Diablo

Diablo
"Tremble before me!"
Basic Info
Title	Lord of Terror
Role	Tank
Difficulty	Medium
Franchise	Diablo
Price	300 / 2,000
Release Date	March 13, 2014
Base Stats
Attack Type	Melee
Health	2825
Health Regen	5.5625
Resource	500 Mana
Unit Radius	1.25
Attack Speed	0.95
Attack Range	1.25
Attack Damage	105
Data Page

This article is about the hero, Diablo. For the franchise, see Diablo (franchise).

Diablo, the Lord of Terror, is a melee Tank Hero from the Diablo universe. Known in the ancient tongue as Al'Diabolos, the Prime Evil of Terror, the Demon Lord Diablo seeks to claim the world of Sanctuary for the Burning Hells. His victims are innumerable, his schemes unknowable, and his power... unfathomable.

Diablo is a risky Tank who can devastate an enemy team with his "all-in" combo potential.

History

This section concerns content exclusive to Diablo universe.

Everyone knows the name of fear and it is Diablo, Lord and Aspect of Terror.

Diablo, like his brothers Mephisto and Baal, was born from one of the seven heads of the great dragon Tathamet at the beginning of time. He is the youngest of the three Prime Evils that rule over the Burning Hells but he is also the most cunning and farsighted of the Primes. Diablo relishes in the terror he inflicts upon his victims and knows that the key to victory is preying upon the fears of those who stand in his way. Unlike his kin, however, Diablo doesn't conquest for the sake of power; he draws his satisfaction from the terror that runs rampant before the onslaught. Even his own realm within the Burning Hells is a testament to horror, as few would dare go into the Realm of Terror, where even demons are afraid to venture.

The story we know of Diablo starts a few hundred years ago when he was banished to the Mortal Realm of Sanctuary during the coup d'etat in Hell that would later be known as the Dark Exile. Diablo and his brothers immediately set about spreading terror, hatred and destruction across the lands of men until a group of mages known as the Horadrim managed to defeat them and lock their souls within sacred relics known as the Soulstones.

Diablo's Soulstone was locked away and forgotten for almost three hundred years under the town of Tristram, but during this time he sought ways to free himself from his prison. Eventually a new ruler named Leoric would make Tristram his capital and put his throne over the very ground where Diablo was buried. Leoric's advisor, Archbishop Lazarus, was actually an emissary sent by Diablo's brother Mephisto who had escaped his own Soulstone some time before. Lazarus freed Diablo and helped him try to possess King Leoric, but Diablo was too weak from his imprisonment to fully possess Leoric and instead drove the poor king insane. Lazarus' next victim was Leoric's youngest son Albrecht, who proved to be the perfect vessel for the return of the Lord of Terror.

Leoric's last remaining son, Aidan, would soon hear of his father's madness and his brother's disappearance and set off to defeat the evil growing in Tristram. Aidan was eventually able to defeat Diablo, but his victory would be short lived as he was tricked into jamming Diablo's Soulstone into his forehead and allowing the demon lord to possess him. Aidan was able to contain Diablo's essence at first, but was slowly losing a battle he could never win.

A witch and servant of Diablo named Adria was residing in Tristram during these dark times and sensed her master within the body of Aidan as he returned from defeating the demon lord. At Diablo’s behest, she seduced Aidan so that she may bear a child that contained the essence of her master.

Aidan soon faltered against Diablo's influence and would head east so that he may unite with his brothers in an attempt to conquer the Mortal Realm with the power of the Soulstones now under their control. Diablo's plans would soon be foiled by a band of heroes from all across Sanctuary... or so it would seem.

Twenty years after his defeat by the mortal heroes, Adria would return and use her child, Leah, to revive Diablo yet again, and he would now be infused with the power of all of the seven great demon lords of the Burning Hells. Diablo, now reborn as the Prime Evil, almost succeeded in his goal of conquering all of Creation if not for the intervention of another mortal hero, the Nephalem.

But is Diablo truly dead? How does one kill Terror when all living things keep Fear within their hearts?

Abilities

See Data Page for a table of scaled values at key levels.

D

Black Soulstone

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Gain 10 Souls per Hero killed and 1 Soul per Minion, up to 100. For each Soul, gain 0.3% maximum Health. If Diablo has 100 Souls upon dying, he will resurrect in 5 seconds but lose 100 Souls.

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Type: Bonus Health

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

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• Alexstrasza's Blessing of the Red also stacks with Black Soulstone.

