Diablo Characters

There are three characters in Diablo, the Rogue, Sorcerer, and Warrior, and three more were added in the Hellfire expansion pack, the Monk, Bard, and Barbarian. This page provides basic information about the characters. This information can also be found on the individual character pages, along with more context and discussion of their relative strengths and weaknesses.

Starting/Max Stats

The characters in Diablo and Hellfire start off with different stats, and gain different bonuses with each level up. All attributes, life, and mana can be vastly increased with equipment. Each level up also provides 5 attribute points to distribute as you see fit.

• All four attributes, life, and mana are listed with their starting / maximum values.
• Attributes turn golden when they have reached their maximum values; life and mana never turn golden.
• The maximum life and mana values in this table are for a naked character.
• Characters do not gain their life/mana bonus for reaching level 50.

Class	Strength	Magic	Dexterity	Vitality	Life	Mana	Level up Bonus
Warrior	30 / 250	10 / 50	20 / 60	25 / 100	70 / 316	10 / 98	+2 life, +1 mana
Rogue	20 / 55	15 / 70	30 / 250	20 / 80	45 / 201	22 / 173	+2 life, +2 mana
Sorcerer	15 / 45	35 / 250	15 / 85	20 / 80	30 / 138	70 / 596	+1 life, +2 mana
Monk	25 / 150	15 / 80	25 / 150	20 / 80	45 / 201	22 / 183	+2 life, +2 mana
Bard	20 / 120	20 / 120	25 / 120	20 / 100	45 / 221	35 / 231	+2 life, +2 mana
Barbarian	40 / 255	0 / 0	20 / 55	25 / 150	70 / 416	0 / 0	+2 life, +0 mana +1% resistance to all

Max Stats with Equipment

Maximum stats with equipment. Diablo / Hellfire stats listed for the Warrior, Rogue, and Sorcerer (unique rings were added in HF that allowed greater stat boosts than in D1). These figures do not include the two pieces of unique jewelry that move a % of life/mana to each other.

Class	Strength	Magic	Dexterity	Vitality	Life	Mana
Warrior	425 / 485	225 / 285	225 / 285	265 / 325	796 / 916	533 / 568
Rogue	230 / 290	245 / 305	415 / 475	245 / 305	681 / 741	690 / 718
Sorcerer	220 / 280	425 / 485	250 / 310	245 / 305	618 / 618	1196 / 1216
Monk	385	315	375	305	741	728
Bard	370	360	360	340	761	865
Barbarian	490	235	280	375	1091	470

The characters derive different benefits from the points they add to their various attributes. For example, Warriors get more life per vitality point than Sorcerers, who get more mana per magic point than do Warriors. Attribute points from leveling up and elixirs are treated the same as points added by equipment.

Class	from Vitality	from Magic	Armor Class
Warrior	2 life per vit	1 mana per magic	Dex/5 + AC (items)
Rogue	1.5 life per vit	1.5 mana per magic	Dex/5 + AC (items)
Sorcerer	1 life per vit	2 mana per magic	Dex/5 + AC (items)
Monk	1.5 life per vit	1.5 mana per magic	Plate: Dex/5 + AC (items) Mail: Dex/5 + AC (items) + .5 x Clvl Light: Dex/5 + AC (items) + 2 x Clvl Naked: Dex/5 + AC (items) + 2 x Clvl
Bard	1.5 life per vit	1.75 mana per magic	Dex/5 + AC (items)
Barbarian	2.5 vit per life	1 mana per magic	Dex/5 + AC (items) + Clvl / 4 Shield AC counts 50%.

* The Barbarian can not add any magic points, but can gain magic and mana from equipment.

* The monk suffers an AC penalty when wearing chain or plate armor. This makes it impossible to raise his AC very high. His highest AC still comes from high defense plate, but his AC will be much lower than any other character's in the same chain or plate armor equipment. (Though much higher when naked or in light armor).

** Unique armor yields higher AC for the Monk, since unique plate is counted as mail, and unique mail as leather.

* Shields only give half AC (rounded up) to Barbarians

Class	Max AC (naked)	Max AC (maxed stats)	Max AC	Max to/hit (naked)	Max to/hit (maxed stats)	Max to/hit
Warrior	12	45 / 57	349 / 401	80	162 / 192	392
Rogue	50	83 / 95	385 / 425	175	257 / 287	487
Sorcerer	17	50 / 62	350 / 390	92	175 / 205	405
Monk	130	175	419	125	237	437
Bard	24	72	413	110	230	565
Barbarian	23	56	370	77	190	390

• To/hit calculations:
  • Character screen: 50 + Dex/2 + to hit from items
  • Melee: 50 + Dex/2 + to hit from items + Clvl + bonus
  • Arrow: 50 + Dex/2 + to hit from items + Clvl + bonus - distance x damage / 2
  • Magic: PvM: 50 + Mag - 2 x Mlvl + bonus
  • Magic: PvP: 50 + Mag - 2 x Clvl (of the target) + bonus
  • To hit penalty for adacent quarter damage: 70 - 2 x Clvl (minimum 30)
    • (Monk and Bard only; this is calculated for targets immediately to the left and right of the direction the character is facing, since these characters can hit up to 3 enemies at once.)

Hidden to/hit modifiers. These are always in effect, but are never displayed in the character window.

Class	Melee	Arrow	Magic	Blocking*
Warrior	20	10	--	30
Rogue	--	20	--	20
Sorcerer	--	--	20	10
Monk	--	--	--	25
Bard	--	10	10	25
Barbarian	--	--	--	30

* Inherent blocking bonuses are bugged in Diablo and Hellfire. The bonus is always 0, except in the first game a new character plays.

Blocking and hit recovery times.

Class	Blocking	Fast Block*	Hit Recovery	of balance	of stability	of harmony
Warrior	0.10	0.10	0.30	0.25	0.20	0.15***
Rogue	0.20	0.10	0.35	0.30	0.25	0.20***
Sorcerer	0.30	0.10	0.40	0.35	0.30	0.25***
Monk	0.15	0.10	0.30	0.25	0.20	0.15
Bard	0.20	0.10	0.35	0.30	0.25	0.20
Barbarian	0.10	0.10	0.30 (0.20)**	0.25 (0.20)**	0.20	0.15

• * Fast block = unique items with fast blocking, or magical shields with the "of blocking" suffix.
• ** The Barbarian has an inherently property that's equivalent to a character using the "of stability" suffix when he equips an axe or a club. Therefore, items "of balance" or "of stability" will drop him to 0.20 recovery time when wielding an axe or club. ("of harmony" will take him down to 0.15 in that situation).
• *** In Diablo (but not HF) simultaneously equipping one or more items of all 3 modifiers: "of balance," "of stability," and "of harmony," reduces hit recovery times to 0.05 faster than harmony alone. Warrior 0.10, Rogue 0.15, and Sorcerer 0.20.