Affixes

"Affixes" (also known as Bonuses and Modifiers) are the special magical properties found on items in the Diablo games.

Regular Affixes

Defensive

x Max Life.
x% Damage Reduction.
x% Dodge Chance.
x% Damage Reduction from Enemies within Melee Range.
x% Damage Reduction from Enemies out of Melee Range.
x% Fire Resistance
x% Lightning Resistance
x% Cold Resistance
x% Poison Resistance
x% Reduced Damage from Elites, Bosses, and Players
x% Reduced Duration of Enemy Control Impairing Effects

Offensive

x% Attack Speed.
x% Critical Strike Chance.
x% Critical Strike Damage.
x% Increased Duration of Control Impairing effects.
x% Damage.
x% Physical Damage.
x% Damage to Stunned Targets.
x% Damage to Immobilized Targets.
x% Damage to Vulnerable Targets.
x% Damage to Enemies in Melee Range.
x% Damage to Enemies out of Melee Range.
x% Damage to Slowed Targets
x% Increased Damage against Elites
x% Fire Damage
x% Cold Damage
x% Lightning Damage
Hit Effect: Up to x% Chance to Slow
Hit Effect: Up to x% Chance to Slow on Crit
Hit Effect: Up to x% Chance to Stun
Hit Effect: Up to x% Chance to Stun on Crit

Resource Management

+x Maximum Mana (Sorcerer Only)
+x Maximum Fury (Barbarian Only)
x% reduced Fury cost for skills (Barbarian Only)
x% reduced Spirit cost for skills (Druid Only)
x% reduced Mana cost for skills (Sorcerer Only)

Other

x% Cooldown Reduction
x% Movement Speed
x% increased movement speed for 6 seconds on Elite kill
+x rank to (insert skill here)

Legendary Affixes

Your physical attacks Chill enemies. Enemies who are chilled enough times become Frozen
Hit Effect: Your attacks have up to x% chance to spawn a hydra that will aid you in combat
Lightning strikes a nearby enemy dealing x damage whenever you shapeshift
+x to your equipped skills
Fireball launches 3 projectiles that deal x% of normal damage
Lightning Traps periodically appear around you dealing x damage after 2 seconds to nearby enemies
Upheaval ignites the ground burning enemies for an additional x damage of 3 seconds
Weapon mastery skills have an additional charge.
Cut to the Bone talent activates against enemies that are hit by your shouts instead of stuns
Critical strike chance increased by x% against bleeding enemies.
Your shouts generate x Fury per second while active.
Cast Nova at your Teleport location
Teleport moves you to a random location and costs x mana instead of having a cooldown.
Teleport grants a barrier that absorbs x% of your maximum life for 15 seconds.
Teleport forms a rift in your path that increases your critical strike chance by x% for 5 seconds.

Archive Notes

Affix Development

There have already been changes made since the BlizzCon reveal to add the following three affixes as an example.

Here are the changes we’re considering:

We’re increasing the total number of affixes on items, including Magic (Blue), Rare (Yellow), and Legendary (Orange). This should raise the overall importance of non-Legendary affixes on your character’s overall level of power.
We are also introducing three new stats:
- Angelic Power, which increases the duration of all beneficial effects (like self-buffs or healing)
- Demonic Power, which increases the duration of all negative effects (like debuffs or damage over time)
- Ancestral Power, which increases the chance of on-hit effects (aka increased proc chance

These new stats can appear as affixes, such as +15 Angelic Power. In addition to providing the above-stated benefit, Blizzard wants these new stats to also act as prerequisites for empowering certain other affixes. If you don’t have enough of a specific power, you can still equip the item, but you may not benefit from an affix linked to that power.

These additions are an example of how Blizzard is fine-tuning the items and affixes so that players have to decide whether a particular item is best suited to your build.