Crowd Control

Crowd Control (CC) is the ability to control multiple enemies for a short period of time, by stunning, making them flee, slowing or halting them entirely. This allows you time to attack a heftier foe whilst debilitating surrounding minions, reposition yourself or run away! The affected targets can no longer attack you.

Every class in Diablo 4 has skills that offer some form of Crowd Control all of which will have a cooldown.

Some enemies will be partially or fully immune to controlling effects.

Effects classed as Crown Control effects:

Listed below are all the skills that come with a crowd control component divided by class.

How does crowd control work with Bosses?

Bosses are not directly affected by crowd control effects, using crowd control skills will fill a boss's stagger meter. When the meter is full, all crowd control affects are applied all at once rendering the boss immobile.

Class crowd control skills

Barbarian crowd control skills


Brawling
Kick Charges: 2 Charge Cooldown: 9 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 40% Throw a powerful kick that deals 60% damage and Knocks Back enemies in front of you. Enemies who are Knocked Back into terrain take an additional 105% damage and are Stunned (CC) for 3 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Brawling
Mighty Kick Kicked enemies deal 100% damage to enemies they collide with while being Knocked Back. Enemies damaged this way are Knocked Down (CC) for 4 seconds.
Charge Cooldown: 17 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Become Unstoppable and rush forward, pushing enemies with you then swinging through them for 180% damage and Knocking them Back. Damage: Physical Damage Requires any complete Arsenal weapon Tags: Brawling, Mobility
Enhanced Charge Enemies who are Knocked Back into terrain by Charge take 150% damage and are Stunned (CC) for 3 seconds.
Leap Cooldown: 17 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 66% Leap forward and then slam down, dealing 55% damage and Knocking Back surrounding enemies on impact. Damage: Physical Damage Requires any complete Arsenal weapon Tags: Brawling, Mobility
Mighty Leap Enemies damaged by Leap are Slowed (CC) by 70% for 5 seconds. Requires point in Enhanced Leap.
Weapon Mastery
Steel Grasp Charges: 2 Charge Cooldown: 11 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 25% Throw out a trio of chains that deal 80% damage and Pull In enemies. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Weapon Mastery
Hamstring Your Bleeding effects have a 15% chance to Slow (CC) Healthy and Injured enemies by 70% each time they deal damage.
Ultimate
Supreme Call of the Ancients Each of the Ancients gains additional power: Korlic: You gain 10 Fury each time Korlic damages an enemy with his Frenzy . Talic: Enemies are Slowed (CC) by 50% for 1 second when damaged by his Whirlwind . Madawc: 30% chance to Stun (CC) enemies for 3 seconds when using his Upheaval .
Iron Maelstrom Cooldown: 45 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: [24% Activate three times to attach chains to each of your weapons and perform an attack: • First, your Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon slams into the ground, dealing 60% damage and Stunning enemies for 2 seconds. • Next, your Two-Handed Slashing weapon swipes in front of you, dealing 20% damage and inflicting 120% Bleeding damage over 5 seconds. • Finally, your Dual Wield weapons swing around you, dealing 32% damage per hit. Damage: Physical Damage Requires a Full Arsenal of weapons Tags: Ultimate, Bludgeoning, Dual Wield
Concussion Lucky Hit: Skills using Bludgeoning weapons have up to a 10% chance to Stun (CC) enemies for 2 seconds, or up to a 15% chance when using a Two-Handed Bludgeoning weapon. Tags: Bludgeoning

