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Council Member

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Toorc Icefist.
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Council Member:
is a Monster
and a Demon

Council Members are Demons.

  • There are four types of "Council Members" in the game. All with the same in-game graphics and hover name, but somewhat different statistics.

Council members are found in the same places each game, and they drop better than normal monsters, often yielding double stacks of gold or two items, but they do not drop as well as Champions or Bosses. Prior to v1.09, Council Members and the SuperUniques found with them, were very difficult to kill thanks to their habit of healing themselves by teleporting, or by casting a healing spell on themselves. They very seldom teleport or cast healing in v1.11.

  • All values are listed by difficulty level: Normal / Nightmare / Hell.


Statistics

  • The TC/Rune drops listed are the highest Treasure Class/Rune Group a normal monster of that type can drop.
    • TC Champions and Bosses can sometimes drop from the next higher group.
    • The max TC/Rune possible may depend on which level a monster spawns in, and can be lower than the maximum. See the item calculators to ascertain precisely what a monster from a given area can drop.
TypeLevelExperienceHit PointsSpeed 1Max TC/Rune
Council Member 125 / 56 / 853500 / 63260 / 353,385382- 762 / 3417- 5979 / 8756- 15323633/Sol, 54/Um, 78/Cham
Council Member 225 / 56 / 853500 / 63260 / 353,385382- 762 / 3417- 5979 / 8756- 15323833/Sol, 54/Um, 78/Cham
Council Member 325 / 56 / 853500 / 67065 / 363,575382- 762 / 3519- 6157 / 8928- 156241033/Sol, 54/Um, 78/Cham
Council Member 443 / 69 / 8814590 / 190,305 / 575,940816- 1628 / 5110- 6273 / 10201- 125191039/Dol, 69/Lo, 87/Zod

Offense

Council Members all have a pink lightning melee attack (Blizzshock), and can cast Hydras.

TypeMelee Attack #1Attack Rating #1BlizzshockHydraIncreased Fire Dmg
Council Member 19-21 / 23-56 / 48-115266 / 1562 / 47718-30 / 44-72 / 92-1285-7 / 14-18 / 33-42-- / +40% / +100%
Council Member 29-21 / 23-56 / 48-115266 / 1562 / 47718-30 / 44-72 / 92-1287-9 / 16-20 / 37-47-- / +40% / +100%
Council Member 39-21 / 24-57 / 49-117266 / 1587 / 48248-30 / 44-72 / 92-1288-11 / 18-23 / 42-52-- / +40% / +100%
Council Member 414-32 / 39-85 / 70-150420 / 1798 / 47548-30 / 44-72 / 92-1288-11 / 20-26 / 46-57-- / +60% / +120%


Defenses

  • Regen Rate tells what % of a monster's hit points are recovered per second. Standard is 1.2/sec. Council Members do not regenerate health, but may occasionally heal themselves with a spell. (They healed far more frequently prior to v1.09.)
  • Blocking values are assigned to every monster in the game, but the ability is seldom enabled, so most monsters can not block (Hence the blocking % given on most Diablo II monster pages, including Blizzard's, is inaccurate.) When enabled, blocking tells what % of successful, blockable attacks will not damage the monster. Monsters need not carry a shield to block.
  • Drain Effectiveness tells what % of a character's mana and life steal apply to that monster. 100 is all, 0 is none.
  • Chill Effectiveness tells what % of a character's cold length applies to the monster. 100 is all, 0 is no freeze/chill at all.
TypeDefenseBlockingRegen RateDrain EffectivenessChill Effectiveness
Council Member 1127 / 695 / 1493--None100 / 85 / 6650 / 33 / 25
Council Member 2127 / 695 / 1493--None100 / 85 / 6650 / 33 / 25
Council Member 3127 / 707 / 1511--None100 / 85 / 6650 / 33 / 25
Council Member 4201 / 755 / 1403--None100 / 75 / 5050 / 33 / 25
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)


Resistances

  • Resistances over 99% are listed as immunities and monsters will take no damage from that type of attack.
  • Immunities can be "broken" by skills that lower resistance, if the value drops below 99%. See the Resistances page for more details.
TypePhysicalMagicFireColdLightningPoison
Council Member 10% / 0% / 50%0% / 0% / 0%0% / 0% / 33%0% / 0% / 33%0% / 0% / 100%0% / 0% / 33%
Council Member 20% / 0% / 50%0% / 0% / 0%0% / 0% / 120%0% / 0% / 33%0% / 0% / 33%0% / 0% / 33%
Council Member 30% / 0% / 50%0% / 0% / 0%0% / 0% / 120%0% / 0% / 33%0% / 0% / 33%0% / 0% / 33%
Council Member 40% / 0% / 0%0% / 0% / 0%0% / 0% / 0%0% / 0% / 0%0% / 0% / 0%0% / 0% / 0%

Locations

There are no Guest Monster high council; they all spawn in Travincal and Durance of Hate 3, in the same places on all difficulty levels.

  • Guest Monsters are found only in Act Five, and only on Nightmare and Hell difficulty levels.
  • Monsters in areas marked "Boss Only" will only appear as random bosses or champions.
  • Monsters in areas marked "No Boss" will never appear as random bosses or champions.
TypeActs 1-4: Normal, Nightmare, and Hell
Council Member 1Act 3: Travincal (Ismail Vilehand, Toorc Icefist)
Council Member 2Act 3: Travincal (Geleb Flamefinger, Durance of Hate 3 Wyand Voidbringer only)
Council Member 3Act 3: Durance of Hate 3 (Bremm Sparkfist, Maffer Dragonhand)
Council Member 4Act 5: Throne of Destruction (Bartuc the Bloody and his minions)