)
- [Malefic Wind] (area kb: elec, divine)
- [Mammon's Tears] (do not hit these with melee weapons, ranged weapons, or shifter spikes)
- [Osyluth]
- [Rakshasa]
- [Soul Shell] (hitter kb: neg)
Cold
- [Black Abishai]
- [Red Abishai]
- [Barbezu]
- [Bueroza]
- [Cinderscale] (hitter kb: fire)
- [Excruciarch]
- [Hell Hound]
- [Nightmare]
- [Nupperibo]
- [Pit Fiend] (hitter kb: fire, acid, magic)
- [Pyrexic Fume] (area kb: fire, pos)
- [Spinagon]
Acid
- [Baatorian Green Steel Golem]
- [Blue Abishai]
- [Brachina] (hitter kb: pos)
- [Cornugon]
- [Hamatula] (hitter kb: 100 magic)
- [Malebranche] (hitter kb: elec, magic)
- [Orthon]
Electric
- [Green Abishai]
- [Amnizu]
- [Dogai] (Positive best)
- [Falxugon] (Positive best)
- [Hell Leech] (hitter kb: acid)
- [Imp]
- [Infernal Machine] (area kb: fire, pos)
- [Kyton]
- [Lemure]
- [Maelephant]
- [Minauran Murkfiend]
- [Narzugon]
- [Sahuagin] (hitter kb: phys, cold, acid, divine)
- [Swamp Devil]
Sonic
[Note these are all duplicates of the ones above -- if you have a sonic bow then use it for these monsters instead]
- [Barbazu]
- [Bezekira]
- [Coldforge Construct] (area kb: cold, divine)
- [Erinyes]
- [Falxugon]
- [Kocrachon]
- [Infernal Machine] (area kb: fire, pos)
- [Maelephant]
- [Nupperibo]
- [Orthon]
- [Osyluth]
Bosses and Minibosses
Fire
- Phleg: Dogruuk (sonic and divine also work)
- Stygia: Krakta'kri (acid and divine also work)
- Cania: Padzaz (divine works well)
Cold
- Tiamat: Piraz (divine works well)
- Dis: Archduke Dispater (divine works well)
- Dis: Gob'daktan (divine works)
- Phleg: Fierna (divine and sonic work well; fire and acid also work)
- Phleg: Gazra (divine works well, sonic also works)
- Stygia: The Nameless Pit Fiend (divine also works)
- Malbolge: Ancient Baatorian (magic and positive also work)
- Malad: Farzgri (divine also works)
- Malad: Pazdolg (divine also works)
- Malad: Qaddal (divine also works)
- Malad: Rk'trizib (divine works well)
- Cania: Mephistopheles (divine works well)
Acid
- Tiamat: T'kritz (divine works well)
- Dis: Ca'ctiik (divine works well)
- Min: Ngdril (magic works well)
- Min: Quimath (magic works well)
- Phleg: Belial (divine works well)
- Phleg: Beshi'bak (divine works)
- Phleg: Ysgret (divine works well)
Electric
- Min: Fodorz (magic works well)
- Stygia: Drakiz'niz (fire and divine also work)
- Malad: Baalzebul (divine works well)
Other
- Tiamat: Tiamat (heavily immune to elements. physical and divine best)
Damage by Monster
The entries with 'XXX' indicate these seem to be the best damage types to inflict. The entries with 'X' indicate the monster will at least take some damage from this type.