Rogue crowd control skills


Basic Tree
Fundamental Forceful Arrow Forceful Arrow Knocks Back Close enemies and Immobilizes (CC) them for 2.5 seconds. Enemies Immobilized this way take x 50% increased damage for the duration.
Puncture Lucky Hit Chance: 35% Throw blades a short distance, dealing 21% damage. Every 3rd Puncture Slows enemies by 20% for 2 seconds. Critical Strikes will always Slow. Damage: Physical Damage Requires Dual Wielded weapons Tags: Basic, Marksman Chain
Core Tree
Improved Twisting Blades Enemies are Dazed for 1.5 seconds while impaled with Twisting Blades .
Advanced Flurry Evading through an enemy will cause your next Flurry to deal x30% increased damage and Stun(CC) enemies for 2.5 seconds.
Advanced Penetrating Shot When Cast with full Energy, Penetrating Shot Slows (CC) all enemies it hits by 50% for 3 seconds, then additionally dealing x 50% increased damage to Elite enemies and Knocking them Down for 1.5 seconds.
Agility Tree
Methodical Shadow Step After Shadow Stepping , you gain 20% Damage Reduction for 3 seconds.
Caltrops Charges: 2 Charge Cooldown: 12 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 25% Leap backwards and throw caltrops on the ground, dealing 45% damage and Slowing (CC) enemies by 50%. Lasts 7 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Agility, Trap, Mobility
Disciplined Dash Dash Slows (CC) enemies it hits by 30% for 3 seconds. Any enemy already Slowed will be Dazed (CC) for 2 seconds instead.
Subtefuge Tree
Smoke Grenade Cooldown: 10 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 25% Throw a smoky concoction at enemies that deals 90% damage and Dazes them for 4 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Subterfuge, Grenade
Enhanced Poison Trap Poison Trap Knocks Down enemies for 1.5 seconds when it activates.
Imbuement
Cold Imbuement Cooldown: 13 seconds Imbue your weapons with frigid energies. Your next 2 Imbueable Skills deal Cold damage and Chill (CC) enemies for 25% per hit. Damage: N/A Tags: Imbuement, Imbueable
Blended Cold Imbuement Cold Imbuement applies to 2 additional Imbueable Skills and reduces their Energy cost by 35%.
Chilling Weight Chilled enemies have their Movement Speed further reduced by up to 10 / 20 / 30% and you gain x 5 / 10 / 15% increased Chill (CC) effect. Prerequisite: Can also reach Chilling Weight via Cold Imbuement.
Ultimate Tree
Prime Death Trap Enemies hit by Death Trap take 50%[x] increased damage from your Trap Skills for 8 seconds.
Supreme Rain of Arrows Rain of Arrows deals x60% increased damage to both Vulnerable and Crowd Controlled enemies.
Exposure Lucky Hit: Dealing damage to an enemy affected by a Trap Skill has up to a 40% chance to: • Reduce the active Cooldowns of your Trap Skills by 20% • Drop a cluster of exploding Stun (CC) Grenades that deal 80% total Physical damage and Stun (CC) enemies for 1.00 seconds Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Trap, Grenade

Countering crowd control

When a player is affected by crowd control, there are skills that can counter the effect. These include the following skills:

Barbarian


Brawling
Charge Cooldown: 17 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 33% Become Unstoppable and rush forward, pushing enemies with you then swinging through them for 180% damage and Knocking them Back. Damage: Physical Damage Requires any complete Arsenal weapon Tags: Brawling, Mobility
Defensive
Enhanced Rallying Cry Rallying Cry grants you Unstoppable while active.
Ultimate
Wrath of the Berserker Cooldown: 60 seconds Explode into rage, Knocking Back surrounding enemies and gaining Berserking and Unstoppable for 10 seconds. Damage: N/A Tags: Ultimate, Basic

Druid


Defensive
Enhanced Earthen Bulwark Earthen Bulwark makes you Unstoppable while active.
Ultimate
Prime Grizzly Rage Grizzly Rage makes you Unstoppable for 6 seconds
Wrath
Trample Cooldown: 14 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 20% Shapeshift into a Werebear, become Unstoppable, and charge forward, dealing 75% damage and Knocking Back (CC) enemies. Enemies who are Knocked Back into terrain take an additional 45% damage and are Stunned (CC) for 3 seconds. Damage: Physical Damage Tags: Wrath, Shapeshifting, Werebear, Mobility

Rogue


Subterfuge
Concealment Cooldown: 20 seconds Vanish from sight, gaining an advanced form of Stealth for 5 seconds that will not be removed by taking damage. Concealment also makes you Unstoppable, grants 30%[+] Movement Speed, Unhindered for its duration. Using an attack Skill during Concealment will break Concealment. Tags: Subterfuge
Ultimate
Prime Shadow Clone You gain Stealth and Unstoppable for 5 seconds after casting Shadow Clone.
Agility
Shadow Step Cooldown: 9 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 100% Become Unstoppable and quickly move through the shadows to stab your victim from behind for 80% damage. Gain 50% increased Movement Speed for 2 seconds afterwards. Damage: Physical Damage Requires Dual Wielded weapons Tags: Agility, Cutthroat, Imbueable, Mobility

Sorcerer


Defensive
Teleport Cooldown: 14 seconds Lucky Hit Chance: 65% Transform into lightning, becoming Unstoppable and surging to the target location, dealing 35% damage around you upon arrival. Enchantment Evade is replaced with a short range Teleport on a 17.0 second Cooldown. This version of Teleport does not make you Unstoppable. Damage: Lightning Tags: Defensive, Shock, Mobility

Changes to Crowd Control

Patch 1.5.0, August 6, 2024

Hard Crowd Control from monsters now lasts 1.5 seconds on average, down from 2.5 seconds on average.
The maximum duration of monster hard Crowd Control is now 2 seconds.
Potions can now be used while Crowd Controlled.