Q

Shadow Charge

65 Mana Cooldown: 12 seconds

Charge an enemy, knocking them back, dealing 40 damage and gaining 15% Movement Speed for 2 seconds. If the enemy hits terrain, they are Stunned for 1 second and take an additional 130 damage.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control / Movement: Launch, Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Unit target

Properties: Knockback, Movement Speed, Stun

Cast time: Instant

Range: 7.0

Missile speed:
- Initial: 0
- Final: 300
- Acceleration: 175

Knockback duration: 0.1875 seconds

Knockback speed: 27

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• Diablo is able to see collision edges of terrain in 18 radius.
• Target enemy is considered hit when Diablo is within 3 range of them.
• If the target is not within 30 degrees of the direction Diablo is traveling upon impact, the Ability is interrupted, and if Diablo hasn't moved more than 2 units from the cast location, its cooldown and Mana cost are refunded.

W

Fire Stomp

35 Mana Cooldown: 6 seconds

Unleashes fire waves toward the targeted area that deal 12 damage each. Once they reach maximum range, they return, dealing an additional 36 damage. Diablo heals for 130% of the damage dealt to Heroes.

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Type: Spell Damage / Healing

Scaling: 4.00% / -

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping, Lifesteal

Cast time: 0.2 + 0 seconds

Range: 10.5

Radius: 0.66 (hitbox)

Missile speed:
- Initial: 15 (launch) / 11.25 (return)
- Final: 11.25 (launch) / 45 (return)
- Acceleration: -5.0 (launch) / 22.5 (return)

Wave spacing: 20 degrees

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• Each wave can hit an enemy once on launch and once on return.
• Fire Stomp waves return toward Diablo's current location.

E

Overpower

35 Mana Cooldown: 12 seconds

Grabs the target and slams it behind Diablo, dealing 73 damage and Stunning for 0.25 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Non-Structure enemies

Targeting: Unit target

Properties: Displacement, Daze, Stationary channel, Stun

Cast time: 0.0625 + CH + 0 seconds

Range: 1.0

Channel time: 0.5625 seconds

Displacement range: 2.0

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• Cannot target Unstoppable enemies.
• Activating this Ability during Shadow Charge on a valid, in-range target automatically queues up the Ability to attempt to cast immediately at the end of the Charge.
• If another Diablo on the same team (possible in ARAM or with an Ultimate Evolution Clone of Diablo) uses Shadow Charge or Overpower on a target currently being flipped by a Diablo, they will get stuck on top of the original Diablo until he stops moving.

R

Apocalypse

50 Mana Cooldown: 90 seconds

Create a demonic rune under each enemy Hero on the battleground. After 1.75 seconds the rune explodes, dealing 137 damage and Stunning for 1.75 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: No target

Properties: Area of Effect, Stun

Cast time: 0.2 + 0 seconds

Range: Global

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 2.5

R

Lightning Breath

80 Mana Cooldown: 90 / 1.5 seconds

After 0.5 seconds, become Unstoppable and Channel for up to 4 seconds, dealing 40 damage every 0.25 seconds to enemies in front of Diablo. Enemies affected are Slowed by 4% for 2 seconds, up to 40%.

Lightning Breath's direction changes with your mouse cursor position.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control / Status effect

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Targeting: Point target, Cursor tracking

Properties: Area of Effect, Channeled cast (stationary) Clamping, Slow, Stationary channel, Unstoppable

Cast time: 0.5625 (ch) + CH + 0 seconds

Area of Effect: Rectangle

Width: 3.0

Height: 12.5

Tickrate: 2.0 per second (x16)

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• Unstoppable is granted immediately. Damage and Slow start after the windup of 0.5625 seconds.
• If Diablo dies or is put in Stasis during the windup, Lightning Breath is put on a 10 second cooldown.
• Lightning Breath can be reactivated after the windup of 0.5625 seconds to end its effect early.

Talents

1

Feast on Fear

Stunning an enemy Hero with Shadow Charge or Overpower heals Diablo for 10% of his maximum Health over 3 seconds.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Heal over Time

Tickrate: 1.0 per second (x4)

Healing per tick: 2.5%

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• Triggering the Talent while already under its effect only refreshes its duration.

Devil's Due

Black Soulstone increases the effects of Regen Globes and Healing Fountains by 2.25% per Soul.

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Type: Bonus Healing, Bonus Mana

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

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• Stack additively with itself.
• Bonus directly increases the base Healing from Healing Fountains and Regeneration Globes causing the percentage to stack multiplicatively with healing modifiers.

