Megademon

Megademons are Demons. These winged, flightless, demonic-looking creatures are fierce melee brawlers who also pack an Inferno breath attack. The inferno was very dangerous in early versions of Diablo II, but it has been nerfed in more recent patches, and is no longer a great threat to any character with reasonable fire resistance.

Venom Lord in-game

Megademons are still quite dangerous with their melee attack, and they move quickly and hit hard. Their AI is unusual, and they tend to dance around a bit, circling their target before closing in. This makes them slower to engage than more direct melee fighters, but can make a mob of them more dangerous, since they will completely surround their target in short order, rather than stacking up as they all try to take the shortest route to the character.

Due to some odd mlvl and ilvl interactions, several of the Megademons are only found in one area on Normal difficulty, and only then as bosses or champions. Balrogsonly spawn as bosses or champions on the Outer Steppes, and only on Normal, hence only their stats for Normal are presented. (They appear in 3 areas of act 5 as Guest Monsters.)

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

Subtypes

• Balrog
• Pit Lord
• Venom Lord

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.

Type	Level	Experience	Hit Points	Speed	Max TC/Rune
Balrog	24 / -- / --	566 / -- / --	179-215 / -- / --	10	33/Sol, -- , --
Pit Lord	27 / 56 / 83	753 / 12320 / 63020	214-258 / 2536-3020 / 9374-14880	10	36/Sol, 60/Ist, 87/Zod
Venom Lord	30 / 57 / 84	1001 / 13057 / 64786	255-305 / 2606-3102 / 9555-15167	10	36/Sol, 57/Um, 84/Zod
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Balrog	-- / 60 / 81	-- / 15553 / 59486	-- / 2822-3360 / 12016-14305	10	-- / 60/Ist, 78/Cham
Pit Lord	-- / 66 / 85	-- / 21990 / 66553	-- / 3252- 3872 / 12982- 15455	10	-- / 66/Vex, 87/Zod

Offense

Megademons are melee attackers with the ability to use the Inferno spell from a distance. The Guest Monsters types add a % chance of fire damage adding to their melee hits.

Type	Melee Attack #1	Attack Rating #1	Inferno
Balrog	8-15 / -- / --	303 / -- / --	54-78 / -- / --
Pit Lord	9-17 / 47-75 / 94-150	347 / 1756 / 5331	63-90 / 90-126 / 126-174
Venom Lord	10-18 / 47-75 / 94-150	386 / 1785 / 5392	72-102 / 99-138 / 135-186
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Balrog	Physical + % chance of Fire: Norm: -- / Night: 39-58 +19-39 (15%) Hell: 74-111 +37-74 (25%)	-- / 1872 / 5209	-- / 108-150 / 144-198
Pit Lord	Physical + % chance of Fire: Norm: -- / Night: 44-66 + 22-44 (15%) Hell: 76-115 +38-76 (25%)	-- / 2044 / 5452	-- / 108-150 / 144-198

Defenses

• Regen Rate tells what % of a monster's hit points are recovered per second. Standard is 1.2/sec.
• 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.

Type	Defense	Blocking	Regen Rate	Drain Effectiveness	Chill Effectiveness
Balrog	145 / -- / --	--	1.2/sec	100 / -- / --	50 / -- / --
Pit Lord	163 / 883 / 1858	--	1.2/sec	100 / 85 / 66	50 / 40 / 33
Venom Lord	181 / 897 / 1879	--	1.2/sec	100 / 85 / 66	50 / 40 / 33
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Balrog	-- / 938 / 1818	--	1.2/sec	-- / 85 / 66	-- / 40 / 25
Pit Lord	-- / 1021 / 1898	--	1.2/sec	-- / 85 / 66	-- / 40 / 25

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.

Type	Physical	Fire	Cold	Lightning	Poison	Magic
Balrog	0% / -- / --	70% / -- / --	0% / -- / --	0% / -- / --	0% / -- / --	0% / -- / --
Pit Lord	0% / 0% / 50%	70% / 80% / 120%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 75%	0% / 0% / 75%	0% / 0% / 0%
Venom Lord	0% / 0% / 50%	70% / 80% / 95%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	70% / 100% / 120%	0% / 0% / 0%
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Balrog	-- / 0% / 50%	-- / 80% / 140%	-- / 0% / 0%	-- / 0% / 33%	-- / 100% / 50%	-- / 0% / 20%
Pit Lord	-- / 0% / 50%	-- / 80% / 145%	-- / 0% / 0%	-- / 0% / 33%	-- / 100% / 50%	-- / 0% / 20%

Locations

Due to some odd mlvl and ilvl interactions, several of the Megademons are only found in one area on Normal difficulty, and only then as bosses or champions.

• 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.

Type	Acts 1-4: Normal, Nightmare, and Hell
Balrog	Act 4: Outer Steppes (normal only, boss only)
Pit Lord	Act 4: Plains of Despair (normal only, boss only), City of the Damned, River of Flame,
Venom Lord	Act 4: Outer Steppes, Plains of Despair, River of Flame (normal only, boss only), Chaos Sanctuary (Infector of Souls Seal boss) Act 5: Throne of Destruction (Ventar the Unholy and minions only}
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Balrog	Act 5: Abbadon, Pit of Archeron, Infernal Pit
Pit Lord	Act 5: Throne of Destruction