Normal Monsters
| Name | Best Damage | Paragon Heals | Other | Mortal/CS | Use Spells |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Abishai | Cold, Div | Acid | Yes | Implode, Drown, Disint, Stone, Bigby 6 | |
| Blue Abishai | Acid, Div | Elec | Yes | Implode, Drown, Disint, Stone, Bigby 6 | |
| Green Abishai | Elec, Div | Acid | Yes | Implode, Drown, Disint, Stone, Bigby 6 | |
| Red Abishai | Cold, Div | Fire | Yes | Implode, Drown, Disint, Stone, Bigby 6 | |
| White Abishai | Fire, Div | Cold | Yes | Implode, Drown, Disint, Stone, Bigby 6 | |
| Advespa | Fire, Neg | Cold | Weird, Wail | ||
| Amnizu | Elec, Div | Cold | Amnesia | Yes | GR |
| Arachill | Fire, Mag | Acid | Webs | Implode, Drown, Disint, Stone, Bigby 6 | |
| Ayperobos Swarm | Fire, Div | Confuse | Weird | ||
| Baatorian Green Steel Golem | Acid, Mag | Div | Implode, Disint, Crumble | ||
| Barbazu | Sonic, Div | Fire | Yes | Implode, Drown, Disint, Stone, Bigby 6 | |
| Bezekira | Sonic, Mag | Cold | Yes | Implode, Drown, Disint, Weird, Wail, Bigby 6 | |
| Brachina | Acid, Neg | Pos | Confuse | Yes | GR, Implode |
| Bueroza | Cold, Mag | Mag | Spell Fail Aura | ||
| Cornugon | Elec, Fire | Elec | Yes (only when cursed) | Drain Fodder | |
| Dogai | Ele, Exo | Type | High Concealment, Daze (Int) | Death | |
| Erinyes | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | Yes | |
| Excruciarch | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Falxugon | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Gelugon | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | Yes (only when cursed) | |
| Hamatula | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | Yes | |
| Hell Hound | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | Yes | |
| Hell Leech | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Ice Fiend | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | Yes | |
| Ice Reaver | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | Yes | |
| Imp | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | Yes | |
| Infernal Machine | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Kocrachon | Ele, Exo | Type | Heal nearby enemies | ||
| Kyton | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | Yes | |
| Lemure | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | Yes | |
| Living Cold | Ele, Exo | Type | Don't hit | ||
| Maelephant | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Malebranche | Ele, Exo | Type | Dex check | ||
| Malefic Wind | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Mammon's Tear | Ele, Exo | Type | Don't use non-magical attacks | ||
| Minauran Murkfiend | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Narzugon | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Nightmare | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Nupperibo | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Orthon | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Osyluth | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Pit Fiend | Ele, Exo | Type | Str check | ||
| Pyrexic Fume | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Rakshasa | Fire, Mag | Type | Dangerous Caster | Yes (high concealment) | |
| Sahuagin | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Soul Shell | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Spinagon | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | ||
| Swamp Devil | Ele, Exo | Type | Note | Yes |
Bosses and Minibosses
| Layer | Name | Damage Type | additional types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avernus | Baddabuz | Cold | Divine |
| Piraz | Cold | Divine | |
| T'kritz | Acid | Divine | |
| Consort of Acid | Cold | ||
| Consort of Bolts | Acid | ||
| Consort of Flames | Cold | ||
| Consort of Fumes | Elec | ||
| Consort of Ice | Fire | ||
| Tiamat | ---- | immune to elements, physical and divine best | |
| Dis | Gob'daktan | Cold | Divine |
| Ca'ctiik | Acid | Divine | |
| Archduke Dispater | Cold | Divine | |
| Min | Fodorz | Elec | Magic |
| Ngdril | Acid | Magic | |
| Quimath | Acid | Magic | |
| Phleg | Dogruuk | Fire | Sonic, Divine |
| Gazra | Cold | Sonic, Divine | |
| Ysgret | Acid | Divine | |
| Beshi'bak | Acid | Divine | |
| Fierna | Cold | Divine, Sonic (fire, acid also) | |
| Belial | Acid | Divine | |
| Stygia | Krakta'kri | Fire | Acid, Divine |
| Drakiz'niz | Elec | Fire, Divine | |
| The Nameless Pit Fiend | Cold | Divine | |
| Malbolge | Ancient Baatorian | Cold | Divine |
| Malad | Farzgri | Cold | Divine |
| Pazdolg | Cold | Divine | |
| Qaddal | Cold | Divine | |
| Rk'trizib | Cold | Divine | |
| Baalzebul | Elec | Divine | |
| Cania | Padzaz | Fire | Divine |
| Mephistopheles | Cold | Divine | |
| Nessus | Asmodeus | ? | ? |