Soul Shield

Cooldown: 45 seconds
Active: Activate to gain 25 plus 50% of Diablo's current Souls as Spell Armor for 4 seconds. Every time Diablo damages an enemy Hero reduce this cooldown by 1 second.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Spell Armor

Cast time: Instant

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• Does not stack with other positive Spell Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

4

Sacrificial Soul

Stunning a Hero with Shadow Charge grants 10 Souls and 20 Armor for 3 seconds. While at 100 Souls, increase this Armor to 40.

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Type: Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Self

Properties: Armor

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• Does not stack with other positive Armor effects. Other defensive damage modifiers may stack.

Souls to the Flame

Fire Stomp grants 1 Soul every 3 times it damages an enemy Hero, and heals for an additional 1.3% of its damage dealt per Soul.

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Type: Bonus healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Ability

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• Stacks additively with baseline lifesteal and other lifesteal effects affecting Fire Stomp.

Life Leech

Diablo gains 1 Soul and heals 1.75% of his maximum Health when Basic Attacking an enemy Hero. While at 100 Souls, increase this healing to 3.5% of his maximum Health.

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Type: Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Modifier

7

Eternal Flames

Reduce the cooldown of Fire Stomp by 1 second. When Diablo Stuns an enemy Hero with Shadow Charge or Overpower, reset the cooldown of Fire Stomp and restore 45 Mana.

Malevolence

Basic Abilities cause Diablo's next Basic Attack within 6 seconds to deal an additional 100 Spell Damage. Stores up to 2 charges.

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Type: Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies

Properties: Attack Modifier

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• Bonus Spell Damage is dealt in a separate instance after Diablo's Basic Attack damage.
• This Talent will miss, wasting a charge, if Diablo is Blinded, or if the target is Evading.

Diabolical Momentum

When Diablo's Basic Attacks damage enemies, reduce the cooldown of Shadow Charge and Overpower by 1.5 second.

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Properties: Attack Modifier

10

Apocalypse

Cooldown: 90 seconds
Create a demonic rune under each enemy Hero on the battleground. After 1.75 seconds the rune explodes, dealing 137 damage and stunning for 1.75 seconds.

Lightning Breath

Cooldown: 90 seconds
After 0.5 seconds, become Unstoppable and Channel for up to 4 seconds, dealing 40 damage every 0.25 seconds to enemies in front of Diablo. Enemies affected are Slowed by 4% for 2 seconds, up to 40%.

Lightning Breath's direction changes with your mouse cursor position.

13

Devastating Charge

Increase Shadow Charge's terrain collision damage by 50%.

❢ Quest: Hit an enemy Hero against terrain 5 times.

❢ Reward: Hitting enemy Heros against terrain reduces their Armor by 15 for 4 seconds.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier / Defensive damage modifier

Affects: Ability / Enemy Heroes

Properties: Armor reduction

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• Damage bonus stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers that can affect Shadow Charge's damage.

Hellfire

Each enemy Hero hit by Fire Stomp grants 3% Spell Power for 10 seconds, up to 30%. While at maximum stacks, Diablo deals 30 damage per second to nearby enemies.

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Type: Offensive damage modifier, Healing dealt modifier / Spell Damage

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Self / Enemies

Properties: Area of Effect, Spell Power

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 2.5 ⁽¹

Tickrate: 1.0 per second

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• ¹⁾ Burn radius is extended by Diablo's unit radius.
• Burn damage from Hellfire is unaffected by offensive damage modifiers (including Spell Power from this talent), doesn't trigger lifesteal effects and doesn't draw tower aggro from A Call For Help.
• Spell Power stacks additively with itself and other offensive damage and healing modifiers affecting Diablo's Spell damage or healing output.

Cruelty

Stunning an enemy with Shadow Charge or Overpower increases Diablo's Attack Speed by 50% for 7 seconds, up to 100%.

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Type: Status effect

Affects: Self

Properties: Attack Speed

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• Subsequent applications do not refresh the duration of existing Attack Speed stacks.
• Attack speed stacks additively with itself and other sources of Attack Speed.

16

Domination

Casting Overpower resets the cooldown of Shadow Charge.

Debilitating Flames

Enemy Heroes hit by Fire Stomp are Slowed by 6% for 4 seconds, up to 60%. Heroes Slowed by 24% or more by Debilitating Flames deal 50% less damage.

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Type: Crowd control, Offensive damage modifier

Affects: Enemy Heroes

Properties: Slow

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• Damage reduction stacks additively with other offensive damage modifiers affecting the target Hero's damage output.

Overpowering Nightmare

Gain 2 additional charges of Overpower, with a 2 second cooldown between uses.

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• Charge cooldown is unaffected by cooldown reduction from Diabolical Momentum.

20

Dying Breath

Apocalypse's cooldown is reduced by 25 seconds for every enemy Hero hit (to a minimum of 5 seconds) and is cast for free when Diablo dies.

Hellstorm

Lightning Breath lasts 200% longer.

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Bonus duration: 8 seconds

Lord of Terror

Cooldown: 60 seconds
Active: Activate to steal 10% of the maximum Health of nearby enemy Heroes and gain 5 Souls per Hero hit.

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Type: Spell Damage / Healing

Scaling: -

Affects: Enemy Heroes / Self

Targeting: No target

Properties: Area of Effect, Lifesteal, Percent damage

Cast time: Instant

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 6.0

Hellgate

Cooldown: 90 seconds
Teleport and place a demonic rune at target location. After 1.75 seconds the rune explodes, dealing 137 damage and Stunning enemies for 1.75 seconds.

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Type: Spell Damage, Crowd control / Movement: Teleport

Scaling: 4.00%

Affects: Enemies / Self

Targeting: Point target

Properties: Area of Effect, Clamping, Stun

Cast time: Instant

Range: 7.2

Area of Effect: Circle

Radius: 2.5

Builds and guides

Icy Veins Diablo Guide

Diablo Community Build Guides @ HeroesFire

Diablo Community Build Guides @ Heroes Hearth

Skins

Diablo Skins
Lord of Terror
Backstory: Known in the ancient tongue as Al'Diabolos, the Prime Evil of Terror, the Demon Lord Diablo seeks to claim the world of Sanctuary for the Burning Hells. His victims are innumerable, his schemes unknowable, and his gender... malleable.
300 / 2,000 Lord of Terror	Free Onyx	Free Visceral	120 / 75 Toxic
Archangel
Backstory: Bringing a whole new meaning to "Holy Terror."
Features: Altered voice-over, themed abilities.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of alternative history skins.
600 / 1,200	600 / 1,200 Toxic	600 / 1,200 Twilight	600 / 1,200 Skyborne	900 / 1,800 Corrupted
Hell Iron
Backstory: The heroes thought shattering his soulstone on the Hellforge would end his reign. Now, adorned with the forge's remnants, he would shatter every bone in their bodies in return.
120 / 75	120 / 75 Soul	120 / 75 Fell-iron
Kaijo
Backstory: The scientists of Tristram Labs had grown overconfident. They believed the power of the atom was finally under their control. They were wrong.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Kaijo world skins.
160 / 100	160 / 100 Tyrant	160 / 100 Crimson
Lurkablo
Backstory: It is with hushed whispers the fishermen of Stormwind speak of the Lord of the Depths. His very name an eternal curse upon any angler foolish enough to speak it aloud: Lurkablo.
Features: Replaced voice-over.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of other universes merging into Warcraft skins.
350 / 400	350 / 400 Luminescent	350 / 400 Cave Dweller
Prime Evil
Backstory: After twenty years, all seven essences swirled within the Black Soulstone. With Adria's final betrayal, the seven were combined into one, giving rise to the reborn Diablo... the Prime Evil.
Features: Replaced voice-over.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of character's post-change skins.
750 / 1,600	750 / 1,600 Nightmare	750 / 1,600 Toxic	750 / 1,600 Horrific	750 / 1,600 Timeless

Diablo Event Skins
El Chamuco
Backstory: The terrifying El Chamuco is well-known as the muscle of the "Hell's Screamers" tag-team alongside El Jefe. Rumors circle that he actually is a demon, born in the pits of the burning hells, but that can't be possible. Can it?
Features: Themed animations.
Notes: This skin theme is part of a shared theme of Nexomania skins.
350 / 400	350 / 400 Underworld	350 / 400 Hell's Screamer	525 / 600 Hulking	525 / 600 Pink Singlet

Mounts

Diablo Mounts
Terror Charge
Backstory: See Diablo. See Diablo run. Wait... since when can Diablo run? Run from Diablo! Run!!!
Free

Portraits

Diablo Portraits
2016 Summer Global Championship	Carbot Diablo120 / 75	Diablo I Diablo75 / 40	Diablo III Diablo75 / 40	Diablo Hero	Diablo Mastery	Diablo Villains
Lord of Terror75 / 40	Nexomania Diablo75 / 40	Pachimari Diablo75 / 40	Toon El Chamuco Diablo75 / 40

Sprays

Diablo Sprays
Carbot Diablo120 / 75	Diablo Pixel75 / 40	El Chamuco's Sizzle Sauce75 / 40	Máscara del Chamuco120 / 75	Neon Diablo180 / 112	Overpowered250 / 300	Pachimari Diablo75 / 40
Tattoo Diablo75 / 40	Unreleased Diablo Spray(Unavaiable)

Emojis

Diablo Pack 1			Diablo Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	Diablo Happy	:diablohappy: :diahappy:		Diablo Angry	:diabloangry: :diaangry:
	Diablo ROFL	:diablolol: :diablorofl: :dialol: :diarofl:		Diablo Cool	:diablocool: :diacool:
	Diablo Sad	:diablosad: :diasad:		Diablo Embarrassed	:diablooops: :diabloembarrassed: :diaoops: :diaembarrassed:
	Diablo Silly	:diablosilly: :diasilly:		Diablo in Love	:diablolove: :diabloinlove: :dialove: :diainlove:
	Diablo Speechless	:diablomeh: :diablospeechless: :diameh: :diaspeechless:		Diablo Surprised	:diablowow: :diablosurprised: :diawow: :diasurprised:

El Chamuco Diablo Pack 1			El Chamuco Diablo Pack 2
Emoji	Name	Shortcut	Emoji	Name	Shortcut
	El Chamuco Diablo Happy	:diabloelchamucohappy: :diabechappy:		El Chamuco Diablo Angry	:diabloelchamucoangry: :diabecangry:
	El Chamuco Diablo ROFL	:diabloelchamucolol: :diabloelchamucorofl: :diabeclol: :diabecrofl:		El Chamuco Diablo Cool	:diabloelchamucocool: :diabeccool:
	El Chamuco Diablo Sad	:diabloelchamucosad: :diabecsad:		El Chamuco Diablo Embarrassed	:diabloelchamucooops: :diabloelchamucoembarrassed: :diabecoops: :diabecembarrassed:
	El Chamuco Diablo Silly	:diabloelchamucosilly: :diabecsilly:		El Chamuco Diablo in Love	:diabloelchamucolove: :diabloelchamucoinlove: :diabeclove: :diabecinlove:
	El Chamuco Diablo Speechless	:diabloelchamucomeh: :diabloelchamucospeechless: :diabecmeh: :diabecspeechless:		El Chamuco Diablo Surprised	:diabloelchamucowow: :diabloelchamucosurprised: :diabecwow: :diabecsurprised:

Quotes

Main articles: Diablo/Quotes, Diablo/Quotes/Lurkablo, Diablo/Quotes/Prime Evil

Trivia

• Diablo first appeared in Diablo (December 1996).
  • Diablo's default skin in Heroes of the Storm reflects his appearance in Diablo II (June 2000)
  • Diablo's design in the Heroes of the Storm cinematic, and his Prime Evil skin, reflect his appearance in Diablo III (May 2012).
    • His book debut was four years after the first game, in Legacy of Blood (May 2001).
• Diablo is voiced by veteran game developer Bill Roper in Diablo and Diablo II, J. B. Blanc in Diablo III, and by Abraham Benrubi in Heroes of the Storm.
• Diablo was one of the 18 heroes revealed at BlizzCon 2013.
• In a 2011 build of the game, Diablo was considered as a boss for the now canceled Tristram map.
• Chris Sigaty likes to joke that Murkablo is the offspring of Diablo and a murloc.
• Diablo is the first demon Tank hero in the game, the second being Mal'Ganis.
• The Kaijo Diablo skin is based on Godzilla (November 1954). Kaijo is a play on "kaiju", the Japanese term for massive monsters.
• The Prime Evil skin references his appearance in Diablo III.
• One of Diablo's gag quotes is "good children look both ways before crossing the street" played backwards.

Gallery

General

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  Diablo's artwork

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  Prime Evil Diablo

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  Diablo on Hanamura

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  Archangel Diablo

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  Archangel Diablo's blue lightning breath

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  Archangel Diablo in the Eternal Conflict

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  Murky attacks Diablo

Abilities

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  Q: Shadow Charge

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  W: Fire Stomp

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  E: Overpower

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  R1: Apocalypse

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  R2: Lightning Breath

Prerelease

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  Diablo (old model)

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  Kaijablo (old model)

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  Murkablo (old model)

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  The Blizzard DOTA models of Diablo and various other heroes

External links

• Diablo - Heroes of the Storm
• Diablo - Diablo Wiki
• Diablo Balance Changelog - Heroes Patch Notes
• Diablo Sound Files - Sounds of the Storm